Chapter 672: A Mutated Battle Situation
"Kill!"
A Japanese soldier buried in the floating earth staggered to his feet, and before he could pick up the rifle beside him, a Chinese soldier in a gray military uniform rushed to him, and with a loud shout, the bayonet stabbed into his chest, and the bloody tip of the knife pierced through his back. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The body of this Japanese soldier slowly fell, and the Nationalist soldier who killed the Japanese soldier felt a tingling pain in his right rib before he could pull out his bayonet, and it turned out that a Japanese soldier who had just woken up had not had time to get up, and he was sitting on the ground and grabbed the Type 38 rifle on the ground and stabbed the soldier in the right rib.
Sharp pain came from his right rib, and the Nationalist soldier couldn't help but cry out, and he pulled out the bloody bayonet and stabbed it into the Japanese soldier's abdomen.
"Ah......h
The two soldiers who were stabbed at the same time struggled with the severe pain while vigorously stirring the rifles in their hands, trying to inflict maximum damage on each other, and finally both fell to the ground in unison.
"Brothers, rush!"
More and more soldiers of the Nationalist Army rushed to the Japanese position, and the Japanese army who had just emerged from the floating soil became entangled together, and for a time the two concave positions were full of figures wearing yellow and gray military uniforms scuffling together.
"Good...... Rushed up, the 39th Division they rushed up! ”
Pang Bingxun and Ma Fawu, who were watching the battle from behind, shouted excitedly, they really didn't expect that they would attack the Japanese position with just the first charge, as long as they could mix with the Japanese army and expand the results of the battle, it was only a matter of time before they occupied Erdaoa.
Ma Fawu was even so excited that he danced with his hands, in the past, the 40th Army wanted to capture a position with complete fortifications like Erdaowa, and thousands of people could not even get in front of the position, let alone attack it, and as long as the 40th Army from the Northwest Army could mix with the Japanese army, then this battle would be much easier.
In fact, as Ma Fawu and Pang Bingxun expected, after rushing into the Japanese position, the balance of victory gradually poured down towards the 39th Division, and as more and more soldiers rushed to the Japanese position, the Japanese resistance became weaker and weaker, and the loss of Erdaoao was only a matter of time.
As the commander of the 227th Wing of the Second Concave Defense Line, Kawai Zi Ichi Osa, retreated to the last line of defense under the support of a group of guards before the officers and soldiers of the 39th Division rushed up.
Chief of Staff Nato Hideto took his arm and said loudly: "Your Excellency Dazuo, the people of China have rushed up, Erdaokou can't stand it, let's go to the ditch, there should be a part of the second and third brigades there, as long as we hold there, we can hold on until the reinforcements arrive!" ”
Kawai looked at the murderous position not far away, and his face showed shame, annoyance, surprise, and disbelief, just an hour ago he was still mocking the ragged army on the opposite side with a large gun, but only a few minutes later, the other party gave himself a hard slap in the face, and the other party blew up the position he had carefully built for a month with unprecedented heavy artillery fire, and then those who were dressed in tatters held all kinds of weapons in their hands, There were even Chinese soldiers with broadswords who rushed into their bombed-out positions and fought with the soldiers of the empire who had just crawled out of the floating earth.
Although the Japanese army is very advocating bayonets, they are not fools, who can solve the enemy with guns, who will take the risk of using bayonets to fight hand-to-hand with people, in comparison, those who can't even have a rifle are the people who want to fight with bayonets the most.
At the beginning, the Japanese soldiers did not fall behind in hand-to-hand combat with those Northwest Army, and even could kill the opponent with inferior numbers, but as the number of opponents continued to increase, the casualties of the Japanese army also increased rapidly. After perceiving this, Kawai quickly realized that Erdaokou might not be able to stand it, but because of his self-esteem, he was not good at saying the word retreat, and now that Endo Hideto was the first to put it forward, he was naturally happy to push the boat.
After nodding, Kawai Ziichi left Erdaowa under the escort of the guards and retreated towards the Ligou position, and more than 20 minutes later, the 39th Division finally occupied Erdaokou after paying the price of more than 1,000 people, and Pang Bingxun, who couldn't wait, immediately sent a good news to Wei Lihuang.
