Chapter 145: Bloody Xiangbei (2)

Lu Qingyang was calm and unhurried in the rear, and the battle at the front entered a white heat, and Lu Qingbao's troops fell into a bloody storm.

The 40th and 6th Divisions of the Devils launched attacks on Tongxi Street and Xinqiang River successively.

It was raining heavily that night, and the devil quietly crossed the river and was discovered by the ** outpost, so he forcibly crossed the river under the cover of artillery fire.

On the Tongxi Street side, the 20th Division of the 134th Army took the lead in receiving the enemy. Under the cover of artillery fire, the devils of the 40th Division forcibly crossed the Xinqiang River in batches. There is a regiment and two battalions arranged by Lu Qingbao, which is actually a reinforced company at best, but they are an important chess piece of the forward troops. They immediately contacted Lu Qingbao of the eastern reserve to reinforce them.

Lu Qingbao understood and immediately organized the first centralized seized grenade, pulled out the safety pin and put it into the bamboo tube, and drifted along the river, causing damage to the devils downstream and delaying the devils to cross the river.

At the same time as the devils attacked, the first regiment and the second battalion sent a company to mix the defenders, and one company took advantage of the night and rain to meet the infiltration of the devil's troops. The 27th Group Army was a backwardly equipped Sichuan army, and the soldiers were unable to move in heavy coats, so they simply took off their military uniforms together, held Sichuan-made and state-made grenades with tarpaulin, and sneaked into the group of devils under the winter rain, and quietly threw grenades at the devils, and each group retreated to the position after throwing 8 grenades carried by each person.

The devil was unsuspecting, even if he shot a flare, it would be useless in the heavy rain night, and the speed of crossing the river was greatly delayed for a while.

At dawn, most of the assault team withdrew, but some of the combat groups lost their way during the night, and after dawn they were exposed to the group of devils, and all of them died heroically.

In the night's fighting, the devil was disabled by a brigade, and the ** side company suffered a total of 178 casualties in artillery shelling, combat casualties, and assault casualties, including 97 casualties in the assault team. Moreover, the devil crossed the river overnight, and the troops were less than one wing. A night battle boosted morale.

After dawn, ** also launched a defensive battle with the devil without retreating. Lu Qingbao ordered his subordinates to withdraw from the first-line positions and prepare for the next operation, digging hidden fortifications behind the second-line positions, that is, using the terrain or digging pits, and then covering them with cover plates and turf to prepare for lurking and infiltration.

Lu Qingfu's **20th Division of the 133rd Army also exchanged fire with the devils in Xinqianghe. The frontal position of the 133rd Division was only 3 companies of Wang Chaokui of the 2nd Battalion of the 398th Regiment. After dark, Lu Qingfu sent a teaching company to cooperate with one company of the 399th Regiment to reinforce it to pave the way for counterattack and infiltration. And the main forces have already withdrawn to the Guanwang Bridge.

At night, the commandos in the forward position sent a letter to ask for the location of the devil, and Lu Qingfu sent another squad to lead two pack horses and dive to the upper reaches of the devil's crossing the river with a sea starfire.

The starfish fire was not afraid of water, and it burned along the river sticking to the devil soldiers and equipment crossing the river, providing targets for the defenders of the front-line positions, and the hit rate of machine guns, grenadiers, and gun grenades was greatly improved.

A small number of troops could not stop a large number of devils. Overnight, the devils broke through the position of the ** 20th Army, all the way south to pursue, from the Xinqiang River to the Miluo River everywhere there are gunshots, the 20th Army fought and retreated and still stubbornly resisted one by one.

During the day, no matter how fierce the battle was, the commandos could only lurk in the holes filled with icy rainwater, listen to the direction of the devil's artillery and heavy machine guns with their ears, and solve the problem that they were not allowed to fight. Fortunately, the special combat team has experience in luding, and before the incubation, everyone smeared lard on their bodies to resist the cold, and each person drank two teacups of lard, prepared to skip meals for a long time, and each person was distributed a bamboo tube of lard and 100 anti-Japanese strength pills. ** The officers and soldiers were not prepared, so the lard prepared by the special operations battalion was exhausted.

