Xue Yue was furious when he saw the troops fighting like this, and his wolf-like eyes looked at the faces of Wu Qiwei and several division commanders, as if he wanted to choose someone to devour.

Several division commanders were so frightened that they were speechless, for fear that if they accidentally said the wrong thing, the angry commander would enforce battlefield discipline.

Wu Qiwei thought about it, and always felt that he needed someone to be the scapegoat, and if the commander didn't pursue such a big defeat, he couldn't explain it there. Thinking of the pair of eyes that sat down, Wu Qiwei felt a cold swish on his back, and soon, he felt the coolness penetrate into his heart and spleen, slowly penetrating into the bone marrow, until every nerve ending.

Wu Qiwei spoke: "Commander, all the mistakes are the fault of the humble position, the loss of the troops is so big, someone must be responsible, I am willing to apologize with death." I ask the commander to escort me to the chairman's camp, and I am willing to apologize to the commissar in person and ask him to shoot me. After saying that, he choked up sadly.

Since Ou Zhen escaped from the army on the battlefield, his heart has been trembling and frightened, for fear that Wu Qiwei will cure him for the crime of escaping from the battle, in that case, not to mention whether the division commander can keep it or not, it is possible to shoot him. Now seeing that Wu Qiwei took on all the responsibilities and took all the responsibilities, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. But I was still afraid that if Xue Yue really wanted Wu Qiwei to be a scapegoat and sent to the Nanjing Committee, Wu Qiwei would tell the truth about his escape, and it would be over. Everyone carries the sedan chair, but Wu Qiwei can't be allowed to carry the guilt alone, in that case, the trouble will be behind. After thinking clearly, Ou Zhen said: "Report to the commander, although our army lost this battle, Deputy Chief Wu made a quick decision, so that the main force of our army retreated quickly to avoid being surrounded and annihilated by the red bandits. ”

As soon as several division commanders heard Ou Zhen say this, they naturally knew that they couldn't fall into the well at this time, after all, Wu Qiwei was Xue Yue's right-hand man, and he was also the general of the small Guangdong group in the Central Army, but he couldn't let the commission punish the crime casually, if Wu Qiwei's crime was cured, wouldn't it be the turn of our division commanders? As a result, several division commanders immediately spoke.

Liang Huasheng said: "Report to the commander, we plan to seize Yangping Town, and then divide our troops to outflank Qingxi Town, but unexpectedly, the main force of the Red Bandits has rushed to Yangping Town in advance to set up an ambush, and set up mountain artillery, mortars and heavy machine guns on the other side of the river to cover our army with firepower. If it weren't for Wu's quick decision and order to retreat, the commander would not have seen a few of us. It's really scary to think about it, how can the red bandits be so accurate? ”

Hui Ji said: "Report to the commander, the casualties of our troops are mainly from enemy fire. I judged that after the red bandits eliminated the three divisions of the Hunan army, their firepower was strengthened, but I hated that the two bastards, He Jian and Liu Jianxu, did not report the truth to our army, causing our army to ambush. It should be reported to the committee and punished He Jian and Liu Jianxu for the crime of being an enemy. ”

Xie Pufu continued: "The air force is not a good thing, the commander ordered them to bomb the red bandits, these guys flew around, said that they did not find the red bandits, turned around and went back. I don't fucking believe that there are so many cannons of red bandits on the other side of the river, can't they be found at all? The losses of our army are all caused by the lack of meticulous reconnaissance by these bastards. It should be reported to the commission and punished for the crime of the Air Force. ”

Xue Yue couldn't laugh or cry, these guys didn't think about how to retaliate against the red bandits, but were busy shirking their responsibilities. In fact, how could he want to hold Wu Qiwei responsible, he is his right hand and right-hand man. But I have to find a way to explain to the commissioner, such a big loss, where to put the commission's face?

