The Japanese brigade headquarters was holding a field military meeting, and the brigade commander, General Shusuke Hoshino, pointed to the map and said: "Songzhuang is more than ten miles away from the Shahe River, and this is a plain area. ”

At this time, the operational staff officer reported: "Report to Your Excellency General, Wuning County has come to report many times, the county town has been attacked by Tuba Road, the arsenal has been bombed, and the Imperial Japanese Army guarding the county town and the arsenal has most of the jade shattered, and I request Your Excellency the General." ”

"Bastards, a bunch of waste, two squads of Imperial Army troops, plus a battalion of the Imperial Army, were defeated by a sneak attack on the small Tubalu, and also caused the loss of troops, the bombing of the arsenal, and all the rice buckets." The brigade commander, General Hoshino, scolded.

"Your Excellency General, the county seat of Wuning was attacked by Tuba Road, causing huge losses, why don't you send troops back to help?" The Tokugawa Captain asked suspiciously.

The captain of the Kameda Wing, who was stationed in the base camp of Wuning County, said sarcastically: "Tokugawa-kun, Wuning County is my garrison, I am not in a hurry, yours." ”

"Kameda-kun, have you seen the layout of Hoshino Shogun?"

"Hahaha, Tokugawa-kun, His Excellency the General has known about it in many reports in Wuning County, but he has not expressed it for a long time, which is the wisdom of His Excellency the General."

Captain Kameda glanced at the head of the Hoshino Shusuke Brigade as he spoke, and saw that the general's eyes were appreciative, and continued even more arrogantly: "The Tuba Road sneak attack on Wuning County is an attempt to lure the brigade to send troops back to help, so as to reduce the pressure on the frontal battlefield of the Tuba Road, drag the troops of the Imperial Army, and consume the supplies of the Imperial Army, so as to launch a surprise attack on our Japanese army and eliminate our 13th Brigade. ”

The chief of staff of the brigade, Yanagi Shibei, took over with a smile and said: "Kameda-kun is only partially right, His Excellency the General will use his absolute superiority in troops and sufficient weapons and ammunition this time to conduct a long-term war of attrition with the five detachments of the Tuba Road, so as to cope with attrition and attrition, the longer the battle line is stretched, the more difficult it will be to replenish the supplies of the Tuba Road, and the more scattered the troops will be. ”

"Yanxi, you analyze it like this, I am very pleased, Tubalu made a mistake this time, ordered all front-line troops to attack in an all-round way, and found that Tubalu was all wiped out."

The commander of the Hoshino Shusuke Brigade ordered the chief of staff, Yanagi Shibei: "Order the defenders of Yantai City, send a squadron of Imperial Army troops, escort weapons, ammunition and military supplies, and quickly send them to Songzhuang, our Imperial Japanese Army and the five detachments of the Eighth Route Army will fight to the death with the Tuba Road on the plain battlefield west of Songzhuang and more than ten miles east of the Shahe River, complete the order issued by the Japanese Army Headquarters in North China to clear the Tuba Road, and return to Yantai City in victory." ”

The Japanese brigades and regiments began to wipe out the Eighth Route Army in an all-round way, adopting a steady and steady combat plan of advancing step by step, with tanks, artillery and other heavy weapons following behind the infantry to cover the infantry's attack on the Eighth Route Army.

The second battalion that covered the retreat killed a horse gun, turned around and quickly withdrew, but I didn't expect that the little devil didn't need to be lured at all, the main force of the Japanese army was fully spread out in the plain, advancing in unison, step by step, and the speed of advancing was very fast, not giving the Eighth Route Army a chance to breathe.

The three companies of the 2nd Battalion were exhausted by the enemy's pursuit, and the speed of retreat became faster and faster, but they could not shake off the pursuit of the mechanized Japanese army.

The instructor ordered Zhao Kui, the commander of the fifth company: "Company Commander Zhao, order your company to cover the rapid retreat of the sixth and seventh companies to the east bank of the Shahe River after the second battalion is broken off on the way to retreat, but you must not fall in love with the battle, and you must come back with the soldiers well." ”

"Don't worry, instructor, Zhao Kui resolutely carries out the order."

The troops withdrew, and the fifth company, as the broken rear unit of the battalion, faced the attack of dozens of times the Japanese army.

Zhao Kai, the commander of the fifth company, looked at the large Japanese army that had caught up, and what caught his eyes was a yellow press, like a locust, and quickly rolled towards the position of the fifth company.

Zhao Kui shouted: "Brothers, for the brothers to successfully get rid of the enemy's pursuit, we must find a way to hold back the attacking enemy, buy time for the retreating brothers, and give me a hard beat." ”

Mortars and light machine guns poured more fire from the position of the fifth company to the group of devils, and the shells exploded in the attacking enemy group, overturning and killing some of the little devils, and a group rushed up again, swarming towards the position of the fifth company.

