In Fengliu Village, the six 150-mm heavy howitzers and the towing convoy were still quietly parked in the middle of the road. The situation improved for a time after the 347th Battalion of the 347th Regiment and the 1st Battalion of the 348th Regiment were reinforced by the 348th Regiment. They used flares and moonlight to clear most of the Japanese troops hiding in the darkness, and they were even close to taking the six heavy guns south to join the 348th Regiment.

It's a pity that the Japanese army is not good at stubble, from top to bottom, the commander of the North China Front, Sugiyama Moto, the commander of the 10th Division, Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the 33rd Infantry Brigade, Major General Seya Kei, and the commander of the 10th Infantry Wing, Maori Sue Kosa, one by one, worked hard, under the supervision of layers at all levels, the Japanese army successively attacked and occupied Wangjiabao and Nanliu Village south of Fengliu Village, completely cutting off the southward passage of the two battalions.

Under the command of the commander of the 10th Infantry Wing, Mori Sue Daisa, the Japanese reinforcements attacked from the east, south, and north directions, and launched wave after wave of offensives against the Fengliucun position. This fatigue caused great problems for the defenders, and due to the lack of troops, they were also cut off from the 347th Regiment, and became a veritable lone army.

In the middle of the fierce battle, the surviving soldiers were already exhausted, and they were only struggling to hold on by will. The commander of the third battalion was seriously wounded, the deputy commander of the third battalion died, and the commander of the first battalion was also killed in the battle just now. Now the two battalions can only be commanded by the deputy commander of the first battalion of the 348th regiment.

"Brothers, don't mess around, resist me!" The deputy commander shouted in a hoarse voice, and from time to time he swung his shell gun and swept towards the enemy formation.

Mori Sue Kosa quickly noticed the other party's weakness and said excitedly, "Yo Xi." The people of China can't hold it anymore! Order all units not to stop attacking, and each attack surface must be repeatedly attacked by squads, so as not to give the people a chance to breathe! ”

"Hello!"

A company commander ran back in a panic and cried: "Deputy seat, the little devil fights on three sides, and the brothers have fought hard for most of the night, and they really can't stand it!" ”

Another officer also pleaded: "Leave these cannons alone, lieutenant, leave some seeds for our two battalions!" ”

The deputy battalion commander objected sharply: "No! Now that the enemy is pressing so hard, isn't retreating looking for death? ”

The company commander wept and said, "If you don't retreat, the brothers will be finished." Retreat, maybe a few more can run! ”

The deputy battalion commander said angrily: "Being chased by a little devil and beaten like a rabbit? Lao Tzu can't afford to lose this person! Withdraw, withdraw, withdraw. Lao Tzu is going to die here today! ”

At this time, a wounded soldier next to him groaned and said with difficulty: "Deputy Battalion Commander Kong, you still have to find a way to stand out." How can you resist Japan after it's all spelled out? You will not withdraw. The division headquarters and the 346th and 348th regiments will not be withdrawn. When the time comes, when the time comes, cough. Ahem......"

Deputy Battalion Commander Kong looked back, but it was Li Guoan, the commander of the third battalion of the 347th Regiment, who hurriedly said: "Lao Li, if we withdraw, won't the 347th Regiment not be able to leave?" ”

Li Guoan smiled bitterly: "It's better than finishing together, they will find a way over there!" ”

"Alas!" Deputy Battalion Commander Kong lowered his head and slapped the trench in pain, and after a long time, he finally raised his head and ordered: "Second company commander!" ”

"Here!"

"I order you to immediately evacuate to the east with the wounded of the 347th and 348th regiments, immediately, quickly, I will ask the division headquarters to send troops to respond!"

The second company commander was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "What about you?" ”

The deputy battalion commander looked at the big iron bumps behind him, and said lightly: "You leave me a squad, I have to blow up these guys and then retreat!" ”

The second company commander was taken aback and said, "No! Passenger seat, this is too dangerous. You lead the transfer of the wounded, and I will cover! ”

The deputy battalion commander said angrily: "Obey the order!" ”

The company commander felt that the general situation had gone, and his heart was desperate. He threw his hat off in anger and shouted frantically: "Brothers, today is a death anyway, pull a little devil on his back, don't fucking cheap little devil!" "Jumping out of the trench and making a quick move is a sweep.