Seeing that Xue Yue's face was cloudy, the chief of staff came up and said: "The top priority is not to pursue responsibility, but to quickly contact the 13th Division to see where they go, if they succeed in a roundabout way and occupy the commanding heights behind Qingxi Town and Yangping Town, our army can reorganize the army and fight again; If their attack does not go well, they should quickly order them to retreat, so as not to go deep and be surrounded by the enemy. ”

Xue Yue calmed down and said: "Order the 13th Division to withdraw, the red bandits are very cunning, they have just inflicted heavy losses on our army in Yangping Town, and it is likely that the main force will turn to meet the 13th Division." If the 13th Division can establish a solid position, it is fine, otherwise, even if the attack is successful for a while, it may also fall into a heavy encirclement, and we cannot afford to lose. It's getting dark, and it's impossible for the Air Force to go out to help in the war, and the night is generally a world of red bandits. We couldn't take any more risks. ”

As if to confirm the words of the chief of staff, at this time, in the mountains behind Yangping Town, a fierce battle was going on.

After Li Qing led the 4th and 5th regiments and their subordinate troops to the preset positions and did a good job of concealment, he heard the sound of gunfire coming from the direction of Yangping Town at the foot of the mountain, and knew that the main force had engaged the enemy. Later, when I heard the sound of gunfire gradually moving eastward, I understood that the main force had crushed the enemy and achieved the battle goal set by the division commander before the war. However, there was no shadow of the enemy on his side, as if the Wan Yaohuang Division of the 13th Division of the enemy had not been dispatched.

Waiting is the most exhausting.

Wan Yaohuang's 13th Division is the establishment of the 2nd Brigade and 6th Regiment, with about 12,000 people, and is the backbone of the Hubei army pulled up by Xia Douyin. In history, the proudest record of the 13th Division was that during the Great War of Jiang Feng and Yan in the Central Plains, he held on to Qufu and resisted the rotational attacks of 8 divisions of Yan Xishan with the strength of one division, and finally joined forces with reinforcements to defeat the Yan army, capturing dozens of artillery pieces and hundreds of cars. The most glorious achievement was the Songhu battlefield during the Anti-Japanese War, where half of the thirteen battalion commanders of the division were killed. The most record is that the Battle of Xuzhou was ordered to defend Tancheng, but when the army attacked fiercely and dispersed, the unpopular division commander Wu Liangchen was abandoned behind the enemy and almost became a prisoner of the army. The final outcome of the 13th Division was during the Liberation War, when it was wiped out by Liu Deng's army in Yangshanji.

At the time of the fifth encirclement and suppression, Xia Douyin had already lost power, was dismissed by Chiang Kai-shek from the post of chairman of Hubei Province, and went to Chengdu to be a public servant with the title of general staff. In order to maintain the troops, Wan Yaohuang took the initiative to invite Ying, led the 13th Division to Jiangxi to participate in the encirclement and suppression, and was incorporated into Zhou Hunyuan's column.

At this time, although the 13th Division was the Hubei Army in its bones, many officers and soldiers already regarded themselves as the Central Army. In addition, since the establishment of the division, there have been many hard battles and vicious battles, and no fatal blow has been encountered, and the morale is relatively high.

After receiving the order to advance along the mountain road to Yangping Town, Wan Yaohuang ordered the division's special service battalion to set off immediately, reconnoiter the road, leave road signs, and guide the troops forward. Liu Rui, commander of the 37th Regiment of the 73rd Brigade, was ordered to be the vanguard of the whole division and set off with the special service battalion. He ordered Pan Zuxin, commander of the 37th Brigade, to lead Yu Zhenhua's 74th Regiment and Qian Zhenya's 75th Regiment as the second echelon, and he led the troops directly under the division to be in the center, and the commander of the 38th Brigade, Xia Dingxin, led Wang Yaqiao's 76th Regiment and Liu Hantao's 77th Regiment to be the third echelon, and the 78th Regiment of Zhang Yayi of the 38th Brigade served as the rearguard.

