Chapter 176: Xikou Town

Kunlun Pass

In the afternoon, the Japanese reinforcements arrived, converging more than 1,000 Japanese troops on both sides of the Gongluo and in the direction of Jiutang, and carried out a large-scale fierce rise to Kunlun Pass.

Under the cover of air superiority, the Japanese army engaged the main force of the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Regiment of the 1st Rong Division.

The second battalion was cut off from the division headquarters for a time, and the fierce battle lasted for more than four hours, with heavy casualties, and the soldiers of a company on the main position were completely killed and wounded, leaving only the only company commander Wu Yanzhi who could fight.

Hao Yanzhi was covered in blood, holding a machine gun in his arms, strafing things from east to west, defending with danger, and holding on to the main position alone.

He knocked down dozens of Japanese soldiers at gunpoint.

The tenacity and bravery of the commander of the Hao Company angered the squadron leader of the second squadron of the 21st Infantry Wing of the Japanese army.

He was so angry that he shouted, and waved his war knife and ordered:

"All the mountain artillery, rapid-fire guns, and mortars are concentrated here, aiming at Kunlun and closing that guy, you must bomb him, bomb him"

For a time, the cannon rumbled, the fire was flickering, and Kunlun closed the shell again, and in the dense artillery fire, the commander of a company, Hao Yanzhi, died heroically.

Kunlun Pass once again fell into the hands of the Japanese army.

The excitement on Zheng Dongguo's face disappeared, he took off the steel helmet on his head, threw it on the ground, gritted his teeth and cursed:

"What the hell"

As for the new 22nd Division, it was strangled by Japanese artillery fire all day.

Qiu Qingquan was a little puzzled and asked Liao Yaoxiang.

"How many guns did the Japanese army have? Why can't you keep fighting? “

Liao Yaoxiang calmly replied:

"At 10 o'clock in the morning, according to the report of the commander of the 64th Regiment, more than 10 enemy artillery pieces were launched from Wutang to the east."

"It's a fucking weird thing, more than a dozen more."

The Japanese artillery fire made Qiu Qingquan touch his neck.

Many of Zhang Ziwen's men died under artillery fire, but he promised to give his troops sufficient artillery support.

Now the Japanese artillery fire has increased again, and it is still near the 64th Regiment.

At noon, Qiu Qingquan received a report from the commander of the 65 th Regiment that the first battalion of the regiment in Xinzi and Longyuan had fought with enemy reinforcements, and the enemy was attacking fiercely.

At 11:10 a.m., Qiu Qingquan again received a report from the commander of the 66th Regiment that the enemy brigade between Liutang and Qitang was moving eastward.

Zhang Ziwen's head hurt again, and the last time he let the Japanese army enter Kunlun Pass, it would work.

This time it is blatantly looking for death.

Fortunately, Peng Bisheng took two battalions to block Qitang, and he only had to face the devils who were cowering in Liutang.

Qiu Qingquan didn't think so, and scolded directly:

"Dog's day, I'm here again at Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu is a tiger, not tofu."

As soon as the scolding fell, the military headquarters telegraphed and arrived.

The division used a regiment attached to the second radio station to reserve and firmly occupy Luwu Mountain and Gaoling Mountain to block the enemy's northward advance:

The main force of the division took a shortcut through Taiping Village to the vicinity of Lulian Village to assemble in the vicinity of Taiping Village, and stood by for the first line of Batang and Jiutang.

The first line of the Sanshui troops occupied the circular heights and highways 2 kilometers northeast of Kunlun Pass, and extended to the southwest to 2 kilometers west of the highway.

The deployment of troops is as follows:

To the east of the highway there are three infantry squadrons and one squadron, four machine gun squadrons and one squad each of large artillery, rapid-fire guns, and mortars, and to the west of the highway there are three and a half squadrons of infantry, two flat machine gun squadrons, one field artillery squadron, one rapid-fire gun, and one mortar squadron: the Jiutang line has five infantry squadrons, two machine gun squadrons, and one engineer squadron: Batang has one infantry squadron and one engineer detachment.

Du Luming, who received the information, had four words in his heart, and the situation was grim.

Du Yuming felt both anxious and troublesome about defending the enemy at Kunlun Pass, who could not fight to the death.

Around the Fifth Army, the Japanese reinforcements from Nanning had gradually surrounded them.

For the nine mountains and nine thousands, the success is a failure.

