readx; At dawn on the second day, the army was divided into two groups, each with about 300 men each, under the cover of aircraft and artillery, and attacked the positions of Jiangtangling, Siheao, and Dianpuling held by the battalions of the 151st Regiment. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At 12 noon, the commander of the 9th Company, Jiang Company, reported: "Devils have been found on the road of Hebancheng!" ”

"How many?"

"More than 1,000 people, maybe reinforcements are coming!"

Liu Sihai immediately ordered mortars to shoot at them. As soon as the artillery fire fired, the army rushed westward into the mountains and forests in a panic, and hid like a lynx.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the besieged Yue army continued to pounce on various positions, and 12 enemy planes also flew in, and they became busy, dropping a lot of incendiary bombs on Jiangtangling, Siheao, Dianpuling, and Monkling, and the fire burned the communication network of the 151st Regiment.

The communications corps extinguished the fire road while rushing to repair the power lines. The army took advantage of the fire to attack and attack Sihe'ao, and some devils rushed to the pass, and Company Commander Jiang immediately led his team to rush out of the trench and start a white-knuckle battle. The troops at the foot of Jiangtangling and Dianpuling also launched counterattacks, and the enemy who attacked them was forced to retreat. Seeing that the devils on the left flank were repulsed, the devils attacking on the right flank were so frightened that they shouted and screamed, and they also retreated down the mountain one after another.

At dusk, the two sides stopped fighting and began to confront each other again.

Liu Sihai immediately reported the battle situation to the army commander. He Xuan told him: "The military department judged that the enemy who was attacked by Xiao Dongdong this time was the Sakurada Martial Brigade of the Guards Division of the Yue Army, which had recently landed from Jinjitang in Qin County, and the purpose was to pressure our army to stay away from the Yongqin line in order to reduce the threat from the rear. The situation in Taipingwei is dangerous, and if it falls into the hands of the enemy, it can be slightly Luwu in the east and Dianpumiao in the north, and it will be difficult for the whole army to fight in the future. Therefore, it was decided to take the initiative to mobilize superior forces to encircle and annihilate the enemy attacking from the east. The military headquarters is preparing to transfer back the 175th Division from Naxiang and Nanzhong from north to south, and transfer back the main force of the new 19th Division from south to north on the Baisha side, surround the enemy in Zhennanwei, and annihilate it with you. ”

"Good!" Liu Sihai fights because he thinks the war is small: "If you want to do it, you can do it big." ”

Commander He asked Liu Sihai again: "Are you sure to hold Sihe'ao and wait for the arrival of the main forces of the two divisions?" ”

Liu Sihai replied proudly: "Guarantee to defend until the arrival of the two divisions and complete the plan to annihilate the enemy; If I can't accomplish the task, I am willing to bring my head to the military headquarters. ”

That night, the military headquarters issued an operational order: the 151st Regiment held the position of Sihe'ao and was not allowed to retreat without an order; In addition to leaving one regiment to perform the previous mission at Dianpu Temple, the 175th Division also left one regiment to hold the position of Huajiashan to contain the enemy, and the main force was assembled in Baekje and Nahyang, and immediately from north to south, fiercely attacking the enemy of Zhennanwei and Nanzhong, and marching to Zhennanwei with a powerful part of the starry night, and the main force of the 151st Regiment and the newly formed 19th Division to encircle the enemy in Zhennanwei; In addition to the new 19th Division, which actively intercepted the enemy and broke the road in Xiaodongjian of Qin County, Yongqin Road, and prevented the enemy from attacking eastward in Qin County, the commander of the new division immediately went to Shangjing to command the 96th Regiment of the Field Supplement Regiment to attack the enemy's flank at Zhennanwei in the starry night; After receiving the order, the troops should move quickly to arrive at the designated place tomorrow and attack the enemy in Zhennanwei, and take the place where the gunfire is most dense as the target of the attack.

Our army wants to encircle and annihilate here, but the army on that side is trying its best to seize the road and flee.