As soon as it was dark, the assault teams drilled out of their holes and attacked the predicted devil fire position. Grenades, grenades, grenades flew towards the artillery, heavy machine-gun positions, command posts, baggage detachments in the rear. Lu Qingbao instructed that only 1 grenade and grenadier can be fired at each attack, and only 2 grenades can be thrown.

After three days of hard fighting, the devils finally attacked the front line of the Miluo River. The sky is not beautiful, the sky is snowing heavily, and the Miluo River has also risen sharply due to the heavy rain a few days ago, and it is difficult for the devils to cross the Miluo River for a while.

Just when the devils were busy looking for ferries and bamboos, Lu Qingbao did not relentlessly command the troops to plunge into the group of devils in broad daylight, not afraid of disrupting the system, not afraid of encounters, and launching a full-scale attack, because of the heavy snowfall, the troops had to freeze to death in concealment, so it was better to warm up the body with battle!

After all, the devils are outnumbered, well-equipped, and well-trained, and the impact of hundreds of commandos is tantamount to meat buns beating tigers - for nothing. In fact, it was not, the commando launched an attack with the determination to fight to the death, grenades, grenades, grenades, and bullets without reservation, and after the battle, it was extremely fierce with firepower, destroying many machine gun positions, artillery positions, command posts, and baggage teams, just when the commandos were almost exhausted of ammunition and food, the flank attack launched by the 20th Army was already in place, which made matters worse for the rear of the devils and rescued the surviving commandos.

The withdrawn commandos achieved brilliant results: 23 attacks on devil artillery positions, 13 heavy machine gun positions, 14 command posts at all levels, 19 transport teams, 11 devils were captured, the number of killers and wounds cannot be counted, it is estimated that more than 1,300 people, and a large number of artillery, light and heavy machine guns were damaged; The commando team participated in the battle of 871 people, 190 people were killed, including freezing to death, disease death, 309 people were seriously injured, including Lu Qingbao and Lu Qingfu, all personnel were injured, 121 special operations veterans participated in the battle, 43 were seriously injured, and the vitality of the regiment was seriously injured, and the 20th Army transport team sent back to Changsha for training.

Just when the first regiment was taught to withdraw from the battle, the second regiment and the third regiment were taught to act at the same time, not to avenge the first regiment, but to seize the fighter. The special operations battalion, which has experienced a hundred battles, has long surpassed the period of impulsiveness, and its operations are based entirely on the situation and are advantageous to fight, and they are typical cold-blooded troops. Lu Qingmeng led the teaching regiment to insert the third regiment from Pingjiang to the enemy rear again, cooperating with the 78th Army Teaching Brigade; Lu Qingwei instructed to mix bundles of dried straw with sulfur and kerosene and wrap them in oilcloth to make oversized incendiary bags for later use, just waiting for the devils to cross the river.

The devil finally gathered the equipment for crossing the river, airdropped rubber boats, snatched wooden boats, and pontoon bridges made of thick bamboos and began to cross the river.

Lu Qingwei gave an order, and the ** ignition burning bag upstream was pushed into the river. The floating incendiary bag went down the river, burning the devil's ferry and pontoon bridge, and Lu Qingwei took the opportunity to lead the commando team to launch a counterattack.

The devils were beaten back to the Miluo River many times, and only broke through the Miluo River defense line under the cover of aircraft.

Just when Lu Qingwei launched a counterattack, Lu Qingmeng took the opportunity to attack behind the enemy and launched another round of surprise attacks on the devil artillery, command post, and transport team.

The devils broke through the defense line of the Miluo River, and the commandos of Lu Qingwei and Lu Qingmeng rushed to the rear of the devils, and then carried out the raids with the troops behind the devils. At the same time, many junior officers of the 20th Army also took the initiative to attack the supply depots, ambulance stations, and logistics escorts in the rear of the devils.

The 3rd Division of the Devils crossed the Miluo River first. The partial victory short-circuited Anan's brain, gave up the plan to annihilate the 37th Army, and attacked Changsha again. Of course, there were also factors that caused Anan's judgment to be very bad due to the effective defensive counterattack of the 37th Army.

