Chapter 42: The Flesh Mill
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Suddenly, Qi Zibin reacted, looked at the trajectory of the cannonball, and shouted: "Liujiahu Village, this cannonball is from the direction of Liujiahu Village!" ”
Several staff officers were also stunned, and one of them said: "The Japanese army has placed an artillery position in Liujiahu Village, if nothing else, it should face the attack of the fourth battalion at this time, how can there be kung fu......
But soon everyone thought of a possibility, and one exclaimed, "No...... Could it be that the battalion commander Fang has already taken the Japanese artillery position, and even is using the Japanese artillery to shell the Japanese army at this time? ”
Qi Zibin slapped his thigh, tore off the hat on his head and laughed, laughing and saying: "Good Fang Cheng, good Fang Xiaoyu, this kid really didn't disappoint me, did a good job!" ”
The staff officers looked at the miserable appearance of the Japanese soldiers being bombed by their own artillery, and their faces also showed a look of relief.
At this time, in the headquarters of the Japanese army, the commander of the Seya Kai Brigade was also the head of the Seya detachment, and he was roaring at everyone in the headquarters.
"Waste, you are all waste, who will give me an explanation, what is going on with the artillery position in Liujiahu Village!"
All the people in the command room were silent, and everyone guessed that there was an accident in the artillery position, and nine times out of ten it fell into the hands of the enemy, but no one dared to touch the moldy head of Seya Kai at this time, and it was really possible that he would be killed by the angry Seya Kai.
After the frenzy, Seya Kai immediately answered the phone and said: "Pick up the aviation brigade for me, and ask them to go out and raze Liujiahu Village to the ground!" ”
Just above the artillery position in Liujiahu Village, a group of northwestern men were excitedly stuffing shells into the cannons, and then blasting them out.
Fortunately, among the more than 300 people, there were finally five or six artillerymen, Fang Xiaoyu didn't play, just play a big game, and under the concerted efforts of the crowd, he finally successfully launched one shell after another at the Japanese side.
Qian Gui was shirtless, carrying a cannonball with a few people, and with a bang, the cannonball entered the chamber, and then everyone shouted in unison: "Fire!" ”
The muzzle flame flickered, and the cannonball burst out of the air.
Several people worked together to carry the heavy cannonballs again, but their faces were full of excitement, but at this time, Fang Xiaoyu was observing the air with a solemn face.
Fang Xiaoyu can imagine how angry the commander of the Japanese army was at this time, let alone the Japanese army, if it was him, he would be mad if he was used against his own artillery.
"I think the Japanese army's retaliation is already on the way, or heavy artillery crushing or aircraft bombing!"
When the Japanese army's hoarded shells were blasted out, Fang Xiaoyu's eyes shrank suddenly, and he saw a row of black dots in the air in the distance.
Japanese bombers are coming!
Fang Xiaoyu didn't dare to hesitate in the slightest, roared, and yelled at his busy subordinates: "The Japanese plane is coming, withdraw for me!" ”
Fang Xiaoyu's roar was like a basin of cold water poured on his head, and he reluctantly glanced at the captured cannons, gritted his teeth and stuffed bundles of grenades into the barrels.
A roar came, and in the blink of an eye, several cannons were completely blown up, or the chambers of the cannons were burst, or blown into pieces, anyway, not a single intact cannon was left.
In the blink of an eye, Fang Xiaoyu led a group of his subordinates into the woods, and at this time, the Japanese aviation also appeared in the sky above Liujiahu Village.
According to the azimuth coordinates given by the Seya detachment, one bomber after another hovered overhead, and soon discovered the artillery position, so one aerial bomb after another fell from the sky.
Soon the entire artillery position was plunged into a sea of fire, and several rounds of bombardment came down, completely destroying the entire artillery position.
Fang Xiaoyu and the others, who escaped only a few hundred meters away, were lying on the ground one by one, looking at the artillery position where shrapnel was flying, and everyone who was forcibly ordered by Fang Xiaoyu was completely happy, fortunately, their own battalion commander expected the enemy to be like a god, otherwise, they hesitated or lingered a little, and they were afraid that they would have been killed by the explosion at this time.
The Japanese planes in the air quickly completed the bombing mission and circled and left.
Seeing that the Japanese machine was leaving, everyone below breathed a sigh of relief, Fang Xiaoyu and the others got up, looked at the people who still had excitement on their faces, waved their big hands, and said in high spirits: "Let's go back!" ”
When the men and horses of the fourth battalion returned to Taierzhuang, Fang Xiaoyu and the others in the distance saw several figures standing there waiting for them.
