Chapter 118: Chasing Xiangjiang
Jing Yukun arrived in Tongcheng first, at this time, Liu Qinghe's department was blocked by Chen Cheng in the Jiangbei Sixth War Zone, Wan Zixiong's department was traveling thousands of miles west to meet Liu and Jing's second department, the main force had not yet arrived in Jingdezhen, Jing Yukun wanted to go to meet Liu Qinghe, give Chen Cheng some color to see, but was stopped by He Laifu's call to wait and see for a while in the negotiations.
Xue Yue also knew that Wu Mujun and the Military Commission had a dirty affair, but he didn't want to get involved, and at the same time realized that if Jing Yukun, Liu Qinghe, Liu Qinghe and the three troops once clashed with **, his ninth theater would bear the brunt, he neither wanted to clash with Wu Mujun nor let Wu Mujun fight in his own defense area, so he neither embarrassed Jing Yukun to lead his troops north, nor did he let Jing Yukun run around wantonly in the defense area, he designated Tongcheng as the assembly place for Jing Yukun and Liu Qinghe, which is a stable defense area of **, and he is not afraid of Wu Mujun making troubleAt the same time, it is also suitable for the assembly and training of troops on a long journey, and Wu Mujun has nothing to say.
For Jing Yukun's department, which arrived first, Xue Yue informed Jing Yukun that the Japanese army in the area of Poyang Lake has been frequently mobilized recently, and may have to take action, and the target should be Luo Zhuoying's 19th Group Army, and Jing Yukun is ready.
Jing Yukun received Xue Yue's report and knew Xue Yue's intentions, which was a euphemistic hint that he should not act rashly. As a professional soldier, Jing Yukun also knew that soldiers should take defending their homes and defending the country and fighting against the enemy as their first priority, so while preparing to meet Liu Qinghe, he also made preparations for the eastward expansion: preparing grain and grass supplies, going out to inspect the terrain, and the garrison of the enemy's and our troops.
Xue Yue saw that Jing Yukun made an arrangement that could not only start a war with **, but also cooperate with ** to fight against Japan, which was a double-edged sword, but Xue Yue was willing to believe that the national consciousness of the ** people would defeat their own selfish thoughts, even if the judgment was wrong, it would be a big deal to let the Wu Mu army return to the east.
The Military Commission did not see it that way, and ordered Xue Yueming to secretly control the actions of Jing Yukun's troops of the Wumu Army, but Xue Yue delayed and pushed him over, allowing Jing Yukun to reconnoiter to the east freely. This is a big gamble, because once the Wu Mu army takes advantage of the war between the Japanese army and **, the consequences will be unimaginable! Facts have proved that Xue Yue's bet was right.
After the coordination of the Military Commission, Liu Qinghe finally rushed to Tongcheng, and the devil happened to launch an attack. Jing Yukun immediately sent a cavalry battalion, an engineer battalion, an artillery battalion, and three infantry battalions to advance to the east, and the anti-tank battalion and air defense battalion reported to Wang Yaowu, the main force of the 74th Army, because the devil's planes and tanks will definitely give the main force key care.
Seeing Jing Yukun arrange this, Xue Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At the same time, he explained the terrain and its characteristics to Liu Qinghe's officers, and sent a company of the special service battalion to lead the way for Liu Qinghe's troops, helped Liu Qinghe set up a combat plan, and let Liu Qinghe's troops rest for a short time to prepare grain, grass and ammunition.
Wang Yilang successively received battle reports that the 33rd Division of the Devils occupied Fengxin, the 34th Division occupied Gao'an, and the 20th Mixed Brigade was blocked on the Jinjiang line. Wang Yilang judged according to the deployment of the devil's troops that the center of this campaign should be in the Gao'an area, so he ordered the troops to attack Fengxin and strive to separate the 33rd division of the devil from the Gao'an line. He immediately went to the front line to dispatch and command, and Liu Qinghe's troops advanced to Gao'an in the southeast direction, and obeyed the dispatch of the 74th Army after arriving.