He pondered and kept going back and forth in command, and finally he decided to report the emergency situation facing the battlefield to Bai Chongqi, the camp director in Qianjiang, and requested that Yao Chun's 36th Army Reserve be immediately transferred to the front line for reinforcements.

After Bai Chongxi received Du Yuming's distress call, he didn't dare to make the decision, and he didn't dare to hesitate for a moment.

He was well aware of the situation of the Fifth Army, and he immediately telegraphed Chiang Kai-shek. The message is as follows: No stops along the route are allowed and the limit is three hours.

Chongqing, Chairman of the Committee, Chief He: Secret.

Our army besieged Kunlun Pass and Jiutang, which dealt a major blow.

According to the confessions of the prisoners, six out of 10 of the enemy's casualties at Kunlun Pass, the wing commander and deputy team members were wounded, most of the squadron leaders were killed or wounded, and the wing headquarters and brigade headquarters had retreated.

The remnants of the Yongcheng soldiers said that since two and a half years, they have not attacked a strong and strong enemy, and their bitterness can be known.

However, the 92nd Division of our army suffered heavy casualties, the 94th Division was weak in combat effectiveness, and the enemy had recently increased the 1st Wing of the Taiwan Corps and attacked fiercely on the Damailing side.

In order to carry out the plan of annihilating the enemy, two laws are hereby formulated:

(1) Lure them to mountainous and complex areas and eliminate them one by one.

(2) Roundabout behind enemy lines and attacking Nanning. If the 66th Army can use the fierce and high pass, out of the Xianglu Ridge, and at the same time counterattack the peak pass with the 11st column, take advantage of the weakness to attack Nanning, and then use the mechanized troops, or can recover Yongcheng.

If it becomes difficult, it can also attack the enemy in the four or five ponds to the east, so that it will suffer from the belly and back. However, no matter what method is adopted, it is necessary to mobilize the first army as a reserve and dig near Binyang to respond with information. At present, the 36th Army is in operation, how to enter and stop using it, and the beggars are all judged.

Career Bai Chongxi.

Bai Chongxi briefly and concisely finished talking about the situation on the front line in southern Guinan, and was anxious to wait for Chiang Kai-shek to call back.

At the same time he was worried, and he didn't know what was going on, and every time he sent a report, he felt that Chiang Kai-shek was doubting his sincerity. He always felt that Chiang Kai-shek was watching him with cold eyes in the mountains and forests of Chongqing.

At this moment, Chiang Kai-shek was indeed in the middle of the mountains and forests.

Chiang Kai-shek stood in the dense Yellow Mountain woods on the southern peak of Chongqing, dressed in a blue coat, with a tear on his face, and his expression was a little gloomy. Next to him was Chiang Ching-kuo, whose shoulders were constantly shaking and crying bitterly.

Jieshi took out a snow-white handkerchief, wiped the corners of his eyes, and then asked: "Jingguo, don't feel bad, how did your mother die?" Why was the town of Xikou bombed by Japanese planes and your mother alone?

You say, is there any loss in Feng Ho Fang? ”

Chiang Ching-kuo did not immediately answer his father's question, he remembered the unfortunate life and tragic death of his mother Mao Fumei, and he was even more sad and burst into tears.

Only then did Chiang Ching-kuo wipe the water on his face and said indignantly:

"We can't let them go, and our mother's revenge must be avenged"

Chiang Kai-shek lowered his head and stroked Chiang Ching-kuo, who fell to his knees.

"Tell me, how the hell did your mother die?"

"The bomb of the Japanese plane did not hit the Feng Ho house, but at that time my mother was sick and had difficulty walking, and during the bombing, she hid in an alley, but the house next to it was blown up, and my mother pressed under the tiles......"

Chiang Ching-kuo couldn't help but cry again, and couldn't stop holding back his tears.

No matter how unapproachable Chiang Kai-shek was, he was also infected by his own son, leaving tears.

This is still the case for the president of a country, let alone what happened to the 40,000,000 compatriots in China.

At the time of the Japanese invasion, there was no home for the country.

"Send a telegram to Guilin Xingying, immediately transfer troops to support the Fifth Army, and leave Kunlun Pass to the Fifth Army."

Chairman Jiang, who was in charge of a lot of things, didn't take any more care of it, and handed over the specific reasons to Bai Chongxi's Guilin camp.