Chapter 71: The Battle of the Light XVI
Ogisu Libing looked at a game of Go in front of him, and a happy smile appeared on his tired face.
This Go painting is polished from Qiyang jade, and although the price is expensive, it will never make the commander of a Japanese division so happy. Because this is not an ordinary piece of Go, after the enemy's victory in the first battle of Mingguang, the Qiyang people gave the enemy's division commander Xu Ming a gift. Satomi Osa, who was in charge of the pursuit, obviously knew the thoughts of his superiors, and after getting this Go, he personally sent someone to the division headquarters. Sure enough, Ogizhou Libing was very happy, the first battle of Mingguang was an eternal pain in his heart, and now getting such a trophy can completely eliminate the original sourness.
The second gift was wrapped in a box, and Ogisu was a little surprised, and when he opened it, it was a red high heel.
Ogizhou Libing understood, and teased, "Obviously it's still young and good, I'm very envious of the division commander of the Zhina people, fighting during the day and enjoying it at night." ”
"Haha, Your Excellency the Division Commander is really a humorous person..."Everyone next to him laughed cooperatively.
The reason why Ogisu is so happy is not because he got these two worthless things, but because of the 6 Boris mountain cannons in front of him.
It's not that he attaches much importance to these 6 guns, Japan is not like China, their number of artillery is not lacking, not to mention that it is only mountain artillery, Ogisu Libing is happy that the opponent has finally collapsed. The reports of Satomi Daisa and Major General Yamada show that the opponent's retreat has been chaotic, and the large number of discarded baggage, the very valuable artillery in the eyes of the Chinese people, the documents that the opposing command has not had time to deal with, and even a commendation order from Chiang Kai-shek to the division commander of the Chinese people, etc., all confirm this.
This is the normal Chinese army, the Ogishu Standing Army is now long and relieved, the Chinese people have been fighting for nearly a year, and many imperial generals also admire this, but the opponent often collapses suddenly, especially during the stalemate phase and retreat.
"I'm going to get a good night's sleep tonight, and I'm ordered not to be disturbed unless necessary."
"Hay."
Ogisu Tatsubing had a good dream, he was no longer on the muddy and wet battlefield, he slept in a high-end apartment in Shonan, and tomorrow he was going to meet the emperor. The next day, he took a first-class train specially prepared for him to Tokyo Station, and then took a horse-drawn carriage from the Miyagi Provincial Mission......
The sound of firecrackers sounded, wait, it was impossible to set off firecrackers in the palace, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he woke up from a dream.
When Ogishu woke up from his dream, fires were already flying outside, and bullets like firecrackers were whistling like a gust of wind.
The phone rang, and Ogizhou Libing took it, and a noisy voice came, "I am Lieutenant General of Ogizhou Libing, and the people of China have 100,000 reinforcements, and all the troops retreat quickly!" All troops retreat quickly! If you don't retreat, the imperial army will be finished..."
Ogisu was shocked that the enemy dared to pretend to be him to give orders to the troops, and it was obvious that the communications troops had been attacked by surprise, which would bring great confusion to the troops.
Inside a building, dozens of Chinese soldiers scattered, four or five people divided into small groups, burst into each window or doorway, the window was stuffed with a grenade, machine guns were set up at the door, and several disheveled devils ran out in a hurry, and were instantly beaten into a hornet's nest.
The Japanese army temporarily set up a guard position, the soldiers just picked up their guns, some have not yet entered the position, suddenly found a black shadow running over, "board ......", the other party made a common Japanese long live sound, followed by yellow uniforms, 90 type steel helmets and 38 rifles, showing that this is a Japanese army's own troops.
"You are mistaken...... One of the leading Japanese soldiers jumped out to stop him, and a rushing "friendly soldier" stabbed him with a bayonet, and another "imperial soldier" picked up the melon-shaped grenade in his hand and threw it frantically at the defenders.
A group of Japanese soldiers who were beaten had just fled to the traffic road, and suddenly there were flames on the left and right, and two squadrons ambushed them, one left and one right, and within 2 minutes, dozens of devil corpses were everywhere.