Wei Lihuang, who received the good news, looked at the telegram in his hand and showed an excited smile on his face, "The 40th Army has made a good start!" ”
Just when Wei Lihuang was happy, Li Tiejun called that the 98th Army had captured two positions in Taizhai after a fierce battle, and if the battle went well, they would be able to occupy all of them tomorrow.
"Good...... All right! I didn't expect the attack of the 98th Army to go so smoothly. Originally, I thought that even if I could capture these two places, it would take at least a week, and I would not be able to take them without five or six thousand people, but now it seems that the situation is much smoother than I expected! I'm a little wondering now, when will Li Tiejun and Pang Bingxun be able to fight like this? ”
Tian Zongmou, who was also nervous before, also breathed a sigh of relief, and joked with a smile: "Sir, it's not that Li Tiejun and Pang Bingxun can fight, but that the artillery over there is powerful." Didn't you listen to what Pang Cripple said, people's artillery is called a fierce ah, and after half an hour of shelling, the position of the RB people is basically gone, so they can take down the two recesses so easily, otherwise I don't know how many brothers' lives will have to be filled in to take it down. ”
Pang Bingxun was injured in one leg by a shell from the Feng army during the Great War of Zhifeng, and almost died, and later under the care of the brigade commander Sun Yue, the leg was saved, but since then he has been disabled and lame. Although it is not good at walking, it does not have much impact on marching and fighting, and it is no less than ordinary people when running. But even so, some people who have grievances with him often call him Pang lame, and now Tian Zongmou said this, of course, not to laugh at him, but to make a joke because he was too happy.
Hearing that Tian Zongmou, who had always been serious, also made a rare joke, Wei Lihuang also shook his head and laughed, but he sighed after a while: "It's a pity, until now the battle situation of Maojindu has not been worn back, if even Maojindu is taken down, then it can be considered complete." ”
"Maotsudu!" Tian Zongmou also smiled, and after a while of silence, he said: "Sir, we have seen the Third Division of the National People's Guard sent by the Third Army, it is a well-trained and well-equipped army, and it stands to reason that this unit is the most reassuring, so you let him be in charge of attacking Maojindu, but why do I always have a feeling of unease?" ”
Wei Lihuang also shook his head and said: "Yes, I always feel that something is wrong, but I can't tell why." I thought I was thinking too much, but I didn't expect you to feel the same way. ”
Speaking of this, the two glanced at each other, and then shook their heads with a wry smile at the same time, their movements were surprisingly consistent, and if others saw such a situation, they would probably be unable to hold back immediately.
At this moment, a staff officer knocked on the door and came in, and hurriedly said: "Sir, the 3rd Division of the National People's Police has called urgently, the information we originally received is wrong, the Japanese army guarding Maojindu before was not the 226th Wing under the 37th Division, but the 25th Division of the Japanese Army, and the Japanese army also transferred two heavy artillery wings to Maojindu, and now the 3rd Garrison Division is in a bitter battle. ”
"What, the twenty-fifth division?" Tian Zongmou stood up and said in a lost voice: "How is this possible, hasn't the 25th Division returned to its original structure after the last Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain?" How did they come back again? This is bad, the third garrison division is in danger now! ”
The 25th Division is subordinate to the Kwantung Army, and the commander of the North China Front, Jun Tada, was specially seconded from the Kwantung Army during the last Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain; although the 25th Division was a newly established pack horse division in 40 years, its combat effectiveness is not low, and its main force, the 14th Wing, is an old wing, and its combat effectiveness is very strong. The three infantry wings plus the 75th Cavalry Wing and the 15th Mountain Artillery Wing and other troops, the entire division and regiment combined with more than 16,000 people, but I didn't expect that this time Shinozuka Yoshio would pull this unit again, and the 25th Division is still on the defensive side, and it is in a favorable position congenitally.
