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Chapter 864 gritted his teeth

The morning light slowly illuminated the vast battlefield filled with gunsmoke, and the corpses were strewn all over the field within a radius of five kilometers, and there was a miserable sight everywhere, with the remaining smoke after the fire was extinguished, and the purple-red turbid blood pools everywhere. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After cleaning up the battlefield, the officers and men of the three armies who killed the red eyes returned to the center one after another, and under exhaustion, they lay down on their headquarters one by one, and their bodies stretched for more than four kilometers along the unrecognizable trenches, if it were not for the rapid panting and painful moans, it seemed to be no different from the corpses in different forms on the open position in front.

On the earthen hill in the middle of the battle line on the east bank of the Luan River, a group of generals and colonels dressed in different clothes stood above, raised their binoculars and silently looked eastward; everyone knew that the Japanese troops who had suffered heavy losses had left tens of thousands of corpses and had retreated 15 kilometers sharply, and they were not at all capable of organizing an effective attack in one day.

The words of Liu Ruming, deputy commander of the 29th Army, are the most representative: This battle started in a daze, there was no unified deployment before, there was no specific plan, and the four armies that had never cooperated fought so tacitly, now looking back, I can't believe it, I rushed up in a daze, and in a daze, I achieved a record that I never dreamed of, if I fought according to the convention, I don't know what it would be like, but I dare to say that there is no current result.

Liu Ruming's words were recognized by everyone, and everyone expressed the same meaning one after another, but after comparing their own casualties and the results achieved, not everyone could laugh.

In this battle, the Anjia Army, Song Zheyuan's Northwest Army, Shang Zhen's Jin Sui Army, and He Zhuguo's Northeast Army combined, the number of troops invested was as high as 89,000 soldiers, almost twice that of the Japanese army, and after more than four hours of continuous night fighting, they achieved the great results of annihilating more than 11,300 Japanese troops and severely inflicting more than 15,000 Japanese troops, but their own casualties also reached almost more than 16,000 people.

Among them, Song Zheyuan's troops suffered the largest casualties, investing more than 23,000 troops, and finally killed more than 3,200 people and more than 5,000 people were seriously injured, and the casualty rate exceeded 30%; followed by the Northeast Army's He Zhu State Department, which invested more than 13,000 troops, killed more than 1,100 people in battle, and nearly 3,000 were seriously wounded; The brave and resourceful Shang Zhen commanded 18,000 Jin Sui troops to fight for half a night, advancing almost in parallel with all the units, and achieved no less results than the Northwest Army and the Northeast Army on both flanks, but the price paid was much lighter: more than 970 people were killed in the battle, and more than 2,300 were seriously wounded.

The two divisions of the Anjia Army commanded by Gu Changfeng and Xia Jian in person were on the front line, and these two extraordinary full-strength divisions each left two regiments as reserves, and also had more than 24,000 charging troops.

Dozens of large and small caliber artillery rumbled to help 24,000 well-equipped and well-trained officers and soldiers, five minutes before the attack was launched, twenty wheeled combat vehicles covered with armor took the lead in rushing out, using the high-powered rapid-fire guns loaded on the vehicles to open large gaps for the infantry, until the first line of Japanese trenches could not pass before giving up, but after stopping, the rapid-fire guns on the vehicles hit more accurately, The remaining Japanese firing points within two kilometers of the front of the position were wiped out by most of the twenty fierce chariots without firing a few shuttles.

Immediately behind the armored fighting vehicles were 23 anti-aircraft artillery vehicles, equipped with twin high-level guns in addition to covering the front of the chariot charge, but also specifically looking for the front chariot missed the firepower points, one by one, it can be said that under the tacit cooperation of the chariot and the anti-aircraft artillery car, as far as the eye can see, the Japanese army is simply unable to form a formation for effective resistance.

At the same time, after the infantry of the two divisions launched a fierce charge, the artillery regiments of the two divisions moved forward at an incredible speed, and every time they stopped, they fired pieces of high-explosive shells, basically where the shells of the two artillery regiments fell, the officers and men of the two divisions rushed to where, this seemingly extremely crazy way of fighting, but in the end it achieved amazing results, and it was fought down overnight, and there was no living Japanese prisoner where the Anjia army passed, and when the battle was over, more than 24,000 soldiers were killed and more than 2,800 were wounded. However, they achieved the excellent result of destroying more than 6,700 enemies.

What was even more amazing to the friendly generals and colonels was that almost none of the soldiers in the two divisions of Gu Changfeng and Xia Jian came back empty-handed, and all the weapons obtained from cleaning the battlefield, whether good or bad, were all carried back, and then they lined up in a long line very skillfully, and stacked the captured rifles, machine guns, sabers, bayonets, grenadiers, and mortars neatly in different categories. The suede shoes on the feet of the Japanese soldiers, the aluminum lunch boxes on their waists, the leather trouser belts, the armed belts, the leather magazines, the briefcases and even the packing canvas were all piled up on several hills, and at dawn more than 50 army trucks carrying supply ammunition and canned food to the front line were all loaded away.

