Chapter 14: Village Fighting
Although he didn't see Sun Cunzhou in Wudang Mountain, he unexpectedly got the news that Sun Cunzhou was in Nanchang, especially the hundred imported ones sent by Bai Chongxi made Hu Fei happy, and when he went down the mountain, he hummed a little song and ran all the way down.
When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, they gathered their troops, turned around and drove to the southeast directly, and went down in the direction of Nanchang City.
The distance from Junxian County in Hubei Province to Nanchang is not close, Hu Fei originally planned to go to Nanchang all the way, but he didn't expect to hear a shocking event on the road but made him speed up the march.
As we said, since the Fifth War Headquarters moved to Laohekou, the entire Laohekou, Danjiangkou, Wudang Mountain, and Junxian County, a large area, have become a heavy gathering place for the national army. Hu Fei met a large number of troops on the way to Wudang Mountain, and when he left, he would inevitably encounter national army troops with different numbers.
The two friendly armies met on the road, and it was not uncommon for officers and men to say hello to each other and chat a few words. One of the Sichuan troops mentioned a major event when they met the cavalry brigade: in the middle of the night on June 11, the Japanese Botian detachment attacked the city of Anqing in Anhui Province in heavy rain. The Yang Sen Division of the 27th Group Army stationed in Anqing was negligent in its defense, unable to stop the Japanese army's troops, and lost the famous city on a rainy night.
From that night onwards, the Japanese army sent more than a dozen divisions and regiments to launch a strong attack on Wuhan, the temporary garrison of our Nationalist Government. The Military Commission dispatched large armies from all walks of life to intercept it. On the hundreds of miles of battlefield with Wuhan as the center, millions of soldiers of our army and hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops launched an earth-shattering and protracted bloody battle!
When the Japanese army attacked Anqing City, Hu Fei was wandering around the Yellow Flood Area, and he had no idea that the Wuhan Battle, which affected millions of troops and could determine the fate of the country, had begun.
Coming out of the Yellow Flood Area, Liu Ruming and Hu Zongnan both knew the news of the start of the Battle of Wuhan, and they also received orders to cooperate with the battle, but Hu Fei never met with these two, so he naturally couldn't get the news.
Therefore, until now, it has been almost two months since the start of the Battle of Wuhan, and Hu Fei has only known about this important military situation.
The stall of the Battle of Wuhan is so large and the battlefield area is so wide, it is a bit far to take a detour to Nanchang. Of course, for Hu Fei, he will not take a detour. He didn't know about such a big battle in Wuhan, but now that he knew, he had to make up for this excitement.
Diversion, go to Wuhan! As soon as Hu Fei announced the order, the generals under his command were gearing up one by one and their fighting spirit was high! These people, like Hu Fei, are all a bunch of militants, and all of them are hot-blooded soldiers who come to fight devils when they hear about it. The morale that had been a little low because it was out of the battlefield miraculously rose rapidly.
Out of Wudang Mountain, through Xiangyang, Yicheng, to Zhongxiang, and then southeast is to go straight to Wuhan. It was getting late on this day, and in front of it was a small village called Luojiawan. The troops had been marching continuously for more than four hours from late afternoon to now, and Hu Fei decided to camp in Luojiawan tonight. Only when you are full of food and sleep, and go to the battlefield can you have the strength to fight devils!
Feiyunling's reorganization clearly renamed Gou Tianxiao's first company as the reconnaissance company, and during this march, Hu Fei asked the reconnaissance company to practice its reconnaissance skills. He marched with a large force, and the reconnaissance company carried out dynamic reconnaissance on the front and rear of the large force, on the left and right periphery, and had to be foresighted of all situations.
When the troops were still more than two kilometers away from Luojiawan, the scouts of the reconnaissance company came to report: The devil was found in Luojiawan!
Met the devil so soon? When Hu Fei heard this, he immediately became energetic. Gou Tianxiao's reconnaissance company was ordered to ride all the war horses to patrol around Luojiawan, and the remaining Ji Jinbiao's second company was in the north, Xiong Wei's fourth company was in the south, Li Sanyi's company was to the east, and Yang Jinsheng's third company was to the west. The soldiers are divided into five roads and encircle Luojiawan!
This is the first battle after leaving the Yellow Flood Area, and Hu Fei must win it all!
In order to be more sure of this battle, Hu Fei took the guard platoon to observe the enemy situation at close range, he wanted to see how many devils there were in Luojiawan and what kind of position they had set up in the village.
Next to the village is a small hill, the mountain is not high, no more than 100 meters above sea level, and Luojiawan is at the foot of the hill. This hill is an excellent place to observe the enemy's situation, and Hu Fei and Chief of Staff Liu Dong took the guard platoon and the spy platoon to climb the hill.
When going up the mountain, Hu Fei also thought about how to fight when he encountered a devil on the mountain. After all, this hill is the only commanding height within a radius of ten miles, and as long as the officers led by the devils have a little military knowledge, they should set up a guard post on the mountain. Unexpectedly, when he cautiously climbed to the top of the mountain, he didn't see a ghost. Hu Fei secretly wondered in his heart.
Looking down from the hill, the situation in the village is clear at a glance. By this time it was already dark, and fires were lit in the villages below. It's a fire, not a light. There were several large fires lit in the middle of the village, and a large group of people stood next to the fires, and those with guns were devil soldiers.
The devil forcibly dragged out a few people from the crowd, and the devil officer with the command knife shouted a few words, and then the gunshots rang out, and the villagers who were pulled out lay straight to the ground. Then, the devil went to the crowd to pull people again. The villagers resisted, the gunfire started again, and the devils began to slaughter the villagers!
Hu Fei, who saw this scene clearly from the telescope, was so angry that his face turned white, these hateful little devils! These damn brutes! Hu Fei ordered: The four-way ambush soldiers will attack immediately! At the same time, order the spy platoon to snipe the devil from the hill!
A flare was fired, and there was a burst of gunfire at the bottom of the mountain! The red lines drawn by countless bullets were densely intertwined into a net of fire, and our soldiers rushed into the village with earth-shattering shouts from all sides. Hearing the movement, the devils of the village stopped killing the people and began to fight back, and a fierce battle between the two sides immediately began.
Looking at the scale, the devil probably has a squad of forty or fifty people. Four companies of our army with hundreds of people attacked from four directions, and the devils in the village soon couldn't stand it.
Xing Baoshan led the spies to a condescending sniping arrangement, which brought a great threat to the devils. The devil officer with the command knife was shot in the head by Xing Baoshan at the first time, followed by the machine gunner and the grenadier who were also killed by the sharpshooters. The devils under the mountain panicked.
The attacking units of our army became more and more courageous, and the speed of their attacks became faster and faster. The battle lasted about half an hour, and the four attacking troops entered the village. The devil knew that the situation was gone, and less than ten people survived and rushed out of the village and ran into the darkness while it was dark. The battle is over.
Seeing that the victory was decided, Hu Fei flew down the hill and walked into this village that had endured calamity.
Our soldiers had completely taken control of the village, and when Hu Fei entered the village, the soldiers were helping the villagers sort out the remains of their relatives. The gunfire outside the village had not stopped, and the sound should be that the reconnaissance company was chasing and killing the fleeing devil soldiers.