"Report to the commander, the 3rd battalion has seized positions and is cleaning up the battlefield! Our 3rd battalion killed 128 Japanese and captured 1 prisoner, and the rest fled, and our battalion suffered 33 casualties! ”

With Goofy's report, everyone was stunned.

33 casualties, 128 Japanese were killed!

Since the Sichuan army left Sichuan, there has never been such a casualty ratio!

In 36 minutes, such a result was achieved, which made it difficult for these people in the headquarters to adapt at once

"Okay, very good" After a while, Tang Shizun said these words.

The suggestions that Gao Fei had made to him before finally began to get Tang Shizun's attention

"Report to the commander-in-chief, the field wing of the army is struggling to break through, and the Eagle Infantry Brigade is also constantly attacking the defense line of our 17th Brigade, and there is a great possibility that the two armies will converge!"

The sudden report interrupted the short-term joy, and this time, Tang Shizun did not hesitate: "Go high!" ”

"Here!"

"I put the 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the Guard Brigade under your command, and together with your 3rd Battalion, immediately launch an attack on the Vulture Infantry Brigade!"

"Yes!" Gao Fei was stunned for a moment, and then said loudly.

This appointment was a bit too sudden, he was just a small major battalion commander, and now, the commander-in-chief handed over a guard to his command?

However, the surprise was only fleeting, and the most important thing now was how to block the attack of the Vulture Infantry Brigade and stabilize the situation on the battlefield

At this time, the battle situation of the 17th Brigade was indeed not optimistic. After acting as a supplementary force for the 148th Division, the 17th Brigade and a company launched several attacks on the Japanese army, and the casualties were equally heavy. The commander of the 148th Division was forced to withdraw the 17th Brigade to Chongguanlin Village, and while resting and recuperating, he blocked the army.

Another infantry squadron of the Eagle Infantry Brigade quickly targeted the 17th Brigade.

The army attacked in the north and south, with more than eight people in each of the two routes, starting from the assembly headquarters of the 148th Division and the 17th Independent Brigade. Under the cover of aircraft artillery, the North Route Army began to attack the forward positions of the 17th Brigade in the early morning. The offensive of the army was fierce, and many times broke into the defenders' positions to engage in hand-to-hand combat.

The two sides fought until noon, and the army suffered more than 100 casualties. Nearly 100 people, including the battalion commander of the 17th Brigade, were killed. After noon, friend and foe are in a state of seesaw.

Under the fierce attack of aircraft and artillery, more than 800 troops of the South Route Army stormed the position of the 62nd Regiment of the 17th Brigade Division in the forward position. It has been fought for several hours, with many dead and wounded on both sides, repeatedly fighting, and a fierce battle has begun.

Later, the army saw that the frontal assault suffered too many casualties, and turned into a surprise attack.

The raid was carried out at night, and the central route army took advantage of the opening opened at the junction of the north and south roads, and quickly crossed this opening with a team of several hundred foot and cavalry, and went straight to Guanlin Village, where the headquarters of the 17 th Brigade was located.

He wants this army to use the cover of night to quickly surround Guanlin Village and eliminate the commander of the 17th Brigade Rao Xihua and his brigade headquarters together!

By daybreak, more than 200 of the enemy's vanguard cavalry had reached Xigou, which was only a few miles away from Guanlin Village.

At this time, Rao Xihua was, as usual, concentrating on directing the troops on the telephone at the brigade headquarters. Suddenly, the guards rushed in and reported incoherently. Rao Xihua asked him to calm down and speak slowly, and then he told him about the danger he was currently facing.

Dense gunfire had already sounded in Xigou, and the streets of Guanlin Village were suddenly chaotic. When the common people heard that the devil had arrived in Xigou, they all helped the old and the young to carry their clothes and food and fled in a hurry.

said that his movements were so fast and ferocious, even Rao Xihua was surprised! However, in the brigade headquarters, Rao Xihua was still calm, and first asked staff officer Chen Ji to immediately bring the map and lean over the table to examine it carefully. He immediately ordered Qu Zhizhou, commander of the spy company, to lead two platoons of aircraft and artillery to obey the command of regiment commander Tian Zhongyi and form a reinforced company to block the enemy in Xigou.

Later, he ordered the staff officers of the military headquarters to quickly go to the streets to settle the people and organize the transfer.

When Tian Zhongyi received the order, he immediately ordered Xu Hui, deputy commander of the third battalion, to lead a powerful company to Xigou to form a reinforced company and command the operation.

When Xu Hui led his troops to Xigou by the run, the front-line commander Li Lun was already waiting there. Li Lun, who was anxious, saw Xu Hui arrive, and while holding Xu Hui's hand, he said:

"You've come just in time, the enemy cavalry is only a few miles away." While stuffing the telescope in his hand, he asked Xu Hui to observe. He also said: "The brigade commander is still in the village, and the situation is very critical!" Hurry up and arrange, you must break through the enemy's attack and encirclement, and cover the safe transfer of the brigade commander and brigade headquarters personnel! After completing the mission, you and your officers and soldiers will be the first major achievement! ”

Xu Hui saw through the telescope that the dust was flying in front of him, and the enemy cavalry was speeding forward in the dust. Immediately said loudly: "Don't worry, I and all my officers and soldiers will swear to annihilate the enemy to the death and protect the safe transfer of the brigade commander!" ”

Li Lunlian said: "Good! Good! Good! "Hurry away.