Just when everyone was talking, Sun Jiaqi, the new major general and brigade commander of the Jin Sui Army, arrived, he chatted a cigarette, and said in a weird manner:

"Don't be surprised, sir, the An Jiajun is all brought to my old classmates, this tradition of snatching back any rags was cultivated from the Northern Expedition, no one in the eight armies of the National Revolutionary Army at that time did not know about this, no matter where the battle was fought, no matter whether it was fighting side by side with brother troops or friendly troops, every time the battle was finished and the battlefield was cleaned, the An Jiajun ran faster than others, and the other troops were miserable as long as they fell behind the An Jiajun, and they often did not have a single hair left for half a day.

"What you see are all large seizures, small items such as wallets, watches, gold rings, pens, these things, all in the pockets of various officers and soldiers, I heard that if there is enough time, many officers and soldiers will knock open the mouth of the enemy's corpse to see if there is a big gold tooth, if there is, immediately knock it down with the butt of the gun, these gadgets are all brought back, and when they settle down, they will be handed over to the public together, and they will be evenly distributed by the commanders of each department and company. Today they are quite polite, and they have not gone beyond the positions of several of our armies to clean up the battlefield, otherwise we may not be able to get anything. ”

When everyone heard An Yi's old classmate say this, they were all happy, and they laughed for a while and then sighed sadly - looking at the miserable battlefield, looking at the rows of corpses of officers and soldiers who were carried back and buried on the spot in abandoned trenches, not a single general could still laugh.

Song Zheyuan couldn't help but recall the scene of watching the battle with An Yi last night, although the An Jiajun advanced at a breakneck speed, not only did it simply eliminate all the Japanese forces in front, but Gu Changfeng, who commanded Ruoding, could also divide a brigade to assist the 29th Army in annihilating the stubborn enemy in front of the flank, and assist the friendly troops to advance quickly.

Song Zheyuan, who was watching from a distance with a telescope at that time, was very moved by Gu Changfeng's righteousness, and An Yi, who could watch the battle with Song Zheyuan, Shang Zhen and others, sighed vigorously:

"This is how it should be, two to fight one or to attack unexpectedly and unprepared, if you drag on again, you will have no face to see people! If in two years, Lao Tzu's armored combat vehicle can be replaced with tracks, little Japan will have nowhere to escape, and two large-caliber machine guns inside and outside the armored assault vehicle can sweep down a large area, and there is no need to slow down at all when crossing a trench one or two meters wide, and the brothers of the various armies will not have to fight so hard, let alone pay such a heavy price. ”

Although the losses of all units in this battle were great, Song Zheyuan and his soldiers were deeply comforted and believed that this battle was fought happily and worthwhile.

Thanks to the fierce attack of the two divisions of the Anjia Army, the Japanese Sixth Division near the front line of the Great Wall was beaten to the ground, and basically did not organize a decent resistance, and was quickly broken by the Anjia Army, which was good at night fighting, and the Japanese army could only turn around and run eastward, so that Liu Ruming could seize the opportunity to lead two brigades to storm the Xifengkou guarded by only two brigades of Japanese troops, and it took only one and a half hours to recapture the Xifengkou of the Great Wall, which carried the honor of the Northwest Army and left the Northwest Army with heavy regrets.

In order to ensure that the Northwest Army firmly controlled Xifengkou, An Yi generously ordered Xia Jian's 39th Division to garrison the eastern front of Xifengkou Pass at the end of the battle, and dug three blocking trenches with a total length of 17 kilometers along the Great Wall in a fan shape within half a day, erecting a solid barrier for Liu Ruming's troops to hold Xifengkou and avoiding Liu Ruming's worries.

In the future, if the Japanese army wants to attack Xifengkou from the flank and rear, it must first destroy or defeat Xia Jian's 39th Division before it can achieve its wish, but how easy is it for the Japanese army to defeat Xia Jian's division, which is well-equipped and almost all of veterans?

What's more, the right flank position of Xia Jian's 39th Division is the defense ground of the 44th Division of the world-famous tiger general Gu Luozi, these two divisions are all super divisions of 16,000 officers and soldiers that make the whole team look sideways, not only have an artillery regiment equivalent to that of an army in the Northwest Army, but also each add a new air defense battalion equipped with 14 anti-aircraft artillery vehicles, plus 20 combat vehicles that can shoot at 90 degrees to help, which is extremely threatening to low-flying bombers. With such a powerful firepower configuration, it is equivalent to a division of the Japanese army, and the only thing missing is probably the lack of a cavalry wing. If the Japanese army wants to occupy Xifengkou again, it can only attack from outside the pass, otherwise, even if two divisions are used, it may not be able to defeat the two elite divisions of the Anjia Army like wolves and tigers, and even if they can fight, they will have to pay a great price, and even lose both.

