Chapter 510: Destruction of the City

When the Matsushita Wing retreated, it was the terrain here that was used to block the attack, but Matsushita Kiyoshi was bent on fleeing for his life, and the blocking force left behind was too small to pose a threat to the pursuing force.

Everywhere he went, Tang Qiuli left behind the strength of a regiment, and explained the tasks to each regiment commander in detail, did not require him to hold his position to the death, adopted various effective tactics, and took the main purpose of delaying the pursuit of the Japanese army's action as the main purpose, so as to gain time for the troops to be arranged in Sucheng, and after killing and wounding the Japanese army, he immediately moved to the direction of Huangyadong without waiting to meet with the main force.

You must pay attention to the way back to Huangya Cave, try to avoid contact with the Japanese army, hand over a regiment to you, I hope you can bring it back completely, Tang Qiuli repeatedly reiterated the order, he knows that his subordinates, the one who is not red when he sees the Japanese, can fight sexually, is stuck by the Japanese army, can't retreat, no one can save them.

Left the blocking troops all the way, when they arrived at the east gate of Sucheng, the sky was bright, behind them, there was a faint fierce gunfire, the blocking troops and the pursuing Japanese troops exchanged fire, Sucheng, in the thin light of dawn, appeared more desolate and depressing, perhaps witnessing the innocent three thousand souls, above the city, there seemed to be a wave of grief and sadness.

The troops quickly entered the city, at this time, Tang Qiuli's hands, only two regiments of troops, everyone did not understand the division commander's approach, a large number of Japanese troops in the frenzied tail chase, it was the time when the troops were needed, but the division commander continued to disperse the troops, a huge Sucheng, the strength of the two regiments, is impossible to hold.

Everyone was puzzled, couldn't guess what the division commander was going to do, Ma Chaoyang really couldn't help it, in his hands, there was only one regiment left, not even a few mortars, left to the other regiments responsible for blocking, machine guns became heavy firepower, if it was through the city, continue to retreat, then it was not a big problem, look at the division commander's posture, to hold in Sucheng? Isn't that a desperate way to play?

He was muttering in his heart, ordering him to go over to a meeting, the big empty room, there was not even a place to sit, there were many people in the room, officers above the two regiments and companies, all gathered here, Tang Qiu stood with his hands in his hands, his back to everyone, his eyes passed through the dawn sky, staring into the distance, the cold wind blew in from the unobstructed window, blowing his patchy hair, lonely and vicissitudes.

Ma Chaoyang and several major officers of the division headquarters looked at each other, they couldn't guess the division commander's inner thoughts, dozens of soldiers who had experienced countless wars looked at their division commander's back like this, hoping to interpret what they needed from the back.

Tang Qiuli turned around slowly, his eyes were as gloomy as an ancient well, "Brigade Commander Ma, Brigade Commander Jiang, order the troops to plant mines and a large number of explosives on the main street of Sucheng, and in other places, they must plant explosives, and send two companies, with walkie-talkies, to be responsible for detonating after hearing the order, and the troops will immediately seize the commanding heights outside the West Gate." ”

He saw that everyone was somewhat incomprehensible, and slowly explained: "Because we retreated quickly, coupled with the blocking troops along the way, we have opened a certain distance from the pursuing Japanese army, and it is impossible to outflank from both flanks, and the Japanese army can only pursue in a straight line, which is a gift for them." ”

Only then did everyone understand that the division commander had no intention of sticking to Sucheng at all, and Shanhu couldn't help but ask, "What about Sucheng?" Tang Qiuli said faintly: "Let Sucheng and the pursuing Japanese army turn into ruins together, Sucheng can only remain in memory, it makes me sentimental, in the future, we will build a new Sucheng on the ruins, let's prepare separately" After speaking, he sighed, as if to relieve the depression in his heart.

The speed of the withdrawal of the troops of the independent division greatly surprised the commander of the Japanese division, and after the shelling, the follow-up attack wing did not hurt a single person, and occupied the position of the so-called independent division.

The situation was quickly reported, and from Yamaguchi to the commander of the Japanese division, they all panicked, and finally caught Tang Qiuli's tail, and let him slip away like this? The order from top to bottom is the same, chase at any cost, and never let Tang Qiuli run away, Tang Qiuli's retreat on this whole line is like a huge magnet, attracting the Japanese troops who entered the Taihang Mountains to the direction of Sucheng,

It is like a melon seedling, connected with a string of melon eggs, the front is a wing of the Japanese army, the back is the main force of the division, and then behind, there are two divisions of the Japanese army, and the Japanese troops in other directions have also surrounded them, setting up a long snake formation, the smoke and dust are billowing, mighty, and the target is Sucheng, which is the only direction in which Tang Qiu escaped from the troops.

The pursuit did not go well, along the way, I don't know how many times I was blocked, I couldn't prevent it, although there was no injury to the muscles and bones, but the taste of being suddenly punched, it was even more uncomfortable, the soldiers with broken hands and feet, the bloody corpses, opened the posture and prepared to fight, the opponent suddenly lost his trace, shouted and rushed to the position, and did not even see the shadow of the independent division troops.

