Chapter 11: Wild Supplement (26)

At night, the night in the war seems to be particularly long, and the soldiers in the open air, looking at the moon from east to west, watching the sun set, and watching the sun rise, staying up all night is the feeling. Fortunately, there was no expected war on the north and south fronts, otherwise, how many people would not have survived this long night. The Japanese troops on the flats of Pinghu did not sleep all night, always preparing for the night attack of the Chinese army, but until dawn there was no attack from the Chinese army, relieved, drank some water and ate some dry food in the nearest river, and slept with exhaustion. Every 30 minutes and half an hour, the Japanese army fired a few shots aimlessly at the mountain, creating the illusion of trying to break through, and all the units of the 171st Division entered the first-level combat readiness that they believed to be true, and as a result, the bird incident did not happen. Qi Daozheng laughed angrily, but he didn't expect the hunter to be tricked by the prey.

There are planes strafing, and there are planes supplementing below, and the dripping cliff is a bit of a brain hurt Qi Daozheng. knew that the Japanese army was below, but he couldn't help him, and he was quite depressed. This afternoon, Japanese planes came here again, and according to the experience of the previous two times, the planes first threw supplies into the valley and then strafed the mountains. This time, seeing the plane approaching, Meng Peiqiong, the colonel of the 512th Regiment, was furious and asked the machine gun company to set up the Min 24 water-cooled Makqin heavy machine gun and strafe the plane.

Although the machine gun did not hit the plane, it startled the plane, and threw the parachute in the air and turned away, several of which floated to the cliff, and the soldiers opened it to find boxes of compressed biscuits and canned beef. Qi Daozheng asked the logistics department to send all the canned beef to the 513 regiment, where there were many wounded, and it was good to be able to eat some meat.

At this time, Mo Di had already arrived at Banqiao Village in Yingshan County. Banqiao Village, which had been renamed Hongshan a few years earlier, was an important base for the Red Army and the Red Party. After the Red Army left, there were still a lot of dilapidated barracks left, some of which became cattle pens for the local people, and some of which were left unattended and almost haunted houses.

Mo Di asked the soldiers to knock down these uncared for houses, the walls were used to build stoves, and the beams and wood were just used as firewood. In this area, the influence left by the Red Party is very great, and we must pay more attention to everything, and absolutely not disturb the people, and be despised by the common people. He also personally came to Wu Tinghuan's "Day" Department to supervise and issued a clear warning, but if there is an incident that disturbs the people, he will not be spared.

After being settled, the telegraph operator sent a telegram from Liao Hanguo, commander of the 514th Regiment of the 172nd Division, saying that he was very in favor of their approach of not attacking tonight, and also denied the harassment of Li Ruiquan's small troops, saying that there was no need to harass them tonight, and the Japanese troops would not be able to sleep well, because harassment would allow the Japanese troops to sleep well.

After dealing with these things, the next thing is the time that belongs to County Magistrate Zhang, tomorrow, he will leave Yingshan and arrive at Luotian, and County Magistrate Zhang has prepared the wine of the canopy line. A tea mountain fragrant chicken, a bottle of Guquan sake, and a plate of enema tofu.

"The aroma is elegant and comfortable, the taste is sweet and mellow, the aftertaste is long and clean, and the aftertaste is entwined after drinking, good wine!" These days, all I drink in Yuexi is low-degree sealed jar wine, and suddenly I take a sip of such a clear and mellow aromatic distilled liquor, how can it not be appetizing.

County magistrate Zhang nodded, said: "According to legend, in the Tang Dynasty, the empress Wu Zetian, a scholar of the Shen Yan Dynasty, patrolled the Jianghuai, bathed in the Dongtanghe Hot Spring, lived in the ancient mountain village, found an ancient spring, the water quality was clear and sweet, and then took the ancient well water to make wine, and its wine was mellow and fragrant, so it was named Guquanqing, which was the source of this wine. To the Song Dynasty, there is a craftsman Bi Sheng, do clay type, this person likes to drink ancient springs, every time the plate is made, it will be drunk. There are poems: Yingyi poetry and wine are more fragrant, the ancient mountain village is full of bad fangs, literati and scholars are invited to come, and raw drinking agar syrup is prospering.

Seeing the county magistrate Zhang's shaking his head, Mo Di laughed secretly, this is a very good parent official, he knows that in such a troubled world, the army is more miserable than locusts, it is better to come forward to spend one or two pairs of officers of the transit army to receive them, and then send them out of the country, you can ensure the peace of a place, at least not to be harassed by the passing army. Mo Di pretended not to know his intentions, and only sent a high hat over, fooling County Magistrate Zhang so much that he forgot his original intention, and thought that he really had the heart of supporting the army with passion for the Anti-Japanese War.

At dawn, Mo Di said goodbye to County Magistrate Zhang and embarked on the journey to Luotian, today's journey is not far, about 30 kilometers, to Luotian County, it should still be in the afternoon. County Magistrate Zhang sent his secretary Wu Chunan to serve as a guide, this is a knowledgeable and educated young man, a few years older than Jin Tongxuan, the two have common knowledge points, and they can talk very well.

