Chapter 245: The Significance of the Broken Military Flag
The bear hunting ground is a natural basin-like plain area located outside Heihe City, and it is also a hunting ground used by the people of Heihe Prefecture to round up wild animals such as mountain bears. In addition, it is surrounded by mountains, but there is an official road that almost leads in all directions, especially since this is the place where the three directions to the Ice Bear Country meet. So much so that in ancient times, it also became a battleground for soldiers.
Li Xiaoren's division, which had set up camp overnight, soon saw the automobile regiment of the military headquarters, and a large number of military vehicles had gathered here. After ordering the regiments to board the vehicles in formation, the armored divisions responsible for cooperating with them also rushed to the bear hunting ground to assemble in front of the head. As for Li Xiaoren, he also seemed a little excited, ready to leave in a jeep specially assigned to their division commander.
Just as he was about to drive, a speeding car heard someone speak from afar: 'Master Li, wait!' ’
Hearing this, Li Xiaoren turned his head and instructed the guards to wait for a while, and soon saw that this jeep should be Wang Erscar's special car.
Just when Li Xiaoren thought that the military commander had come to see him off in person, it was Wang Erscar's personal guard who jumped out of the car, holding something wrapped in a white cloth and saying, "Fortunately, I caught up!" Division Commander Li, this is something that the army commander asked me to pass on to you, according to him, it was specially explained by the commander-in-chief and was ready to be used when attacking Heihe City.
But now that the little devil is ready to slip away, the commander will ask me to send this thing to you, and let you take him to kill those little devils fiercely! ”
After saying these words, Li Xiaoren was about to open the thing that was handed over like a stick, but the guard smiled and said: "Division Commander Li, I think this thing should be opened again in the place, I believe you will definitely like the gift that the commander-in-chief specially gave you to prepare." I'll go first! I wish you all a victorious start and success! ”
Seeing that this lieutenant guard was still so mysterious, several guards in the jeep who also had scars on their faces. More curious about what the hell this is. However, after seeing that Li Xiaoren did not dismantle it, he directly ordered to drive after the large army, and they also kept this curiosity until the large army, and after a three-hour long march, they threw themselves into the construction of the blocking position as soon as they got out of the car.
After checking the construction of the blocking position, news also came from the front that the armored division that had opened the way for the Japanese army had entered the passage of the bear hunting ground. Its infantry division is also hurrying to the bear hunting ground. And at this time. A few rays of sunlight could already be seen in the sky.
Last night, the Japanese army, which had experienced countless bloody battles, finally broke through with a bloody path at the cost of nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers. Looking at Jiro Yamamura, who was tired and panting and hadn't slept all night, his eyes were red and he said, "Where are we now?" How far is the Longhua Army from us? ”
The adjutant who is responsible for informing the receiving officer. He quickly said: "The front is to enter the bear hunting ground in the border area, and the Longhua army chasing us is very fast. The blocking force we left behind. Now, almost at the cost of all the jade shatters, blocking their pursuit. If we can't get out of the bear hunt before the sun comes out, once the air force is dispatched, we will be even more passive. ”
Hearing this, Yamamura Jiro said: "Order the Fourth Division, when we enter the bear hunting ground, keep the troops of the brigade to block it." After we entered. All the light and heavy mines brought out were planted in the roads. Delay the pursuit speed of the Longhua army and buy time for us to break through. In addition, the armored division and troops were ordered to speed up the breakthrough of the bear hunting ground. ”
Jiro Yamamura, who gave two orders in a row, clearly passed the bear hunting ground. There are more places for them to go to the border of the Ice Bear Country. When the time comes, it will really not work, and they will disperse into small groups to break through the encirclement and drill into the mountains on the border between the two countries. I believe that these soldiers of Longhua Kingdom will not be as easy as it is now if they want to hunt them down in the vast mountains.
In the face of the Japanese breakout troops, who are now almost like lost dogs, many Japanese soldiers don't even know when their shoes ran off. The whole person was completely unconscious, and he knew that he was following the large army and trotting forward desperately. To a certain extent, they were able to fight all the way to a place nearly a hundred miles away from Black River City, and their endurance was undoubtedly commendable.
As the roaring chariot entered the wide plains of the bear hunting ground, it began to form and move towards the passage they had chosen. A large number of Japanese infantry in the rear also strode forward to catch up with the advance of the armored vehicles. The Fourth Division, which had been retained to block the attack, and an infantry brigade began to lay minebelts up to a distance of thousands of kilometers.
At the same time, many soldiers began to mechanically build blocking positions on both sides of the passage to block the Longhua troops who were about to pursue. These Japanese sappers who were laying mines never realized it. The mines they are planting now, to a certain extent, have cut off their hope of survival.
