readx;? Wang Haitao was also taken aback after receiving Wei Erxi's telegram asking for help. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Wang Haitao knew that Wei Erxi would not easily ask for help if he didn't get the critical moment, but at present, he only had one guard company in his hands. Wang Haitao did not hesitate, took out a Type 5 or 6 submachine gun, and shouted to Tangshan Leopard, the commander of the guard battalion guarding beside him: "All the guards company gather, follow me to support the Wusongkou position!"

Tangshan Leopard originally wanted to say a few words, but when he saw Wang Haitao's firm eyes, he swallowed the words that came to his mouth and shouted: "Yes! He turned and ran out. A few minutes later, 260 officers and men of the guard company were fully armed and assembled at the headquarters. Wang Haitao shouted: "Let's go." "Take the lead and run outside the headquarters.

Yang Xing's headquarters was only three kilometers away from the Wusongkou fort position, and Wang Haitao and the guard company approached the position in only half an hour. It was still quite far away when I heard the sound of gunfire in the direction of the position. At a distance of 500 meters from the position, Wang Haitao saw a big tree on the side of the road, so he ran to the treetop several times and used the telescope in his hand to observe the direction of the position.

The telescope saw a large number of Japanese troops, charging towards several lonely fortresses. The fortress was filled with the unique sound of "thud, thud, thud" from the heavy machine guns. In a fortress, the muzzle of the gun is very long, and it should be the Gaoping Shuanglian and the second heavy machine gun is wielding. And the Japanese army, completely ignoring the dead and wounded, poured into several fortresses like a tidal wave.

After seeing it clearly, Wang Haitao jumped off the tree, and desperately took out the last killer weapon from the ring of all things, ten 120 heavy mortars and 100 shells. This scene made the eyes of the soldiers of the guard company widen, and Wang Haitao shouted: "What are you stunned about? Quickly establish an artillery position on the spot." Only then did the fighters of the guard company react and came up one after another to set up mortars.

Such a large-caliber mortar was the first time that the soldiers of the guard company had seen it, and the shells weighing 16 kilograms per round surprised the soldiers of the guard company even more. Wang Haitao used the coordinates he had just obtained through observation to calibrate each mortar, and then said to the soldiers of the guard platoon: "Ten shells per cannon, hurry up." ”

After speaking, Wang Haitao took the lead in picking up a cannonball and sending it into the barrel. Under the leadership of Wang Haitao, the soldiers of the guard company also picked up the shells and sent them into the chambers. With the "pass, pass, pass. The sound of mortar fire, and the shells flew towards the Japanese attacking ranks. The power of a grenade weighing sixteen kilograms was definitely stronger than that of a shell from a seven-five infantry gun. When the shells exploded continuously in the Japanese attacking team, each shell brought lethality in an area of more than 30 meters in diameter.

A series of hundreds of such shells fell in two or three minutes, and the most frantic Japanese troops could not withstand such a blow, so they had to retreat. And Wang Haitao took out hundreds of shells again, asked the guard company to divide a platoon of fighters who would be used, and stood by after transferring the position, and rushed into the position with the rest of the fighters. Wei Erxi was also slightly wounded at this time, and just as he was commanding the soldiers to resist the Japanese army's crazy attack, a shell fell from the sky, and the Japanese army had to retreat.

As soon as Wei Erxi and the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, they saw Wang Haitao enter the position with the soldiers of the guard company. Wei Erxi hurriedly greeted him and asked, "Shizuo, why did you come up in person?" Wang Haitao replied: "The battle has been fought so far, and I have no soldiers to send, so if you ask for help here, I will personally bring the guards up, how are you doing?" ”

Wei Erxi replied: "Report division, after the Japanese army bombed and shelled our position with naval guns and planes this morning, it was originally the Japanese 11th Division that launched an attack, but this time thousands of Japanese troops came up at once. After the officers and men of a platoon on the front position were alone, and after all the martyrs, the Japanese occupied the position and then launched a charge against our last position.

Not long after I led the soldiers to desperately repel a Japanese attack, the Japanese launched a second attack, this time if it wasn't for the timely arrival of the division, I and all the soldiers of the first battalion would have been martyred on this position, but I have buried hundreds of kilograms of high explosives under this position, in case I can't support it, I will die with the Japanese army that has attacked, and ensure that the Japanese army will get nothing from me. ”

After listening to Wei Erxi's words, looking at the officers and soldiers of the first battalion with less than 200 people in the fortifications, Wang Haitao knew that Wei Erxi and the others had reached a life-and-death juncture. Before Wang Haitao could say anything, the Japanese army's large-caliber artillery shells fell in the fortifications again. Although the fortress here was strong, it was also somewhat crumbling under the repeated bombardment of the Japanese large-caliber naval guns.

After half an hour of shelling, the Japanese infantry rushed up like a tidal wave. Wang Haitao didn't say a word, picked up the submachine gun and entered the position. With such a strong force as the guard company and the support of 10 120 heavy mortars, the Japanese had to retreat again after being strewn with corpses. Wang Haitao also personally shot more than a dozen Japanese commanders with semi-automatic rifles.

