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Chapter 847: Fierce Counterattack (4)

At night, the 6th Brigade of Luo Qi of the 2nd Division of the 17th Army, the 73rd Brigade of Du Yuming of the 25th Division, the 75th Brigade of Zhang Yaoming, and the Lu Xiong Temporary Brigade of the Independent Division, totaling 21,000 officers and men, launched a fierce counterattack on the Japanese positions in Guanbei. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoIn order to ensure the concealment and speed of the operation, Xu Tingyao and Hu Jialin did not mobilize artillery to help the battle, but used the mortars equipped by each brigade to take the lead in striking at the Japanese position.

The Japanese army did not expect the squadron to dare to launch a counteroffensive in the situation of passive defense, especially after a day of hard fighting today, the Japanese officers and soldiers were exhausted, and the ammunition urgently needed to be replenished, and suddenly received such a large-scale sudden counterattack by the squadron, and the three main positions in Guanbei, which had just occupied less than 24 hours, were in great confusion, and the officers and men of Luo Qi's 6th Brigade and Du Yuming's 73rd Brigade took the opportunity to launch a fierce charge, successfully crossed the danger zone before the Japanese artillery support, and shortened the engagement distance between the two sides to the extent of close combat. Du Yuming commanded the officers and men of the 73 rd Brigade to occupy the outer trenches of the three positions in a fierce attack, and suppressed the enemy with superior firepower, so as to contain the enemy's firepower and cover the rapid arrival of the follow-up troops.

The well-trained Japanese troops quickly stabilized their positions, and the two sides engaged in a fierce offensive and defensive battle as night fell.

After receiving an urgent report from Gubeikou, the commander of the 8th Division of the Japanese Army in Chengde, Nishiichi immediately put down his job and convened his staff to discuss urgently to judge the intention of the squadron and come up with the best countermeasures.

The first thing Xiyi asked was: Who is the commander of the ** team in Gubeikou? The intelligence staff officer replied that Xu Tingyao, the new commander of the 17th Army of the Central Army, led the three divisions of the Central Army.

Seeing that Xi Yiyi frowned, the intelligence staff officer hesitated and added that the deputy commander of the 17th Army was Hu Jialin, the former commander of the Independent Division, and his troops were disabled, but he still participated in the command of the 17th Army. Nishiyi remembered that Koichi Ishikawa had introduced to him the characteristics of Hu Jialin's good attack, and immediately ordered Koichi Ishikawa, who was stationed in the south of the city, to be called.

Ten minutes later, Koichi Ishikawa, who came from Pegasus, entered the headquarters, and listened to the battle report while checking the map with the permission of Nishiichi, and it took less than five minutes to frankly state his opinion: take the initiative to abandon the position and retreat immediately! In particular, the 32nd Wing, which had already set out to attack Nantianmen, was likely to be attacked by the defenders of Nantianmen and the 17th Army if it did not take the opportunity to retreat to the rear.

As soon as these words came out, all the generals were in an uproar, and they all scolded and scolded Ishikawa Koichi, Ishikawa Koichi modestly lowered his head and let everyone criticize and scold, just not justified.

Koichi Ishikawa knew very well in his heart that this group of colleagues had once again become arrogant and domineering under the winning streak, and after easily achieving brilliant results from the fragile Northeast Army again and again, they once again despised the squadron to the extreme.

In fact, Ishikawa Koichi wanted to tell everyone: Lao Tzu's 128 cavalry took the lead in rushing into Chengde that day, and only ordered the cavalry squad of 50 men and horses to take advantage of the situation to chase south, and scared the Northeast Army, which was more than 3,000 running at the end, to the point of crying wolf, and the heroic 50 cavalry killed more than 30 Chinese officers and soldiers after the bullets on their bodies, each of them eliminated more than 30 Chinese officers and soldiers, and finally returned with more than 400 surrendered prisoners. Could it be that after An Jiajun was disabled and withdrew from the battlefield, you healed your scars and forgot the pain? Do you have to lose fiasco again before you lower your stupid heads?

