Chapter 6: Fighting and Killing (18)

The land of the Huai River, a Tan Plain, the tank is in this kind of place, you can trust the horses and reins to have fun casually. However, the cars and armoured vehicles that followed the tanks could not leave the road, so the tanks could only wander a short distance from the road, plowing the wheat fields with the harvest in sight and scars one after another.

Three or four deep and large trenches had already been made on the road, and it was a little difficult for Japanese armored vehicles and cars to pass through, but they could not stop the advance of tanks. The Type 94 tank, light and small, has strong passability, can go down the road, and can go around. Wei Zhigao firmly remembered the words of the invincible, the Japanese army's Type 94 tank could not climb a 90-degree steep wall of one meter and five high, so his anti-tank trench was based on this standard, in order to speed up the speed of digging anti-tank trenches, Wei Zhigao did not hesitate to use a large number of * to blow up a deep trench. At Wei Zhigao's request, the engineer unit directly under the 31st Army and the engineer battalion directly under the 174th Division also adopted the same method, building not only anti-tank trenches, but also soldiers' trenches and anti-artillery holes. To fight on the plains, you can only use rat tactics, and you can hide to survive.

Originally, there were three units, with a clear division of labor, each responsible for a section, Qin Jing of the 520 Brigade in the middle, Liu Qingfan of the 522 Brigade on the left, and the invincible 526 Brigade was responsible for the right wing, but now the middle has become the unit directly under the 31st Army, the left wing has become the direct unit of the 174th Division, and the right wing is still the invincible 526 Brigade. Seeing the combat effectiveness of the subordinate departments, Mo Di couldn't help but shake his head, and he said to Qin Xing, the 1056 Regiment, which only has one combat regiment, will be dismantled, and one battalion will be used for a section to serve as a frontal defense, and others will be responsible for other work. Qin Xing was greatly moved, and said a word, hoping to drag it until Master Zhang and they rushed back.

Liu Bolong of the first battalion stayed on the right flank, the middle was the noble choice of the second battalion, and the third battalion was He Degui on the left. As soon as He Degui arrived on the left road, the first thing he did was to strengthen the fortifications and dig deep artillery holes, compared with the sappers of the 526 Brigade, the sappers on this side were too much worse. Gao Guixuan faced the Japanese for the first time, and he was excited and excited, and his whole body trembled.

The headquarters of the 31st Army and the 174th Division, except for the communications personnel, all went to the front with rifles.

When the Fifth War Zone received Wei Yunsong's urgent telegram saying that all those who could pick up guns had gone to the front, Li Zongren's eyes were red, and he sat helplessly in his chair.

Zhang Guangwei's people strode back, and the people who walked complained, walking seventy or eighty kilometers a day to do useless work, this is a fucking pastime!

The march of the 3rd Division was very different from that of other Japanese troops, there was no reconnaissance unit of the front army, and at the front was the armored vehicle wing of the cavalry brigade, and the tanks were at a distance from the infantry and cars behind.

When the forward tank met the first gap in the road, it stopped. The two tanks got off the road and went around the wheat field until they saw the anti-tank trench in front of them, and then returned to the gap in the road, where a group of thirty-four tanks gathered as if in a meeting.

"It's an opportunity." Mo said to Qin Xing: "Let the artillery fight at the tank for a while, and fight as much as you want." ”

Qin Xing was not a stupid person, as soon as he heard it, he understood what Mo Di meant, and immediately ordered the 31st Army Artillery Regiment and the 174th Division Artillery Battalion's 36 Kruber guns to shell, as for the 526 infantry guns of the 92 Brigade, they couldn't hit that far.

After receiving the order, a test shot, thirty-six Kruber thirty-six shells rose from a distance of four thousand meters and landed not far behind the tank group, which startled the Japanese tank wing, when the tank wing commander reacted that this was a blow against them, the second corrected shell fell in the tank group, four tanks were blown up, a fire broke out on the spot, and the other tanks scattered in all directions, after the third shell landed, except for a few that continued to fall on the tanks that were already unable to move, increasing the fire of the tanks, None of the others hit.

The Japanese tanks no longer dared to gather or stop, and slowly swam between the tank trenches and the gaps in the road.

I saw that the Japanese cars pulled the mountain artillery team out of the marching ranks, and quickly formed an artillery position at the gap in the road, and nearly 80 imitation Kruber 75 mountain guns seemed to stretch their necks, looking for the artillery positions of the Chinese army.

The fire of the burning tank has gradually decreased, and four tanks have been scrapped. Two tanks came up and pulled the scrapped tanks to the side of the road to make way for the road, and at this time, the Japanese sappers also ran up and began to fill the gap in the road.

"Bai Cheng, it's your turn!" Mo Di answered Li Baicheng's phone.

Li Baicheng knew what he meant, and the Type 92 infantry gun in his hand had been pushed to a distance of less than two thousand meters from the gap, and he would leave after firing three shells.

The shells exploded very well in the ranks of Japanese engineers, and the Japanese troops were caught off guard, and the engineers did not have any experience in anti-artillery, and there were many casualties. The Japanese mountain artillery had already seen the opponent's trajectory and immediately opened fire to defend against it, leaving craters in almost every inch of the artillery array after Li Baicheng left.

At this time, Li Baicheng had already set up an artillery array on the side about 500 meters away from the first artillery array.

