Chapter 237: The Devil Wants to Escape
"Really took off the headquarters of the 108th Division?" Meng Xiang was very surprised by this news, it had only been a day, and the sun had not yet set outside. Although Meng Xiang was confident in completing this thing that had never been done in the future, he didn't expect it to be so soon.
"Yes. The bodies of the division commander Kumiya Kamimoto and the chief of staff Toshiyuki Suzuki have been confirmed, as well as some documents of the division headquarters that have not been burned. Rat Er said as he handed over the detailed report.
"Good!" Meng Xiang slapped the table and stood up excitedly. Even Fan Chong walked over and looked at Meng Xiang's hand to report. Meng Xiang handed it to him casually, and since Rat Er took it out, Rat Er, Tang Pharmacist and others could all see it.
Meng Xiang couldn't stay any longer, and walked back and forth in the command headquarters for two steps, and later generations only heard that Americans like to play this kind of aircraft decapitation, but he didn't expect that the pilots of the vanguard army also came to such a hand. Although it is unconscious, after defeating the devil's plane formation, you can also make another ground attack to hit the lucky.
The command of the 108th Division, from the very beginning of the search. Don't imagine that the headquarters is a bunch of stars shining, after being hit by the air, the little devils hide more hidden, and the devils' team is divided and fragmented, so it has not been discovered.
It's a pity that it's not within the direct jurisdiction of the base, so it can't be used to monitor the devil's information with radar. But luck still fell to the prepared vanguard army.
"It is advisable to chase Yu Yong after the poor and let them kill the 109th Division again!" Meng Xiang waved his hand.
"No!" Fan Chong hurriedly stopped, "It's already dark, our night combat training has not been promoted on a large scale, and the cooperation between the front and the Central Army is not skilled, so it is easy for me to take advantage of the loophole." At this time, it is appropriate to stabilize the defensive line, increase vigilance, and prevent the army from breaking through. ”
Recruits of the Vanguard Army were simply trained in simple night tactics. However, there are many things involved in the night battle, and if there is no tacit understanding with the Central Army alone, it is easy to cause chaos. Night battles are suitable for attacking the strong with the weak, and now the vanguard army has an advantage in both the army and the air force, and it is not suitable for night battles to cause chaos.
"That's called the departure of the Black Panther Battalion, even if you don't fight the devils, you can't let the devils be peaceful. The night defense was still carried out according to the original plan. Meng Xiang instructed. In the street battles in Jinan, night operations were also indispensable, so Meng Xiang listed a separate battalion to exercise night combat ability, and as a teaching team, training other soldiers.
"I didn't expect the tanks and planes of the Vanguard Army to be so strong, and they actually beat the 108th Division like this!" Li Zongren's evaluation of the vanguard army in his heart has increased to another level, and such strength is enough to be on an equal footing with old warlords such as the Gui family and the Jin family.
"How many people are left in the 108th Division?" He asked.
Liao Lei, who came to watch the battle next to him, looked at the data provided by the staff officer and said with a smile: "The 108th Division is over, and only some scattered personnel are left to hide in buildings everywhere and resist stubbornly. There are less than 1,000 scattered people. Most of the people outside were annihilated. ”
"The Vanguard has a great appetite! The 109th Division was also bombarded by them, and it seems that they were also targeted by the vanguard army. Liao Lei said with a smile, "This battle is really happy, if it weren't for the timely treatment of the medical team of the Pioneer Army, my high blood pressure would have been dangerous!" ”
Li Zongren's mind skipped the letter that Meng Xiang gave him, and it had already proposed to destroy the division of the two devils. He thought it was a big talk at the time, but he didn't expect that in one day, the 108th Division would be over. The 109th Division was greatly damaged by artillery fire, and the 10th Division was even blocked in Weishan County and could not move. At this time, it was too late for the rescue of the other armies, just to prevent the devils from breaking through.
"Tell the bottom, pay attention to the devil's counterattack at night, and don't let them escape! Organize a death squad and go to the devil's stomach to make a fuss first. Li Zongren commanded.