Jing Yukun arrived at the Fengxin front, the main force of the 33rd Division of the Devil had withdrawn to Anyi, and only one wing of Fengxin was stationed. Jing Yukun believes that the move of the 33rd Devil Division shows that this devil should be the reserve of the overall combat situation, and the occupation of Fengxin is to reserve a channel for the advance and retreat of the troops in the future. So Jing Yukun decided to deal with the devils here and disrupt the pattern of the devils' deployment.
After reporting to Commander-in-Chief Luo Zhuoying, Jing Yukun began to launch a elaborate attack on Fengxin's devils. The cavalry battalion swept away the outlying strongholds south of Fengxin, the 2nd and 3rd infantry battalions attacked Fengxin from the south of Fengxin, and the artillery battalion provided fire cover for the infantry battalion.
On the occasion of this great battle, the devil's forces will not be too scattered, and a brigade will be divided into 3 strongholds to support each other outside Fengxin City to control the traffic arteries.
The cavalry battalion first chose the farthest stronghold to attack. This time the devil's stronghold is very different from the original stronghold, there are no core buildings, all field tents and field fortifications.
The cavalry battalion launched an infantry attack with a small group of cavalry, 1 mortar and 2 heavy machine guns to cover the attack of a cavalry squad, and easily broke through the devil's defense line, but the devil immediately retracted his forces and occupied the small village where the squadron headquarters was located to hold on and wait for reinforcements.
The cavalry battalion was unforgiving, using mortars and heavy machine guns to clear the devil's fire points, while covering the infantry-style cavalry charge. Although there were more than 100 devils at this time, their firepower was obviously insufficient, and they were pressed by Wu Mu's army step by step.
The core stronghold where the Devil's Brigade Headquarters is located is still standing still. The cavalry battalion sent an additional cavalry squad of 30 men to assist in the form of infantry, and soon stormed the small village and engaged in street fighting.
At this time, the core stronghold of the devils began to attack: 8 heavy machine guns set off on 8 trucks, followed by two squads of infantry, and another stronghold also drove out 2 trucks with 4 light machine guns to cover infantry reinforcements. It turned out that the devil wanted to rely on powerful mechanized equipment to attack quickly and fight the Wumu army unprepared.
Wu Mujun had already set up 5 mortars and 4 heavy machine guns to shoot at Zhu Yuan, waiting for reinforcements from the devils. The mortar fired 3 times in a row, knocking out 5 trucks of the devil, and then the heavy machine gun opened fire to block the devil's reinforcements, giving the mortar time to adjust the firing of Zhu Yuan.
The devil truck shook off the infantry, accelerated towards the small village, and fought back with the devil infantry in the village to the fire position of the cavalry battalion.
The cavalry battalion's firepower position now consisted only of the artillery, heavy machine gunners, and thunderbolts of the fire company, and except for the two cavalry squads that attacked the village, the other cavalry had already sneaked to the periphery of the other two strongholds, ready to take advantage of the situation and pull out the other two strongholds. The flying thunder soldiers immediately fired javelin flying thunder to block the devils, and the artillerymen also picked up the strange light shooting, making it difficult for the devils to attack an inch.
The two cavalry squads in the village also mounted their horses and rushed towards the reinforcements of the devil infantry on the way, and the dense fire of the strange light and long shotguns broke the devil infantry and fled, retracting to the stronghold.
A brigade of devils was beaten by the cavalry battalion and only 6 or 700 people were trapped in the core stronghold, but the cavalry battalion could not attack it for a long time.
The cavalry battalion entangled the devils on the periphery, and the infantry battalion was not idle, attacking the devils in Fengxin City while covering the sappers behind. The engineer battalion blocked several small rivers flowing into Fengxin City with simple sluices made of bamboo rafts, causing the water level to rise, and then put the wooden rafts and bamboo rafts into the water, and then hung the condom-covered grenades on them, and pulled out the safety pins.
When the devil saw that Wu Mujun cut off the water flow, he also understood that Wu Mujun wanted to make moves on the water flow, so he strengthened the defense of the river entering the city.
The engineer battalion opened the river sluice, and the wooden platoons and bamboo rafts carrying grenades exploded all the way to the city, causing a lot of damage to the devils, and the infantry of the Wumu Army took advantage of the situation to attack.
