Section 44

On the 24th, the First Army was ordered to rush from Shaanxi to participate in the battle, but to their surprise, when they arrived at Xinglongji and did not get off the train, they were attacked by the Japanese fast troops, and the dense bullets instantly enveloped the carriage they were in like a torrential rain, and many Nationalist soldiers who had not yet understood what was happening were already hit by bullets and died on the spot.

The First Army suffered more than half of the casualties in the Battle of Songhu last year, and has been resting in Shaanxi, and the new recruits who have been replenished have not yet completed their training and were transferred to the battlefield, and suddenly encountered such an attack, and suddenly encountered such an attack, and suddenly there was chaos, and several carriages could not control the situation for a while, and many people rushed down, and the result was naturally slaughtered, but fortunately, Hu Zongnan usually attached great importance to the training of officers, and his officers played a decisive role at such a moment, and soon stabilized the situation.

However, even such a secret troop movement could be detected by the Japanese army in advance, which obviously shows that the problems within the national army are really not small.

This battle also seemed to be the prelude to the final battle of the Battle of Lanfeng, and the first shot of the decisive battle was fired.

After a simple rest, at 6:30 pm on the 25th, the battles around Lanfeng also started instantly, Li Hansoul commanded the 55th Division and the 155th Division to attack Luowang Station, and Song Xilian, who was also the commander of the 88th Division, led the 87th and 88th divisions to attack Lanfeng, Gui Yongqing commanded the 46th Division, 61st Division, and 106th Division to attack Sanyi Village, and the reinforced First Army suffered heavy losses after being raided, and Hu Zongnan could only lead one regiment of the 1st Division to storm Quxingji and Chen Liukou with the 78th Division and the 36th Division, The commander of the 74th Army, Yu Jishi, commanded the 51st, 20th, and new 35th divisions to attack the Yang Qi file Lan seal north of Sanyi Village.

The counterattack of more than 100,000 Nationalist troops on the whole front suddenly plunged the entire Lanfeng area into a bloody storm, and the Japanese 14th Division, which was like a bamboo, was suddenly entangled by countless Nationalist troops, and the whole line fell into a bitter battle.

Although there were as many as six or seven thousand Japanese troops stationed in the vicinity of Luowang Station, and they used trains and trucks to pile up fortresses and open up shooting pillboxes to form a solid fortress, but in the face of the tragic battle of the brothers who fell in pieces next to them, no one retreated half a step, and the soldiers of the national army who were completely bloodied almost filled with their lives and exchanged their lives, and broke into the station step by step with the fearless spirit of every inch of mountains and rivers and every inch of blood. Countless assault soldiers even knew that they were going to die, and brazenly threw themselves at the enemy's flame-spewing guns, using their bodies to open a passage for their companions.

In this suicidal charge, the 172nd Brigade of the 58th Division broke into the waiting hall of Luowang Station at a great cost, however, Luowang Station was the barrier to the west of Lanfeng, and the Japanese army naturally refused to give up so much, so that the flanks were under attack.

The soldiers of the national army, who were extremely short of anti-poison equipment, had no power to resist under such a blow, and the vanguard troops collapsed one after another in the poison gas, which also made the commander give the order to retreat with tears in his eyes.

At the other end of the battlefield, Shishi, who was also a member of the 74th Army, did not know that their friendly troops had suffered such a blow, in fact, their offensive was much earlier than the 58th Division, and in the early morning of the 25th, the 51st Division, which had only slept for two or three hours, launched an attack together with the friendly troops of the 87th and 88th Divisions.

Stone sat on the ground exhausted, involuntarily stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, and an astringent smell accompanied by a fishy smell came, making him spit out twice.

A kettle was handed to the stone, and when he looked up, he saw Xiao Shandong, who was covered in dirt, with a rifle in one hand and the kettle stretched out in front of him in the other, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, which made him look a little dazzling in such a chaotic battlefield.

"Xiao Shandong, why did you come here?" The stone unceremoniously reached out to the kettle and poured it violently, and the water rinsed his mouth with all kinds of tastes, making him feel a lot more relaxed, and then he asked with a long breath.

"Brother Shi, our company commander asked me to come over and ask, will you still attack after a while? If we attack, it's our turn. Xiao Shandong asked seriously.

