Section 230 Where is the Independent Regiment?

As soon as Miyamoto Kuzo's news was reported to the brigade headquarters, it caused consternation and discussion among the officers of the brigade headquarters. It turned out that before the news of the 68th Wing came up, the battle situation and casualties of the 6th Wing had already been reported, and the brigade commander could not help but be shocked when he heard that Oka Buwuo's ace unit had suffered heavy losses. Although the 6th Wing successfully broke through the enemy's position and kept approaching the main force of the enemy's "Tiger Army", he couldn't help but hesitate a little when the losses increased greatly. After all, for the Japanese troops, it is important to attack cities and seize land, but no matter when, the first thing is the strength of the troops, as long as the strength still exists, it is to lose some cities and places, and the problem is not big, but if the losses of the troops are too large, then the problem will be serious.

This is the case now, although the 6th Wing is approaching the enemy's main force, but the losses are too great, how can the enemy's main force be defeated next? This made him worry about the 68th Wing, which went to reinforce the 68th Wing, but he was thinking about it when news came from Miyamoto Kuzo, and the worst thing was that the result was that the tentative attack suffered great losses, and even the tank troops sent were lost, so the last bit of thought in his heart was also completely gone.

Miyamoto Kuzo, who was on the front line east of Xiaomin Mountain and was confronting the second battalion of the Independent Regiment, received a call back from the brigade headquarters soon after, and after reading the order, the tall and burly wing commander couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Finally, there was no need to storm the enemy position in front of him, and this alone made him breathe a long sigh of relief. After all, no matter what, after testing the strength of the enemy army, although he can't talk about how much fear he has, but there is still a lot of jealousy. It doesn't take much time, I'm afraid that I will be transferred to a position where I only have a high position but no real power to do some planning and scheduling things, how can this kind of day be compared with commanding and fighting a war on the front line?

Not to mention the actions of the Japanese army here, as time went by, Wang Yaowu, the commander of the 74th Army, gradually breathed a long sigh of relief. Wang Yaowu was not idle for a moment, one moment ago, he was still in the temporary military headquarters to convey orders, constantly arranging the adjustment and deployment of the various departments of the 74th Army, the next moment, accompanied by Chief of Staff Chen Yu and other officers to check the construction of positions on the periphery of Liuyang City, seeing that the fortifications in the four miles have not yet formed a sufficient scale because of the short time, but the general structure has appeared, and some of the most important machine gun positions and bunkers have been repaired, he can't help but feel relieved.

In this case, even if the main force of the devil is killed, it is not a big problem for the entire 74th Army, and in the case of the devil's supply line opened for hundreds of miles, the 74th Army is not afraid of the decisive battle of the Japanese army here. However, thinking about the series of battles after being transferred here from northern Jiangxi, Wang Yaowu couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Since they entered the war, this battle has been extremely aggrieved, the 57th Division has been fighting with the Japanese army in Chunhua Mountain as soon as they arrived here, since then, a series of blows have followed, the Japanese army is like crazy in vain, and actually mobilized about four divisions and regiments of troops to storm their positions at once, in vain they caused unimaginable casualties, in this series of battles, the situation of the two units of the 57th Division and the 58th Division is the most bad, they are under the heavy attack of the devils, the losses are great, It's really unthinkable.

Thanks to the vital role played by the independent regiment commanded by Shi as always, it turned the tide in the crisis and dragged the 74th Army out of the quagmire almost single-handedly. Especially in last night's battle, even people like Wang Yaowu, who have fought countless battles, can't help but break out in a cold sweat, and the devil is inevitably too strong. The military headquarters is set up so remotely, the devil's troops can still be found, and they actually sent elite troops to carry out a surprise attack, if it weren't for the timely arrival of the stone's troops last night, I'm afraid whether he can escape or not is still a matter of two words.

Thinking of this, Wang Yaowu couldn't help asking, "Brother Chen, where is the independent regiment now?" ”

Chen Yu immediately responded: "Brother Zuomin, the independent regiment is still blocking the enemy in the area of Yong'an City. ”

Wang Yaowu looked up at the sky and couldn't help but be surprised: "Why are you still in Yong'an?" Didn't you tell the stones when you left, and told them to hurry up and join the main force in an hour or two? ”

Chen Yu couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head when he heard this, he, the chief of staff, was the direct leader of the independent regiment, but to be honest, for such a long time, he really didn't make any effort or help. It was completely self-sufficient to rely on the stone as the regiment commander, and even resigned himself to fighting, but the performance of the independent regiment really embarrassed him, compared to several other infantry divisions that made him place high hopes, the independent regiment made him very embarrassed whether it was his combat exploits or the strength he showed. The more this is the case, the more difficult it is for him to meddle in the affairs of the Independent Regiment again, lest people think that he is here to pick peaches.

