Chapter 739: Flesh Mountain Customs (2)

Tang Qiuli rushed to the front line of Shanhaiguan, just met Feng Jiwu who was furious with his subordinates, Feng Jiwu he was familiar with, usually not like this, how can he stay calm at any time, at this point, several corps commanders of the independent division, such as Liu Tiehan, Tang Qiusheng, Li Honggang and several others, all have such qualities, and now, Feng Jiwu's appearance is enough to show the intensity of the war, so that this calm and strong person has also become hot-tempered.

Therefore, Tang Qiuli's few jokes were intended to alleviate the solidified and suffocating atmosphere in the Shanhaiguan front-line command center, Feng Jiwu was just about to answer, there was a scream, from far to near, dozens of large-caliber shells exploded around the command center, the underground command center shook for a while, a canopy of dirt fell on the roof of the wooden shed, and the horse lamp on the pillar shook violently a few times, and then fell to the ground, and the headquarters was dim.

Several special guards hurriedly pounced on Tang Qiuli to cover up, Tang Qiuli's face changed greatly, he was furious, and he pushed away the guards angrily, a commander who commanded more than 200,000 horses and horses, actually set up the headquarters so close to the front line, it was really fatal, he roared loudly: "Feng Jiwu, have you forgotten the requirements of the commander of each unit in the division?" I'll remove you from your post right away."

Feng Jiwu explained with a wry smile: "Division commander, it's not that dangerous, this is the little devil's heavy artillery brigade, in the depth of the shelling of our position, Tang Qiuli ignored him, turned to the chief of staff Zhang Hansheng and said: "Chief of Staff Zhang, you did this, let your commander set the headquarters within the range of the Japanese artillery fire, I will give you an hour, and immediately place the corps headquarters in the safest place outside the range of the Japanese artillery fire," Zhang Hansheng promised to run out.

In the newly established corps headquarters, Tang Qiuli asked Feng Jiwu angrily: "Tell me about the situation, do you really not have any mobile troops in your hands?" Feng Jiwu's face turned stern, and he replied: "Division commander, the casualties of the troops are strict, so far, the loss of troops is more than four brigades, you found that the Niangziguan Garrison Corps has a total of eight infantry brigades, such a consumption, I really can't afford it, however, I still have three brigades of reserves in my hands that have not been used, and I am ready to use them at the most critical time." ”

Tang Qiuli nodded, and found that Feng Jiwu would never reach the point of exhaustion, and it was really difficult for him, the positional blocking battle was a hard-fought battle, and there were not many means to play, especially when the two sides gathered hundreds of thousands of troops, and they fought hard, fighting firepower, fighting troops, and fighting the soldiers' will to fight, and it was often in such a battle that the soul of the troops could be beaten, and in the face of the battlefield where corpses were everywhere, blood flowed like rivers, and artillery fired, the soldiers who could survive had an iron will, A second-rate army that can be used as a main force.

Seeing that the division commander didn't react much, Feng Jiwu continued: "The most important thing is not this, if you want to talk about the individual firepower of the infantry, one of my brigades can fight head-on with a division of the little devils, and you can also take advantage, but this time the Kwantung Army is a three-dimensional attack of the army, sea and air, especially the aircraft, the threat to the front-line position is the greatest, the most one day, over our position, there are more than 200 planes bombing and strafing by the little devils, and a large part of the casualties of the soldiers are caused by this." ”

"Most of the anti-aircraft firepower is used to protect the supply line, on the front line, there is only one air defense brigade, and the Japanese warships are at sea, carrying out non-stop artillery bombardment on the positions in the Suizhong area, and the range of our artillery cannot be reached, and the pressure on the troops is too great, and the strictest thing is the two heavy artillery brigades and regiments that the Kwantung Army joined the battlefield the day before yesterday, equipped with hundreds of heavy artillery pieces of 155 mm caliber, which are two of the three heavy artillery brigades of the Kwantung Army, and the little devil really has made a bloody investment," Feng Jiwu said hatefully.

"Is there any more difficulty?" After listening to Feng Jiwu's introduction, Tang Qiuli asked calmly, he instinctively felt that the situation was even stricter than Feng Jiwu said, and the artillery of the independent division, which had always occupied the ground firepower advantage, was actually at a disadvantage, which had never occurred in previous battles.

"Division commander, no, our corps will never let the Kwantung Army step across the Shanhaiguan Pass, even if it is exhausted, it will not hesitate" Feng Jiwu replied very simply, with a decisive light in his eyes, "The 337 Heights of the Montenegrin Defense Line, at noon today, the front line was occupied by the Japanese army, and I am ready to organize troops to take advantage of the favorable conditions that the Japanese army has lost its artillery firepower advantage at night, and recapture the position this evening, and the entire defense line will be in our hands." ”

This is the only position lost in the five-day brutal blocking battle, Feng Jiwu's corps, which made him feel like a fish in his throat, his eyes were on fire with anger, and he was going to shoot the battalion commander who was defending the high ground, when the law enforcement team went to execute, what he saw was the bloody corpse of the battalion commander, lying in a deep crater, in his hand, still holding a Suomi submachine gun, a main battalion of more than 800 people, less than 400 people left, and still holding on to the trenches that had become ruins and full of craters, just in time for the Japanese army to launch a new attack, Twenty-four members of the law enforcement team immediately entered the battle, and only seven of them came back to their lives in the end, and the rest of them were lying on the 337 heights.