"We can't wait any longer, we must break through overnight, and take advantage of the fact that the artillery fire of the vanguard army at night is not fierce, and seize the time to evacuate to the west." The commander of the 109th Division, Lieutenant General Shigehou Yamaoka, frowned and instructed the chief of staff of the division, Shikuro Ochiai, "Give up unnecessary things and quickly get in touch with the 10th Division." We don't have to wait for the people of the 108th Division, Xia Yuan Xiong Mi and they have already been martyred. ”
He said and looked at the night sky, it was sunny today, it happened to be the eleventh day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, and most of the moon hung in the sky, which made it a lot more difficult to break through.
There were not many people left in the 109th Division, except for the more than 500 people who volunteered to stay, the remaining 3,000 people were gathered in two different places.
"Martial arts are long!" Someone shouted such a slogan before leaving.
This is not a slogan, it has long evolved into a blessing.
Shikuro Ochiai, who led another team to break through and lure the enemy, also bowed solemnly to Yamaoka Shigeichi and said, "Kudan Hanmi! ”
"Kudan Hanmi!" There was a sense of desolation in Yamaoka Shige's heart, and the breakout team led by Shikuro Ochiai was less than a thousand people. If discovered, they will charge with great fanfare to attract the attention of the other side in order to cover up the purpose of the main force to break through.
"There is a situation!" Hearing the reminder of the dog hundred, Xiao Hefei on duty rubbed his eyes that were a little astringent, and looked around, but there was not much movement.
In May, the crops in the fields have begun to grow wildly, and even if there is some moonlight, there is not much to see.
Dog Hundred was standing next to an instrument, and three protective soldiers stood beside him.
Xiao Hefei couldn't help but look at the instrument squatting on a barrel car, where a searchlight-like instrument was also constantly sweeping around, but it didn't emit a single light.
Dog 100 has already spotted a lot of reactive objects through this infrared detection device, and is slowly approaching this side in the wheat field 200 meters away. The Germans began to develop infrared night vision devices in 36 years, but they were too large. Meng Xiang experimented with the production of several surnames, and at this time he was not afraid of trouble when used in positional defense.
Dog 100 reminders, so that Niu 83 decisively ordered the whole team to be on alert and ready for battle.
At this time, there was a sudden sound of fighting inside the defensive front of the 109th Division, and the death squad of the Central Army rushed in in the dark and had a fierce battle with the devils who stayed there.
"Rabbit give!" Shikuro Ochiai took the opportunity to give the order to charge, and more than 900 people rushed towards the opposite position together.
The searchlights placed on the vehicles of the vanguard on the opposite side immediately shone on, and before the soldiers on the garrison could pick up their guns and shoot, a series of explosions broke out in the place where the devils rushed through.
Under the searchlight, I could only see steel balls flying around in the sky with a cold metallic light. The screams of the devils came and went, and they were endless. Whoever is struck in the bottom of the vital point will cry out loudly.
"My mother! This mine is so powerful! Yu Shangen, who had planted more than a dozen S-shaped bouncing mines with his own hands, couldn't help but cover his underside, shivering, and under the snowy searchlights around him, he could see clearly the appearance of several devils jumping to the ground with their bloody lower bodies.
The sound of explosions continued. There was an explosion, and a large area fell to the ground. Although there were not many fatal injuries, the appearance of the fallen devil rolling and screaming suddenly strewed the courage of the other devils. Even the veterans, facing the tragic image of their lower bodies being bombed, felt a little more cringe, not to mention that the 109th Division was originally only a reserve force of the 9th Division.
"Keep rushing!" One eye of Ochiai Shikuro had been blinded by a rubbed steel ball, but he still endured the severe pain and shouted to charge, encouraging the courage of the devil. But at this time, the sound of the MG-42 machine gun tearing cloth also sounded, and flares lit up in the sky amid the scream, illuminating the surroundings.
Under the light of the flares, Shikuro Ochiai flashed his remaining eyes, and his steps stepped on a S.Mi.35 jumping thunder, and the mischievous bouncing Betty immediately scattered all the steel balls in all her pockets. Ochiai Shikuro puffed out his eyes, covered his lower body and slowly fell.
