Chapter 6: Fighting (38)

"Why did you come back so late?" Mo Di, who had been standing at the door of the barracks waiting for the last wave of brethren to return, asked.

"It's not tiring to kill people, it's tiring to bury people." Liu Qinglong said: "We are not sappers, and we don't have pickaxes and shovels. Fortunately, Luo Wei came to support us, and we finally buried more than 170 dead devils. ”

Luo Wei on the side said with a smile: "We robbed more thoroughly this time, and all the tools of the Japanese army's logistics were taken away, and there were a lot of shovels and pickaxes. Seeing that the Japanese army was walking towards Liu Qinglong, we began to dig a pit and bury people, and after burying it, Liu Qinglong's people didn't come over, so we asked people to go over and see, this kid is letting the brothers dig the ground with bayonets! ”

More than 170 corpses were buried in the ground with bayonets, and this amount of work was not ordinary!

There are two more days in the sixth month of the solar calendar, the day is getting longer and longer, and the night is getting darker and later, Mo Di, Xu Ping, Huang Tianhua, and Gong Qingyuan have been standing at the gate of the barracks, chatting and waiting for the triumph of the brothers. By the time the last group of Liu Qinglong and Luo Wei all returned to the camp, it was already dark. The earliest one who came back was Shi Zhong, his work was relatively easy, and he got up all the * that had been buried before, and if the villagers came out to graze and stepped on the buried *, even if they didn't hurt people, it was not good to hurt livestock. Fortunately, the Japanese had already helped them get up more than half of the time, and the workload was greatly reduced, so they came back earlier. Thin Monkey's troops returned the second, and although he killed more than a hundred devils, he was not very excited, because his team was damaged, and in the confrontation with the Japanese army, two were killed and seven were wounded. It doesn't matter if there are wounded soldiers in the marching ranks, but when there are martyrs, they will become dignified, and he can only walk more and more along the way. Until Dr. Zhang took away the wounded soldiers, Jiang Chunyang took people to pick up the martyrs, and told him not to be too sad, hold a memorial service tomorrow, and then have a beautiful funeral.

Liu Qinglong's people were also injured five, fortunately, the injuries were not too serious, they were bandaged and could walk and laugh, on the way back, these five wounded became the object of ridicule by other brothers, because Luo Wei's battlefield harvest this time was too great, a spy couldn't even carry it, Liu Qinglong's assault brigade also became a transport brigade, except for five wounded, everyone else was a heavy burden. Others said that the wounded were well injured and worth the damage, and they didn't have to carry supplies. The five wounded soldiers were so anxious that they had to get something to put on their shoulders, but Liu Qinglong scolded them again, saying that if they bleed again, they would faint for a while, and they would have to tire the other brothers to carry them back.

"The results are good!" Back at the headquarters, Gong Qingyuan said excitedly: "We can report that the 526 Brigade will fight in conjunction with the Loyal Salvation Army in Eastern Anhui and kill 574 Japanese soldiers." ”

"It's all on the head of the Loyal and Righteous Salvation Army in Eastern Anhui, it's hard to say that in this way, you can still take the opportunity to reach out and ask for something from above." Huang Tianhua said.

"Chief of Staff, don't hurt anyone!" Xu Ping said: "I think it's best to count all of them on the head of the 526 Brigade, and it has nothing to do with the Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army in Eastern Anhui." ”

"Why?" Huang Tianhua asked strangely.

"It's very simple, the tree is very popular, but in fact, it is difficult to match." Mo Di took over the conversation: "This time you can destroy a brigade, and you can't deal with a squadron next time, it's hard to explain." ”

"That's right, people are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong!" Gong Qingyuan said with a smile: "But I think it is still necessary to name names." The reputation of our loyal and righteous National Salvation Army in eastern Anhui is indeed not obvious, and it is also good to take this opportunity to make a reputation, at least some Xiao Xiaojun will no longer dare to show their hair in front of us. As for being able to defeat a Japanese brigade this time, and not being able to defeat a squadron in the next meeting, the reason is very simple: killing 10,000 people and losing 3,000 ourselves, our combat strength has suffered a lot of losses in this operation, and we will not be able to recover for a while and a half. ”

Mo Di smiled and said to Xu Ping: "Gong Chu is very reasonable, just do it!" ”

So, a telegram flew from Hefei to Wuhan.

