Chapter 96: Gui Nan Wei (4)

Wei Jiaao. More than 2,000 people from the Yongnan guerrilla advance detachment blocked an intersection in Yaoqing and blocked a brigade of devils. However, the advance detachment had only more than 900 guns, few soldiers with formal training, and almost all the officers were the leaders of the militia groups, and most of the soldiers promoted by the militia leaders used firearms, bows and arrows, shuttle darts, and even clubs and sickles. However, this force is extremely fierce, and it is just trying to stop the attack of the heavily armed devils for a day.

When Wu Lei arrived with a company, the advancing detachment had already suffered more than half of the casualties.

A company led by Wu Lei is no longer a company of the Wu Mu Army, but a company of the 26th Group Army's Teaching Brigade, with only one squad of veterans of the Wu Mu Army, equipped with 9 light machine guns, 9 grenadiers, and 100 Qiguang submachine guns.

The soldiers saw the bloody battle of the advancing detachment and were about to rush forward, but they were kicked down by the veteran squad leader of the Wumu Army and waited for Wu Lei's order.

Wu Lei ordered the troops not to move, and he took two veterans to the forward position, and when he saw that the devil's wave of attack was nearing the end, he copied the Hanyang made by the sacrificed soldiers, and the two veterans also wanted to pass the rifles of the soldiers who advanced into the detachment, and then shot at the devil's officers and grenadiers together.

The devils at the end of the crossbow withdrew from the battle after losing two soldiers and 5 grenadiers, and the entire devil army did not attack again.

Wu Lei saw the advance detachment and Wei Fa, saluted and took advantage of the battle to combine the battle plan. Wei Fa knew how powerful Wu Lei was, and deployed a new tactic according to Wu Lei's suggestion.

The devil attacked again. About a squadron of devil infantry rushed up in a skirmish line under the cover of light and heavy machine guns.

Wu Lei ordered the teaching company to stealthily enter the flanks of the main position, and the other troops gradually reduced their firepower to block the attack. Seeing that the enemy's firepower was getting weaker and weaker, the devil accelerated his charge and rushed straight into the position of the Chinese army.

Hand-to-hand combat ensued. The advancing detachment picked up the shuttle dart that had been hidden in the trenches for a long time, and there were many people, so they would not suffer. The devils were unable to provide fire support in the melee, so they had to send follow-up troops to support and expand the results of the battle. So the 3 squadrons of devil infantry rushed up together.

Wu Lei waited for this kind of result, and with an order, the teaching companies on both sides opened fire together, which was equivalent to a rain of bullets from more than 100 light machine guns poured on the three squadrons of the devils.

The follow-up troops of the devil could not withstand the powerful firepower and retreated one after another. Wei Fa saw the opportunity to send a company to snatch the devil's weapon. This company was arranged by Wu Lei, and they rushed towards the devil under the cover of the fire of the teaching company, but they did not aim to chase and kill the devil, but grabbed the devil's corpse and gun and dragged it back.

The devil pays great attention to the corpses of his soldiers, and actually fights back desperately to snatch the corpses of his own soldiers. Wu Lei didn't expect the devil to fight back, so he had to lead the teaching company to rush forward, Wei Fa had already killed the red eye, and even ordered to blow the trumpet of the charge, and the troops launched a full-scale charge!

The two forces were strangled together. Wu Lei ordered the teaching company to rush forward and press the devil's position with dense firepower, the devil's artillery was completely useless, and the heavy machine gun squadron had difficulty even protecting itself. The captain of the devil brigade had no choice but to order the artillery and heavy machine guns to retreat first, and the transport squadron also rushed up to cover the infantry squadron's exit from the battle. The entire brigade retreated 2 km.

The advancing detachment also took it as soon as it saw it, quickly collected the loot, and withdrew to its original position.

In this battle, the advance detachment captured more than a dozen light machine guns, more than 300 Type 38 rifles, more than 40 pistols, 6 combat knives, more than 400 grenades, and a number of ammunition, eliminated more than 300 devils, killed more than 300 themselves, seriously wounded more than 400 people, and slightly injured more than 700 people, but the morale of the troops who won the battle was high.