In order to prevent the devil's surprise attack, Meng Xiang used bouncing Betty in the main defensive area. Originally, it was the most suitable for the marching ranks, and a large number of wounded could drag down the march of the troops, but for the charging Yue himself, no one to pay attention to the cries of the wounded, and the effect was naturally worse. But with the MG-42 machine gun, it was enough to stop the devil's charge.
The post-processing of the thunder jump is very troublesome, the people don't care about these things, and they can't understand the warning signs, once there are several tragedies, it is a sin. Therefore, although Meng Xiang had discovered this thing a long time ago, he had not used it much, and this time he only used the lethality of the bouncing Betty to give early warning to make up for the problem of relative lack of manpower.
In order not to delay the attack of Ming Yue, this kind of ricochet is not arranged very much, and there are only a few places that are not easy to defend, but I didn't expect Ochiai Shikuro's luck to be so bad, and he ran into such a place all of a sudden. He only saw that there were fewer defenders and patrols here, but he didn't expect the vanguard army to quickly set up a minefield.
"Why haven't they moved yet?" With the help of the moonlight and the light of the flares in the distance, Xiao Hefei also saw the strangeness in the wheat field through the sniper scope.
"They want to turn the tiger away from the mountain, and wait for the surrounding defenders to be transferred to the place where the devils are charging. Don't they know that when it comes to stratagem, the Chinese are their ancestors? Yang Zhixiu curled the corners of his mouth disdainfully, and ordered directly: "Contact the artillery and tell them the coordinates directly." ”
"Wait! There were signs of loosening in the troops on the opposite side. Yamaoka Shigehou sat there and said in a low voice. I haven't been able to move with the soldiers like this for many years, and the fat on my stomach can no longer keep up with the soldiers' movements.
"They're going to come to the rescue soon!" Although he was impressed by the strength of the vanguard artillery, he was very confident in the hand-to-hand combat of the imperial soldiers, and the more than 900 people that Ochiai Shikuro took advantage of the darkness to rush over were enough to keep the vanguard army busy.
"Wait a while, as soon as the artillery blasts through the barbed wire, they will rush over together." This time, it took a long time to search and find 3 guns that were still in good condition, and when the time came, after blasting away the positions here, they would be abandoned.
As soon as Yamaoka finished speaking, he heard the dense screech of cannonballs in the sky.
"This is, rush!" Sensing the danger keenly, he immediately stood up and shouted.
"Boom, boom!" The sound of continuous shells falling on the ground drowned out his shouts. The artillery of the vanguard army did not need to test the artillery at all, the day's shelling already had accurate coordinates, and the overwhelming shells fell directly.
More than 1,000 devils who were lying in ambush nearby fell one after another as soon as they got up, and even if they lay on the ground, they were lifted into the sky by the huge waves of cannonballs. More than a dozen 105 mm guns directly covered the area. Shan Gang Chonghou, who led more than a thousand devils and left behind, could only watch those devils suffer in the heat wave of artillery fire.
"General Yamaoka!" Someone shouted loudly, but Yamaoka Shigehou did not answer, and it was not until the staff adjutant Ono Yonemune led a devil Shaozo dressed as a pilot to his side, that he made a somewhat lonely face and looked at the comer.
"This is an order from the command of the North China Front and an instruction from the base camp!" The Shao Zuo handed him a secret telegram.
After Shigehou Yamaoka took it and opened it, he looked at it and suddenly said, "I won't go back, I'm going to be here with my soldiers." Tell my family that I fought to the death for the honor of the Empire. He felt humiliated, his father was the former Tosa clan of Kochi Prefecture, Yamaoka Shigesaki. He knew that this order this time also had this reason, but he couldn't discredit the family.
When that Shao Zuo heard this, he couldn't help but bow his head and said, "Your Excellency, the order I received is that I must bring you back. The empire has already lost one lieutenant general division commander, and cannot lose two in one battle! Please! ”
Hearing this, Yamaoka Shigehou sighed, and the cannon fire was still roaring not far away, and there was no hope that a few people would survive in the area covered by the artillery fire.