At dawn on the 17th, the army that was intercepted by Liu Sihai crossed the road launched an attack on the positions of our army in Jiangtangling, Siheao, and Dianpuling under the cover of artillery, and the 151st Regiment bravely met it, and the two sides launched a fierce battle.

The 12 enemy planes fired at low altitudes and threw incendiary bombs, burning the vegetation in front and behind the position. But this time it didn't make much difference. Liu Sihai said yesterday that he had suffered the loss of the devil, and had opened a 100-meter-wide fire road near the position overnight. As a result, as soon as the devil's plane set fire, not only could it not burn the 151st Regiment, but it was blown by the northeast wind, and the fire blew on the attacking army, and the fire burned away, burning off the eyebrows of the devils who rushed up, and the devils screamed and immediately retreated.

The military planes were self-defeating, but they delayed the breakthrough time of the military on the ground.

It was not until 11 o'clock that the fire gradually went out. After that, the army launched another attack on various positions, because the breakthrough was eager, and the offensive was also extremely fierce. At 1 o'clock in the afternoon, more than half of the Siheao position was destroyed by devil artillery fire, the commander of the 9th Company, Jiang Company, was seriously wounded, the three platoon commanders were killed, and two-thirds of the soldiers were killed or wounded.

At the same time, the enemy in front of the foothills of Jiangtangling and Dianpuling all pounced, and the enemy occupying Siheao expanded to both flanks.

The left wing battalion of the 151st Regiment was unusually critical. Liu Sihai immediately sent the battalion commander Li of the reserve team to the top and ordered him to lead the second infantry company and the machine gun company to attack Siheao, and ordered the 1st battalion at the top of Dianpuling to send a reserve to attack the enemy at Siheao from the eastern end of Dianpuling. The officers and men swooped down on the enemy at Sihe'ao without hesitation.

At about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the counteroffensive troops attacked Siheao and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the devils. Liu Sihai also ordered the Dianpuling flank attack troops to be condescending and attacked from the side. The army finally could not hold it anymore and retreated down the mountain pass, and the 2nd Battalion recaptured the Sihe Pass position.

At the same time, the enemy attacking Jiangtangling was also repulsed.

The left flank position turned from danger to safety. Liu Sihai breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the 2nd Battalion and a platoon of machine guns to garrison Sihe'ao, the 9th Company to withdraw to Jiangtangling to sort out, and the 1st Battalion's flanking troops were still returned to their formations.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, more than 1,000 troops attacked the positions of Jiangtangling and Siheao, and the air force and artillery also bombarded the positions. Although our officers and men desperately resisted, because of the heavy casualties, the battle situation was critical again.

Battalion Commander Lei stationed in Jiangtangling and Battalion Commander Li in Siheao called urgently and asked for reinforcements. Liu Sihai saw that the enemy's offensive was fierce, such as Jiangtangling and Sihe'ao were broken through, and the whole line was shaken, affecting the entire battle situation, and he could not achieve the goal of encircling and annihilating the enemy. But the friendly forces had not yet arrived, and the reserves in his hands were only a company of infantry, a machine gun platoon, a special service platoon, and a second platoon of transport troops.

In order to stabilize the battle situation, he decided to personally lead all the reserves to reinforce and fight to the death with the devils. After making up his mind, he informed the commanders of the two battalions of Jiangtangling and Siheao by telephone: "You must defend to the death, I will immediately personally lead the troops to come to reinforcements, and before I arrive, whoever abandons the position will be subject to military law!" ”

Then, he reported the situation to the commander by phone. He Xuan said: "I will send the army engineer battalion to rush over, and you will command to reinforce Jiangtangling and Siheao, and you should not leave the regimental command post to go to the front line." ”

"The left flank is in danger and can't wait for the arrival of the engineer battalion. If I don't go to the front line in person, it will be difficult to defend Jiangtangling and Siheao, and once they are lost, the devils will go straight to the Tanjiang River, and my position on the whole line will be shaken. ”

Commander He had no choice but to say: "Then you should act cautiously, the engineer battalion can be reached in about 20 minutes by running." ”

Liu Sihai also transferred a part of the troops from the 1st Battalion of Dianpuling to flank the enemy at Siheao, and explained to Deputy Commander Cai: "You handle everything at the regimental command post, if the engineer battalion arrives, advance to Siheao at the speed of one company, and the rest of the troops will quickly occupy the second line of positions and call the 4th company to reinforce Jiangtangling!" ”

Immediately, he took a special service platoon, two platoons of the transport company, a machine gun platoon, and a local self-defense force, a total of about 40 people, to run to reinforce Siheao.

