Episode 61: Encounters in the Rout

On May 5th, the Japanese army suddenly moved north and launched a full-scale large-scale attack. Under the cover of heavy weapons, the Japanese 16th Division concentrated heavy forces to attack the weak point of the Northwest Army's defensive line, defeated the resistance of Zhang Zizhong's 33rd Group Army, Liu Zhensan's 180th Division and Ji Xingwen's 37th Division, occupied the rear of the Changshoudian defensive line in one fell swoop, and tore Zhang Zizhong's defensive position out of a gap.

At this time, the 14th Cavalry Brigade of the Japanese Army took advantage of their strong mobility, and along this gap, they did not pay attention to the besieged 180th and 37th Divisions, but drove towards the north quickly.

It's not that the Japanese army has a great appetite, and they want to encircle strategically, and they don't look at these two small divisions in their eyes. , which in the 180 and 37 divisions, caused great confusion and panic.

A part of the officers and men began to flee, and the escape of this part of the officers and soldiers led to the rout of the entire front, and it was really a mountain of defeat, and it was too late for anything, and a large number of officers and men retreated to the north.

This was actually a race against the 14th Cavalry Brigade of the Japanese Army, the Chinese officers and soldiers ran fast, the Japanese cavalry advanced faster, and the two-legged ones finally couldn't catch up with the four-legged ones.

But there were still some strong officers and men of the 180th and 37th Divisions, who did not receive the order to retreat and held their positions.

Han Xing thought about it for a while, the position of Changshoudian had been completely surrounded by the Japanese army, and after a long time, these troops had to be trapped to death. Rather than starving to death, dying of thirst, and dying here without rear supplies, it is better to have 36 plans, and go as a plan, so I have to lead the special operations battalion to retreat north with the 180th Division.

The troops of the Southern Expeditionary Army followed behind the 180th Division, and at night, retreated to a place called Ping'an Town.

It is really not safe in the town, this place is plagued by bandits all the year round, so in order to prevent the attack of bandits, the town has built an earthen city wall and barbed wire, and there is a water trench outside the town, which is similar to the moat outside the county.

It's an ideal fort.

The special operations battalion and the guard company were also tired, and it was just right for them to rest here, so Han Xing asked the troops to put on guard, eat in the village, and rest before leaving. Maybe to the front, there is no such advantageous terrain to take advantage of.

In this town, many of the routs of the 180th Division fled here.

At this time, a strong wind blew in the sky, and it was really a dark moon and a high night, when people were killed and set on fire.

Just when the cooks had just cooked and had not yet eaten, suddenly the sentry came to report that about a squadron of Japanese troops had driven over. The Japanese army didn't seem to know that there were Chinese troops in the town, and they swaggered and didn't line up in battle formation, so they were about to enter the town.

Yin Zhaoli rolled up his sleeves and said to Han Xing: "I will go to the wall with the special operations battalion and directly block the little devils outside the village." ”

As soon as Zhang Xiaosan heard that the devil was coming, he was also full of energy, and said to Han Xing: "Let's do it, it's night, so let's give full play to our ability to fight at night." ”

Han Xing thought about it for a moment and said, "Just put the little devil in and fight, and have a war of annihilation." I look at the terrain in the town, it's too suitable for ambushes. But we must pay attention to the fact that we must control several commanding heights, several major tactical points. ”

Yin Zhaoli nodded and said, "Don't worry, Commander Han." He said to Zhang Xiaosan again: "Company Commander Zhang, the task of protecting the chief will be entrusted to you." ”

Zhang Xiaosan nodded and shouted loudly: "Don't worry! If Commander Han loses a hair, then you can ask me! ”

As soon as he said it, the special operations battalion and the guard company immediately deployed, occupied positions on both sides of the street, and went to the house. The earthen city walls and several high ground in the village were set up with machine guns.

If you want to talk about special operations battalions, they are all good at close combat and night combat, so it is extremely easy to climb the ladder. One man stood under the house, and the other stepped on his shoulders and head and body, and reached the eaves, and then his little belly was straightened, and as soon as his arms were forced, he climbed onto the roof, and his hand went down, and the person below also climbed to the roof with the strength of his hand.

This is all the result of hard training in peacetime, and I still responded to that sentence, sweat more in peacetime, and bleed less in wartime.

Most of the guards also came out of the special operations camp, so it was also basic kung fu for close combat, night combat, hand-to-hand combat, and climbing high ladders, so it was not too difficult to go to the roof.

If you want to say that it is hard work, it belongs to Han Xing, and his three-legged cat's kung fu is not used at all. Fortunately, Zhang Xiaosan, Wu Xiaoming, and Li Dazhong are not bad, and they even dragged Han Xing to the roof.

It's the turn of the jade queen Xiu'e, don't look at the person who is a woman, it's really called a heroine, no one needs it, she just took a few steps back, lifted it up in one breath, went up a few steps, stepped on the wall on her toes, took a few steps, walked on the ground, and stood in front of Han Xing all of a sudden.

This is a bit of a kung fu to jump on the rivers and lakes.

Han Xing stretched out a thumbs up to her and said, "Heifer's butt is a dragonfly--it's a cow B's ......" But when the words came out, I felt that it was a little rougher.

Wang Xiu'e's face turned red, and he tilted his head at Han Xing, and he didn't pay attention to Han Xing's words at all. She was just engrossed in observing the enemy and me.