Wan Yaohuang, the commander of the enemy's 13th Division, became more and more depressed as he walked. It is said that the 13th Division should take the mountain road to seize the peak behind Yangping Town, cover the passage of the main force, and then attack Qingxi Town, but in fact, this task is not easy to complete. It had just snowed heavily, and the mountain roads were covered with snow, and it was very difficult for the troops to march, not to mention that it was difficult to handle heavy weapons, and it was not easy to walk empty-handed. Besides, the 59th and 93rd Divisions are already over, and now they are catching up, or the red bandits have retreated, and their efforts are in vain; Either the other party is already waiting for himself to be sent to the door. I don't know what the commander thinks, he thinks he is proud of coming up with such an offensive plan. Damn, one general is incompetent, exhausting the three armies!

Depressed is depressed, the order must still be resolutely implemented, since he has entered the door of the Central Army, he can't let his family look flat through the crack in the door. Besides, Xue Yue and Zhou Hunyuan are in the limelight now, and they are not something that a miscellaneous army commander can compete with. You must not leave the other party with the excuse to annex yourself, and you must not follow in the footsteps of Chief Xia.

The road is difficult to walk, but the distance is not far. After three hours of marching, we finally climbed the mountain. Pan Zuxin, commander of the 37th Brigade, saw him coming up and reported that more than one hour ago, there was a violent gunfire in the direction of Yangping Town, and it was estimated that friendly troops were fighting fiercely with the main force of the red bandits. Wan Yaohuang asked if there were many cannons, and whether the shelling lasted for a long time?

Pan Zuxin reported that the gunfire had stopped when he came up, and that it was reported by the vanguard regiment. According to the vanguard regiment, the artillery fire was fierce and intensive. There is at least one battalion of mortars alone.

Wan Yaohuang thought for a while and said: "It must be the artillery fire of the Central Army, their own firepower itself is very strong, and they also have a mortar battalion of the tax police regiment. The Red Bandits couldn't have so many cannons. Ordered the troops to accelerate their advance. ”

Pan Zuxin hesitated a little, thought about it and said: "There is bad news, we have lost contact with the search team sent out by the special service battalion. ”

Wan Yaohuang was alert when he heard this, and hurriedly asked when it happened? Pan Zuxin said he lost contact more than an hour ago.

Wan Yaohuang immediately picked up the telescope and looked around. This observation startled me, and it was quiet all around, as if there was no trace of human traffic. Wan Yaohuang, who has been through the battle array, knows that if he is too quiet, he is prone to danger. The troops were immediately ordered to halt their advance, and the vanguard regiment quickly retreated and moved closer to the main force. Ordered Pan Zuxin to lead two regiments to meet the vanguard regiment, and ordered Xia Dingxin, who followed up, to command the troops to quickly occupy the nearby hills and make preparations for holding on. Ordered the radio station to turn on, and contacted Chief Zhou and Chief Xue to inquire about the battle situation in Yangping Town just now.

It's not early, and the afterglow of the setting sun shines on the snow-white peaks, making it easy to feel like you're in the middle of a painting.

Wan Yaohuang stood on a small hill, anxiously waiting for the news of the advance group's withdrawal. The wind carried the snowflakes, hitting his body and face, and the feeling of icy wetness could not hide the anxiety in his heart.

Wan Yaohuang did not wait for his vanguard group, but waited for the fierce gunfire.

Just when Li Qing was in a hurry, Li Lingfeng, the instructor of the sniper company, came back with the soldiers of the second and third platoons and the prisoners of the special service battalion of the enemy's 13th Division.

As soon as Li Qing asked, it turned out that Li Lingfeng had already come over and was hiding on the side of the road up the mountain, and several search teams of the enemy's special service battalion had been captured by them.