Tossed a few times, the speed of the Japanese army's pursuit slowed down significantly, and Yamaguchi was in a hurry, isn't this an obvious blocking battle for the pursuing troops, in order to cover Tang Qiuli's main force to get rid of the pursuit, these pig heads, how many times have they told them, the independent division in the Taihang Mountains has not many troops, and they are still looking forward and backward one by one, and they are timid.

Yamaguchi gave a death order to the pursuing troops, don't entangle with the small units of the independent division along the way, if you let Tang Qiuli run away, your front-line commander, prepare to go to the military court, or commit suicide by disembowelment to apologize, Tang Qiuli's snake entanglement tactics immediately lost its effect.

The Japanese army did not dare to rush forward in spite of it, and when they encountered resistance, they immediately divided small units to fight back, and the main force did not even pause, and was really advancing on the corpses of their comrades.

When they chased to the periphery of the west gate of Sucheng, it was already about four o'clock in the afternoon, and a Japanese wing in the vanguard hit the iron plate head-on, and was punched head-on by the troops of one regiment each of the Ma Chaoyang Brigade and Jiang Yanming's brigade, and beat thousands of corpses, and retreated again and again, followed by a Japanese wing also caught up, and the two wings joined forces in one place, but still did not attack, and the battle was stalemate on the high ground outside the west gate of Sucheng.

Yamaguchi and the commander of the Japanese division, who learned the news, were very surprised, and the emperor blessed them, and finally did not let the devil run away, and immediately attacked, uninterrupted attack, reached a unit, immediately put into the attack, and killed Tang Qiuli in Aeshiro, which became the only wish of the officers at all levels of the Japanese army, and they were willing to pay any price for it.

In the winter in the mountains, the sun sets very early, just over six o'clock, the sunset has already taken away the last bright red, the Japanese army is gathering more and more, after repelling another attack by the Japanese army, Tang Qiuli looked at the hazy twilight and gave the order to retreat.

The troops passed through the city, and just arrived at the east gate, the Japanese army's pursuing troops had already entered through the west gate, and when the leading Japanese army arrived at the east gate, the main force of the Japanese army was rushing into the city.

Standing on a hill outside the east gate, Tang Qiuli watched a group of Japanese soldiers appear in the field of vision, "Let's start!" He lightly ordered, a series of earth-shattering explosions, Sucheng, shrouded in smoke and firelight, with its former peace and tranquility, with its slaughtered soul, turned into ruins.

The sky-high firelight reflected the sky, the thick smoke of gunpowder, even the cold wind could not blow, no one knew how many mines and explosives were planted, even Ma Chaoyang and Jiang Yanming, who commanded the troops, did not know the specific number, only knew a lot, all the family foundations were buried in the ground of Sucheng, and it was estimated that Sucheng could be turned over by two and erased from the map.

Tang Qiuli stared at Sucheng in the firelight for a long time, as if he wanted to imprint this small mountain town shrouded in firelight in his mind, in the blazing firelight, he vaguely heard Xiaocheng's painful moans, "Let's go" He said softly, retracted his gaze, turned to leave, and clearly felt that the firelight was full of fire, scorching his faintly painful heart.

There is no way to know the number of casualties of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army was tight-lipped about the Sucheng explosion, only knowing that the regiments of the independent division responsible for blocking the attack in sections did not have a single contact with the Japanese army on the way back to Huangyadong, and Tang Qiu was also calm all the way from them, and arrived safely at the Huangyadong base two days later.

He didn't know that the battles in Qinquan and Sucheng around Huangya Cave were concerned about the hearts of everyone who stayed in Huangya Cave, and the supreme commander who stayed here was only Zhang Quan, the logistics director of the independent division and commander of the Yellow River Valley Theater Joint Service Command, and the other generals, all of whom led the troops outside, scattered all sides, and fought bloody battles with the Japanese.

He is not a military cadre, he knows nothing about fighting, when the Huangyadong garrison brigade was transferred out, he also felt that the shape was not very good, the troops were frustrated in Qinquan, the Japanese army was heavily gathered, the news came, he was anxious to have no master, and hurriedly found Wu Hongtao, the commander of the independent division training headquarters, to discuss countermeasures.

If the division commander could not withdraw, he could only arm the existing recruits in Huangyadong and rush to Qinquan to reinforce them; speaking of which, there were more than 123,000 recruits who were trained at the training headquarters, plus more than 28,000 coal miners from Jingcheng later, and the number of recruits that could be mobilized reached more than 150,000.

However, what about combat effectiveness? Nearly two-thirds of the recruits have just learned to aim and shoot, and can such troops fight when they pull up? He has no bottom in his heart, and Wu Hongtao has no bottom in his heart, so he can only plan for the worst.

Later, I received an urgent telegram from the division commander that Mei Ting was seriously injured and was on her way to Huangya Cave, and ordered the base to prepare for rescue, the old man was dumbfounded at that time, how could this be? If you follow the division commander, you will also be seriously injured, but what about the division commander? Is he alright? Zhang Quan's heart "chuckled".

Prepare a qiē as quickly as possible, Huangya Cave lacks nothing, there are the best doctors and medical equipment in the Taihang Mountain base, and then, he stood at the entrance, anxiously waiting for the mountain tigers, smoking the pot one after another, asking the guard post again and again, did they see the mountain tigers? Are there car lights?

(To be continued)