Fengyang County, the headquarters of the 13th Division of the Army.

The current commander of the 13th Division, Lieutenant General Yu Yu, is playing against the chief of staff, Yusaburo Taku, and seeing that the state soldiers will win, one of the dragons of Yusaburo Takusai has been forced into a desperate situation by him.

At this moment, a rush of footsteps sounded outside the headquarters, and the two of them turned around at the same time, only to see an officer striding in with a saber on his shoulder.

The person who came was none other than Sawada Tokushige, the commander of the Major General Brigade of the 26th Infantry Brigade under the 13th Division, Sawada Tokushige walked up to the two with a heavy face, and suddenly closed his feet and reported to the state soldiers: "General, it's not good, the 116th Infantry Wing is in a hurry, they are encountering the elite troops of the China Army on the south bank of the Huai River, and the 116th Wing guesses that the China Army is likely to want a large-scale counterattack." ”

"What? The people of China want to counterattack? The state soldier was slightly startled, and then said with great disdain: "Just based on the previous performance of Li Pinxian's department?" As soon as it made contact with the imperial army, it collapsed and hastily abandoned a large defensive position on the south bank? ”

"Your Excellency General, I humbly believe that the Huaishui behind the south bank, from a strategic point of view, the terrain is far inferior to the north bank, until the last moment, if any army is replaced, it will not stay on the south bank to fight against the water, and fight hard with the imperial army, objectively speaking, this is stupid, so it is most clear to retreat to the north bank to confront the imperial army across the river, and it is the most clear to block the imperial army by virtue of the Huai River natural danger, and in fact, the people of China are indeed doing this."

"Sawada-kun, according to what you say, what about the elite troops of Shina who are fighting with the 116th Wing? If it didn't want to counterattack the south bank, why would it send such an elite force? Chief of Staff Yusaburo Takuzaburo asked.

"I can't figure it out." Sawada shook his head with a gloomy face.

"Could it be because it's trapped in the remnants of the South Bank?" The division commander was swept up by the state soldiers and thought that there was still a remnant of the middle [***] in Fengyang Gorge that was surrounded by the 58th Infantry Wing, and subconsciously said.

"Returning to the general, I think most of them will not, there is no reason for the people of China to set up another elite army in order to save such a small group of remnants." Sawada Tokushige bowed his head and said.

"By the way, the 58th Wing, how is the battle going there? Immediately sent a telegram to inquire, urging it to quickly annihilate the remnants of the Shina Army on the top of the mountain, and then cooperate with the 116th Infantry Wing to meet the elite troops of Shina who crossed the river. The state soldier suddenly remembered the 58th Wing and immediately ordered.

"Hay." The chief of staff, Yusaburo Taku, suddenly bowed his head and answered, and just wanted to turn around and leave, when suddenly, a second lieutenant officer ran in unkempt and hurried in, and he hurriedly reported to the state soldiers: "Your Excellency, division commander, no, it's not good...... ”

"Yaga! ~" Seeing the second lieutenant officer's panicked expression, the state soldiers were greatly dissatisfied, and immediately reprimanded angrily: "What the hell is going on? ”

"General, the 58th Wing is in a hurry." The devil lieutenant gasped and reported.

"What? The 58th Wing is in a hurry? The state soldiers were taken aback and asked, "What's going on?" ”

"Reinforcements, reinforcements from the people of China have arrived." Devil Shaozuo said with a heavy face: "Fengyang Gorge can not be attacked for a long time, Cangsen Gongren Dazuo tried his best to attack, in order to encircle and annihilate it in one fell swoop, the critical moment of the battle, a well-equipped and powerful reinforcement army suddenly killed, the 58th Wing was attacked by the Zhina Army on both sides, suffered heavy losses, and almost the whole army was annihilated. ”

"What, almost annihilated?" The state soldiers couldn't believe their ears that a dignified infantry wing of the Imperial Army would be wiped out by a small group of [***] teams and a group of remnants.

Since the beginning of the war of aggression against China, except for the battle of attacking Nanjing, there is really no record of the wing being completely annihilated, and there is only one squadron that has the ability to completely annihilate the imperial army, that is, the tiger brigade of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army, which is notorious in the eyes of the Emperor Ben.

Thinking of this Tiger Brigade, the state soldiers couldn't help but shudder, although all the imperial troops hated Qiao Anbang and his Tiger Brigade to the core, but they were not afraid of tigers.

It was a bit frightening to hear that the state soldiers dared to rely on one division to regret Li Pinxian's several divisions, but they were unwilling to face Qiao Anbang's Tiger Brigade alone, after all, the 18th Division, the Kunisaki Detachment, the Marine Corps, the flagship of the Navy Izumo, and a series of events were vividly remembered.

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and the state soldiers immediately turned their heads to the chief of staff Tian Yongzaburo and ordered: "Tian Yongjun, immediately order the 65th and 104th Infantry Wings of the 103rd Brigade to rush to the front line of Fengyang Gorge to aid the 58th Wing, and the [***] Cavalry Team and the 19th Field Artillery Wing to rush to the aid of the 116th Wing of Tianma Peak!" In addition, send a telegram to the headquarters of the dispatch army and ask for air support! ”

"Hay!" Tian Yuzaburo Dazuo hurriedly lowered his head suddenly, and immediately turned around and took the saber and led away.

After seeing Tian Yuzaburo leave, the state soldiers said to Sawada Dezhong with anxiety: "Sawada-kun, you go to Tianma Peak with the cavalry [***] team, and are responsible for the full command of the 116th Infantry Wing, the 19th Artillery Wing and the [***] Cavalry Team, and you must wipe out all the Chinese troops crossing the Huai River on the river beach, and you must not let one of them slip through the net!" ”

"Hay!" Sawada Tokushige also bowed his head suddenly, and immediately took the saber and led away.