Looking at Li Lingfeng's joyful face, Li Qing knew that something bad was wrong, as soon as the search team was caught, it would inevitably arouse the enemy's vigilance, and it would be difficult to fight the enemy again. If you don't get it right, this will be the most difficult battle since the formation of the 18th Regiment. Busy ordered to report the situation to the division commander. Request instructions.

After receiving the report, Liu Yimin immediately ordered the Third Regiment to hold on to Yangping Town, prevent the enemy from sneaking attack, and wait until after dark to protect the artillery battalion, heavy machine gun battalion, prisoners, and baggage to move to the county seat far away from the town. The fire support companies of the 1st and 2nd regiments were ordered to quickly replenish mortars and heavy machine guns from the captures, hand over the light machine guns to the combat company, and then quickly dispatch with the 1st and 2nd regiments to reinforce Li Qing.

Liu Rui, the head of the 13th Division, felt that something was wrong after going up the mountain, several search teams of the division's special service battalion were nowhere to be found, and ordered the brothers to search carefully and did not find their bodies or wounded soldiers, it was really fucking strange, the brothers of the special service battalion were all good hands, how could they disappear for no reason? There must be something famous in this.

After sending someone to report to the brigade commander, Liu Rui stubbornly took the lead and continued to move forward with the vanguard regiment. The main peak is not far ahead, and it seems that the height is not very high, so Liu Rui plans to occupy the main peak first, and then wait for the brigade commander to bring the troops up.

The soldiers of that era were basically rolled out of the war. Liu Rui can be the commander of the main force of the 13th Division, which naturally makes sense. No, when he arrived at the foot of the main peak, Liu Rui had an extra heart and ordered the first battalion to seize the main peak, and the second and third battalions were on standby at the foot of the mountain.

Li Qing climbed behind a rock on the main peak, holding a telescope to observe, the enemy finally came, it seemed to be the vanguard regiment, the team was very neat, there was no scattered phenomenon caused by climbing the mountain, and he secretly admired the combat effectiveness of the 13th Division was quite strong. About six or seven miles behind this regiment, there was a large force of the enemy. Looking at the posture, the enemy's vigilance is very high, and it is not as defenseless as the battles of Xiaoshui, Xikou and Qingxizhen. It seems that this battle is indeed not going to be easy to fight.

After calling Hong Chaoyuan to discuss with Zhao Shanyi, the three of them all thought that since they couldn't catch the enemy's main force by surprise, they would eat this vanguard group first. The distance of six or seven miles, and the mountain road, is enough for the enemy to walk for an hour, and when the enemy's main force comes up, it is estimated that the battle will be over, and then the enemy's main force will be blocked.

The vigilant enemy is naturally very slippery, no, the enemy's vanguard regiment has also divided its troops, using only one battalion to attack the hill, and the other two battalions to do combat alert below. In this case, the original arrangement will not work, and it seems that the enemy has a cunning side in addition to being ferocious.

Li Qing, Hong Chaoyuan, and Zhao Shan immediately changed their operational arrangements and decided that Li Qing would lead the guard battalion, the recruit battalion, and the engineer battalion to encircle and annihilate a battalion of the enemy's main attack. Hong Chaoyuan's 4th Regiment went out on the left flank, and Zhaoshan's 5th Regiment except for the right flank, joined forces to encircle and annihilate the two battalions under the mountain, and then quickly returned to the hill to hide and wait for the arrival of the enemy's main force. The mortars attached to the two regiments were used intensively, and they did not open fire for the time being, and when the enemy's main force arrived, they launched a rapid fire attack on the enemy.

After the change of deployment, the troops quickly split up with the help of mountain and forest shelter.

The battalion where the enemy attacked the hill was solved very smoothly, and with Li Lingfeng's help and the cover of the mountains and forests, there was almost no fighting. When the commander of the first battalion of the 13th Division's vanguard regiment climbed the hill, he suddenly found that his battalion had been cut into several sections, surrounded by black holes, and had no choice but to lay down his arms and take prisoners.

However, the actions of the 4th and 5th regiments did not go very smoothly.