Most of the devil's divisions are now exhausted, and the commander of the 11th Army, Anan Weiji, actually ordered the troops to attack Changsha! However, the military orders were like a mountain, and the divisions and regiments had to continue to fight.

The devil's ammunition supply consumption could not be replenished, and the counterattack of ** became more and more sharp: first, the 95th Division of the 37th Army actually surrounded the 6th Wing of the Devil's 23rd Division, and also killed a squadron leader of the Devil's Artillery Wing. Then, the 20th Army, led by the 3rd Teaching Regiment led by Lu Qingmeng, surrounded the baggage wing of the 40th Division of the Devil Regiment and killed its wing commander.

Although the battle pattern of ** has improved, it does not mean that ** victory is in sight. The 3rd Division of the Devils on the West Road fought smoothly, crossed the Miluo River and then forcibly crossed the Laodao River, and attacked Langli in the east of Changsha, and Changsha City fell into crisis again.

Changsha is the bottom of the furnace that Xue Yue prides himself on as the "Heavenly Furnace Tactics of Warfare", once the devil penetrates the bottom of the furnace, it is not only the personal merits of Changsha City and Xue Yue that he will lose, but also the confidence of the people of the whole country in the War of Resistance!

The 10th Army, which was guarding Changsha, entered a counterattack and defensive position, and exchanged fire with the devils.

At this time, in addition to a guard platoon around Lu Qingyang, it was an old, weak, sick and disabled sideline battalion, but Lu Qingyang believed that the sideline battalion was sure to cover the retreat of the commander's department, because the sideline battalion was also trained hard by the instructor, and the training time was longer than that of other personnel, and most of them were veterans of a hundred battles and thorns with great combat effectiveness, and the equipment was also according to the configuration of the special combat team's light machine guns, strange light types, and short shotguns, but the physical strength was just poor, but the potential of these people to burst out at a critical moment was immeasurable.

After the 3rd Division of the Devils occupied Langli, it immediately sent a number of troops to attack the periphery of Changling, Nanyuan Palace, and the vicinity of the military storage depot at this time. The guard positions on the east side of the military depot and Wujiazhuang were broken through by the enemy; The enemy of the military storage depot and Wujiazhuang took advantage of the darkness of the night to drill the gap and rushed to Baishaling, trying to seize Tianxin Pavilion.

In a hurry, Xue Yue ordered Lu Qingyang to lead the guard company and the sideline battalion to Baishaling to plug the gap. Lu Qingyang didn't say a word, and rushed to Baishaling with a group of killing stars. Tong Jingya insisted on going to the front line together, she hadn't seen her husband's heroism on the battlefield.

Lu Qingyang couldn't resist his little daughter-in-law, so he had to order 1 guard squad to protect her, and take care of the guard squad in front of Tong Jingya, and when the situation was critical, Tong Jingya must be killed first, and she couldn't let her fall into the hands of devils.

The Devil Kato Brigade was frantically charging towards the city, trying to seize the honor of being the first to attack Changsha City, but was stopped by Lu Qingyang and his people with light machine guns, a dense rain of bullets and grenades.

The devil retreated for the time being, and then the infantry artillery and heavy machine guns of the brigade covered the infantry and attacked again. Lu Qingyang had no heavy weapons, so he could only hide in the trench and wait for the devil to approach, looking at Tong Jingya's pale face, Lu Qingyang smiled and hugged his little daughter-in-law, and he didn't care about it, Tong Jingya's courage suddenly doubled, and he picked up a strange light of a fallen soldier and swept towards the devil, but unfortunately he only shot down a wild duck in the sky, and the soldier who had never participated in the war was only Tong Jingya.

The sideline battalion and the guard company are worthy of being veterans of a hundred battles, and they put the devils down 50 meters before they opened fire together, and after a round of light machine guns, strange lights, and short shotguns, the devils threw down 5 or 60 corpses and the wounded and retreated.