Wu Lei sent a teaching company to stand on guard, and then organized an on-site meeting of the officers and squad leaders of the advancing detachment: the casualties were mainly caused by the shelling, because the fortifications were not standardized; The devils can attack directly, because the roads are not flooded enough, and there are no bamboo sticks and minefields; However, the officers and men are of one heart, their morale is high, and they dare to fight hard with the devils, and with this kind of spirit, there is no equipment to grab, no quality to practice, no tactics to learn, and nothing without blood! The Yongnan Advance Detachment will definitely become a bloody iron army!

Then, Wu Lei taught the advance detachment a few tricks, and when the officers saw Wu Lei's methods, they all conscientiously built fortifications, flooded roads, and arranged bamboo skewer mine arrays in accordance with Wu Lei's requirements!

After Wu Lei arranged the position, he taught Wei Fa to set up a guard post, and Wei Fa, a ** major general, respectfully obeyed the colonel who had not dried up. Then Wu Lei took the teaching company and marched to other positions!

Wu Ting rushed to Wuyangwei with 4 teaching companies, which was a very important blocking point of the traffic artery, Cai Tingkai was not at ease, and ordered Wu Ting to personally supervise the battle.

In the Valley of Qingxiang, Wu Ting encountered a retreating force. Wu Lei intercepted an officer: "I am Wu Ting, deputy captain of the Teaching Brigade of the 26th Group Army Headquarters, what kind of unit are you?" ”

"Report to the chief, we are the 5th Battalion of the Independent Regiment of the Xijiang Anti-Japanese Column, and I am the deputy company commander of the 2nd Company of the 5th Battalion, Yun Zhonglei!"

"Why are you retreating?" Wu Ting was surprised, as far as he knew, all the troops here must be strictly guarded and not retreated.

"I don't know, the battalion commander gave the order to retreat!" Thunder in the clouds report.

"Call your battalion commander!" Wu Ting was furious.

The commander of the 5th battalion is a man in his 30s, who looks like a big smoker.

"Why are your troops retreating?" Wu Ting's eyes showed a fierce light.

"Can you handle it?" The commander of the 5th battalion glanced at this milky young man.

"This is Wu Ting, deputy captain of the teaching brigade of the 26th Group Army Headquarters, and he is the commander of the school, battalion commander, pay attention, don't make trouble!" A soldier stood up behind Wu Ting and pulled the 5th battalion commander aside and reminded him in a whisper.

"Afraid of what? Lao Tzu's uncle is the deputy commander of the column, and the eldest brother is the regiment commander, this kid is a bird! The commander of the 5th battalion shouted loudly to demonstrate to Wu Ting.

"You, come here!" Wu Ting lowered his voice and called the 5th battalion commander, while the veterans beside him quietly opened the safety of the submachine guns, and the other veterans also quietly prepared for battle.

"According to the order of the headquarters of the 26th Group Army, all front-line units will hold their positions and must not retreat. 5 battalion commander, lead your troops back to position, otherwise, there will be no mercy! Wu Ting warned loudly.

"What do you dare to do with Lao Tzu? You're not afraid of death, you're going to retreat anyway! The 5 battalion commander shouted, but his soldiers all looked at their battalion commander with disdain.

Wu Ting raised his hand and killed the 5th battalion commander with one shot, and the veterans under Wu Ting quickly raised their guns and fired several shots at the heads of the opposing troops, shouting: "Death to those who resist!" All crouch! ”

At this time, the soldier of the teaching brigade who reminded the commander of the 5th battalion stood up: "Report to the deputy captain, I am Huo Ying, the commander of the 1st company of this unit, and I am willing to share the same crime with the brothers of the 5th battalion and ask to be rebuilt!" After saying that, he put down his weapons and strode to the ranks of the 5th battalion and squatted.

"All 5 battalions stand up! Lined up! Wu Ting shouted the command and taught the soldiers of the brigade to still supervise the formation of the 5th Battalion with guns.

"All officers are out of line!" Wu Ting shouted again.

All officers stood at the front of the ranks. It seems that this unit still has a certain quality.

