"The division headquarters came with an order. The independent regiment was ordered to be ready to cover the withdrawal of the 1085th regiment from its positions at any time. ”

September 30th, night. Shao Fei handed over the telegram he had just gotten to Gao Yi, and then said, "The devil has been soldiered, it seems that it should be tomorrow." ”

Gao Yi read the telegram, gently put it on the command table, and said, "Those recruits are suffocated. ”

Shao Fei sneered and said, "If you have no blood, you are afraid that you will be on the real battlefield, which is another matter." ”

"Don't you believe our Yunnan children?"

"People are all the same, fear of death and fear are human nature, regardless of region. I'm not a regional black. ”

Shao Fei said and looked at the map, and then said with a little disappointment: "This time, I feel that Senior Commander Zhang is a little timid. Maybe it's because the responsibility is too heavy, and behind it is the lifeblood of Wuhan's waterway, once Wuhan's supplies are lost, we can't be withdrawn, then we will become sinners for the ages. Therefore, Division Commander Zhang took care of one thing and used the most conservative defense in depth to block the attack step by step. ”

Gao Yi didn't say anything after listening, Shao Fei drew the highway line and said, "There are mountains and mountains on both sides of the highway, which are natural barriers for defense. If it is feigned, the vanguard of the devils who have just arrived will be put in to fight, and the superior firepower of the Dian army can be completely annihilated. ”

Shao Fei's thoughts coincided with Xue Yue's thoughts.

Okamura Ninji learned from aerial reconnaissance that the main force of Xue Yue's 1st Corps was fighting on the Rui (Chang) Wu (Ning) Road, and that the defenders between the Nanxun Railway and the Ruiwu Road were weak and there was a gap, so he ordered the 106th Division, which had initially recovered after reorganization, to advance westward in an attempt to cut off the connection between the Nanxun Road and the Chinese defenders on the Wuning Road. The 106th Division moved quickly after receiving Okamura's order.

After Xue Yue learned of the situation, he put up an inverted "eight" formation. The troops of the Nanxun Railway were ordered to feint defeat, and the national army immediately retreated, and the 106th Division was like a bamboo.

And this day is September 30th. The "Wanjialing Campaign" has not yet begun, and the 184th Division's "Paishi Blocking Battle" has already entered a white deterioration.

Gao Yi looked at the map and said, "Your idea is too risky, we can't afford to lose." ”

Indeed, such a tactic is very risky. If the Japanese reinforcements arrive, a situation of flanking the front and rear will be formed, and the peripheral resistance of the Yunnan army will be ineffective, and the defense line of Paishi will be completely defeated. And this, Zhang Chong can't afford to lose.

Zhang Chong is now walking on thin ice. The chairman of the committee wanted to kill him, but Gao Huaiyin kept suing him behind his back, Zhang Chong is not seeking merit now, but seeking no fault.

After hearing this, Shao Fei sighed and said, "Seriously, I haven't commanded a regiment. But this time, since this regiment is under my command, I will not stick to the rules and fight a war of attrition with the devils in a decent manner. ”

"How you want to fight, I'll just listen to you."

Shao Fei seemed to have already thought of a battle plan, pointed to a point on the map vigorously, and said, "Annihilation War!" ”

Shao Fei really never commanded a regiment. In Shanxi, the Double Flying Brigade is the size of a battalion. During the Battle of Xuzhou, he also plotted to block the Sakamoto detachment, and the real ones who did the battle were the army commander Feng Anbang and Chen Haotian with the title of brigade commander. And this time, he has to take charge alone, although he has Gao Yi's assistance, he was a company commander not long ago.

On October 1, the day of fighting was the most intense, even reaching its climax.

At 8 o'clock, the enemy covered more than 1,000 infantry with artillery and aircraft, and launched a general attack on the stone ladder position. The fortifications were completely destroyed. Zeng Zesheng, commander of the 1085th Regiment of the 184th Division, personally led the officers and men to fight hard, and although the sacrifice was great, the position still stood majestically.

After a morning of fierce fighting, the 1086th Regiment fought only more than 500 people. Zeng Zesheng continued to hold on with the rest of the troops, but he still had no intention of retreating. He really wanted to hold on to the last moment and fight to the death with the Japanese army, and realize his oath to live and die with the position.

At noon, Zeng Zesheng took advantage of the rare precious time to personally come to the position and command the troops to build the bombed-out fortifications and prepare for the afternoon battle.

At this moment, the signal corpsman ran to the position and reported: "Report to the regimental seat, the division headquarters is calling." ”

"Read!"