A radio was shouting in broken Japanese, "Run, there are 100,000 reinforcements Chinese, and if you don't run, it's too late, the division commander has already run first......"
When Ogishu Libing heard this, he was about to go crazy, and he really wanted to shout loudly, but now he couldn't communicate, and he couldn't control the troops.
The entire headquarters of the 13th Division was in chaos.
The attack was the result of Xu Ming's careful organization and his own opinion.
Everyone did not approve of this surprise attack, it was too risky, and the troops were secretly hidden in a grove less than 5 kilometers away from the Japanese army's main road, and once discovered by the enemy, the consequences would be unimaginable.
But Xu Ming still carried out this plan despite everyone's opposition, he firmly believed that the main force of the Japanese army would go to the front to carry out the pursuit, he firmly believed that the Japanese army would not spend a lot of time conducting a close search, and he firmly believed that the Japanese army would never expect to attack his rear guard.
Countless incredible victories in history have consisted of accurate enemy judgments, bold actions, and clever arrangements, and even if there was only a 1 in 10 chance this time, he decided to take a risk.
Things were better than he had imagined, the main forces of the Japanese army were all thrown into the first line of pursuit, and the division commander Ogisu Libing had less than a half brigade of troops around him, as well as hundreds of wounded who were going to be transferred and transferred.
A staff officer ran over with an anxious face, "Your Excellency the division commander, it has reached the most dangerous moment, please break through immediately." ”
The Ogisu soldiers remained motionless, as if they hadn't heard.
"Your Excellency General, please break through immediately, the commander of the imperial division must not break in the small bright light!" The staff officer was already full of tears.
Ogishu Libing finally nodded, and there was no longer the same happy look on his face, but he was afraid that he would never be happy again in his life.
The squadron's offensive continued, and due to the confusion in the communications of the Japanese army, the various units could no longer act in unison, some units were resisting, some were fleeing, and some units did not know what they were doing. The Ogisu soldiers quickly changed into an ordinary military uniform, and fled to the north under the desperate cover of the troops directly under the division and regiment headquarters.
For the chaos of the Japanese army and the separate battle, the squadron fully utilized, or a strong attack, or an ambush, or a temporary siege, or concentrated forces to capture, under the unified command of the squadron, the Japanese strongholds that were divided and surrounded became fewer and fewer, 2 hours later, all the guns stopped, the Japanese army except for Ogisu Libing led more than 100 people to escape, the entire 13th division headquarters was annihilated, the loss of personnel was not too great, but it was definitely an unprecedented fiasco, even the division commander was almost captured by the enemy.
"Did you see Chief of Staff Isamu Hatata?" Ogisu Libing broke through the encirclement of the 2 squadrons one after another, and finally broke out of the encirclement, stopped and asked.
Everyone next to them was as silent as death.
"What happened to Isamu Hata!" Ogisu Libing asked relentlessly.
A staff officer cried, "When I started to break through, I found that the barracks of the chief of staff had been surrounded by the Chinese people, and the Chinese army thought that it was the headquarters of the division and regiment, and they were besieging it with all their might, and the chief of staff was afraid..."
Yusaburo Hata had an old injury on his leg, and it hurt when it rained, so Ogisu gave him a relatively dry and well-equipped high school building as a barracks, but he didn't expect to kill the chief of staff, but he also saved his own life.
Another unit was found in front, although it was still equipped with Japanese equipment and spoke Japanese, Ogisu Libing still tightened his heart, and in the sneak attack of the Shina people just now, the enemy who spoke Japanese and wore Japanese equipment attacked the detachment, causing great trouble to himself. I just put the ** team in Dingyuan, but I didn't expect to be returned by the opponent immediately, and even intensified.
Fortunately, this time it was not a fake Japanese army, and the rescue squadron leader almost didn't recognize his division commander, is this still the division commander who has always been more optimistic and likes to tell jokes? In front of him was an old man, decadent, sad, and it seemed that overnight, Ogisu Libing was 10 years old.
Yamada Meiji also hurriedly ended the pursuit and rushed back, he was now two people with Ogisu Libing, a brigade commander, a division commander, a major general, and a lieutenant general, looking at each other speechlessly.
