It is not only the devils who are making slow progress, but also the troops of the Dameishan Military Division. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In order to ensure the smooth retreat of the main force of the division, Okabe Naosaburo left Iwasaki Mino's 47th Wing behind, and the Iwasaki Brigade stubbornly withstood the repeated attacks of the two main regiments of the Dameishan Army with the strong fortifications of Daping Town, and it was not until noon the next day that the first regiment finally occupied the outer position of Daping Town.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the devil was compressed into a narrow area with a radius of less than 100 meters.

Seeing that the two main regiments were fighting vigorously in Daping Town, and the guard battalion was also sent to Badou Town to block the attack, Gao Chu, the commander of the garrison regiment, and Tie Gang, the commander of the cavalry battalion, were a little anxious.

Gao Chu and Tiegang teamed up to find Xu Rui.

"Commander, you're too favoritism." Gao Chu first shouted, "Anyway, our garrison regiment can be regarded as the main regiment of the military subdivision, but now the first and second regiments have been fighting with the little devils in Daping Town for a long time, but our garrison regiment has never let them go, what is this?" The battalion and company commanders under my command have already made a mess. ”

This is the biggest difference between Kuomintang officers and Communist officers.

Because of the relationship between the officialdom and the ecology of the officialdom, the Kuomintang officers have a gun and a hard waist, so they often only think about preserving their strength, so if they can not go to the battlefield, they will try not to go to the battlefield, because going to the battlefield means that they will consume the troops in their hands, and it will power their power and status.

So in the Kuomintang army, there were almost no officers who took the initiative to ask for battle!

But the officers of the Communist Party are different, and the ecology of the Communist Party's officialdom is much better and more vigorous than that of the Kuomintang, so the thinking of the Communist Party commanders must be reversed, they are not afraid of war at all, they are afraid of not fighting at all, they are afraid of not fighting! Because fighting a war often means more military exploits, and it often means promotion.

The communist commander is not afraid that his troops will be consumed?

I am really not afraid, because the Communist Party's troops are all party's, not the commander's personal ones, and this is the most essential difference between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.

Therefore, after the founding of the country, the republic faced danger several times, but the troops were never in chaos.

With Lin Biao's lofty position in the People's Liberation Army system, before he defected, he couldn't even take away even a regiment, if it was replaced by the Kuomintang army, with Lin Biao's status, as long as he said a word, the entire old army of the four fields would probably gather in Jingcong, but this is simply impossible to happen in the Communist Party.

To get back to the point, the good political ecology within the Communist Party and the army has determined that the commanders of the Communist Party are all keen on fighting, so Gao Chu and Tiegang saw that the first and second regiments were fighting with devils in Daping Town, and they were about to take Daping Town, so the two of them couldn't calm down.

Gao Chu shouted: "Commander, it's our turn, right?" ”

Tiegang said: "Old Gao, what are you calling?" Since the start of this anti-sweeping war, your garrison regiment has been good, and it has fought several tough battles, but our cavalry battalion is miserable, and it is not the turn of a decent big battle, just last time in Guanxian, we chased and annihilated the Iida detachment of the little devils, but that bit of intensity is really not enjoyable. ”

After speaking, Tiegang said to Xu Rui again: "Regiment commander, is it still our cavalry battalion?" The first regiment and the second regiment are also too grinding, and they haven't taken Daping Town for a long time, so if we change our cavalry battalion, we will take it for you in one breath! ”

Gao Chu immediately counterattacked and said: "Lao Tie, don't make trouble, your cavalry will also fight field battles, positional warfare is not your dish, this final general offensive task must and can only be our garrison regiment!" ”

"It must and can only be from your garrison?" Xu Rui said with a smile, "Okay, I'm fine, as long as you can convince Lao He to give up the final general attack task to your garrison regiment." ”

"Gah?" When Gao Chu heard this, his face immediately collapsed.

Gao Chu can rob anyone's food, but he doesn't dare to rob He Guangming's food, not only because He Guangming has a big temper, but also because He Guangming is his old chief.

Tiegang said again: "Regiment commander, you can't always hang our cavalry battalion, right?" ”

"Hanging you?" Xu Rui said hesitantly, "Lao Tie, you think too much, your cavalry battalion is the sharpest knife in our Dameishan Military Division, how can it be possible to hang your cavalry battalion in such a big battle?" ”

Tie Gang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said excitedly: "Regiment leader, so there is a task?" ”

"Of course." Xu Rui nodded heavily and said, "If nothing else, the main force of the Kumamoto Division should have been blocked by the guard battalion near Badou Town by now, and then the next battle of annihilation against the Kumamoto Division will be, but in the end, the Kumamoto Division will definitely seek to break through to the west, and at that time, it will be the time for your cavalry battalion to show its skills." ”

"Understood!" Tiegang said excitedly, "Don't worry, head of the regiment, none of the little devils can escape!" ”

Xu Rui snorted lightly, and said: "But now, let's lay down Daping Town first, only by defeating Daping Town and annihilating all the devils entrenched in the town, can we chase forward without distraction, otherwise, with such a group of devils behind us, maybe there will be some chaos, and when the time comes, let the devils copy our back road, then the fun will be great." ”

Xu Rui's voice fell, and a violent explosion sounded outside the headquarters again, Xu Rui hurriedly walked out of the headquarters with Tiegang and Gao Chu, and then raised the telescope to look in the direction of Daping Town, and saw that a cloud of smoke and dust had risen in the direction of Daping Town, which was Niu Dazhuang's artillery battalion, using unconscionable artillery to carry out cluster shelling.