"Look at the rear! What a long convoy, grandma's! Look at the posture, the car is full of soldiers of the Anjia Army, I don't know which division has arrived, this is good, as soon as the reinforcements arrive, we will not be afraid of anything......"

The generals and colonels hurriedly looked back, and on the two improvised roads a kilometer to the west, dusty, one after another troop transport trucks were slowly moving like a long dragon, and behind the trucks in the middle, there was also a cannon covered with camouflage tarpaulin.

After a while, three medium-sized jeeps overtook the convoy and drove quickly towards the dirt slope, and soon stopped moving under the dirt slope where the generals were standing, An Yi and Zhao Rui, who had left more than half an hour ago, got out of the car under the vigilance of the guards, and walked up the dirt slope with a smile on their faces together with several generals from another car.

Song Zheyuan and Shang Zhen glanced at each other, and hurriedly went down to greet each other, the two sides met warmly at the flat place of Banpo, and everyone heard An Yi's introduction, knowing that the young lieutenant general Zhang Cunzhuang, the commander of the 44th Army, who was standing in front with a smile and saluting, hurriedly raised his hand and saluted, and then stretched out his hands, shook them warmly, and greeted them politely.

Next were the younger Lieutenant General Yin Jinan of the 24th Army, Xie Chi, the major general of the 16th Division of the Central Army's ace division with a smiling face, Cheng Mingzhe, the commander of the 1st Division of the 44th Army, and Wei Xinyang, the commander of the 2nd Division.

Sun Jiaqi, who was following behind Shang Zhen, stepped forward excitedly, picked up Yin Jinan, who was walking quickly, laughed, turned around before letting go of his hand and took a half step back: "Senior Brother Yin, I have to salute you!" ”

"Less nonsense! Haha......"

Yin Jinan grabbed Sun Jiaqi's hand, and the two of them didn't care about either, strode to the top of the slope, looked at the position in front of them, and talked eagerly.

"Senior brother, I have been looking forward to your coming, last night I was still asking Bandit B, how many days will it take for your divisions to arrive? He always said that it was almost fast, and when he asked him in a hurry, he simply said, "If you are afraid of death, you will go down", which made Lao Tzu angry! ”

"Don't be angry, it's not easy for him! I'm telling you you don't have to say it, or you'll be shot!" Yin Jinan looked left and right and said in a low voice.

"Hey, what's the matter? Tell me quickly, you still don't believe me as a person? ”

"My eldest brother is embarrassed! There is not a single grain of grain left in the military station, and there is not much ammunition and all kinds of materials left, and since the beginning of the war, the Central Military Commission and the Central Military Station have not sent any replenishment...... My eldest brother always has a smile on his face, but his heart is on fire, and it is estimated that he will have to rush back to deal with this matter later, otherwise how will our divisions fight in front? The more than 70 truckloads of ammunition and canned food brought in this time have to be given priority to satisfy the three of you, and we can only wait for the next batch. ”

Sun Jiaqi was taken aback: "How can this work?" The people at the General Headquarters ate for nothing? ”

Yin Jinan shook his head helplessly: "Don't mention it, it's going to be a peace talk...... Before the younger brother came, General Ji Kuan, the Minister of the Interior, asked the younger brother to bring a message to my eldest brother, asking our An Jiajun not to take the initiative to attack, otherwise it is likely to anger our President Jiang and the gangsters of the central government, and the gains outweigh the losses. But I didn't dare to say it to my eldest brother, so I could only grit my teeth and help him resist in front, and never let the Japanese invaders take a step forward, so that he would have a room to turn around and not be too sad. Alas...... Since our An Jiajun went north, more than 16,000 people have been killed and wounded, and now the major hospitals in the rear are full of wounded brothers, and the price paid is not small, but now that peace talks are peace talks, all the previous merits have been lost, so how can tens of thousands of soldiers swallow this bad breath? ”

"Dog Day's capitulation faction...... Don't talk about it, everyone is coming up......"

On the position far away from the hillside, the work of burying the corpses has not yet ended, many officers and soldiers of the Northwest Army, the Northeast Army, and the Jin Sui Army were attracted by the bursts of laughter on the dirt slope behind them, and saw a large group of generals in different clothes standing on the dirt slope to point out the country, and all the soldiers immediately realized that the reinforcements were coming, and the men who were tired and half dead seemed to suddenly have the strength and waved their arms vigorously.