Chapter 11: Wild Supplement (28)

At dawn, Li Feng returned to Bali Temple with the team from Hexi, and the lost brothers were also found one after another. In addition to the fact that Li Feng's grenadier troops consumed a lot*, not a single one was killed, only five people were grazed by shrapnel from the Japanese grenadiers, two could not walk and needed to be carried, and the other three were all skin wounds. The losses of the large army on the Hedong side were relatively serious, and after investigation, 337 people were missing in the whole regiment, and nearly 200 people were wounded, and the total casualties were nearly half. Unfortunately, most of the warriors lost their weapons during the retreat, and one can imagine how cumbersome it was to run for their lives on steep hills, using both hands and feet. Liao Hanguo looked at the whole regiment and knew that he was injured and could not fight again independently, so he quickly retreated to Hepu and joined the 172nd Division.

In this sneak attack, the losses of the Japanese army were not small, and the first infantry brigade of the Japanese army killed nearly 200 people, wounded more than 300 people, and the number of casualties reached nearly half. The main reason is that they are in the light, and the opponent is in the dark, and the loss is too great, especially the opponent on the right slope, who is cunning and abnormal, condescending, and fights the light with the dark, and the bullet does not miss, and it is either dead or injured. The grenadier troops were again entangled, unable to support, and even more passive. Most importantly, it was not known in advance that the 3rd Infantry Brigade was nearby, and the two sides did not cooperate effectively.

This time, the 60th Wing went out, nominally in cooperation with the 68th Wing on the Northern Front, but in fact it fought separately and went deep alone. As a division that was only rebuilt in 1938, the 15th Division entered China as a garrison division and regiment, a bit similar to the garrison army in North China, and was a typical C division, with the number of the three wings under its jurisdiction being about the same as the number of wings in the standing division, but the quality was very different. three infantry battalions of 1,100 men, an artillery brigade of less than 400 men, plus a command of 54 men; A transport convoy of 121 people is the entire 60 wing.

Smoothly came to Pinghu, but unexpectedly, a fire first burned the 2nd Infantry Brigade of the 60th Wing back to Sanlijia, although there were not many dead, but there were also many wounded, and nearly 200 people could no longer go to the battlefield. Seeing this, the commander of the 60th Wing, Motonosuke Kotani, left the 2nd Infantry Brigade with him and transferred the 3rd Infantry Brigade. The commander of the 3rd Infantry Brigade was a geek named Shizuoka Yu, who was usually silent and quiet, but in fact had a lot of tricks. When the troops marched to Dongpo, which was about five miles away from Pinghu, he asked the troops to set up camp, not because he was unwilling to fight with the first infantry brigade, but because he felt that after he led his troops to Pinghu, the good camping sections were occupied by the first infantry brigade, and he not only did not have a good camp, but also helped the first infantry brigade to stand guard and keep guard, which was extremely stupid. He got the news last night when the 1st Infantry Brigade in Pinghu was attacked, but he did not rush to the rescue, but set out from Dongpo with two squadrons, and only after observing it clearly did he lead his army to fight and turn the tide of the battle in one fell swoop.

Kotani Motonosuke rushed to Pinghu from Sanlijia, looked at the first infantry brigade that was dead and wounded, a little sad for the rabbit and the fox, comforted two sentences, let the second brigade serve as the vanguard, cremate the dead of the first brigade and the second brigade, and concentrate the wounded in Pinghu, leaving an infantry squadron on guard, and taking the Chinese army with him, deciding to continue northward tomorrow after resting in Pinghu for a day. Time could not be delayed any longer, and received an urgent telegram from the headquarters of the 11th Army that the 68th Wing on the North Road was besieged by the Chinese army in Kangwangzhai, and ordered the 60th Wing to go north to rescue the 68th Wing. Looking at the entire battle, the closest to the 68th Wing is the 60th Wing.