Liao Hanguo's 514th Regiment won a big victory the day before yesterday, and Cheng Shufen of Lihuang was very happy, thinking that he would continue to attack last night and get good news today, but he learned early in the morning that he did not attack yesterday, and he was disappointed, so he sent a report to ask Chief of Staff Ma Bacui what the reason was. Ma Bacui couldn't say why, but just said that it was estimated that the fighter was not suitable. Cheng Shufen believed in the telegram that Liao Hanguo's 514th Regiment had already started in Pinghu, but the main force of the 172nd Division was still waiting at Changling Pass, a hundred miles away, which was inappropriate, and that it was inappropriate to move closer to Liao Hanguo's 514th Regiment to find fighters, seize fighters, and eliminate the enemy coming from the south. Ma Bacui thought about it, and this is also the reason, so he discussed with the three regiment commanders and moved the troops to Hepu one day today. Since the Japanese army has arrived at Pinghu, there is only one way to go, that is, from Hepu through Tengjiabao, from Pinghu to Hepu all the way for about 20 miles, full of mountainous areas, a lot of ambush sites.

The fighting on the Northern Front, which continues today.

After a night of distress last night, Koizumi Masatoshi of Kangwangzhai reported the news of the attack on the pack horse team to the Third Division, saying that a mortar without shells is not as good as a 38 cover, and an infantry gun without shells is even worse than a bayonet. The General Staff of the Third Division thought about it for a night, and finally decided that today, with the help of airplanes, it was necessary to remove this block of footstone blocking the road.

The curtain of battle is about to open, and Cao Maocong, Xiao Xiangyang, and Xie Yao know that today is more sad than yesterday. After the Japanese retreated yesterday, more than 200 Japanese corpses were found on the battlefield, and this was the result of nearly 100 corpses including pack horse teams and guard squads. The damage was mainly caused by Japanese artillery fire, grenadiers, mortars, infantry guns, and long-range curved attacks, which greatly reduced the role of our bunkers. Xiao Xiangyang said: "Today's offensive should be easier to deal with, because after yesterday's one-day shelling, the Japanese artillery shells have been exhausted. ”

Cao Maocong was thinking about another question: "The almost 100 corpses outside the big tree barrier were not committed by us, who did it, in addition to us and the Japanese army, there should be a third party in this area." ”

Xie Yao said: "This third party may be a local guerrilla force or a bandit, but one thing is clear, they can easily kill nearly 100 Japanese soldiers, and they also robbed the Japanese army of all their baggage, so they are friends and enemies with us." ”

Cao Maocong nodded: "Speaking of which, we should be grateful to them, if they hadn't taken away all the baggage of the Japanese army, we would still have to face the Japanese shelling today." Of course, there will be a little less shelling, the Japanese retreated in disarray yesterday, and four infantry guns were thrown down, but it was useless for us to take them, there were no shells, just put them on the front line and use them as a bunker. ”

After Xie Yao came, the special battalion of the division headquarters returned to the division headquarters, and the surveillance work there was very heavy, and the valley was not small, so there could be no loopholes due to negligence. The 513th Regiment fought fiercely yesterday and suffered serious casualties, in addition to the wounded, only one battalion of combat strength remained, and it was temporarily made a reserve.

To Cao Maocong's surprise, the Japanese offensive began very late, and it was not until nearly ten o'clock that Koizumi Masatoshi led his troops over yesterday's obstacles, and then stopped, as if waiting for something.

When the rumbling sound of the sky came from the west, Cao Maocong knew that today, the Japanese planes took care of his own side first.

The bombing began, the Japanese planes swooped down, accurately fell into the positions of the Chinese army, and also fell on the corpses left by the Japanese troops yesterday, the stumps flew around, the broken guns splashed, and fell more than ten meters away, He Jinxian, the commander of the third battalion of the field repair regiment, was hit by an aerial bomb, and after the sound, the bones were gone.

The morale of the army was in turmoil, and the position was shaken.

At this time, the Japanese began to charge. The plane had just disappeared into the hill to the west, and the Japanese grenadiers had already landed on the position.

"Resist, resist, can't retreat." Xie Yao took the lead in rushing into the position, and the soldiers of the third battalion of the 512th Regiment also rushed forward desperately. Bullets rained down on the Japanese troops.

The Japanese retreated.

Two hours later, the plane that had been refueled and loaded at Xinyang Airport was on Cao Maocong's head again. "It's not fucking endless!" Cao Maocong scolded. The losses caused by the bombing were too great, the bunkers blocked the frontal bullets, but could not block the attack from overhead, the machine guns on the planes were fired, the people on the bullet line were either killed or wounded, and wherever the bombs were thrown, there was a small crater with no one.

