By about two o'clock in the afternoon, the Independent Brigade had repelled five Japanese charges in succession, and without the threat of Japanese heavy artillery, Chi Zifeng fought more and more easily, and during this period, he also used reserves to carry out a counter-assault on the Japanese army.

After chasing and killing the Japanese army for a while, Chi Zifeng returned to the brigade headquarters, and called Guo Huawen with a loud voice, "Commander, the little devil is getting softer and softer, up to now, my brothers who have been killed and injured are only a few hundred, if you continue to fight like this, sooner or later you will kill these ***, you can stay in Duyun City with peace of mind!" ”

Guo Huawen was afraid that he lost a heavy artillery regiment, the effect was much beyond his imagination, the pressure on the position of Xiyun Peak was reduced, and from Chi Zifeng's optimistic attitude, he could feel it, how could he have such courage? Thinking about it, it should be Tang Qiu's departure from the troops, which gave him confidence.

That Chutian said that the troops of the independent division would launch an attack on the Japanese army today, but it was more than two o'clock in the afternoon, why hadn't there been any movement, did Tang Qiuli change his mind? He wanted to ask Chu Tian, but after thinking about it again, didn't he seem to be weak and unconfident? I can't afford to lose face.

Five attacks, were repelled by the government army of China, Yamashita Fengwen has never had such a frustration feeling, he has nothing to do about the position of Xiyun Peak, after more than 20 days, the 15th Army has suffered more than 40,000 casualties, the small Xiyun Peak, the small Duyun City, devoured more than 40,000 heroic imperial soldiers, which is how Yamashita Fengwen can hardly believe.

He sat in the tent blankly, staring at the direction of Xiyun Peak, his hands clenched nervously, and with the sound of hurried footsteps, a communications staff officer broke in. Yamashita Fengwen, who was in an extremely bad mood, was just about to scold, but the staff officer hurriedly said: "Report to the commander, I received an urgent telegram from Dushan, the defenders have been fiercely attacked by the Shina army, the outer positions have been lost, and street fighting is underway, and the captain of the Tianmu Wing has asked the headquarters for help. ”

Yamashita stood up in surprise. I didn't care to scold this reckless staff officer, "Hani? Dushan. Where did the Shina army come from, "Yamashita Fengwen was in Dushan, leaving a wing of troops, on the one hand, to prevent the retreat route from being cut off by the Shina army, and on the other hand, to protect the safety of the supply line. Now, Dushan is under attack, and the Tianmu Wing is not supported, that is, the Shina army that attacked Dushan is at least in terms of strength and firepower. All have to surpass the defenders, damn it, where did the Chinese army come out?

Yamashita Fengwen's face was shocked, but his expression had not faded, and another staff officer hurriedly came in. "Report to the commander, the Yamada brigade guarding the Longtou River Bridge reported that they were attacked by a large number of Shina troops, and before the specific situation was finished, they lost contact with the headquarters, and it can be judged that the Yamada brigade encountered an accident."

The strength of a brigade, saying that there is no contact, is lost. "Hani? Longtou River Bridge? Although you can sue me, what the hell is going on? Where did so many Chinese troops come from? Yamashita asked aloud to everyone in the headquarters. No one could answer him, only his own madman's shout. Helpless echoes in the tent.

After a while, his chief of staff said in a slowed tone as much as possible: "Commander, the shape is very unfavorable to us, we can't attack it for a long time, the troops have suffered heavy casualties, and the sharp spirit has been lost, and now, the Chinese army has attacked the Longtoujiang Bridge and Dushan again, and our army's retreat and supply lines have been cut off, and the Middle Route Army has penetrated deep into the Guiyang line, which is getting farther and farther away from us. ”

The chief of staff stopped talking, cautiously looked at the stone-like commander, and found that he had no intention of anger, and then said: "From Guiyang to Duyun, there are lofty mountains and mountains in between, and the transportation is extremely inconvenient. ”

Yamashita Fengwen suddenly raised his head, almost cannibalistic eyes, stared at the chief of staff, and roared angrily: "No, never retreat, the fifteenth army does not have such a tradition, it is a coward and cowardly behavior, I order, the eighth division immediately turn around and go south, recapture the Longtoujiang Bridge, support Dushan, the rest of the troops, according to the plan, continue to attack Xiyun Peak, I must take Duyun City, kill all the Zhina people!" ”

The chief of staff's face turned white, the commander was so bent on going his own way, he would bring the fifteenth army into a desperate situation from which it would never recover, "Commander, please calm down, since the beginning of the southern campaign, there are no troops of the Shina government army behind us, at this time, there is a sudden appearance of the Shina army that is enough to attack the defenders of Dushan, where did they come from?" We don't know what the battle sequence is, so we hope the commander thinks twice," the chief of staff dutifully advised.