The deputy battalion commander was taken aback, and was about to drag him back when a loud noise suddenly sounded in the direction of Shengfang Town in the distance. Before everyone could understand what was going on, shells had already swept over the sky and hit the Japanese artillery positions to the east.

The Japanese army's field artillery brigade and wing artillery squadron were completely pressed against the mountain artillery regiment of the 116th Division before, and they were being tortured. In order to achieve good shooting results, the artillery of each detachment constantly advanced. For the sake of convenience, even artillery positions were not even built. Anyway, they had to move forward after a few shots, and the artillery of the 116th Division was no threat to them, saving trouble.

However, the commanders of the Japanese army never imagined that the Jizhong Military Region would be able to transfer a support unit in such a short period of time, and the equipment was even inferior to that of their ordinary divisions.

After receiving the reinforcement order, Li Liangrong immediately drew up an operational plan with artillery as the mainstay. He not only dragged all the 12 Skoda mountain guns under the direct jurisdiction of his division, but also borrowed 12 guns from the mountain artillery brigade. Although these cannons and corresponding shells took up the load of more than 500 people, Li Liangrong did not feel pity, because he fought with the idea of winning with firepower.

The artillerymen did not live up to his expectations, and immediately after arranging the artillery positions, they determined the exact position of the enemy's artillery positions. Then, after precise calculations, each gun used the "three-shot simultaneous firing technique." ”

Boom Boom Boom ...... In this round of bombardment alone, the Japanese artillery received 72 shells. This is equivalent to a salvo of artillery directly under two three-unit divisions, and the power can be imagined. The Japanese field artillery brigade was immediately stunned, and in addition, some ammunition was illegally placed and caused by the explosion, and almost the entire position was plunged into a sea of fire.

Wing Commander of the 10th Infantry Wing, Mao Li Suo Kusa, was about to deal a fatal blow to the defenders of Fengliu Village, when he suddenly realized that something was wrong. He glanced behind him, saw a large fire rising in the distance, and said in horror, "What's the situation?" Why did such a violent explosion suddenly come from the rear? ”

The chief of staff was also pale with fright, and said in a panic: "Your Excellency, it seems to have come from an artillery position!" There was also artillery and fire on the positions of Shengfang in China, and I suspect that they were bombarding our positions with group fire! ”

"Nani? Group firepower! Maori shook his head and said, "Soga." How is this possible! Where did the people get so many cannons, could it be that they had already transported those 8 cannons to Shengfang Town? ”

The chief of staff analyzed: "No, this is not like the sound of a 150-mm heavy gun. I suspect that they were the weapons of our army that were captured on the Pinghan line, and God knows how much equipment they seized from the 110th Division. ”

Mori Sue Kosa also quickly agreed with this opinion, and said angrily: "Yaga, it must be so, the poor performance of the 110th Division really made our Himeji lose face!" ”

The 110th Division is composed of reserve troops of the 10th Division, and both of them are from Himeji, Japan, so the fiasco of the 110th Division some time ago made Mori Osa also feel a little blushing. However, in fact, the performance of the 10th Division on the Chinese battlefield was also very average. It may be that this force is too arrogant. I suffered a lot in every battle. Later, even the Japanese army base camp couldn't stand it. In 39, he was simply transferred back to China. In 40, he was resent to the northeast and stayed until 44 before going to the Philippines, but was beaten by the U.S. military on Luzon and almost wiped out.

The chief of staff tried to contact the field artillery group. Sure enough, there was no response. I couldn't help but say worriedly: "Your Excellency, Wing Commander." Now that the Chinese army has the advantage in artillery fire, it will definitely try again to break the blockade of our army and snatch those eight heavy guns. Do you think we want to? ”

Mao Li Suhiro hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's ask Your Excellency the Brigade Commander!" ”

"Hello!"

The Japanese attached great importance to artillery. So the average commander did not dare to give the order to destroy the artillery lightly. There are two examples of the funniest, one is the Battle of Chenzhuang in September 39. The Japanese army was ambushed by the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army during a sneak attack on the base area and suffered a heavy loss. Because the artillery was not easy to carry, the Japanese secretly buried the cannon before escaping, and deliberately buried it under the corpse. The Eighth Route Army was really fooled, and when they saw that it was a corpse, they didn't dig any further, but they didn't find a single piece of artillery, and they thought it was taken away by the Japanese army.