The generals were very dissatisfied with Ishikawa Koichi, only Nishi Yoshiichi was silent, bowed his head and pondered, he knew very well that the generals of the squadron in Gubeikou were very smart, and the officers and soldiers were extremely tenacious, and the fierce fighting for a day had just stopped for less than two hours, and the squadron dared to take advantage of the night when the Japanese army could not provide air cover, and launched a large-scale sudden counterattack.

This kind of decisive and tenacious style of play is nothing in the Japanese army, but it is rare in the squadron, except for the Anjia Army, which stirred up Liaoxi into a miasma some time ago, and frequently brought heavy losses to the divisions, the other squadrons do not have this kind of strength at all, nor do they have this kind of courage, but now it has happened in Gubeikou, and one of the commanders of the squadron is the number one fierce general of the Anjia Army, and the army lieutenant general Hu Jialin, who is known for his ability to attack and defend strange soldiers frequently, Although the counteroffensive troops are not as advanced as the Anjia Army, which is far ahead in equipment and training, they are also the elite troops of the squadron, and if they fight hard, the losses of both sides are unpredictable.

Xiyi thought about it and weighed it repeatedly, and finally decided to hold on, as long as it held until dawn tomorrow, the powerful aviation unit could come to help the battle, the three positions in Guanbei were far away from the anti-aircraft artillery units of the squadron, and the planes could bomb as much as they wanted without worrying about being shot down, and the squadron on the ground fought fiercely all night and then suffered from fierce aerial bombardment, and there was no choice but to retreat.

The order was given, and the cheers of the generals dispersed, and Nishiiichi saw the corners of Ishikawa Koichi's mouth twitch a few times in pain, thought about it, stepped forward and took his hand and walked away from the others, and asked Ishikawa Koichi if he could appreciate his good intentions?

Koichi Ishikawa nodded heavily, and departed gloomily under the appreciative and loving comfort of Yoshiichi Nishi.

Ishikawa, who rode out of the camp on horseback, did not say a word, and the two staff officers rode their horses to follow, not daring to ask, and wondering why the brigade commander, who had convinced the officers and men of the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade and loved him so much, was so sad.

Only Ishikawa Koichi understood in his heart that the division commander Nishi Yoshiichi did not want to retreat, and that temporarily taking a step back under the attack of the enemy's superior forces would not only preserve the strength of the troops to the greatest extent, but also easily reclaim the position with the advantage of sufficient ammunition supply and air force cooperation tomorrow, but the entire battle situation would not allow Nishiichi to retreat, otherwise it would have an important impact on the morale of the 6th Division, the 14th Independent Mixed Brigade, the 33rd Independent Mixed Brigade, which had just been transferred eastward at full speed, and more than 10 special wings. It will make the Kwantung Army Command, which has drawn up the latest plan, very dissatisfied, and even angry.

The latest plan of the Kwantung Army Command is: to resolutely advance in with the Gubeikou Eighth Division to confuse the squadron, quietly draw out troops, launch a more fierce attack on the three major fortresses on the Eastern Front, break the defense line of the squadron in the shortest possible time, and quickly achieve the final goal of this battle!

Koichi Ishikawa did not know the details of the latest plan, but he carefully analyzed the battle situation and the sudden transfer of troops, and quickly came to his conclusion:

Due to the addition of the main force of the Chinese Central Army, the Kwantung Army Command has realized that the Gubeikou direction is insurmountable, so it very decisively chose to shift the key offensive direction to the eastern front of the Great Wall, and attacked the Xifengkou guarded by the Northwest Army, the Lengkou guarded by the Jin Sui Army, and the Jielingkou to Yiyuankou guarded by the Northeast Army. The Kwantung Army will usher in another glory after 918.

