Chapter 1142 Never surrender to the people of China

What's going on in the northwest canyon of Degang? Tang Qiuli, like the people outside, didn't know anything, and only after Chu Tian and the besieged troops got out of Shun Lì would he know what had happened.

Tang Qiuli has never left the exit of the canyon from the telescope in his hand, he is more nervous than anyone else, in the past three days and three nights, Degang has become a heart disease for him, because of this sudden incident, and changed the entire deployment of the Northern Burma Campaign, changed beyond recognition, and when the blocking line in the Baudwin mining area was tight, he also dragged the troops of the seven brigades.

The plan of the decisive battle with the main Japanese army of Ito in the Gangao Mountains was forced to be abandoned, and the blocking battle in the mining area of Wubin and Baodwin was supposed to be a flexible and free way of fighting, but now, it has become a situation of defending Wubin and fighting hard with the Japanese army, and the 29th Corps of the Strategic Reserve had to be mobilized in advance.

Thinking of this, Tang Qiuli hated the Japanese troops in the canyon so much that his teeth itched, and suddenly, the communications staff officer hurriedly reported: "Division commander, Chu detachment commander called, the third detachment of the special operations detachment, in order to cover the breakthrough of the brigade, at the exit of the canyon, was entangled by the Japanese army chasing after it, and the Chu detachment commander asked the division to provide artillery cover!" ”

Tang Qiuli's heart trembled, Chu Tian's request can be described as an extreme adventure, he couldn't see the target clearly in the night, and he was entangled with the Japanese army, and the shells fell, who knew if it was his own troops or the Japanese who bombed? If this method was feasible, Tang Qiuli would not have to wait for two or three days, and wait until Chutian's special operations detachment arrived before starting to solve the problem.

Tang Qiu didn't look back and ordered: "Ask the captain of the Chutian detachment again, without artillery support, if he can get rid of the Japanese army and get out of the way, he must let him tell the truth!" He didn't dare to take this risk, and in order to rescue more than 1,000 soldiers, he put in a special operations detachment of more than 400 people, and the gains outweighed the losses.

Soon, the communications staff officer reported again, "The division commander, the commander of the Chutian detachment called back, the third detachment has been entangled with the Japanese army, unable to get out, once again asked for artillery support, and they provided the accurate artillery shelling position, the commander of the Chutian detachment also said that the Japanese army is gathering more and more, and the tanks are dispatched, it seems that there is an attempt to cut off our retreat, please do not hesitate again, otherwise, not only will the troops of the first brigade not be rescued, but even the special operations detachment will be trapped inside." ”

Tang Qiuli suddenly became nervous, if Chu Tian was trapped in it again, he really didn't know how to solve it, he said to the communication staff officer with a blue face: "Connect the phone of the artillery commander Zheng Yong!" Be quick! ”

"Is it Zheng Yong? There is a very important task, order all the heavy artillery units, according to the artillery position provided by Chutian, cut off the follow-up troops of the Japanese army, and cover the troops to protrude from the mouth of the canyon, how about it, you can't hurt your own people, are you sure? Tang Qiuli asked in a cold tone.

"Division commander, please rest assured, as long as there is a bearing and coordinates, our shells are guaranteed not to miss, I have ordered three heavy artillery regiments to be on standby at any time, and within five minutes, the artillery can be fired" Zheng Yong replied with great confidence.

Tang Qiuli was relieved in his heart, and said: "Okay, you contact Chutian directly, I am waiting for your good news," put down the phone, he picked up the binoculars, and did not dare to stare at the canyon distractedly, just after five minutes, in the direction of the artillery position of the independent division, there was suddenly an earth-shattering loud noise, a group of shells, dragging a long tail flame, from far and near, whistling into the canyon.

In an instant, a huge explosion echoed in the night sky, and the firelight immediately rose in the canyon, carrying a cloud of red smoke, reflecting half of the sky, and the short shelling, which lasted only about fifteen minutes, came to an abrupt end, like a hurricane, suddenly came and left suddenly.

Following Tang Qiuli's side, Liu Hongzhang, who was the commander of the first brigade of the regiment directly under the corps and is now Tang Qiuli's attendant staff officer, was so nervous that his palms were sweating, so to speak, Liu Hongzhang had an unshirkable responsibility for the current passive situation, not to mention, it was his troops who were besieged inside, and it was the hostages he personally gave to the Japanese.

After a long time, the staff officers of the division commander were almost waiting to suffocate, when a large group of figures appeared in sight, Tang Qiuli could see at a glance that the front was Chu Tian, he hurriedly caught up, and the gunfire at the mouth of the valley became more and more intense.

In the dark night, I couldn't see Tian's face clearly, and I smelled a pungent smell of gunsmoke, which came to my face, "Chutian, have you all come out?" How's it going? Tang Qiuli asked eagerly.

