Chapter Twenty-Seven: Bloody Battles
In order to prevent the enemy from forcibly landing again, under the advice of Liu Mansheng and Song Jiliu, the head of the regiment Wan Yi divided his troops to guard the three commanding heights, and built fortifications on the beach. It was particularly difficult to build fortifications on the beach, and they followed the method taught by Liu Mansheng and Song Jiliu: building walls with stones, and piling mud and stones on wooden sheds to build trenches.
Under the personal command of Regiment Commander Wan Yi, the officers and men of the whole regiment united as one, overcame the difficulties of uneven height in the trench, inconvenient movement, and inability to drain water, and stared at the enemy warships docked in front of the Dongxilian Islands.
At dawn on the fourth day, the sea was foggy and silent, and in the dimness the sentry seemed to hear the rumbling of motors from where the water and the sky met. After a while, the motorboat was vaguely seen rapidly approaching the shore, and the sentry immediately sent out a signal flare, and all the officers and men heard the wind and quickly entered the combat state. The officers and men looked out to sea and saw several Japanese motorboats heading toward the shore through the fog.
After the little devil's motorboat docked, when he saw that there was no movement, he actually swarmed up. It's too late, it's too fast, just listen to a "hit". Under the personal command of the regiment commander Wan Yi, the 667th Regiment quickly swept a shuttle of revenge bullets towards the invaders, and dozens of little devils who rushed onto the beach were immediately knocked down.
The day dawned, the sun rose over the sea, and the pre-battle calm returned to the position. At this moment, a deafening roar came from the sky. Subsequently, several carrier-based aircraft flew over the beach and dived and dropped bombs on the positions of our troops. Suddenly the position was full of flames and thick smoke. Nearly 1,000 Japanese marines relied on air superiority to storm the shore again.
Ignoring the wanton and indiscriminate bombardment of enemy planes, the officers and men of the Wan Yi Regiment quickly opened heavy fire on the devils. The Japanese charges were repulsed again and again. In this battle, those in front of our army fell, and those behind rushed forward, and the casualties were also very large. The battle lasted until the evening, and the devils could no longer hold on, so they began to shrink and gradually stopped attacking.
After Regiment Commander Wan Yi sent Qi Wanhong and other masters to sneak close to the enemy camp at night to find out the situation, he took the initiative to study the next combat plan with Liu Mansheng, Song Jiliuyi, deputy regiment commander, chief of staff, and others overnight. After the regimental commander Wan Yi made up his mind, he waved his right hand and said: "Third battalion commander, the regiment orders you to start eating immediately, adjust as soon as possible, rest for a while, and attack the enemy camp at night." ”
"Yes!" The commander of the third battalion agreed.
After the third battalion accepted the task, they selected the capable backbone of the battalion to cooperate with the hoe team members to form a sneak attack team. Each man carried two twenty-shot box guns, ten grenades, more than 200 rounds of ammunition, and each was armed with a machete or sword. Only then did the team members hurry up to eat, take a quick rest, and devote themselves to the new battle in good spirits.
The sneak attack team of the third battalion set off in the dead of night. I didn't hear any movement along the way, and the little devil had already fallen asleep. The team members quietly inserted into the enemy camp, leaving the enemies who had not yet woken up stunned and ran away. The officers and men of the third battalion used grenades, machetes, and long swords to beat them violently, and the little devils were completely powerless to parry, like dogs in water, and rushed into the sea.
After the defeat of the little devil in Sunjiashan, except for the reluctance to bomb the defenders' positions in the nearby area with aircraft and naval guns, he no longer had the courage to attack the area around Sunjiashan. The little devil with a thief's heart did not die, and turned west along the railway to try to make a detour back to Houyuntai Mountain. It was discovered by Qi Wanhong, the commander of the reconnaissance platoon, and reported to the headquarters of the 112th Division in a timely manner, so that it was fully prepared for an ambush near Miaoling.
