Chapter 527: From Hebi to Xinxiang

The gunfire on the position of the 49th Division suddenly stopped, leaving Xiaoshan, who was lurking in the front line, ready to strike suddenly, confused, and the Japanese captain was just about to give the order to attack, but was stopped by Xiaoshan, he shrewdly judged that this was a trick of the Chinese army, Yin* troops launched an attack, and then came a head-on attack.

Liu Zhaoyu judged that it was Wang Guangpu who had arrived at the forward position and stopped this panicked situation, and he immediately sent a liaison officer to the position of the 49th Division to inform the division commander Wang Guangpu of his judgment of the current enemy situation.

Koyama Masao observed for a while, could not see the reality, immediately sent a squadron of soldiers, to make a tentative attack, he waited quietly, waiting for the rainstorm of gunfire, after a while, a soldier panted back and reported: "Your Excellency Commander, the opposite Chinese army, has abandoned its position, our squadron occupies it along the way, and there is no fighting. ”

Xiaoshan was stunned for a moment, obviously did not react, he couldn't believe and asked again, after getting a positive answer, Xiaoshan was so ecstatic that he almost collapsed, why did Amaterasu God favor me so much, at the moment of hitting a hard nail, a door suddenly opened by itself, God, I Xiaoshan Masao is not famous, Tianli could not tolerate him to immediately order the troops, press on the whole line, immediately occupy the position, and then, concentrate his forces and vitality, and storm the position of the 53rd Division from the flank, he knew that he had won the battle.

At the same time, the liaison officer sent by Liu Zhaoyu also ran back sweating profusely, and his voice trembled in panic: "Division commander, the position of the 49th Division is empty, and I don't know where to go" Liu Zhaoyu suspected that he had heard it wrong, "What? Say it again," the liaison officer repeated, stumbling a few steps and nearly falling to the ground.

Wang Guangpu ran away, more than 10,000 people of the entire 49th Division ran away, and he didn't even see the face of the little devil, so he shamefully became a deserter, completely exposing his left flank to the little devil, he calmed down, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly ordered: "Quick, pass my order, the second regiment and the special battalion of the division headquarters immediately take over the position of the 49th Division." ”

The order was conveyed, the division headquarters special service battalion took the lead in action, rushing to the position of the 49th Division, late, the Japanese army who had already taken the lead in occupying the position, hit them by surprise, the soldiers fell into the bullets of the Japanese army, the left flank suddenly came from the fierce gunfire, Liu Zhaoyu closed his eyes miserably, the 53rd Division has no chance of being spared, it will become history.

The commander of the special service battalion rushed in covered in blood and shouted at Liu Zhaoyu: "Division commander, why is this? Those bastards of the 49th Division, why did they sell us to the Japanese? No one could answer his question of anger, pain, incomprehension, and despair.

At this time, if Liu Zhaoyu ordered to withdraw from the position, although the 53rd Division could not retreat with its whole body, at least it could not face a desperate situation, but he did not choose to do so, but just grabbed the submachine gun on the table, picked up the steel helmet and put it on his head, and all the officers in the division headquarters saw a kind of determination in the eyes of the division commander, which was a silent order.

Koyama excitedly reported to Katayama on the walkie-talkie: "Report to the brigade commander, I occupy the left flank position of the Hebi China army with Shun lì, and I am advancing to the right flank, please give an order, the main force of the brigade, attack the front position of the right flank of the Shina defenders" Katayama was speechless again, he had to admire Koyama Masao, with the strength of two brigades, in less than four hours, he successively captured two cities defended by four central army divisions, this guy, handed over shit luck

The two Japanese captains next to the hill did not speak, muttering in their hearts, did you capture it? The Chinese army does not run away, you are not now blocked in front of the position, waiting for the arrival of the main force of the brigade, people, if you are lucky, you can pick up the dog's head gold if you fall on your heels, this kid's ancestral grave is smoking?

The 53rd Division, which was fighting fiercely with the Japanese army coming from the left flank, suddenly trembled in front of the frontal position, and more than 100 tanks of the Yamazaki Tank Wing, which belonged to the Katayama Mixed Brigade, rushed up with a roar.

The attack power of more than 100 tanks was amazing, and the 53rd Division, which had no anti-tank weapons at all, and had no heavy artillery support, was instantly rushed through a few openings, and the red-eyed Chinese soldiers, holding bundles of grenades, rushed to the Japanese tanks fearlessly to death, although they blew up more than a dozen of them, they could not change the situation of the battle at all.

On the position, the soldiers of the 53rd Division and the Japanese soldiers who rushed into the position engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat, and the sound of low roars, the sound of weapons colliding, the dull "flutter" of bayonets entering the body, and the screams of the dying resounded in the darker night sky before dawn.

From time to time, there were seriously wounded Chinese soldiers, pulling grenades on their bodies, and a few little devils around them died together, with a fierce courage, with the blood of the Chinese boys, the Katayama Brigade invested all its forces, but did not take the position of the 53rd Division, the soldiers of both sides fought together, the 53rd Division could not defeat the Japanese army, and the Katayama Brigade could not completely destroy the Chinese army.