Hepu, less than 20 miles to the north, the defeat of the 514th Regiment brought the entire 172nd Division into a low point of morale. Cheng Shufen of Lihuang twisted the newspaper in his hand into a ball, smashed it on the ground with hatred, gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words from the corners of his mouth: "How can this be true!" ”。

Walked to the side of the map, looked over, Pinghu, Hepu, measured the distance between them, and suddenly shouted: "What the hell is this Ma Bazhu, such a close distance, he is not ready to ambush the position, wait for work, do you have to wait until the Japanese army sends it to the door to fight a field battle with the Japanese army?" ”

I tore a piece of manuscript paper, prepared to write a telegram order by hand, wrote it a few times, found that it was a bald pen, my heart was on fire, and when I raised my hand, the pencil was thrown out far away.

Wang Zanbin, who was not far away, shook his head, the newly appointed deputy army commander Cheng, who was reluctant to take the seat of deputy army commander, and wanted to exercise the authority of the division commander and remotely control the war in the distance, he would really be tired of himself. Wang Zanbin felt that it was necessary for him to find the army commander Zhang Gan, and it was necessary to urge him when Zhong Ji would be in place. Zhu Nairui, the deputy commander of the 172nd Division, occupies the pit and does not, so he must give up his seat, and the current situation of the two commanders of the 172nd Division who are not in office can no longer continue. If Zhong Ji can't be in place for other reasons, he can consider bringing up Major General Chen Kairong, the commander of the 511th Regiment, to serve as the deputy commander of the 172nd Division. Thinking of this, Wang Zanbin sighed again, the two chief officers of the first division and the deputy are not from Guangxi, and it is estimated that the above will not pass.

After receiving Cheng Shufen's telegram, Ma Bacui seemed to be a fast cow that had been whipped, and he exerted his strength violently. With Li Jiao's 515th Regiment as the guide, they drove into the mountain road from Hepu to Pinghu, and broke the road at Xiaojiawan, which was two kilometers away from Hepu, and built fortifications. There was a lot of strength in the crowd, and in two hours, a four-meter-high civil wall was erected on the road. Huang Zhiguo's 516th Regiment also made two trenches on the flank, preparing for a flank attack.

This is to fight a serious offensive and defensive battle with the invading Japanese army, Liao Hanguo, who has woken up, is not lightly frightened, even if this means to curb the northward advance of the Japanese army, our own losses will not be small! He fought two rounds with the Japanese army, one win and one loss, although he lost a lot of troops, but the Japanese army also suffered damage, although in the final analysis it was their own greater losses, but in terms of the proportion of losses, the Japanese army was greater. Their own losses were about one-eighth of the total strength of the 172nd Division, while the Japanese lost one-fifth of their strength. In a battle like his own, as long as he fought two more battles, the Japanese army could only retreat along the way. Liao Hanguo hurriedly found Ma Bacui and said a lot of his own opinions, Ma Bacui had not yet spoken, and Lu Ming, the colonel of the field supplementary regiment, interjected, and he had an expression of "you dare to talk nonsense even a general of a defeated army", and said: "Commander Liao has worked hard, let's rest first, let's fight, and the credit cannot be taken by Commander Liao alone." Ma Bacui's words were polite, and said: "The Japanese army on the northern front is tight, and the Japanese army on the southern front has been mobilized, this is the only passage, we will be able to take this group of Japanese troops by waiting for work." The reconnaissance company reported that the number of Japanese casualties and the number of guards left in Pinghu had exceeded the total number of an infantry brigade, and that only two infantry brigades and one artillery team had attacked us. Regiment Commander Lu is right, Regiment Commander Liao has been fighting hard for three days and three nights, so he will rest first, and with your regiment here, I will not leave reserves. ”

A few words blocked Liao Hanguo back. When he returned to his barracks and told Li Ruiquan and Li Feng about the situation, Li Ruiquan thought about it and said in a consultative tone: "Regiment commander, do we tell Mo Di about the situation, he is outflanking the enemy's rear, he is one of our troops in this battle, and he has the right to know the progress, and at the same time ask him what countermeasures he has." ”

Liao Hanguo nodded, and asked Li Feng to draft an invincible telegram and send it out with the password of Dahongshan.