At this time, the troops in Siheao had already attacked about 20 meters in front of the position, and the two sides were throwing grenades at each other, and some had already begun to prepare for hand-to-hand combat. Seeing this, Liu Sihai shouted: "Kill!" ”

Take the lead and rush to the devils. When the officers and men of the first line saw that the regiment commander personally led reinforcements to attack, their morale was greatly boosted, and they all crossed out of the straggler trenches and rushed towards the devils, shouting and killing the earth-shattering. At the same time, the flank troops of the 1st Dian Puling Battalion also fiercely attacked the enemy's flank from a high and low level. After 30 minutes of fierce fighting, the army was overwhelmed and retreated down the mountain, leaving behind 28 corpses that could not be dragged away, and the seriously wounded Captain Asada was captured.

After dusk, the fighting ceased on all fronts. Liu Sihai immediately adjusted the troops. At night, the units repaired and strengthened the fortifications overnight, replenished ammunition, and the battalions on the first line sent small units to feint and disturb the sleeping of the devils.

On this day, the regiment suffered more than 260 combat casualties. After Liu Sihai returned to the regimental command post, he reported the battle situation to Commander He by telephone. He Xuan announced the award on the spot: "The military department will award you 5,000 yuan to the ocean." ”

Then he ordered: "The main forces of the 175th Division and the newly formed 19th Division can rush to the vicinity of Zhennanwei tomorrow morning to surround and flank the enemy." I will take the special service battalion and the infantry artillery battalion to Tanjiang tonight and return to your command. ”

"Commander, what's going on!"

"What's not going to work!"

"The special battalion should remain in the military headquarters guards."

"The spy battalion should go to you, I can run when the devil comes."

The two of you pushed me to let go, and as a result, each gave in one step, and Liu Sihai accepted the infantry battalion.

After the arrival of the infantry artillery battalion of the military headquarters, Liu Sihai ordered its 1st company to occupy a position at Guniufeng, which had 8 infantry guns and could directly support the front-line operation; The rest of the troops, all infantry, occupied the line of Mill Hill and served as the regimental reserve.

At midnight, Chief of Staff Zhang of the Military Department called again: "It is reported that about 2,000 enemy infantry and cavalry artillery have passed through Bancheng to reinforce Zhennanwei, and it is estimated that the enemy in Zhennanwei will reach more than 4,000 people, and about 12 cannons of devils. Ming said that the battle will be more intense. ”

"Hey, come on!" Liu Sihai still has a tone of "lifting weights like light".

"Negligence is not a good thing!" Chief of Staff Zhang said on the other end of the phone: "The army commander asks your regiment to make proper arrangements to deal with the decisive battle tomorrow morning, hold out for the last five minutes, and wait for the arrival of the main forces of the two divisions." ”

"Good!" Liu Sihai responded loudly.

Putting down the phone, Liu Sihai immediately used the phone to convey the meaning of Chief of Staff Zhang to the company commanders on the front line, and gave a death order: "Every inch of land must be fought for, and it is necessary to ensure that people are in the position and people are in the position!" ”

The regiment commander overstepped the level and called, and the company commanders were also greatly encouraged, shouting: "Success is a benevolent, fight here!" ”

The company commanders then conveyed to each of the combatants, and the order became: "If anyone cowers, he will be punished by the law of joint sitting." ”

That night, about 300 people from five squadrons of the local self-defense forces in Nanwei, Qinxian County, Taiping, Songtai, Jiuzhou, and Shangjing towns in Lingshan County, also came to the command post of the 151st Regiment with weapons and asked to participate in the operation. With the permission of the military department, Liu Sihai kept them as reserves. However, they insisted on going to the front line to join the war, saying: "The devil has ruined our people, and we will beat him too." ”

Liu Sihai saw that their weapons were very good and their morale was strong, so he agreed to their request and said: "The Taiping Self-Defense Force will go to Lujia to take over the task of guarding Naxiang from my plainclothes team; The other Self-Defense Forces are attached to the first-line battalion as reserves. ”

A new force has been added to the front of the position.