Wang Yaowu didn't get an answer, and couldn't help but glance at Chen Yu in surprise, only to find that Chen Yu's eyes were dull and seemed to be distracted, so he couldn't help but say in surprise: "Brother Chen, what else can make you want to be so distracted at this time?" ”

Chen Yu was taken aback by this raised voice question, and even came back to his senses and said with a wry smile: "I'm ashamed to say that Brother Zuo Min set up an independent regiment outside the infantry division alone, and I was a little unimpressed, and even Brother Zuo Min asked me to be in charge of the independent regiment, but I didn't care too much, I don't want this kid to be a genius, and when he fights, it's really elusive, even I, the commander in charge of it, don't know what he's thinking." ”

Wang Yaowu chuckled when he heard this: "Brother Chen may not know about this stone, this kid, since he was a platoon commander, he has been a lawless lord, when he was in Qingpu Town, a platoon dared to ambush a squadron of devils, and actually let him win, it is really incredible, he fights, the most annoying thing is the rules and regulations, so after thinking about it, I let him be the head of this independent regiment, so that he can maximize his combat effectiveness and let him play at will on the battlefield." However, although the stone is casual and uninhibited, it really has not disappointed me on the battlefield, no matter how difficult the battle is, no matter how difficult the bones are, it will not take much effort in the hands of this kid. ”

As he spoke, he seemed to think of something, and then said: "The independent regiment is still in Yong'an City, it must be that this kid Shi thinks there is something to take advantage of, so he is not in a hurry to withdraw." However, the 51st Division withdrew relatively early, and the position on the first line of the Laodao River was completely abandoned, once the devils on the north bank of the Laodao River went south, they were alone and easily surrounded by the devils, you give an order, let Shi immediately come back with the independent regiment to rest, and the most important thing for us at the moment is to stabilize the position, prepare for the attack, and wait until the friendly troops from all walks of life have arrived, and then fight a decisive battle with the Japanese in Changsha. Therefore, some risks that do not need to be taken are not a last resort, and it is better not to take them. ”

Chen Yu nodded when he heard this, and said, "Okay, I'll do it." After the independent regiment withdrew, the defense line here in Liuyang was more stable, and after the difficult period of the two days, after the friendly troops arrived, the battle was more certain. ”

"Brother Chen, just in case, you asked Zhong Lin to send a force to meet you." Wang Yaowu seemed to think of something, so he continued.

Although Chen Yu felt a little strange when he heard the order, it was clear that among the three infantry divisions, the strength of the 51st Division was the best preserved, why didn't he transfer people from Li Tianxia's 51st Division, but let the 58th Division go? Zhang Lingfu's troops, aren't the losses during this period of time extremely great? However, he was also experienced, so he just nodded, but didn't say much.

At the beginning of Shen Shi, Shi left the position of the second battalion and summoned important officers of the independent regiment to discuss the military situation. The time has been delayed long enough, far beyond the time he originally budgeted, with the distance between Yong'an and Liuyang, even if they set off to join the main force of the army at this moment, after arriving, I am afraid that it will be almost dark. And according to this calculation, the main force of the army has been busy for enough time on the front line of Liuyang, and it should not be a problem to resist the pursuit of the enemy army.

However, how to withdraw and who will withdraw first is a question. The news came from the 3rd Battalion not long ago that the Japanese troops in the north seemed to be annoyed by their suspicious tactics, and had launched a large-scale attack, although they successfully blocked it, but no one knew whether the devils would continue to increase the intensity of the attack in the next time. Although the enemy troops in front of the second battalion did not attack for such a long time, in fact, their own strength did not suffer a fatal blow, and no one can say when they will regroup and kill, and if this series of problems is not solved, it will be very dangerous to retreat.

"Madman, how's the situation in the first battalion?" Seeing Liu Wenfeng sitting aside, Shi couldn't help but ask with concern.

Liu Wenfeng shook his head when he heard this: "The direction of the Japanese army's attack is the position of our second and third companies, and the defensive method chosen by the second company is relatively active, and the damage to the enemy soldiers is also very large. However, their own losses were also relatively large, except for the machine gun company and the strength of a platoon commanded by Yu Longting, which was relatively intact, the brothers of the other two platoons were all exhausted, plus the forty or fifty brothers who were killed and wounded in the third company, and the casualties of the first battalion in this battle were about 150 people. ”

Even though Shi Shi had already estimated the casualties of the first battalion, when he really heard Liu Wenfeng's report on the loss figures, he couldn't help but be surprised: "There are so many? ”

Liu Wenfeng snorted coldly and said: "We have suffered so many casualties, the devil is even greater than our losses, in my estimation, the devil has lost at least one squadron or more, not including the killing and wounding of the artillery company to the devil before the battle begins. ”

Hearing this, Shi couldn't help but look gloomy, and was silent for a while.