Chapter 511: Retreating in embarrassment
All the devils in Ruichang County were wiped out, the devils' arms were also blown to ashes, and the 6th Brigade of the devils at the front of Minshan was completely cut off from supplies. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the command post of the 6th Brigade of the Devil at the front of Minshan, the commander of the Major General Brigade, Maruyama Masao, was restless, and no matter how the radio called, the Takeki Kuroya Squadron in Ruichang County did not respond.
"Order Ono Sansu to send people to reconnoiter the enemy situation in the direction of Ruichang." Maruyama Masao is now desperate to get news of Ruichang County.
He wasn't worried about his Zhuqi squadron left behind in Ruichang, he was worried about the ammunition and supplies he had stored there, and if it fell into the hands of the Chinese army, his 6th Brigade would be cut off from supplies, which would be fatal to them.
The herald also saw Maruyama Masao's anxious face, and without the slightest reason after receiving the order, he turned around and ran out to deliver the order.
The hurried herald collided with the chief of staff, who had drilled into the tent with a telegram, and fell to the ground unsteadily.
"What's the panic, the sky hasn't fallen yet!" Maruyama Masao, who was in a bad mood, couldn't help but scold when he saw that the herald almost knocked the chief of staff over.
"Hey!" The herald hurriedly got up and turned sideways to make way for the chief of staff.
The chief of staff with a solemn face no longer had the heart to reproach the reckless herald at this moment, and hurriedly walked to Maruyama Masao.
"General, there's news."
Maruyama grabbed the message and read it quickly.
The telegram was sent by the air force, and their reconnaissance plane witnessed the astonishing explosion in Ruichang County, so it immediately sent the situation to the Minshan front.
"Impossible, impossible!" Maruyama Masao could no longer keep his orders, and roared angrily, tearing the message to shreds.
His troops were like bamboos all the way, and as long as they held out in Minshan for another day or two, they would be able to completely defeat the 74th Army on the opposite side.
But now the reconnaissance plane's report says that there was an explosion in their ammunition depot in Ruichang County, which means that his troops' supplies are cut off.
The so-called Qiao woman is difficult to cook without rice, Rao is his 6th Brigade is the most capable unit under the command of the 9th Division, but without bullets, can he fight with the 74th Army empty-handed.
Thinking of this, Maruyama Masao sat back in his chair with a dead face, his dream of making a contribution had come to naught the moment the ammunition depot was blown up.
"Report to the general, the third brigade has encountered a ferocious attack by the Chinese army, ask for support!"
The so-called wave of unsettled waves rose again and again, and just as Maruyama Masao was angry that the rear ammunition supply was blown up, the battle situation on the front line also took a sharp turn.
With Yang Ling, Chen Ming, the commander of the second battalion of the Devil's Baggage Force, had returned to the 151st Brigade with the wounded and reported in detail to the brigade commander Zhou Zhidao about the attack on the Devil's Baggage.
Brigade commander Zhou Zhidao was overjoyed to learn that the devil's baggage ammunition was blown up, although he was dissatisfied with Yang Ling's unauthorized attack in the direction of Ruichang, but seeing that he attacked the devil's baggage troops, he didn't plan to care, and was ready to wait for him to come back and reprimand him.
If Zhou Zhidao knows now that Yang Ling and they have done a big job, and directly took out the devil's logistics ammunition supply warehouse in Ruichang, I don't know how happy he is, I'm afraid he will be reluctant to reprimand him.
"Counterattack! Counterattack on all fronts, Lao Tzu wants to see what the little devil fights! ”
Although they didn't know that Yang Ling and they had eliminated the logistics and ammunition supply warehouse of the devil Ruichang, Yang Ling and they attacked the baggage troops that the devil had transported to the front line, which was enough for Zhou Zhidao to decide to launch a counteroffensive.
The brothers who had fought with the devils for seven days and six nights in the Minshan area had already been killed, and although the corpses were piled up in a mountain, after hearing the trumpet of the charge, they still attacked the devil's position without their lives.
The fire in the devil's positions was no longer as ferocious as in the places of engagement, and their grenadiers and mortars had long since run out of ammunition.
The Type 92 infantry guns and 75 mountain guns on which the devil infantry relied also turned into a pile of scrap metal because the shells ran out, and in the face of the desperate charge and attack of the Chinese officers and soldiers, the devils guarding the trenches could only use rifles to block them.
Although the devil's rifle was accurate, it lost the support of heavy firepower, and their sparse firepower could not stop the charging Chinese officers and soldiers at all.
The red-eyed Chinese officers and soldiers almost ran out of bullets, and they pounced on the places where there were many devils with cheap grenades, and one was killed anyway.
The Chinese officers and soldiers' desperate style of fighting made the devil's heart tremble, and every time he saw the Chinese officers and soldiers rushing over with grenades, he couldn't help but retreat.
"Rush to the end! If you fight it out, you have to rush! ”
The officers and men of all brigades and regiments of the 74th Army went crazy, and those colonel-level officers also took the lead in charging with bayonets, and collided with the devils in various positions, setting off a bloody storm.
Most of these grassroots officers who graduated from military academies are the soul of the troops, and their bravery greatly inspires those sleepy and hungry soldiers, so that they are not afraid of life and death to fight for their lives against devils.
The Devils' positions were eaten away in the charge and blood mist, but the attacking Chinese army also suffered heavy losses, and almost all the rank and file officers were painted.
The company commander sacrificed the platoon commander to lead the team to continue the attack, the platoon commander sacrificed the squad leader to lead the team to continue the attack, many companies were still a reinforced company an hour ago, but in the end, there was only one squad left, but they were still attacking.
Officers at all levels knew very well that they had to use this continuous attack to put pressure on the devils in Minshan, crush them, and defeat them completely.
In fact, as the officers and men of the 74th expected, the 6th Brigade of the Devil could not hold on.
Not only are they short of ammunition now, but they are also desperately short of food and medicine, and many of the corpses in the trenches have not had time to deal with the rotting and stench, and the remaining devil soldiers are hiding in the corpse pile, and they are also at the end of their crossbows.
The attack of the Chinese army was pressed up all over the mountains, every position, every hill was under tremendous pressure, and many devil troops were exhausted, and the tragedy of this battle was beyond Maruyama Masao's bearing.
"Retreat—"
At ten o'clock in the evening, Maruyama Masao had to give the order to retreat, and if he continued to insist, it would only turn into a rotten battle in which the whole army would be annihilated, and he could not afford to lose.
The 6th Brigade of the Devils, who were aggressively heading for Minshan, began a comprehensive retreat, and in the face of the piles of corpses of their companions, they only had time to cut off a handful of their hair and bring it back, and then they hurriedly retreated.
The Chinese officers and soldiers were still attacking very fiercely, almost pressing the pace of the devil's retreat, although they were tired and hungry and could hardly walk, but they still staggered in pursuit, not wanting the devil to evacuate so easily.