The devils outside Fengxin City could not support and retreated into the city, and the Wu Mu army attacked the city several times in vain, Jing Yukun was not in a hurry, and attacked the defense of more than 3,000 devils with more than 3,000 people, the casualties must be very high, too cost-effective, not to mention that the cavalry battalion also captured 3 heavy machine guns and trucks, light machine guns, grenadiers, rifles and other equipment, as well as a batch of food, canned food, medicine and other materials, as long as the devils are trapped, everything will be done.
Just as Jing Yukun was leisurely playing with the devil, Liu Qinghe was full of interest.
Liu Qinghe was halfway through the trip, and was transferred by Luo Zhuoying to the west bank of Surabaya.
When Liu Qinghe arrived, the remaining Cheng Wan troops of the 57th Division of the 74th Army were already exhausted under the fierce attack of devil planes and artillery, more than half of the soldiers were killed or wounded, the squad and platoon leaders had almost changed, and the positions were bombed in pieces. Liu Qinghe immediately ordered the artillery battalion to return fire and cover the remaining 10,000 units, the air defense battalion counterattacked the devil's plane, the infantry battalion reinforced the infantry position of the remaining 10,000 troops, and the anti-tank battalion launched fire to block the devil's crossing of the river.
Nine eight-fold Buddha light flying thunders were pushed to the front and launched against the four planes of the devils, and suddenly tens of thousands of thin pieces of copper with 72 flying thunders turned the sky into golden brilliance, and at the same time the four planes of the devils were cut to pieces, and the artillery battalion violently bombarded the infantry artillery positions of the devils, and the meteor flying mines, javelin flying mines, and heavy machine gun fire of the infantry battalions covered the devil infantry crossing the river, and the devil's attack slowed down.
Yu Chengwan's pressure was greatly reduced and he breathed a sigh of relief. However, the spies infiltrated by the devils took advantage of the reinforcements of Liu Qinghe's troops to spread rumors, saying that Liu Qinghe's troops were here to change guards. Many of the platoon commanders of the acting squad and platoon, who had already survived to the limit, listened to the rumors and led the team to retreat, but the defeat was like a mountain and it was out of control, pushing Liu Qinghe's thousands of people to the forefront.
Liu Qinghe was furious but helpless, the devil had already attacked in front of him. The position and bunker had already been blown up to pieces, and Liu Qinghe could only resist with all his might. Helplessly, the front of tens of thousands of people in Yu Cheng was too long, and the Wumu army only had less than 2,000 infantry, and it had not been fully deployed, so it could not hold the long front. The devils took the opportunity to cross the river from the flank and outflanked them, and threatened the air defense battalion, artillery battalion, and baggage battalion behind, and the cavalry battalion struggled to resist the devils who came over and fell into the sea of devils.
Liu Qinghe was desperate and ordered the special task force, the guard company, and the engineer battalion to fight together, and the artillery battalion, air defense battalion, anti-tank battalion, and baggage battalion to cover the health team to prepare for retreat.
At this moment, a strong brigade arrived, and it was Zhang Lingfu, deputy commander of the 58th Division of the 74th Army, who led the 58th Division to plug the gap. The 58th Division first rescued the cavalry battalion, and then quickly pounced on the breakthrough of the devils.
Liu Qinghe relieved himself and immediately ordered the artillery battalion and the anti-tank battalion to counterattack the devils in the face, and the air defense battalion provided air defense cover for the 58th Division to turn the tide of the battle.
The devils also jumped over the wall in a hurry, sending dozens of planes and more than a dozen heavy artillery pieces to bombard indiscriminately. The devil's planes learned to be obedient and attacked in batches from multiple angles, making the air defense battalion overwhelmed, the position was scorched, and the casualties of the troops increased sharply.
At night, the devil planes no longer bombed, but dropped flares at high altitudes, completely exposing the Chinese position.
Zhang Lingfu sent someone to inform Liu Qinghe to retreat, and the 58th Division was behind. Liu Qinghe saw that there was no way back, so he had to lead the team to retreat first, leaving behind a fully formed spy battalion before leaving, and went to see Zhang Lingfu with the liaison officer.
