The speed of human movement in the water is far less than that on land, and even though the water in the Xinqiang River is shallow, it still has an impact on the devil's fuss, not to mention being attacked by the Chinese army.

Although the weapons and equipment of the Sichuan army are far inferior to the central army, and can even be said to be inferior in the local armies, the Sichuan army has enough soldiers that the people of Bashu are proud of and proud enough to be proud of the national army. The firepower of the Sichuan army is not enough to suppress the devils, but they have combat experience gained from many bloody battles, and Wang Chaokui's second battalion is like this.

His three companies in Hanyang made seven or nine steps, three or eight big covers, and the middle formal, and even some recruits were holding the old-fashioned Hanyang-made 88-style old sleeve rifles, if the soldiers were allowed to shoot alone, it was impossible to stop the pace of the devil soldiers, but what made the devil unexpected, the Chinese defenders on the position adopted the tactics often used by the British and French troops during World War I, and they used two squads or a platoon as the base number, and started a platoon of guns. The Chinese defenders on the entire position were divided into two groups, the first group was pulling the bolt after firing, and the second group fired again. The gunfire was neat and pleasant, and it rang out at the same point again, and the sound was particularly loud. This almost intermittent firing, combined with a handful of Czech machine guns, actually caused a lot of damage to the devils who forcibly crossed the river.

When the small artillery of the devils on the other side of the river began to bombard and assist, the five Makqin, who had been pinned on by the soldiers of the second battalion, were finally put into position, and when the silent metal tearing sound sounded on the battlefield, the commander of the devil who was still lucky enough to attack and cross the river woke up, and looked at the soldiers who were killed and wounded in the river one by one, and he reluctantly gave the order to let the attacking troops withdraw.

The devil's artillery fire is really not covered, although only mortars and grenadiers are used, but it still causes a lot of damage to the second building, Wang Chaokui was still worried about whether his troops can withstand this wave of attack, and when he was about to report to the regiment headquarters to request support, the devil himself began to retreat.

"Stop shooting!" His orders were passed from one end of the trench to the other end of the trench by the Sichuan soldiers, and the speed of transmission was not comparable to that of ordinary troops. The Sichuan army could not compare with the enemy in anything, but the battlefield discipline and concerted efforts were far from being comparable to the enemy.

For the troops of other national armies, when the devils retreated, it was a good time to shoot them, but the Sichuan army was poor, and they couldn't afford to consume this ammunition, so they had to watch the devils flee in embarrassment.

The recruits of the Sichuan army on the position were so angry that they gritted their teeth, but they were helpless, their ammunition supply was limited, although it was not to the point that every shot had to be counted, but in fact it was not much worse. The veterans are different, most of them jumped off the bench, there are many brothers in the trenches who are wounded, the Sichuan army is not so extravagant that every wounded soldier has a medical guard, and can only survive with the help of the brothers, the recruits do not know the importance of this, but they are deeply aware of it.

Wang Chaokui sat paralyzed in a dirt hole, and the gray cloth military hat was grabbed from his head, crumpled into a ball and thrown on the ground. Panting in his mouth, the bloodshot in his red eyes has not yet dissipated, looking at the corpses of the soldiers who are carried over from time to time at the entrance of the cave and the wounded soldiers who are being supported, he really wants to roar twice, these are his soldiers, they are all brothers who followed him Wang Chaokui from Sichuan, he is not afraid of fighting to the death with the devil, and the brothers are not afraid, but seeing that the seriously wounded are not treated and die of pain, seeing that the lightly wounded are only wrapped in bandages, and there is not even the most basic hemostatic medicine, this steely man still can't help but cry sadly, he is the battalion commander, but he, the battalion commander, was completely powerless about these things, so he had to be angry with himself, and when he was so angry that he couldn't help it, he shook his hand and gave himself two slaps.

None of the others in the cave stopped him, because they knew that it was far better for the battalion commander to vent his anger than to hold it in his heart.

"Second Battalion Commander, Second Battalion Commander, has anyone seen the Second Battalion Commander?" The voice of the regimental headquarters signal corps was heard from the trenches.

Wang Chaokui didn't pay attention to it, and the people in the earth cave didn't pay attention to it, they knew that someone would guide this guy over. Now they are looking forward to the good news he brings, not the kind of bullshit order that sticks to it for two more days.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the regimental headquarters signal soldier to come in, and he first said with a grinning face: "Battalion Commander Wang, your rat hole is quite warm, and your life is really good, unlike me who has to run back and forth on a snowy day." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, say it quickly, and let it go if you fart." Wang Chaokui was in a very bad mood, defending against this wave of attacks by devils, although the losses of the second battalion were not large, they still sacrificed and injured many brothers, he was blaming himself, this guy is joking now, don't touch his own head.

"Alas, I said that Camp Commander Wang ......"