After Feng Jiwu listened to the report, he didn't speak for a long time, and slowly tore the order to execute the battalion commander who signed it in person, and slowly tore it into pieces, and when he raised his hand, the piece of paper was like a white butterfly, drifting into the distance with the sea breeze and rumbling cannon sound in Bohai Bay, and his eyes followed the drifting piece of paper for a long time, and the seven law enforcement team members who stood solemnly on the side saw that in the eyes of the commander, a layer of tears welled up, and he bowed his head solemnly, and then, he resolutely asked to go down to the infantry company, and went to the battalion in the 337 Highlands of Montenegro, after that, Feng Jiwu never saw them come back again.

Feng Jiwu would not say these words to the division commander, but the seven law enforcement team members, when they came back to describe the battlefield situation, he could never forget it, and glanced at the thoughtful Tang Qiuli again, Feng Jiwu said with some hesitation: "If you give me two more artillery brigades and an air defense brigade, it will be more certain," said this, he didn't find out if it was a request that made the division commander very difficult, Tianjin was also fighting fiercely, and there were still mobile forces available?

"No problem, I will approve your request, by the day after tomorrow at the latest, the troops of eleven field infantry brigades, four artillery brigades, six cavalry brigades, and two air defense brigades will rush to the front line of Shanhaiguan, and the vanguard of six cavalry brigades will appear in front of you tomorrow, so many troops, is it enough?" There are a lot of mistakes, and all the planes of the air team are concentrated in your direction," Tang Qiuli said in a calm tone.

Feng Jiwu jumped up from the shell box, almost hit the low ceiling of the command headquarters, and shouted with wide eyes: "What? Division commander, where did you get so many troops? "What, that's too much? I transferred some of it to Tianjin? Tang Qiuli said half-jokingly, Feng Jiwu was happy in his heart, God, more than 200,000 troops, more than 3,000 artillery, more than 30,000 cavalry, when the time comes, give the little devil a counterattack on all fronts, and beat the Kwantung Army back to Jinzhou with one brain, so as to vent the evil breath in his heart.

Feng Jiwu is ready to use the reserves in his hand, strengthen to various important defensive areas, a large number of reinforcements are coming, and he is afraid of the little devils, a day of fierce fighting, in the evening the Japanese army stopped, in front of the position, the corpses of the soldiers of the Kwantung Army were covered on the muddy river beach on the bank of the Liugu River, the river water had turned reddish, and the heavy smell of blood and gunpowder smoke was suffocating.

The soldiers of the Niangziguan garrison corps, drilled out of the soil, spit out the mud in their mouths, and took advantage of the rare gap to hurry up and repair the fortifications that could no longer be seen, this is their five days, constantly repeating the action, the cannon hole was blown up, re-dug, the trench was flattened, and then repaired, there were too many fallen comrades beside them, their nerves were numb, and in their eyes, there were only little devils in khaki military uniforms, and the soil flowers stirred up by bullets, shells and bombs were constantly **.

Night fell, the end of the day's fierce battle, the cooking class sent the food, the food was not wrong, there was a fresh broth, snow-white steamed buns, hot broth, warmed their hearts, the limbs were full of hot vitality, life seemed to return to the body, sighing with satisfaction, tired leaning on the damp soil of the trenches, closing his eyes, remembering the time when he was digging wells and passes, after the overwhelming artillery fire, rushing up was to clean the battlefield, what kind of scene was that, now, it was the turn of the little devil's artillery fire, The soldiers thought indignantly, however, all the fighters were sure that the commander must be thinking of a way, when did the troops of the independent division suffer from the shells of the little devils? It's just for the sake of bombing them.

At the headquarters of the Corps, Feng Jiwu held an operational meeting of all the commanders above the brigade commander level of all participating units, when these brigade commanders came in with a full body of gunsmoke, they suddenly saw that the division commander was sitting in a corner, smiling, and watching them walk in with appreciation, and there were bursts of surprise and joy, for these brigade commanders, the division commander can not be seen often, although his name has long been filled with ears, and some brigade commanders have only seen it once or twice, and now, the division commander is here, It was the greatest encouragement for the brigade commanders who had been under tremendous pressure from the Kwantung Army in the past few days, and the atmosphere of the meeting was different.

Feng Jiwu and Sun Zhenbang asked the division commander to sit in front, Tang Qiuli smiled and waved his hand and said: "I'll come with my ears today, don't say anything, don't want to be lazy," everyone laughed loudly, Feng Jiwu first asked the brigade commanders to report the casualties of the troops, Tang Qiuli noticed that the biggest casualties were all the brigades of Feng Jiwu's Niangziguan Garrison Corps, the brigades of Sun Zhenbang's Corps and the six brigades of Dingbian, and the casualties were much smaller.

Feng Jiwu fought as the main force, after this battle, I am afraid that the Niangziguan garrison corps will be greatly damaged, and the six newly formed brigades in Dingbian should be assigned to Feng Jiwu's corps, Tang Qiuli thought secretly.

(To be continued)

Chapter 739: Flesh Mountain Customs (2)