Liu Rui saw that the first battalion had attacked the main peak, and the figure had also disappeared into the mountains and forests, and he felt that it was done, and when he was about to order the two battalions to follow up, the cavalry messenger sent an order from the division commander: the vanguard regiment quickly withdrew.

Liu Rui hurriedly ordered the signal soldiers to contact the first battalion, but who knew that the first battalion did not answer as if they could not see the flag. Liu Rui was helpless, and ordered the trumpeters to blow the trumpet to contact, but the first battalion still did not answer. Liu Rui knew that it was troublesome, and the first battalion might not be able to come back. When you look at the main peak and the mountains and forests, it feels as if there is an invisible giant mouth, ready to devour life at any time. Frightened, he hurriedly ordered the second and third battalions to cover alternately and quickly retreat.

At this time, the fourth and fifth regiments had just arrived.

Hong Chaoyuan and Zhao Shan discovered that the enemy was about to run almost at the same time, and as soon as the order was given, the soldiers opened fire. Liu Rui's second and third battalions were immediately shrouded in grenades and bullets.

The blow came too suddenly, and Liu Rui had already made arrangements, and the strength of the two battalions could not withstand the attack of the two main regiments, and the troops soon began to break and flee. This rout sold his back to the pursuing Red Army soldiers, and the result can be imagined.

Wan Yaohuang, who was waiting for the vanguard regiment to withdraw, heard the gunfire and knew that it was broken, so he ordered the soldiers to contact Pan Zuxin to speed up and reinforce the vanguard regiment, and on the other hand, he ordered the mortar company of the division to advance quickly, establish a position, and cover the retreat of the vanguard regiment.

When Hong Chaoyuan and Zhao Shanchai were rising, they heard the sound of shells flying in the air, and knew that the enemy's main force had arrived, so they had to watch the remnants of the enemy's vanguard regiment converge with the main force with hatred, and at the same time ordered the troops to stop the pursuit and quickly return to the mountains and forests to hide.

Who knew that the withdrawal of the fourth and fifth regiments made Pan Zuxin, who rushed to the rescue, see the flaw, it turned out that the red bandits did not have many troops, and they did not have heavy weapons, so they may have been arranged here in advance to block their own reinforcements. Seeing that his vanguard regiment could basically cancel the formation, he was angry, and ran aside with the division commander's order to retreat, and waved his two regiments to chase after him.

Pan Zuxin's pursuit turned this blocking battle into a bloody battle.

When the 13th Division started, it was only an engineer company of Xia Douyin, during which it went through the tests of the three Northern Expeditions and the Central Plains War, and the soldiers were basically veterans with rich combat experience, plus they had experienced the painful lesson of the failure of the division of the troops, and paid great attention to the cohesion of the officers and soldiers.

Hong Chaoyuan and Zhao Shan were still very happy when Pan Zuxin began to wave his troops in pursuit. Damn, I was afraid that you would run, but not only did you not run, but you also sent it up. When you go to Hades, don't sue Lao Tzu, you are going to die, not Lao Tzu who insists on killing you.

Slowly, I couldn't be happy. The enemy's artillery has been firing artillery, and its own artillery is still on the main peak, and the range is too long to destroy the enemy's artillery. The pursuing enemy had a very high quality of individual combat, slippery like a loach, hiding far away from the Red Army, and the soldiers did not necessarily hit one of them after firing a few shots. I really miss Li Chang's mountain artillery!

Li Qing, who was watching the battle from the top of the mountain, felt that the battle might be a stalemate, so he left the recruit battalion to stick to the main peak and rushed down with the guard battalion and the engineer battalion.

After finding Hong Chaoyuan and Zhao Shan, the three of them discussed and decided that the guard battalion and the engineer battalion would insist on a frontal blockade, and the fourth and fifth regiments would outflank the enemy in a roundabout way and resolutely defeat the enemy.