Xu Hui made a quick decision, it was too late to build fortifications. Immediately ordered the machine and artillery platoon brought by Qu Zhizhou to quickly occupy the high ground on the right rear and arrange firing positions, to shoot men and horses first, and to shoot fiercely at the enemy's horses when the enemy cavalry approached. In addition, the infantry of each platoon was ordered to rely on the hillside and the valley and stream at the foot of the hill as a position, all the rifles were loaded with bayonets, the grenades were unscrewed, and everyone was ready to charge, and obeyed the order to charge and destroy the enemy.

The enemy was quick with his elite troops, and in an instant he had rushed in front of him. Xu Hui gave the order, and the light and heavy machine guns on the hillside roared condescendingly, and then the grenades burst into the enemy group. Immediately afterwards, the infantry jumped out of position and engaged in melee combat with grenades and bayonets. The enemy cavalry was hit unexpectedly, and the men screamed and the horses neighed, and they were in disarray. Many tall horses jumped on their front legs and fell heavily to the ground, and the horsemen on horseback rolled their saddles and fell off their horses, some were killed, and some crawled on the ground.

The enemy cavalry was stunned at once, but soon came to its senses and organized a counterattack.

The two sides engaged in melee combat, and Xu Hui led the infantry to rush desperately, shooting the horses in a kneeling position, and then destroying the cavalry that fell to the ground. The cavalry was defeated by the infantry, the enemy left more than 30 dead horses and more than 10 corpses and retreated, and some of the fallen enemies climbed onto the mounts of other devils and fled in confusion. In this close-range melee, more than 20 casualties were killed and wounded in the reinforced company led by Xu Hui, including Xiang Chuanqing's platoon commander.

Rao Xihua in the village did not hurry to arrange for the masses to be transferred first, and then ordered the troops directly under the brigade headquarters to be ready for duty.

The guns and cannons in the Xigou area rang out again, it was already past twelve o'clock in the afternoon, and he had not given the order to retreat, and the people around him were already anxious for his safety. It was not until the commander of the spy company, Qu Zhizhou, came back sweating and reported to him that he had repelled the vanguard of the Japanese army. It wasn't until the staff officers reported that all the people in the village had been transferred that Rao Xihua's tense brows relaxed.

He also has to maneuver skillfully with the enemy, looking for opportunities to strike at the enemy.

At this time, he picked up the phone and gave an order: "The 62nd Regiment and the 63rd Regiment withdraw to the second line of positions, block the Yue army according to the deep ditch pass, and first block the Yue army on the first line of Guan Kou Stream." After giving the order, Rao Xihua, who was confident, led his troops to withdraw from Guanlin Village and move north. The gunfire behind gradually faded away, and the brigade headquarters jumped out of the encirclement before the follow-up troops of the Yue Army rushed to the encirclement.

Soon after Rao Xihua withdrew, the enemy's follow-up troops arrived to encircle and occupy Guanlin Village. However, at this time, the village of Guanlin was empty, and no one could be found.

At this time, Xu Hui and the friendly and neighboring troops of the 62nd Regiment were still guarding the mountain behind Xigou, and they fought with the surrounding enemy until dark, and the two sides stopped.

At dawn the next day, Rao Xihua sent the 1st Battalion to replace Xu Huilian. After a short change of defense, the enemy concentrated infantry, cavalry, and artillery to storm the 1st Battalion, and enemy planes took off one after another to help in the battle. The 1st Battalion was besieged by regiments, and the enemy was bombarding and charging like madness in the sky and on the ground. The 1st Battalion fought valiantly and suffered almost no casualties.

And at this time, the opportunity that Rao Xihua was looking for came.

At dawn, when the 1st Battalion and Xigou were fiercely attacked, in the temporary headquarters made of a broken cave, Rao Xihua received a report that the army was storming Xigou.

Rao Xihua wants to hit this group of self-righteous enemies hard. He also ordered a battalion to be drawn from each of the two regiments, and personally arrived at the front line that night to direct a night attack on the enemy.

At night, after the attack, the devils were already exhausted, and when they were sleeping, they were suddenly awakened by the fierce gunfire, and jumped up in a panic, some could not find a gun, some could not find clothes, rushed out of the door and were knocked down by the oncoming bullets, hid in the house and were stuffed into bundles of grenades.

For a time, the gunfire was dense and incessant, explosions came and went, and two battalions of the 62nd and 63rd regiments attacked the enemy position from different sides. The Sichuan brothers first touched the enemy sentry, and then broke into the depth, slashed and shot with knives, and stuffed bundles of grenades into the devil's bed.

After the arrogant enemy occupied Rao Xihua's brigade headquarters, he never imagined that Li Jun would have the strength to do it against him at night. Although they were also trained to fight at night, they were no match for the straw sandals in the dark, and they were so embarrassed that they were killed and wounded.

After the enemy withdrew from Guanlin Village in embarrassment, Rao Xihua breathed a sigh of relief that Guanlin Village was still in his hands.

However, the fierce battles before and after also caused heavy casualties to the 17th Brigade, and the Eagle Hidejiro, who was obviously defeated, would definitely not give up.

The fierce battle is just beginning.

Sure enough, when it was dawn, the fierce army, with the help of aircraft and artillery, rushed back to the defensive position of the 17th Brigade, and the fierce battle broke out again!

Rao Xihua knows very well that he has reached the most critical moment. The 148th Division was desperately trying to prevent a counterattack by the Field Wing and did not have the strength to reinforce itself. And his task is to absolutely not let the Vulture Infantry Brigade and the Field Wing complete the convergence, otherwise, the situation will be unimaginable.

The 17th Brigade of Du and Rao Xihua have reached the most critical and critical time!

(To be continued)