Chapter 122: Counterattack on Luodian
"Heh~ This Ye Lei, he took away half of my battalion in a few words!"
After Ye Lei replenished the equipment, he took more than 300 people to the east, and Chen Lie couldn't help but sigh when he learned about it.
A staff officer on the side said: "Division commander, this person is indeed not simple, a few words can turn a group of stragglers into a division of tigers and wolves!" It seems that those reports about him are not groundless. We should be glad that he was able to come over to help the 14th Division. ”
Chen Lie waved his hand and said, "I don't mean anything else." An ambush is more effective than a positional defense, but how to ambush on the Great Plains, I forgot to ask just now. Forget it, I have faith in this man! ”
"Report, call from the military department!"
The communication soldier handed the telegram to Chen Lie, and after reading it, Chen Lie said: "Wang Yaowu's 51st Division is here. It seems that the commander is bound to win Luodian. The meaning is obvious, when we run out, the 51st Division will make up for it. And the same tactics as the previous ones, throwing one division after another into the furnace. If the whole division is really gone, Lao Tzu, the division commander, will not be right, and he will fight with the devil with the spy battalion! ”
This is what Chen Cheng meant, Luodian must take it at any cost. However, this is what the chairman meant, and the tone of the two messages is very heavy. At the expense of the Luodian!
The Japanese army has gained a firm foothold and is defending on the periphery of Luodian, and it is not easy to take Luodian.
At eight o'clock in the evening, as three red signal flares rose into the night sky, the 15th Army's major counteroffensive against Luodian began.
The artillery units of the 15th Group Army took the lead in launching artillery bombardments on the outlying positions of the Japanese army, and the artillery of the forward positions rumbled, and the firelight almost reflected the night sky red.
After a few days of bloody fighting, only two regiments remained in the 14th Division after being replenished. The 83rd Regiment attacked from the front, and the 79th Regiment attacked the Japanese right flank from the flank. At the same time, the 11th Division launched simultaneous attacks from the northwest, west, and from behind, encircling the Japanese troops in Luodian from the front and rear.
After the shelling, the sound of killing broke out in all directions of Luodian, and troops from all walks of life launched a charge against the Japanese army's outer defense line.
"Da Da Da" "Da Da Da" "Da Da Da" "......"
Japanese positions quickly launched counterattacks. In the night, a huge network of fire suddenly covered the entire area, as if the earth was covered with a network of light, and there were thunder and flints everywhere.
Under this net of fire, the soldiers of the national army in front fell one by one with the cries of killing, and the soldiers behind stepped on the corpses of their comrades and continued to charge, one after another, bravely until the moment when the bullet pierced their bodies.
Countless soldiers of the national army once again sacrificed their young lives for this country, and wrote a tragic war song with their blood.
To the east of Luodian, Ye Lei led a force composed of stragglers to the Baoluo Highway. Before leaving, he reorganized the troops, including two companies, a logistics unit, and even the women's service regiment in the camp to take care of the wounded.
"The grass and trees are all soldiers, and I think the cotton is all soldiers. Your eldest brother can really fool the whole camp. ”
In a large cotton field, Ling Shaokun lay on the ground chattering. After coming out of Hongkou, Ye Hua kept a terrible face, Ling Shaokun was worried about his brother, and just wanted to tell some jokes to make his brother relax. But how did he know that his brother was being eroded by something and was about to transform.
Ye Hua still didn't react, thinking of the person he killed, and the pictures of the tragic deaths of those national soldiers, each one was so heavy.
Ling Shaokun picked off a cotton ball and fiddled with it, and said, "When the devil really comes, I will definitely rush out." Brother, the captain is right, to be a soldier is to kill the enemy; To be a special soldier is to kill more enemies. If you can't do it, quit, I don't want to see you in such pain. ”
Ye Hua still didn't speak, Ling Shaokun lay on Ye Hua's side, and continued: "Your eldest brother is simply a philosopher. Brother, you think, if we kill a devil, we can save five of our own brothers, as well as hundreds of people. On the other hand, killing people is saving people, and we are doing great good deeds. ……”
Ling Shaokun has always been cynical, but he has never been so serious as he is now. He said from the bottom of his heart to Yehua, wanting his brother to let go of his burden and not to force himself.
In this cotton field, Ye Lei has arranged 8 areas. The six areas on both sides of the highway were platoon-based, and the entire front was nearly 300 meters. The two central areas of the rear are responsible for reinforcements and the treatment of the wounded.
