Chapter 149: Lanfeng's Offensive and Defensive Battle (14)
Just as Keisuke Fujie shouted for withdrawal, a loud charge horn was sounded. The 1st and 3rd Battalions of the regiment directly under the regiment, which were directly rejecting the enemy, immediately stopped their pretended retreat and began to launch a counteroffensive to the east.
There was no need to cover up this counterattack, so everyone took out all the long and short guys, and all of a sudden, more than 20 Gatlings and seventy or eighty RPGs were lined up in a row and arranged in an area about 2 kilometers wide.
Seeing this, the Japanese cavalry wing chasing after them didn't know whether they wanted to speed up, but after entering the 800-meter range, the Japanese cavalry soon knew that it was powerful, and just Gatling's dense bullets had already made them suffer enough.
The dense Gatling bullet blockade line knocked the Japanese cavalry all over the field, and the Japanese cavalry was overturned on their backs, and in less than a minute, a Japanese cavalry company was wiped out.
The 9th Wing of the Japanese Army, which was immediately behind, was slower due to its infantry, and fell behind. By the time they arrived, the cavalry company had been shattered all over the place. The only dozen or so horsemen remained, and one by one they were like ghosts, and they didn't even want the riding rifle in their hands, so they turned their horses' heads and galloped backwards, and they fled without a trace in an instant.
Seeing this situation, where did the 9th Wing of the Japanese Army dare to step forward and stroke the tiger's whiskers? Wing Commander Gu Xianjian howled and immediately ordered a retreat. The Japanese 9th Wing immediately changed from the front to the rear and began to flee eastward.
Wang Weiguo, who was commanding the battle, saw that the devil was cowardly, waved his hand, and shouted: "Chase!" ”
Hundreds of soldiers of the directly subordinate regiment armed with AK immediately chased the devil and beat him like a tiger out of the gate.
Although the Japanese army was numerous, due to the loss of courage, the commander of the division, Keisuke Fujie, had already ordered the whole army to retreat, so they only ran with their heads buried in it, and could not even organize effective resistance.
However, the soldiers of the directly subordinate regiment were like a rainbow at this time, and the weapons in their hands were sharp, so they were like beating water dogs at this time, and they kept rushing forward.
In this way, one ran, one chased, and the corpses were all over the field along the way, and the Japanese soldiers who were constantly left behind were swept into a sieve by AK47.
At the same time, the 2nd Battalion of the Regiment directly under the Railway, which was resisting the enemy on the north side of the railway, and the 102nd Division, which was south of the railway, also launched a counterattack against the Japanese troops who were pressing forward step by step. Under the leadership of Li Shuyang, the second battalion of the directly subordinate regiment has nearly 1,000 devils, needless to say. It is worth mentioning that although the 102nd Division has more than 4,000 people, which is twice as large as the invading Japanese army, its equipment naturally cannot be compared with the regiment directly under it, and even compared with the devils, it is much worse. Therefore, although there are more people than devils, in fact, when it comes to combat effectiveness and strength, they are really not as good as devils.
Therefore, from the very beginning, the 102nd Division fought very hard, and it was easy to wait until the trumpet of the charge sounded, in order not to bankrupt the counteroffensive plan, Bai Huizhang grabbed the military hat on his head and threw it to the ground, pulled out the pistol in his waist and shouted: "Mahler X, fight with the **** little devil, brothers, rush me, if anyone takes half a step back, Lao Tzu will shoot him!" ”
After speaking, Bai Huizhang fired three shots into the sky, and the thousands of soldiers of the 102nd Division immediately rushed towards the devil like a tide regardless of their sacrifices.
The two sides were very close to each other, only a moment, the 102nd Division collided with the 20th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army, and immediately launched a tragic white-knuckle battle.
At this time, the advantages of a large number of people were revealed, the officers and men of the 102nd Division had a numerical advantage, often several against one, and the devils were often just blocking the big knives falling from the front, and then they were stabbed down by the bayonets stabbed from the side.
