Chapter 891: Encouragement with Brothers
At 11:40 p.m. on September 22, after the troops of the 4th Honorable Regiment, the 5th Honorable Regiment, and the 359th Brigade of the 120th Division completely encircled and annihilated the Japanese mobile troops, the troops of the 109th and 26th Divisions of the Japanese Army began to launch a fierce attack on Hutou Mountain and Siling Mountain respectively, especially here in Hutou Mountain, where the Japanese army's 48 75MM mountain guns and field artillery and 12 105MM cannons opened a fierce shelling on Hutou Mountain.
After the Japanese artillery stopped firing, Hutou Mountain was full of shrapnel, trees and grass began to burn, black smoke filled the air, and there was no safe place in Hutou Mountain.
The troops deployed on Hutou Mountain by the troops of the Honorary Second Division are the 5th Battalion, 6th Battalion, Mountain Artillery Company, Mortar Company, Field Artillery Company of the 2nd Honorary Regiment, and the heavy artillery company of the 6th Honorary Regiment, the 1st Battalion, the 2nd Battalion, the regimental headquarters of the 2nd Honorary Regiment, and the regimental headquarters of the 6th Regiment of Honor are all set up in Hutou Mountain, and Sun Weiguo's headquarters is also temporarily set up here.
By 11:50 p.m., there were only more than 300 capable combat personnel in the two infantry battalions of the Second Regiment of Honor, and all four 75MM 41-type mountain guns of the mountain artillery company directly under the regimental headquarters of the Second Regiment of Honor were destroyed, three of the four 65mm field guns of the field artillery company were also destroyed, and two of the four 82mm mortars of the mortar company were also destroyed, and the second regiment of the Honor lost more than 400 people.
THE FOUR 105MM HOWITZERS OF THE SIXTH REGIMENT OF HONOR WERE NOT DESTROYED BECAUSE OF THEIR GOOD CONCEALMENT, BUT EIGHT OF THE 24 75MM 94-TYPE MOUNTAIN GUNS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND BATTALIONS WERE DESTROYED, CAUSING LOSSES OF HUNDREDS OF ARTILLERYMEN.
The Japanese artillery stopped attacking, the little devils began to attack, and more than 6,000 people from the 31st Brigade and the 69th Wing of the 107th Division began to storm Hutou Mountain.
"What's going on with the position of the third company, why is there no movement on their side, what is the third company doing?"
On the position, the acting commander of the 6th Battalion saw that there was no movement in the position of the 3rd Company, and his tone was dissatisfied and roared.
"Acting battalion commander, a communications corps has been dispatched to check." The staff officer of the battalion headquarters on the side immediately replied.
"Da-da-da-da." The Japanese Type 92 heavy machine guns began to fire fiercely, and bullets came towards the position.
"Acting battalion commander, there is no one left in the position of the third company, all of them are killed, and there is not a single one alive." A communications soldier ran briskly, shouting with a sad face on his face.
"Send a platoon to quickly reinforce the past, we must hold the position, and we must not let the little devils attack it." The acting battalion commander immediately began to give orders.
The Japanese onslaught continued, but the casualties of the defenders were getting bigger and bigger, at first a squad was killed, then a platoon was killed, and at one o'clock in the morning of the 23rd, the sixth battalion, which was responsible for the main defense of Hutou Mountain, had less than 200 combat personnel, and the sixth battalion commander and deputy battalion commander, three company commanders, and six platoon commanders were all killed!
The Japanese casualties were also very heavy, and at one o'clock in the morning, the little devils had to temporarily stop the attack.
On Hutou Mountain, Sun Weiguo set up a temporary headquarters.
Huang Guohua, the chief of the Operations Section, came to Sun Weiguo's purchase year, Huang Guohua had a somewhat solemn expression on his face, he looked at Sun Weiguo, and he didn't know how to report for a while.