There was silence in the tent, only Yamashita Fengwen couldn't stop panting, he admitted that the chief of staff was reasonable, but he was unwilling, suddenly, the chief of staff, who was racking his brains to think, fought like a malaria, his face was as gray as a dead man, and he said in horror: "Commander, I have a bad premonition, the Zhina army that appeared at the Dushan and Longtoujiang bridges should be the troops of the Zhina devil Tang Qiuli. ”

The Japanese officers in a tent were all frightened by the words of the chief of staff, and Yamashita Fengwen got up suddenly, the look of fear on his face flashed away, and Tang Qiuli, who he was looking for in every possible way, appeared when he should not have appeared, and he was very ruthless as soon as he made a move, cutting off his retreat.

If it was the fifteenth army that had not been consumed by the Duyun Campaign, Yamashita Fengwen would not have been so afraid, he had the confidence and courage to fight to the death with Tang Qiu, but now, only half of the troops were left, and the fifteenth army had already consumed its spirit in front of Xiyunfeng Mountain, and it was a remnant army, so what was it to fight Tang Qiu?

As if to prove the chief of staff's terrible guess, the staff officer sent a telegram, which was sent by the captain of the Tian Mu wing who was defending in Dushan, "Your Excellency Commander, the battle in Dushan was fierce, in less than two hours, our wing was almost completely killed and wounded, judging by the enemy's strength, firepower and combat effectiveness, it was the main force of Tang Qiuli, who was known as the devil of China, Dushan was about to be lost, Tian Mu had the great trust of the commander, and decided to die to serve His Majesty the Emperor and the Japanese Empire, and led the remaining more than 30 people in the wing headquarters, A decisive charge was made against the enemy, and the wing commander Tian Mu was denied power. ”

There is no need to doubt anything, it has been proved that it was the devil who made a move behind the fifteenth army, and the only choice for Yamashita Fengwen was to retreat to Dushan, and then, along the way he came, retreated all the way to Nanning, otherwise, he would be surrounded by the troops of the independent division under the city of Duyun.

The blow to Yamashita was not over, and the commander of the 23rd Brigade, who was in charge of the rear guard of the 15th Army and the protection of the baggage troops, called Nakamura Masahito, "Report to the commander, on the right flank of our army, a large number of Shina troops have appeared, and they are carrying out a fierce attack on our brigade, and the enemy has a lot of troops, and I am now shrinking the defensive line and moving closer to the central area, and I ask the commander to send troops to reinforce our brigade, otherwise, it will be difficult for me to withdraw." ”

Coming, the troops of the devil Tang Qiuli are still here, at this time, Yamashita Fengwen has no temper at all, Tang Qiuli took advantage of the opportunity when he and the government army of China were both defeated, and he took a knife in the back, that is, to surround the fifteenth army, this insidious, cunning, despicable Zhina villain, the only thing Yamashita Fengwen can do is to use the most vicious language, like a shrew, to curse Tang Qiuli.

Even if you want to withdraw now, it's too late, the deathly silence in the tent, all the Japanese officers, have a sense of impending disaster, for a long time, Yamashita Fengwen said gloomily: "Order to stop the attack on Xiyun Peak, all troops, immediately move closer to the center, and build fortifications." ”

He paused, looked at the chief of staff with great difficulty, and said: "Sumitomo-kun, just trouble you, send a telegram to General Terauchi Shouichi of the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army to ask for help, truthfully explain the danger encountered by our 15th Army, and ask him to send a rescue force," This is the arrogant and arrogant Yamashita Fengfumi, the first time he begged for help, the first time he asked for help from Terauchi Shouichi, who he looked down on, after saying these words, he even had the heart to die.

Under Tang Qiuli's order, the troops of the four brigades of the corps directly under the right flank of Duyun launched an attack on the Japanese 15th Army.

Although the four brigade commanders did not understand the intention of the division commander very much, they still faithfully carried out the order, more than 60,000 troops, from several directions in a line, step by step towards the Japanese army, although the battle was not happy enough, somewhat restrained, but the casualties were the smallest, seeing that it was getting late, Tang Qiuli ordered the troops to stop the offensive and build a position on the periphery of the Japanese army.

Then, he ordered several tank brigades and several artillery brigades that had stayed in Libo to rush to the Duyun battlefield overnight, and ordered Le Yiqin's aviation units to enter the first level of combat readiness and dispatch them all at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning to carry out a devastating air attack on the 15th Army, which was compressed and surrounded.

This is the reason why Tang Qiu did not let the four infantry brigades carrying only mortars launch an annihilating attack on the Japanese army, as the saying goes, the trapped beast is still fighting, the four brigades of more than 60,000 people, can kill Yamashita Fengwen, but the casualties are so large that they will be beyond his psychological tolerance, there are a large number of tanks, artillery, rocket artillery, and the aviation does not need to fight, and the Japanese army will fight a short-handed infantry battle, unless a fool will do it.

The mechanized troops of the corps directly under the independent division that received the order of the division commander set off overnight, and on the main road leading from Dushan to Duyun, a light was like a long, flowing river of light, rapidly approaching Duyun, Wuhan and Changsha airports were brightly lit, bombers were busy loading bombs, fighters were refueling and refueling, and there was a busy and tense atmosphere of preparing for war.

At the same time, the headquarters of the Japanese Southern Dispatch Army, which was under the city of Guiyang, caused an uproar because of a telegram from Yamashita Fengfumi's 15th Army asking for help.

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