When Zhang Lingfu retreated, the devils had already crossed the river with many troops, and they were in hot pursuit, so Zhang Lingfu could only retreat while fighting.
The special battalion had already established contact with Zhang Lingfu, and the special battalion used torches to flag the devils: retreat, stop advancing, turn left, turn right, this road is impassable...... Disrupted the devil's pursuit troops, and Zhang Lingfu's troops were able to get out.
Liao Lingqi, commander of the 58th Division, personally met with Liu Qinghe, and Zhang Lingfu, who had withdrawn to the second-line position at this time, also rushed to thank him and greatly admired Liu Qinghe's tactical tactics. Liu Qinghe smiled, our Wu Mujun is all this way!
Liu Qinghe's blockade bought Liao Lingqi's 58th Division time, and most of the blocking fortifications were built before the devils arrived. Therefore, Liao Lingqi asked Liu Qinghe to withdraw to the second line and rectify the troops, and Zhang Lingfu's department also arranged for the flank position to rest and deploy defenses, and connect with Yu Chengwan's division to form an oblique position.
The devils quickly tracked down and launched an attack on the positions of Liao Lingqi and Yu Chengwan's two divisions, especially Panjiaqiao, the junction of the two divisions, where the devils concentrated more than 20 tanks and dozens of planes in an attempt to force a breakthrough and attack Shanggao.
The devil found the weakness of the **, Wang Yaowu is also a veteran of the battle, and prepared an iron cloth shirt for Liao and Yu's two divisions---- Liu Qing and the mobile brigade.
Liu Qinghe, who had taken a short rest, rushed to the cusp of the storm again to block the muzzle. At this time, Liu Qinghe's troops had lost a lot of equipment and ammunition, with only one of the three mountain artillery pieces left, and only five of the nine mortars left, less than half of the Foguang Flying Thunder of the air defense battalion, one-third of the cavalry battalion, one-quarter of the infantry battalion, and all other battalions also having losses.
Liu Qinghe decided to strike at the devil plane that posed the greatest threat first. First of all, the two anti-aircraft guns of the anti-tank battalion unexpectedly shot down one devil plane, and the devil planes also had to give priority to striking and clearing the anti-aircraft fire that threatened the planes, so the nine devil planes rushed to the anti-aircraft artillery positions together, and were shot down by the Buddha light flying thunder that was waiting for 6, and the anti-aircraft guns had already leveled their muzzles and strafed the devil tanks.
The devil tank was caught off guard and was destroyed by 4 anti-aircraft guns, and hurriedly mobilized aircraft support, and finally destroyed two anti-aircraft guns of Wu Mujun after paying the price of 7 more aircraft.
At this time, Liu Qinghe's department's Buddha light and thunder had been exhausted, and Liu Qinghe's infantry battalion finally entered the position smoothly. The air defense battalion also lit fireworks everywhere, blocking the sight of the devil's planes and artillery with billowing smoke.
Liu Qinghe's air defense battalion ran out of ammunition and urgently reported to Jing Yukun and asked for support, but Jing Yukun's air defense battalion was sent to Wang Yaowu's 74th Army headquarters and was sent to the front line of Huayang to fight hard, but Jing Yukun sent back good news to Liu Qinghe: Wan Zixiong's troops had arrived on the east bank of Poyang Lake, and Jing Yukun had ordered Wan Zixiong to cross Poyang Lake and launch an attack on the Devil's Nanchang Airport.
Liu Qinghe had no choice but to order the air defense battalion to continue to create smoke screens to block the devil's sight, and the air defense battalion came up with another trick, using mirror reflection to send a misleading signal and lead the devil's aerial bombs to no man's land, so as to reduce the pressure on the forward position.
Liu Qinghe's local methods relieved the pressure in the air, so he went all out to deal with the devil's chariots and infantry. The flying thunder company of the anti-tank battalion infiltrated the infantry position, and more than a dozen flying thunderbolts took care of a devil tank, and soon wiped out the devil tank, while the artillery mortars and the infantry's light and heavy machine guns focused on the devil's infantry.
The devil wanted to hit the ** soft underbelly, but he crashed into the steel plate, and at this time it was too late to rematch the troops and firepower, so he had to continue to attack.
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