Chapter 174: The Rise and Fall of the Nation is the Responsibility of the Husband
"Brother Fan, the troops have been sent out, and someone must be guarding the position. โกใ๏ผฅโกใใฮฉฮ๏ผ โ Ma Wanzhong said.
"Leave the seventy-two soldiers of the third regiment to guard the position, and the rest are all dispatched, Lao Ma, you are under the most pressure, and you must block the attack of the little devil before Li Weimin returns." Liao Fan was most worried that the troop movement would be discovered by the little devils, and before Huang Changsheng could act, his own station had already been breached.
The rain continued to fall, and more than 600 soldiers left their positions in the rain, and rushed all the way to the west.
"Brother Fan, I'd better go back to my cave and stay, you leaky wind and rain, it's not as warm as in the cave." This kind of time is the most difficult time, and Hu Guoshan wants to find a reason to leave. And after hearing about the casualties of their three regiments, he had no intention of thinking about other issues.
"Okay, after you go back, go and see Liu Chundao for me." Liao Fan also wanted Hu Guoshan to be busy, the more idle he was at this time, the easier it was to be cranky.
"Spring Sword, arrange a cooking class and send a bowl of hot soup to every soldier on the front line."
Liao Fan clearly knew that he had done everything he could, and the only thing he did next was to wait for the results. Waiting is the most torturous thing.
In the storm, Huang Changsheng marched with his troops, and there was no rest for a day, and the puppet army was full of complaints, dragging along the way, if it weren't for the fact that he still had Meng Jianyi and several key personnel under him in his hands, these puppet troops would definitely find an opportunity to escape.
"Captain, I have already reconnoitred with the troops, the camp of the little devils is surrounded by ring fortifications, and there is a division of the puppet army defending to the east of them, and there are no little devils." A squad leader reports.
"Puppet army?" Huang Changsheng lowered his head and pondered for a while.
"Captain of the first squadron, you take someone to change into the military uniform of the little devil, go to the camp of the puppet army, find out the location of the little devil's command as much as possible, and bring Shao Guangqi, he can speak Japanese and can help a lot. Remember that if the puppet army can be used by us, it will be used by us, and if it can't be used by us, it must be stabilized, at least not to make them cause chaos, you know what to do. And I'll only give you three hours, and after three hours, whether it succeeds or not, I'll take the troops and fire at the little devils. โ
"Understood, Captain."
"Second Captain, disperse your men, according to what we said on the road, two soldiers are in charge of a company, not only to urge them to fight, but also to prevent them from escaping, and those who do not listen to the command will shoot them directly. If there are not enough people to transfer from the third squadron, you must not take it lightly, otherwise the battle will not start, and these puppet troops will run out. Huang Changsheng was worried that these puppet soldiers would not listen to the propaganda and would smear oil on the soles of their feet on the battlefield.
"Captain, what about those Jing Sui troops? The weapons in their hands are good, and they refuse to hand over some of the weapons in their hands to the puppet army. "Jing Suijun followed Huang Changsheng with the mentality of repaying his kindness and adding officials to the knighthood, and no one can guarantee that they will not change their hexagram halfway, after all, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs.
"Strengthen the guns and ammunition we got from the little devils to the puppet army, at this time, we can't take care of so much, if you want the little devils to withdraw from Taihang, you can only rely on their strength." Huang Changsheng wiped the rain from his face, "Regardless of whether the first squadron leader succeeds or not, within three hours, we must enter the combat position, and after three hours, everything will be attacked for us." โ
"Captain, are so many people attacking from the front?"
"The puppet army will attack from the west, and the Jingsui army will attack from the north, there is no doubt, let's go back and arrange it. Second Captain, you stay with me, take the remaining fighters of the Third Squadron and take charge of dealing with emergencies. โ
The second squadron leader understood that the emergency incident Huang Changsheng said was to enforce battlefield discipline, which was similar to the supervision team on the battlefield, and it was necessary that they would pick up the guns in their hands and slaughter their own compatriots, although they were only compatriots in another sense.
Huang Changsheng picked up the telescope in his hand, found a hillside with a good location, and observed the camp of the little devils. He has already arranged everything he can arrange. The rain had stopped, the wind was whistling, and the single clothes that were wet by the rain did not have the slightest effect on keeping out the cold, and it also took away the heat from his body, Huang Changsheng couldn't help but shiver, he couldn't care about the cold and exhaustion of his body anymore.
Time passed minute by minute, and Huang Changsheng kept walking back and forth, perhaps wanting to move to resist the cold, or perhaps anxious about his next actions. There was another person who was also anxious, but he just looked at the raindrops that kept dripping from the eaves.
The sound of "bang bang bang" gunshots rang out like fried soybeans, waking everyone up.
"Rush! Kill! The shouts of killing resounded through the heavens and the earth, followed by explosions, and it was not until the sun rose the next day that the gunfire gradually faded away, and occasionally a gunshot rang out, which was the soldier mending the corpse of the enemy.