At this time, Tong Jingya relaxed, she came up with a clever plan in a flash of inspiration, and said to Lu Qingyang, Lu Qingyang hugged his wife and fragrant another one.

Tong Jingya quickly taught the soldiers a sentence of Japanese: "Reverse Yueyang".

Lu Qingyang ordered the sideline battalion to block the attack on the spot, and he personally led the guard company to make a detour to the flank of the devil. When the devil attacked again, the guards behind the flank shouted together, "Reverse Yueyang!" The charging devil really turned around and retreated, and the formation was in chaos!

Tong Jingya also shouted excitedly, and actually leaned her body out of the cover, and a nearby devil shot her, but missed! Tong Jingya was not to be outdone, and picked up the strange light style is a shuttle to return to the past, and the Japanese buddies immediately fell.

Without waiting for the devils to attack again, the sideline battalion had already counterattacked in an all-round way, and it happened that the pre-10th Division, which was ordered to encircle and annihilate the Kato Brigade, arrived and surrounded the devils, and the Kato Brigade was completely annihilated.

Lu Qingyang first tore off the collar badge of the devil who was killed by Tong Jingya, and took off the saber, Damn, it turned out to be Shaozuo! picked up the wild duck that had been trampled on and turned into a ball of hair, and handed it to Tong Jingya together: "Wife, keep it!" It's ours! ”

This time it was Tong Jingya's turn to hug Lu Qingyang Xiang, and in the strange screams of the soldiers, Lu Qingyang was so happy that he was dizzy and lost the opportunity to make great contributions! Kato's document bag was taken away by the 10th Division when it was cleaning up the battlefield, and handed over to the Commander's Department, ** obtained various plans and orders and other documents since the Japanese army was dispatched, and learned that the enemy in front of him was the 3rd Division, the 6th Division is now located in Yuri City, and the 40th Division is located in Kanei. More importantly, it was important to learn about the lack of ammunition in the Japanese army.

After Lu Qingyang learned of the situation, he told Tong Jingya that as long as he handed in the epaulettes and sabers, he could get half of the credit of the 10th Division, which was enough for Tong Jingya to add a star to her shoulder and become a colonel!

Tong Jingya smiled: "As long as my husband can make contributions, it doesn't matter if I don't have a star!" I don't want to win glory with you! ”

"Then leave a memento!" Lu Qingyang saw that Tong Jingya was indisputable, and felt more and more that his little daughter-in-law was infinitely charming.

"I just have to keep it in mind, it's better to send these to the pre-10th division, so that they can make a full contribution, after all, people have relieved our siege, and there are many casualties!" Tong Jingya does have a unique way of dealing with the world, and she thinks about everything for Lu Qingyang, which is a great favor for the pre-10th division!

Lu Qingyang didn't think as much as Tong Jingya, so he sent a person to send the sabers and epaulettes to the headquarters of the 10th Pre-Division.

Tong Jingya's whimsical idea was uncontrollable, and suggested that after dark, the troops should be dispersed and "conveyed" to the devils everywhere to "reverse Yueyang!" "Message!

On the way back to the Commander's Headquarters, Tong Jingya and the officers and soldiers who knew Japanese repeatedly taught others the Japanese phrase "Reverse Yueyang!" "In a word!

Back at the prefect's department, Lu Qingyang reported Tong Jingya's plan to Xue Yue, and Xue Yue was stunned, and as a result, he broke his little finger!

Lu Qingyang divided the guard company and sideline battalion into 120 combat groups with squads as units, and while marching towards the periphery, he said, "Reverse Yueyang!" This sentence was handed over to the other ** officers and soldiers.

In the middle of the night, "Reverse Yueyang!" The shouts rang out in all directions, causing panic among the devils who had already run out of ammunition. In the next two days, the shouts of "reversing Yueyang" continued until the devil no longer believed this nonsense, until the 4th Army reached the periphery of Changsha.

Anan Weiji learned from the reconnaissance plane that several armies on the outer line were moving closer to Changsha and the surrounding areas, so he ordered all units to "reverse Yueyang."

