Chapter 376: Good News Spreads
The brothers of the third battalion led by Yang Ling eliminated this Japanese army and fought a small victory, avenging the brothers of the dead assault company, but the brothers were still angry and asked for battle to continue to attack. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Most of these brothers volunteered to join the army and go to the battlefield, and everyone was eager to defend their families and the country, and after a few battles, they became more and more courageous, and Yang Ling was naturally happy to see their high morale.
After they hurriedly cleaned up the battlefield and buried the bodies of the fallen brothers, they did not rest, and threw themselves into the sequence of attacking and advancing in the direction of the inner Yellow City.
The tens of thousands of troops of the entire 74th Army were divided into countless units and attacked separately along the Longhai Line, and the Japanese strongholds along the way were uprooted one after another, forcing the Japanese 14th Division to further shrink its defense.
On the battlefield that was a pot of porridge, countless attacking companies attacked day and night, and although they were exhausted and suffered heavy casualties, they all gritted their teeth and attacked forward.
In the past, they have been defending, have been retreating, fought countless defeats, lost countless cities and land, and now the enemy's 14th Division has been surrounded by more than 100,000 elites of the Central Army of their Yudong Corps like iron buckets, and all the troops are like chicken blood, bravely moving forward, wanting to vent the evil spirit that was held in their hearts in the past.
Since the Japanese 14th Division rushed to cross the Yellow River, it first broke through Heze, which was guarded by the 23rd Division of the Chinese Army, so that the commander of the 23rd Division committed suicide and martyrdom, and then they went straight to Lanfeng non-stop, already exhausted.
But the Japanese army did not expect that they crashed headlong into the arms of more than 100,000 elites of the Central Army, and now they are surrounded, and they are tired from fighting for a long time, and their more than 20,000 troops cannot stop the attacking Chinese army from all sides, and they have encountered the biggest crisis since the start of the war.
Since the great victory of Taierzhuang under the command of General Li Zongren, the whole country has been excited, but Chairman Chiang has been questioned at home because of the defeat in Shanghai and Nanjing, and he is now desperate for the Central Army to fight a glorious battle in the Lanfeng area to overshadow the victory of Taierzhuang to consolidate his position, so this time it is also a desperate gamble.
More than 100,000 elite Central Army, including the 74th Army, rushed thousands of miles to the Lanfeng area, with the aim of annihilating the 14th Division of the Japanese Army that had committed suicide in one fell swoop.
Now Gui Yongqing's 27th Army and Qiu Qingquan's 2nd Division armored troops have entered the front line of Lanfeng City, while the 74th Army and the 71st Army are attacking westward, and the Japanese 14th Division has become a trapped beast.
Yang Ling's 74th Army was still a little cautious at the beginning, not daring to go too far alone, worried about the counterattack of the Japanese army, but with the further development of the war, their troops became more and more courageous, and successively broke through several defense lines of the Japanese army, and had already played the prestige of the ace army.
"I'd rather be a ghost who dies in battle! Don't be a slave to the country! ”
"Down with Japanese imperialism!"
On the way forward of Yang Ling's attack, countless people shouted inspiring slogans because their relatives were slaughtered by the Japanese army to welcome them, who thought that their uniforms were tattered in the fierce battle.
When the people along the Longhai Sea saw the arrival of the Chinese army, they brought out their best things to greet these young soldiers.
The brothers were also tired and sleepy from the continuous attacks and attacks, and the logistical supplies had long been cut off, and in the face of the food handed by these ordinary people, they devoured it, and they were hungry and swallowed it all.
"Boss, slow down, slow down......" Watching these dark brothers with gunpowder smoke on their faces gobbling up food and stuffing food into their mouths, these ordinary people wiped their tears while reminding, feeling sorry for these young soldiers.
"The brothers of the 302nd Regiment are fighting with the devils in front!" The brothers were squatting in the village, eating the food brought by the common people, when suddenly a scout rode into the village on horseback and shouted.
"Fuck it, brethren, copy guys!"