The battle in Luodian has been fought for 1 hour, but there are no devil reinforcements coming, and some people are already impatient to wait, after all, there is no intelligence to show that reinforcements are coming.
In the interruption, Ye Lei was not in a hurry, when the Japanese reinforcements would come depended on the battle in Luodian. Luodian was the focus of contention between the two sides, and the sacrifice was so huge before, so the Japanese army would not give up easily.
Ye Lei was lying on the edge of the ridge and suddenly asked, "Li Hu, what will be the consequences if I kill Rui Qingrong?"
"Then Du Yuesheng will kill you. Rui Qingrong is Du Yuesheng's right-hand man and his most effective bodyguard. You cut off one of his hands, what do you say? ”
At this time, Ye Lei had already moved to Rui Qingrong's murderous intentions, but he had scruples about Du Yuesheng in the middle. But in any case, this matter must be closed when we get back.
In the direction of Luodian, the two sides are still engaged in a tragic offensive and defensive battle.
The Japanese army deployed powerful firepower in the surrounding villages and positions to block the attack layer by layer. Although all the officers and men of the 11th and 14th Divisions were brave and fearless, the attack was still very slow. It took a huge number of casualties for the two divisions to break through the Japanese outer positions.
The 11th Division Commander Peng Shan was anxious, and the 14th Division Commander Chen Lie and Deputy Commander Luo Zhuoying were also anxious, but there was someone who was even more anxious than them, that was Wang Yaowu, the commander of the 51st Division.
The 51st Division served as a follow-up force, and when the 14th Division was almost defeated, they were on top. However, the attack of the 11th and 14th Divisions was at least covered by night, and if the 51st Division waited until dawn to go up again, and Luodian was not defeated, the officers and men of the whole division would have to feed the devils and shells.
Wang Yaowu is a general who is extremely capable of fighting, and he often does not play cards according to routines in wars. When the 51st Division first came to Luodian, the 11th Division suffered heavy losses. The division commander Peng Shan once cried and begged: If the 11th Division is not replaced, he will be ready to collect his body on the second day. It can be seen that the 11th Division suffered heavy losses.
Peng Shan is Luo Zhuoying's favorite general, listening to his confidant love will say so tragically and tragically, Luo Zhuoying's heart skipped a sourness, and immediately reported the situation to Chen Cheng, Chen Cheng used the phone to find Wang Yaowu, who had just gotten off in Anting. So the 51st Division took over the 11th Division.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the 51st Division took over the position of the 11th Division, Wang Yaowu did not want to defend the position. He found that the defense of the Japanese 3rd Division stationed in Luodian was lax, and he directly came to a trick of "taking it by surprise and attacking it unprepared". The 135th Brigade was ordered to be the reserve and the 151st Brigade was the assault force, and launched a lightning-fast surprise attack on the enemy in and around Luodian Town by eastern, western, and central routes, and as a result, Luodian was recaptured in a handful.
The news was reported on the front page of the Declaration. The article praised: "The 51st Division's victory in the night attack was brave and witty, which really made the hearts of the Chinese people excited. This is not only the glory of the soldiers at the front, but also the glory of all the people, and their outstanding achievements will surely inspire our compatriots in Kyushu to fight against the enemy with a higher fighting spirit. ”
51st Division, Wang Yaowu became famous in the first battle.
But this time, that time. The Japanese army stood firm in the tidal flats, and the troops kept coming from the sea, and if they could not take Luodian that night, the Japanese artillery would launch a frenzied artillery bombardment of the attacking troops as soon as it was dawn. At that time, it will be another scene of blood and fire purgatory.
Wang Yaowu was on pins and needles at the command headquarters, and he replaced the 14th Division with him at dawn, and he did not call the 51st Division to go now.
"Report, call from headquarters!"
"Read!"
"Baoshan was lost, and the Japanese directly threatened the flank of the 14th Division. Order the 306th Regiment of the 51st Division to move to the Baihe area to ensure the safety of the flank of the 14th Division! ”
Wang Yaowu immediately checked the combat map, and the commander of the 306th Regiment on the side said: "Let's go to the 14th Division to assist in the defense, why don't you just call us to Daluodian?" Damn, it's better than feeding shells at dawn! ”
Wang Yaowu ignored it, and did not let the 51st Division naturally have the overall consideration of the group army, he pointed to a place and said: "It is better to assist in defense than to ambush." There was a large amount of cotton land in this area, and Hu Hao was ordered to take his three battalions to ambush here, mostly with mines and grenades. After a round of bombardment, the whole battalion directly saw red with bayonets and rushed to the highway to fight with the devils! ”