After seven o'clock in the evening, almost all the battalions and companies scattered out were rebuilt, and only a few small troops who chased out a long distance had not been able to rush back for the time being, and roughly estimated the results of the battle, killing more than 2,000 soldiers in this battle, capturing alive and then beheading more than 500 people, and the two infantry wings of the Shigeto detachment plus the mountain artillery wing were basically completely annihilated.

Liu Yi, the deputy of the regiment, and several battalion commanders and battalion deputies also came back, all of them were tired like dogs, but they were also excited to death, this army is like this, if you always lose the battle, even if you do it with a woman, you will be weak, but if you always win the battle, hey, you let them run cross-country with weights, it will be like going on an outing.

Yue Weihan didn't pay attention to the group of guys who gathered together to boast about themselves, but looked at the map in front of him and pondered.

Since the Baoshan Regiment rested in Shanguan Town from the evening of 13 December to the morning of 14 December, it has been marching for nearly 60 hours in almost continuous combat, and only yesterday it rested for half a day in Taipingzhuang, and the officers and men have reached the limit both mentally and physically, and it is said that they should have a good rest in [***] County.

However, the situation is pressing, and there is no time for the Baoshan regiment to rest!

Because the 700,000 refugees in Nanjing are waiting to cross the river, they have no time!

How dangerous the current situation in Nanjing is, Yue Weihan knows better than anyone else, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as dangerous, but I am afraid that it is not an exaggeration to say that the Baoshan Regiment has taken a short rest in [***] County, which can indeed restore the physical strength and recuperate the spirit of the officers and soldiers, but maybe it is the delay of more than ten hours, but it has given the West Road Army the opportunity to seize Pukou.

Yue Weihan knows better than anyone that the army of the army detoured to Pukou is more than one way, in addition to the north road composed of the Shigeto detachment and the Tashiro unit, and the west road composed of the Kunisaki detachment, in terms of time, the Kunisaki detachment on the west road has at least reached Hexian, and there is still a distance of more than 100 miles from Pukou at most.

Thinking of this Kunisaki detachment, Yue Weihan's mood suddenly became extremely solemn.

Because this Kunisaki detachment is formed with the 5th Brigade of the 9th Division and a Reading Mountain Artillery Wing as the main body!

The 5th Division is the famous Sakagaki Division, Sakagaki Seishiro, an old devil, defeated more than 30 elite divisions of the Central Army and the Jin Sui Army with only half a division in the North China battlefield, which shows the ferocity and strength of the 5th Division! The Kunisaki detachment is formed by the other half of the Sakagaki Division plus the 3rd Mountain Artillery Wing of Reading Power, although there is no Sakagaki, an old devil, who is in charge of it, but how bad can the combat effectiveness be?

There is no doubt that this Kunisaki detachment is much stronger than any opponent that the Baoshan group has fought before!

Neither the 36th Wing of the Battle of Jingjiang, nor the 104th Wing of the Battle of Yangzhou, nor the Shigedo Detachment of the Battle of Yizheng can be compared with the Kunisaki Detachment.

What's more, the Baoshan Regiment was able to completely annihilate the two infantry brigades of the 36th Wing in Jingjiang entirely because Nakagawa Dazuo was in a hurry to achieve success, and hastily crossed the river to launch an attack without artillery troops participating in the battle, and was forced to the river beach by the Baoshan Regiment.

As for the Tashiro Wing and the Shigeto Detachment, it is really unjust to say that they have been defeated!

If it weren't for the fact that the Baoshan Regiment had luckily robbed the Tashiro Wing and the Shigeto Detachment of ammunition and baggage, causing the Yue Army to fall into the predicament of running out of ammunition and food, the Baoshan Regiment might not have been able to win the battle even if it was five times stronger.

But now, the Kunisaki detachment that the Baoshan regiment will face is more well-equipped than the 36th Wing, more well-trained than the Tashiro Wing, and more powerful than the Heavy Tato Detachment, the mountain artillery wing of the Shigeto detachment is equipped with 75 mountain artillery, but the 3rd mountain artillery wing of the reading force under the Kunisaki detachment is equipped with 105 mountain artillery!