"The artillery battalion of the old cow began." Gao Chu said, "It looks like a group is about to start a general attack. ”

Tiegang said with some concern: "The artillery position is fine, don't let the devil's aviation blow up?" ”

Almost every hour or two, devil planes, planes, and bombers have come over the Damei Mountains to drop a few aerial bombs, or to dive and strafe several times, and the threat to infantry is actually not great, but the threat to artillery is extremely great.

"It can't be blown up." Xu Rui said, "Didn't you see such a big smoke over there? It was all lit up by the artillery battalion, and when the devil's bombers looked down from the sky, they could only see a large area of smoke, and they couldn't see anything at all except smoke, let alone find the gun positions of the artillery battalion, so it was fine. ”

Creating smoke is the cheapest and most effective defensive measure against aerial bombardment, and what is even more advantageous is that it is the middle of winter at present, and the land in central Anhui is mostly wheat straw after harvesting, and wheat straw is the source of smog that people hate in later generations, but in this war years, it is the most effective and cheapest air defense material.

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Almost at the same time, the main force of the Kumamoto Division also rushed to the vicinity of Hachito Town.

The marching speed of the main force of the division and regiment could not be as fast as that of the forward troops, because it had to carry a large number of trucks, wagons, and field howitzers, and the transfer of these weapons needed to rely on the road, and the highway had already been dug up in a mess by the militia team led by Wang Husheng, so it could only be passed smoothly after the engineers had re-leveled the road.

Because of this, the main force of the division and regiment took longer to march than the infantry alone.

The main force of the Kumamoto Division started yesterday evening, and now it has been walking for a full twenty hours before it has reached Badou Town.

From Daping Town to Shanxian County, and then from Shanxian County to the vicinity of Badou Town, the journey was very smooth, and several of his wing commanders and Chief of Staff Shigeta Shigetoku were all overjoyed, but Okabe Naosaburo's heart was sinking a little bit, he never thought that this was a normal situation, because according to the logic of the battlefield, the later the enemy's counterattack came, the more powerful it often became!

Badou Town is already in the middle of the Japanese-occupied area and the enemy's war zone, which is equivalent to the boundary, which means that if the Dameishan Independent Regiment really has any powerful backhand, then it will definitely choose to do it in Badou Town, because after Badou Town, it will enter the territory controlled by the Japanese army, and the Dameishan Independent Regiment will have no home advantage.

Of course, there is also a possibility that the Dameishan Independent Regiment does not intend to retaliate against their Kumamoto Division.

However, Okabe Naosaburo thinks that this is not very likely, with Xu Rui's character, he will definitely retaliate, even if he can't leave their entire Kumamoto division, at least bite off a large piece of meat from them! Therefore, Hachito Town is likely to become a test of life and death for the Kumamoto Division.

Because of his worries, Naosaburo Okabe sent telegrams to the Sano Wing, who was in charge of opening the road, many times, asking where they were? How far is it from Badou Town? As a result, the Sano Wing replied each time that they were on their way and were being blocked by the minefield of the Dameishan Independent Regiment and were clearing mines.

Ask again whether the Sano United team has encountered the main force of the Dameishan Independent Regiment? Sano United replied that there was no.

The Sano Wing actually encountered a blockade, but it was a small force, Sano Tiger didn't pay much attention to it, and Okabe Naosaburo didn't care too much either, this old devil cared about the main force of the Dameishan Independent Regiment, and it was the tens of thousands of troops who confronted their Kumamoto Division near Daping Town before!

As time passed, as Hachito Town got closer and closer, the uneasiness in Okabe's heart became stronger and stronger.

What is the saying? The more you are afraid of something, the more you will come!

Okabe Naosaburo was most worried that he would encounter a stubborn resistance from the Dameishan Independent Regiment near Badou Town, and as a result, when the main force of the division was still more than ten miles away from Badou Town, a signal corpsman hurriedly came over and reported: "The division commander, I have just received a report from the 23rd Infantry Wing that they were blocked by the Dameishan Independent Regiment in Badou Town. ”

Okabe Naosaburo's heart sank, and he asked urgently, "How many people?" ”

The signal corpsmen reported at the head: "At least one battalion of troops!" (To be continued.) )