At dawn that day, Wan Yi's regiment quickly came to Miaoling, and wiped out hundreds of enemies at once. After a few days, the little devil who couldn't hold his breath stretched out his claws to the ruins again, and as soon as he showed a few claws, he was cut off by Wan Yituan.
Seeing that the little devils did not dare to be too presumptuous here, the division headquarters ordered Wan Yi's regiment to rest and recuperate in the vicinity of Chaoyang Village and stand by as a reserve at any time, and accepted the condolences of the local Kuomintang government and the local people.
Within a few days, the little devil dispatched nearly 50 ships, carrying 8,000 troops, five or six planes, and six or seven artillery pieces, to frantically attack the tip of the mast of Yuntai Mountain. The 672nd Regiment of the defending army was stationed at the tip of the mast, while the Wan Yi Regiment of the 667th Regiment was used as a reserve, fortified in the area near the division headquarters.
Relying on the most advanced weapons at that time, the little Japanese devils bombarded indiscriminately with naval and air artillery fire, and the soldiers, driven by the officials, rushed to the death and fought fiercely for a day without winning or losing. Seeing that this was not the way to go, the division asked the 672nd Regiment to quietly withdraw from its position by night before the enemy's next round of artillery fire exploded.
The next day, when the sea and air shells of the little devils were overwhelming, the positions of the Chinese army were empty, so that the little devils consumed a large number of shells in vain. The masttip position was lost. At this time, the division headquarters immediately issued an urgent order: order the Wanyi Regiment to immediately change from a reserve to a combat team, and cooperate with the 672nd Regiment to recapture the mast at all costs.
After receiving the order from the division headquarters, Regiment Commander Wan Yi immediately sent a reconnaissance platoon to find out the enemy's situation, and then called Liu Mansheng, Song Jiliu and others to study the attack plan. According to the results of the study, Wan Yi's regiment quietly drove to the right flank and asked Liu Mansheng to go to the 672nd regiment to make contact, and when Liu Mansheng came back in time, the whole regiment immediately launched a fierce offensive against the devil's right flank, which caught the little devil off guard, and retracted the turtle's head after the battle.
Subsequently, Commander Wan Yi, accompanied by Liu Mansheng and Song Jiliu, came to the headquarters of the 672nd Regiment and agreed with Commander Bai Xilu: At 3 o'clock in the night, the 672nd Regiment would make a feint attack from the front, and Wan Yi's Regiment would attack from the flank, and launch an attack at the same time. Time passed minute by minute, and as soon as the agreed time for attack arrived, Commander Bai led the 672nd Regiment to attack from the front.
The little devil hurriedly organized a firepower counterattack, but unexpectedly, Wan Yi's regiment came from the flank and started hand-to-hand combat with the little devil. The little devil was hit again, couldn't parry, and hurriedly grabbed the way and ran down the mountain. Wan Yi's regiment set up light and heavy machine guns from behind and swept violently, the casualties of the little devils were extremely heavy, and the dogs dragged corpses and fled in confusion, and military supplies such as weapons and ammunition were thrown all over the mountains......
From May to August 1938, the Japanese army forcibly landed in the southern area of Lianyungang many times, and the head of Wan Yi, accompanied by Liu Mansheng and Song Jiliu, personally went to the front line and led his troops to resist. Among them, in the battle to defend Sunjiashan, the fierce battle repelled many Japanese attacks for a day and night, and annihilated three or four hundred Japanese soldiers; In the battle to defend the mast, after more than 1,300 people were killed and wounded by the imps, the Chinese army achieved a preliminary victory.
The impermissible little devil also had to admit that the attack on Lianyungang "made the navy suffer greatly," and the commander of Wan Yi, who personally led his troops to bravely kill the enemy in the defense of Lianyungang, also became famous, "I am not afraid of 10,000, I am afraid of the afterword of (Yi) has also been passed down in the Lianyungang area to this day."