"Bureau Headquarters, Director Dai: The Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army of Eastern Anhui fought a fierce battle with the Japanese army today, and killed all 574 people in the Third Brigade of the Hefei Sakai Detachment. It was a battle, because the Japanese army was discovered by our scouts as soon as it was dispatched, so that the troops had ample time to prepare. More than 1,000 people, including Liu Qinglong's assault brigade, Tianzhen's special brigade, Liang Yisheng's artillery brigade, Huangguilin Zhouqiao brigade and Qin Jishi's heavy brigade, set up an ambush on the bank of the Banqiao River, waiting for the arrival of the Japanese army. At noon, the Japanese army entered the ambush circle, and everyone in our unit went into battle to kill the enemy bravely, and the battle lasted about three hours, and only three Japanese deserters left the battlefield, and the rest were all annihilated. Our troops were badly wounded, six out of ten were killed, no one was left unharmed, ammunition was exhausted, and it was unbearable to fight again. After the Hefei battlefield was handed over to the 526 Brigade of the National Army, our unit was separated from the battlefield. ”

The agents in Hefei also sent back the news that a Japanese brigade had been completely annihilated to the Military Command Bureau.

"This is the journey of iron and blood, this is the bloody lion, this is the loyalty to save the country, this is the killing of the people!" Holding Dai Li's telegram, Lao Jiang was a little incoherent with excitement. In the past two days, the news that Lao Jiang got has fluctuated too much, like the big swing of the North Korean stick, the good news makes people cool into the clouds, and the bad news makes people almost not directly planted in hell. On the Longhai Line, due to the brave fighting of Yu Jishi's 74th Army and Song Xilian's 71st Army, Luowang Station and Lanfeng were recovered, Longhai Road was reopened to traffic, and 42 trains full of supplies that were cut off near Guide were able to withdraw to Zhengzhou. The main force of the Japanese 14th Division was surrounded by the Yudong Corps and shrank to the vicinity of Sanyi Village. If nothing else, the news should be the total annihilation of the main force of the 14th Division of the Japanese Army, and Chiang Kai-shek was excited about it all night. Who knew that early this morning, the news came that the 14th Division broke through to the Eastern Henan Corps and selected Gui Yongqing's 27th Army as the breakthrough point. In the face of the Japanese attack, Gui Yongqing actually ordered all units to transfer their positions to the Yangguji and Hongmiaojian areas, and gave way to the 14th Division, and was chased and killed by the 14th Division. Just before Dai Lian sent the telegram, Chiang Kai-shek was still furious and dictated the telegram: The enemy near Lanfeng is no more than five or six thousand, and I can't overcome it with the strength of the 12th Division, not only the troops are complicated, they pass the buck to each other, and they can be defeated; Even if it is overcome, it will be a laughing stock in the history of war.

On the one hand, 12 divisions could not eat more than 5,000 or 6,000 enemies, and on the other hand, more than 1,000 people forcibly ate more than 500 Japanese troops.

"Reward! Ask for money for money, ask for people to give people, and in two months, train an iron army that dares to fight with the Japanese. Chiang Kai-shek's words are determined, and Dai Li will do the next work.

The same news also reached the desk of Lieutenant General Inada Shiro of the Sixth Division in Wuhu, a detachment of nearly 3,000 people, who had been out for two months, and half of them were missing, which really made Inada Shiro a little unhappy. It was his idea to set up this Sakai detachment before, and the purpose of this Sakai detachment, which was composed of more than 3,000 officers and soldiers with a very bad reputation, was to continue the atmosphere of the Nanjing Massacre. I didn't expect that not only did it not play a role at all, but it failed to achieve its strategic goals, and it was too embarrassing for the empire to fall behind in the confrontation with a civilian armed organization in China.

"It's better to send a force to rescue the Sakai detachment in Hefei, otherwise, some will be eaten in one day, and in a few days, it will be all over." The commander of the 35th brigade, Mitsuru Ushijima, proposed.