Looking closer, the leader was Chi Fengcheng, the commander of the 31st Division, and the brigade commander Qi Zibin, as well as more than a dozen officers and soldiers, and it can be said that about half of the upper-level generals of the 31st Division came.
Without waiting for Fang Xiaoyu to step forward to salute, he saw Chi Fengcheng step forward with an excited face, smashed his big hand on Fang Xiaoyu's chest, and said with praise: "Good boy, you did a good job, you can be regarded as a good game for our 31st Division, and even Chief Li Zongren already knows about this matter." ”
Fang Xiaoyu smiled and said, "It's really those devils who are too careless, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to take down the artillery position so easily." ”
Chi Fengcheng said with a smile: "Anyway, your kid's meritorious deeds this time are not small, I here, and Chief Li have written them down for you, and they will be rewarded together after the war!" ”
Fang Xiaoyu really has no interest in rewarding, he is going to leave after completing the task, even if it is a big official position, what is the use, it is better to exchange the credit for money, or to share it with these poor brothers under him.
Immediately, Fang Xiaoyu told Chi Fengcheng his thoughts, and when he heard that Fang Xiaoyu did not seek promotion, but only asked Shangfeng to turn the credit into silver and distribute it to the brothers in the fourth battalion, everyone looked at Fang Xiaoyu with a lot of strange eyes.
Not to mention that Chi Fengcheng and the others looked at Fang Xiaoyu in surprise, but said that the soldiers of the four battalions who returned with Fang Xiaoyu all showed gratitude and inexplicable expressions.
This kind of thing is very far away for these soldiers, and they never dreamed that Fang Xiaoyu would want to exchange the credit for money and share it with them.
After taking a deep look at Fang Xiaoyu, Chi Fengcheng patted Fang Xiaoyu on the shoulder and said, "I understand what you mean, I will inform Chief Li of what you mean." ”
Returning to the defensive position of the Fourth Battalion, the more than 100 officers and soldiers of the Fourth Battalion who remained behind couldn't help but cheer when they watched the hero's return.
While the **** side cheered, the Japanese side also regrouped, and once again in the roar of aircraft artillery, groups of Japanese troops launched an attack on Taierzhuang.
The tragic war officially broke out, and both sides took out a desperate posture, and the national * army held its position stubbornly and refused to give up an inch of land.
The 1st Battalion of the 186th Regiment, which held the north gate of Taierzhuang, resisted stubbornly under the command of Commander Wang Zhen and Battalion Commander Jiang Changtai, and engaged the Japanese army in a white-knuckle battle outside the north gate of the city, repelling many attacks by the Japanese army.
In particular, the 1st Battalion was a recruit, and almost all of them died at the north gate of Taierzhuang. Commander Wang Zhen also personally set up a machine gun to shoot at the Japanese army outside the city, that night, 200 Japanese soldiers broke through the small north gate, hid in the Taishan Temple near the small north gate, Wang Zhen personally led the soldiers to besiege the enemy of the Taishan Temple, and finally eliminated it.
After a day of hard fighting, the position guarded by Fang Xiaoyu's fourth battalion was also attacked by the Japanese army, and it was simply not the focus of the Japanese army's attack, so it was repelled by Fang Xiaoyu and them.
Also on this day, Chairman Chiang personally inspected Xuzhou, leaving several military and political officials to assist Li Zongren, who was sitting in Xuzhou, in commanding this decisive battle.
In the next few days, the Japanese army attacked frantically like outlaws, and attacked Taierzhuang several times, but the Second Army also blocked the enemy with flesh and blood, and almost beat the Japanese invaders who rushed into the village again in the way of life for life.
In this way, the whole Taierzhuang is like a flesh and blood mill, and both the enemy and us have paid a heavy price in this small village.
In a blink of an eye, on March 27, the Japanese army, which had received reinforcements, launched its third attack on Taierzhuang City. The Japanese army bombarded the Taierzhuang wall, the north city wall was blown down, the small north gate was also destroyed, the officers and soldiers of the 3rd battalion of the 181st regiment guarding the small north gate were sacrificed, more than 300 Japanese troops broke into the city, the tragic street battle began, and the Chinese defenders in the city launched a fierce street battle with the Japanese invaders.
The position held by the four battalions led by Fang Xiaoyu was also lost, originally there were more than 400 people in the four battalions, but now there are more than 100 people left, which can be described as a heavy loss.