Chapter 108: Defeat of the 21st Wing
The smoke of gunpowder filled the sky, and the shouts of killing on the battlefield became louder and louder, and Chen Chunyi saw the 3rd Battalion and the Independent Company in front of him breaking through the position.
The Japanese army obviously failed, and the loss of positions not only made the two sides fall into a melee. There was even a rout of the Japanese army.
Chen Chun immediately ordered all the 1st Battalion that had not been dispatched to press up.
A battalion of fresh troops into the battlefield, produced an overwhelming advantage, the Japanese troops in the position had to face three times their own Chinese troops, simply could not parry, the shouting on the position lasted for nearly half an hour, in this half an hour of attrition, the Japanese blood was also worn away, in the end, the remnants of the Japanese army had to break up to the area of the wing headquarters.
"Kill it!" The morale of the national officers and soldiers who were in high morale took advantage of the victory to pursue, shooting, and slashing, all of which became the best way to shoot and kill the Japanese army, but Chen Chunyi also understood the truth of the poor Kou Mo chasing, and ordered the troops to stop after a period of pursuit.
The trenches were full of dead bodies, blood pooled into a stream of blood, flowing along the trench towards the low-lying place, the main force of the Japanese army, at least nearly 200 people were killed, and the rest all fled. The cost of the 23rd Regiment was not small, the 1st Battalion, the 3rd Battalion and the Separate Company lost nearly 300 men, but the losses were not unacceptable when evenly distributed among the three units.
And Zhang Wei is still in a coma. The battle was over, and the soldiers were searching for weapons and cleaning up the wounded.
He Kun and Qiu Wei, together with several soldiers from the independent company, carried Zhang Wei away and walked towards Chen Chunyi's position, Hao Zhong was slightly wounded, and he stayed behind to organize the remaining officers and soldiers of the independent company.
Zhang Wei was carried by several people, his body always sank involuntarily, and the leggings that He Kun tied up for him just now were already soaked in the blood that flowed out and turned into a black rag.
"Hurry up, the company commander's injury is not serious, it's just a quick picture, the sooner you send it, the better." Qiu Wei shouted, several people were already exhausted in the fight just now, and now in order to save Zhang Wei, they also used their greatest strength, shouting the trumpet while carrying Chen Chunyi to the position where Chen Chunyi was.
Chen Chunyi just breathed a sigh of relief, in the battle just now, he saw it clearly in the trenches, it was Zhang Wei who took the lead in breaking through the position, and the 23rd Regiment was able to defeat this Japanese brigade, the soldiers had just finished fighting, their bodies were very tired, and they were all handled with care when cleaning the battlefield, at this time, a few people ran over next to him, Chen Chun looked at it one by one, it seemed to be a person from an independent company, and several people worked together to carry a bloody man.
"Not good, guards, go up and pick up a handful of people!" , It wasn't until the guards and Qiu Wei and others laboriously climbed into the trench that Chen Chunyi saw that the bloody man was Zhang Wei, his face was pale, and his body was full of blood. "How did this get hurt?"
"When charging, the company commander stood up and threw a grenade in order to blow up the crooked handle, and was hit several times. He Kun replied breathlessly.
Chen Chunyi didn't hesitate, waved his big hand, and ordered the people around him: "The guards and the communication platoon are here to help, hurry up, send them directly to the division hospital, and go to the regiment headquarters to find the big car." ”
The guards and soldiers of several communication platoons took over Zhang Wei from Qiu Wei and others, who were almost in collapse, and seven or eight strong men worked together to carry Zhang Wei back, and now only the 4th Division Division Hospital can save him, and the regimental health center can't handle it at all, Zhang Wei is still in a coma......
Boom - the Japanese artillery began the final shooting, the 23rd Regiment had long stopped the pursuit, they were very interesting, only gave a dozen shells in front of the positions captured by the 23rd Regiment, almost zero casualties, this shelling is more like a deterrent, the defense line of another brigade was also broken through by the 52nd Army, the Japanese army after paying more than 100 casualties, received an order from Katano to give up the position, and immediately retreated, so the Japanese positions of the two brigades were captured by the National Army, but fundamentally speaking, The losses of the Japanese troops on that side of the 52nd Army were not particularly large, why did the Japanese retreat? Because they also know that no matter how they fight, they can't hold on, and it is better to retain more vitality.
Katano looked at the retreating troops, shook his head helplessly, strategic arrogance, and insights led to tactical passivity, the advance of Sakamoto's detachment was used by the Tang Enbo Corps, and the troops were reversed, and now it is better to retain some more living forces, at least, it is not a big problem to break through the encirclement.
"Order the troops, retreat in an orderly manner, the imperial army is to retreat, and it cannot be embarrassed in front of the enemy army! The whole wing retreated to the Shangyan area in the northwest direction, and the baggage that could not be taken away was blown up on the spot! ”
The retreat of the 21st Wing of the Japanese Army began, and the quality of the Japanese army was indeed not bad, and the Japanese troops who had just retreated and retreated quickly reorganized, alternately covered, and retreated backwards.
The artillery of the 52nd Army and the 4th Division began to kill and wound the Japanese army with sporadic artillery bombardment, and the infantry was a small group of infantry units that pursued and killed the Japanese army.
The sound of gunfire filled the night. In the entire battle on the 3rd, the 21st Wing suffered huge losses in the rout, and the Japanese troops on the line from Lanling to Aiqu had completely retreated, while Xiangcheng and Qiuhu were also recovered by the troops of the 89th Division one after another, clearing the remnants of the Japanese army.
Tang Enbozhi was complacent, but the devil was not strong, the Sakamoto detachment suffered the greatest losses in the daytime battle, especially the 21st Wing, which itself was the unit to which the Sakamoto detachment belonged, Sakamoto Shun analyzed the battle situation during the day, and he also understood that he had to retreat, so he ordered the troops to assemble in the area of Chahe Town, and at the same time actively contacted the Seya detachment, these two old devils also sympathized with each other, a few days ago it was Sakamoto who saved Seya, and now the Sakamoto detachment was tragically besieged, The situation of the Seya detachment in the Taierzhuang area was relatively better.
There is reincarnation in the way of heaven, who is spared by the sky!
The current tragic situation of the Japanese army, many of which are due to Zhang Wei, the blockade of Yixian County greatly delayed the speed of the Japanese army's attack, and Chen Chunyi and the 23rd Regiment were not defeated as in history, and more importantly, it gave the Tang Army more time to deploy troops, a small change can produce an infinite "butterfly effect." ”
The sky is spinning, there is a sense of oppression from top to bottom, yes, this is how our hero Zhang Wei feels at this moment, for him, the last memory is that he was hit by a bullet, He Kun's figure flashed, and then, there was endless darkness.
Struggled to open his eyes, what greeted him was a straw mat, and the noisy sounds around him woke him up, Zhang Wei had a splitting headache, and the sequelae of yesterday's blood loss were revealed. Beside him were Qiu Wei, He Kun and others, several of them were drowsy, Hao Zhong hung his arms, his head sank down, the feeling of weightlessness startled him, and he suddenly woke up, and tried to grab the gun in his hand.
"The company commander is awake!"