Because of this, Ishikawa Koichi understands Nishi's difficulties, and also understands the helpless decision that the veteran Nishiichi is about to leave his post and has to make a tough decision in order to save the evening - Yoshiichi Nishi, who has been experienced all his life, has already seen the whole situation clearly, and the reason why he knows that the Eighth Division will suffer heavy losses has to order him to hold on, and he is unwilling to return to China with the infamy that does not belong to him and the responsibility that his colleagues may shirk, not to mention ruining his reputation, and having to spend the rest of his life in the cold eyes of the people.

But Ishikawa Koichi does not think that the temporary concession of Gubeikou will affect the overall situation, on the contrary, Ishikawa is sad for Nishi Yoshiichi: Ishikawa has a very clear premonition that the Eighth Division will suffer heavy losses, but the heavy losses will not make Nishi Yoshiichi be criticized by the Kwantung Army Command, but will be praised for moving forward bravely and taking into account the overall situation, however, the heavy loss is definitely a heavy blow to a veteran of Nishi Yoshiichi's military life, and he will end his military career with bitter honor and unspeakable pain. I am afraid that this pain will accompany him for a lifetime, tormenting his old heart day by day, and it will linger until death.

Nishi Yoshiichi's resolute decision made the fierce battle on the front line of Gubeikou instantly reach a white-hot level, but two and a half hours later, the 32nd Wing Tanaka Seiichi sent an urgent telegram from the Nantianmen battlefield asking for help, which made Nishi Yoshiichi suddenly understand that tonight's fiasco was inevitable: the Tanaka Wing, which was trying to bypass Nantianmen to contain Liu Huan's 83rd Division, suddenly fell into the fierce attack of the 83rd Division that took the initiative and an elite brigade that appeared out of nowhere.

Nishi Yoshiichi, who had been quietly transferred by the Kwantung Army Headquarters, had two independent mixed brigades, and there were no extra troops to rescue him at this time, even if there were extra troops, he could not rush to the rescue within twelve hours, so Nishi Yoshiichi could only endure the hidden pain in his heart, and put on a straight face to the generals around him who had begun to discover the crisis, and gave the Tanaka Wing, a partial division, an order to break through with all his might.

Another elite brigade of the 32nd Wing of the Japanese Army was the special service regiment and guard regiment personally led by Fang Pengxiang, chief of the operations division of An Yi's former enemy headquarters.

The three red signal flares were still slowly rising, all the weapons in the hands of the 5,000 elite officers and men had already opened fire, mortars, light and heavy machine guns, sniper rifles, and submachine guns were spewing flames from the three-kilometer-long high ground, and the officers and men of the enemy's 32nd Wing, who had received an urgent order from Xiyiyi and were preparing to retreat, had just put away their lunch boxes, and under the sudden fierce blow, they suffered heavy casualties in the blink of an eye, and they were in chaos, blew up the front team to the point of crying wolf, and instantly collapsed, and the two-kilometer-long formation was broken into five or six sections under the fierce blow of the squadron.

The frightened wing commander Tanaka also ordered to gather troops to seize the high ground to resist, and the sound of killing in the shaking valley rang out to the sky, and more than a dozen officials couldn't help but say, clustered Tanaka and rushed to the north mountain road, without looking back, quickly climbed over the hill, and fled from the battlefield in embarrassment.

In just one hour, more than 4,800 people of the 32nd Wing of the Japanese Army were completely routed under the attack of the squadron **, which was three times their size, and less than 700 people escaped with Wing Commander Tanaka over the mountain.

Fang Pengxiang found Liu Huan, who was happy, said goodbye with a smile, and led his brothers who only suffered more than 70 casualties to the east, and they were going to rush to the battlefield seven kilometers to the northeast to launch a flank attack on the 17th Wing of the Japanese Army, which was fighting fiercely with the 6th Brigade of Roach.

More than 1,000 Japanese prisoners were decisively shot dead by the officers and soldiers of the 83rd Division in the resistance, Liu Jian was very satisfied with the decisive execution ability of the officers and men under his command, this trick he learned from An Yi, An Yi said to him that little Japan is cheap, you are civilized to him, he bared his teeth at you, you kill him a few more but he admires you.