At dawn, under the cover of artillery, the infantry launched an attack on the entire line of the defenders of the 151st Regiment, and 12 enemy planes continued to bomb back and forth, throwing incendiary bombs to cover the infantry attack. The vegetation within 200 meters of the defenders' positions had been cut off, and incendiary bombs were useless.

The planes and artillery of the army fired fiercely, and the infantry advanced one after another, risking their lives, but the defenders responded calmly to the battle, and the battlefield was orderly. Although the army attacked very fiercely and used all its strength, the fierce battle lasted all morning without progress.

There was fierce fighting at the front, and lunch was delivered at 10 a.m. in the rear. More than 200 villagers nearby sent more than 100 loads of wine, meat, vegetables, rice, tobacco and alcohol and other consolation products, Liu Sihai took a look and said: "Send Chinese food now, it's too early!" ”

"It's not early!" The villagers said: "The battle is so fierce, the soldiers must be hungry." ”

Then, they demanded to be sent to the line of fire to comfort the officers and soldiers of the Anti-Japanese War.

Liu Sihai still thanked him politely: "The line of fire is too dangerous." ”

The villagers said: "You fought hard for two days and two nights, and many of our officers and soldiers sacrificed. If you hadn't stopped the enemy here, our villages along the Taipingwei Road would have been burned down by the devils, just like that river. Let's send some food and drinks, as it should be! ”

Not only did they have to deliver consolation goods, but they also brought weapons and asked to go to war. Liu Sihai still disagreed: "You guys go up, it's too dangerous!" ”

"As long as you are a commander, the officers and soldiers in the line of fire are not human beings, and they deserve to starve? We brought the food up, and they had the strength to fight the devil after they ate it! ”

Liu Sihai had no choice but to ask the army commander. He Xuan didn't think too much about it: "Since they are so enthusiastic, it's hard to resist, just accept it." ”

Liu Sihai got permission from the army commander and said: "Only the food will be accepted, the wine and cigarettes will be returned, and the cooking soldiers will send them to the line of fire." ”

The villagers got angry and insisted: "We will take it all and send it to the line of fire." ”

As a result, Liu Sihai couldn't resist them, so he had to leave the wine in the command: "After that, it will be distributed to all troops." "Food, rice, cigarettes and other items are allowed to be sent to the front line separately.

These villagers, some of whom were women and young men, braved artillery fire and brought food to the line of fire under the bombardment of enemy planes, and then voluntarily joined the battle. Liu Sihai was worried that they would suffer casualties without training, so he sent a telegram to the front-line troops to advise the villagers to go to the line of fire. After repeated exhortations, the villagers left the line of fire, and the seriously wounded officers and men were automatically transported off the line of fire and then transferred to the rear.

At 11 o'clock, the army attacked the Jiangtangling on the left flank very violently, the commander of the 3rd battalion Lei was wounded, the commander of the 7th company was killed, and some devils attacked the eastern part of Jiangtangling. Liu Sihai ordered the 1st Company of the Guniufeng Infantry Artillery Battalion to concentrate fire to support the 3rd Battalion, and sent the 1st Company of Engineers and a team of the Local Self-Defense Squadron to reinforce Jiangtangling.

As soon as the reinforcements arrived, they launched a counterattack on the devils at the eastern end of Jiangtang Ridge. After an hour of fierce fighting, the Yue army was finally repulsed and recaptured the eastern position of Jiangtangling.

At this time, the Monk Ridge side was also in a hurry, the commander of the 2nd company of the defenders was injured, the platoon commander was all killed or wounded, more than half of the soldiers were killed or wounded, and the firepower was weak. Because the battalion commander of the right wing battalion was killed, Hu Shucai, deputy battalion commander, acted as the battalion commander and personally led the second infantry platoon of the reserve and a squadron of the local self-defense force to counterattack the enemy at Heshangling from Dianpuling and repelled the enemy.

