The whole night of torture simply made Kawada Yi Dazuo feel extremely painful, and several times he decided to concentrate two squadrons and the puppet Manchu army into the mountains to clear those shameless guys, but the dark mountains in front of him always made him unable to make this determination.

But the previous annihilation of the two integrated squads with the cooperation of two companies of the puppet Manchu Army made him really unable to let go. The devil knows that those guys who only dare to hide in the mountains and fire cold guns, have no bushido spirit at all, and don't dare to fight face-to-face with themselves, what tricks are waiting for them?

In fact, Kawada Yi Dazuo didn't know that if he really concentrated his forces at this time to clear out Guo Bingxun's troops on his periphery, Guo Bingxun, who had now completed the division of troops, really didn't have the strength to fight him head-to-head. Guo Bingxun was very sober-minded, and he would not use the strength of a battalion to go head-to-head with two squadrons of the Japanese army that cooperated with the puppet Manchu army with at least four infantry companies. If Kawada Takeshi really sends troops, Guo Bingxun will have no choice but to retreat now.

Although he succeeded in keeping Kawada Takeshi awake all night, Guo Bingxun also had a headache at this time. The artillery battle in the first half of the night, although it destroyed most of the Japanese artillery, made it incapacitated, and destroyed most of the food it carried. However, the artillery of Guo Bingxun's department also suffered considerable losses.

In the case that the shooting scale has been calibrated in advance, and the number is also superior. The artillery battle, which lasted only a few minutes, caused Guo Bingxun to lose four mortars, and the artillery also suffered more than ten casualties. In the end, it is the unit of the veteran division of the Japanese army, not only its infantry reaction ability is extremely good, but even the artillery response ability is absolutely first-class.

Its shooting speed is fast and the impact point is accurate, which is absolutely super-first-class. In particular, the accuracy of judging the ballistics in night shooting is far inferior to that of its own troops. After an artillery battle, Guo Bingxun understood that he seemed to win, but in fact he lost. Bullying widows with the crowd, and four mortars were destroyed by others, isn't this a loss?

If you hadn't adopted targeted tactics in advance, I'm afraid that you would have lost more completely in this artillery battle? And several organized night-scale platoon attacks, under the excellent reaction ability of the Japanese army, I don't know how many results were achieved, but when they retreated, the casualties were not small, not to mention, and one platoon actually ran away. When it was daybreak, it was put away.

What is even more exaggerated is that this platoon actually had a squad that did not turn around, and actually bypassed the Japanese army and withdrew north to the north bank of the Fasi River. It wasn't until he crossed the Faji River and encountered the roundabout troops he sent out that he was retracted. If it hadn't been for the telegram from the roundabout troops, Guo Bingxun would have thought that this squad had all been sacrificed. This is still a harassment operation, if it is a regular operation, Guo Bingxun even doubts that the battalion in his hands will not be able to withstand the impact of half a squadron of the Japanese army?

At the end of the night, the biggest result was that the reconnaissance battalion company took advantage of the fact that the Japanese army's attention was involved in the front, infiltrated the rear of the Japanese army, and captured all the horses of the Japanese baggage squadron.

Looking at the wolf bèi's unbearable troops, Guo Bingxun's face was darker than the sky at this time. What the hell is going on with these guys? Isn't it decent to fight during the day? Under the nose of the Japanese army, two Japanese squads with the cooperation of the puppet Manchu army were also annihilated. Why did you fight so badly at night? In Sichuan dialect, it is simply a sloppy pendulum.

Seeing the gloomy face of the chief of staff, the deputy company commander and the platoon commander who led the attack were so frightened that they didn't even dare to come out. They also knew that the previous appearance of their troops could be described as a joke. It was just a harassing attack under the cover of artillery fire, or when retreating, when the other side did not pursue, his own troops could still escape, which was simply a shame to be thrown home.

Seeing his deputy and his subordinates standing in front of the chief of staff with an embarrassed expression, the company commander of this company hesitated for a moment, and felt that it was better to excuse his subordinates, after all, the reality of too many recruits in the army was there. He looked at Guo Bingxun's face and said in a low voice: "Chief of Staff, you can't blame them for this, the responsibility lies with me." ”

"There are too many new recruits and too few veterans in the army. Now most of the veterans have served as squad and platoon leaders, and most of the soldiers who have been added are new recruits. Most of the recruits have only completed the initial training in weapons and basic tactics, and have not yet had time to train in night combat, and are not yet familiar with the sound of the horn, and are also very unfamiliar with the terrain in this area. As the company commander, I should be primarily responsible. If you want to punish you, punish me. ”

Hearing the company commander's words of asking for punishment, Guo Bingxun's tense face eased slightly. He also knew that he was at fault and did not shirk responsibility. On that point alone, it's not bad. After hesitating, Guo Bingxun decided to give him another chance.

