Section 139 The 34th Division broke through

In fact, Tang Boyin didn't know that asking for help didn't play a role at all, most of the soldiers in the national army suffered from night blindness because of malnutrition, and the night battle itself was very reluctant, not to mention that it was still raining at the moment, for the soldiers of the national army who had fought for a long time and didn't even have time to eat a hot meal, fighting in this situation was really not much different from sending them to death. It's just that Tang Boyin is unwilling, the heavens are not beautiful, if this rain is delayed for two days, no, as long as it is delayed for another day, he has the confidence to destroy the devils of Guanqiao.

On the position of the Independent Regiment in the northwest direction of Guanqiao, the sound of gunfire could be faintly heard in the distance at this moment, and in the darkness, there were constantly all kinds of sounds, plus the sound of raindrops beating everywhere, so that the stones could not understand what was going on over there. The soldiers of the reconnaissance company had tried very hard, but they still could not reach the other side of the bridge, and the situation of friendly troops, except for the occasional telegram, could only rely on guessing.

"Stone, will the devils start to break through?" Zhang Lingfu asked on the side.

The place where they were located was the headquarters of the front, one of the few places where there was a shelter from the rain. In this small space, there are more than a dozen soldiers crowded at this moment, who are blind to Zhang Lingfu, the deputy commander of the 58th Division, and Shishi, the commander of the regiment, and just huddle in the corner and fall asleep. After several days of running around and fighting, these soldiers of the Independent Regiment were physically exhausted and tired, although the devils were not far ahead, they trusted the sentries on duty and the brothers on guard, and rested without scruples.

Shi looked at the sleeping brother on the side, listened to the sound of raindrops in his ears, and couldn't help frowning and said, "Very likely! Although the losses of the devils are not known until now, after so many days of fighting, including the 57th Division and the 58th Division, the losses of the devils cannot be small. Today, the battle in the northeast has not stopped from morning to night, and the 70th Army must have invested a large number of troops on the frontal battlefield, and the devils estimate that they can no longer support it. Choosing to break through in this situation is indeed a good choice. ”

Zhang Lingfu looked at the stone and said this unhurriedly, and couldn't help but say a little strangely: "In this case, Brother Shi is not ready to take this opportunity to inflict heavy damage on the devil?" ”

Shi smiled bitterly: "Brother Zhang, it's not that I don't want to, but I really don't have this ability." The brothers of the Independent Regiment fought so many battles in a row, and their physical exertion was extremely great, and the casualties in such a battle were likely to be doubled as usual. Besides, the devils want to retreat, and the remaining devils after the break must be determined to die in order to cover the retreat of the main force. It is not an easy task to fight with such a force. However, the Japanese army is still sixty or seventy miles away from Wuqiao at the moment, no matter which direction they flee from, it is not so easy to go back, along the way the 70th Army and the 72nd Army and other troops, enough to give fatal damage to the devils, and these broken devils in front of us are even more impossible to escape, as long as they wait patiently for a few days, these devils will be completely finished. ”

In the past, Zhang Lingfu would definitely refute the idea of the stone, if the devil wants to retreat, he will defeat the broken troops in the shortest possible time, and then pursue the devil all the way, which can cause them enough damage and let the devil leave, how can this kind of thing be done? But in the previous battle, the 173 regiment was counterattacked by the devil and retreated several miles away, which reminded him of the brothers of the previous 153 brigade, and reminded him of those old subordinates, if the troops under command at this moment were the original 153 brigade, although they could not still kill the devils for several miles in a desperate situation like the independent regiment, they would definitely not be defeated so easily, as long as they could hold their positions, the losses would be greatly reduced.

Thinking of this, he also understood the idea of the stone, and the lives of the veterans under his command were indeed the most important at all times. It's just that according to his usual brave personality, he still said a little uncomfortable: "It's really a little unwilling to watch the devil break through like this!" ”

Shi said calmly: "Brother Zhang, what is the situation of the battle in the east now, we don't know at all, maybe the 70th Army is not as we imagined?" If so many of their troops can't stop the devils from breaking through, what role can we play by relying on our thousands of people here? It is not easy to eat these broken devils in front of us, as long as we do our best to defeat these enemy forces, we have already completed our mission. ”

Zhang Lingfu closed his eyes after listening, and after a long while, he let out a long breath and nodded with a hint of unwillingness, no matter what, he still believed in the judgment of the stone, just like the previous battle, if he listened to the idea of the stone and advanced slowly, the 173rd regiment might not be hit by a near-devastating blow......

