Chapter 1046 Songshao Pass Resistance Battle (Medium)

Lieutenant General Kenji Iijima, commander of the Japanese Seventh Army besieged in Chengjiang, sent a telegram asking for help so miserable that Terauchi Shouichi was so anxious that despite the pouring rain, he urged the main force of the dispatch army to march in a hurry in the rain, and he must pass Guò Songshaoguan tonight, and arrive at the city of Kunming in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

The Seventh Army was surrounded by the independent division troops of the two corps, and the situation was quite dangerous, Terauchi Shou was repeatedly unable to bear the losses of the troops, and he did not judge that there would be troops blocking in Songshao Pass, the reason was very simple, such terrain conditions were not suitable for blocking, even if there was blocking, it was also a small independent division force, he could not imagine how many troops Tang Qiuli could take out to block the more than 200,000 troops that were blocking.

After receiving the order of Commander Li Honggang, the two regiments of the 1st Brigade of the 29th Corps took advantage of the heavy rain to move towards the two flanks of the Japanese vanguard unit.

The two regiments of the First Brigade, with a strength of nearly 5,000 troops, launched a surprise attack on a wing of more than 3,000 Japanese troops in the woods on both sides of the road from Huashan to Songshaoguan.

At a distance of less than 50 meters, thousands of automatic weapons, in the rain curtain, danced cheerfully in flames, this was a one-sided slaughter-like surprise attack and ambush, and the Japanese soldiers who were in a hurry, before they could even raise their weapons, fell in the rain of bullets.

The screams of the Japanese soldiers, the dense gunshots, mixed with the sound of rain and wind, echoed in the night violently, and a lightning flash suddenly pierced the darkness, reflecting the corpses of the Japanese soldiers on the road, a miserable white, thick blood, instantly stained the road red, and was gathered into a pale red stream by the torrential rain, which slowly flowed into the woods on both sides.

In just 20 minutes, a wing of Japanese soldiers, only a few hundred people survived, the guns in their hands, not yet a few bullets, the attack suddenly stopped, the attackers disappeared into the dark night like the wind, leaving hundreds of dazed Japanese soldiers, lost their souls and six spirits, drenched in the night rain.

Shouichi Terauchi was sitting in the car, and he vaguely heard the sound of "whooshing" rain, and there was a dense gunshot, "Huh? He looked up suspiciously, and what he saw in his eyes was the figure of a soldier like a chicken, which was the rain that connected the heavens and the earth, and a staff officer, with a body full of muddy water, stopped in front of the car.

The chief of staff in the same car impatiently opened the car door, "Report to Your Excellency the Chief of Staff that the vanguard wing has been suddenly attacked," the staff officer reported loudly, ignoring the rain on his face.

Terauchi Shou's eyes flashed, there was still a block, a gust of wind hit, with raindrops suddenly hit the chief of staff in the face, provoked him to tremble, full of discomfort, and said more and more impatiently: "Yaga, this little thing, still to disturb His Excellency the commander-in-chief, just defeat it,"

The staff officer did not get out of the way immediately, and continued hesitantly: "However, Your Excellency Chief of Staff, the 138th Wing of the vanguard force, has suffered heavy losses, and there are less than 300 survivors, according to their descriptions, the entire attack process did not take more than thirty minutes, and the attackers used automatic weapons. ”

Terauchi Shouichi sat up straight suddenly, his eyes sparkling fiercely, and he asked violently, "Hani?" Within thirty minutes, a fully staffed wing was almost wiped out of casualties? Has the captain of the 138th Wing arrived? ”

The staff officer replied: "Report to Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, the commander of the wing has been killed, the surviving officers, the highest rank is a captain," Terauchi Shouichi gave an urgent order, "immediately convey my order, the troops stop advancing, gather the officers above the division commander, participate in the military meeting, the artillery unit, with Songshao Pass as the goal, immediately build a firing position, go quickly!" ”

Terauchi Shouichi's reaction was very sharp, and from the appearance of a wing of soldiers being annihilated, he judged that there was a large number of independent division troops blocking the Songshao Pass, which was close at hand, and it would be impossible to get through guò without a bloody battle, so he ordered the artillery to prepare for the shelling.

In the large karst cave on the mountain peak on the left side of Songshao Pass, in the headquarters of the 29th Corps, Li Honggang, the commander of the Corps, looked at Jing Zhanqi, the commander of the First Brigade who was drenched and dripping rain down his steel helmet, Jing Zhanqi was holding a Suomi submachine gun in his left hand, and his white face could not suppress his joy.

I have been in the army for seven or eight years, from the Bloody Hand Regiment to the Independent Division, from the Northeast to North China to the South, I have experienced countless battles, and there are many times that I am more tragic and grandiose than this, but that time was not so happy, the little devil is like a living target, and he doesn't know what is going on when he dies.