Hong Chaoyuan and Zhao Shan led the 4th and 5th regiments to move covertly to the two flanks, and Li Qing ordered the guard battalion and the engineer battalion not to shoot for the time being, and waited for the enemy to attack closer.

When Pan Zuxin saw that the gunfire of the Red Army had stopped, he thought that the main force of the Red Army had withdrawn, and he was a little proud, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, the Red Bandits can't beat us, they are going to run away, catch up, bite them to the death, avenge the brothers of the vanguard regiment, grab a reward of 5 oceans, chase it!" ”

Seeing that the enemy was chasing fiercely, Li Qing gathered his troops, light machine guns and submachine guns, and ordered the soldiers to unscrew the caps of the grenades, and when the enemy approached, they would attack only one point, and strive to break up the enemy's offensive.

Wan Yaohuang didn't see the vanguard group coming back, but he heard the gunfire on the side of the main peak becoming more and more intense, at the beginning, the gunfire chased after his side, it must be the red bandits chasing the vanguard group, and then the gunfire chased the main peak, it must be Pan Zuxin, this guy was red-eyed, and fought back against the red bandits. The cavalry correspondent who came to report confirmed his judgment, saying that Brigade Commander Pan saw that there were not many red bandits, and the casualties of the vanguard regiment were too large, so he led two regiments to catch up.

Wan Yaohuang is not Pan Zuxin, he will not be easily hot-headed. He kept urging the radio to contact Xue Yue and Zhou Hunyuan, report the progress of the battle, and inquire about the results of the battle in Yangping Town. Finally, the radio station was contacted, and Xue Yue's order was simple and clear: withdraw to Xindian Town and stand by.

As soon as Wan Yaohuang saw Xue Yue's order, he knew that the battle in Yangping Town was the defeat of the central army, and it was estimated that the defeat was still very bad. Then, it is possible that the main force of the red bandits will join the battle here, and their 13th division is likely to be in danger. On the one hand, he urgently ordered the cavalry messenger to give Pan Zuxin the order to retreat, and on the other hand, he personally led the rearguard regiment that followed to respond. Thinking about it, he was afraid of chaos, so he strictly ordered Xia Dingxin to lead two regiments to hold their positions and be ready to meet him at any time.

At the instigation of Pan Zuxin, several thousand men from two regiments of the 13th Division attacked the mountain in dense form. The remnants of the 73rd Regiment, that is, the vanguard regiment, under the leadership of Liu Rui, rushed to the front.

Liu Rui's eyes were red, the 73rd Regiment was the vanguard of the 13th Division in all previous wars, when did he suffer such a big loss! His troops are over, and his future is gone, so what's the point of living! Fight with the red bandits, kill one is enough, kill two to earn one. So, Liu Rui threw off his shirt, held a submachine gun, and led his remnants to open the way in front.

Li Qing wants this effect, he is not afraid that you are crazy, he is afraid that you are not crazy. Closer, closer, closer. Look at Liu Rui, they are already within 30 meters, Li Qing shouted "hit", and Liu Rui was beaten into a hornet's nest. The dense bullets smashed the remnants of the charging vanguard regiment and suffocated the troops of the 13th Division who were attacking behind.

Pan Zuxin, who was in the back, saw that the Red Army's firepower was very intensive, and understood that he had been fooled, and the Red Bandits lured him to attack and carry out his firepower. However, there are less than a thousand red bandits who listen to the gunshots, and it is not a problem to take them down.

Just as he was about to urge the troops to attack again, the cavalry messenger sent by Wan Yaohuang arrived, strictly ordered him to retreat, and said that the division commander personally led the rearguard regiment to respond.

Pan Zuxin was also very alert, just now he saw that the red bandits did not have a lot of troops, and seeing that the vanguard regiment suffered heavy casualties, and his anger surged, so he waved his troops to pursue. Wan Yaohuang's order made him sober up at once.

