Chapter Forty-Six: Famous Generals Defend the City
Seeing the tank rushing out of the village, Hu Fei was shocked, he had seen this iron pimple, and he had dealt with this kind of iron king when he was in the northeast! This thing is evil, machine guns can't penetrate, grenades can't blow up. If you want to scrap it, you can only do it if you send someone to stuff bundles of grenades onto the tracks of Iron King Eight!
To blow up a tank, you generally have to lose dozens of lives! Look at the fact that there are at least ten tanks rushing out of front and back at the entrance of the village, how many lives do you have to fill it? "Drive!" As soon as the reins of the horse are pulled, the Dalmatian horse is turning and running! Knowing that tanks were not easy to fight, Hu Fei immediately led the troops to retreat. The devil's tank is chasing after him.
Since Hu Fei led all the cavalry, he was not much slower than the tank, and it was not so simple for the devil tank to catch up with them.
ran out for more than ten miles in one go, and when he looked back, the devil tank had already disappeared, and Hu Fei ordered to count the number of troops. I don't know if I don't check it, Hu Fei's face turned green after checking it again! Even that charge just now, without even a single devil's tank, his cavalry lost more than thirty brothers!
Walk! Let's write down this feud, and there will always be a time to find a little devil to get it back with interest in the future! Hu Fei stabilized his feelings, and led his troops to quickly catch up with Liu Dong's large army.
This time, the devils who encountered a large group of devils suffered a big loss, and Hu Fei learned from the pain and led the troops to fight a guerrilla attack in the mountains. When they meet the devils of the brigade, they avoid it, and when they find a small group of devils, they go up to besiege it. found the devil's transport team, grab it if you can, and if you can't grab it, you have to shoot a few shots to make a mess, anyway, he and the devil are together!
After the fall of Niangziguan on October 26, the Japanese army occupied Pingding and Yangquan on the 30th and threatened Taiyuan. The Second Theater Command withdrew from Taiyuan. In order to prevent the army of the Battle of Xinkou from being surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese army, on 2 November, Yan Xishan, the commander of the Second Theater of Operations, issued an order to retreat. Order all troops in the Xinkou battlefield to withdraw to the outskirts of Taiyuan, and prepare to rely on the Taiyuan city wall to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese army in Taiyuan!
The retreat order was given, the defenders of the Xinkou battlefield retreated separately, the Japanese army followed and pursued, and our army was in chaos. The war zone once again held a meeting of high-level generals, and there was only one topic for this meeting, who would defend Taiyuan?
Under the current shape, the city of Taiyuan cannot be defended. But if you don't defend it, you can't do it, you have to have a general stay in Taiyuan to hold back the Japanese army, and buy time for the retreat of the troops in the second theater! Who has the courage to defend it knowing that it cannot be kept, and who has the courage to insist on it knowing that it is a doomed ending?
Chief Yan would definitely not stay in Taiyuan to be the commander of this light pole, and General Wei Lihuang was also a little worried. He is not afraid of staying and fighting with the little devil, but Taiyuan is the provincial capital of Shanxi and the old nest of Yan Xishan. If he, Wei Lihuang, the commander-in-chief of the group army of the Central Army, stayed in Taiyuan, what would Yan Xishan think of him? What will the chairman think? General Wei has too many concerns!
The rest of the generals are either not qualified enough, or there is really no one under them, and of course, there are others who really don't want to stay in Taiyuan to stay in the lonely city. They are not afraid of a desperate decisive battle with the little devils on the battlefield of Xinkou, but they are just unwilling to fight this kind of battle that is bound to lose.
Everyone, you look at me, I see that you are all speechless. Chief Yan coughed and sighed, and Commander-in-Chief Wei frowned. These two highest-ranking bigwigs present have no choice, who else dares to speak? This military conference will continue to develop as it is now, and there will be only one final result, that is, fleeing without a fight! If you don't let go of a shot, you will give up Taiyuan City to Little Japan!
"You don't have to be humble to each other anymore, Fu is not talented, I am willing to stay in Taiyuan to defend the city!"
One stone stirs up a thousand waves. The general's words shocked the audience! Chief Yan's lips trembled, and he walked up to him and grabbed General Fu's hand, "Yisheng, you, you have to take care!" I am the most relieved to hand over Taiyuan City to you. ”
"Brother Yisheng, please!" Commander-in-Chief Wei solemnly saluted General Fu as a sign of respect. The commander of the 18th Army also paid tribute to Commander-in-Chief Fu and said that he would launch a guerrilla war to delay the pursuit of the Japanese army!
Commander-in-Chief Fu expressed his thanks and blessings to these generals one by one, and then issued an order that the troops of the Seventh Army should immediately assemble in Taiyuan, and Commander-in-Chief Fu should lead his troops to defend Taiyuan!
The Separate Cavalry Brigade was a direct unit of the Seventh Army, and of course they were also ordered. At that time, Hu Fei was taking the troops around in the mountains, and when he heard that Commander-in-Chief Fu had taken over the position of commander of Taiyuan City Defense, Hu Fei thought it was a fat shortage, and immediately led people out of Wutai Mountain and drove to Taiyuan City!
Take a look at the city gate, okay! The once prosperous capital of Shanxi has now completely changed, and the city gates are crowded with people carrying large bags and small bags. There is going to be a war in Taiyuan City, General Fu Zuoyi has already issued an evacuation order in advance, and the people in Taiyuan City are being transferred.
Other troops must be angry when they see so many civilians blocking the road, but Hu Fei's troops are not. The officers and men of the cavalry brigade, especially those veterans who had joined the army before the establishment of the cavalry brigade, looked at the people who went out of the city as if they had seen some happy event.
Seeing that this army was so kind and close to the people, the well-intentioned people among the people who went out of the city couldn't help but sigh one after another: No wonder Commander-in-Chief Fu dared to recommend himself as the commander of Taiyuan City Defense, how could he not win the battle with such a strong division under his command? A reporter from Shanxi Daily, who saw this scene, published a front-page article with pictures the next day, titled Commander-in-Chief Fu's Hundred Battles Heroic Division.
In the photo, a group of cavalry is looking at the city gate with a smile, and a large number of people helping the old and the young are leaving the city at the city gate. The officers and soldiers did not reprimand angrily, nor did they show sadness, but watched with peace of mind. The article said: This unit is the cavalry unit directly under the heroic Seventh Army, and with such a unit, the Japanese army wants to occupy Taiyuan, it is simply wishful thinking!
As soon as this article was published, it was immediately reprinted by major newspapers across the country at that time. After the Central Daily reprinted it, it also distributed a signed article by Chen Cheng, then director of the Political Affairs Commission of the Central Military Commission, in which Minister Chen praised General Fu Zuoyi for leading the troops in a good way, daring to stand up in difficult situations, and being a model for the party-state soldiers.
After the major newspapers reprinted it one after another, coupled with their own comments, I don't know how many people across the country were moved to tears, how many young people signed up for the army, and how many people donated money and materials to support the war of resistance.
However, the people of the whole country only knew that the Seventh Army had a cavalry unit directly under it, but they did not know why these cavalrymen had that expression at that time, and they did not know what happened next after the Shanxi Daily reporter took a photo and left.