Then, Dianpuling and Sihe'ao were in an emergency, and the army was attacking fiercely, and it had rushed to the front of the position more than 100 meters, and the officers and men suffered heavy casualties, and they asked the regiment commander for reinforcements one after another. Liu Sihai immediately ordered the commander of the engineer battalion to lead the 2nd Company to reinforce Siheao, and the 3rd Engineer Company and plainclothes teams to reinforce Dianpuling. After the reinforcements arrived at Siheao and Dianpuling, it took a fierce attack to contain the offensive of the Yue army and stabilize the battle situation.

However, the army was besieged, knowing that it was a matter of life and death, and time was the last life, so they still desperately launched a fierce attack, and the battle on the whole line was extremely fierce, the enemy aircraft group bombed the positions, and the artillery bombarded the positions of the defenders on all lines like crazy. Commander He Xuan was in a hurry, and shouted several times: "I want Liu Sihai to answer the phone!" ”

However, because Liu Sihai was commanding the operation, he could not spare time to answer the call from the army commander, so he had to have the deputy regiment commander report on the combat situation. Commander He was anxious when he heard this: "I want Liu Sihai to take time to report the battle situation to me!" ”

There was no way, Liu Sihai ran to report the situation. As soon as He Xuan heard Liu Sihai's voice, he immediately said: "Judging by the battle situation, the devil will never let go if he takes Siheao today." Our 175th Division and the newly formed 19th Division have not yet arrived, so I don't know what has changed about them. In order to avoid major sacrifices, I was prepared to abandon Sihe'ao and retreat to Song Taiwei. Ask for your opinion. ”

Liu Sihai was already red-eyed, where was he willing to throw away this piece of fat that was about to arrive, and immediately objected: "I believe that the two divisions will come soon, as long as I can hold on for the last five minutes, victory will definitely belong to me." ”

"If you don't retreat, I'm afraid it will be difficult to support."

Liu Sihai said: "The encirclement and annihilation of the enemy is just around the corner, if we abandon our positions and retreat, we will have lost all our previous achievements, how can we be worthy of the dead officers and soldiers, and how can we be worthy of those people in Lingshan County who risk life and death regardless of the need to send us food and food?" ”

The commander's tone softened: "Come to Captain Fang, why do you have to fight for the courage of the moment?" ”

Liu Sihai said resolutely: "I am sure to hold Siheao, otherwise, my last drop of blood will be sprinkled on Siheao, and I will never leave Siheao!" ”

The two argued for a long time, and when Commander He saw that he could not convince his subordinates of this "strong-headed regiment commander", the commander had no choice but to give in, and personally ordered the special battalion of the army to come under the command of Liu Sihai, Liu Sihai said: "The special battalion should keep the garrison military headquarters. ”

He Xuan said: "If you can keep it, don't force it, you can be arbitrary." ”

Liu Sihai put down the phone, ran to the firing line again, and commanded a counterattack.

After 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the positions on the whole line were tight, and all companies asked for reinforcements, and Liu Sihai had to send the 2nd and 3rd companies of the infantry artillery battalion and the regimental special service platoon to the front line. He shouted, "What about the stretcher platoon?" ”

"We're here!"

Liu Sihai issued guns and grenades to each of the stretcher platoons, armed them as well, and then withdrew the people's self-defense squadron that served as a guard against Naxiang at the Lu family as a regimental reserve, leaving only two communication soldiers and a telephone in the Lu family to be responsible for monitoring Naxiang.

However, Liu Sihai wanted to fight hard to the end in Siheao and sprinkle the "last drop of blood" there, but Commander He was still not at ease, and then called twice in a row, asking Liu Sihai to obey his orders and retreat immediately.

Liu Sihai was still resolutely opposed to retreating, worried about the involvement of the army commander, and suggested: "Then the military headquarters should withdraw Song Tai first to reduce my worries." In case of misfortune, I will live and die with Siheao! ”

(To be continued)