Chapter 202: Remnants
The Japanese Central China Dispatch Army was under the jurisdiction of the Second and Eleventh Armies.
At the end of June, Lieutenant General Okamura's 11th Army launched an attack from the southern foot of Dabie Mountain, trapping southern Anhui and northern Koujiang, and attacking Wuhan along both sides of the Yangtze River.
At the end of August, Lieutenant General Dong Jiuer seized the mistake of the defenders' defense and resolutely sent troops to the northern foot of Dabie Mountain, intending to cross Dabie Mountain, approach Hankou, and win the first credit for attacking Wuhan!
To this end, he divided his troops into two routes: the north road followed the Xinhuang line to the west to Xinyang, and then turned south and approached Hankou along the Pinghan Road; The south road captured Fujin Mountain and Mall, crossed the pass at the northern foot of Dabie Mountain-Xiaojieling, swept Macheng and Huangpi, and went straight to Hankou.
At the foot of Fujin Mountain, the 13th Division was blocked for ten days and nights, with more than 10,000 casualties; Outside Shawo Town, the Seya Detachment of the 10th Division fought hard for more than a month and could not advance an inch; At the foot of Xiaojie Ridge, the grassland detachment of the 16th Division fell into a bitter battle and suffered heavy losses.
Luo Zhuoying deployed the Third Army in the areas of Jiuli Pass, Wusheng Pass, Pingjing Pass, and Loess Pass, and resisted one by one, while Hu Zongnan, the commander of the 17th Army Corps, did not obey the order, and transferred the seven divisions under his jurisdiction to the west to surrender to Nanyang, so that the front door of Pinghan Road was wide open, and the Japanese invaders on the North Road saw the dawn of victory.
On 15 October, the Japanese invaders began to advance southward along the Pinghan Road and the area west of it, and the Military Commission urgently ordered General Zhang Zizhong, who had just been promoted to commander-in-chief of the 33rd Group Army, to lead his troops to deploy defenses at Jingfu, Xuanhuadian, and Jiuliguan.
At the same time, the 11th Army, which had attacked both sides of the Yangtze River, was anxious to be ashamed after suffering a crushing defeat at Wanjialing, and all its units fought bravely and achieved remarkable results: on the north bank of the Yangtze River, the 6th Division attacked Qichun, Lanxi, and Xishui, and stormed Huangpi, the eastern gate of Hankou, on October 23; On the south bank of the Yangtze River, the Ninth Division and the Botian Detachment advanced in parallel, and Lianke Xinyang, Daye, and Echeng also entered the south of Wuchang on October 23!
As a matter of fact, in light of the situation of the fighting on the outskirts of Wuhan and the fact that the Japanese invaders landed at Daya Bay on 12 October to attack Guangzhou, the Central Military Commission made a decision on 14 October to abandon Wuhan and telegraphed to the commanders of the Fifth and Ninth Theaters to adjust their arrangements and make the best preparations for a general retreat.
By 23 October, when the situation in Hankou and Wuchang was in crisis, the Central Military Commission formally issued an order to all units participating in the battle in Wuhan to retreat.
Until this time, the two-way troops of the Second Army were still blocked at the northern foot of Dabie Mountain, and Lieutenant General Dongjiuer's ambition to enter Hankou first turned into a dream of Nanke!
On the night of October 23, the guns and cannons still shook the sky and fought endlessly!
The general retreat order has come down, why didn't the defenders of Xiaojieling retreat?
It turned out that Chief Li, commander of the Fifth Theater, did not agree with the retreat order of the Military Commission, and he insisted: If our army can hold on for one more day, the suffering and difficulties of the Japanese invaders will be one more day, which will be conducive to the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan!
He naturally knew that all the units of the Third Corps had been killed and wounded, but his determination to fight the Japanese invaders until the last moment did not waver in the slightest!
In this regard, the chairman of the committee made concessions, "...... The front-line troops must maintain the current situation as much as possible, and then wait for the transfer of orders until next Tuesday and Sunday (i.e. the 25th of this month)! ”
So, on the night of the 23rd, on the position of the Nameless Mountain, Li Siwei and his surviving brothers braved poison gas, gunsmoke and bullets to carry the attack of the Japanese invaders!
After October 10, the Japanese attack slowed down a little.
However, since October 18, the Japanese attack has become crazy again!
After several days of fierce fighting, the mortar shells had already run out, and without the support of mortars, the attrition of the 66th Regiment was even more serious, and the engineer company and the special service company were replenished one after another.
Tonight, the little devil's attack has been much weaker, the 66th Regiment is almost exhausted to the point of running out of fuel, and the Toyota Wing and Tatsumi are not the end of the crossbow?
Li Siwei was lying on the edge of the trench, wearing a gas mask, staring at the figures in the fog, his numb left hand clutched the butt of the gun, and his sore right hand mechanically pulled the bolt, "............ bang", the index finger of his left hand pulled the trigger, "bang", and the bullet roared out of the chamber and plunged into the fog.
The not huge recoil force shook Li Siwei's body, shook, and almost fell on his back.