Hearing this, Shi couldn't help but laugh and asked, "What kind of fame are you doing with the monkey?" When did you learn all this formula? ”

Although Xiao Shandong is already attached, but it seems to be no different from before, hearing the stone say this, I couldn't help but blush a little, embarrassed to say: "It's not a grudge, it's a few platoon commanders who coax, and the company commander has no hair on his mouth and can't do things well, and every time he says how good the relationship with the battalion commander is, but in the end when he comes to fight, he follows behind to pick up the rags, and even the bandits in the second company are rushing to the front, and we are following behind to eat ashes." ”

Hearing this, Shi Shi's face sank and said, "Xiao Shandong, what is this called?" What bandits are not bandits? After entering our battalion, that is, a brother who lives and dies together to fight devils to protect his family and country, why did he still split his background? The more he spoke, the more angry he became, and he suddenly smashed the kettle to the ground and scolded angrily: "Go, go and call the monkey to me and let him be the company commander, is this how you lead the troops?" It's okay to make trouble for me, if this continues, do you want to fight? ”

Xiao Shandong was taken aback, and couldn't help stammering: "Brother Shi, that, I didn't mean that, I ...... I'm stupid, I can't speak......"

"It's none of your business, go and call the monkey over, this guy is not good at it, this temper is getting more and more bullish, it's okay to go on like this, this battle hasn't been fought yet, I'm afraid I'll have to fight my own people in this nest." The stone jumped up from the trench, and the sound became louder and louder, which made the people around them, who were also cowering in the trench to recover their fatigue, can't help but look here.

At this moment, a long hiss of "instigation" sounded from the sky, which made the veterans who were accustomed to fighting tough battles change their faces one by one, and Xiao Shandong threw himself at the stone without caring about anything, and the two people who acted almost at the same time immediately fell into the trench together, filling the narrow passage to the brim.

A violent explosion sounded not far from them, and in the midst of the tremors, countless debris and debris were scattered in all directions, and the violent shock wave swept away almost all the obstacles protruding from the surface, leaving a mess within 100 meters of the shells, and the dirt that was lifted up was almost filled with the pit where the stones were located.

There was no doubt that the Japanese had begun a counteroffensive, and with such ferocity that it was no weaker than their previous offensive.

Half an hour ago, the troops attacking the periphery of Sanyi Village first concentrated more than 82 mm artillery to carry out a carpet artillery attack on the Japanese defense line, in this kind of temporary newly built fortifications, the great power of the artillery was brought into full play, the shallow trenches and thin walls were like paper paste in front of the shells, and the Japanese troops stationed in the garrison suffered extremely heavy casualties for a time, and the 51st Division, which attacked after the bombardment, almost did not waste any effort to seize the first line of defense and capture the outermost firewood building, and the stone just took advantage of the gap between the battle to take a breath, but he didn't expect that only after he said a few words to Xiao Shandong, the Japanese army launched a counterattack.

The position is the position left after the Japanese retreat, the fortifications are the fortifications that have long been destroyed by the shells, the stone and others who have just captured the position are not to mention the rearmament of the fortifications, that is, they did not even have a time to take a breath, they were subjected to the counterattack of the Japanese army, and another round of dense artillery made them almost no place to hide, let alone machine gun positions and strong pillboxes.

It is impossible to tell whether the Japanese repeated their tactics, or whether they had launched an attack in accordance with the Japanese offensive, and after a round of artillery bombardment, the Japanese troops who had been killed by them resurged, and their fierce offensive was no weaker than their previous momentum.

The stone was pressed under Xiao Shandong, feeling the tremors around him was obviously much weaker than before, vaguely more like hearing a "banzai" sound, the stone was stunned, naturally knew that the devil had already made a charge, instinctively, his body was pushed up, and Xiao Shandong's pain suddenly came from his back, which made Shi Xin ask in shock: "Xiao Shandong, what's wrong?" What did it hurt? ”

Xiao Shandong, who was pressed on the back of the stone, suddenly shouted in pain: "Twist to your waist, Mom, it hurts me to death." ”

"Don't move, don't move, lie down here and rest." The stone cautiously turned sideways so that Xiao Shandong could move aside, and at the same time advised, when he got up again, the sound of the Japanese army's shouting and killing had already resounded in his ears, and when he looked out, the stone that had always been calm couldn't help but change color slightly, the number of devils was too many, densely packed like ants, and there were no less than a thousand people, it seemed that the devils were really desperate this time.

"Yu Longting, you stay and take care of Xiao Shandong, Cheng Yong, go and tell Tuanzuo that we need support here." Shi Yi grabbed the rifle in his hand, put all his attention on the Japanese soldiers in front, and ordered with a serious expression.

Cheng Yong naturally didn't dare to slack off, so he pulled his legs and ran back, but Yu Longting was a little reluctant when he heard such an order, and at the moment, all the brothers in the battalion were loaded with bayonets for their lives, and just let him stay here and watch, which really made him a little unwilling, but after glancing at the stone, he swallowed the words back into his stomach. It was not a short time to stay in the battalion headquarters, and he clearly knew that the battalion commander in front of him was completely two people from the usual one when he was fighting, and that kind of seriousness was something that no one dared to risk.

At this time, I heard the stone beside me already shouting loudly: "Fire, the machine gun will press the left flank of the devil for me, Zhao Yidao, bring the big knife team over!" Sledgehammer, you three in a row in the second wave! ”