Not far away, some brothers from Division 180 were also cooking on the fire, and before the rice was cooked, they were snatched clean by the extremely hungry brothers. After all, they haven't eaten for more than a day, people are iron, rice is steel, and with days of fierce battles, how can they do without food in their stomachs.

They had no idea that the Japanese army had arrived and that danger was imminent.

Han Xing wanted to inform them, but it was too late. Besides, once the terrified 180th Division heard that the Japanese army was coming, it would inevitably be a big rout, and this rout would affect the ambush here.

The Japanese troops who came in a large group not far away did not seem to have thought that there were Chinese troops in this town. They were also paralyzed, carrying guns and leading horses, and drove in an orderly manner this way.

Han Xing saw that almost all of the Japanese soldiers had entered the streets, and they were fully placed in the position of being beaten. Yin Zhaoli's special operations battalion has also been fully encircled, and the Japanese squadron has been completely encircled, and it is in an excellent position.

When Yin Zhaoli saw that the time had come, he shouted: "Fight-" and took the lead in opening the shell gun. All the assault rifles, light machine guns, and heavy machine guns, beckoned vigorously to the Japanese troops.

"Da da da ......" and "sudden ......" gunshots rang out.

The brothers of the 180th Division were swallowing rice in their mouths when they heard a loud gunfire and started fighting, thinking that it was another devil! Exhausted and almost unable to fight, coupled with the fact that they did not know the reality of the Japanese army, they were extremely frightened from top to bottom, and some of the officers and soldiers were already preparing to flee.

Once they fled, only the Southern Expeditionary Army was left to support them alone, which was obviously in an extremely disadvantageous situation.

Han Xing was in a hurry and shouted loudly: "The bandits are coming, brothers fight quickly!" ”

Wu Xiaoming was smart, and he also encouraged the others to shout together: "The bandits are coming, hurry up and fight, brothers!" ”

It's really a brine point tofu, one thing drops one thing, most of the brothers of the 180 division have suppressed bandits, so they don't think so, I heard that the bandits are coming, that's really full of confidence, passionate, don't eat food, the bowl is on the ground, feel the gun and rush out, and want to fight with the bandits.

An official led the brothers to rush out, and at the same time scolded: "Mom, Lao Tzu was just bullied by the little devil, and you came to bully Lao Tzu again." I really don't know the three eyes of the prince Ma, brothers, don't be polite to these bandits, give me a hard beat-"

The brothers of the 180th division rushed and started hand-to-hand combat with the little devils, and because it was dark, it was impossible to see whether it was a devil or a bandit. When I got closer, I found out that it was a devil, and it was too late to find out, so I could only do it hard with the little devil.

The devils bumped into the desperate hand-to-hand combat of the 180th division brothers head-on, and they were suppressed by the fire of the special operations battalion on the roofs of the high places, and their situation was extremely bad.

Han Xing saw the situation clearly on the roof, it was really wonderful to be in such a close position, and he took out his small pistol and was about to pounce forward.

Zhang Xiaosan grabbed Han Xing and said, "Anyone can get on, but you can't go." ”

Han Xing scolded him angrily: "What do you have to say at this time, whoever shoots the first shot will be accounted for." ”

Zhang Xiaosan still stopped Han Xing and said, "You can't go up, you can't go up, this is discipline." ”

It's really a crime to let go of the devil in front of you and not kill it! Han Xing couldn't care about Zhang Xiaosan's dissuasion at this time, so he stepped forward and shot a little devil.

The little devil only cared about the soldiers of the national army in front of him, and he didn't bother to look up at the situation on the roof. Han Xing's shot hit him in the chest with one shot.

He fell all at once.

Han Xing was cheap and obedient, and he was very happy in his heart, so he raised his hand and shot again, and hit a little devil in the waist. This little devil said "ouch-" and fell to the back of his face.

Without waiting for Han Xing to shoot the third shot, Zhang Xiaosan was already in front of Han Xing, Wu Xiaoming on the left, and Li Dazhong on the right dragged Han Xing to the dead corner on the ridge. Han Xing had to rush forward, but he couldn't rush up, and the three of them clamped Han Xing tightly, just not letting Han Xing move forward half a step.

Han Xing was really anxious, he couldn't wait for one person to slap them, and he didn't kill the devil in front of him, he was really guilty! But there was no way to be in a hurry, the three of them just didn't let Han Xing rush to the front.

The two sides fought fiercely for half an hour, after all, the Southern Expeditionary Army and the 180th Division had the advantage of strength, and controlled the key commanding heights, and the Japanese squadron that attacked the town suffered more than 100 casualties, and the rest fled in embarrassment.

Even if you want to escape, it is not easy, the exit has long been blocked by Yin Zhaoli's people, and the Japanese army had to forcibly climb over the wall, and there was a ditch with water outside the wall, and the Japanese army had to jump into the water and swim away from the water.

There are also those who don't know how to water, drowning alive in the water.

Yin Zhaoli hurriedly ordered the soldiers to set up machine guns on the wall, strafed the Japanese soldiers in the water, and killed more than a dozen Japanese soldiers.

There are really not many Japanese troops in this squadron who escaped.

In this battle, Yin Zhaoli's special operations battalion did not suffer a few casualties, but the officers and men of the 180th Division suffered more than 50 casualties, including a battalion commander and a company commander.

The Japanese army, which had just eliminated this squadron, suddenly another large group of Japanese troops arrived, bombarded the town with infantry guns, and then attacked with infantry.