Chapter 602: Fierce Battle at Kunlun Pass (3)
Just when Xiong Xiao's three relatives led the 64th Regiment to regain the peak pass, Nakamura Akito in Nanning finally received a report that the Hechuan detachment was frozen by the planes of the Huaxia Air Force ****** burned most of the troops. He has just received a report www.biquge.info from Ji Chuan, his entire detachment has been attacked by air raids, most of the trucks have been burned down, almost all the combat materials have been lost, and the artillery squadron carried has also been burned to the ground, and the entire detachment is now only left with more than 700 infantry who have been burned to the point of despair.
Nakamura Akito had no choice but to order Kazukawa to return to Nanning immediately, and at this time, the staff officer came to report that the commander of the 21st Brigade, Major General Nakamura Masao, led the two brigades of the 42nd Wing had broken through the resistance of the national army stationed in Wutang and Qitang, and arrived between Batang and Jiutang, and would soon be able to reinforce Kunlun Pass.
Hearing this, Nakamura Akito's heart finally relaxed a little, but Imamura Masao's two brigades alone could not ensure the safety of Kunlun Pass, and after thinking about it, he sent a telegram to Lieutenant General An Tengjili, commander of the 21st Army in Guangzhou, requesting that more reinforcements and aviation support be sent to continue.
Just as Akito Nakamura breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to take a sip of tea, a staff officer walked in quickly and said loudly: "Your Excellency the commander of the reporting division, the commander of the 21st Wing, Miki Yoshinosuke Osa, has called, the Chinese Air Force suddenly appeared in the sky over Kunlun Pass, and the aviation that originally helped them was defeated by the Chinese Air Force, and now the Chinese infantry is launching a fierce attack on the peak pass under the cover of its air force, and the 21st Wing has suffered heavy losses, please ask for tactical guidance!" ”
"Yaga Yalu, Miki, this idiot, knows all day long to ask for tactical guidance, is it true that the rifle in his hand is a burning stick?" Hearing this, Nakamura Akito couldn't help but be furious, at this time he had no soldiers in his hands to mobilize, what did you let him use to support the 21st Wing, and finally lost his temper Nakamura Akito could only helplessly send a telegram to Major General Nakamura Masao, who was trying to attack Kunlun Pass, asking him to speed up and reinforce Kunlun Pass.
Nakamura Masao did not dare to slack off after receiving the telegram, and finally tore open a gap in the Batang defenders and went straight to Jiutang, but unfortunately Nakamura Masao's luck was not very good, the command knife was just waved twice and was hit in the left cheek by a stray bullet, Nakamura Masao simply bandaged it, and then held the knife to organize the troops to break through.
The battle continued until the evening, when the fighting stopped for a while.
Nakamura asked the doctor to re-bandage his face, and while wearing white gauze, he went to see the wounded soldiers of the army. When he came to a slope, he saw a corporal with a broken leg eating a green mountain fruit, he stood at a distance, looked at it for a while, and then walked over and asked.
"Corporal, how long has it been since you eaten?"
The corporal said weakly: "The day before yesterday, due to the rush of departure, we did not carry dry food at all, and I have not eaten food for two days. ”
Hearing this, Nakamura Masaki felt a wave of guilt in his heart, because it was he who gave the order not to carry food.
At this time, the corporal struggled to look at it, because he had just seen General Nakamura Masao's official uniform and wanted to get up and salute. Nakamura held down the corporal and asked him to sit down again, and then said: "You don't need to get up if you are injured, it's just a temporary lack of food, just wait until you get to Kunlun Pass, for the sake of His Majesty the Emperor, not to mention starving for two days, even if you die in battle, it's worth it." ”
The corporal sat down again and said, "Your Excellency, I have fought a lot of battles in the past two years, but this time the enemy is too stubborn!" ”
When Nakamura Masao returned to his residence after seeing the wounded, it was already dark, and he lit an oil lamp that he had stolen from a local peasant's house and wrote in the Japanese notebook: "The 21st Brigade of the Steel Army, which suffered a great defeat today, is humiliating to receive the title of "Steel Army" in the Russo-Japanese War. In the Russo-Japanese War, the 21st Brigade made many miraculous feats because of its tenacity, but we should admit that at Kunlun Pass, the army encountered by the Steel Army was more tenacious than the Russian army, and most of the brigade casualties were worse than the tragedy of Taierzhuang. ”
While Nakamura was writing his diary, Du Yuming, commander of the Fifth Army, was also holding a military meeting in Santang, which was more than 60 kilometers away from Nanning.
Du Yuming, who is Chinese New Year's Eve 6 years old today, is a graduate of the first phase of Whampoa, and has won the trust of Chairman Chiang, and is the only mechanized unit of the National Army that has already commanded the Kuomintang before he reaches the age of confusion. Although he had not rested for a day, he was still in good spirits, and he glanced at everyone with bright eyes, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, today is the second day of our attack, and in these two days, you have fought remarkably, and the Japanese army has been defeated and retreated under the attack of our army, and it can be said that the main force of the Fifth Division has been divided and surrounded by our army in several places. What we have to do now is to eat all the Japanese troops on Kunlun Pass as soon as possible, and then turn around and go to recover Nanning, so as to fulfill the heavy trust of Chairman Chiang! ”
Speaking of this, Du Yuming looked at Qiu Qingquan and asked, "Division Commander Qiu, your new 22nd Division is the main force attacking Kunlun Mountain, can you tell me how long it will take to take Kunlun Mountain?" ”
Qiu Qingquan stood up and said loudly: "Report to the military seat, as long as you can ask Commander Bai for additional air support, I am confident that I will take Kunlun Pass within three days!" ”
At this time, Dai Anlan, the commander of the 200th Division, said with some dissatisfaction: "Brother Yu'an, there is only so much air support, what if your new 22nd Division takes us away?" You must know that the current Japanese reinforcements are constantly opening towards Kunlun, and those of us who are fighting also need the support of aircraft! ”
"Commander, you can't favor one over the other, we also need air support!" Zheng Dongguo, the commander of the Honorary 1st Division, also spoke, originally when there was no air support, everyone relied on infantry to fight, and no one had to envy anyone, but now that Bai Chongxi suddenly had the support of hundreds of planes borrowed, this battle was really not too cool. In particular, when they heard that today's new 22nd Division was stunned to flatten the peak pass by one layer with air support, and that more than 1,000 Japanese troops stationed at the peak pass were almost shocked to death by the super-heavy bombs dropped by the planes, and after the new 22nd Division almost walked to occupy the position of the peak pass, everyone immediately turned red, everyone is a unit, why can you have air support but we don't, can we still be good friends.
Seeing that the remaining two division commanders were a little dissatisfied, Du Yuming also scratched his head a little, air support is really easy to use, but it is also easy to cause the eyes of his subordinates, it seems that he has to ask for Commander Bai. (To be continued.) )