Chapter 535: If you have something to say, say it quickly
Under the attack of the 386th Brigade regardless of casualties, the train station held by the Japanese army finally fell. The entire 47th Division, including the commander of the division, Otsuo Tosada, was all wiped out.
After the news came out, the Sixth Division, which was in charge of the northern area of the county, immediately began to evacuate. Although the 385th Brigade, which was responsible for the offensive, desperately attacked, the Sixth Division, as a veteran force of the Japanese Army, had already suffered heavy losses.
The combat effectiveness is still not comparable to that of ordinary Japanese troops.
The battle continued throughout the day, and by evening, the Sixth Division still successfully broke away from contact with the New 1st Brigade and began to withdraw from the battlefield in an orderly manner.
"Damn it Zhang Mazi, are you so stupid in farming? In such an area, a regiment of nearly 3,000 people fought for a whole day without being able to capture it. In the end, the Sixth Division escaped. Do you believe it?
Don’t you believe I will kill you now?”
Seeing Brigadier Wang who was so angry that he could not speak, Captain Zhang of the 770th Regiment lowered his head and said nothing, his old face flushed with embarrassment.
It stands to reason that the 770th Regiment has a long history. Its predecessor was the 12th Division of the Fourth Red Front Army.
After the outbreak of the all-out Anti-Japanese War, it was one of the 12 regiments of the 3 divisions of the Eighth Route Army that were reorganized from the main force of the Red Army. It was the absolute main force.
Precisely because of the seniority of the 770th Regiment, they were favored by Brigadier Wang. At the same time, he also gave him the main offensive task. Unexpectedly, after the battle started, the attack on the 770th Regiment, which was the main attacker, was not progressing smoothly.
Even after dark, they were unable to capture the planned target, which eventually led to the remnants of the Sixth Division to retreat calmly. Brigadier Wang was so angry that he cursed his mother on the spot.
Director Su of the Political Department on the side saw this and quickly smoothed things over: "Brigadier Commander, it's not like you don't know the situation of the 770th Regiment. In the past two years, their regiment has been focusing on production, and the daily training of the troops is inevitably a bit lax.
Moreover, they are facing the most elite Sixth Division of the Japanese army this time. To be honest, it is beyond my expectation that they can suppress the Japanese for a whole day, and you cannot blame them too harshly."
"Lao Su, you said I criticized them harshly?"
It was okay if Director Su didn't persuade him, but Brigadier Wang became even more angry after he persuaded him.
"If you want to focus on production, who the hell hasn't focused on production in the past two years? But you can't even relax the daily training of the army just because you want to produce, right? In this case, why are you soldiers? Why don't you just get rid of this?
Wouldn’t it be better to wear military uniforms and go home to farm?”
Seeing Brigadier Wang getting so angry, not even Director Su dared to dissuade him.
However, Brigadier Wang returned to the fire with anger, but he also knew that what Director Su said was not wrong.
After the Hundred Regiments War, Chairman Chiang, who was far away in Chongqing, suddenly discovered that the Eighth Route Army had quietly grown from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands in a few years. This snowballing development really hit him hard.
Jump.
With alarm bells ringing in his heart, he immediately stopped all supplies such as military pay, weapons and ammunition to the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army could only vigorously carry out self-reliance, among which Nanniwan, where the 718th Regiment was located, was the most famous.
At that time, all troops had to carry out production to save themselves, and the 770th Regiment was no exception. After they had cultivated land in Dafengchuan for more than half a year, because they were busy with production, the daily training of the troops began to slacken. This caused Brigadier Wang's concern.
Extremely dissatisfied.
In fact, Director Su and Captain Zhang knew better that the reason why Brigadier Wang was so angry was because the 386 Brigade, under the command of Brigadier Chen, took down the strongest and most difficult train station in one fell swoop, and finally annihilated them all.
47th Division.
But after this battle, not only did they fail to annihilate the Sixth Division, but they allowed the Sixth Division to take the opportunity to withdraw from Ping'an County, making Brigadier Wang so angry that he cursed his mother.
Just when Brigadier Wang was hesitating whether to send another unit to pursue the Sixth Division, there was a roar in the sky...
"Buzz buzz..."
Accompanied by bursts of roar, dozens of planes flew into Ping'an County.
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"Ring ring ring..."
A quick phone call rang.
A staff officer picked up the phone: "This is the temporary joint command, where are you? What... say it again... okay... I will report to the commander immediately!"
"Sir... we have just received news that the Japanese army suddenly dispatched a large number of aircraft to bomb Ping'an County, causing the siege troops to suffer considerable losses, especially the 770th Regiment, which suffered heavy losses.
Not only that, two Japanese armies suddenly attacked Ping'an County from the left and right, and the 386th Brigade and the 385th Brigade were commanding troops to resist."
The sudden news instantly chilled the atmosphere at the headquarters, which was immersed in the joyful atmosphere of the 47th Division.
"Two Japanese troops suddenly appeared? What are their numbers and how many are there?" Political Commissar Ping asked quickly.
"It's not clear yet, but according to Brigadier Chen and Brigadier Wang's judgment, there are at least two brigades?"
"No...Ping'an County is in danger." Mr. Liu shouted at the incident.
Today's Pingan County has two brigades in name, but in fact there are less than three regiments of troops capable of fighting. Moreover, after continuous fierce fighting, the total number of these three regiments is less than 6,000. In the face of sudden killings,
The two brigades that came out were extremely full of people. It was almost an impossible task to defend Ping'an County.
A staff officer tentatively said: "Chief, can you order the troops to withdraw from Ping'an County first?"
"no!"
This time, not only Commander Liu, but also Political Commissar Gao Hongming and Heping spoke out in almost unanimous opposition.
Gao Hongming shook his head and said: "The Japanese army moved so quickly this time, which shows that this was an action they had planned for a long time.
Okamura Neiji is not an ordinary commander. He always pays attention to planning and taking action when using troops. He will not act rashly without certain certainty.
If my prediction is correct, if we order the troops to retreat, it will play into Okamura Neji's plan. He will definitely order the air force to bomb with all-out force. Don't forget, we have more than 20,000 troops in Ping'an County.
, once something happens, the consequences will be disastrous."
The staff officer then remembered that once the troops broke away from their positions and were bombed by the Japanese during their retreat, it would be great if half of the more than 20,000 troops could return to Liantai County alive.
"Can you order the aviation corps to dispatch immediately so that our fighter planes can assist the retreat of the troops?"
"not good!"
This time it was Mr. Liu who raised objections.
"Once we start to retreat, the initiative on the battlefield will no longer be in our hands. The Japanese can easily mobilize their troops to pursue us fiercely. At that time, they will be too passive."
"Then what should we do?" The staff officer was anxious. This won't work, and that won't work either. Can we just wait for death?
"Sir!"
Chi Yaohui on the side suggested: "The staff department has an idea, I don't know whether to talk about it or not?"
Gao Hongming waved his hand impatiently: "What time is it? If you have anything to say, hurry up!"