Chapter 41: The Bloody Battle of Baohua (2)
When Hu Zhaoyue rushed to Dongshankou to find Zeng Qi and conveyed Wan Zixiong's order, Zeng Qi returned unhurriedly: "Okay, disperse after this battle!" ”
Hu Zhaoyue was anxious: "Zeng Qi, obey the order, otherwise military law will be engaged!" ”
Zeng Qi was still unhurried: "Do you think I can get the soldiers now?" ”
Only then did Hu Zhaoyue observe the situation on the battlefield: the devils laid out three tanks at Nanshan Pass, covering the devil's charge of about two squadrons with machine guns and artillery, and a company of Wumu troops was desperately blocking the attack.
The Wumu army retreated one after another, retreating to the heights on both sides. The Japanese army was unforgiving and pursued them relentlessly.
Suddenly, a Japanese tank rushed out at the corner of the mountain road and fired fiercely at the devils, and the Wumu army also counterattacked, and the situation was abruptly reversed.
The devil tank in the south mountain pass was afraid of the encounter of Qixia Mountain, so they only stopped at the mountain pass to cover the infantry charge, and when they saw that the people of China actually dared to use a tank to attack the imperial infantry, they finally couldn't help but rush up.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Wu Mujun's tanks hurriedly bypassed the hill and retreated to the side slope under the cover of the mountain.
When the Japanese tank commander saw this situation, he immediately laughed: "Stupid Shina people, the tank retreats to a high place at this time, which is equivalent to being a live target for me!" So he commanded three tanks to rush into the mountain pass and chase after him.
A few thick ropes were thrown down the hill to help the tanks of the Wu Mu army quickly retreat to the high slope. At the same time, with several loud explosions, two floodwaters converged into one and rushed towards the Japanese tanks and infantry. The devil infantry was washed away without a trace in an instant, and only 3 tanks were left to drown in the flood.
It turned out that Zeng Qi had already buried explosives in two large ponds not far from the mountain road, and designed a good show for the devils to flood the Seventh Army, but he didn't expect to drown two squadrons of devils and 3 tanks at once.
Although Hu Zhaoyue didn't know how to arrange troops, she could understand Zeng Qi's plan afterwards, and she was convinced and admired, regardless of the sharpness of the mountains and rocks, she knelt down and kowtowed to Zeng Qi: "Big brother, senior, thank you for avenging my whole family, forgive the little woman for her rudeness just now!" Thank you! Thank you! ”
Zeng Qi also took care of his old tears: "Happy! It's fun! It's been more than 20 years, and it's the first time I've had such a good fight! Happy......"
The young soldiers, however, were not so emotional, and only shouted excitedly. There is no need to clean the battlefield, the flood washes away most of the devils and equipment; Without vigilance, it is impossible for the devils to attack against the flood.
After the excitement, Zeng Qi arranged for the soldiers to drag the devil's tank out of the muddy water to help the armored soldiers clean up and adjust it to a combat state. So far, the Wumu army has 1 armored vehicle and 6 tanks.
Zeng Qi called Hu Zhaoyue: "Girl, I heard that your marksmanship is good, go and play some game to make up for the wounded!" ”
"Yes!" Hu Zhaoyue didn't say a word, just picked up the gun and left.
Hu Zhaoyue didn't see any animals other than people for a long time, so she simply found a clean mountain depression, where there was a small pond, she guarded the small pond, she didn't believe in animals and didn't come to drink water.
Hu Zhaoyue was lucky, and a group of more than a dozen wild boars who had just settled down found the pond. Hu Zhaoyue aimed a sniper rifle at a small wild boar on the edge of a herd and fired a shot. The sniper rifle had a silencer and was far away, so it didn't alarm the pigs. After beating 4 wild boars, the pigs began to be alert, so Hu Zhaoyue decisively shot down more than 400 catties of pigs, and the wild boar herd dispersed.
Hu Zhaoyue called a few soldiers to carry the wild boar, and she shot a few turtledoves.
Hu Zhaoyue roasted the turtledove and handed it to Zeng Qi respectfully: "This is filial piety to you!" ”
Zeng Qi took the turtledove with a smile, but his mouth was unforgiving: "Why do you lift me up so much?" Don't engage in my military law? ”
"You killed so many devils for me, Hu Zhaoyue obeyed you!" Hu Zhaoyue's low eyebrows and pleasing appearance are very pitiful.
"Don't you dare! You are the female Zhao Yun, the heroine, Lao Tzu is just a fire leader! Zeng shook his hand seven times.
"Father-in-law, please bow down to your daughter! Forgive my daughter for being disrespectful! Hu Zhaoyue kowtowed again and again, crying bitterly.
"Girl, where did this start!" Seeing that Hu Zhaoyue was so serious, Zeng Qi was shocked.