Wu Ting called these officers of the 5th Battalion for a meeting, and the officers automatically handed over their guns.

Wu Ting glared: "You are soldiers, and the gun is your honor and life, put it away!" ”

The officers withdrew their guns, and Wu Ting continued to speak: "You are ordered to retreat, not to escape from the battle!" Stand up if you're willing to fight devils with me! ”

All the officers stepped forward. Wu Ting was overjoyed and learned that this unit was temporarily put together by **, Gui Jun, militia group, and guerrillas, the regiment commander and the 5th battalion commander were all sent from above, the regiment commander Hou Pingyang was a Gui officer, and the 5th battalion commander Huo Zheng was Hou Pingyang's brother-in-law, a bastard who did not learn or know, but there were many relatives of the Huo family in the 5th battalion, so they were controlled by Huo Zheng and made a mess of the troops.

Huo Ying stood up: "I am also a member of the Huo family, and many squad and platoon company commanders are members of the Huo family, but we are not a bad breed like Huo Zheng, we are not afraid of death, and we are willing to fight with the devil to the end!" ”

"Huo Ying is good, he didn't train or lead the troops, and the Huo family listened to Huo Ying! I came from the Central Army, and I have nothing to do with the Huo family, but I want to say a fair word for the Huo family, except for Huo Zheng, a bastard, the Huo family is good! Yun Zhonglei stood up to defend Huo Ying and the Huo family.

Under Cai Tingkai, Wu Ting had seen too many of these family troops, and he understood the situation of the 5th Battalion very well, so he ordered the officers of all departments to return to the building, pacify the troops, and return to the Wuyangwei position.

Wu Ting appointed Huo Ying as the acting commander of the 5th Battalion and assigned Huo Ying a teaching company to guide the troops

Build a position. Soon a minefield with bamboo sticks was laid out and the road was flooded. Wu Ting led the rest of the troops to inspect other positions.

Wu Ting walked not far away, and was stopped by the herald sent by Huo Ying, a large group of devils with tanks, artillery, and cavalry arrived at 5 kilometers of the 5th Battalion's position, and the 5th Battalion was afraid that the combat strength was not enough, so he came to ask for help!

Wu Ting had no choice but to return to Wuyangwei. Wuyangwei is a small village halfway up the mountain, and the village is so small that only 5 sheep can stand on the flat ground, so it is called Wuyangwei. But facing the narrowest part of the road, it is surrounded by mountains on both sides. Huo Ying arranged for the 5th Battalion and 1st Company to set up a blocking position in the rear section of the mountain pass; In the center of the mountain road, a large number of bamboo skewer mine arrays were laid on both sides; 2nd and 3rd companies were deployed on the high ground on both sides, and a platoon of the teaching company was drawn out and dispersed to each company to serve as tactical guidance and supplementary firepower; The other two platoons of the teaching company served as reserves; The small river outside the pass was blocked by the 5th battalion, and the blocked river flooded the road.

Wu Ting was very satisfied with Huo Ying's deployment, and he was not teaching the brigade in vain!

The devils who rushed here were an infantry brigade of the 18th Division, a tank detachment of 6 tanks, and an artillery brigade, which rushed to the aid of Kunlun Pass.

Seeing the flooded highway, the devil knew that there must be an army in front of him to block it, but the military order was like a mountain, and the devil must rush over to help Kunlun Pass. The captain of the Devil Infantry Brigade, Muneo Suzuki, was in charge of this unit. He ordered the chariot detachment to force its way across the muddy road to clear the way for the large army; 3 squadrons of infantry followed, clearing the enemy on both sides of the road, 1 squadron protected the artillery brigade; A squadron and artillery squad of the artillery brigade arranged fire positions to cover the passage of large troops.

Wu Ting learned that the devil had tanks and sent people to send 50 anti-tank grenades to the front line.

The six tanks of the devil were divided into three groups, two of which advanced side by side, each covering an infantry squadron, and crossed the muddy section of the road with difficulty and entered the bamboo stick minefield.

The devil tank quickly crushed the bamboo stick mine array on the road surface, but the infantry behind could only crowd densely on the road and could not spread out to both sides of the road.

