The Japanese army was also very shrewd, and when they saw that Sangou's troops were slowly withdrawing to the Shiguling position, they no longer pursued them desperately, but took advantage of the large number of people to seize the forward position at the foot of the mountain of the third battalion.

We had to ask the machine gun company of the third battalion left on the hill if they agreed or not, and as soon as the machine gun company of the bamboo pole opened fire, the Japanese army immediately coaxed.

There's no need, I'm not in a hurry to attack it now, anyway, the Japanese army's strategy has been decided, and the Chinese army in Shiguling will survive anyway, so it will be boiled slowly.

Therefore, in order to avoid greater losses, the Japanese army retreated, or maintained in the original position, and the Japanese army also thought that the Chinese army would make such a big move tonight to counterattack, and nine times out of ten it wanted to break through, and nine times out of ten it was a lack of food and ammunition.

Since there is a shortage of food and ammunition, there is no need to fight to the death with the Chinese army, just wait and slowly boil them.

Sangou They don't want to stay here with the devils, and now the three battalions are eagerly waiting for the signal from the first battalion of the 305th Regiment to the back pit.

It seems that it is estimated that it will be very smooth, because Wugang in the west was only a few gunshots before, and then there were no more, it was very quiet, if it didn't go well, it was estimated that there would be a lot of gunfire over there.

After about half an hour, a signal finally came to the back pit, a white signal flare up the sky, followed by a red one.

This was a signal that had been said in advance, and Sangou immediately asked the Ninth Company, which was at the forefront of the forward position at the foot of the mountain, to be the rear force, and the Seventh Company to go to Wugang first as the vanguard force.

It was followed by the machine gun company and the battalion headquarters, and then the eighth company, and after arriving at Wugang, the eighth company stayed to form a temporary position, sent a signal, and waited for the ninth company to withdraw.

Everything went relatively smoothly, when the Ninth Company was quietly withdrawing, the devils didn't seem to know, and even if they knew, they didn't dare to catch up, for fear that the Chinese army was doing something bad.

The 9th Company passed through Wugang, where the 8th Company was located, and Wangjia Village, where the 7th Company, until it reached Xiangbeikeng, caught up with the machine gun company and the battalion headquarters, and stayed there to wait for the 8th and 7th Companies to come back.

When they arrived at Xiangbeikeng, they contacted the people of the first battalion and continued to walk to the west of Shinao Town, and after arriving at Shinao Town, the troops left behind by the second battalion told them not to go to the main road, but to the west along the Jinjiang River.

At about four o'clock in the morning, that is, at midnight, most of the troops rushed to the Jinjiang ferry in the area of Saikou and Kengbei, where the engineer battalion of the 51st Division had built a temporary pontoon bridge.

Before dawn, the men and horses of the two regiments all passed through the pontoon bridge, crossed the Jinjiang River, and the three dogs took the battalion headquarters of the three battalions and kept guarding the ferry, and waited until the last seven companies arrived, and then they went on the pontoon bridge together and went to the south bank.

This side to the south bank, is the gray port town, belongs to the 74th Army large force control place, the Japanese army has not come here for the time being, the current front of the Japanese army westward, is Shiguling.

At this time, it was already the early morning of April 6, the 58th Division had already come from Shanggao, and the three divisions of the 74th Army had been assembled, and then occupied the first-line positions such as Sunjiashan and Pengjiadu.

The 49th Army of the Northeast Army was also ordered to be under the command of Commander Yu Jishi of the 74th Army, and the 9th Division was to occupy the first-line positions of Chaikengnao, Huangguling, and Windmill Ridge in reserve, and the 105th Division held the Qingjiang River and built a reserve position on the Pingkou, Qushuiqiao, and Dongtang lines.

The First Army also reached the territory of Xiushui and reached the Fengxin border, and General Luo Zhuoyin, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy in the Ninth Theater and commander-in-chief of the Nineteenth Group Army, finally had enough troops to deploy the defensive line in Shanggao.