"My whole family died at the hands of devils! You can kill the devil to avenge me, you are my reborn parents! My daughter is willing to serve you for a lifetime, give you a pension and send you to the end, and provide you with an immortal tablet! ”
"You are more ruthless than me in killing devils, why do you want to worship Lao Tzu?" Zeng Qi wondered.
"I'm a killer of devils with one shot at a time, you are a group of devil killers, more ruthless than me! Revenge better than me! Hu Zhaoyue was full of admiration.
"Ah, you fancy Lao Tzu's ability to fight! Girl, with vision, this goddaughter Lao Tzu admits it! Zeng Qi also has the feeling of meeting Bole with a thousand miles of horses, and finally met someone who knows the goods, although it is just a little hairy girl, "But Lao Tzu doesn't have any meeting gifts for you!" ”
"You just killed so many devils to give me the best meeting gift! Thank you Dad! ”
"Wait, then you'll have to give me some greeting gifts!" Zeng Qi was in a good mood and joked with Hu Zhaoyue.
"Daughter, go get it!" Hu Zhaoyue was full of spring breeze and ran away with the two classes that Wan Zixiong had assigned to her.
Hu Zhaoyue led people to a gentle grassy slope at the southern foot of Baohua Mountain. There has been no fighting here, and there is a platoon of Wu Mu's army guarding it.
In the distance, a cavalry squadron of the Japanese army was on guard and resting. The cavalry of the Japanese army mainly patrolled and searched the intersections to prevent the Wumu army from escaping.
Hu Zhaoyue ordered his subordinates to mix the kettle with salt and sweat medicine, then lay mines on the grassy slope, and sprinkle the grass with the potion in the kettle.
The Japanese soon discovered that the Chinese had planted mines on the grassy slope, and immediately arranged fire harassment, while more than 10 war horses rushed over.
Hu Zhaoyue had already arranged fire cover and withdrew the soldiers who had gone out to lay mines and sprinkle medicine. The Japanese cavalry took advantage of the situation to pursue and kill, and Hu Zhaoyue had no choice but to withdraw from their positions and retreat into the mountains and forests.
After the Japanese cavalry successfully occupied the grassy slope, they did not chase after it, but only set up a guard, cleared the mines, and then let the horses graze with confidence. The Japanese army had long taken a fancy to this grassy slope, but it was only because of the guards of the people of Zhina and the fact that they did not receive the order to attack, so they camped in the distance. Now it's okay, the people of China dared to break ground on Tai Sui's head without their own strength, not only did they not take advantage, but they also gave up the pasture to the imperial army. No, the fodder for more than 100 horses of the cavalry squadron of the Imperial Army was all solved.
Strange things happened, the war horses of the imperial army fell to the ground one after another inexplicably, and the devil veterinarian hurriedly came up to check...... Li Jinshan's sweat medicine is still good for horses.
Hu Zhaoyue quickly came back with reinforcements, and dozens of submachine guns and shell guns rushed together to attack the scrambled devils. The so-called indiscriminate punching of the master to death, and taking advantage of your illness to kill you!
When the devil reinforcements arrived, Hu Zhaoyue withdrew into Baohua Mountain with more than 30 war horses, 11 dead and wounded war horses, and 3 devil veterinary prisoners.
Looking at the war horse brought by Hu Zhaoyue, Zeng Qi smiled.
When Zeng Qi and Hu Zhaoyue were elated to successfully fight the devil cavalry, Wan Zixiong was suffering from the flames. The devil's incendiary bomb brought him a huge disaster, because the weather was relatively humid at this time, and the fire was not very big, but the phosphorus fire flying everywhere made it difficult for Wan Zixiong and the soldiers to hide, many brothers were burned, and the billowing smoke also made Wu Mujun burst into tears, and also smoked many people.
Wan Zixiong had no choice but to organize his troops to take refuge in the low-lying and damp other places, and at the same time sent someone to report to Zeng Qi, ordering him to prepare to respond, and to transfer his troops to Zeng Qi, and prepare to break through to the direction of Jurong overnight.
Zeng Qi received the order, immediately arranged a guard, and then set up a cauldron to cook horse meat and prepare dry food for the war. Because the pot was not enough, many soldiers directly buckled their steel helmets to the fire and made horse meat barbecue.
Hu Zhaoyue was not idle, and led 3 infantry squads to attack and harass the Japanese position.
When Wan Zixiong and Zeng Qi met, the original more than 800 people only brought back less than 400 people, many of whom were wounded. Wan Zixiong ordered to break through to Jurong while it was dark, and then move to Maoshan. However, Zeng Qi said that the roads in the southern mountain pass were flooded because of the water attack on the devil's tanks, which was not conducive to the march of the troops, and if they broke through from the small intersections, the personnel were too small and easy to be broken by the devils, and there were too many wounded and it was difficult to move. Wan Zixiong didn't understand this situation, and he had no idea for a while. At this time, Lu Ao, who was lying on the stretcher, said fiercely: "What are you afraid of? What we have here is provisions, just go around in the mountains with devils! ”
Wan Zixiong was embarrassed and said: "We have too many wounded, and we can't afford to spend it in the mountains!" ”
"How many wounded?" Lu Ao was anxious.