The signal soldier of the regiment headquarters was upset and was about to save face, but was stopped by an officer in the earth cave and said: "There are so many dead and wounded brothers, and the battalion commander is in a bad mood, so don't worry about it." ”

They all came out of Sichuan together, and many of them were old acquaintances before, and although the regimental headquarters signal corps was only a big soldier, he was able to play and joke with the officers, which can be regarded as a major feature of the Sichuan army.

"Oh! It's my fault, it's my fault, Camp Commander Wang, don't be angry, don't rest assured. "In the minds of the soldiers of the Sichuan army, nothing and anything can compete with hometown and brotherhood, and it is precisely with these rare and valuable qualities that millions of warriors from Sichuan are guaranteed, holding dilapidated equipment from North China to Central China and then to South China.

"You've been talking for a long time and haven't let out a fart, tell me, what did the head of the regiment let you do?" Wang Chaokui said angrily, he didn't have any illusions, the battle had just begun, and it was impossible for the regiment commander to let him withdraw, and at this time, the most likely order to send a signal soldier was to hold on for as long as possible.

"Battalion Commander Wang, the regiment commander ordered, let your battalion stay until dark, and then retreat at night, and the wounded can be sent back now."

"What?" Wang Chaokui almost couldn't believe his ears, and asked anxiously, "You say it again." ”

"The regiment commander ordered that the second battalion can retreat after dark!" The signal soldier amplified his voice and looked at Wang Chaokui with a smile on his face, he is also a soldier, he is also a soldier of the Sichuan Army, so he naturally does not want to see these fellow villagers and brothers of the second battalion fighting on this sudden front position.

"Shangfeng is merciful, my Wang Chaokui is so lucky!" Hearing the words of the signal soldier at the regimental headquarters, he finally had a trace of joy on his face, and he was still confident that he and the 2nd Battalion would hold out on to this position for less than half an afternoon. Wang Chaokui suddenly remembered what the regiment commander said to him when he assigned the task: "As long as you think you can't stand it, you can retreat on your own!" At the time, he thought it was an empty word, but now it seems that this is Shangfeng who does not want to stick to this line of defense at all.

Wang Chaokui is a soldier, although he can't figure out why Shangfeng did this, but good obedience to accidents and discipline, he still didn't continue to ask, and directly said to the regimental headquarters signal soldier: "Thank you for me, regiment commander, and you dog guy, after the battle, Lao Tzu invited you to drink flower wine." Wang Chaokui knew very well in his heart that the regiment commander was worried that he had not figured out the order at that time, and would lead his troops to defend the position on the south bank, so he sent the signal corps to re-convey it again, and even gave a clear time, and this concern made his heart warm.

Like the 2nd Battalion, all the Sichuan troops on the south bank of the Xinqiang River received the same order: to fight and wait for the opportunity to retreat.

Don't look at the extremely fierce fighting on the first day, a stubborn posture, but at dawn the next day, the Sichuan army on the entire south bank position was completely withdrawn.

After suffering yesterday's losses, the devil commander first ordered to shell with field artillery for more than 10 minutes before giving the order to force the crossing. At first, he was worried that the troops would be attacked by the Chinese army when they were in the middle of the river as they were yesterday, so he ordered the grenadiers and mortars to keep suppressing them, and when he saw all the attacking squadrons go up to the other side of the river, he realized that he had been fooled again, and the Chinese army should have slipped away.

The wrecked boat on the south bank still did not escape the fate of being dismembered, and was used as a fire material by the devil soldiers after all. In the eyes of the devil commander, Xiaozhou's fate is the fate of Changsha in the near future, but with Sun Yumin and 300,000 national troops, will he get what he wants?

In accordance with the orders and arrangements of the Ninth Theater Commander's Department, the 20th Army continued to fight fiercely with the Japanese army the next day, first ordered the 133rd and 134th Divisions to retreat to the southeast of Sanjiangkou, Guanwangqiao, Yingzhu Mountain, and Guhua Mountain in the Wangjiafang Mountains, and together with the new 11th Division of the 58th Army that arrived at Yanglin Street on the same day, attacked the enemy attacking from the south from east to west.

The 23rd Wing and the 45th Wing of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army pursued in the direction of Dajing Street after breaking the resistance of the Sichuan Army at the Xinqiang River.

The Japanese 40th Division, which was advancing hand in hand with the 6th Division, divided the troops into two columns: the left column was the 234th Wing, the right column was the 236th Wing, and the 235th Wing covered the left back of the division and attacked in the direction of Changsha in an inverted character.

On the third day, the 23rd Wing of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army fought fiercely with the troops of the 133rd Division at Longfeng Bridge for 8 hours, and Wang Chaokui's 2nd Battalion of the 398th Regiment played the role of the regimental reserve this time, and did not fight with the devils in the front-line position. Xia Jiong, commander of the 133rd Division, faithfully carried out the requirements of the Theater Commander's Department, and since the exchange of fire with the devils on the 24th, he frequently retreated and frequently blocked attacks, and the 398th Regiment under his jurisdiction and three battalions took turns to fight, but there were still many casualties. However, the strength and tenacity of the Sichuan army were vividly demonstrated in the past two and a half days, and although the losses were not small, they did not lose their combat effectiveness.