Although the Japanese army continued to make tentative attacks with squadron-level troops in the area west of Gaoan, they were repelled by the main force of the Chinese army.

The main force of the 106th Division of the Japanese army has not yet arrived, and even if it does, it does not dare to rush into the army alone.

On 8 April, General Luo Zhuoyin sent a telegram to the Military Commission:

"The 74th Army has shifted its positions three times, in an orderly manner, and the enemy has attacked three times, preparing for war to recapture its positions, and achieving the task of blocking the enemy's westward advance, please commend you."

On 10 April, the Central Military Commission sent a special telegram commending the 74th Army:

"The victory of Gao'an, blocking the enemy's westward advance, so that the enemy can neither attack nor defend, morale is exhausted, exposed, and our army is thriving.

The Central Military Commission awarded Yu Jishi, commander of the 74th Army, a medal of the Order of Qianyuan in recognition of his military exploits, and promoted him to deputy commander-in-chief of the 19th Group Army, commanding the 74th and 49th armies.

Sangou and they were also rewarded by the military headquarters and divisions, mainly in cash awards, and priority was given to weapons and ammunition personnel replenishment.

However, Liu Guangyu's acting regiment commander and Sangou's acting battalion commander did not take away the word "generation" from the two positions, and they still did not become regulars, and the soldiers of the 305th regiment and the third battalion felt that it was very unfair.

Since the Military Commission believes that the 74th Army has made meritorious contributions in this operation, and this credit is mainly due to the 51st Division, the 51st Division's merit is also fought by the two regiments, and the regiment also has it.

But the army commanders were all promoted because of their military exploits, but Liu Guangyu, the commander of the 305th Regiment, and Luo Zhicheng of the third battalion, who were the main makers of the military exploits, did not get the credit they deserved.

Liu Guangyu and Sangou definitely didn't know what to say on the surface, but in their hearts, they all knew what was going on, and the main reason was that their superior, Zhang Lingwu, the commander of the 153rd Brigade, was injured and left.

I heard that Brigade Commander Zhang was rescued back to the division hospital, but the medical conditions there were not enough, and now he has been transferred back to Changsha Hospital, I don't know what the effect is now.

Now the commander of the 51st Division, Wang Yaozu, is also hospitalized in Changsha, and I heard that he will be promoted to the deputy commander of the 74th Army, but now that the 51st Division has made contributions, I have not mentioned it.

Sangou doesn't know much about the situation here, this is high-level news, and it is difficult to have details or conclusive news to the level of Sangou.

But everyone understands that this time the 51st Division did not get the credit it deserved, mainly because the commander was not there, and the same was true of the 153rd Regiment below the 305th Brigade.

Although Li Tianxia, the current acting commander of the 51st Division, went up from the 153rd Brigade, the 153rd Brigade now belongs to Zhang Lingwu's troops.

The last time he was training in Changsha, Zhang Lingwu changed the 153rd Brigade from beginning to end, and all of them were replaced by the people of his former 305th Regiment.

Li Tianxia went to other divisions as deputy division commanders before, and he was helpless about it, and then returned to the 51st Division as deputy division commander, and now he has become the acting division commander, so naturally he has no feelings for this 153 Brigade, which has no color of its own.

In addition, he was already at odds with Zhang Lingwu, it should be said that Zhang Lingwu has always been at odds with him, on the surface, Li Tianxia is not a small person, and he can tolerate Zhang Lingwu.

After all, Li Tianxia was born in a wealthy family in Jiangsu and Zhejiang when he was a child, and he mixed in the rivers and lakes for some years, so he had a good grasp of this interpersonal relationship.

But in his heart, he would be unhappy with the aggressive Zhang Lingwu, Zhang Lingwu only had Wang Yaozu in his eyes, because it was Master Wang who asked him when he was most down, and later became the head of the main regiment.

Therefore, Zhang Lingwu repaid Wang Yaozu with liver and brain, and he was close to Wang Yaozu, so many times he overstepped the level and reported something.