But it is difficult for all units to "reverse"! First, the troops were teased by the phrase "reverse Yueyang" for several days, and the troops of the brigade no longer believed this sentence, and secondly, the tactics and strength of the first army were different from the past, and they had effectively divided several units of the devil, and achieved a lot of results.

The 40th Division of the Devil was besieged by the ** 37th Army on the front line of Jinjing, and the supplies were exhausted, and the local people carried out a thorough clearing of the walls under the mobilization of Xue Yue, so that the entire 40th Division only found 2 sweet potatoes in one morning.

The 10th Army in Changsha City annihilated the Devil Kato Brigade, killed the captain of the 2nd Brigade of the 68th Wing of the 3rd Division of the Devil, the adjutant of the 68th Wing was killed, all the cadres of the 5th Squadron were wounded, and the captain of the 8th Squadron of the 68th Wing was killed in Dongguashan.

** The 26th Army launched a fierce attack on the 45th Infantry Wing and the 6th Infantry Wing near the 6th Infantry Wing near Langli City, where the 6th Division crossed the river; At the same time, the 3rd Wing of the Heavy Soldiers and other units were loaded with ammunition and food, and were rushing to the front line, the department ran into the troops of the ** 26th Army near Langli City, and the commandos of Lu Qingwei and Lu Qingmeng also followed up like maggots attached to the bones, and the 26th Army and the 37th Army saw the big fat meat and also divided their troops to take a bite, and the department was forced to occupy a position near Chatang Village and ask for help from the 3rd Division. The 3rd Division, which was too busy to take care of itself, replied, "I hope to endure self-respect for the time being, and do everything possible to fight tenaciously."

The flag of the 18th Wing of the 3rd Division was blown down by the artillery of the 10th Army, and it was surrounded by the 4th Army that had caught up, but fortunately, the 68th Wing of the 3rd Division arrived and was saved from total annihilation.

The 6th Division successfully occupied the Langli Ferry, and also kindly assisted the 3rd Division in crossing the river and reversed, but left behind the wounded team who were escorted by the medical team, the field hospital, and the 1st Squadron of the baggage troops.

The 40th Wing of the 236th Division continued to fight hard in the area of Guanjiaqiao on the 3rd. On the same day, the 40th Division received an order from the 11th Army that "it should occupy the northern pass of Jinjing with a part of its forces, cover the flank of the army, and at the same time, prepare for future operations." The division then decided to assemble its troops at Ta Kwu Ling after sunset. The 236th Wing took advantage of the night to withdraw from the 2nd Brigade of the 37th Army, which had been fighting fiercely for a day. At midnight, the divisional units directly under the cover of the 234th Infantry Wing and the 12th Squadron of the 235th Infantry Wing were suddenly attacked. After daybreak, the Air Force reconnaissance report showed that the 40th Division had been completely surrounded, and the 95th Division had occupied the high ground on the west side of the division. In the morning of the same day, the division received an order for the 11th Army to reverse. At this time, the 235th Wing was besieged in Zhulin City, and the 234th Wing was ordered to assemble at Dashantang, and it was also fully engaged in all-day fighting. The Japanese air force provided support, but it was ineffective, and the units were short of ammunition, and there was chaos. The division decided to break through the enemy's defense line north and south of Dashantang after sunset and move towards Chunhua Mountain, and decided to leave the 236th Infantry Wing, the wounded, and the field hospital to cover the main force of the division. At dusk, the 234th Wing finally captured the area around Dashantang and completed the assembly, and the 236th Wing occupied the positions around Dashantang and controlled the road to which the division was transferred. The rifle bullets of the wing are only 10~15 rounds per person, and the grenades are allocated 1~2 rounds per person. In the early morning of the next day, the 40th Division began to turn along the road of Elephant Trunk Bridge - Elephant Tu Bridge - Wenjiayuan - Chunhua Mountain.

Xue Yue issued an order to pursue, and by dawn, there was no trace of the enemy near Changsha. At this time, the 4th Army and the 73rd Army together began the pursuit. Lu Qingwei and Lu Qingmeng saw that ** had won the victory, so they withdrew from the extremely tired commando, and the loot was transported back with the help of ordinary people.

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