………………………… The remnant sun is like blood, and the cold wind is cold.

The weak sunlight can not cover the cold of winter, especially Fengyang Gorge is backed by Huaishui, and the tide is heavier, but the first battalion of the guard battalion on the top of Fengyang Gorge and the surviving two hundred officers and soldiers of the security regiment are sweating like rain, after a fierce battle, Qiao Anbang led the first battalion of guards to defeat the two devil brigades that turned around in a hurry with powerful assault firepower, nearly 2,000 devils were almost wiped out, and the remaining few hundred remnants fled to the mountain in a hurry.

The 58th Wing, which had suffered heavy losses, completely lost its combat effectiveness, and the commander of the wing, Kuramori, hurriedly armed the remaining hundreds of people, together with his own guard squadron and some logistics personnel of the wing headquarters, and deployed them in a defensive posture relying on the sortie position at the foot of the mountain.

The reason why the angry Cangsen Gongren was unwilling to withdraw like this was because he also saw that although the [***] team on the top of the mountain was strong, there was no backup, only this wave of four or five hundred people, if he led the remnants to evacuate now, then he really gave the [***] team on the top of the mountain a chance to breathe, and they could retreat calmly.

In that case, the blood feud of the 58th Infantry Wing would have nowhere to be avenged, so he decisively led the remnants to stay, while sending people to the division headquarters for help, while closely monitoring the actions of the 1st Guard Battalion on the top of the mountain, the purpose was very clear that he wanted to contain the 1st Guard Battalion in Fengyang Gorge and buy time for the arrival of his own reinforcements.

Kuramori thought that as soon as reinforcements from the division headquarters arrived, he could immediately launch an attack on the top of the mountain and avenge the revenge he had just taken.

However, this time Cang Sen Gongren really thought wrong, after Qiao Anbang and Chu Jingming's remnants rounded, he didn't plan to evacuate at all.

In the defensive position of the security regiment on the top of the mountain, Chu Jingming, who was covered in blood, looked at Qiao Anbang and the hundreds of heavily armed and magnificent guard soldiers behind him with tears in his eyes, and choked up with joy and sorrow in his heart: "Brother, I didn't expect you to really come to the rescue." ”

Qiao Anbang handed the submachine gun in his hand to Liang Jiahan beside him, and stepped forward and said sincerely: "Big brother is in trouble, how can you sit idly by and watch as a brother?" Even if there are thousands of troops, even if there are mountains of swords and fires, my brother will also go! ”

"Good brother!" Chu Jingming, who was so moved, gave Qiao Anbang a bear hug, then turned around and pointed to the two hundred surviving soldiers of the security regiment around him and said in a deep voice: "Anbang, you are the lifesaver of all our security regiment!" ”

"What did the eldest brother say, the brothers of the security corps are also my brothers of Qiao Anbang, and if my brother is in trouble, I should do my best. I just hated myself for coming too late and not having time to save more of my brothers. Qiao Anbang's face became particularly ashamed as he spoke.

Seeing this, the more than 200 surviving soldiers of the security regiment all felt a subtle touch in their hearts.

After sighing for a moment, Qiao Anbang turned his head and shouted: "First battalion commander! ”

"Yes!" The commander of the first battalion of the guard hurriedly stepped forward.

"Take a company and escort the head of Chu and the brothers of the security regiment to cross the river to the north to rest!" Qiao Anbang commanded in a cold voice.

"Yes!" The commander of the first battalion did not dare to disobey, and hurriedly answered aloud, then turned around and began to mobilize troops.

Chu Jingming was confused when he heard this, and immediately waved his hand forward and said, "Wait a minute." Then he turned his head and asked Qiao Anbang: "Anbang, don't you retreat north with us?" ”

Qiao Anbang smiled indifferently and said: "Big brother, you and the soldiers have been fighting with the devils for a long time, and they are exhausted, especially since most of the soldiers have been injured, so you should hurry up and cross the river to the north to have a good rest, and then go to the battlefield after you have enough spirits, and then kill the devils." ”

"No, if you want to go together, I, Chu Jingming, will never let my brother stay and break off for me, it's a big deal, let's stay and fight with the little devil." Chu Jingming thought that Qiao Anbang wanted to stay and break it in person, but he was moved and objected with righteous words.

"Big brother, let's not hide it, I didn't think about going back again this time when I crossed the river to the south." Qiao Anbang said this, and met Chu Jingming's surprised gaze and said: "Big brother, you don't know, in the past few months, my rescue [***] has expanded to more than 30,000 people, and it is only one of my guard regiments and an armored brigade that came with me to help you, and now the main force of the guard regiment and the armored brigade are crossing the river, it is estimated that this will have already crossed the river, and my three main infantry divisions are also coming at full speed, I believe they will arrive soon." ”

"More than 30,000 people?" Before Qiao Anbang's words were finished, Chu Jingming interrupted in shock, and then as if he remembered something, he asked, "Anbang, what do you think?" ”

Facing Chu Jingming's inquiring gaze, Qiao Anbang nodded with a slight smile and said: "That's right, my idea is to counterattack Huainan, restore all the positions south of the Huai River of our army in one fell swoop, fight against the water, and block all the troops in Central China south of the Huai River, so as to ensure that the southern line of Xuzhou is not lost, so as to ensure the smooth progress of the Battle of Xuzhou." ”

(To be continued)