Chapter 19: The Battle (End)

"400 meters, 300 meters, 200 meters, ready!" He Jianye watched the approach of the Japanese drama in the telescope, and gave an order,

"The machine gun is not allowed to fire, the rifle is aimed and hits! 100 meters, fire! While He Jianye shouted, he pulled the sniper rifle in his hand, and at such a close distance, it was easy to give the devil a headshot......

The devils of a squadron, despite the fire support of machine guns, in just ten minutes, lost most of them and retreated back in disarray......

"Boom, boom.. Boom, boom..."Along with the sound of the gunshot, it was the sound of mortars, but before the mortars came and landed on the position of the Ninth Brigade, most of them had already been reimbursed, and the angry Japanese commander looked at Yang Xiaoshi, who was retreating not far away, and gave the order to pursue frantically......

"Light machine guns open fire to cover, wait for the Japanese army to advance to 400 meters......." He Jianye yelled,

On the morning of October 28, the heavy artillery did not take care of He Jianye, under He Jianye's step-by-step calculation, the Japanese brigade in charge of the roundabout retreated when half of the casualties were lost, and the Ninth Brigade easily carried through the morning, and only two brothers of the soldiers were accidentally slashed by bullets in the arm, bandaged with gauze, and collectively dealt with miscellaneous grain cakes in the trenches......

"Wing Commander, the terrain on the right flank of the Chinese Army is not suitable for heavy artillery bombardment, the effect is not great, it is full of seepage depressions and weeds, in this kind of terrain, the Chinese Army has defense, organized an infantry defense line, and there are light machine guns and mortars on the opposite side, which can quickly transfer the position, it is difficult for us to make a detour!" The captain of the team who failed to return is reporting to Izo and a man;

On the afternoon of October 28, the position of the 9th Brigade was rarely quiet for an afternoon, and the frontal position of the 18th Division was crumbling under the frantic attack of the Japanese army.......

I don't know if it was because of the machine gun threat of the battle team, or because the officers and soldiers of the 18th Division were ashamed and brave, under the command of the division commander Zhu Yaohua, the position was still firmly controlled in their hands, and the Japanese army did not gain an inch.......

On November 28, Luodian was lost, and Chen Cheng led the headquarters and the remnants of the 88th Division into Dachang, responsible for the command of the Dachang defensive battle and the Luodian Campaign.

On October 29, Chen Cheng urgently dispatched Luo Zhuoying's 18th Army and the newly arrived five main forces of the 74th Army, Wang Yaowu's 51st Division, to launch a strong attack on the 29th.

Tens of thousands of heavy soldiers of the two armies fought desperately within a few square kilometers near Luodian, and rivers of blood flowed everywhere.

Wang Yaowu of the 51st Division of the 74th Army was used as a main attack force, Wang Yaowu ordered a battalion to make a feint attack at night, this battalion broke into the position on the south side of Luodian, fired fiercely with various light weapons, and rushed up to fight bayonets. The Japanese troops were caught off guard, picked up weapons in a panic and fired indiscriminately in all directions, panicked, and injured a lot of themselves, and at the same time, most of the Japanese firepower points were all exposed in the blind shooting.

Wang Yaowu ordered the battalion to retreat quickly, and the Japanese suffered a loss, annoyed and angry, and immediately sent troops to pursue.

Immediately, the 74th Army concentrated its superior firepower and opened heavy fire on the Japanese position, killing and wounding most of the pursuing Japanese troops, and then suddenly counterattacked and fiercely attacked the Japanese position, and organized a night attack, and the two sides fought fiercely at night.

At that time, the fighting was extremely fierce, and even the regimental commander and first rank commander participated in hand-to-hand combat, shooting at the Japanese soldiers with pistols.

The two sides were red-eyed, and some soldiers even hugged each other and fought, poking their eyes and biting their throats. The small Luodian was surrounded by shouts of killing and hand-to-hand combat. ** Fought hard to attack, and finally occupied Luodian again on the same day, but under the attack of the Japanese army, it was lost immediately, and the Chinese and Japanese sides fought fiercely outside Luodian......

On October 29, the 18th Division of the Xinjiaqiao position suffered heavy casualties, and there were only more than 500 people left in the division......