After his face softened a little, Guo Bingxun shook his head and said, "Since you have taken the responsibility in the past, you can't serve the public if you don't punish you." Now remove you from the position of company commander and change to deputy company commander and acting company commander. I'll give you a month, and if the combat effectiveness of the troops can't be improved, you will send me to the cooking class to carry the cauldron. Also, go back and write a summary of the battle and hand it to me. Remember, each of you gave me one. ”

Speaking of this, Guo Bingxun paused and said: "I can not punish you platoon commanders, and let you make meritorious contributions." But the squad leader who actually led the team all the way to the north bank of the Fasi River was shot on the spot. The recruit doesn't understand, but he is a veteran from the old black top secret camp, and he said that he couldn't understand the horn sound, how to explain the past? ”

"The recruits couldn't understand the terrain and kept retreating north, which can still be said in the past. He is a veteran, and he actually took the soldiers of his squad all the way north to the Fasi River and did not react, is this possible? Only one thing, he's interesting to war. Battlefield discipline is equal for all, and battlefield discipline must be enforced for such people, and there will be no mercy for killing. ”

The last sentence Guo Bingxun almost gritted his teeth and said it. It is understandable if the recruits don't understand this, but the squad leader was trained by the old black top secret camp for three months. There is only one explanation for his actions, and that is his deliberate avoidance of war. In this situation, Guo Bingxun had to change his tactics and stop the offensive at the platoon level at night. Instead, it focuses on fire harassment and small-scale infiltration operations by scouts. Several company-platoon-level attacks were launched, but the effect was not great, and only one Japanese alert position was taken, but the casualties were not small. Twelve people were killed and more than thirty were wounded. This price is difficult for Guo Bingxun to accept.

Although four mortars were destroyed in the artillery battle, he still had a lot of mortars on hand. Shells are also adequate. It's not to eat this Japanese puppet army in one bite, it's just to harass it and make it unable to rest all night. Why gamble with the lives of your own men? Kwok changed tactics and focused on the daytime battle the next day.

The nighttime offensive made Guo Bingxun somewhat frustrated. But Liu Changshun's arrival after the early morning made him somewhat relieved. Last night's troop officer, he did not dare to guarantee that with the strength of a battalion, he would be able to block the Japanese army in front of him between the Fasi River and the Gejin River under the attack of a Japanese brigade.

Just pondered Yang Zhen's previous tactical intentions, as well as the possible actions of the enemy in front of him after Yang Zhen started, Guo Bingxun changed his mind again. The battalion brought by Liu Changshun was not deployed on the spot, but ordered it to bypass the enemy's position and plunge straight into the rear of the Japanese flank. With the battalion that had been sent behind the Japanese army, it formed an encirclement in the flank and rear direction of the 17th Wing.

Once Yang Zhen is there, if Kawada Yi returns to the first brigade to rescue him, these two battalions can form an east-west flank against him. At the very least, it was possible to delay the pace of reinforcements of the Japanese army. Miaolingzi Mountain is too close to the Fasi River, and once the gunfire rings out there, it can be heard clearly here. Guo Bingxun can conclude that as long as Miaolingzi Mountain starts, the enemy in front of him will definitely go north to reinforce him.

Guo Bingxun, who graduated from France's Saint-Cyr Military Academy, one of the three major military academies in the West, is at least in the middle of the middle to the upper echelons of the war situation. Although radio contact with the 1st Brigade was lost at the beginning of the battle, it is unclear what exactly happened at Miaolingzi Mountain. However, after discovering that he suddenly remembered the dense gunfire behind him, his first brigade and the main force of the puppet Manchu army, which had already crossed the Fasi River, immediately stopped continuing to move south, and quickly turned around and reinforced.

Kawada Takesa, who had received a report from the First Brigade on his marching route in the early morning, could easily judge that it was the subsequent encounter between the First Brigade and the enemy after hearing the dense gunfire from the Miaolingzi line.

