Chapter 221: The Fall of the Jinguan Bridge (I)
In the lens of the telescope, the commander of the first battalion and Pan Zhi watched the devil's tank reverse backwards and retreated 400 meters away, and had a premonition that the devil might start shelling again, Pan Zhi gave an order in pain,
"A battalion commander, stay with a company. The rest returned to the anti-artillery holes! The devils shelled soon! ”
"Yes, the head of the regiment is assured; I must have stared at the little devil on the other side! The wounded battalion commander shouted, and did not ask to withdraw because he was wounded, and now the brothers on the battlefield could not retreat to the rear at all if they were slightly wounded, and as a commander, they could not leave a bad beginning;
The second and third battalions that received the order left a reinforced company to guard the huge position in front of the Jinguan Bridge, and the company commander in charge of guarding did not dare to slack off, the devil had already launched an attack behind him, in order to leave time for the return of the troops, a squad of soldiers was specially sent to be stationed in Zhujia Village, 500 meters in front of the position, once the devil attacked, he could also buy more time for himself;
The 2nd and 3rd Battalions moved quickly, brought equipment and ammunition, and arrived at the back of Jinqiao Village in only ten minutes, ready to support the 1st Battalion at any time;
"Wing Commander, didn't the division commander allow the use of special ammunition? I just looked for the biochemical soldiers, now the wind direction is just right, taking advantage of the artillery bombardment of the brigade headquarters, firing special combat shells towards Jinqiao Village, none of the people here can run, after passing through here smoothly, we can quickly capture the Jinguan Bridge in front, as long as the time is fast enough, after going to the avenue, under the cover of the chariot, the people of the branch will not have time to blow up the bridge. The staff officer advised,
"Well, Yo Si! Call the Mountain Artillery Squadron Leader here! Ichikawa thought about it and made up his mind;
"Captain!" The mountain artillery squadron was not put into use in the battle to attack Jinqiao Village, the trail was too narrow, and the mountain artillery shelling was too dangerous, and it was easy to be hit by the anti-Japanese artillery of the opposite Zhina people to hit the artillery position, in this narrow area, as long as it was hit and the ammunition was detonated, it would be a devastating blow to the entire 145th Wing;
"Yours, let the biochemical troops deliver special operations shells to you, and fire special shells when the artillery of the brigade shells the positions of the people on the opposite side; Do you understand? Ichikawa Yozo ordered to the squadron leader of the mountain artillery squadron with a hideous face,
"Hay!" The obedience of the Japanese soldiers is not to say, as long as the superiors give an order, no matter how angry they are asked to do it, they will rush to it;
"Boom, boom, boom......"
The artillery bombardment of the 111th Brigade soon began, and the shells of the mountain artillery and field artillery fell on the dilapidated Jinqiao Village position, bringing up a large amount of smoke and dirt, and the smoke of the explosion blinded the eyes of the officers and men left behind, and the huge roar filled their ears with buzzing......
The special shells fired by the 145th Wing of "Knock, Knock, Knock...... fell on the position of Jinqiao Village, and these landed shells did not explode, but emitted russet smoke into the surroundings after a snort......
"Ahem, cough, cough......" The commander of the first battalion who stayed in the position kept coughing, and was bombarded by the devil's shelling on the battlefield filled with gunsmoke, and all kinds of gases filled his lungs, he was used to it, and he didn't feel any difference between this time and the last time;
"Ahem, cough, cough ......" The sound of coughing kept coming from the position, and the brothers who stayed behind were still very experienced, and they tore off strips of cloth from their clothes, and wet their mouths and noses with water, according to previous experience, this would be much better, but now this method is not working, and in the violent coughing sound, some brothers kept feeling difficulty breathing, and then hallucinated, ran out of the trenches and craters, and were immediately torn to pieces by the bombs that landed......
"Ahem, cough, cough ......" Under the slow blowing of the mountain wind, the poisonous gas quickly diffused towards the underground bunker of the anti-artillery hole, and Pan Zhi felt wrong as soon as he smelled this smell,
"Damn, the devil is poison-proof; Come out with me, and retreat toward the avenue; Wait for the poison gas to dissipate and then fight back! "Pan Zhen can't take care of the orders of the division headquarters now, if he doesn't leave, all the people will die, and the people will die, and the position will naturally not be able to hold, so it is important to avoid the poison gas first;
Nearly 500 brothers hid in the artillery hole, covering their mouths and noses with their hands, and evacuated towards the avenue behind Jinqiao Village on the battlefield where shrapnel was crossed......
"Ahem, cough, cough......" Pan Zhi coughed as he ran, and the number of brothers who followed him had dropped from 500 to more than 300, and more than 100 brothers were injured in the shelling and died on the cold ground......
The "regiment commander" was waiting in the trench on the avenue behind him, and the second battalion commander greeted him suspiciously!
"Did the communications soldiers come out? Set up a radio station and call the division headquarters now! Pan Zhi coughed and said,
"It's out! Commander, you say! "The signal soldier coughed and his face was red, but now there was a ravine between Jinqiao Village and the avenue, and the flowing mountain wind played a great role in blocking the spread of the poison gas to this side, so that the troops here would not be destroyed by the poison gas;
"The devil gassed it! I reckon that the commander of the first battalion and the brothers on the ground are going to be finished. Pan's gloomy face showed sadness,
"Commander, the radio is ready." The Signal Corps reported,
"Send a telegram to the division headquarters: At least one brigade of the Japanese army, equipped with two squads of chariots, launched an attack on our defensive line and has successfully repelled a wave of attacks, but the Japanese fired poison gas bombs at our position after the defeat; Non-human can block it! Request a retreat! Pan Zhi said,
"Yes!" The communication soldiers were busy recording, and then converted into signals in the tick-tick radio waves and floated to the headquarters of the third division.
"The division headquarters calls back!" Pan Zhi, who was anxiously waiting, picked up the telegram and looked at it,
"Order the 15th Regiment to retreat to Kongjia Mountain to deploy defenses, and the 18th Regiment has been ordered to build a defensive line in the drawbridge depression to cover your retreat!"
After Pan Zhen read the simple message, he seemed to be able to see the deep disappointment of the division commander from the message, and he handed the message to the communication corps for safekeeping, looked at the position of Jinqiao Village, which was filled with poisonous gas, and turned around and ordered,
"Jinqiao Village and Jinguanqiao are finished, and the forward troops are ordered to cover; The main force withdraws with me. Arm up to Kongjia Mountain! Pan Zhi ordered,
"Yes, Captain!" The two battalion commanders looked at each other, and still sent their brothers to Jinguanqiao to inform their troops, don't forget to retreat after the cover is completed, if you don't retreat, a reinforced company left behind will be the end of all the deaths......