On October 29, after 5 days and 5 nights of bloody fighting in the 26th Division, 2 of the 4 regiment commanders of the division were killed, 8 of the 14 battalion commanders were killed or wounded, more than 150 company and platoon commanders were killed or wounded, and more than 9,000 officers and soldiers of the division plus less than 1,000 people were slightly wounded, but the heroic Sichuan army still stuck to the defensive line... The 212th regiment, which supported the operation, also suffered heavy losses...... The 8th Brigade and the 57th Division of the 3rd Division also suffered heavy casualties, and Chen Cheng, who had only one remnant of the 88th Division in his hands, ordered the troops to retreat from Dachang to Jiangwan on the night of the 29th, and the 88th Division was responsible for blocking the rear of the palace and covering the retreat......

After arriving at Jiangwan, because the 3rd Division had less than 3,000 officers and men, and the heavy weapons were basically destroyed, the Military Commission ordered the 3rd Division to retreat to the south bank of the Suzhou Creek for defense......

On October 30th, He Jianye, who woke up from the camp on the south bank of Suzhou Creek, was still a little uncomfortable, looking blankly at the first hot meal and hot dish in a month, washing his face with a hot towel, He Jianye almost screamed comfortably.......

The new battalion was located around the Shanghai South Railway Station of the Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway, and the soldiers and equipment of the Third Division were quickly replenished.

When He Jianye arrived at the division headquarters, he found that the two brigade commanders and the other three regiment commanders had arrived, and they were all sitting at the conference table waiting for the division commander Li Yutang.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the guards at the entrance of the division department shouted, "The division seat has arrived!" ”

"Brush!" All those who were at the division headquarters stood up,

"Sit down!" Li Yutang, who entered the house, said,

"Since we swore to the north from Nanchang in September, for more than a month, we have fought first in Fuzaobang and then in the big field; The more than 14,000 people brought out from Nanchang are now less than 5,000 people, including the wounded soldiers lying in the hospital; It's a huge loss! Li Yutang's contemplative summary,

"However, our casualties are not without results, in the first battle of Fumohama, the Ninth Brigade made great contributions to the annihilation of the 35th Wing of the Japanese Army, and the Ninth Brigade eliminated more than 1,500 devils in the First War; In the second battle, the 3rd Division of the National Revolutionary Army carried the 9th Division and the 101st Division to death, although the 3rd Division was basically disabled, lost its combat effectiveness, and suffered more than 6,000 casualties; But our results are obvious, and the results that can be verified are that we have eliminated more than 3,500 devils, and the battle loss ratio is the highest in the entire world, reaching 2:1. Li Yutang said this, slowly took out a piece of paper from his pocket, stood up and read the "commendation order"

"Huh!" The officers below stood up at the same time, stand upright!

"In view of the outstanding performance of the Third Division in the Songhu battlefield, the Military Committee of the National Revolutionary Army decided to reward Dayang with 100,000 yuan, and Lieutenant General Li Yutang, the commander of the division, awarded the Order of Baoding of the third class....... He Jianye, commander of the 16th Regiment of the 9th Brigade, was promoted to colonel and awarded the Order of Baoding of the fourth class. All meritorious personnel will be submitted to the Military Commission by the headquarters of the Third Division, and they will be rewarded separately! Bulletin of the whole army! Military Council of the National Revolutionary Army. After Li Yutang finished reading the telegram, he motioned for everyone to sit down;

"In this Songhu operation, the current situation of our Third Division is basically losing its combat effectiveness, and the Military Commission has specially ordered us to rest on the south bank of the Suzhou Creek, and the equipment that will arrive at Shanghai South Railway Station from the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway tomorrow will arrive with the two security regiments in Jiangsu; I'll assign it first, both brigades need troops, and this replenishment will first add a security regiment of 1,500 people to each brigade; Wait for the next batch of refills. After the replenishment, the commanders of each regiment will step up their training, and I don't know if we can stay here for a few days and then be transferred to the front line, and now the situation on the Songhu battlefield is not optimistic! Li Yutang declared,

"He Jianye, due to the tension of the war, I will not hold an award ceremony for you. Wait until you go to Deputy Division Commander Chen to receive your lieutenant colonel epaulettes and medals! Disband! Li Yutang said,