It's not that the Japanese are endless, it's just that the problem is too serious. If you don't fight your way, the two infantry brigades on the side of Dripping Cliff will be surrounded to death. Today, the plane that dropped food over there has already discovered the problem, the Chinese army set up the machine gun high and aimed it at the plane, although it could not cause damage to the plane, but it also made the plane dare not drop objects at low altitude, and the parachute fell from a high altitude, and most of it fell outside the valley, and the Chinese soldiers also smashed the parachute with guns, and the materials under the umbrella fell into the valley at the speed of free fall, and fell to pieces.

The top priority at the moment is still Koizumi Masatoshi's way, today, even if it is a bombing every two hours, it is necessary to blow up the Chinese troops in front of him, otherwise, even if the Yaki God comes, he will not be able to save the 2,000 people in Dishui Cliff.

By 4 p.m., the Japanese bombardment had been carried out four times. Cao Maocong's position was completely blown up, and all the soldiers who held the position were wounded, including Xiao Xiangyang, the commander of the 513th Regiment.

"One more bombardment and we're done!" Xie Yao, deputy commander of the 512th regiment, who was lying next to the seriously wounded, said.

Yes, Cao Maocong thinks so too.

At six o'clock, the sun set early in the mountains, and the sun shone in from the western col, and sprinkled the eastern slopes with gold. The Japanese planes are here again!

After a day of fighting, Cao Maocong had experience, hiding, just one word, in the cracks of the stones, at the foot of the big tree, even if it can only squeeze into one head, it is considered a treasure land.

Koizumi Masatoshi decided to launch an attack while the planes were firing the last shots, and today's operation must end with a declaration of pass. The plane finished dropping the bombs and fired the final strafing from east to west. Koizumi Masatoshi jumped up, held his small belly, brandished his sword, and screamed: "Kill the chicken!" ”

As long as the Japanese army can still move, it rushed over like a wild beast, this is the largest attack of the day, and the Japanese army has also exhausted its last strength, and the so-called decisive battle is in this time.

Cao Maocong rushed to the position first, picked up the Czech style around him, set up the big tree and moved the board machine, and the bullet vented his anger to the Japanese army. I haven't played with a machine gun for many years, and Tong Zigong is still there, and the bullets are jumping and burrowing into the body of the Japanese soldiers. After firing a magazine, someone next to him grabbed his Czech style and pulled him off the position, this place is not the place where he, the deputy division commander, should stay.

The machine guns were roaring, and the Japanese flew towards the Japanese in groups, but this time the Japanese did not retreat, there were more and more people, and the corpses of the Japanese soldiers piled up in front of the position accumulated a thick layer, and the Japanese soldiers stepped on the corpses like madmen.

Cao Maocong looked at the tide of Japanese soldiers weakly, his whole body was weak, and he sat on the ground, this time he was in a catastrophe.

Suddenly, in the rear of the Japanese army, two thunderclap-like loud noises sounded, and I saw that the sky suddenly darkened, and shrapnel fell on the Japanese soldiers like raindrops. Both sides of the battle were startled by the sudden loud noise, and the Japanese realized that their rear army had been bombarded by heavy artillery. Before they could react, there were two loud bangs.

There are reinforcements for the Chinese army, and there are also heavy artillery! The unfavorable battle situation of the front and back attacks frightened Koizumi Masatoshi to turn around and run. Cao Maocong's reaction was not slow, and he shouted: "Rush! The soldiers who were the first to jump out of the position and could still move also rushed out with their deputy division commanders.

The giant tree barrier laid the day before yesterday played a role, and the Japanese troops who fled were blocked by the giant tree, swept by the bullets behind them, and suffered serious casualties, most of the Japanese troops stayed on the side of the giant tree, and only Koizumi Masatoshi escaped with less than 300 people.

"Mend the gun, mend the knife! Not a single one is left alive. In front of the position, Xiao Xiangyang was roaring, with a bandage on his head, a cane under his armpit, and the blood on his face was covered with ash, which was extremely terrifying. He found that the four loud noises just now were all shots, and most of the Japanese soldiers who were shot could not die, and those who could not walk were lying on the ground, * again and again. Xiao Xiangyang, who had already killed the red-eyed, did not say a word, and gave the order to slaughter all the soldiers, and the brothers who were also red-eyed did not hesitate to send the bayonet into the chest of the wounded Japanese soldiers. After a while, the previous * sound could no longer be heard.

Cao Maocong stood on the pile of corpses piled up by several Japanese soldiers, clasped his hands into fists, and said loudly in the direction of the cannon: "Thank you for saving me, I don't know which part of the brothers, great kindness, Cao Maocong will repay in this life." ”

"Hehehehehe!" Out of the woods, a man came out. Thin and tall, in civilian military clothes, with an armed belt tied around his waist, a Japanese-style southern pistol hanging on it, his pants are very wide, he is tied with leggings, he looks carefully, there is no army nameplate or rank epaulette on his body, and there is obviously one thing missing from the military cap on his head, the blue sky and white sun cockade. The person who came walked up to Cao Maocong, stretched out his hand, and said, "I've seen Deputy Division Commander Cao, I am the political commissar of the second team of the Hubei-Henan Advance Column, and my name is Huang Chunting. ”

Cao Maocong was stunned, it was the team of the Red Army!