Yamada held a telegram in his hand, "The Special Intelligence Department intercepted the enemy's telegram, the 51st Army of the China Army, along the Linhuai Pass, attacked the Imperial Army head-on, and the 31st Army of the China Army, moving in the direction of Dingyuan. ”
Dizhou had just finished reading this telegram, and before he had made arrangements, a staff officer hurried over again, and the vanguard of the enemy's 21st Group Army was found in the direction of Laochao Chuxian in the rear, and the telegram showed that about 30,000 troops had been assembled in Chaoxian County, Hefei.
Captain Honda of the divisional communication team was sweating profusely, and ran to see the division commander and brigade commander, without even the usual bowing etiquette, and spoke in a trill, "Your Excellency the division commander, the Three Realms have been attacked by the Shina people. ”
The last trace of strength of Ogizhou Libing also disappeared, and he collapsed helplessly to the ground, in a daze, he could no longer remember who the blurred figure in front of him was, who was the anxious shout, how he wished that he would never wake up from that sweet dream last night.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander! His Excellency the Division Commander ......" the grieving staff officers and adjutants cried out in pain.
"More than 1,000 Japanese soldiers were killed, more than 40 light and heavy machine guns were seized, more than 10 artillery pieces were seized, a pair of Japanese chiefs and Ogizhou troops were guarded, and a command knife was handled...... according to investigation, the Japanese chief of staff Yusaburo Hahata was also killed by our army "Before the count of the trophies was completed, Chief of Staff Zhang Shaofang personally picked up the battle statistics and read them out loud with joy.
The headquarters of the 107th Division was jubilant, and last night's action gave the devil's head a blow, and the 13th Division of the Japanese Army estimated that it would be out of breath for a long time. Moreover, Fu Yishuangzhi, Liu Junsheng's battalion sent a message and successfully attacked the enemy's Three Realms military station.
The telegram was sent, and at first Xu Ming, including the top management of the 107th Division, did not believe that the Japanese army's military station was so important, how could it be captured by just one battalion, but the telegram also clearly showed that this was true, in the middle of the night last year, Liu Junsheng's battalion passed through the tunnel, and it was unbelievably inside the enemy's military station, and then it was attacked inside and out, destroying it in one fell swoop, and the explosion of the ammunition depot, Liu Junsheng finally retreated to 5 miles away, which could be clearly heard!
"Division, what should I do with the orders of the theater command" The Fifth Theater Command has already sent a telegram order, asking Xu Ming's troops to tightly entangle the remnants of the Japanese army, and eliminate the Japanese 13th Division with the 31st Army and the 51st Army coming from both directions, and promise to let Liao Lei's 21st Army launch a diversionary attack in the direction of Chuxian.
Sounding very wonderful, Xu Ming has now matured a lot, and asked quietly, "What do you think of this military order?" ”
"It is absolutely impossible to encircle and annihilate the enemy's 13th Division, division, we should get out of the way, let the enemy escape, and then follow and kill." This is Xie Jinyuan's opinion.
All the officers agreed, and Xu Ming also nodded without moving.
Everyone is not stupid, at the beginning, Mingguang was tight, only Yu Xuezhong sent a reinforced battalion over, and now the devil has been defeated, and they all rushed over.
If you can really wipe out the Japanese Ogisu Division, it will be forgotten, but is this possible? Blocking the enemy's way back, there will be a bloody battle, and the 107th Division has already suffered nearly half of the casualties, and now it can't afford to be injured.
Even if the 13th Division is blocked, can 2 corps and one division encircle and annihilate one of the enemy's main divisions? Xu Ming clearly remembered that in history, Xue Yue concentrated more than 100,000 men and horses in Wanjialing, encircled and annihilated the enemy's 106th Division but could not be completely annihilated, and the 13th Division was surrounded. Although he longed for victory and made great achievements, as the commander of tens of thousands of people, it was impossible for Xu Ming to take risks and fight without considering the bearing capacity of his troops.
Xu Ming put down the telegram and said to Zhou Haoran, the commander of the communications battalion: "Reply to the headquarters of the commander of the theater, more than half of the casualties of our 107th Division can only retreat to the position, and cannot stop the Japanese army. ”