Chapter 15: The First Pass in the World Has Fallen

Moreover, the soldiers of the Japanese army have been practicing the stabbing technique hard since they joined the army, and because Japan has few small resources, it is destined that they cannot supply unlimited ammunition like other Western powers, so the level of the Japanese army's bayonet fighting is really good. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

During the Russo-Japanese War, the Russian soldiers, who were tall and known as gray animals, were defeated by short devils in fighting bayonets, so the Japanese army was still very confident in their own bayonet skills.

The soldiers all rushed out, and Li Han was naturally not far behind, first strafing, and all the bullets of the box gun pistol containing twenty rounds were exhausted, and this time nearly ten devils reached the blood mold, and Li Han shamelessly eliminated them with a pistol.

After finishing the bullets, Li Han just wanted to continue to load, at this time several bright bayonets were stabbing at him, it turned out that the devil soldiers on the side hated the shameless tactics of using pistols when fighting bayonets with Li Han, but just now Li Han was holding a pistol and they were difficult to get close, and now they felt that the opportunity was rare, and they hugged five devils at once.

Seeing that he had lost the opportunity to easily eliminate the devil, Li Han did not force it, threw the pistol to the side, pulled out his saber and roared, breaking through five bayonets that stabbed him with one sword, and slashed at the body of a devil with a backhand.

The devil was originally holding a rifle to resist, but unfortunately he underestimated the sharpness of Li Han's saber, Li Han's knife went down, and the butt of the 38 big cover was directly cut into two sections, and the saber cut off the blocking butt, and went down the trend and cut directly on the devil's head. Suddenly, the devil's head was like a watermelon, and he rolled out in an instant.

At this time, a cold wind rushed behind him, and he didn't have to think that it must be a sneak attack by the devil, Li Han twisted his body and narrowly avoided a few bayonets that killed him. Immediately after a sweep of the hall, two devils were knocked over by Li Han, and then Li Han sent them back to Dongying's hometown for free with a saber.

The remaining two devils were shocked when they saw Li Han so violent, they thought that this guy was just a coward who would sneak attack the imperial soldiers with a pistol, and he should be very easy to deal with, but he didn't expect to kick it on the iron plate all of a sudden.

In the past few months, Li Han has been practicing hard every day, and at this moment, the usual training has finally shown its effect, and four or five devils have not approached Li Han's body, but three of them have been killed by Li Han.

The first time he fought with a bayonet, he killed three devils at once, and Li Han himself was also very confident, looked at the remaining two devil soldiers with contempt, stretched out two fingers, hooked his hand and signaled them to come over.

The two devil soldiers were provoked by Li Han, and immediately shouted angrily, wondering when they were not walking sideways in China, and being so provoked by Li Han, as imperial soldiers, they would never be able to bear it.

But before Li Han could make a move, he heard two gunshots, and the two devil soldiers in front of him immediately fell to the ground, Li Han looked up and saw that it was Wang Dazhu, so he asked with some confusion: "It's Dazhu!" Why don't you go and kill the enemy! ”

"Where are there any enemies, company commander, look at it, the only ones who can stand up on the position are our own people, and the devils are lying on the ground." Wang Dazhu pointed to the messy position in front of him and said to Li Han.

At this time, Li Han had time to check the form of the battlefield, and the Japanese troops who rushed up had been wiped out under the hand-to-hand combat of our army.

This time, Li Han's company of casualties was not very large, only more than 50 people, but more than 100 devils were eliminated, which greatly reduced Li Han's pressure, of course, to achieve such a record was mainly because he had an advantage before the war and took the enemy by surprise.

The ghost soldiers who were hit hard by Li Han again seemed to have no movement and fell completely silent.

Although Li Han's side was still able to barely maintain, it was a pity that several other defenders were in dire straits, and this time in order to take Yuguan, the Japanese army could be described as a big move, not only dispatched more than 3,000 army forces, but also dispatched eight aircraft, more than 20 tanks, and dozens of artillery.

However, the defenders in Yuguan City only had one 626th regiment, and the artillery only had a direct artillery company at the regimental headquarters and four 75-mm mountain guns.

Under the joint attack of the Japanese air artillery, the entire Yuguan fell into a sea of swords and fire, and our army suffered heavy casualties, and many soldiers even died heroically in the fierce artillery fire of the Japanese army without firing a single bullet.

In less than two days of fighting, the 626th Regiment suffered more than half of the casualties, of which more than 500 soldiers were killed in the battle alone. Not only that, the strong enemy was lined up outside the city, but the reinforcements were not heard, not to mention Shi Shi'an at this moment, even ordinary soldiers knew that Yuguan was afraid that it would not be able to hold it.

On the afternoon of January 3, the intensity of the Japanese attack increased again, and launched a general attack on the southeast city wall, and the city wall, which had been baptized by artillery fire one after another, collapsed violently, and a large number of Japanese troops swarmed along the huge gap formed by the collapse of the city wall.

Although our army repeatedly blocked and pounced, launched many white-knuckle battles, and the sound of killing shook the sky, it is a pity that as the Japanese tank drove into the south gate, the resistance of our soldiers gradually evolved into death, first Guan Jingquan, the commander of the third company of the first battalion, was killed, and then the commander of the second company, who had been holding the southeast corner, also died heroically.

The troops guarding the south gate of our army suffered casualties, especially the death of the first battalion commander An Dexin was a serious blow to the 626th Regiment, and the regiment commander Shi Shi'an never said a word after hearing the news.

After two days of bloody battles, Li Han's company was able to fight with less than 100 people, including many lightly wounded, you must know that Li Han's company in front of the station has a super reinforced company with nearly 400 people.