Damn, I'm red-eyed! What if the red bandits are laid out to make themselves jump? The division commander's order was to let himself take over the advance regiment and retreat, not to pursue it, and in case of an accident, the crime of disobedience on the battlefield was not a joke. Thinking of this, Pan Zuxin hurriedly ordered the troops to stop the pursuit, the 75th Regiment quickly retreated, and the 74th Regiment took cover, retreating while fighting.

The speed of his orders was not as fast as the pace of the soldiers of the 4th and 5th Regiments of the Guards. The fourth regiment was on the left and the fifth regiment was on the right, outflanking from both sides.

Pan Zuxin saw that the red bandit wanted to make dumplings! Damn, I look down on people too much, you were killed in the sea of corpses and blood, and you're still afraid of this? As soon as the 74th Regiment came with me, he picked up a submachine gun and took the lead in outflanking the Red Army.

As soon as Li Qing saw that the enemy was advancing instead of retreating, he ordered the trumpet to be sounded, and led the guard battalion and the engineer battalion to kill and press the enemy head-on.

As soon as the enemy 75th Regiment, which retreated first, saw that the brigade commander and the 74th regiment were under siege, they immediately turned back to attack and met the brigade commander and the 74th regiment to break through.

The gunfire on the hillside was mixed, the encircled and the broken through were killed, the Red Army and [***] were inseparable, you just killed one of me, I killed you one, it was just a blur of flesh and blood.

Zhang Haitao, the commander of the guard battalion, took out the big knife on his back and shouted: "Give me the guard battalion and beat the enemy down!" "Then he entered the enemy's ranks, with a shell gun in one hand and a broadsword in the other, and struck with a gun when he was far away, and slashed with a knife when he was near, and the blocker was invincible.

At this time, Wan Yaohuang led the rearguard regiment to arrive, and quickly set up a crane gun to shoot at the Red Army, and the outflanked Red Army dodged a gap, and Pan Zuxin led the 74th Regiment to finally break out of the encirclement and converge with the 75th Regiment and the Rear Guard Regiment led by Wan Yaohuang.

Pan Zuxin shouted "Master's seat", Wan Yaohuang didn't look at him, and only said one word: "Withdraw!" ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard a "boom" sound, and a shell exploded beside me. Wan Yaohuang saw that the reinforcements of the red bandits had come up, and this shell was a test fire, and it was about to be officially shelled. I couldn't care about anything else, so I hurriedly turned around and left. The troops followed him almost all the way, until they ran to the place where Xia Dingxin answered, and then they could be regarded as resting. Then he ordered the rearguard regiment to be changed to the vanguard regiment, and after Xia Ding Xindian, the whole division marched in a hurry and withdrew to Xindian.

Liu Yimin stood on the hillside, his face grim.

Li Qing, Hong Chaoyuan, and Zhao Shan were so frightened that they didn't say a word.

In the scuffle just now, the 4th Regiment, 5th Regiment, Guard Battalion, and Engineer Battalion suffered more than 1,200 casualties, of which 520 were sacrificed. This number is the largest casualty since Liu Yimin led the troops. The battles of Xiaoshui, Xikou, and Qingxi Town, the results were so fruitful, and the casualties were basically negligible. In this battle, just by destroying a vanguard regiment and inflicting heavy losses on a regiment, it caused such a large number of casualties, no wonder Liu Yimin was furious. Coupled with the casualties of the 3rd Regiment and the 90th Division, the Guards Division suffered 2,000 casualties this time, which was basically equivalent to the loss of a main regiment. The price of blood!

It was dark, the soldiers had finished cleaning the battlefield, the bodies of the martyrs had been carried on stretchers, and the troops were lined up for duty.

The night wind is blowing, and the temperature on the mountain is getting colder and colder, but Liu Yimin's voice is even colder: "Remember this 13th division, I want to capture their division commander Wan Yaohuang alive to bow down to the martyrs!" ”

(To be continued)