"What are you going to do?" Ono Yonsumune, who was next to him, stepped forward with two guards and grabbed Yamaoka's heavy arm and tied it with a rope.
"General, offended! For the glory of the Empire, General, you better go back! Ono Yonme Zong bowed deeply. Even if he dies in battle, as long as Yamaoka Shigehou returns, he will take care of his family. If you don't show it at this time, do you want to wait for Yamaoka Shigehou to agree to go back? The deserter's hat on the heavy head of the hill will never be taken off for the rest of his life.
Ono Yonmune even went one step further and slammed directly at the back of Yamaoka's heavy neck, knocking him unconscious. This is worthy of the courage of a general who will not retreat.
Miura Yuliang also sighed that for this rescue, they Hainan Airlines selected the best pilot and drove three planes, but they still lost one in the takeoff and landing in such a night.
"Where is Ochiai Shikuro Osa?" Miura Arara asked back.
Although Shikuro Ochiai is a big sa, the position of chief of staff of the division is too dazzling, and he is also the target of evacuation this time.
"The chief of staff has already led the troops in the charge." Ono replied with some sentimentality.
"What about the third major general of Benchuan Province?"
"I refuse to evacuate!" The commander of the 118th Brigade, who had been silent beside him, directly refused the order to withdraw it, "Someone must stay here!" As he spoke, he handed over the flag of the 136th Wing, and a soldier from the Flag Guard Team next to him handed over the flag of the 69th Wing.
Miura Yura silently took it, bowed deeply, and quickly led the escort carrying the heavy weight of the hill to evacuate, and at the same time evacuated three officers who were specially cared for, who were also tied up and escorted to the plane.
Seeing the two planes swaying and flying away, and the moon in the sky seemed even more deserted, the third chief of Benchuan Province sighed, turned around and pointed to a blocked road next to him and ordered: "Rush over from there together!" ”
The wheat field is suitable for concealed approaching charges, but there are many vegetation, and the uneven terrain is not suitable for long-distance charges, so the three provinces of Benchuan chose the main road with the idea of death.
There were no mines planted on the main road for tomorrow's attack, but when the devils screamed and rushed over, the searchlight suddenly hit, and what appeared in front of them was a T-34 tank, directly blocking most of the dirt road.
The roaring engine rang out, and smoke from the diesel engine lingered around the T-34, and in the light of the searchlight, the T-34 looked more and more like a steel demon. With a roar, T-34 lunged up at the red-eyed devils in the light.
Bullets were jumped directly by the armor, bayonets pierced into the tracks, and were also broken. Until the devil's thighs and head were crushed into the dirt under the tracks, there was no good way to block the tank's rapid assault, and the broken bones under the tracks and the minced meat stirred in the cracks of the steel did not affect the tank's forward movement at all. The tank, which had reached more than 40 kilometers, directly ran over a machine gun devil who was carrying a cluster grenade in his arms, and crushed the human bomb that was too late to detonate until only human flesh remained.
"Boom!" Finally, the suicide attack of the devil after several times worked, and the T-34, whose tracks were blown up, stopped after walking more than ten meters, and without waiting for the devil to be happy, in the continuous strafing of the machine gun, another tank gun from behind stretched out, and a T-34 squeezed away the tank in front and rushed over.
"The devil wants to run? Stop them, don't let them run! Pay more attention to the 10th Division and prevent them from evacuating from Weishan Lake! Meng Xiang, who was reviewing the documents, thought of the 10th Division as soon as he heard the assault of the 109th Division.
"The headquarters called, ordering us to cross Weishan Lake and evacuate Weishan County." The adjutant's report relieved Ryosuke Isoya, although he had long been ready to evacuate, but with the order from above, it was even more reasonable. The 108th Division was finished, and the 109th Division was also disabled. In the face of the attack of the Central Army and the Vanguard Army, the 10th Division could not read the strength to support the situation here.
"Order down, hurry up and prepare, and start evacuating in half an hour!" Ryosuke Isoya waved his hand and ordered.