Of course, this story was scoffed at by many people, thinking that it was fake, and even based on this, it was determined that Chen Zhuang's victory was also fictional. However, the same scene also happened in the battle of Suijube that occurred in May 40, and I don't know if Lu Dao is the experience taught by Chen Zhuang's gang of devils. Anyway, when the national army counterattacked, the Japanese army also buried the artillery under the corpse. However, that time was spotted by the national army.

Why can the national army see through it? In fact, the reason is very simple, because the national army can use the corpse of the little devil to receive the reward, so even if the body is buried, it must be dug up again. This digging is not tight, and one soldier may be too excited, and a shovel goes down too deep, and it happens to shovel on the artillery below. It seems that in a hurry, it is impossible for the Japanese army to bury too deeply.

When the commander who led the team heard it, it was not right, there was a situation! So immediately let the warriors dig down. Good fellow, two mountain cannons at once! On the one hand, these two examples can show that the Japanese army is indeed very cunning, and on the other hand, it can also show that they attach importance to artillery. Even if it is a big defeat or loss, the first thing that comes to mind is to keep the artillery.

Of course, it is also thankful. If it had been replaced by the wealthy American army, those eight heavy guns would have been blown up into scrap metal a long time ago, where would it be the turn to get two half-crippled battalions to defend until now?

Major General Seya Kei, commander of the 33rd Infantry Brigade, was also very depressed for a while after receiving a telegram from Mori Sue Daisa, in the words of the Pekingese, you will blow up if you want to bomb it, and ask me what I am doing, don't you put all the responsibility on my head? Depressed to depressed, Major General Seya Kei still has to shoulder this responsibility. After thinking about it, he decided to send troops to fight for it again, but he really couldn't bomb it again.

At this time, the first battalion of the 348th Regiment had already made contact with the 348th Regiment, and the reinforcements from the Knowing Dao had arrived, they immediately began to arrange. In fact, the 1st Division of the 33rd Division was already maneuvering covertly towards Niuwan Village, east of Nanliu Village. According to Li Liangrong's meaning, he finally grabbed a few cannons and went back if he couldn't make a trip. The opportunity is rare, and you have to sprinkle salt on the wounds of the little devils.

Of course, Major General Kei Seya is not a fool either. With so many artillery pieces appearing in the direction of Katsuyoshi Town at once, reinforcements must have come, and while he cautiously sent his troops to the southeast for a tentative attack, he immediately asked for help from the division commander, Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka.

"Nani? Seventy or eighty cannons! Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka was dumbfounded when he heard this, and said anxiously: "Setani-kun, are you mistaken?" How could the Chinese army have so many heavy artillery! No, it's simply impossible! ”

Major General Seya Kei hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander. Have you forgotten that this army ransacked Baoding and Shijiazhuang some time ago! God knows how many artillery pieces they grabbed! ”

Shijiazhuang was the second most important military station base of the Japanese army in North China, and Baoding was also an important land and water wharf, and was once the capital of Hebei Province. According to the practice of the Japanese army, they were especially fond of stockpiling supplies in these places. Therefore, Seya Kei and Mori Suehiro took it for granted that Zheng Huzi's artillery was captured from the warehouse of the military station.

"Sodosne!" Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka is indeed more than most Japanese generals have all the differences. After learning that the field artillery had suffered heavy losses and lost its combat effectiveness, not only did not fire, but quickly calmed down.

"Your Excellency!" Major General Kei Seya didn't hear the echo for a long time, and hurriedly shouted.

Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka had already made a plan, and suddenly asked, "Seya-kun, how many artillery pieces do you still have in your hands?" Can you make sure that those eight heavy guns are destroyed? ”

Major General Kei Seya hesitated. He said: "Your Excellency, I still want to recapture the weapons that belong to the Empire, and I hope you will give me some more tactical guidance." ”

Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka sighed and said, "Don't think about this unrealistic idea anymore. ”

Major General Kei Seya said embarrassedly, "But, Your Excellency. We don't know exactly how many reinforcements came from the Chinese army. If you don't give more guidance. The headquarters also had no absolute certainty of destroying the heavy artillery. ”

In the face of this "non-samurai" statement. Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka was actually not angry. Instead, he said appreciatively, "Yes, we were going to catch a shark, but it was a whale that bit the hook!" Seya-kun. Do you know how to catch whales? ”

Major General Seya Kei was stunned for a moment, and said helplessly: "I'm sorry, Your Excellency, and I want to ask for your advice!" ”

