Chapter 402: The Bloody Battle of the Yongding River on July 7

What's the problem? Nishimura Masahashi didn't understand, he only knew that the Beiping offensive prepared by the 200,000 jīng sharp troops had evolved into various offensive troops, which were divided and surrounded by the troops of the North China Independent Division, and fell into a state of bitter fighting. Who is the fish ròu?

I want to eat the 29th Army in one bite, but now, my own troops are going to be eaten, and the troops that can be contacted are all too busy to take care of themselves, and the troops of the three divisions and regiments have lost contact, and I am afraid that they will never be able to get in touch.

The troops of the 29th Army that were attacked, after the troops of the independent division suddenly launched an attack, immediately launched a counterattack, and the three directions of the west, southwest and south of the periphery of Beiping, the whole line took place, and around the Beiping City in the night, the sound of "booming" artillery resounded throughout the four fields, and the battlefield everywhere was like a boiling molten iron and a tumbling magma, stirring the tranquility of the summer night in the suburbs of Beijing.

The Japanese troops who were divided and surrounded were all their sharp troops, and although they fell into an extremely dangerous situation, they fought to the death and did not retreat, fought separately, held on to the spot, and fought extremely fiercely, causing great difficulties and casualties to the attacking corps of the independent division.

Hao Lifeng, the commander of the 9th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 4th Independent Infantry Brigade of the Independent Division, was the unit that participated in the Taihang Mountains after the Independent Division entered North China.

After several battles, he quickly grew into an excellent grassroots commander, and his company, after following the main force of the regiment to eliminate the Japanese Qingshui Brigade, immediately rushed to the area of the Lugou Bridge of the Yongding River southwest of Beiping to establish a blocking position.

After the troops arrived at the designated position, the Ninth Company was arranged on the east bank of the Yongding River, and the front of the company was the Lugou Bridge leading to Wanping City.

While digging the field fortifications, the soldiers listened attentively to the sound of artillery around them, and the dark red explosions and fires reflected the red low-hanging lead clouds from time to time, and then the rumbling explosions came, and the earth trembled.

The soldiers stopped their hands and excitedly pointed to the direction of the shelling, between the words, there was a lot of envy and regret, just now, under Wanping City, they had no chance to shoot, more than a thousand devils, were cleaned up by the artillery.

Hao Lifeng inspected the progress of the construction of the fortifications, his company, located in a prominent position of a regiment, guarding the bridgehead of the Lugou Bridge, was very important, although it was quiet here, Hao Lifeng even faintly heard the chirping of summer insects in the rumbling cannons all around.

The speed of fortification construction was extremely fast, but Hao Lifeng found a problem, this area, the soil is soft, and the field fortifications built on the spot cannot withstand the bombardment of artillery fire at all, so he ordered the soldiers to cut down trees on the spot and establish several stable shade departments.

Lugou Bridge is located on the Yongding River, about 15 kilometers southwest of Beiping City, which is not only the main rush to the south, but also the throat of Beijing.

Historical records record that since the beginning of the Jin Dynasty, the hinterland of the Central Plains into Beijing, all have to stop at the Lugou Bridge, which is the only way for the Beijing division to enter and exit the hinterland of the Central Plains, once the Japanese army in North China occupies the Lugou Bridge, Beijing is a dead city, and the troops of the 29th Army in the encirclement will be closed in the city of Beiping.

Wanping City was built in 1640, is a military fortress to defend the city of Beijing, occupies a very important position in the geography, as long as the Japanese army can occupy this place, Pinghan Jiāo pass for it to block, and will make Beiping advance and retreat, a lonely city, North China can be at your fingertips.

The 3rd Division of the Japanese North China Garrison Army, the Xiǎo Field Wing, is the number one main wing of the division, with more than 5,000 people, and is equipped with a field artillery brigade, equipped with 12 mén 150 caliber cannons.

Feng Jiwu's Western Attack Corps, when the 3rd Division was encircled, the Xiǎo Ye Wing was not in the encirclement, and his task was to serve as the second echelon, to receive and support the Qingshui Brigade, and to work together to take Lugou Bridge and Wanping City, cut off the 29th Army from the outside world, and seal the last gap in the encirclement.

On the way to Lugou Bridge, a large-scale battle suddenly broke out in the three directions of Beiping, and he stopped suspiciously, he didn't know how many troops the North China Garrison Army Headquarters had mobilized to participate in tonight's battle, only that the entire Third Division participated in the attack on the Chinese army.

However, looking at the current scale of the battle and the distribution area, it is impossible for a third division to make such a big move? With the keen judgment of the soldiers, he felt that something was wrong, and ordered the troops to temporarily stop the advance, stand by in place, and immediately contact the division headquarters to inquire about the situation.

The communication soldiers shouted hoarsely, and there was no response from the division headquarters, and the Xiǎo Field Wing stayed in the field for a full time, which also won valuable time for the 1st Regiment of the 4th Independent Brigade and the Mortar Regiment of the 2nd Artillery Brigade to build fortifications in the field.

Xiǎo Ye also contacted the Qingshui Brigade that attacked Wanping City, but there was no news, Xiǎo Ye fell into an extremely difficult situation, there were battles everywhere, the situation ahead was unknown, the division headquarters lost contact, and there was no new instruction, did the troops attack Wanping City according to the original plan?