Hearing the voice of the division commander, Chu Tian ran in front of Tang Qiuli, a pair of eyes, even in the dark night, were shining with bright brilliance, "Report to the division commander, the besieged troops have all escaped, it's just ......" Chu Tian's voice was somewhat low, Tang Qiuli's heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked, "Just what?" Say it! ”

Chu Tian adjusted his situation and replied: "Division commander, in Chen's battle, our special operations detachment suffered 278 casualties and eleven officer casualties, most of which were from the third detachment, this is the largest casualty in a battle since the formation of the special operations detachment, I really don't know how to face Captain Tang." ”

Tang Qiuli patted Chu Tian on the shoulder, and sighed wordlessly, every officer and soldier in the special operations detachment is an elite who has been chosen by thousands of people, and one casualty will make Brother Qiuquan tremble in distress, in a battle, there are nearly three hundred casualties, Chu Tian's mood can be imagined.

Tang Qiuli comforted, "Chutian, don't be sad, you will choose among the troops of the whole division, even if you choose the officers and soldiers of the division headquarters guard brigade, I will give it to you unconditionally, and guarantee to complete the formation, as for Commander Tang, let me go and say, you take the troops, go down first to have a good rest, just arrive in Degang, and then go into battle, it's hard for you!" ”

Chu Tian's nose was sour, almost tears, and he hurriedly went into battle, if he was given a day and a night to prepare, the result would not be like this, but he controlled his feelings, and after saluting, he turned around and left, Tang Qiuli read the pain in his heart from Chu Tian's back.

Liu Honghongzhang asked in a low voice on the side: "Division commander, can I go and see the outstanding troops," Tang Qiuli glared at him, turned his face away, and ignored him, Liu Hongzhang stepped aside, "Division commander, the Sixth Brigade reported that the Japanese army concentrated a large number of tanks and forcibly broke through at Tanikou, and the First Brigade and the Sixth Brigade were fighting fiercely against the Japanese army. The communications staff officer turned back and reported.

Tang Qiuli said viciously: "Order Zheng Yong, all the artillery and rocket artillery, block the exit of the canyon with shells for me, and let a Japanese go, Chu Ziye and Zheng Yong, just like Liu Hongzhang, come to my side as staff officers." ”

The earth-shattering sound of artillery sounded again, this time, whether it was Tang Qiuli or Zheng Yong and Chu Ziye, they were no longer restrained, the shells flew like locusts, falling overwhelmingly, the rocket artillery soldiers were not to be outdone, and the swarms of rockets turned the exit of the canyon into a sea of fire, and the Japanese army who tried to break through the chaos dropped dozens of burning tanks, the corpses of thousands of soldiers, and the wolf bèi retreated.

Overnight, several times in a row, the Japanese army tried to break through, but the independent division troops who had no scruples, where the Japanese army would be given such an opportunity, held back the fire for three days and three nights, and suddenly broke out, at the exit of the canyon, the corpses of the Japanese soldiers, layer upon layer, piled up at the mouth of the valley, burning tank wreckage, black smoke and dark red flames, the air, filled with charred corpses, pungent stench, mixed with the choking smell of gunsmoke, suffocating.

Nakazawa's heart began to tremble, the general trend has gone, in his mind, Huo Ran appeared these four words, Nakazawa couldn't figure out how those ghost-like soldiers of the independent division suddenly appeared in the canyon, and, at an incredible speed, defeated the surrounding troops and rescued those soldiers of the independent division?

Could it be that these later troops, whose skill, marksmanship, and individual tactics far surpassed those of ordinary Chinese soldiers, climbed down from the cliffs on both sides? Only this is possible, in other places, there is no road leading to Guò Taniguchi at all, and at the moment when Nakazawa seemed to understand, the sweat on his face came down.

He was not afraid of these soldiers of the independent division who were far beyond ordinary people, but he understood his situation, there was no hostage who could blackmail Tang Qiuli, and the current situation of the imperial army troops was like a turtle in an urn, no need to fight, and if they were surrounded for three or five days, just by starving, they could starve more than 20,000 imperial soldiers.

After trying to break through several times, losing thousands of soldiers and dozens of tanks, Nakazawa knew in his heart that he would not be able to get out of this canyon, and he did not send a telegram to Commander-in-Chief Ito asking for help, Nakazawa's head was not empty, and the main force of the Imperial Army, which could have been reached in seven or eight hours, had been a day and a night, and there was no trace, which meant that Commander-in-Chief Ito could not reach Tokugang at all.

In view of the current situation, Nakazawa convened a military meeting, at which he proposed a proposal that surprised and angered all the Japanese officers present, "In order to avoid the annihilation of the whole army, for the sake of the lives of more than 20,000 soldiers, I was wanted to negotiate with Tang Qiuli about surrender, I don't know what your opinion is?" ”

The venue was fried at that time, Nakazawa can be said to be a precedent for the surrender of Japanese generals to the enemy, Nakazawa's words aroused the unanimous opposition of all Japanese officers, not only opposed, but also stared at blood-red eyes, almost ate the shame and scum of this great Japanese emperor, how can we surrender to the inferior Chinese people?

Shame, great shame! As soon as several senior officers discussed, the old mistake of the Japanese military circles was committed again, and simply, deprived Nakazawa of his command and escorted him to a cave.

(To be continued)

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