Xue Yue, commander-in-chief of the southwest defense line of the Central Army, fought the first battle in front of Loushan Pass quickly, accurately, and ruthlessly, and in an hour and a half, he simply ended the battle, and when the main force of the Japanese army arrived, he only saw the battlefield after the war, and the corpses of more than 1,000 soldiers.

The commander of the Suzuki Division, after hearing the judgment of the Chief of Staff, widened his eyes and shouted in disbelief: "Hani? Impossible, a wing, the whole army was wiped out, no life was left, absolutely impossible, the government army of China did not have such combat effectiveness, and immediately sent a large number of search troops to find the whereabouts of the Nomura wing, and the radio had to keep calling until it was found. ”

The chief of staff swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, he really wanted His Excellency, the commander of the division, to personally go to the foot of the mountain full of corpses of imperial soldiers to see, with hand-to-hand combat annihilation of more than a thousand imperial soldiers, the rest, can there be any hope of survival? However, seeing that the commander of the Suzuki Division was about to collapse, the chief of staff gave the order to search.

In fact, Suzuki has basically believed in the judgment of the chief of staff, but what about the rest of the more than 2,000 people? Where did it go? There is a saying in China, "If you live to see people, you must die to see corpses," and he held on to a glimmer of hope, although this hope was very slim in his heart, he still hoped for a miracle.

By three o'clock in the second half of the night, most of the search troops had already returned, without exception, bringing news that made Suzuki desperate.

Loushan Pass in the night, like a dark beast, seemed to devour these foreign enemies, and the Japanese soldiers were covered in hair, in fact. Most of them believed that the Nomura Wing was completely wiped out. Don't look at anything else. Just look at the countless craters, as well as the broken pieces of clothing, and the weapons that are broken into several pieces, it is enough to prove a qiē.

The mountain is full of ghostly flashlights. The soldiers of the Central Army on the top of the mountain had already been alarmed, and the commander made a phone call to the general headquarters, Xue Yue had just laid down to rest, and was called up by the staff officer on duty, took the microphone, and asked in a calm tone: "Are the defenders of the main peak of Loushan Pass?" What happens? ”

"Report to the commander-in-chief. I am the defender of the main position of Loushan Pass, Dai Anming, the commander of the 233rd Division of the Fourth Group Army, and a large number of Japanese troops were found in the forward position, which should be the arrival of the main force of the Japanese army. However, they seem to be looking for something in the area after our shelling, the mountains are full of flashlights, please ask the commander-in-chief, is our division going down the mountain to kill him? Dai Anming said excitedly, in his opinion, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Xue Yue was Dai Anming's thoughts. After a little temptation, he hurriedly asked, "You can see clearly." It was the arrival of the main force of the Japanese army, and the number of Japanese troops searching the mountain. Is it close to the front line? Are there any signs of a major offensive? I want to know the truth. ”

Dai Anming's excited voice poured into Xue Yue's ears, "Commander-in-chief, it is the main force of the Japanese army, there are a lot of car lights, as well as the sound of tank motors, in addition, judging by the light of the flashlight, there will be no more than two thousand people entering our shelling area, and they are scattered in a large range." ”

Xue Yue couldn't believe his luck, no matter what the Japanese were doing, this fat meat sent to the mouth, don't take a bite, sorry for this opportunity, he was determined to fight, and said sternly: "Okay, I order your division, send out two regiments, from the left and right directions, covertly meet the enemy, remember, only fight for twenty minutes, after twenty minutes, you must withdraw to the main peak position, you must not fall in love with the battle, the Japanese artillery preparation time, will not exceed thirty minutes, is it clear?" ”

Dai An Mingle was happy, and said: "Commander-in-chief, just take a look, I'll personally lead the team to touch it, let's not use guns, just use grenades to kill these little devils," Xue Yue put down the phone, and immediately walked to the lookout hole of the headquarters, and pointed the telescope lens at the pitch-black mountains, from his angle, he couldn't directly see the upcoming battle, but it didn't prevent him from judging the shape of the battlefield.

More than 20 minutes later, the dull sound of the explosion, came from afar, you can vaguely see the fire produced by the explosion, Xue Yue listened attentively, after the explosion, only to hear the unique "snap" shooting sound of the Japanese 38 guns, Dai Anming and the Japanese army exchanged fire, Xue Yue stared at his watch, sure enough, twenty minutes later, the explosion could not be heard, and after a while, the gunfire gradually subsided.

Xue Yue nodded with satisfaction, Dai Anming is still very sensible, not greedy, if he is entangled by the Japanese army, or is covered by Japanese artillery fire, the loss will be great, the phone on the table, suddenly "jingle bell" rang urgently, Xue Yue grabbed the phone, "Commander-in-chief, it's too enjoyable, more than 4,000 brothers, five grenades per person, thrown out in one go, the little devil is a person on his back, flesh and blood flying, fighting happily, conservative estimates, the little devil is at least more than a thousand people in front of our position, we have not died, Only about thirty were wounded. Diane shouted in a loud voice.