Tian Zongmou said worriedly: "Sir, the situation is too sudden, I'm afraid that the Third Garrison Division will suffer, do you immediately order them to stop attacking Maojindu and retreat?" ”
Wei Lihuang stood up and walked more than ten steps, at the beginning his footsteps were still very fast, but then his footsteps slowly slowed down, and he sighed for a long time: "It seems that it is difficult to take Maojindu, Lao Tian, you immediately send a report to the Third Garrison Division, ask if they can still take Maojindu, if not, they will withdraw." ”
Tian Zongmou frowned a little, "Sir, Maojindu is the key to the recovery of Zhongtiao Mountain this time, if we just withdraw like this, how will we face those fallen soldiers?" ”
"Play the piano!" Wei Lihuang was furious, and his sharp eyes were closely nailed to Tian Zongmou: "The old ancestor has long taught us the truth that people and people can survive if they lose their land, why don't you understand it, if the third garrison division suffers too many casualties, what good will it do us?" More importantly, if the 3rd Garrison Division is severely damaged, how can we explain to ZJ! ”
The person Wei Lihuang said was naturally Su Jin, and it was also interesting to say, as a dignified commander of a theater, he said something that he wanted to explain to the commander of a group army, which sounded very ridiculous at first glance. But these two guys who are the parties don't feel the slightest bit funny, although Su Jin is only a group army commander in name, but his commander is currently the commander with the heaviest authority in the whole of Huaxia, there is a kind of elite troops with more than 300,000 orders from him, if such a person really thinks that Wei Lihuang sold one of his divisions to Ri Ying himself because of his own selfishness, God knows what crazy things he will do.
As the so-called fear of something, Wei Lihuang just lost his temper, only to hear a "bang", a staff officer pushed open the door and hurriedly ran in, before Tian Zongmou could scold, the staff officer said in a panic: "Commander, it's not good, the 17th Army is stationed in the north of Shaanxi County, the traces of the 35th Division of the Japanese Army suddenly appeared, they are launching a fierce attack on Shaanxi County with the cooperation of aircraft and combat vehicles, Gao Guizi sent an urgent message, saying that they can't stand it!" ”
"What?"
This thunder stunned Wei Lihuang and Tian Zongmou.
Gao Guizi's 17th Army under the jurisdiction of the 84th Division Gao Guizi (and division commander) and the new 2nd Division, a total of more than 22,000 people, the whole army is stationed in the west of S County, their task is to cover the flank of the 3rd Garrison Division, but now it was suddenly attacked by the Japanese army, if Shaanxi County is lost, the 3rd Garrison Division will immediately be attacked by the two divisions of the Japanese army, if Wei Lihuang and Tian Zongmou do not know what this means, they can wipe their necks.
Tian Zongmou's whole face was flushed, his teeth were chattering, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Yoshio Shinozuka has such a big appetite, does he really want to eat the third garrison division in one bite?" ”
Although Wei Lihuang didn't speak, his face at the moment was also unusually ugly, if the Third Garrison Division was really annihilated by the Japanese army because of the first theater of operations, Su Jin, who was far away, would have to be furious.
"No, the 3rd Garrison Division must not be fine!" Wei Lihuang immediately said: "You immediately call Gao Guizi and tell him that he must defend Shaanxi County, if he loses Shaanxi County, I will shoot him!" ”
Although Wei Lihuang's order was issued quickly, it was already too late. At the same time as the order was issued, the 35th Division of the Japanese Army had already killed less than two miles away from S County under the cover of aircraft and combat vehicles, and the new 2nd Division, which was responsible for the garrison task, could not stop the Japanese army's air-ground attack at all, and the new 2nd Division collapsed in just two hours, and in the end the soldiers could not find officers, and the officers could not find soldiers, and finally they could only flee to the direction of Shaanxi County, and behind these soldiers, the Japanese army followed closely behind unhurriedly, and a group of soldiers who drove the rout rushed to the city wall of S County.
Gao Guizi, who had just received the news, wanted to lead his troops to resist, but at this time, the entire Shaanxi County was already in chaos, and Gao Guizi thought that he was the attacking party, and there was no need to organize troops to conduct defensive drills, so when the Japanese army appeared outside the city wall of Shaanxi County, the 84th Division directly under Gao Guizi also panicked. Although Gao Guizi ordered the troops to resist desperately, the 84th Division inevitably collapsed under the fierce bombardment of the Japanese army and the onslaught of the chariot troops.
Looking at the Japanese troops swarming into the city, Gao Guizi, who was observing the battle situation in a private house, felt like a knife, and the troops of the entire army couldn't even hold out for half a day, which was too embarrassing.
At noon on March 1, 1942, Shaanxi County fell into the hands of the Japanese army, and the situation of the war began to change significantly...... (To be continued.) )