At present, all the personnel of the regimental headquarters of the second regiment of honor have gone to the front-line position, Sun Weiguo's arm is wrapped with gauze, and when the Japanese army shelled, a heavy artillery shell hit, and Sun Weiguo was stripped by shrapnel in his arm in order to cover the radio.
"Tell me about it." Sun Weiguo looked at Huang Guohua and said in a solemn tone.
"Division commander, the Honorary Second Regiment and the Honorary Sixth Regiment suffered relatively heavy casualties, and at present they have more than a thousand casualties and a dozen artillery pieces." Huang Guohua said in a solemn tone.
"Where are the Honorable Fourth Regiment, Honorable Fifth Regiment, and the 359th Brigade?" Sun Weiguo continued to ask.
"At present, they have entered the territory of Wutai County, and they are marching rapidly towards this side, but it will still take a while to reach the battlefield." Huang Guohua immediately replied.
"Let them speed up the march, order the special service battalion, the supplementary battalion, the battle defense artillery battalion, and the reconnaissance battalion to attack immediately, and attack the Japanese 109th Division from the flank, we must contain the Japanese offensive forces, reduce the pressure here on Hutou Mountain, and send a telegram to the defenders of Siling Mountain, so that they must stick to their positions and must not lose their positions, otherwise military law will be engaged."
Sun Weiguo stared at the map for a moment, and then Sun Weiguo immediately began to give combat orders.
"Yes, Commander." Huang Guohua immediately began to order the signal corps to send electricity to the various departments.
At this time, the communications corps began to receive a telegram, which was sent by the chairman.
In the message, in addition to commending the Honorary Second Division and Sun Weiguo, the chairman used the first division in the world to describe the honorary second division.
The title of the first division in the world was called the honorary second division by the chairman of the committee, which is obviously a great honor for the honorary second division.
"The telegram was forwarded to all ministries, and all the oceans awarded to me by the chairman were transferred to the Quartermaster Section for the purpose of compensating the fallen officers and soldiers." Sun Weiguo said calmly.
Even though the chairman of the committee gave Sun Weiguo and the honorary second division a great honor, Sun Weiguo's mood was still very calm.
At this time, in Sun Wei's heart, he couldn't tell the pain, after all, so many officers and soldiers were sacrificed in this battle.
In the eyes of many people, the fallen officers and soldiers are just a cold number, but for Sun Weiguo, this is a fresh life.
Their sacrifice means that families are torn apart.
But when the country is in trouble, they have no choice, their compatriots are suffering, and the rivers and mountains are waiting to be recovered, they must take up arms and go to the battlefield to confront the Japanese army, which is their responsibility as men.
"First concentrate on the 109th Division of the Japanese Army, Wang Youhua, give me the weapon." Sun Weiguo gave the last order.
He took a Type 38 rifle handed over by Wang Youhua, the leader of the guard squad, Sun Weiguo buckled up his steel helmet, and he walked out directly and quickly.
The battle has reached such a point that there is no longer a need for command here, but at the front line, there is a need for combatants.
Sun Weiguo came to the front line, and he knew that he was most needed now to be the front line.
"Look at the recent battle situation, the Japanese army is determined to win in Wutai, and its heart to annihilate our division is the same, now the enemy is attacking Hutou Mountain, I am determined to advance and retreat with the rest of the second regiment of honor, if I die in battle, the second division of honor is under the command of chief of staff Zhao Lerong, fighting to such a point, except for our death battle to resist the enemy, there is no way, but I believe that as long as our anti-Japanese soldiers have the determination to fight to the death to serve the country, our country and my 5,000-year-old inheritance of the nation, will never perish in the hands of the Japanese slaves of the three islands, and all the officers and soldiers of the honorary second division are anti-Japanese soldiers, Died as the soul of the anti-Japanese army. The defense of the country is willing to encourage all brothers. ”
Before Sun Weiguo went to the front-line position, he sent the last telegram to all units of the Honorary Second Division in his personal name.