Don't underestimate the difference in caliber of 30 mm, the lethality of the 105 mountain gun is much higher than that of the 75 mountain gun.

If Niu Dagen's artillery battalion dared to engage in an artillery battle with the mountain artillery wing of the Kunisaki detachment, it would definitely be bombarded to the ground.

To sum up, the Guoqi detachment of the army not only has an absolutely superior strength, but also has an absolutely superior artillery, and the logistics supply line is unimpeded, and there is absolutely no need to worry about the lack of ammunition; no matter how high Yue Weihan's tactical command ability is and how good his ability to make decisions on the spot is, I am afraid that it will be difficult to make up for the huge gap in strength between the two sides this time.

However, no matter how difficult it is, this battle must be fought!

Even if you know that there is death and no life here, this Pukou must be defended!

Yue Weihan's consciousness may not be very high, but as a man, he will never sit idly by and watch the old and young women and children being slaughtered, as a soldier, he will not abandon innocent civilians in fire and water, or that sentence, for the sake of 700,000 refugees in Nanjing, why would he Yue Weihan die? Why did the officers and men of the Baoshan Regiment die?

With a decision in his heart, Yue Weihan immediately turned around and shouted, "Deputy Liu Tuan." ”

Liu Yi, who was blowing nonsense next to him, hurriedly ran forward, and stood up again: "Yes!" ”

Yue Weihan said: "Immediately prepare a detailed telegram for the battle of Yangzhou and the battle of Yizheng that our regiment has fought in the past two days, and report the victory to the theater headquarters. ”

"Yes." Liu Yi went in a hurry.

Yue Weihan immediately asked Tang Dashan again: "Is the security team's dinner ready?" ”

"The rice has already been made, and it is all white rice." Tang Dashan immediately replied, "Now the security team is busy stewing meat, and the squire representative of [***] County has sent six big fat pigs, hehe, just wait for the whole group of brothers to arrive, and then the meal will be served." ”

"No waiting." Yue Weihan waved his hand and said, "The first to eat first, and leave immediately after eating!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the battalion commanders and battalion deputies present immediately turned their heads in unison, with stunned expressions.

Chi Chengfeng muttered even more dissatisfiedly: "His grandma, this time our Baoshan regiment has won several big battles in a row, and the squires of [***] County have sent all the wine and meat, shouldn't we drink a celebration wine?" Besides, the brothers haven't slept for three days and two nights, so it's time to take a hot bath tonight and get a good night's sleep, right? ”

Cao Xinglong also persuaded in a solemn tone: "Tuanzao, the brothers are indeed too tired, do you see if it is ......?"

"No." Yue Weihan sighed, beckoned several battalion commanders and battalion deputies to walk to the map, and then said in an extremely solemn tone, "Look, this is Pukou, and it is only more than 100 miles to the west that is He County. ”

Of course, Yue Weihan was talking nonsense, he had not received a telegram from the theater command at all.

However, Yue Weihan is not completely talking nonsense, once Yanagawa Heisuke's Tenth Army captures Wuhu, it is beyond doubt that it will divide its troops to cross the Yangtze River north and attack Pukou on the side, and most of this army is still the Kunasaki Detachment, as for whether it has reached Hexian County, it is difficult to judge, after all, the process of the defense of Nanjing has deviated greatly from history.

Several battalion commanders and battalion deputies were silent immediately, they were all old oilmen on the battlefield, and they naturally knew that once Hexian lost Pukou, the flank would be completely exposed, and once Pukou was lost, the hundreds of thousands of [***] trapped in Nanjing and hundreds of thousands of refugees who had not had time to evacuate would immediately become turtles in the urn.

In this way, the great victory of the Baoshan regiment in Yangzhou and Yizheng was meaningless.

Speaking of which, the Baoshan group is still the most miserable, and it doesn't even have the time to catch its breath.

Thinking of this, several battalion commanders and battalion deputies were also resentful in their hearts, thinking that it was happy to fight with the regimental seat, but the bitterness was also really bitter, when was such a bitterness a head?

