Section 3 Collapse of the whole line

I have to say that Yoshio Kudo can become the brigade commander, and he does have something unique, not to mention anything else, the kind of tenacity and persistence in a desperate situation alone is by no means something that ordinary people can have. Even if he is unkempt at the moment and has no image to speak of, his round eyes and hoarse but still sharp voice can make the people around him cheer up and never give up.

However, this time, Kudo Yoshio still failed to hold out to the end, although they had resisted the enemy army on the front line of Chazi Mountain for five days, and still did not retreat in the face of the attack of several times the enemy's troops, but sometimes fighting a war can solve the problem with morale alone, just like the Chinese men do not lack the courage to sacrifice their lives to kill the enemy, and there is no shortage of heroes who defend the land to the death, but they are still constantly defeated. Today, this situation has finally happened to the Japanese army. Just as he was about to take everyone to reinforce the artillery wing, news came from there that the enemy troops who had broken through the right flank defense line had reached the edge of the artillery position, because the front line lacked troops and ammunition, and even the weapons and ammunition carried by these artillery men were basically replenished to the front line. In such a situation, it is conceivable what fate an unarmed artillery will do in the face of enemy troops.

Kudo Yoshio couldn't help but sigh when he heard the news, as soon as the artillery wing was defeated, without artillery reinforcements, how could the devastated position hold back the enemy's crazy attack? What's more, the enemy army has been completely desperate this time, and in the case of great casualties, there is no retreat and abandonment at all. It made him feel helpless and hopeless. This is the second time he has felt like this since joining the army, the first time was in the Battle of De'an, in the face of several times the enemy's encirclement and strong attack, their division has no backhand, although it is not like the 106th Division is almost completely annihilated, but most of them have been killed, and this time, they are already under siege, is there any hope of survival?

"Telegraph to the division headquarters that the Chazishan defense line has been broken through, and now the rear road of the brigade has been cut off, and the retreat to Xiangfuguan is a dead end, and the brigade will break through in the direction of Fengxin, and I implore the air force to cooperate and support, and I implore the 106th division to receive support." Yoshio Kudo sighed secretly, his voice remaining as calm as ever.

"Then ask for help from the 106th Division on the front line of Fengxin and ask for answers." After finishing speaking, Kudo Yoshio suddenly seemed to be several years old, he looked at the officers and soldiers beside him who looked suspicious, and looked at the battlefield in the distance that was gradually unable to support the loss of artillery suppression, although he couldn't see it really, he seemed to hear the enemy shouting and the screams of the soldiers on his side, which made him feel a pain in his heart, and his whole face was distorted, plus his already sloppy face, which was even more hideous.

Looking at his expression, Kotaro Fukui on the side couldn't help but say quite worriedly: "Your Excellency, withdraw, as long as we can break through the encirclement and kill Fengxin, we still have a chance to kill back." ”

"Opportunity?" Kudo Yoshio muttered with a miserable smile, and after a long silence, his tone returned to his previous firm and cold voice: "Fukui-kun, give me a mistake if you don't quit!" ”

Kotaro Fukui was both surprised and delighted when he heard this, and it was a great honor to be able to make a mistake for His Excellency the Brigade Commander. However, in this case, he also felt a chill in his heart, if His Excellency the brigade commander was disemboweled, as a subordinate, would he still have the face to go back? Only by following the chief to disembowel, can the dignity and glory of the samurai be shown, but to be honest, Kotaro Fukui does not have the courage to cut the stomach.

While his heart was tumbling here, Kudo Yoshio continued: "Fukui-kun, the 102 Brigade is entrusted to you, you must take them out of the encirclement, and you must bring back the battle flag of the 102 Brigade, which condenses the blood and glory of too many 102 Brigade warriors, which is full of the respect and pride of the warriors, and must not all die here." ”

"Hi" Kotaro Fukui immediately felt relieved when he heard this, and the whole person instantly relaxed a lot.

Kudo Yoshio seemed to have thought about the issue of caesarean section in the past few days, and after making up his mind at this moment, he suddenly became relaxed, and he beckoned to one of the guards on the side, this soldier seemed to have been arranged, and a white blanket and a delicate knife were turned out of a box on the side with a dead face.

Soon, the soldier spread a blanket on the ground and respectfully handed the knife to the brigade commander. Kudo Yoshio took advantage of this effort, but slightly tidied up his clothes and appearance, after taking the knife, he knelt down straight, and then he turned his head and smiled at Fukui Kotaro, this smile suddenly made the co-captain's scalp numb, without waiting for him to think about anything more, Kudo Yoshio had suddenly cut his abdominal cavity, extremely standard cross cutting method, after cutting, Kudo Yoshio even had time to put his seppuku knife aside, and then the whole person fell straight forward.