The tanks behind the enemy's large army and the artillery accompanying the army kept firing, and the shells fell on the position of the fifth company, and the soldiers in the position were shrouded in the smoke of the shell explosion, and a wave of smoke had not yet dispersed, and the shells fired by the second wave of devils exploded on the position again.

Zhao Kui, the commander of the fifth company, scolded: "Bastard little devil, relying on the large number of people and excellent weapons, he opened fire to bombard the position of my fifth company without a life, and today Lao Tzu will fight with you." ”

He shouted and stood up, and was about to give the order to lead his warriors into the enemy group.

The instructor pulled Zhao Kui down and said solemnly: "Company Commander Zhao, the instructor called us as the broken rear troops in the battalion, but he didn't ask us to fight the enemy desperately, and now that the goal of blocking the enemy has been achieved, you should quickly give the order to retreat." ”

Zhao Kui, the commander of the fifth company, looked at his position in the smoke of gunpowder, and the soldiers who were still alive continued to shoot to block the enemy's attack, but there were not many soldiers on the position who could participate in the battle.

He gave the order bitterly: "Brothers of the Fifth Company, immediately withdraw from the battle and quickly retreat to Shahe. ”

But now it is too late to retreat, and the position of the Fifth Company has been surrounded by little devils on three sides, and it is impossible to break out of the encirclement and withdraw from the position safely.

Zhao Kui, the commander of the fifth company, saw that the situation on the battlefield was urgent, and ordered the instructor loudly: "Instructor, you quickly lead the troops to retreat, and I will take a squad to stay on the position to block the enemy and cover you." ”

The instructor pushed Zhao Kui away and shouted in a commanding tone: "You are the company commander, it is your responsibility to command the troops, I will leave cover, withdraw quickly, bastard, don't fight anymore, one of our five companies won't survive anymore, quickly withdraw with the troops." ”

Zhao Kui turned his head sharply with tears in his eyes, led the soldiers to rush out of the enemy encirclement, and quickly retreated towards the western front of the Shahe River.

When Zhao Kui turned back again, there was no gunfire in the position of the fifth company, and the instructor and the soldiers of a squad all died heroically.

The fierce gunfire from Songzhuang shocked Lei Jian, who was holding a telescope and standing on the top of the mountain at this time, and he saw that twenty or thirty miles west of Yagezhuang, gunsmoke was everywhere, and the sound of guns and cannons continued.

But he knew his courage very well, once the Japanese reinforcements and baggage transporters arrived at the base camp of the devils in Songzhuang, the entire battlefield situation would be one-sided, and the five detachments of the Eighth Route Army would be wiped out under the powerful firepower of the Japanese army, and they would have nowhere to stay, and they could only run for their lives.

After careful consideration, Lei Jian predicted that the arrogant commander of the Japanese Hoshino Brigade would attack the base area of the Eighth Route Army with the current strength of the Japanese army, and there would be no need to send reinforcements at all, and the battle plan of clearing the base area of the Eighth Route Army would be completed, and what the Japanese army needed was not reinforcements, but urgently needed to replenish weapons and ammunition.

Niu Dali, who was standing on the side, looked at Lei Jian and said, "Commander Lei Dai, did you hear the fierce gunfire in the direction of Songzhuang, and have an idea?" Want to change the combat plan? ”

"You're right, it seems that I only have to make a bold bet with the little devil based on the analysis, you immediately re-equip the three trucks, adjust the most skilled fighters in handling artillery, and be ready to go at any time."

Lei Jian ordered the messenger beside him: "Immediately notify the commanders above the company level to go to the depression command post to receive new orders." ”

The communicator, who had not been on horseback for a short time to give the order, ran into the improvised command post and reported: "Report to the regimental commander Leidai, the order has been given, and the battalion and company commanders will arrive soon." ”

Immediately after that, the battalion and company commanders had already reported to duty, and Lei Jian gave orders without being verbose.

ordered Wang Xiaoliang to lead a company to follow the truck; ordered Niu to lead a battalion to the middle and run along the road to Songzhuang;

ordered the deputy commander of the 3rd Regiment to lead the 7th Battalion through Yagezhuang and rush to Songzhuang from the left flank;

Ordered the 3rd Regiment and 8th Battalion to hold Maotou Mountain, intercept the Japanese army's transport vehicles escorting heavy military supplies, and once a fierce battle broke out, blow up the devil's baggage trucks, and immediately follow up with reinforcements.

He took the truck and marched quickly to Songzhuang, and he must force his Japanese army to return to the enemy's command in Songzhuang before the Japanese army had completed the encirclement of the five detachments of the Shandong anti-Japanese guerrilla army of the Eighth Route Army.

The deputy commander of the third regiment didn't expect Lei Jian, a little kid, to change so much, and he was a little dissatisfied, but this was on the battlefield, and he had to resolutely carry out the order.

(Tianjin)