In the evening, the order to retreat, as in the previous two days, arrived, and after several hundred casualties, the position, which had been held for eight hours, was once again abandoned. And the devil is also smart, after discovering the abnormality, he immediately sent a detachment of sharp soldiers up, and found that the Chinese army had indeed "broken and fled", and the 23rd Wing telegraphed to the division commander Kanda Masazhong: Our unit defeated the Chinese army at 21 o'clock and "occupied" the Longfeng Bridge position.

The 236th Wing on the right flank of the 40th Division, which was advancing in an inverted shape, arrived at Chenjiaqiao in the afternoon, while the 234th Wing on the left flank arrived near Guanwang Bridge.

On the same day, the 236th Wing launched a joint attack, and the target was the Dounanjian Heights, 1 km east of Chenjiaqiao, which was the blocking area of the 134th Division of the Sichuan Army. Like Xia Jiong of the 133rd Division, Yang Gancai, the commander of the 134th Division, is also faithfully fulfilling the orders of the commander of the theater to block the attack, and the combat effectiveness of the 40th Division of the Japanese Army is far inferior to that of the 6th Division, which also makes the casualties of the 134th Division smaller than that of the 133rd Division, but no one expected that this frequent retreating blockade would completely block the Japanese army on the front line of Dounan Jiangao.

The right flank was blocked, but the Guanwang Bridge position on the left flank was abandoned by the Sichuan army, and the Japanese 234th Wing moved south from there and arrived at Changle Street that night.

Now standing in front of the 234th Wing of the Japanese Army is Chen Peibu of the 37th Army of the National Army. Unlike the 20th Army, the 37th Army was a central army with three divisions, and its weaponry and strength were far superior to the Sichuan army, which had blocked them for two and a half days.

At this time, Yang Hanyu's 20th Army of the Sichuan Army had completed the task of blocking it, and was ordered to assemble near Denglong Bridge, Xinqiang, and Hengfang, and cooperate with the Sun Du Department of the 58th Army to attack the Japanese army from east to north near Yanglin Street and Hu Shaobao. Like the 37th Army, the 58th Army is also the Central Army, and its headquarters was originally subordinate to Luo Zhuoying's Department of the 19th Group Army.

After Luo Zhuoying was ordered to be transferred out of the post of commander of the expeditionary force, Xue Yue forcibly left the 58th Army in northern Xiangbei, and Liu Yinggu, who was the acting commander-in-chief of the 19th Group Army, only dared to be angry and did not dare to speak. As one of the main forces of the 19th Group Army, the 58th Army's weapons and equipment were more victorious than the 37th Army, and the Sichuan Army was even higher than that. In the face of the two armies of the Central Army of the National Army, the 6th and 40th Divisions of the Japanese Army, which were already exhausted, were rigidly blocked from advancing and blocked in front of the second line of defense, and all this happened when the Ninth Theater had not yet fully defended. After Lao Jiang, who was far away in Chongqing, received Xue Yue's war briefing, he also had a vague premonition that Sun Yumin's tactic might really be able to deal a heavy blow to Anan's Eleventh Army as he said.

On the same day that the attack of the two divisions of the Japanese army was blocked, the 3rd division of the Japanese army was thrown into the large battle regiment.

The division, under the command of the division commander Toshima Botaro, followed the right flank of the 6th Division, moved south along the Cantonese-Han line, routed the resistance of the Nationalist troops, and entered the right bank of Mishui near Guiyi in the evening of the same day.

Miluo River, an extremely important river in northern Hunan Province, it belongs to the Dongting Lake water system, originates from Pingjiang County, Hunan Province, Tongcheng County, Hubei Province, Jiangxi Province Xiushui 3 counties junction of Huanglong Mountain Lishupot (now Jiangxi Xiushui County), flows through Xiushui County Baishi Bridge, enters Pingjiang County from Longmen Bridge, flows southwest through Changshou, Chiayi, Xianchong, three cities to the bridge, turns to the northwest, flows through Zhongxian Ping, Hengcha, Jinwo, and then turns to the southwest, flows through Pingjiang County Chengguan, Hukou, Qingchong, Huangqiyuan; It enters Miluo City to Xinshi, flows through Changle Street, Xinshi, Miluo, and flows into South Dongting Lake in the north of Leishi Mountain, with a total length of 253.2 kilometers. The Miluo River is divided into two branches, the south branch is called "Mishui", which is the main source; The north branch is called "Luoshui", and it meets Qu Tan in Miluo City, so it is called Miluo River.