The south road is in order to block the Japanese army from reinforcing the north road, but in Qi Daozheng's opinion, the north road no longer needs reinforcements. Last night, when Cao Maocong accompanied Huang Chunting to Dishui Cliff, Qi Daozheng knew that he had won this battle. Cao Maocong enthusiastically introduced the regimental political commissar in front of him to Qi Daozheng, and repeated again and again that today's victory depends on friendly forces. The four earthen cannons played the role of determining the situation, and the Japanese army was completely stunned.

Qi Daozheng asked about the process in surprise, and Huang Chunting told him that on the day the Japanese army arrived at Kangwangzhai, the second team of the Hubei-Henan Advance Column also came here under the leadership of Huang Chunting. However, the Japanese army was so strong that they did not dare to attack below. After the 171st Division came, from the operational arrangements and combat process of the 171st Division, the Second Team of the Hubei-Henan Advance Column understood the operational plan of the 171st Division, and was very sweaty for the 513th Regiment that was intercepted outside, and wanted to help but couldn't.

I didn't expect to find an opportunity on the first day, the Japanese pack horse team lunch, closed extremely boring, leaving only a few guards, the others actually took a nap, Hubei and Henan advanced the second team of the column with arrows and crossbows attack, took the Japanese army's guard team and pack horse team, except for the Japanese army's crotch cloth, the rest moved clean. After capturing the Japanese shells, I remembered the big lifting pole I used back then, which could come in handy. So he knocked open the Japanese shells, poured out the * inside, filled it into the big lifting pole, and then smashed the pot as a loose bomb, and made up four artillery, if the Japanese army did not retreat after the four artillery, he could only retreat.

Cao Maocong told Qi Daozheng that the reason why he delayed for so long after the battle was because he wanted to determine the situation on the Kangwangzhai side. After Koizumi Masatoshi fled back to Kangwang Village, he still returned to the old house where no one lived before, and today, the Hubei-Henan advance column had artillery shells, and with the conditions, they got a few pieces of soil*, and the Koizumi Masatoshi who had not yet sat firmly on his butt blew up again, although there were not many dead people, and the Japanese were scared a lot, and they ran to the direction of Maoping with a smoke. The road over there can only be more complicated than this side, and under the careful arrangement of the second team of the Hubei-Henan Advance Column, it will take at least ten days and half a month to walk out of Maoping.

Qi Daozheng is overjoyed, without this group of Japanese soldiers making a shock outside, this gang in the valley, in his opinion, is not too different from the dead, as long as there is enough time, they only have a dead end. Huang Chunting said that it would be easy for the Japanese soldiers to die quickly, just plug the small waterfall on the cliff upstream. Qi Daozheng shook his head and said that there was a deep pool below, which was enough for the Japanese to drink for half a year. Huang Chunting laughed, as soon as the water is cut off, the Japanese will definitely panic, and if they panic, they will rush out, and this will be killed! Staying in this place, the Japanese people have a hard time, but are you having a good time? Japanese planes come every day, and if they don't kill a few people on a single day, it is better to take the initiative to win than to fight passively. Qi Daozheng thinks about it, it's really this truth, you can consider it.

Qi Daozheng had already had dinner and went to visit Xiao Xiangyang, Xie Yao and other lightly and seriously injured people. The guy made a simple meal for Cao Maocong and Huang Chunting to eat. Eating simple food, Cao Maocong said to Huang Chunting that all the guns and ammunition thrown by the Japanese army over there belonged to them, and the national army didn't need a single gun. Huang Chunting said that how embarrassing it was, it wasn't that their family had killed so many Japanese, so much equipment, and the 171st Division could sell it for money. Cao Maocong is in a hurry, our lives were saved by you, without you, we are all finished, and we still make a fart money! Huang Chunting said with a smile, then I will laugh and accept!

Cao Maocong took out a pocket watch from his jacket pocket, handed it to Huang Chunting and said: "This pocket watch has my name on the back, you take it, when, someone will find me with this pocket watch, let me do anything, as long as I can do it, but only once." ”

Huang Chunting took the watch and joked: "Is it okay to want your life?" ”

"Okay!" Cao Maocong smiled and said, "My life has long been yours!" ”

Huang Chunting nodded, this general Guijun who speaks Hunan dialect has a bit of the style of a Jianghu person, okay, then accept it, maybe one day in the future, it will really be useful.