At the temporary command post of the first company, all the officers in the company came, Lin Youzhi, the first platoon leader, Hu Zhi, the second platoon leader, Huang Shan, the third platoon leader, Wang Dazhu, the guard platoon leader, Li Yong, Li Han's fellow squad, and Wang Wei, the company secretary, among whom Hu Zhi was carrying a white bandage on his shoulder.

"Beard, hang the lottery." As Ho Zhi's direct leader, Li Han felt that he had to care about his subordinates.

"It's okay, company commander, I was hit by a stray bullet from a devil, it's bad luck to say it, this battle is about to end, and I was so fucking unlucky to be hit by a devil like this." Hu Zhi said with a big grin, but for Li Han's concern, Hu Zhi was still a little moved in his heart.

"It's okay!"

Hearing Hu Zhi's words, Li Han was relieved. Now that he is in a war, if something happens to Hu Zhi, not only will it be difficult for him to get the corresponding treatment, but the combat effectiveness of the second platoon without the platoon commander will drop a lot in a short period of time.

"Report!"

Li Han was just about to let everyone talk about their respective situations, but before he could speak, the voice of the communication soldier came. The order of the regiment commander came down, but it was not an order to hold on, but an order to retreat, and the position did not have to be defended.

An order came from above, and it was determined that there were no reinforcements, and the 626th Regiment suffered too many casualties, so the 626th Regiment was allowed to withdraw from Yuguan for repairs and wait for the afterlife.

After defending the position for two days and suffering more than 300 casualties, it was given up like this, several squad and platoon commanders immediately refused to do it, and hundreds of comrades-in-arms who got along day and night sacrificed their lives for this position, in exchange for a retreat order.

Not only them, but Li Han's heart was also uncomfortable. But after all, he is a company commander of the 626th Regiment, he can't be emotional, what can he do if he is unwilling, there are no reinforcements, and if he continues to fight, there will be no second outcome except for the annihilation of the whole army.

He believed that the regiment commander was even more uncomfortable, more than half of his company commanders were killed and wounded, even the battalion commander sacrificed one, and the first battalion was almost wiped out, except for his own side, there were only twenty-four people left in the whole battalion.

Li Han guessed right, seeing that Yuguan was about to fall into his own hands, Shi Shi'an was not only uncomfortable, he was simply in pain, and even pulled out a gun and wanted to commit suicide, if it wasn't for the guards around him to react quickly, Li Han probably wouldn't have been able to see his regiment leader.

Since it is necessary to retreat sooner or later, it is better to retreat early than to retreat late, and retreat is also a science, and it is necessary to pay attention to rules and regulations, many troops have performed very well on the battlefield, but as soon as they retreat, they immediately became a pot of porridge, and the worst examples of this are the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing.

The Battle of Songhu lasted for three months, and the soldiers of the national army only suffered more than 100,000 casualties. However, as soon as the order to retreat was given, hundreds of thousands of troops immediately became a pot of porridge, and in just a few days, more than 100,000 soldiers of the national army were killed and wounded because of the unorderly retreat, which was almost enough to catch up with the total casualties of the three months of fierce fighting.

The Battle of Nanjing was the same, as soon as the retreat order was given, more than 100,000 soldiers of the National Army flocked to the Xiaguan Wharf, coupled with the incompetence of the commander, which once again caused more than 100,000 soldiers who fought bloodily to become lambs slaughtered by the Japanese army, and finally caused the Nanjing Massacre that shocked China and foreign countries.

Since he wanted to retreat, he must prevent the pursuit of the devils, so Li Han decided to retreat overnight while it was dark, and immediately Li Han ordered the soldiers of the first company to prepare for retreat, and at the same time reported to the regiment headquarters for approval. Soon the instructions of the regiment headquarters came down, agreeing to Li Han's request, and at the same time ordering Li Han to quickly move closer to the regiment headquarters.

On January 3, Shi Shi'an led the 626th Regiment to withdraw from the North Water Gate overnight in accordance with the order, and on the same night, Shanhaiguan, the first pass in the world, was occupied by the 8th Division of the Japanese Nanxi Yiyi.

In the Yuguan War of Resistance, the entire 626th Regiment suffered more than 1,000 casualties, and its combat strength was greatly reduced, and Li Han's company also suffered heavy losses.

The loss of weapons and equipment was even greater, with only three light machine guns and two grenadiers left in the company, and the rifles were able to receive one manpower due to heavy personnel losses, but ammunition was extremely scarce.

Fortunately, after withdrawing from Yuguan, the 626th Regiment was transferred to the rear and began to reorganize. Although the 626th Regiment lost the battle this time, it completely launched the reputation of the 626th Regiment.

Because since the First Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese army fought the Japanese army head-on for the first time, and the 626th Regiment was still not afraid of a strong enemy and fought tenaciously under the absolute superiority of the enemy's strength and equipment.

In addition, although it was defeated this time, the 626th Regiment also caused more than 1,000 casualties to the Japanese army, of which half were killed in battle, which proved to a certain extent that the Northeast Army still has a certain combat effectiveness as long as it dares to fight.

Although the Japanese army took Yuguan and then captured the entire Shanhaiguan area, they still had some fears about the 626th Regiment.

No, the regiment commanders were called to Beiping to make a report, and the national government also sent a telegram of condolences, most of the people still have a positive attitude towards the 626th regiment, but the young marshal Zhang Xueliang is different, following the three eastern provinces, he lost the city and lost the land again, so he was once again scolded by the Chinese people.

Of course, all this has nothing to do with Li Han, whether he is famous or scolded, it is not his turn, after all, he is now just a company commander of the 626th Regiment.