Yue Weihan naturally knew what several of his subordinates were thinking, but he could only grit his teeth and harden his heart!

He Yue Weihan has no way to retreat, the Baoshan regiment has no way to retreat, the hundreds of thousands of [***] and 700,000 refugees in Nanjing City have no way to retreat, and the entire Chinese nation has no way to retreat!

………… Nanjing, Garrison Theater Command.

General Tang was staring at the simulated sand table in front of him with blood-red eyes for a moment, on the sand table, the small blue flag representing the army had been planted on the Purple Mountain, and the small red flag representing [***] was pulled down by the staff officers with gloomy expressions, which meant that the Purple Mountain position had been lost, and the mausoleum of the former prime minister had also been lost.

Lieutenant General Gui Yongqing and his teaching corps have done their best, and the two teaching regiments deployed on the Purple Mountain position of more than 5,000 people have fought so hard that there are only less than 500 people left, if it were not for the guards' disobedience, Lieutenant General Gui is only afraid that it has been shattered with the position, thinking of this, General Tang can't help but sigh a little, the officers and men of the teaching corps are all good.

When Admiral Tang was sighing, the adjutant walked in with a solemn expression: "Commander, Hexian has been lost!" ”

"What do you say? And the county lost? Admiral Tang's face suddenly changed greatly, and when he looked down anxiously, a staff officer had already found the location of Hexian on the sand table, and pulled down the small red flag planted on it and replaced it with a small blue flag.

General Tang's face had turned a little gray, and he said, "Which army of the Yue Army captured Hexian?" ”

"Kunisaki detachment!" The adjutant said in a solemn tone, "It is composed of the 5th Brigade of the 9th Division and the 3rd Mountain Artillery Wing. ”

"The 5th Division?" Admiral Tang's face became more and more bloodless, "The troops of the North China Front Army Sakagaki Seishiro? ”

"Yes." The adjutant nodded with a heavy expression, the ferocity of the 5th Division was no secret in the [***] camp, as the chief and deputy commander-in-chief of the Second War Zone, Yan Xishan and Wei Lihuang were certainly disgraced, but Sakagaki, an old devil, and his 5th Division had earned enough face for the army.

The staff officers next to him also began to discuss.

"Once Hexian is lost, the west side of Pukou will be completely exposed."

"With just one security team, you can't hold Pukou in any way."

"Yes, even if the Baoshan regiment can hold Yangzhou now, it doesn't make much sense."

"The situation is already very critical, and I think it is necessary to immediately mobilize elite troops to fortify Pukou."

"Draw elite troops? Where do you draw from? There are still two Sichuan Corps, but can they stop the Kunisaki detachment? ”

"Yes, the 5th Division is a first-class division in the battle sequence of the army, one of the seven veteran divisions formed during the Meiji Restoration, not only well-equipped, but also well-trained and extremely strong in combat, otherwise, it would be impossible for Sakagaki, an old devil, to defeat Yan Laoxi and Wei Lihuang's more than 30 divisions with half a division!"

General Tang is also in front of him for a while, the battle is this, the strength of the Nanjing Garrison Theater has already been used to the limit, and all positions are desperately supporting, where can the troops be deployed? As for the two Sichuan legions that were withdrawn from Guangde, there were more than 1,000 people, but there were only about 100 guns made in Hanyang, which was useless?

Unless one or two divisions are mobilized, don't try to stop the Kunisaki detachment!

"Good news, Commander! Yangzhou victory! At this moment, the chief of staff rushed in with an excited expression.

"A big victory? Yangzhou? Admiral Tang woke up like a dream and said, "The Baoshan regiment repelled the attack of the Shigeto detachment?" ”

"It's not just a repulsion!" Chief of Staff Shi Po said in shock, "Since yesterday morning to late at night, the Baoshan Regiment has won four battles and four victories in Jiangbei, not only completely annihilating the 104th Wing of the Yue Army, but also taking advantage of the victory to defeat the Shigeto Detachment, and now the North Road Army has been wiped out, and the Baoshan Regiment is going all out to the west to aid Pukou!" ”

(To be continued)