Xue Yue slapped his hands fiercely and said, "Okay! Division Commander Dai, brothers have worked hard, hurry up and rest, there will be a vicious battle tomorrow, pay attention to observe the movements of the Japanese army, do not be careless, report the situation at any time, I will ask for credit to your 233rd Division. ”

Suzuki Saburo was going crazy, twenty minutes of effort, several search troops, were suddenly blown up by grenades, and after the main force outflanked it, these Shina government soldiers disappeared into the night like ghosts, and the Nomura Wing did not find it, and more than 1,000 people were put in.

Suzuki's mood at this time can only be described as wanting to eat people, unlucky to get home, before the official war, he put in a multi-wing, he can be sure that the Nomura United is finished, and the government army of China has been tightly arranged in Loushan Pass, and it is ready for battle, but where does the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of China come from?

Unable to find an answer, Suzuki was so depressed that he was about to vomit blood, and the confidential staff officer ran over, handed him a telegram with both hands, and said: "Your Excellency, the commander of the division, the general headquarters of the dispatch army has called and asked you to read it in person." ”

Saburo Suzuki took the telegram and looked at it, his nose was almost crooked, "Commander of the Suzuki Division, your unit has already arrived in front of Loushan Pass, why didn't you launch an attack immediately, and you couldn't complete the combat mission assigned by the General Headquarters on time, you know the consequences, besides, what are the results of the Nomura Wing?" Why not report it? The inscription is a general of Terauchi Shouichi. ”

Full of accusations, a question, Suzuki Saburo was furious, a few tore up the telegram, like a wounded wolf, scolded "Baga", he was very angry, Terauchi Shouichi, this old guy, is still more than 100 kilometers away from Loushan Pass, I don't understand the situation, so he forced me to attack, the enemy situation is unknown, and it is in the dark night, is this battle fought? If you hadn't pressed me hard, I wouldn't have been able to get into a wing of troops, and I wouldn't have seen even the shadow of the soldiers of the government army.

He shouted violently, "Call back to the General Headquarters," and frightened the confidential staff officers standing on the side, "Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, the Nomura Wing of our division advanced to the front of Loushan Pass on time at six o'clock yesterday evening, but because the Wing Commander Nomura lightly advanced against the enemy and fell into the encirclement of the Shina government army, all the jade was shattered. ”

"Judging from the battlefield situation, the government army of China has already set up a tight defense line at Loushan Pass, if it rashly launches an attack, the artillery fire is not prepared, night fighting is not the specialty of our imperial army, the soldiers of China occupy favorable terrain, and the casualties will be great, our division has decided to carry out a devastating blow to the government army on Loushan Pass after dawn, and also build a position for the artillery to win time," signed Suzuki Saburo.

Suzuki is out of the way, this old bastard, he knows the order to attack, and he doesn't ask about the actual situation, my artillery has just been unloaded from the tractor, there are quite a few combat vehicles, is it possible to climb the mountain? In this way, to attack the position of the government army in China, the Suzuki division has to be disabled, Lao Tzu is disobedient and disrespectful, and it is a big deal not to do this nest of fire division commanders, breaking jars and falling, it is better than ordering soldiers to go to useless jade pieces.

Receiving a call back from Saburo Suzuki, Shouichi Terauchi was also startled, before the fight started, a wing was gone, Suzuki's anger was not small, it was only two or three hours before dawn, so I forgave him this time.

Terauchi Shouichi chose to compromise and forgave Suzuki's rudeness and disobedience, but, who knows, the anxiety in my heart, pressing Chongqing with both hands, my heart is worried about Nanning, that branch of the devil Tang Qiuli, making such a big move in the direction of Nanning, is to force me to return to the army to reinforce Nanning, to relieve the siege of Chongqing, so, time for the southern dispatch army, precious, Terauchi Shouichi felt that his head hurt badly.

Tang Qiuli, who commanded the troops in Wuming and gradually compressed the encirclement of the Japanese army in Nanning, received the information that Xue Yue had won the first battle at Loushan Pass and annihilated a wing of the Japanese army, and he was also very happy, Xue Yue was stronger than Gu Zhutong's straw bag, and this victory could help the Central Army resist for at least a month longer, is it confident.

Chief of Staff Chang Feng, looking at Tang Qiuli very happily, reminded: "Division commander, is it in your name to send a congratulatory telegram to the Nationalist Government and Xue Yue himself?" ”

Tang Qiuli shook his head and said with a slightly wry smile: "Forget it, Chairman Jiang looks at me now, I am similar to the Japanese, and I finally came up with a Xue Yue who can fight, don't distort our kindness, he was already suspicious, thinking that I was going to worry about Xue Yue, didn't it make Chairman Jiang insomnia?" Thankless work, let's not do it! Tang Qiuli and Chang Feng laughed at the same time.

On 11 August, as soon as the sky brightened, Xue Yue, who had only slept for less than three hours, was the first to come to the forward headquarters, the fog of the mountains around Loushan Pass, like a dream, had not yet dissipated, a quiet scenery in the early morning of northern Qianbei, in the mist, suddenly a large area of fire flashed, and then, the rolling thunderous sound rippled in the early morning air.

As soon as Xue Yue's fists tightened, the Japanese army began to attack, and, judging by the intensity of the artillery bombardment, there were at least more than a thousand artillery pieces, and as soon as the Japanese army made a move, a thunderous blow came.

(To be continued)