Huang Changsheng looked at the corpses all over the ground, there are puppet soldiers, no, they should no longer bear the infamy of puppet army traitors, they have proved themselves to be heroes with their lives; There are corpses of little devils. It is no longer evident that this was once a disciplined barracks, full of messes and burning military tents.
The result was already clear, the Japanese troops who lacked ammunition were poorly trained and undisciplined, but the squadrons that fought to the death lost their armor. The more than 5,000 people brought by Huang Changsheng paid the price of 4,000 casualties, including four battalion commanders, 12 company commanders and 86 deserters killed by the special combat team.
"Did Captain 1 find it?" Huang Changsheng asked the second squadron leader who was directing the cleaning of the battlefield.
"No, none of the fighters who followed the first squadron were found."
"You must find them, and you will see people alive and dead and corpses. and immediately sent someone to get in touch with Brother Fan. "Huang Changsheng knew that the third squadron leader must be in trouble, otherwise he would definitely return to the army, so far he has not seen the third squadron leader, I am afraid that he is already more than lucky, as for whether he can pass on the things he explained to the station, it is no longer known.
"Captain, captain, Captain Li is here with someone." There was a mess last night, and there were gunshots everywhere, and Huang Changsheng didn't know that Li Weimin had also joined in with his troops.
"Why are you here? What about Brother Fan? Huang Changsheng saw Li Weimin coming over with the troops, and thought that something had happened to Liao Fan.
"Changsheng, are you alright?" Li Weimin immediately ran over when he saw Huang Changsheng.
"I'm fine, let me ask you how Brother Fan is?" Huang Changsheng is most worried about Liao Fan's safety now.
"Brother Fan, what about the station, after receiving the news from the third squadron leader, he asked me to bring troops to support you, I am afraid that you will be entangled by little devils, I didn't expect you to bring so many people back." Li Weimin looked at all this in front of him in disbelief.
The sound of "boom boom" explosions sounded not far away, and all the fighters who were cleaning up the battlefield immediately became vigilant.
Huang Changsheng heard the sound of the cannon, and immediately picked up his telescope to look in the direction where the cannon sound came from, but Li Weimin "chuckled" in his heart and shouted loudly: "It's bad, I'm happy to patronize, forget about this matter." Everybody come with me. After saying that, Li Weimin ran back with the soldiers he brought.
Before Huang Changsheng could figure out what was going on, he was confused by Li Weimin: "Old Li, what's going on." โ
Li Weimin had already run out with his troops for a long time, and he didn't hear Huang Changsheng speak at all. It turned out that a brigade of little devils from the Hebei direction attacked Ma Wanzhong's position in the early morning. The captain of the little devil heard the dense gunfire in this direction last night, and knew that this side was attacked by the squadron, but he didn't think so, and was very confident that how many people came in the ** were just hitting stones with eggs, and when he heard the gunshots disappear at dawn, he knew that his judgment was right.
In order to attack Liao Fan's station first, win the first credit, and earn honor for his team, the captain of the little devil's brigade didn't care about the result here.
"The second squadron leader left a company of soldiers to clean up the battlefield and take care of the wounded, and the rest gathered to follow Commander Li." There must have been other circumstances on the station, otherwise Li Weimin would not have hurried back with his troops.
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The smoke of gunpowder on Taihang Mountain has not yet dissipated, the military commander of the 33rd Independent Division sat around the bonfire, they won this battle, although the victory was very difficult, they lost many brothers, but the victory belonged to them. The wood burned, and there was a crackling sound, as if congratulating everyone in the room for surviving, but no one spoke. Among the few people present, only Liao Fan was not wearing a bandage.
Liao Fan picked a bonfire to make the fire burn more vigorously: "Tomorrow, we will bury all the sacrificed brothers, and then let them come back if they can be notified, and try to meet the requirements of the sacrificed brothers' families." I'll leave this matter to you. โ
"Changsheng, tomorrow you will have a day off, and the day after tomorrow, the special combat team will finish what you haven't done in the enemy war zone."
"You three regiment commanders, put together the various frameworks of your regiment again, and you can handle the appointment of officers yourself, and give me the roster when the time comes."
At the campfire, several people listened to Liao Fan's orders, covering all aspects of things.
"Brother Fan, what about the troops who came back with us?" Huang Changsheng had already reported everything about their birth to Liao Fan.
"Except for Shao Guangqi, all their equipment has been confiscated, all the officers have been dismissed, and none of them remain, and we welcome them if the soldiers are willing to stay." Liao Fan doesn't want a rat feces to spoil a pot of porridge, although these officers are not short of capable people, but they have the first time, there is the possibility of the second time to surrender the little devil to be a traitor, Liao Fan doesn't want to risk letting these people fight with their own troops, "As for those people in the Jin Sui Army, tell them that there are no high-ranking officials here, only the rise and fall of the country, and the husband is responsible." โ
The war does not allow the commander to consider whether the sacrifice of the soldier is worth it, and there are more things waiting for Liao Fan to deal with. The hospital was overcrowded with wounded, many facilities in the garrison had been destroyed by bombs, and the relocation of villagers and the recruitment of troops needed to be addressed immediately.