"Hmm!" Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka snorted with satisfaction, and then explained: "It's enough to use a fishing fork to deal with sharks, but you can't use a behemoth like a whale. The tiny fishing fork bleed a little at best, but it wasn't fatal. So we had to shoot the empty barrel at it with a whaling rifle so it couldn't escape! ”

"Sodothne!" Major General Seya Kei hurriedly patted his ass and said, "Your Excellency's analogy is so vivid! ”

Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka's tone changed, and he ordered, "Seya-kun, from now on you will turn into an empty barrel and hold back the main force of the Shina Army until we destroy it, understand?" ”

Major General Seya Kai hurriedly leaned on his legs, bowed his head and said, "Haiyi! "Even though it's just a phone call, the actions are meticulously done. He thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "Your Excellency, those heavy artillery ......"

Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka nodded, "Seya-kun, don't you understand? Those heavy cannons are ropes tied to whales! So you can't blow up these heavy artillery, but you can't let the Chinese army drag it away! ”

"Hello!" Major General Kei Seya saluted convincingly. He really got it this time. Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, a treacherous and slippery guy, just wants to use heavy artillery as bait and continue to drag the main force of the reinforced Chinese army. Then draw troops from a larger area to encircle. This tactic of large-scale combined attacks is a Japanese specialty.

In Shengfang Town, Li Liangrong and Liao Yaoxiang, two division commanders, were preparing to lead their troops to meet the invading Japanese army, but they did not expect that the enemy would retreat with just a light temptation.

Liao Yaoxiang asked, "Li Liangrong, why don't we attack directly?" ”

Li Liangrong glared at him with some annoyance, and said, "How many times have I told you not to call me by my name directly!" ”

Liao Yaoxiang didn't care, stretched out his hand on Li Liangrong's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Who are we with, don't pay attention to those red tape!" ”

Li Liangrong shook his head helplessly, too lazy to tell him more.

Liao Yaoxiang asked again: "Hey, you haven't said your opinion yet!" ”

Li Liangrong said with some confusion: "I always feel that something is wrong, but I can't say it specifically." However, the attack is necessary, our two troops have been trapped for a long time, and they must be rescued! ”

Half an hour later, the headquarters of the 116th Division and the 346th Regiment launched another attack on the Japanese troops in the area of Wangjiapu. Li Liangrong and Liao Yaoxiang transferred the main force to the north of Shengfang Town to lurk, preparing to flank the Japanese reinforcements. Unexpectedly, after waiting for a long time, the Japanese army did not send reinforcements. However, the Japanese troops in the area of Wangjiabao withdrew sparsely.

Qiao Mingli, the head of the 331st regiment, hurriedly asked: "Master, the little devil has been withdrawn from Wangjiabao, do you want to do it?" ”

Li Liangrong was stunned for a moment and said, "Didn't the Japanese army on the East Road reinforce it?" ”

Qiao Mingli hurriedly said: "Not one!" ”

As he was talking, gunshots suddenly rang out on the field phone, and Li Liangrong hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Qiao Mingli replied: "The enemy reinforcements are going straight to Fengliu Village, and I will rush to reinforce them!" ”

Li Liangrong nodded and said, "Okay, without further ado, you act immediately!" ”

The soldiers of the 331st Regiment came all the way, and they didn't get up yet! One by one, like tigers descending from the mountain, they eliminated the remnants of the defeated generals who retreated from Wangjiabao by dividing them by two, and then quickly rushed towards the enemy reinforcements. Unexpectedly, they had just joined the first battalion of the 348th Regiment, and the Japanese army actually withdrew again.

Qiao Mingli hurriedly commanded the troops to rush the wounded, and asked the deputy battalion commander of the first battalion about the situation.

The deputy battalion commander shook his head with a wry smile, pointed to the tractor and said, "There is nothing else to lose, but this thing has been damaged by three more explosions." In my opinion, the little devil is here for this! ”

Only then did Qiao Mingli find that all the tractors had been damaged by flat-fire fire, but the artillery trucks and ammunition trucks that were close at hand were intact! What's going on?

In Tianjin, a ticking sound suddenly sounded in the basement of Muto Trading Company. A confidential telegrapher hurriedly finished translating the telegram, his face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly ran to report to Zheng Weiguo.

Zheng Weiguo asked in a deep voice, "What's the alarm?" ”

The confidential telegraph operator hurriedly replied: "Report to the main station, 007 has activated the emergency contact station!" (To be continued......)