The signal soldier took the telegram and read: "The independent regiment is ready to cover the retreat of your troops. The 1085th Regiment could withdraw from the stone ladder position at any time. ”

Zhang Chong used "anytime" instead of "immediately", and whether to evacuate or not depends entirely on Zeng Zesheng. Zhang Chong's intention is obvious, he is telling Zeng Zesheng that it is a time to be able to hold on for a while.

"Got it", and then Zeng Zesheng ordered: "Order the wounded and supplies in the rear to evacuate first." ”

There are still more than 500 people in the army, how can they give up easily. The purpose of this resistance war is to persevere, delay, and attrition.

In the afternoon, the Japanese launched an even more frantic attack. Now that reinforcements have arrived, the troops are sufficient, and the opponent's 1085th regiment is overstretched, and it has really reached the point of the end of the crossbow.

As soon as the battle began, the Japanese army launched an attack from the east, south, and north at the same time, hoping to annihilate the 1085th Regiment.

Zeng Zesheng left the command headquarters and personally went to the position to command, dispatched troops, divided the remaining people into three detachments, and blocked the attack of the Japanese army on three routes at the same time.

Artillery shells flew and smoke billowed from the position, and the scorching flames threatened to scorch the entire position. The battlefield was covered with patches of scorched earth, and after the blood flowed, it turned a dark red.

No matter how fierce the enemy's artillery fire was, it could not defeat the will of the soldiers of the Dian army. The soldiers on the battlefield still swore to resist to the death, and they were for that persistence.

The attack of the three-way devils was repulsed again under the stubborn resistance of the Dian army.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, these devils were a little angry. He has powerful modern weapons, ten times the opponent's troops, but he can't capture this mountain. In desperation, this group of villains once again shamelessly used the chemical weapons they were proud of.

And this time, almost everything that the devil can use is used, and it is completely unscrupulous.

Poison gas canisters, smoke canisters, and poison gas bombs all attacked the stone ladder position, and yellow, green, and black smoke floated on the position.

Zeng Zesheng was not afraid of danger, looked at the direction of the wind, and immediately ordered: "Order the troops to wear gas masks!" Those who did not take it withdrew to the southwest of the position. ”

It didn't take long for the Japanese ground forces to launch a swift offensive. They seemed to be impatient, and being blocked by a regiment for three days was a great shame for these unstoppable devils.

The Japanese attacking troops were wearing gas masks, and they did not want to give the other side a chance to breathe.

"Boom Boom" "Boom Boom" "......"

The artillery on the hilltop position quickly launched a heavy artillery attack on the Japanese troops below. It was already the last moment, Zeng Zesheng ordered the artillery to shell non-stop and run out of shells. The position was understaffed, and it was difficult to block the enemy's offensive, so it could only be suppressed by artillery fire.

After rounds of shelling, there were a large number of casualties among the attacking devils, but the follow-up devils continued to pour in.

"Hit!"

"Da Da Da" "Da Da Da" "Da Da Da" "......"

The vision on the position was extremely blurred, and the defenders could only shoot indiscriminately from one direction, and countless people were killed by the devils in front of them.

However, half of the troops on the position were withdrawn, the firepower was insufficient, and it did not take long for the devils in the vanguard to rush into the position. Zeng Zesheng led the defenders on the battlefield and the devils to start a hand-to-hand combat to the death.

Smoke billowed out, and I couldn't take anything lightly, and I could only hear heart-rending cries of killing. The soldiers on both sides fought to the death, and the clever soldiers directly took off each other's masks in the fight, allowing the enemy to be poisoned to death.

The scuffle continued, and the two sides entered a stalemate. It didn't take long for the poison gas to slowly dissipate, but the bloody battle never stopped.

"Kill!" "Kill!" “……”

Murderous voices suddenly spread in the southwest. Taking advantage of the dissipation of the poisonous gas, the soldiers of the Yunnan army who had retreated before in the southwest seized the fighter plane and quickly attacked the position.

After a round of bloody fighting, the Japanese troops who had attacked the position were once again driven back to the bottom of the mountain, and what remained on the battlefield were hundreds of corpses left behind by the previous battle. The blood in the corpses was still being retained, and the dirt in the trenches had become extremely muddy.

The repeated defeats of the Japanese army made their commanders angry. It was difficult to eliminate the hatred in his heart if he did not completely annihilate the Zhina army on the stone ladder position, so he ordered the troops to surround the stone ladder position to the death and cut off their rear route.

Zeng Zesheng seemed to have expected this result, and only ordered his troops to clear the battlefield and prepare for the final battle with the Japanese army.

(End of chapter)