And those Longhua troops who desperately chased after them were, in a sense, the former Heihe hunters, and these Japanese soldiers were the prey that were chased into the bear farm. A cavalry unit of the East China Army that was pursuing, when they saw the Japanese sappers who were still laying mines a few hundred meters away, arrogantly asked them to come over, they surprisingly stopped the pursuit.
Going to look at these Japanese soldiers when they know that there are already traps waiting for them ahead. Maybe they won't laugh as arrogantly as they do now! The most tragic thing in life is undoubtedly to dig a pit and bury yourself!
The cavalry communicator, carrying the radio on his back, quickly sent a telegram to the command, a very short telegram of only a few words. That's 'the prey enters the field, self-determination is the way back'!
Li Xiaoren and the armored division, who had also been waiting for a long time, looked at the Japanese soldiers who began to appear on the plains like ants, and he knew that the opportunity he had imagined had finally made him wait. After ordering the armored division to prepare for the hunt, the rest of the divisional infantry that had built fortifications were also ready to block the attack.
I suddenly remembered what the commander-in-chief who had only known him and had never met when he got into the car. Tell the same guard around him, the only one who survived less than a hundred people, to bring the white cloth wrapped in something.
When the guards dismantled the white cloth and looked at a military flag that he was familiar with, with the words 'Third Division of the Jizhou Army' clearly written on it, Li Xiaoren's tears suddenly burst out of his eyes. Because he saw that this military flag, which looked a little dilapidated, was still covered with bullet holes and bloodstains. The original yellow military flag now looks more like a red flag.
Looking at this familiar military flag, these guards with scars on their faces, just like Li Xiaoren, burst into tears. What a familiar flag, what a familiar word. The faces of those comrades-in-arms who were laughing and scolding in the past appeared on this bloodstained banner full of bullet holes.
Especially the commander of the guard battalion of the former division headquarters who has survived to this day, when he looked at this military flag, he thought of the courteous chief of staff that day. After knocking the division commander unconscious, he asked him to take the division commander away, and the guard battalion commander seemed to see the chief of staff, the voice and smile that appeared in the military flag, as if praising him for doing a good job, or protecting the division commander to survive until now.
A man who had been promoted to a regiment-level officer, when he looked at this military flag, one of them rushed up and hugged the military flag and said: "Chief of Staff, I'm Xiao Liu!" My teacher and I, as well as the remaining brothers, are taking revenge on you. You wait, when we take off the little devil's head, we will personally go to pay tribute to your heroic spirits. ”
A group of men with scars on their faces in the guard regiment, who usually looked ruthless in the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the division headquarters, were kneeling under a flag in front of their division commander and crying at this moment. Some officers of the division headquarters who were sad and listened tiptoed at the officers and soldiers around them, and they also felt that their eyes were a little astringent. This kind of soldier, who has experienced life and death, will understand what this crying means.
When the radio operator of the division headquarters seemed to be a little cautious, he handed a telegram to Li Xiaoren, who was also looking up to control the tears that kept flowing, and said: "The army commander sent an urgent telegram, and he asked the division commander to plant this flag when he launched an attack. Let those fallen soldiers watch how we avenge them. ”
As soon as he heard this, Li Xiaoren remembered that this was not the time to cry, and quickly said: "Liu Yibing, plant our military flag and order the armored division to attack and break the enemy." ”
Wiping away the tears from his eyes, Li Xiaoren shouted out this with a sad and indignant liliang. I heard that I could remove the military flag that had withdrawn the number and raised it again. These surviving officers and soldiers of the Jizhou Army undoubtedly know how rare this is. So much so that Liu Yibing, who was promoted to regiment commander, quickly and carefully took over the military flag. Let someone cut a straight flagpole and re-erect this somewhat tattered military flag to the forefront of the blocking position.
And after Li Xiaoren issued the order for the armored division to attack, the armored tank that had been waiting outside the passage immediately started its engine and quickly flashed out of the hidden place of the passage. Seeing a large number of Longhua armored vehicles appearing in the three passages ahead, the Japanese armored troops who were about to rush here undoubtedly fell into the ice cave. At this point they knew that they had been ambushed.
In this kind of plain surrounded by mountains and as far as the eye can see, the appearance of armored divisions is undoubtedly a nightmare. If the armored forces of the Japanese army have the ability to fight against the armored forces of Longhua, then they still have a chance to break through smoothly. But the key is that from the battle to the present, their armored forces have a record of fighting with Longhua's armored divisions. Reaching a 1:10 battle loss rate, how can this be fought?
Seeing that the armored vehicles attacking in front stopped advancing, and the infantry running behind them to follow, they naturally involuntarily stopped running. When they saw the Longhua heavy tanks and armored vehicles surrounded on three sides, all the Japanese infantry were dumbfounded. In this kind of closed battlefield, how can they outrun the pursuit of chariots? (To be continued......)