And Kotaro Fukui, who was wrong on the side, didn't know if he was scared stupid, or what, he didn't react at all from beginning to end, but just watched his Shangguan die of seppuku.

At this moment, several guards also knelt in front of the brigade commander, and they seppuku in a similar way, they were quite heartfelt, even if they died, they would die with their commanders, but this kind of huge pain was not something that anyone could bear, and one of the guards couldn't bear the severe pain in the abdomen, but after a horizontal cut, he couldn't bear it and yelled. Kotaro Fukui stepped forward quickly, slashed down directly, the shouting stopped abruptly, and the location of the brigade headquarters immediately quieted down, leaving only the pungent blood mixed with a foul smell, which made people feel sick.

However, these Japanese officers and soldiers on the side did not notice these at all, and they were stimulated by the disembowelment of the brigade commander and the guards, and they all looked murderous, and they no longer had the previous fear and timid looks.

The 102nd Brigade of the Japanese Army immediately began to break through, and Kotaro Fukui was undoubtedly the temporary commander of the brigade at this moment. A few days ago, the wing commander of the 103rd Wing died in Gao'an, and today, the brigade commander was disemboweled, and he was the only senior officer left in the entire 102 Brigade.

However, the matter of breaking through the siege is simple to say, but it is still very troublesome to operate in practice, not to mention anything else, just how to get rid of the entanglement of the enemy army in front of it is a headache, and now there is no artillery reinforcement, and the forefront positions of the defense line have been broken through. It is not uncommon for this to happen in the past, but a few days ago, through the concentrated suppression of artillery, they could block the subsequent enemy reinforcements from coming up, and solve the enemy forces that broke through the position through mutual reinforcements. However, at this moment, they can no longer do this, this time not only did there be no artillery reinforcements, but the position was also broken through the whole line, it seems that the officers on the front line also knew that it was useless to ask for help, and under the chaos, they just buried their heads in hard fighting.

Kotaro Fukui couldn't help but grit his teeth and order in this situation: "After the two wings each leave half of their strength behind, the others will immediately assemble and assault in the direction of Wuqiao Town, and send another squad to make a detour to Fengxin to meet the friendly forces of the 106th Division, whether they can break through depends on whether the friendly troops can arrive in time." ”

At this moment, the 57th Division has tore through the defense line of the Japanese flank with the cooperation of friendly forces and approached the edge of the Japanese artillery position, it is precisely because their surprise attack made the Japanese artillery wing feel threatened, so after quickly gathering the troops, it is no longer possible to control the front-line troops, but in this way, this regiment of the 57th Division is also in trouble, although their attacks are sharp, these Japanese troops in order to save their lives but the shells originally used in the front line are called to them, so that they immediately suffered heavy losses, Fortunately, their mission was only to threaten these artillerymen, not to annihilate them completely, but they barely completed their goal.

Soon after, the Japanese army began to pounce on them, and when life and death were at stake, these Japanese soldiers attacked like crazy, and even in order to seize the time, the Japanese soldiers who rushed over did not hesitate to pull the * and die with the soldiers of the national army. These moves, which were usually used by the soldiers of the national army to consume devils, are now reversed, which makes the brothers of the 57th Division stunned, and after a short period of distraction, they become a little afraid. They were deep in the hinterland of the enemy, and they were very afraid of every move, and under the Japanese army's fighting style, they were even more afraid and afraid.

What immediately made them even more frightened was that the Japanese troops that were pouring in like a torrent went straight to the northwest of Gao'an from not far in front of them, looking at the dense and overwhelming appearance of the enemy army, the officers and men of the 57th Division, which had only one regiment of troops, couldn't help but hesitate, and after struggling for a long time, they finally gave up the idea of taking the initiative to attack, after all, fighting under such circumstances, the losses were really unimaginable.

The garrison of the 57th Division in Neihuang and other places was also attacked by the Japanese army, the commander of the 57th Division, Shi Zhongcheng, personally rushed to the front line to fight, his troops were like a big net torn in the wide place between Gao'an and Fengxin, these days the enemy army here was swept away, which is also the reason why the 339th Regiment could kill the big city, in the face of the Japanese army that broke through, Shi Zhongcheng couldn't help but be overjoyed, he knew that today's attack had worked, and the devils of Chazi Mountain had collapsed. In order to completely annihilate this remnant army, he ordered to gather his troops, and to strangle all the enemy troops in it like a net.

At the same time, he telegraphed to the 49th Army in the northwest direction, asking them to quickly come for reinforcements, in case the Japanese troops of the 106th Division took advantage of the loophole, and a siege and annihilation battle comparable to Wanjialing was about to start in front of their eyes.