Previously, the commander of the 13th Division, Lieutenant General Hou Zhou, set up the headquarters of the division in Fengyang County, and ordered the 58th and 116th Infantry Wings of the 26th Brigade to attack the front line of Fengyang Gorge and Tianma Peak.

Among them, the 28th Infantry Wing was responsible for attacking Fengyang Gorge, and in order to facilitate the command of the troops to attack, the commander of the 58th Infantry Wing, Kuramori Gongren Dazuo, set up his wing headquarters at the foot of Fengyang Gorge Mountain.

In the headquarters of the 58th Infantry Wing, Wing Commander Kuramori Gongren, accompanied by the chief of staff and several adjutants, was holding a telescope to observe the progress of the attacking troops.

Hearing this, Gong Cangsen changed color slightly, and said with a pale face: "Baga Yalu, order the attack troops, be sure to wipe out all the defenders of China on the top of the mountain, and not let one of them slip through the net!" "Thinking that he was a big Imperial United, he couldn't even attack such a small mountain that was less than a thousand [***] defenses, and sacrificed nearly three hundred imperial warriors, and hundreds of others were wounded, Cang Mori became more and more annoyed.

Just now, the news from the 116th Infantry Wing that once Tianma Peak was captured, all the defenders of China on the top of the mountain were annihilated, which made Cangsen Gongren Dazuo angry, and he was angry and ashamed This time, he directly put all his troops into the attack, trying to fight and succeeded.

"Hay!" The chief of staff next to him hurriedly bowed his head and answered, and then turned around and ordered another adjutant, who bowed his head and then turned around and left.

After seeing the adjutant leave, the chief of staff of the devil turned his head and said to the general appointment of Cangmori: "Your Excellency, as long as we capture Fengyang Gorge, we can wave our army to cross the Huai River, and then go straight to Xuzhou, so as to achieve the great strategic goal of opening up the northern and southern battlefields." ”

"Hmm." Cang Mori nodded thoughtfully, and secretly made up his mind in his heart, he must lead the 58th Infantry Wing to be the first to attack Xuzhou, an important town in the Central Plains of China, as long as he makes such a great feat, then there is hope for his promotion.

At this time, the attacking and defending sides on the top of the mountain have already opened fire, and all kinds of gunfire are intertwined, although the devils have many troops, but the mountain road is narrow and rugged, so it cannot be fully launched.

The morale of the officers and soldiers of the security regiment was greatly boosted because of Chu Jingming's example, and they all picked up their weapons and opened fire vigorously, and the fierce battle entered a stalemate for a while.

However, soon there was a dangerous situation on the side of the security regiment, and after a bloody battle, their ammunition consumption was very serious, and because the back road had already been cut off, there was no way to replenish it.

When the fierce battle was raging, the soldiers who were shooting frantically ran out of ammunition one after another.

"Tuanza, there are no bullets."

"I'm out of bullets."

The anxious voices of the soldiers came and went.

Chu Jingming shot out the last bullet in the chamber, clenched the rifle in his hand, got up and shouted: "All bayonets!" Fight with the little devil who said the dog! ”

"Get on the bayonet!" Xie Shan, the commander of the first battalion, immediately opened his throat and conveyed the order, and in an instant, hundreds of surviving officers and soldiers of the security regiment took out their bayonets with cold expressions and clicked them on their guns.

Glancing around, Chu Jingming said sharply: "Kill !! Before he could finish speaking, he jumped out of the trench and rushed forward.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! Hundreds of soldiers responded in unison, roaring angrily, jumping out of the trench one after another, and rushed towards the devil after Chu Jingming.

Hundreds of soldiers jumped out of the trenches like a flood that burst the embankment, and rushed towards the attacking troops of the devils with the momentum of a tiger descending from the mountain.

The devil who was still blocked by the fire of the [***] team just now, saw that the [***] team suddenly stopped shooting, but took the initiative to jump out of the trench and launched a counter-charge to his side. ”

With the order of the devil commander, thousands of devil soldiers stopped shooting one after another, and rushed forward with the bayonet computer 38 rifle, the devil was more inclined to kill with a white blade than shooting, because they thought that this would better reflect the martial courage of a samurai.

Soon, the two streams of people on both sides collided violently, and the sound of weapons and the howls of soldiers resounded.

Kuramori Gongren, who was supervising the battle under the mountain, saw that the [***] team actually took the initiative to abandon the strong position and launched a counter-charge to the imperial army, and couldn't help laughing proudly: "Yo Xi, this battle will be won!" ”

"Yes, it is simply stupid that the stupid Shina people dare to engage in a white-knuckle battle with the imperial army." The devil staff officer next to him hurriedly nodded and agreed.

"But this group of people is commendable, and such soldiers are opponents worthy of respect." Cangmori Gongren's face sank

North of the Huai River, the headquarters of the 11th Army.