The Japanese troops of the next two divisions also arrived, and the balance of the war was tilted in favor of the Japanese, and the Japanese soldiers who came in like a tide instantly flooded the positions of the 53rd Division.

Liu Zhaoyu's command headquarters, suffered a few mortar shells, several staff officers were killed on the spot, his left arm, also hit shrapnel, but he didn't seem to feel it, looking at the submachine gun that had run out of bullets, his eyes were full of nostalgia, the guard company commander ran in with a few soldiers covered in blood, to protect the division commander to break through, Liu Zhaoyu shook his head indifferently, and refused the construction of his subordinates, in front of the headquarters, a large group of Japanese soldiers could already be seen.

The guard company commander gritted his teeth and rushed out with the soldiers, and soon disappeared in the rain of bullets, and more than thirty Japanese soldiers rushed in, and when they saw a Chinese general captured alive, they immediately shouted excitedly, meaning to raise their hands and surrender, and the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at Liu Zhaoyu.

Liu Zhaoyu had a sarcastic smile on the corner of his mouth, he didn't look at the wolf-like Japanese soldiers around him, he looked up from the roof that had been blown open by a cannonball, and looked at the sky of his homeland where the dawn was faint, the cold wind blew his pale face, his eyes were surprisingly calm, he shook his head slightly, sighed, and suddenly shouted loudly: "I have the intention to kill the thief, but I can't go back to the sky" He suddenly pulled out his spear and committed suicide resolutely.

Liu Zhaoyu's shout frightened the Japanese soldiers, and as soon as the gunshots rang out, they instinctively lay on the ground, waited for a while, and saw that there was no movement, before they got up, and found that the Chinese general, whom they regarded as prisoners, had committed suicide, and the blood flowing from his head stained the map of the Republic of China pressed under him red, and a pistol was lying quietly on the table.

The Japanese soldiers looked at each other, not knowing the mood of the invaders at this time, but none of the Japanese soldiers dared to come forward to disturb the general's body, and the awe-inspiring aura that had not yet drifted away in the room shocked their beast-like evil and cruel hearts.

The sky was bright, the gunfire on the battlefield had subsided, and there were bloody corpses everywhere, the corpses of Chinese soldiers and Japanese soldiers, all of whom were intertwined, and the 53rd Division, from division commander Liu Zhaoyu and below, more than 12,000 officers and men, all of them were killed, none of them survived, none of them escaped from the battle, and none of them were captured.

Katayama Hirono took the position of a victor, accompanied by a group of staff officers, and went to the position, however, he was quite shocked by the casualties of the Japanese army, and the bravery shown by this Chinese army shocked him, and he received a report from his subordinates that a Chinese general had been captured, and he was very interested and wanted to see what kind of person was the Chinese general who faced a desperate situation, but could make the troops fight to the death?

Walking to the front of the headquarters of the 53rd Division, he heard arrogant laughter from inside from a distance, he walked over quickly, and the one who let out a smug laugh was the lucky man Koyama Masao, the general's body, which had been moved to a position and fell to the ground on his knees, Koyama sat on a chair, his legs were spread, he grabbed the general's hair, held a pistol, and pointed it at the general's forehead.

Katayama frowned, suppressed his voice and scolded, "Who made you do this? Masao Koyama, who was immersed in a state of care, turned around and saw that it was His Excellency the brigade commander, and hurriedly stood up, Katayama didn't look at him, walked to the general's body, and bowed deeply.

The hill behind him was confused, and asked directly: "General, this is just a Zhina man, his soldiers caused Yan zhòng casualties to the imperial army, and did not cut off his head, which has already shown the benevolence of the imperial army, why is Your Excellency so polite?" ”

Katayama glanced at him contemptuously and said: "Your soldier's is not, his actions are worthy of the honor of a soldier, pass on my order, and bury General Shina" Xiaoshan was even more confused, Your Excellency the brigade commander, what's wrong? Usually kill the Zhi Na people, without mercy, today is a bit abnormal.

With the fall of Hebi, more than 90,000 Japanese troops, without making any stops, rushed to Xinxiang, the last line of defense in Zhengzhou.

Cao Guangtu, the commander of the 130th Division defending Xinxiang, had a premonition of the fierce battle from the non-stop gunfire in Hebi all night, and when the sky was bright, the gunfire in the direction of Hebi gradually subsided, and in his heart, the knife was as uncomfortable as the knife, his old friend Liu Zhaoyu should be martyred, the 49th Division and the 53rd Division, it was over, and now, it was the turn of the three divisions in Xinxiang.

Well, he was able to go to the national disaster with his best friends for many years, and he was not lonely on the Huangquan Road, so he immediately ordered all units to enter a combat state and prepare to meet the invading Japanese army.

He did not know that if Wang Guangpu's 49th Division escaped from the battle and completely ceded the left flank position to the Japanese, Hebi would not fall in just over two hours, and the 53rd Division would not be completely annihilated, and at least it would be able to hold out for three to five days.

(To be continued)