Moreover, from the dense sound of gunfire, Kawada Takeshi knew that he had been fooled. The opponent who has been thinking that he has encountered the main force of the opponent for some time ago is just a bluff of some troops sent by others to attract his attention.

For Takeshi Kawada, this decision was unusual. Kawada Takeshi, who didn't know that Sasaki Daichi had already gone to the west, couldn't contact Lieutenant General Sasaki to the first lieutenant general, and his butt caught fire again, Kawada Takeshi Osa could only throw aside Sasaki's order that he must join the 24th Wing and get in touch with his first brigade first.

He, Takeda Shou Dasa, participated in this attack with the strength of a wing, plus a regiment of the Manchukuo Army, and his strength was much stronger than his own. There were only two infantry brigades in their own hands. If one is lost, only one infantry brigade remains, and at this time of crisis, can the remaining infantry brigade still complete the so-called attack and suppression mission? When the time comes, not only will they not be able to complete the task of asking for advice, but they may even be unable to protect themselves.

Kawada Takeshi, who has always been known for his steadiness, is far less arrogant than other Japanese officers. He concluded from the dense sound of artillery on the front line of Miaolingzi Mountain that there were definitely not a few anti-Manchurian forces besieging the first brigade under his wing, and the firepower was also extremely strong.

Because he could tell that the sound of the cannons was from a large number of mountain cannons. And his first brigade did not have a single mountain artillery except for two Type 92 infantry guns. And even these two Type 92 infantry guns were left in the original station and not carried. Aside from grenadiers and heavy machine guns, the 1st Brigade did not have any heavy weapons.

Although he was confident in the combat effectiveness of his troops, the sound of artillery heard there made Kawada Takeshi know that although his troops were strong in combat, their flesh and blood could not compete with steel after all. As the captain of the Daisa, Takeshi Kawada, who has a steady appearance, is not as shallow as those young and strong junior officers, and thinks that the spirit of bushido can really compete with steel.

Therefore, after knowing that his first brigade was very likely to encounter danger, he did not hesitate to refuse his subordinates with the combat effectiveness of the first brigade, even if the anti-Manchu forces came to tens of thousands of people, there was no problem, and he should follow the order of Lieutenant General Sasaki to the first lieutenant general, go all out to break the resistance of the anti-Manchu elements, and go to Jianshanzi to join the 24th Wing on the front line. Instead, he chose to leave part of his forces to block the very likely pursuit of the enemy in front of him, and then led the main force to turn north to reinforce the second brigade.

Just when Kawada Yi Dazuo led the team to turn around and hurriedly march towards the front line of the Fasi River, Liu Changshun had already commanded two battalions to deploy on the entire line north of the Fasi River, and had already completed the construction of the fortifications. Knowing that Liu Changshun had taken over the command of the two battalions on the north bank of the Fasi River, Yang Zhen, who was directing the battle on the front line of Miaolingzi Mountain, only sent him eight words: "Set up an ambush in a mobile way, and attack halfway." ”

Liu Changshun, who received Yang Zhen's telegram, did not directly fortify along the Fasi River, but ambushed his troops in the dense forest on the north bank of the Fasi River. After Kawada Takeshi first crossed a squadron of Japanese troops and most of the puppet Manchu army, he attacked on all fronts with the strength of two battalions, dividing the Japanese army into two disconnected parts with the Hoji River as the boundary. At the same time, all the mortars at hand were hit, and the north bank of the Fasi River was firmly blocked with dense artillery fire.

Originally, when he saw the vanguard crossing the river, he didn't wait for Kawada Takeshi to breathe a sigh of relief, but the scene in front of him surprised him again. The follow-up troops, exposed in the open river, were knocked down in pieces by a dense mortar shell from the opponent. And the heavy gunfire coming from the north bank of the river told him that the results of his vanguard would be very bad.

The troops who have not yet had time to be trained in night battles are very poor in night battles, but this does not mean that their operations during the day are also so unsatisfactory. In fact, after a whole month of high-intensity training, the troops' appearance was quite eye-catching during the day's combat operations.

Kawada Takesa's subordinates now said that it was a brigade, but after the first day and the night's attrition, now there were only two squadrons of more infantry on hand plus one that he had brought out to ensure supplies, and now he had lost all the baggage squadrons on pack horses. This time, the strength of a squadron was cut off on the north bank of the river, and for Kawada Takeshi, the blow could be described as fatal.