"There are more than 1,000 people in total, more than 100 seriously injured, more than 300 lightly wounded, more than 400 burned, and less than 700 people with combat effectiveness! We can't leave the wounded alone, can we? Wan Zixiong's face was wrinkled.
"I think we'd better hold on for two more days, Commander Zhou won't leave us alone!" Zeng Qiqi never forgot that he still had a tough backer.
"Then what do you think will be arranged in the next few days?" Wan Zixiong has become dependent on Zeng Qi in the past few days.
"Divide the troops! Baohua Mountain vegetation is dense, the Japanese army into the mountains can not show their troops, will inevitably also divide the troops, there are more than three mountains around each intersection in the mountains, we take the squad as a unit to defend each hill, the intersection is buried with mines, each hill is connected to each other, if you can fight, you can not fight, you can retreat, after retreating, interspersed with detours, and then guard the mountain, the grid blockade, guerrilla, although there are many devils, but the strength can not be unfolded, heavy machine guns, grenadiers, mortars and other heavy weapons in the mountains and forests can not play much role, even grenades are not good, and the devils are in the light, We are in the dark, there is a favorable terrain, submachine guns, barge guns are very suitable for jungle melee combat. "The head of Zeng Qi's words is the Tao.
"And what about our heavy weapons?" Lu Ao interjected bitterly.
"We still have 1 armored car, 6 tanks, and 12 German-made trucks is a problem, it should be no problem for us to cover them to break through overnight and take the seriously wounded away!" Zeng Qi is confident.
"Tanks, armored vehicles, trucks are all on the road through the mountains, what if the road in the South Pass is muddy?" Hu Zhaoyue is a woman after all, and her heart is very careful.
"There is not much water in the South Pass, but the road is muddy, we spread some branches, although it is difficult for the infantry to walk, it is no problem for tanks and armored vehicles to pass!"
"Okay, that's it!" Wan Zixiong slapped his thigh and made up his mind.
"Also, Brother Lu Ao must go back! The breakout force must have a reliable commander! Also, all the materials that are fortified are concealed and camouflaged, once they are discovered by the devils, they don't have to defend them, we only protect people now, not things! Zeng Qi continued to add in a rambling manner, "In the end, it is a question of who will lead the team to break through!" ”
"There you go!" Wan Zixiong pointed at Zeng Qi.
"Chief Wan thinks which of the two of us will be better at commanding the battle?" Zeng Qiyi asked rhetorically with a submissive look.
"This ......" Wan Zixiong hesitated, but still readily admitted: "Wan is ashamed of himself!" ”
"So, it's best for you to leave and I'll stay!" Zeng Qi said firmly, and then said to Wan Zixiong and Lu Ao with a smile: "Don't worry, I'll look at the territory for you first, I can't lose it!" I'll soon go back to Xishan to be a big official, older than you two, believe it or not?! ”
"Good!" This time, there was no objection.
As soon as it was dark, Wu Mujun's 6 mortars and 6 machine guns opened fire at the same time, raining shells on the devils, and the Japanese troops immediately fired flares and were on strict alert.
Under the cover of the sound of artillery, the Wu Mu army mobilized all the vehicles.
Before leaving, Zeng Qiyi repeatedly instructed Wan Zixiong: "After rushing out of the mountain pass, turn west, no matter how many devils rush, as long as you get out of the quagmire, the devils will not have any tricks against you!" ”
"Remember, Great-Ma!" Wan Zixiong grinned and looked like a scoundrel.
Rushing out of the Nanshan Pass, the mechanized troops of the Wumu Army quickly formed a formation, with 2 tanks in front and 2 tanks on the left and right to protect the 12 trucks in the middle.
Zeng Qi saw in the telescope that the lights of Wan Zixiong's convoy were moving away to the southwest, and the trumpeters sounded the rallying call, and the flags on Baohua Mountain suddenly died down.
Zeng Qi gathered the men and horses left by Wan Zixiong and found that there were more than 100 people and horses, and it turned out that many people returned to the team, totaling more than 1,000 people, more than 200 people without combat effectiveness, and more than 700 soldiers with combat effectiveness.
Zeng Qi first concealed the wounded and heavy weapons, and then divided the combat-effective soldiers into 4 companies, 16 platoons, and 64 squads according to the original structure.
All ministries were promptly in place according to Zeng Qi's requirements. Because the fire was lit everywhere on the mountain, the troops marched and deployed very smoothly, and bought a lot of time to rest.
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