Compared with the tense situation on the east side of Guanqiao, the west side of Guanqiao is very calm. Of course, this calm is only relative to the officers and men of the national army, according to the order of the commander of the 34th Division, Ogashige, the infantry commander Iwanaga was ordered to stay at Guanqiao to command the troops to break off the cover, and their task was to hold on to Guanqiao here for at least a day, to buy more time for the main force to break through. In fact, after receiving the order, Iwanaga already knew that he and these soldiers probably had no chance to withdraw again, although the number of troops in Guanqiao at this moment was quite large, most of them were wounded, and there were not a few seriously wounded, it was okay to expect such troops to gain time after the break, but it was seriously unrealistic to expect them to be able to break out of the encirclement later. This place is too far away from Wuqiao and Fengxin, and with their current strength and strength, if they want to break through the enemy's defense line at a distance of sixty or seventy miles, where can they do it?

Iwanaga knew that there was no hope of breaking through, so he was determined to inflict heavy losses on the enemy here at Guanqiao, and buy enough time for the division commander.

For the different battlefields on both sides, he also made different ways to deal with them. To the east, the enemy's charge was fierce, but its combat effectiveness was still much weaker. To deal with such an enemy army, accurate shooting and intensive fire suppression are very ideal combat methods, as long as the momentum of the enemy's charge can be suppressed, it is enough to delay more time, in a short time, as long as the number of bullets is still sufficient, the possibility of the enemy army wanting to break through the eastern mountain range is not large, another point is that the enemy's energy is now focused on the main force to break through, and the pressure on the east is definitely much weaker than before.

However, the enemy forces in the east are easy to deal with, but the enemy forces in the northwest direction are difficult to deal with. In terms of the accuracy of marksmanship, the soldiers under his hands are not as good as the enemy, and the intensity of firepower cannot be compared with the enemy, and such an enemy army, whether it is long-distance shooting or close-range firepower, there is no chance of winning at all, and what is more terrible is that the enemy's close-range hand-to-hand combat is more terrible than other points, these enemy troops are like being born specifically for hand-to-hand combat, and the combat ability is so strong that he has only seen it in his life. However, Iwanaga, as an infantry commander, really has a way to deal with it. The best way, of course, is to bury*, a sharp weapon against the infantry, which can cause fatal damage to the enemy's infantry in any situation. Of course, they can't use it at the moment, not to mention that there is no room to show it, and they don't have much stock in their hands at the moment. Iwanaga also came up with a more desperate solution for this reason, that is, "suicide attack".

What is a "suicide attack"? "It is to let the wounded wrap * on their bodies, and after the enemy breaks through to the position, they will rush to the enemy and directly take the same end to solve the opponent. This kind of tactics is also very amazing for its own attrition. But Iwanaga doesn't care, anyway, everyone's final result is death, so why not pull a bunch of enemy soldiers on their backs before they die? As soon as this crazy idea was proposed, the soldiers complied. In addition, Iwanaga also prepared a killer plan, that is, to order the remaining 8th Artillery Squadron to rain shells into the positions of the enemy in the event of inevitable defeat in the battle, hoping to use this way to win the killing of the enemy troops.

However, as time went on, Iwanaga became more and more surprised. The enemy forces on both sides did not launch an offensive, so all his previous plans were in vain. Time also gradually slipped by in this anxious waiting, and as time passed, as the passion of battle was drenched and drained by the rain, when hunger and cold enveloped everyone, the momentum of the Japanese army on the position of dying with the enemy army also gradually passed.

In the early morning of the 27th, the rain in the sky gradually increased. Shi looked at the rain that kept falling, looked at the hazy distance, and couldn't help but shake his head helplessly, this ghost weather, it didn't rain a few days ago, but it didn't stop when he was about to encircle and annihilate the main force of the devil, how can there be a war in this kind of weather?

Feeling the chill coming from his body, Shi also ordered all departments to immediately find a way to make a fire to make food and drink hot fire, otherwise, the brothers' bodies would not be able to bear it, where would they have the strength to kill devils? Anyway, in this kind of weather, the devil's situation will only get worse, and he is not in a hurry to attack.

Guanqiao was surprisingly calm here, but the main force of the 34th Division was in a bitter battle at the moment. At this moment, the 34th Division breakthrough troops had broken through the defense of the 70th Army overnight and advanced to the front line of Cunqian Street, which was only about 30 miles away from the first line of Wuqiao. Being able to kill here at night also shows that the officers of the Japanese army do have the ability, and the command ability in this chaotic situation alone is not something that ordinary people can have, but it is a pity that here they met the 72nd Army that arrived, and the road to Wuqiao was also completely blocked.

[Yesterday at 10 o'clock when I got home, I was really tired and bored, I got up at 5 o'clock in the morning to code words, and finally rushed out of a chapter. Let's see if there are many things in the company today, if there are not many, there will be another chapter around 5 p.m., and if there are many things, it will be more at about 9 p.m.! 】