Turtle's!
Li Siwei barely stabilized his figure, and went to pull the bolt again, but his heart was full of bitterness, had it reached this point? The sixty-sixth regiment is over! Lao Tzu is almost finished!
"Bang ......" mechanically pulled the trigger, Li Siwei was shocked again, and reached out to pull the bolt again...... The screams of gunfire in his ears shook the sky, and he didn't hear it; Bullets flew in front of him, smoke and dust were scattered, and he turned a blind eye!
Hit back!
Knock the little devil back!
There's only one thought left in my head!
"Retreat! Retreat ......"
Finally, a frightened roar sounded in the smoke, it was Japanese, but Li Siwei and the brothers could understand it, Zheng Sanyang taught!
In the smoke, the figure gradually disappeared, the gunfire gradually subsided, Li Siwei was relieved, slowly put away the spear, turned around, slowly shrank down against the wall of the trench, and sat on the ground, sore all over.
Turtle's, finally gone!
Li Siwei urgently took out the crumpled cigarette case, and once again repelled the attack of the little devil, and he only wanted to smoke a cigarette for the rest of his life.
The cigarette had been flattened, and Li Siwei couldn't care about it so much, so he hurriedly stuffed it into his mouth, but the tentacle was a "pig's nose...... The gas mask hasn't been taken yet!
"Turtle's," Liao Heiniu, who was sitting next to him, had already taken out a gas mask and was taking out a cigarette, catching a glimpse of this scene, he immediately laughed, took out a pack of cigarettes and raised it, "Cannon, if you can stuff it in...... I'll give you another pack of cigarettes! ”
Li Siwei shook his head, stuffed the cigarette back into his pocket, and gently took off the gas mask, then looked at Liao Heiniu and smiled bitterly, "Turtle'er, it's all like this, why are you looking for so many cigarettes?" ”
As he spoke, he pointed to his bulging pocket.
"What's it like?" Liao Heiniu was stunned and stared at Li Siwei tightly, "What's wrong with you turtle?" ”
Li Siwei glared at him, "Divide a few packs!" ”
Liao Heiniu breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, and happily handed over the pack of cigarettes in his hand, "That's right, you still know how to smoke...... Li Cannon hasn't been coaxed yet! ”
Li Siwei was not polite to him, grabbed the cigarette, stuffed it into his pocket, and then took out the cigarette, lit it, inhaled it fiercely, and inhaled the spicy hot air into his body, and suddenly refreshed himself.
Wu Ruolan led the ambulance team into the trench again and began to get busy, and the miserable howls came and went.
The Japanese Central China Dispatch Army was under the jurisdiction of the Second and Eleventh Armies.
At the end of June, Lieutenant General Okamura's 11th Army launched an attack from the southern foot of Dabie Mountain, trapping southern Anhui and northern Koujiang, and attacking Wuhan along both sides of the Yangtze River.
At the end of August, Lieutenant General Dong Jiuer seized the mistake of the defenders' defense and resolutely sent troops to the northern foot of Dabie Mountain, intending to cross Dabie Mountain, approach Hankou, and win the first credit for attacking Wuhan!
To this end, he divided his troops into two routes: the north road followed the Xinhuang line to the west to Xinyang, and then turned south and approached Hankou along the Pinghan Road; The south road captured Fujin Mountain and Mall, crossed the pass at the northern foot of Dabie Mountain-Xiaojieling, swept Macheng and Huangpi, and went straight to Hankou.
At the foot of Fujin Mountain, the 13th Division was blocked for ten days and nights, with more than 10,000 casualties; Outside Shawo Town, the Seya Detachment of the 10th Division fought hard for more than a month and could not advance an inch; At the foot of Xiaojie Ridge, the grassland detachment of the 16th Division fell into a bitter battle and suffered heavy losses.
Luo Zhuoying deployed the Third Army in the areas of Jiuli Pass, Wusheng Pass, Pingjing Pass, and Loess Pass, and resisted one by one, while Hu Zongnan, the commander of the 17th Army Corps, did not obey the order, and transferred the seven divisions under his jurisdiction to the west to surrender to Nanyang, so that the front door of Pinghan Road was wide open, and the Japanese invaders on the North Road saw the dawn of victory.
On 15 October, the Japanese invaders began to advance southward along the Pinghan Road and the area west of it, and the Military Commission urgently ordered General Zhang Zizhong, who had just been promoted to commander-in-chief of the 33rd Group Army, to lead his troops to deploy defenses at Jingfu, Xuanhuadian, and Jiuliguan.
At the same time, the 11th Army, which had attacked both sides of the Yangtze River, was anxious to be ashamed after suffering a crushing defeat at Wanjialing, and all its units fought bravely and achieved remarkable results: on the north bank of the Yangtze River, the 6th Division attacked Qichun, Lanxi, and Xishui, and stormed Huangpi, the eastern gate of Hankou, on October 23; On the south bank of the Yangtze River, the Ninth Division and the Botian Detachment advanced in parallel, and Lianke Xinyang, Daye, and Echeng also entered the south of Wuchang on October 23!