Just when Xiǎo Ye Dazuo was in a dilemma, the 3rd Division of the Japanese North China Garrison Army had been wiped out and no longer existed.

Feng Jiwu's first attack on the Corps of Feng Jiwu shrouded the Third Division in the shadow of death at once, two artillery brigades, nearly a thousand mén artillery fired in unison, and the position of the Third Division and the starting point of the attack were razed to the ground.

Tens of thousands of soldiers of the Western Assault Corps of the Independent Division poured like water through the positions of the 3rd Division, which was desolate, smoky and mud-turning, and attacked the next target.

The remnants of the Japanese soldiers on the battlefield disappeared without a trace in an instant, like a few dead leaves in the raging waves.

It's just that Tang Qiuli and Feng Jiwu didn't expect that the Xiǎo Field Wing of the Third Division had a special mission, and before the attack, it was no longer in the encirclement, so in the various battlefields on the periphery of Beiping, the independent division had a great advantage in terms of strength and firepower.

In the direction of Lugou Bridge alone, this relatively isolated battlefield was at a disadvantage, and it was just an accident in the entire battle plan, the tasks of the 1st Regiment of the 4th Independent Brigade and the Mortar Regiment of the 2nd Artillery Brigade were originally vigilant, because of this accident, they would have undergone a severe test, and they had to pay a great price for it.

Xiǎo Ye hesitated for a long time, the belligerence of the soldiers, the bloodthirsty yù hope, and the ambition of conquest prompted him to make up his mind, and he was fighting everywhere, if his boss asked after the war, what was the Xiǎo Ye Wing doing on the night of July 7?

Our number one main wing, is it listening to the pleasant sound of artillery, or is it in the field, enjoying the night view of the countryside of China? Was it a group outing? What kind of face did he have to face his colleagues, and the Xiǎo Ye Wing couldn't raise his head in front of the other troops.

Hao Lifeng stared vigilantly at the dark night sky, he couldn't see anything, as far as his eyes could see, he could only see faint clumps of woods and patches of crops, and suddenly, he heard an abnormal sound, which was the footsteps of many people walking on the grass, slight and miscellaneous.

He waved his hand, and the soldiers of the Ninth Company, seeing the nervous appearance of the company commander, immediately picked up their weapons and stared at the front.

Under the dim starry sky, a steel helmet, flashing with a faint cold light, appeared in front of him like a ghost, "It's the Japanese devil who is ready to fight" Hao Lifeng gave a battle order in a low voice, he didn't know that his company, two hundred and forty-six soldiers, at the initial moment, would face the attack of more than 5,000 Japanese troops.

The vanguard of the Japanese army, about a squadron of troops, was fifty meters away from the position, the dark and dreary field in front of him, suddenly the angry jī came to life, and in the night, all kinds of guns ** burst out of angry flames, dark red sè ballistics, in the dark night, weaving a scorching web of death.

In the face of the sudden blow, the Japanese soldiers fell to the ground with a howl, especially at this distance, providing the best shè target for the soldiers of the independent division armed with Suomi submachine guns, the most intensive firepower, the bullets bite ròu, the guns are down, and a magazine has just been emptied, and there are no devil soldiers standing in front of them.

The sound of gunfire startled Xiǎo Ye, who was marching, and the army was ready again? However, judging from the intensity of the firepower, at most the strength of one reinforced battalion, he ordered the avant-garde brigade to immediately launch an attack with the strength of two squadrons, and be sure to completely annihilate the opposing Zhina troops, step on the Luding Bridge, and cross the Yongding River.

The Japanese soldiers of the two squadrons hit the iron plate, and the corpses of the hundred corpses retreated, xiǎo Ye was horrified, the army on the opposite side of the country, the combat effectiveness was so strong, it was completely different from what he remembered, in less than thirty minutes, he lost nearly four hundred soldiers, and if it continued like this, he couldn't bear it.

The Japanese 150-caliber artillery showed a hideous appearance, and one shell after another roared down on the blocking position of the Ninth Company, and the Japanese mortars also began a fierce shelling.

The position of the Ninth Company was shrouded in a bloody rain, the artillery shells exploded in the dirt, covering the soldiers underneath, their ears were shocked by the huge explosion sound, and the soldiers who were lying on the ground tightly, their hearts were as if they had been hit by a sledgehammer, and they were so depressed that they were about to vomit blood.

In the first round of artillery bombardment by the Japanese army, the soldiers hidden in the rudimentary field fortifications killed more than 80 people and wounded more than 100 people.

As soon as the guns rang out, the commander of the 1st Regiment of the 4th Brigade immediately understood that the position of the 9th Company was the primary target of the Japanese army, and he immediately ordered the 12th and 13th companies of the regimental reserve to quickly reinforce the 9th Company, and at the same time, the mortar regiment also sent a battalion to accompany the reinforcements.

However, it was late, the reinforcement road was blown into a wall of fire by the intensive artillery fire of the Japanese army, and the troops could not pass through Guò at all, and the 12th Company sent a platoon of fighters to try to force their way forward, and a shell flew in, and more than 60 soldiers, all of whom fell in a pool of blood.

Jiulian has experienced the test of blood and fire.

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