In the evening, after the fifth attack of the Japanese army was repulsed, there was no more movement, and Wang Haitao knew that the Japanese attack on Lingtian was over. The soldiers were resting in the fortifications, and Wang Haitao came to the radio station and said to the confidential officer: "Telegraph a few orders." First, the telegram ordered Tang Yisheng, deputy director of the logistics department, to bring all the baggage materials, arms and supplies to Dachang Town after 10 o'clock tonight, and set up a military camp and logistics department after arriving in Dachang Town.

Second, the commander of the Heavy Artillery Regiment Tang Yishi was ordered to launch a comprehensive artillery attack on the Japanese troops in front of each position at 10 o'clock tonight, and the target order was the artillery positions, headquarters at all levels, and all military camps. The shelling lasted an hour. After the artillery bombardment is over at 11 p.m., they can retreat to the town of Dachang on their own.

Third, the commanders of all brigades and regiments were ordered to launch an all-out counterattack against the Japanese troops on the opposite side at 11 o'clock tonight, after the artillery bombardment was over. In the event of stubborn resistance from the Japanese army and no need for a strong attack, they can alternately cover the retreat to the position and then retreat to the main field. The logistics supplies of all parts of the troops, as well as the arms and materials, were carried by the logistics departments of the various units and evacuated first. All units must ensure that they do not leave anything useful with the Japanese army.

Fourth, the 26th Division of the Sichuan Army was told to act in tandem with our new 90th Division, and in order to ensure its smooth retreat, the Logistics Department would allocate 10 trucks to be used by the 26th Division. It is hoped that all units and departments will strictly abide by the above orders. ”

After the order was issued, the confidential officer showed Wang Haitao the telegram for a look, signed it, and sent it with a password. Tangshan Leopard, who was guarding Wang Haitao's side, asked in a low voice: "Division, are we all going to retreat tonight?" Wang Haitao replied: "Yes, our new 90th Division has been resisting the attack of several Japanese divisions on this defense line for a month with the strength of one division, and it is time to withdraw. ”

After receiving Wang Haitao's order, all departments and units were busy, and the combat units were fine, but they only informed the soldiers to prepare for a full-scale counterattack at night. And the logistics office and the baggage units of the various units began to get busy. As if it were a logistics office, the field hospital and the transfer of the wounded would be busy, not to mention the mountains of various logistical supplies and military supplies, a large amount of arms and ammunition, and a large part of the captured Japanese weapons and ammunition and damaged guns.

Fortunately, Tang Yisheng, the deputy director of the logistics department, is really capable, and the logistics department is busy but not chaotic under his command and overall arrangement, and everything is in progress in an orderly manner. Some sensitive soldiers also found out that something was not right, but the issue of the battle mission made them bother to ask about it.

At ten o'clock in the evening, all the artillery on the position of the heavy artillery regiment fired in unison, and the huge sound of artillery made the commanders of the Japanese army jump, thinking in their hearts: "The shelling of the Chinese army has begun again, and this time I don't know which unit will be unlucky." And several division commanders unanimously asked the Japanese troops in the barracks to strengthen their vigilance to prevent the counterattack of the Chinese army.

It's just that several division commanders did not expect that the target of this shelling turned out to be that all divisions and regiments had a share. The first to be shelled were the field artillery wings of the divisions. The coordinates and directions of these field artillery wings have long been known to the defenders in the course of so many days of attack, so this attack on the field artillery wings of various divisions and regiments is accurate and realistic.

It only took ten minutes for the field artillery wings of the divisions and regiments to be basically wiped out, and the division commanders of the divisions and regiments were powerless to launch a counterattack against the defenders' artillery. Ten minutes later, the artillery fire began to shift, and the dense accumulation of shells fell on the headquarters and barracks of the divisions and regiments. At this time, the divisions and regiments of the Japanese army began to be in chaos, but fortunately, the commanders of the Japanese army at all levels were outside the command headquarters, so they did not suffer too many losses.

At half past ten, the mortars and 82 recoilless guns of the defenders on the positions also joined the ranks of the shelling. It's just that these shellings are more targeted, basically aimed at the barracks in front of the Japanese positions. At eleven o'clock, the shelling stopped after an hour, and the Japanese had not yet recovered from the shelling, and the sound of the defenders coming from the positions facing them was a full-scale attack by the defenders.

The officers and men of the New 90th and 26th Divisions shouted slogans such as "Rush!" and "Kill Little Japan!" while rushing towards the Japanese camp. The Japanese army in a panic basically could not organize any decent resistance, but retreated first. The Japanese troops, who had been running backwards for a while, found that the Chinese army behind them had not pursued them, so they breathed a sigh of relief, and the commanders at all levels began to organize their ranks.

The various units fully followed Wang Haitao's orders, and after a short pursuit of the fleeing Japanese troops, they stopped. After cleaning up the battlefield, the troops covered each other and retreated to the town of Dachang. The logistics office has set up a temporary barracks in Dachang Town, waiting for the arrival of various combat units. When Wang Haitao led the guard company and Wei Erxi's battalion to Dachang Town, the troops who had arrived first were already resting in the temporary barracks.