"The artillery fights guerrillas, Tianzhong, there are really yours." Wei Yunsong laughed: "I heard that the 1056 regiment can play art in battle, and I really saw it today." ”

"It's useless." Mo Di said: "I'm procrastinating, delaying for a while." ”

"I just want to delay, it's easy to drag it until Master Zhang and they come back!" Qin Xing said.

Mo Di shook his head and said: "It is estimated that it will not be delayed, the so-called one enemy will not be able to fight ten times, no matter how skillfully we fight, it is not as strong as the enemy, and when the Japanese army arrives, there will be no loopholes in the defense, we will have no way to speak, we can only fight with the strength, with our thousands of people, we are not even qualified to fight with more than 20,000 Japanese troops." ”

"yes!" Wei Yunsong said: "Su Zuxin has 9,900 people, and he can't hold it for three hours, and I don't know how long we can hold it here." ”

While speaking, Li Baicheng once again threw shells on the Japanese soldiers who were dealing with the dead and wounded of the engineers at the gap in the road, this time the effect was better, the artillery medical personnel, the armored wing medical personnel, and the logistics personnel, all of them were not prepared at all, let alone expected that the Chinese would actually attack them, three shells were hit, the corpses tripled, the previous wounded became dead, a large number of logistics personnel became accompanied, and the tragic death of medical personnel made the Japanese army even more angry

The Japanese artillery desperately threw shells at Li Baicheng's second artillery position, but it was still in vain. At this time, the Kruber artillery group of the 31st Army found an opportunity to throw shells at the Japanese mountain artillery positions with the fastest rate of fire.

"Well played! Well played! I want to take credit for them. Wei Yunsong shouted.

The Japanese artillery never thought that when they were shelling, there would be shells falling on their heads, and when they came to their senses, half of the mountain artillery had been scrapped, and the remaining half hurriedly withdrew from the artillery position.

In the first round, sure enough, the Chinese side took the lead.

After a long time, Chiang Kai-shek praised him in a Fenghua accent: "The 31st Army, really mighty, was born after death, and it was a model for the whole army to be able to fight to the death in such a desperate blow." ”

"They only have more than 6,000 logistics personnel, and even if they are all killed in battle, they will not be able to stop the attack of the Japanese army, are they allowed to withdraw from the battle?" Bai Chongxi said.

"What do they mean?" Chiang Kai-shek asked.

"Without an order from the Peak, they can only fight to the last man." Bai Chongxi said: "It's just a pity to come like this!" Our losses are too great, but we can't lose too much of the enemy. ”

"We were fooled and transferred the main force of the 31st Army, otherwise, we will be able to make contributions." Xu Yongchang, Minister of Military Orders, sighed: "It is really rare for a talent to be able to fight back, and the directly subordinate organs are the seeds of the troops, and if the seeds are gone, it will be difficult to rebuild." ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded, did not speak, and left the General Staff.

Receiving Bai Chongxi's telegram, Wei Yunsong excitedly ran to Mo Di, Mo Di took the telegram very respectfully, and said: "We have already been involved with the enemy, and if you want to go, you have to leave!" ”

"No, we have to go, even if there is a loss, it is better than the total annihilation." Wei Yunsong shouted.

"Okay then, I'll think about it." After Mo Di finished speaking, he sat on the side, and in the command center, all the eyes of everyone were focused on Mo Di.

After a while, Mo Di raised his head and said, "Sacrifice all the Kruber and 92 infantry guns of the artillery regiment and withdraw the people." ”

"This plan is out." Qin Xing asked.

"Don't ask." Mo Di said: "In addition to leaving the artillery regiment, the other troops immediately withdrew from their positions, and the three positions were defended by three battalions of the 1056th Regiment. ”

"How's that going to work!" Wei Yunsong said.

"I'm not staying to fight the bayonets with the Japanese, I'm just holding my ground first, otherwise everyone won't be able to get out." Mo Di said.

Qin Xing didn't ask any more questions, and immediately ordered all units of the 174th Division to withdraw from their positions and withdraw in turn in the direction of Shuangduiji, trying to meet Zhang Guangwei. The troops directly under the 31st Army also retreated to Banqiaoji in the west under the leadership of Wei Yunsong, and the remnants of the 135th Division were retreating to this area.

Mo Di told the three battalion commanders that as long as the cannon sounded, they would retreat immediately, and the direction of the retreat was Yongzhen in the east. Repeatedly explained that they must not be entangled with the enemy, and once they are entangled by the Japanese army, it will be difficult to get out. The second battalion commander Gao Guixuan asked Huang Tianhua puzzled why he had put up such a big position, but the gun did not sound and left, Huang Tianhua told him that there were 28,000 Japanese troops opposite, and if he wanted to die, he could not evacuate. Jiang Chunyang was not so easy to speak, and scolded: "You stupid bastard, you will leave if you are called to go." ”

Gao Guixuan looked at Huang Tianhua, then at Jiang Chunyang, and pouted: "I didn't even see the appearance of the Japanese, it's really a wretch!" ”

"As long as there is a life, I am afraid that no Japanese will kill it!" Huang Tianhua smiled. The 526 Brigade Headquarters and the 1056 Regiment Headquarters, the Engineer Battalion and the Baggage Battalion were the first to evacuate, and the three combat battalions retreated in turn from west to east, the Kruber artillery array of the 31st Army was set up in the rear of the third battalion of He Degui in the east, and Chen Zhengxin's guard battalion served as the guard of the artillery regiment, and Li Baicheng and Liu Bolong were in the west, if nothing else, the retreat would start from them.