Section 95 The good news that made Wang Yaowu laugh three times

At night, the officers of the Stone and Independent Regiment quietly looked at the sporadic fires in the distance. This is a battle of wits and strength, the number of participants is not much, but the fight is very fierce and smart, the first battalion, the second battalion and even the regimental headquarters battalion several teams rotate with each other to impact, with a variety of ways to impact the enemy's defensive line, and achieved good results, although they have never broken through the enemy's defensive line, but they are also satisfied. After all, the enemy army in front of him is as large as a wing, and it is already a miracle that the independent regiment can suppress the enemy when it has almost half of its strength.

"Commander, the devil has retreated!" In the night, several figures rushed towards them with great speed, and they heard their excited shouts several steps away.

Liu Wenfeng and the others on the side couldn't help but move their eyes to the stone, wanting to hear the next arrangement of the stone, this series of battles was fought, although they felt extremely enjoyable, but their minds were already a little muddy, and the situation in front of them was no longer as clear and clear as before, as for the next arrangements and arrangements, they really had no bottom in their hearts.

Shi Shi maintained his usual calm, the news of the devil's retreat seemed to have been expected by him, and after hearing the report, he immediately said: "The first battalion is stationed in place to guard, and the second battalion is slowly pressing forward." If you encounter the resistance of the devils, immediately attack on all fronts and kill them up the mountain at all costs. If there is no devil to break the back, after taking the mountain, the defense line will be arranged immediately. ”

The arrangement of the stone immediately attracted Liu Wenfeng on the side and asked: "Stone, what do you mean by this arrangement?" Why do you have to fight hard when you encounter the attack of the devil, and the devil doesn't dare to move forward after no one breaks it? ”

Shi said in a deep voice: "If there is a devil who is broken, it means that the devil is a gecko with a broken tail, and he uses part of his troops to contain us, and the main force is quickly evacuated." In this case, as long as we break through the enemy's resistance in a very short time, the main force of the Japanese army will definitely leave behind the broken troops in panic, so that we can continue to pursue and eat away at the enemy's strength, and we can maximize the damage to the enemy. As long as we fight hard and fast enough, the losses of this enemy army will be very heavy, and it will be difficult to recover in a short time. If the devils do not leave the troops behind, then their withdrawal must be a slow retreat in a group, and the combat power will be amazing. This kind of loss is very uneconomical in the current situation that the overall situation has been decided, and it is better to simply let them go. ”

Only then did everyone suddenly realize that they admired the stone even more, and in such a complex situation, the stone could still maintain such a keen intuition and clear mind, this ability is simply incomparable.

Subsequently, the second battalion slowly pushed up Hualin Village, all the way unimpeded, and the scouts sent out also reported back the dynamics of the Japanese army. Sure enough, the speed of these Japanese troops retreating was very slow, obviously just like the stone said, they retreated in groups, maintained enough combat power, and fought hard with such devils, I am afraid that the losses will be very amazing. And because the enemy has a lot of artillery, it is really very difficult to say whether it can win this battle in the case of a tough encounter.

However, the independent regiment's gains this time are not small. Because of the hasty retreat of the Japanese army, a large amount of supplies were left, although many of them were damaged, but there are still many that can still be used, especially the guns and weapons of those fallen soldiers, including the equipment that failed, were wantonly thrown on the hillside, so that the second battalion had a bumper harvest, if you add the capture at Hengling, it is even more amazing. Soon after, the bearded side sent someone to send news that they had attacked a devil's army in the middle of the night not long ago, annihilated the enemy army, captured a large number of guns and ammunition, and brought back the bodies of several Japanese officers.

This news immediately shocked the entire independent regiment, Officer Dazuo, who was an important official at the level of wing commander, bearded and they had such a harvest in a casual battle, which was really enviable. And at this point, they finally knew why the devil retreated in such a hurry, and obviously they didn't have the confidence to stay here anymore when they found that a large number of enemy horses appeared behind them.

After thinking about this, everyone couldn't help but shout a pity, if they knew that it was the cavalry battalion that launched the offensive, if they cooperated here, they should be able to make the enemy lose some more, at least when they retreated, they would not be so calm and relaxed, not to mention anything else, it would be good to leave more things down. Stone didn't care about this, this battle has far exceeded expectations, a series of victories, annihilation of a whole brigade and a whole squadron of the enemy, plus the killing and wounding in the tug-of-war, in the case of the loss of nearly 100 soldiers on the side, it can be said that it is a complete victory, especially in this There is also a Japanese army Dazuo was killed, this credit is so great, it should be greatly commended with the entire 74th Army, in this case, even the devil can be ignored in the front line of Wuqiao.

The independent regiment then reported to the military headquarters that it had won the victory, and specially sent a squad of non-commissioned officers to take the bodies of several Japanese officers to the Shanggao line on a detour. At the same time, they also reported to the surrounding 70th Army and other troops, and the independent regiment blocked the enemy on the front line of Wuqiao, although in the end they did not encircle the 33rd Division of the Japanese army, but they had already done their best. In the case of rushing to the front line of Wuqiao to participate in the battle, he won several battles in a row, forcing the Japanese army to change the direction of the breakthrough and killing and wounding the enemy.