The two sides fought for a while, and although the 102nd Division paid about 500 sacrifices, the casualties of the devils also reached seven or eight hundred. Bai Huizhang saw that he had taken the top spot, and was about to cheer up his subordinates when he suddenly saw that the Japanese army began to retreat.
It turned out that the Japanese army received an order to withdraw from the command.
Bai Huizhang saw that he could not miss the opportunity, and immediately led the troops in pursuit, and when he chased until near Xiayi Station, he joined the three battalions of the regiment directly under him.
Because the Japanese army was first blown up by explosives, nearly 3,000 people were killed; Then the artillery was destroyed again; Immediately afterwards, the cavalry let the corpses of the subordinate regiments be beaten all over the field; The infantry attacking the Chinese defenders encountered counterattacks one after another and suffered heavy losses.
This series of defeats and losses made the Japanese 16th Division unbearable, and at the same time, morale was extremely low. However, due to the early sight of the Japanese chief of staff Mitsuo Nakazawa, the division commander Keisuke Fujie, also quickly issued an order to withdraw the troops. Therefore, by the time Bai Fei and everyone chased them to the vicinity of Xiayi Railway Station, Fujie Keisuke had already fled east along the railway with the remnants of the defeated army.
Bai Huizhang, the commander of the 102nd Division, saw Bai Fei, smiled excitedly, and said: "Damn, this battle is very happy, Brother Bai, now that the Japanese army has fled to Zhoulou Railway Station, should we hurry up and chase it." ”
Bai Fei said: "Chase, chase immediately!" If it is delayed any longer, the Eighth Army may not be able to stop the Japanese army who are eager to flee for their lives. ”
It turned out that Bai Fei had already notified Huang Jie in advance before ordering the counterattack, asking him to rush from Dayangji in the north of the railway to Zhoulou and other places to garrison in order to cut off the retreat of the Japanese army. However, Bai Fei knew that although the main combat force of the Japanese army had suffered a lot of losses, it still had seven or eight thousand people, and the total number should exceed 15,000 with the addition of baggage troops, engineer troops, communications, and sanitation. And the Japanese army is now fleeing for their lives, with nearly 10,000 people in Huang Jie's hands, if the Japanese army is determined to break through, he may not be able to stop it.
Therefore, Bai Fei immediately personally led the team to pursue, and along the way, he saw carts transporting guns, ammunition, clothing, tents, canned food, medicines and other supplies, thrown everywhere.
However, it was precisely because of these things that the soldiers of the 102nd Division saw that they were interested in making money, and their eyes lit up with joyful smiles, and they rushed to rob them, and even forgot about the pursuit mission.
Bai Fei was a little angry when he saw this, and said to Bai Huizhang: "Senior Commander Bai, these things will be collected when you come back, it is important to pursue the devil now, and you can't forget the big thing." ”
When Bai Huizhang heard this, he scolded his subordinate soldiers a few words, but it didn't work at all, what should those soldiers do, Bai Huizhang's scolding couldn't stop their momentum of looting at all.
Seeing that his subordinates didn't listen to him, Bai Huizhang sighed, and said to Bai Fei with some embarrassment: "Brother Bai, let you laugh, to be honest, although our 102nd Division belongs to the Central Army, it has always been raised by our stepmother, and we have our share in the war, but the benefits have always been related to us." How could there be such an opportunity to pick up foreign drops before? I met it today, and now even if I put a gun on their heads, I don't think it will work... Speaking of which, in fact, the brothers are poor, I apologize to you for them, you bear more, don't be surprised. ”
When Bai Fei heard this, he shook his head secretly. At present, the situation was urgent, and he saw that the 102nd Division could no longer be counted on, so he immediately said no more, and immediately led the brothers of the directly subordinate regiment through the chaotic crowd and went straight to Zhoulou.