When the devils went deep into the ambush position of the 5th battalion, the 2nd and 3rd companies on the flanks of the 5th battalion began to block the attack, but the devil's firepower was too strong, and the suppressed ones couldn't raise their heads.

Wu Ting realized that he had made a serious mistake, the equipment and firepower of the 5th Battalion were far inferior to the teaching brigade, and even less than the Wu Mu Army. Fortunately, the bamboo sign mine array limited the offensive of the devils, and Wu Ting hurriedly told Huo Ying that the 1st Company had all gathered to the front position, withdrew the 2nd and 3rd companies, and built positions on the hills on both sides of the 1st Company, and the 3 positions supported each other.

The devil judged the location of the enemy's blocking position, and immediately ordered the infantry and tanks to retreat and bombard the blocking position of the Shina Army with artillery.

Although the mountains and forests limited the power of the devil's artillery fire, the 2nd and 3rd companies still suffered a lot of losses, but no one took a step back. Fortunately, Huo Ying sent a herald in time and ordered the companies to retreat. The 2nd and 3rd companies urgently retreated under the fire of the devils.

The devils had no way to block, accelerated their advance, and scattered the infantry into the mountains and forests to attack and advance, and soon attacked the main position of the 1st Company.

The blocking of the 2nd and 3rd companies bought time for the 1st company to adjust its position. The 1st Company used stones and trees to pile up two stone walls in front of the main position to block the tanks and block the tanks of the devils.

The Devil Tank was too close to the stone wall, and the rapid-fire gun could not shell the stone wall due to the limitation of the firing angle, so it had to retreat again and let the sappers blast the stone wall. The 5th Battalion also sent two squads to block the devil sappers.

Suzuki Muneo went crazy, and the troops made no progress for 2 hours, because the hills on both sides were held by the Shina army, and the troops could not make a detour, and the planes could not be sent out for a while, so they had to bombard the stone wall with artillery and force their way through this damn road.

Until it was dark, the devil was helpless in front of the stone wall.

When it got dark, Wu Ting called a meeting of the officers and deployed even more insidious tricks.

The 2nd and 3rd companies each sent a platoon to attack the garrison with the help of the mountains and forests, and bluffed the attack, Yun Zhonglei led a platoon with anti-tank grenades to attack the devil tank and blow up two tanks.

Suzuki Muneo originally wanted to sneak attack the Shina Army overnight, but he didn't want to be a step slower, and he was attacked by the Shina Army and lost two tanks, so he had to retreat 1,000 meters again to strengthen vigilance and guard against the night attack of the Shina Army.

Seeing that the devil was retreating, Wu Ting organized the soldiers to lengthen, heighten, and thicken the stone wall with trees and stones overnight, so that the soldiers were tired and couldn't die.

At dawn, the ** soldiers were so tired that they couldn't move, and only one company of the teaching brigade was on guard.

When the devil opened his eyes in the morning, he was dumbfounded, the stone wall of the Chinese army became high and thick, the stone wall of more than 3 meters high was blocked in the middle of the road, connected to the mountains on both sides, and there were trees on the stone wall to cover it, which was undoubtedly the bunker of the Chinese army, and the tanks and artillery were helpless!

Suzuki Muneo was also stupid, and hurriedly reported it, and at the same time mobilized the infantry to attack the stone wall under the cover of artillery fire, in order to occupy the road first, and then find a way to remove the obstacles.

Wu Ting was not idle, and set up 6 infantry guns and 3 mortars on the mountains on both sides of the teaching brigade, bombarded the devil's infantry condescendingly, and transferred the artillery position in time, because he couldn't do the devil's 75mm mountain artillery and field artillery, and started artillery guerrilla warfare.

The headquarters of the 18th Devil's Division received a report from Suzuki Muneo and sent a reconnaissance plane to verify the situation, and the final conclusion was: Take a detour!

Looking at the retreating devils, Huo Ying slapped Wu Ting's ass: "Deputy captain, if we had done this earlier, it would have been worth it for the brothers to die of exhaustion!" In the future, I will do this, not only to save bullets, but also to prevent the brothers from blocking the guns of the devils with flesh and blood! ”

"Huo Ying!" Wu Ting shouted.