"How to save it? What reason to save? Who will save it? Inada asked.

"With the 1st and 2nd Infantry Brigades of the Supplementary Army, a Sakai detachment was formed, and the commander of the detachment was officially appointed Major General Tokutaro Sakai." Ushijima said: "This Sakai detachment will meet the troops in Hefei, and then reorganize them together to become a real Sakai detachment. ”

"Okay!" Rice Field Siyang also nodded a little helplessly in agreement, looking at the dark night sky outside the window, there was no bright color in his heart. The base camp gave the latest plan, if the previous Xuzhou Battle Empire won the face, then now there are two lines, the northern line is the Longhai Road, the southern line is the Yangtze River, along these two lines to advance to the hinterland of China, occupy Wuhan, occupy Xi'an, open up the Pinghan line and the Yuehan line, China is even taken. The Sixth Division was the main force of the Yangtze River's westward advance, but because of its performance in the Nanjing Massacre, the Sixth Division became the hottest unit, and international public opinion always surrounded him, so that he could be caught between his hands and feet, or let this Sakai detachment and Fujita's Taiwan detachment serve as the vanguard of the westward advance!

The news that a Sakai detachment was about to be dispatched from Wuhu to land in Yicheng by way of transport from the Huxu River via Chaohu Lake to Yicheng was transmitted to Jin Tongxuan in the morning of the next day, and Jin Tongxuan's uncle's eyeliner in Wuhu was still very strong, and the Japanese army had not yet been dispatched, and they already had accurate news.

Seeing this news, Mo Di smiled faintly and said, "This is to force us to hurry up!" ”

"No matter how fast we are, we'll have to wait until the evening." Huang Tianhua said: "Li Baicheng and Liang Yisheng's artillery positions have just been arranged, and the 40 Type 92 infantry guns that Li Baicheng got in his hands in Bengbu, plus the 22 infantry guns in Liang Yisheng's hands, can be compared to the artillery regiment of a division of the National Revolutionary Army in terms of quantity. According to the previous report, the two of them also carried out a division of labor, Liang Yisheng led people to the area of the crossbow platform to mark the coordinates of the artillery bombardment, and let people bring them back, and he used the walkie-talkie to adjust the drop point of the bullets there, and the artillery array here was commanded by Li Baicheng. I'm looking forward to how powerful such an artillery regiment can be! ”

"Where is the artillery emplacement?" Mo Di asked.

Huang Tianhua pointed on the map and said: "This is Jin Tongxuan's idea, he confirmed through his uncle's inner line in Hefei that the number of infantry guns of this group of Japanese troops is not large, if the infantry artillery is fired, they are not opponents, therefore, the most likely thing for the other party is to use infantry to attack our artillery positions." First of all, it was necessary to cross the river, so this artillery emplacement could take into account the dock, so it was placed here. ”

"Are the second and third battalions in place?" Mo Di asked.

"It's here!" Huang Tianhua said: "The 1st Battalion and Liu Qinglong's troops are waiting on the east bank of the wharf, and if the Japanese army breaks through the shelling and lands on the east bank of the Huai River, they will not return." The guard battalion is responsible for the security work on the section from the mouth of the Banqiao River to the wharf of the Xianghe River. ”

"We have to do it before the Japanese troops from Wuhu arrive, and as soon as they arrive, we won't have enough manpower." Mo Di said: "But we must not let the enemy delay the arrival of reinforcements in Wuhu, otherwise we will not be able to eat and walk around." ”

"I know that even if I don't return in vain, I can't let the enemy entangle!" Huang Tianhua said.

"The enemy will definitely entangle us until reinforcements arrive, we have to make good use of the enemy's psychology, so that they feel that they have been entangled with us, even if they feel the danger, they will not retreat, they can only stay here honestly and wait for us to clean up." When Mo Di said this, he said with a faint smile: "In this battle, not only must the opponent's actions be taken into account, but also the opponent's mentality, which is really tiring." ”

Hehehehe, war is pondering, you are pondering me, why am I not pondering you, Huang Tianhua smiled!