In the headquarters, Li Pinxian, commander of the 11th Group, was smoking a muffled cigarette on the map.

Li Pinxian is a native of Guangxi, and has long been the right-hand man of the Hunan warlord Tang Shengzhi, and later after Tang Shengzhi lost power because of his opposition to Chiang, he first fled to Hong Kong, and later was invited by Li and Bai of the Guangxi New Gui Department to go out of the mountains to re-take charge of the army, and in recent years has gradually grown into an important figure in the New Gui Department second only to Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he first led the 45th Army to participate in the Battle of Songhu, and later was promoted to the commander of the 11th Army, responsible for the defense of the Huaihe River valley.

The commander of the Battle of Xuzhou this time happened to be his immediate boss Li Zongren, who gave him the task of uniting the 21st Group Army and several other armies to block the Central China Army in the area south of the Huai River, so as to ensure the smooth progress of the battle on the northern front of Xuzhou.

However, this time the army was menacing, and its combat power was far beyond the expectations of Li Pinxian and others, and the south bank of the Huai River only resisted for less than three days before it was lost one after another, which made Li Pinxian not worried.

After pondering for a moment, Li Pinxian turned his head to a staff adjutant behind him and asked, "Adjutant Wang, how is the front line?" Did the army begin to cross the river and attack our positions on the north bank? ”

The staff adjutant shook his head and replied: "Not yet, I heard that there are still two regiments on the south bank that are desperately resisting, so the army has not been able to completely occupy the position of our army on the south bank so far!" ”

"Oh? And two more regiments resisting? Why didn't they withdraw to the North Shore? Li Pinxian was taken aback and asked.

"As far as the lowly knows, these two regiments are the units left behind by the front command," replied the adjutant of staff.

"That's it." Li Pinxian was a little regretful when he heard this, and suddenly raised his head and asked: "Check it for me, the numbers of these two regiments are really good to be able to fight alone until now!" Let's find out which bastard left such a strong fighting force on the south bank as cannon fodder. ”

Although Li Pinxian had ordered the front-line troops to retreat north, some troops were left to cover the retreat of the main force, but the specific number of troops to leave and how many to leave behind were all decided by the military commanders of the front-line army divisions, and it was naturally impossible for him, a group army commander, to know so clearly.

"Yes!" The adjutant of staff stepped forward and turned to leave.

After a while, the staff adjutant went and returned to salute Li Pinxian and said: "General, check clearly, the two infantry regiments that are still left on the south bank, the first is the 41st Regiment from the Shandong Army, and the other is a security regiment in Yingzhou, northern Anhui. In addition, he had just called the forward observation post, and they reported that the position of the 41st Regiment on the other side seemed to have been captured by the Japanese army, and now there was still the security regiment in Yingzhou on the south bank. ”

"What? How can a security regiment hold on until now? Li Pinxian was extremely shocked when he heard this, and paced back and forth in the headquarters with some anxiety, and suddenly said: "Tell the front-line troops, find a way to take over this security regiment, and bring them back no matter what. "The reason why Li Pinxian has this idea is not only because of the heroic performance of the security group, but also because this security group does not belong to any faction, just like an untrained girl, whoever goes first is who's.

As long as he can leave some seeds for this regiment, especially the commander of this regiment, Li Pinxian can replenish it with another regiment of men and horses within a day, and he believes that as long as he uses a little means, then all the officers and men of this regiment will definitely be loyal to themselves and use them for their own purposes.

In the final analysis, Li Pinxian is still an old warlord, and he desperately hopes to have his own armed forces.

However, his idea was good, and the staff adjutant bowed his head with a heavy face at the moment and said: "General seat, I'm afraid it won't work, the army has captured most of the positions on the south bank, and the current situation is how many troops are thrown in, there is no doubt that there is no return, and maybe this security regiment is about to be wiped out, so we can't afford to take a few more regiments in for this remnant." ”

As soon as the adjutant of staff's words fell, a rush of footsteps sounded behind them, and the two hurriedly turned their heads, only to see a communications soldier running in panting.

As it approached, the signal soldier hurriedly stood up and reported to Li Pinxian: "General seat, report from the front, there is a friendly army crossing the river. ”

"What?" Li Pinxian was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly raised his hand and said, "What the hell is going on?" What allies? Where did it come from? ”

"Returning to the headquarters, the front reports that a large armored force has arrived at the crossing not long ago, and now its infantry is rapidly crossing the river, as if trying to rush to the aid of our troops on the south bank." The Signal Soldier hurriedly replied.

Lao Tzu asked, which army are they? What is the troop number? Who gave them the order to dare to cross the river without permission ?! Li Pinxian couldn't help but be furious when he saw that the communication soldier had not answered completely.

"They, they are the rescue of northern Anhui [***], that's it, it's the original Tiger Brigade......" The signal soldier hurriedly replied with trepidation.

(To be continued)