In this case, Tang Boyin, commander of the 19th Division under the 70th Army, hurried to the front line of Hualinzhai to receive the defense line, and Shi led a group of officers to greet him.

Tang Boyin is a veteran of the Hunan army, and he fought extremely the land of his hometown this time. In order to protect the land of the hometown and the old folks, the 19th Division took the initiative to fight this battle from the very beginning. Including the first-line blocking battle in Shangfu and the subsequent pursuit battle, the 19th Division served as the main force, and the Japanese army that once fought retreated step by step. However, this kind of large-scale encirclement and annihilation battle, the outstanding performance of one division, can not change the situation of the entire battlefield, the 19th Division in the frontal defense and attack are very sharp, but the 72nd Army and the 78th Army, which are responsible for outflanking and encircling, did not exert enough strength, and were broken through the blockade by the Japanese army. In this case, the 19th Division pursued all the way, and the effect was not very good.

The independent regiment's operation this time was the same, although they fought very beautifully on the front line of Wuqiao, but the Japanese army finally broke out from the north to encircle, so that the plan of encirclement and annihilation fell short, in this case, Tang Boyin, who received the defense line, was also a little depressed, and he was obviously disappointed to not complete the encirclement and annihilation battle. However, for the stone, he is still quite appreciative, this young regiment commander does not take credit, is not arrogant, treats people peacefully, has a unique vision, his troops are strong, the military discipline is strict, at a glance is an experienced division of a hundred battles, can rely on the strength of only one regiment, can make a division of the devil to avoid it, its strong combat power can be imagined. It's a pity that the military situation is urgent, and it is inconvenient for them to talk in detail, after a few words of greeting, Shi also withdrew to the front line of Wuqiao with the soldiers of the independent regiment, and formed a horn with the friendly troops on the front line of Hualinzhai, relying on each other.

On the morning of March 23, Wang Yaowu, commander of the 74th Army, received a telegram from Shi from the front line of Wuqiao, on the one hand, telling the story and results of the bloody battle on the front line of Wuqiao, and on the other hand, it also stated that the 33rd Division on the right flank of the Japanese army had withdrawn to the front line of Fengxin and suffered heavy losses, and the 34th Division of the Japanese army attacking in the middle had formed a lone force to penetrate deeply.

At this time, when Wang Yaowu had a big headache, since yesterday, the Japanese army in the middle has been killed in the suburbs of the northeast of Shanggao, which is only three or four miles away from Shanggao, and the 57th Division has been fighting with the Japanese army in a continuous bloody battle, which is already a little unsupportable. The 51st Division and the 58th Division on the south bank of the Jinjiang River are not under much pressure, and although the strength of the independent mixed brigade is not as strong as the 33rd Division, this newly transferred unit from the Songhu area strictly implements the Japanese army's combat plan, and constantly attacks the upper line from the south bank of the Jinjiang River. On the one hand, it was necessary to arrange troops to deal with the flank of the 57th, and on the other hand, it was also necessary to take into account the battlefield on the south bank of the Jinjiang River; once the 51st Division could not stand on the south bank of the Jinjiang River, the Japanese army would capture Shanggao from the south bank of the Jinjiang River, and the entire 74th Army would be in danger of being encircled.

The battle continued to this time, and the Japanese 34th Division also went crazy, and this battle was related to whether the 34th Division could hold the northern Jiangxi region in the future, as the main attacking force, they fought extremely resolutely. Oga Shigeru even asked for reinforcements again and again, and more than 30 planes bombed the positions of the 57th Division indiscriminately, making it impossible for the remaining Cheng Wanbu soldiers to even raise their heads.

With the strength of one army to deal with the Japanese army's 30,000 troops of a division and an independent mixed brigade, the 57th Division faced the onslaught of 20,000 troops of a division of the devil with a force of about 10,000 people, and the difficulty of its battle can be imagined, if it were not for the 74th Army, which has always been accustomed to fighting vicious battles, I am afraid that it would have been unable to support it. If the current situation is maintained and not changed, it is obvious that the loss of Shanggao is just a matter of time.

Under such circumstances, Wang Yaowu received the news from the stone side, and when he received the news that the left-wing battlefield had been completely liberated and the 33rd Division had retreated to the front line of Fengxin, he immediately laughed excitedly. For him, killing a big Zuo is certainly something worth celebrating, but the most important thing is to be able to solve the current crisis and solve the high dilemma.

Wang Yaowu reported to Luo Zhuoying, the commander of the group army, and ordered the independent regiment to immediately return to Shanggao, as for the next encirclement and annihilation battle, he can no longer think about it now, the main problem at the moment is that the 74th Army can withstand the offensive of the Japanese army and block the progress of the devils.