As a matter of fact, in light of the situation of the fighting on the outskirts of Wuhan and the fact that the Japanese invaders landed at Daya Bay on 12 October to attack Guangzhou, the Central Military Commission made a decision on 14 October to abandon Wuhan and telegraphed to the commanders of the Fifth and Ninth Theaters to adjust their arrangements and make the best preparations for a general retreat.
By 23 October, when the situation in Hankou and Wuchang was in crisis, the Central Military Commission formally issued an order to all units participating in the battle in Wuhan to retreat.
Until this time, the two-way troops of the Second Army were still blocked at the northern foot of Dabie Mountain, and Lieutenant General Dongjiuer's ambition to enter Hankou first turned into a dream of Nanke!
On the night of October 23, the guns and cannons still shook the sky and fought endlessly!
The general retreat order has come down, why didn't the defenders of Xiaojieling retreat?
It turned out that Chief Li, commander of the Fifth Theater, did not agree with the retreat order of the Military Commission, and he insisted: If our army can hold on for one more day, the suffering and difficulties of the Japanese invaders will be one more day, which will be conducive to the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan!
He naturally knew that all the units of the Third Corps had been killed and wounded, but his determination to fight the Japanese invaders until the last moment did not waver in the slightest!
In this regard, the chairman of the committee made concessions, "...... The front-line troops must maintain the current situation as much as possible, and then wait for the transfer of orders until next Tuesday and Sunday (i.e. the 25th of this month)! ”
So, on the night of the 23rd, on the position of the Nameless Mountain, Li Siwei and his surviving brothers braved poison gas, gunsmoke and bullets to carry the attack of the Japanese invaders!
After October 10, the Japanese attack slowed down a little.
However, since October 18, the Japanese attack has become crazy again!
After several days of fierce fighting, the mortar shells had already run out, and without the support of mortars, the attrition of the 66th Regiment was even more serious, and the engineer company and the special service company were replenished one after another.
Tonight, the little devil's attack has been much weaker, the 66th Regiment is almost exhausted to the point of running out of fuel, and the Toyota Wing and Tatsumi are not the end of the crossbow?
Li Siwei was lying on the edge of the trench, wearing a gas mask, staring at the figures in the fog, his numb left hand clutched the butt of the gun, and his sore right hand mechanically pulled the bolt, "............ bang", the index finger of his left hand pulled the trigger, "bang", and the bullet roared out of the chamber and plunged into the fog.
The not huge recoil force shook Li Siwei's body, shook, and almost fell on his back.
Turtle's!
Li Siwei barely stabilized his figure, and went to pull the bolt again, but his heart was full of bitterness, had it reached this point? The sixty-sixth regiment is over! Lao Tzu is almost finished!
"Bang ......" mechanically pulled the trigger, Li Siwei was shocked again, and reached out to pull the bolt again...... The screams of gunfire in his ears shook the sky, and he didn't hear it; Bullets flew in front of him, smoke and dust were scattered, and he turned a blind eye!
Hit back!
Knock the little devil back!
There's only one thought left in my head!
"Retreat! Retreat ......"
Finally, a frightened roar sounded in the smoke, it was Japanese, but Li Siwei and the brothers could understand it, Zheng Sanyang taught!
In the smoke, the figure gradually disappeared, the gunfire gradually subsided, Li Siwei was relieved, slowly put away the spear, turned around, slowly shrank down against the wall of the trench, and sat on the ground, sore all over.
Turtle's, finally gone!
Li Siwei urgently took out the crumpled cigarette case, and once again repelled the attack of the little devil, and he only wanted to smoke a cigarette for the rest of his life.
The cigarette had been flattened, and Li Siwei couldn't care about it so much, so he hurriedly stuffed it into his mouth, but the tentacle was a "pig's nose...... The gas mask hasn't been taken yet!
"Turtle's," Liao Heiniu, who was sitting next to him, had already taken out a gas mask and was taking out a cigarette, catching a glimpse of this scene, he immediately laughed, took out a pack of cigarettes and raised it, "Cannon, if you can stuff it in...... I'll give you another pack of cigarettes! ”
Li Siwei shook his head, stuffed the cigarette back into his pocket, and gently took off the gas mask, then looked at Liao Heiniu and smiled bitterly, "Turtle'er, it's all like this, why are you looking for so many cigarettes?" ”
As he spoke, he pointed to his bulging pocket.
"What's it like?" Liao Heiniu was stunned and stared at Li Siwei tightly, "What's wrong with you turtle?" ”
Li Siwei glared at him, "Divide a few packs!" ”
Liao Heiniu breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, and happily handed over the pack of cigarettes in his hand, "That's right, you still know how to smoke...... Li Cannon hasn't been coaxed yet! ”
Li Siwei was not polite to him, grabbed the cigarette, stuffed it into his pocket, and then took out the cigarette, lit it, inhaled it fiercely, and inhaled the spicy hot air into his body, and suddenly refreshed himself.
Wu Ruolan led the ambulance team into the trench again!