"Yes!" Huo Ying was in high spirits.

"You are now appointed as the commander of the 5th Battalion of the Independent Regiment of the Xijiang Anti-Japanese Column of the 26th Group Army, and Yun Zhonglei is the deputy battalion commander!"

"Wait!" Hou Pingyang, the head of the Independent Regiment, rushed over, "Why did you appoint the officers of Lao Tzu's troops!" Lao Tzu is also the officially appointed lieutenant colonel commander, and Lao Tzu has the final say in this independent regiment! ”

Wu Lei's face turned cold: "Hou Pingyang, Lao Tzu is a colonel, you are a lieutenant colonel, why don't you salute Lao Tzu?" ”

"Where did you come from? Why should Lao Tzu salute you! Hou Pingyang didn't buy it.

"Just because Lao Tzu is the colonel appointed by the 26th Army to teach the captain of the brigade! You have to salute Lao Tzu! "Wu Ting wants to overwhelm Hou Pingyang in momentum.

"Yes!" Hou Pingyang had no choice but to salute Wu Ting, and then asked Wu Ting: "Military commander, although you are the commander, we are not in the same combat sequence, you shot my officers and appointed our officers privately, did you exceed your authority?" ”

"That's a good question! You take a bite of your troops, tell you that the army is the best army, the officer you appointed 5th battalion commander Huo Zheng led his troops to escape, and was executed by me in military law, as the regiment commander, you abused your power, appointed cronies, formed a party for personal gain, misled the country and the people, can you be guilty? Wu Ting asked rhetorically.

"Lao Tzu is under the command of the Xijiang Anti-Japanese Column, what can you do with Lao Tzu?" Hou Pingyang still doesn't know each other, "I want to sue you for exceeding your authority and killing officers indiscriminately!" ”

"Take it!" Wu Ting gave an order, and the veterans of the Wu Mu Army immediately captured Hou Pingyang and disarmed his guards.

"Hou Pingyang has no way to lead the troops and has poor command, and now he is dismissed from his post and handed over to the military court for review, and the independent regiment is represented by Huo Ying, the commander of the 5th battalion! Fate! Wu Ting announced to the troops that although the officers and soldiers of the 5th Battalion were all Hou Pingyang's old subordinates, they had followed Wu Ting to a great victory in the past few days, and they didn't know where to go, and no one dared to express their position.

Wu Ting didn't care about those, left the 7 officers and soldiers sent by the Independent Regiment to the Teaching Brigade to Huo Ying, added some weapons and equipment, and rushed to other fronts with Hou Pingyang.

The improvised and outdated 26th Army ultimately failed to complete its task of holding back the Devil's reinforcements. Under the repeated intervention of the chairman of the committee, the Kunlun Pass was lost and the soldiers of the 5th Army fought bloodily to recapture the Kunlun Pass, and the soldiers and equipment lost by the Wumu Army were lost.

The chairman of the committee cannot be wrong. General Cai Tingkai was not punished, but the number of troops was revoked, and the 26th Group Army was ordered to be reorganized into the General Headquarters of the Guangdong-Guizhou Border Region, and Cai Tingkai was still the commander-in-chief.

On Tuesday, the dog knew that this was the chairman of the committee to take revenge on Cai Tingkai, attributing the military achievements under Cai Tingkai's command to the 46th Army and other troops below, and did not mention Cai Tingkai's merits, and only arranged an empty commander with a number but no real power. On Tuesday, the dog got to know the chairman better.

After the war, the Xijiang Anti-Japanese Column sued Wu Ting for overstepping his authority and shooting him to death and dismissing the officers of the unit. Zhang Fakui, who took over as commander-in-chief, did not dare to dispose of it without authorization in view of the fact that Wu Ting was a school official personally appointed by the chairman of the committee, so he had no choice but to ask the chairman for instructions, and the chairman personally handled it: Wu Ting commanded the battlefield on the battlefield, and his combat achievements were commendable, but the handling of officers did not conform to military regulations, so the merits were offset! All sides dare not start controversy again.

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