Section 86 An independent regiment that stands out

The sky is almost dusk, the sunset is obliquely shining, the sky and the earth are dusk, only the clouds in the sky are reflected by the sunshine that is about to end, becoming colorful, delicate and moving, the kind of scenery that is completely different from other scenes, is also particularly attractive to the eye. Sakurai stood on the top of a hill, but he shook his head and sighed when he looked at this beautiful scenery. It's not that the scenery in front of him isn't beautiful, it's just that he is not in the mood to enjoy the scenery at all at this time.

Although the guard division and regiment lagged far behind the Division A in terms of combat effectiveness, the establishment of the three wings directly under the division and regiment made the division and regiment headquarters more direct and effective in controlling the various wings, and the combat efficiency was also greatly improved. This is also the commander of the third division of Sakurai Province, who got the battle report of the 215th Wing on the front line of Leishanling for the first time, and knew what was happening on the front line.

Sakurai lowered his head and sighed, he couldn't help but feel a little remorseful. As I said earlier, he has basically decided to return to the headquarters base camp, and what needs to be done in front of him is to wait smoothly for the 33rd Division to be transferred to North China, and his task here will be successfully completed. As for participating in this offensive war, he really can't wipe his face, after all, he and Oga Shigeru have not been fighting side by side for a day or two, their two divisions are stationed in northern Jiangxi together, fighting side by side, this kind of friendship cultivated from the battle, so that he can't refuse Oga Shigeru's request. However, judging from the current situation, he himself is too greedy, if according to the original battle plan, they continue to press the enemy's formation as the right army and the 34th Division in the center, and constantly approach Shanggao, in fact, it is mainly to play a countermeasure role. But a few days ago, in the face of a vulnerable enemy army, in the face of a constantly routing enemy, he couldn't help but want to fight a beautiful victory to add some merit to his transfer. As a result, he paid the price for his greed, and the entire division was lost because of his wrong decisions.

At this time, Sakurai Shozo had begun to get tired of the war, and the deceit involved in it, and the struggle between people was really annoying. But so far, he can't let go, after all, the situation at the moment is very grim, the entire division may be re-encircled at any time, he doesn't want to bury the entire division before leaving, in that case, he will not have the face to return to the base camp, he can only apologize for his sins.

Breakthrough! This is the most urgent thing in front of him, and the key question is in which direction to break through?

Judging from the situation reported by the Tsuyoshi Chain, it is really a very risky thing to continue to choose the direction of Wuqiao, the combat effectiveness of the 215th Wing, and he, the commander of the division, knows very well that even they can't take the enemy's position, so after the 214th Wing is transferred, the effect will definitely be very limited. He really couldn't figure it out, where did the enemy army emerge with such a powerful force? There is actually an establishment of cavalry, is it the rumored "Tiger Force"? Note: But shouldn't the Tiger troops resist the attack of the 34th Division on the Shanggao front line at this time? How is it possible to have the energy to juggle the flanks on the battlefield?

Sakurai Province couldn't figure it out for a while, but he didn't dare to be careless. After careful consideration, he decided not to take the risk and put the direction of the breakthrough to the north. Towards the encirclement, occupying Wuqiao can certainly continue to plan for the frontal attack of the 34th Division, but at the moment they no longer have this ability, and the most important problem now is to keep themselves from being encircled and annihilated is the most important thing, and their offensive in the past few days has attracted more than three or four troops of the enemy, and in terms of effect, they have overfulfilled the task of attracting enemy troops from the flank.

After thinking about this, Sakurai no longer had a headache, and made up his mind to kill Benhuibu, and then return to Fengxin, imitating the original offensive line of the 106th Division to complete this battle.

At first, they placed the direction of the breakthrough in the direction of Wuqiao and took a defensive position in the direction of the meeting, but after changing the direction of the breakthrough at this moment, the focus of the entire division and regiment naturally had to be adjusted, and the eastern front was changed to a defensive position, and the north made an offensive posture. For such a change, the independent regiment on the front line of Leishanling did not have much reaction, since the stone commanded the cavalry battalion to unexpectedly annihilate a large group of the Japanese army, the Japanese attack has stopped, and for the retreat of the Japanese army, Shi is not impressed, whether they are really retreating or false retreat, this has nothing to do with him, after all, the task of the independent regiment in this battle is only to hold the Wu Bridge, as for the encirclement and annihilation battle, even if he wants to participate, the previous attitude of the three armies has explained everything.