However, Kawada Takesa's reaction speed is still surprisingly fast. There was no ambiguity after discovering that one of his main infantry squadrons had been cut off and encircled on the north bank. Immediately led the remaining forces and desperately attacked the bandit forces that suddenly appeared on the north bank.

Although the current of the Hoji River is very fast, it is not deep, and the average depth is about half a meter. However, the river is not narrow among the rivers in the mountains. Although it is in the mountains, the width of the river is still about six meters. And on both sides of the river formed a relatively open field.

Under this kind of terrain, Kawada Takeshi wanted to force the crossing, break the opponent's firepower blockade, and rescue the encircled 1st Brigade, but it was extremely difficult when the firepower was not superior.

Liu Changshun did not feel sorry for the ammunition at all. Although he used most of his forces to encircle the Japanese puppet army on the north bank of the river, he deployed only two companies with the blocking force on the river bank. But he transferred nearly half of the heavy machine guns and grenadiers of the two battalions. Two battalion mortars were also concentrated by him and used to block the riverbank.

The Japanese troops who tried to force the crossing were killed and wounded heavily, and several heavy machine guns used for fire support had just been set up, and before a few bullets could be fired, they were all blown up under mortar bombardment. Not to mention the failure of several successive attacks, more than half of the baggage squadrons that were put into the attack suffered casualties and lost their combat effectiveness.

Seeing that another forced crossing was repulsed, Kawada Takeshisaku gritted his teeth and threw the last complete infantry squadron at hand, except for one squad left, into the attack. While desperately launching an attack, Kawada Takeshi also desperately called for air support, trying to rely on the fire support of the aviation to break through the opponent's blockade.

Not long after Kawada Takeshi put all the troops at hand into the attack, he suddenly found that the sound of artillery in the direction of Miaolingzi Mountain, which had been resounding densely before, suddenly gradually fell silent, and the gunfire became weaker and weaker. What the sound of gunfire over there means is that Kawada knows it.

He knew that the sound of guns and artillery on the front line of Miaoling Zishan gradually fell silent, not that his first brigade had successfully broken through, but that the first brigade was now more than lucky.

As for the fact that after the first brigade is completely destroyed, the opponent's target will turn there, and Kawada Takeshi knows it very well in his heart. He knew that there was nothing else to think of but himself, the infantry brigade that was currently hanging alone along the Faji River. If he couldn't break through the blockade along the Fasi River and join up with the troops trapped in Hebei, relying only on the one and a half squadrons that he had left now, then he knew better what was waiting for him.

It can be said that under the personal supervision of Kawada Takeshi, the attack of the Japanese army on the south bank of the river cannot be said to be insignificant. However, the empty Fasi River was like a life-and-death barrier, and no matter how hard the Japanese army tried, it never made progress. The dense fire from the other side of the river killed the attacking Japanese troops in pieces. The six-meter-wide river was littered with the corpses of Japanese soldiers killed and the wounded who could not be evacuated.

Because the Japanese puppet army under the command of Yohei Kono, the commander of the second brigade, who had already crossed the river, was not equipped with a radio station, and there was a mountain barrier in the middle, Takeshi Kawada, who could only rely on the dense gunfire coming from the south bank of the river to judge the situation, could not figure out how the battle on the south bank of the river was going. He could only tell from the sound of gunfire that his troops were still resisting.

Just as Kawada Takeshi threw the last squad into the attack and prepared to launch the sixth charge, a cannonball from the south bank made Kawada's last efforts come to naught. Looking at the large number of mountain shells falling around him, Kawada Takeshi's first thought was that the opponent's main force had completed the turn and had arrived at the south bank of the Hoji River.

Kawada Takesaku did not guess wrong, the cannonball that fell on his head this time was the mountain cannonball that had already handed over the final battle of the Miaolingzi Mountain line to Du Kaishan, and he quickly went south with the main force, and hit the main force led by Yang Zhen, who was directly inserted into the flank of the Japanese army on the Fasi River.

What Kawada Takeshi didn't know was that behind him, a battalion commanded by Guo Bingxun had broken through the resistance of an infantry squad he had left behind with the cooperation of a company of the puppet Manchu army, and had reached a place less than a kilometer behind him. At this point, Yang Zhen has actually completed the division and encirclement of Kawada Yi and his subordinates......