Hearing that he was fighting with the devil again, and the brothers in the third battalion couldn't care about eating, Liu Yidao grabbed the big knife and stood up.
"Assemble everyone! Fast! Yang Ling swallowed the cooked potatoes three times and divided them by two, and hurriedly shouted to gather.
Soon, the brothers of the third battalion, who had not finished eating, hurried straight to the battlefield in front of them, and many of the brothers ate while running, and vomited as they ran.
A battalion led by Ji Hongru, the commander of the 302nd Regiment, bit a devil's rear force in front, and this devil was so fierce that Ji Hongru couldn't bite at all.
The three battalions led by Yang Ling hurriedly joined the battlefield, and the firepower of the Chinese army was greatly strengthened, but with the addition of Yang Ling and their new force, the fierce battle lasted for half an hour, and this devil finally did not resist, and after being wiped out for most of them, the remnants ran away.
On the battlefield with a strong smell of blood, the brothers who had eaten half of the meal pulled out the cans in the devil's backpack, pried them open with bayonets, and continued to sit on the corpses to eat, they had adapted to the battlefield.
Ji Hongru, the head of the 302nd Regiment, still had a resolute gaze, his cheeks bulged out and looked at the hard ones, they also didn't touch their teeth for a day, and they fished out a can of food regardless of their image, and only after they gobbled it up did they greet Yang Ling.
Their 302nd Regiment and 301st Regiment were both subordinate to the 151st Brigade of the 74th Army, so they didn't have any life, they sat around and exchanged information with each other.
Yang Ling's three battalions and regimental headquarters have long been dispersed, and they have been rushing forward completely on their own in the past few days, and in this era of backward communications, they don't know anything about the entire battlefield situation, but fortunately, Regiment Commander Ji Hongru has a radio station in his regiment and understands some of the situation.
"A few days ago, the 14th Squadron of our Air Force sent two planes to take off from Ningbo and fly to the Japanese island of Kyushu to distribute hundreds of thousands of leaflets, and then flew back safely." Although Ji Hongru said calmly, he could feel the excitement in his heart.
"What are you throwing leaflets for, how good is it to throw bombs, blow up the damn thing," Liu Yidao, who was very grinning, muttered dissatisfaction when he heard that it was just a flyer that was thrown.
Yang Ling glared at Liu Yidao, and the head of the regiment, Ji Hongru, did not speak, although it was a leaflet thrown away, but they both understood the meaning of this.
"Well, you go on, when I didn't say anything." Liu Yidao looked at him when he saw it, which made him a little uncomfortable, and he moved his body out and said.
Ji Hongru, the commander of the 302nd Regiment, didn't care, he continued: "Several of our corps have already surrounded the 14th Devil Division, as long as they fight steadily, they can't run, Qiu Qingquan's armored vehicle unit wiped out more than 300 Devil's cavalry east of Lanfeng City the day before yesterday, and I think the devil is almost finished."
The armored vehicle unit wiped out the devil's 300 cavalry, although it was also a victory, but Yang Ling didn't feel anything, after all, just like they fought with rifles and devils' cannons, the two sides were not on the same level.
"I heard that Chairman Jiang has flown to Zhengzhou, and he is watching us, these brothers of our 74th Army have been training for so long, with the best equipment, you also go down to tell the brothers, we must dare to fight fortifications, dare to sacrifice, carry forward the tenacious spirit, and must not drop the chain and let people see jokes."
Ji Hongru was originally the acting head of the 301st Regiment, although he is now transferred to the 302nd Regiment, he still has feelings for the 301st Regiment, and finally repeatedly told Yang Ling, hoping that they can play the prestige of the 74th Army and not lose to friendly troops.
Yang Ling naturally nodded and agreed, after all, the head of Ji Hongru is a senior, and he has been fighting for many years, and he respects him very much.
Through the head of Ji Hongru, Yang Ling also learned the location of his unit, so he didn't stay long, and after greeting him, he quickly said goodbye and left, and took the third battalion straight to the current attack location of the 301st Regiment.