The stone is as stable as Mount Tai here, and the 72nd Army on the front line of Huibu has encountered * trouble. It had been a day since they arrived at Huibu, and when the Japanese retreated, they moved almost parallel to the Japanese army, threatening the flank of the Japanese army at all times, but to be honest, they could not play any other role in addition to this, the Japanese army had already shown strong combat power when they broke through the defensive line formed by them and the 78th Army, and they could not stop it at all in the face of the fierce attack of the Japanese army. After resisting Huibu, because the Japanese army obviously put the direction of the breakthrough to the east, they also did not have the heart to build fortifications on the front line of Huibu, after all, they were not equipped with a large number of civilian men and coolies like the independent regiment of the 74th Army, and they expected the soldiers to build this position that had no "practical significance", and how many people were willing to spend this effort in vain?

Another point is that they think that the war is basically over. After the Japanese army opened the encirclement, it was impossible to surround the devils in such a situation where the combat location was constantly changing. Not to mention anything else, if you want to surround the devil, at least you have to be able to block the devil's progress, right? But who can do this? What neither of their 72nd Army nor the 78th Army did, can other units do? At a time when the 74th Army, the most powerful army in the Ninth Theater, was still struggling to support the upper line, such a thing could not have happened.

As a result, when the Japanese army turned its guns and launched an attack on the front line of Huibu, several defensive lines set up by the 72nd Army disappeared in a blink of an eye like melting snow in the spring sun, and with such a result in front, the direction of the Japanese army was becoming more and more clear about the direction of the breakthrough, and the 214th Wing launched a fierce attack on the front line of Huibu without hesitation.

This sudden change of direction of the Japanese army obviously made several troops on the side helpless, especially the 72nd Army, which could only ask for help from other friendly forces around it in the case of continuous retreat. But the 70th Army could not be counted on, on the battlefield on the left flank, the hardest and fiercest force was the 70th Army, from the original lure of the enemy to the blocking of the enemy's advance, the 70th Army has been the main force, has been fighting with the Japanese 213 Wing endlessly. However, it was also difficult for some strongmen to break through the position of the 213th Wing, which was coordinated by the artillery wing, and under the attack of the Japanese heavy artillery, they had to open a long line of skirmishers for each attack, so as not to be killed and wounded by the shells. However, when the Japanese army was stationed in the mountains, the terrain was dangerous, and the personnel were too sparse, they could not form a strong attack force at all, and the effect of the strong attack was also limited, but at least they could attract the Japanese artillery wing and drag a Japanese infantry wing.

The 78th Army in the south was entangled with other units of the Japanese 33rd Division, and the troops they faced were the Engineer Wing and the Baggage Wing, although the combat capability of these troops was far inferior to that of the infantry wing, but the victory was enough in numbers, and the weapons were not bad, and the strength of the two wings built a defensive line was enough to make the 78th Army unable to advance. Who else can the 72nd Army count on in this situation? In the case of illness and rush to the hospital, they had to ask for help from the independent regiment in the direction of Wuqiao, hoping that they could take the initiative to attack and contain the Japanese army, so as to reduce the pressure on the direction of Huibu.

When the communication company left behind in Wuqiao Town reported the news to the stone who was on the front line of Leishan Ridge, the stone just lowered his head and groaned. However, Liu Wenfeng on the side scolded unceremoniously: "What the hell is this called?" This order was actually given by the commander of an army? He's not afraid to spread it out and make people laugh out of their big teeth? ”

Cheng Zhong on the side didn't speak, he just sneered twice, with a look of disdain on his face. It is really not easy for Cheng Chong, who has always been steady, to have such an expression.

Shi shook his head lightly, and turned to Liu Wenfeng and said, "Send someone to call the regimental attached, the chief of staff, and a few battalion commanders." In addition, let Li Wenguang bring the regimental headquarters and battalion as well, and Wuqiao no longer needs to be garrisoned. ”

Liu Wenfeng opened his mouth, hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't hold back and said, "Stone, you don't really want to take the initiative to attack, right?" Damn, there are three armies in a range of dozens of miles, but let one of our regiments carry the heavy burden and fight the main attack, what is this called? Could it be that without our regiment, they don't even know how to fight? Is it true that they are not as good as our regiment as an army? ”

Shi Shi said calmly: "How they fight, what they fight, that's their business." The key is how we fight ourselves, and whether we can be worthy of our conscience and the military uniform on our bodies. Could it be that we also have to watch the devil slip away from us like this? ”

Cheng Zhong on the side couldn't help but interject and said: "Regiment leader, I'm afraid this battle can't rely on one of our regiments, right?" Even if we can fight again, it will be difficult for us to kill the devil with a wing, plus the devil's heavy artillery wing, this kind of battle, no matter how we fight, there is no chance of winning. ”

Shi nodded and said: "I know this, I'll talk about it together when we get here, and when I finish speaking, we will discuss whether to fight or not!" ”

[Note: Since the Battle of Wanjialing and the Battle of Nanchang, the 74th Army, which has repeatedly inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese army, has been called "Tiger Son" by the Japanese army, which means trump card troops, and believes that fighting with the 74th Army requires considerable caution!] 】