Jing Zhanqi, who hadn't been to the front line to kill devils for a long time, was too addictive this time, he clearly remembered that he had a shuttle of bullets thrown over, and seven or eight little devils fell, the shock and disbelief on the faces of the Japanese soldiers, in the light of the bullets, turned into desperate screams, remembering the situation at that time, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Li Honggang looked at Jing Zhanqi, when he wanted to laugh, and then looked up at himself, he already knew what kind of ghost idea was turning in his stomach, and said: "The first brigade fought well, only more than 160 people were wounded, and it had no intention of being killed, and it killed more than 3,000 Japanese troops, making a good start for the Songshao Pass blockade battle. ”

Jing Zhanqi smiled modestly: "Where, where, the commander has won the award, it's not that you command well," in fact, his heart was full of joy, and Li Honggang suddenly shouted: "Jing Zhanqi, do you know your mistake?" The sudden angry shout frightened Jing Zhanqi into trembling, and he looked at Li Honggang who suddenly changed his face in a panic.

Li Honggang said coldly: "Jing Zhanqi, such a small-scale raid battle, at most one deputy brigade commander can lead the team, as a brigade commander, for the sake of a momentary hurry, you left the command post without authorization, have you asked me and the chief of staff?" The division commander repeatedly stressed that the brigade commander, if it is not necessary, should not be allowed to participate in the battle on the front line, saying, what punishment should be imposed for violating the ban of the division commander? Is it to be removed from the post or to transfer your brigade to the reserve? ”

Jing Zhanqi was shocked, and Ai Ai begged during the period: "Commander, you don't have to bring this, it's okay to remove me, the first brigade has become a reserve, and they won't tear me up, so that after this battle, I am willing to accept any punishment!" Li Honggang and Chief of Staff Wang Bingde glanced at each other.

Seeing that Li Honggang was unmoved, Jing Zhanqi turned his face and begged Wang Bingde, "Chief of Staff, you can ask for a favor and talk about it after this battle," Wang Bingde knew Li Honggang's thoughts very well, in the independent division unit, every brigade-level commander is a valuable asset, Tang Qiuli once specially issued a division commander's order, the purpose is to protect these commanders who can't help but run to the front when they hear the gunshots.

Wang Bingde held back a smile and said in a matter-of-fact manner: "Commander, Brigade Commander Jing is very sincere, and he also realizes his mistakes, should we give him a chance?" ”

Li Honggang glared at Jing Zhanqi, whose face was full of pleading, and said: "Since the chief of staff has interceded with you, I will spare you this time, but if the merits and demerits are offset, don't think about meritorious service, and next time, you will go to the logistics department to manage the warehouse, and go back to prepare quickly, the little devil has suffered such a big loss, and he will take revenge immediately." ”

Jing Zhanqi was like a pardon, after saluting, hurriedly slipped away, for fear that the commander would regret it, Li Honggang and Wang Bingde laughed, the 29th Corps sent troops to the first battle in the south, and the fight was very exciting, which made Li Honggang very happy in his heart, and this head-on stick was enough to make Terauchi Shouichi dizzy for a while.

In a dense wood, temporarily set up a tent, Terauchi Shouichi looked at a dozen senior officers with a melancholy look in his eyes, just now, he ignored the dissuasion of the chief of staff, risked being attacked again, personally visited the scene of the attack of the 138th Wing, from time to time pierced the lightning light of the rainy night, the corpses of the soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army, helplessly laid across the muddy land, row by row, piece by piece, Terauchi Shouichi felt a chill in his heart.

The senior officers of the Japanese army who attended the meeting heard the ferocity and desperation in his words, lightning and heavy thunder, flashing and rolling overhead from time to time, making Terauchi Shouichi's gloomy face particularly gloomy.

The raindrops of beans were pounding on the tent intensively, and the sound was annoying, and the Japanese officers were nervous, and from the tone of Shouichi in the temple, they heard something strange, the commander-in-chief is going to work hard? Shouyi in the temple could not help but work hard, only by opening through Songshao Pass and approaching Kunming could he rescue the encircled Seventh Army and go south to the border line.

If more than 200,000 imperial troops are blocked in the northeast of Yunnan and cannot advance or retreat, then it is a fatal danger.

At about 21 o'clock in the night, behind the Japanese position, there was a loud thunderous sound, and the orange fire spewed out from the muzzle of the cannon reflected the rainy night in a bloody red, and countless shells tore through the rain curtain and fell on the line of Songshao Pass.

The Japanese army's attack on Songshao Pass finally began, and Terauchi Shouichi did not change his determination to attack because of this heavy rain, Li Honggang listened to the dense artillery sound, his face was calm, but he was secretly surprised in his heart, Terauchi Shouichi went against the norm one by one, did not send infantry to attack first, and the troops exposed to the front-line position, what were the casualties?

After a while, Li Honggang said to Chief of Staff Wang Bingde: "Immediately report to the division that the Japanese army has begun to attack Songshao Pass, and also, tell the front-line troops that when the Japanese attack for the first time, there will be no artillery support, so that they can fight according to the plan, and also, after the Japanese artillery bombardment stops, all units will report the casualty figures." ”

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