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With the arrival of more follow-up units of the 5th and 10th Divisions of the Japanese Army, and other divisions such as the 14th, 16th, and 114th divisions arrived one after another.
There are also units directly under the Second Army of the Japanese Army, the Third Field Heavy Artillery Wing, and the Sixth Field Heavy Artillery Wing. In addition, the independent mixed 5th Brigade directly under the North China Front of the Japanese Army also participated in the battle sequence of the Second Army.
The Fifth Theater Command, which commanded the Chinese army to participate in the Battle of Xuzhou, suddenly felt that the pressure had increased, and it had already accelerated the pace of deploying 600,000 troops to retreat, of which the peripheral troops had already begun to withdraw westward.
The 60th Army of the Yunnan Army stayed as the covering force behind the palace, as I said before, in the face of national righteousness, this may not be a historical grudge between the Yunnan Army and the Gui Army.
As early as the beginning of the battle, Commander Li, the leader of the Gui Army, showed his family background, and the 21st Group Army and the 7th Army of the Gui Army were all on the south bank of the Huai River, and they were all in a mess with the Japanese army.
successfully prevented the Japanese Central China Front from moving north, and indirectly contributed to the success of Taierzhuang's victory, but at the same time, he did not fight for any credit or shirk any responsibility.
Most of the entire Battle of Xuzhou was completed by local troops, such as the blocking of the Gui Army and the Northeast Army on the southern line of the Huai River, the gradual blocking of the Northwest Army and the Sichuan Army on the northern front, and the reinforcement of the Central Army until the time of Taierzhuang.
Therefore, the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression did not distinguish between the north and the south, men and women, and the central region, so naturally there was no distinction between the Yunnan army and the Gui army.
As a Dian army that did not participate in the first phase of the war, it is now necessary to enter the battlefield as a new force and serve as a covering force behind the palace.
In fact, the Dian army did not take this matter seriously, but now in later generations, there are still people who talk about this matter, which is a bit small.
It's just that for people now, most people only know that there is a great victory in the Battle of Xuzhou, but they don't know that there is also a Yuwang Mountain Blockade Battle, which is a bit of a historical loss for the Dian army.
However, for the Yunnan soldiers at that time, no matter what the history will be in the future, it is necessary to do the things in front of them well, especially the 184th Division of Yuwangshan.
The Japanese army has been attacking repeatedly for less than a week, and there is still no way to take Yuwang Mountain, what planes, artillery and tanks, back and forth I don't know how many times they have been bombed, and the entire mountain has been blown up by shells to a height of two meters.
The intensity of this war can be imagined, and the Chinese army suffered such a baptism when it was only half a foot on the threshold of modern warfare.
The first battalion and the second battalion of the 1085th regiment were also crippled at the foot of the mountain, and now the broken third battalion that has been withdrawn from Xinzhuang has also been pushed up.
After a week of recuperation and recuperation, the wounded soldiers of the Eighth Company recovered well, and their injuries healed quickly, and under the leadership of company commander Duan Chenghua and deputy company commander Tan Yizhong, they dug caves for a week, but they were too tired to do it.
Finally, it was the brothers' turn to go into battle, although Lao Duan and Lao Tan were also excited, they had more things to think about, and they couldn't patronize the excitement.
The devil is still very difficult to deal with, the enthusiasm to kill the enemy is far from enough, at present, due to the increasing number of Japanese troops, the defenders of Yuwang Mountain are getting fewer and fewer, coupled with the fatigue of continuous combat, the night attacks that were often launched before are now unsustainable.
There is also the continuous consumption of ammunition, grain and grass, the supply of the rear is becoming more and more unable to keep up, the supply line is also destroyed to the point that it is not in shape, and the supply of food and ammunition is also intermittent.
The Japanese army was different, they opened up the main road traffic, railways, automobiles and other means of transport developed, and there were no problems in the supply of ammunition.
The Japanese army is now focusing on dealing with the fortifications and caves of the defenders on Yuwang Mountain, concentrating artillery to destroy in depth.
But the devil's tank can't go up the mountain, which is also a troublesome thing for the devil.
The same script is repeated almost every day, and the devil's cannon blasts at the fire points that have been exposed by the defenders before, and it seems that it has been flattened, so let's start charging.
But after the devil rushed up, I don't know from which corners, a lot of defenders came out, shot at once, and knocked the devil down again.
Now Lao Duan and they are staging such a scene, every day at dawn, the devil's cannon comes to open the wake-up service.
In the sound of rumbling cannons, everyone got up in the deep tunnels to wash and eat, and even chatted, laughed, scolded and joked, and didn't take the devil's terrifying cannon as a thing at all, and it didn't matter if they got used to it.
However, as the old Duan of the company commander, while beating and scolding, he also paid close attention to the news from the observation hole and the observation soldiers.
Recently, there were no delicious canned biscuits to eat, and the condolences sent from all over the country were piled up as high as a hill, and everyone moved into the underground warehouses of each company, and now they have actually finished eating.
"Don't keep thinking about what to eat, see if I eat you like a fat pig, I don't want to move, I will move and get ready to fight."
Lao Duan kicked and beat all the way, scolded all the way, and his soldiers were used to this rude commander, but Lao Tan was different, following Lao Duan and rarely talking.
The devil may have been frightened, but after the sound of this cannon, it seems that they did not rush up in large numbers as before, but a few sparsely pulled up, cats bent on their waists, like rabbits, jumping around, walking and stopping, and slowly leaned up.
"I'll go, the devil has also learned to be obedient, and I'm scared of being beaten, isn't it? Why are you still fighting? Go home and pick up your wife and children. ”
Lao Duan saw a bit of a funny devil in the observation hole, and his mouth was still scolding, this Lao Duan, watching the brother troops fight for a week, he was uncomfortable, so he sent out all the anger from his mouth.
Lao Tan can now understand a little bit of their Yunnan vernacular, but there are too many kinds of Yunnan vernacular, and each of them seems to be incompatible.
These local dialects are different from the content to the intonation and pronunciation, but what is surprising is that these Yunnan boys, they seem to be able to understand each other and communicate, which makes Lao Tan puzzled.
The devils came up, but not many, Lao Duan pressed himself, did not give instructions, but calmly observed, which made Lao Tan appreciate it a little.
What Lao Tan is worried about is that after Lao Duan held back for a week, he took his brothers to attack and fight as soon as he came up, and now the sign of the devil is obviously problematic.
Maybe these devils are not just tempting, it is very likely that they are the bait used for fishing, and the fishing is Lao Duan's firepower point.
Lao Tan told Lao Duan about his doubts and guesses, and Lao Duan also guessed this, the hero sees the same thing, but what should he do next? The two still have different opinions.
Lao Tan still thinks that if he observes first and brakes quietly, he expects that these devils will not be able to set off any wind and waves, even if they break into the position, it will be a matter of minutes to kill them.
Compared with Lao Tan's conservatism, Lao Duan is more aggressive and flexible, and he adopts the method of playing with devils with fake and true, fake and true.