"I am here to reinforce you on the order of the commander." Xia Yuan glanced at the position and asked, "How is the situation on the position?"
"The forward position was captured by the Japanese army. The Japanese wanted to continue to capture our position, so a company of troops came. Fortunately, you are here. Otherwise, in this hand-to-hand battle, it is very likely that we will not be the opponents of these Japanese troops."
The third company commander recalled what had just happened. The Japanese attack was very fierce. The third company faced the strength of one Japanese company and was definitely no match for the Japanese. Fortunately, Xia Yuan dared to come in time.
If not, the Japanese troops could further threaten the positions of the 4th and 5th companies by seizing their positions.
The fourth company and the fifth company are located on the left and right of the third company respectively.
Xia Yuan glanced at the soldiers of the Third Company who were cleaning the battlefield, and said: "The Japanese army has been annihilated. They will not launch another attack on the battlefield in a short period of time, but we cannot stop. We must take advantage of the time when the Japanese have not reacted."
, counterattack forward positions.”
The focus of the Japanese attack is the Three Company position. As long as the Japanese army lays down the Three Company position, builds solid defenses, and blooms from the center, they can attack the Fourth and Fifth Company positions. The Three Company position cannot be lost.
If you want to not lose the three consecutive positions, it is necessary to counterattack the Japanese troops in the forward positions.
"What do you say, we will cooperate with your actions." The third company commander agreed with Xia Yuan's counterattack plan. One company of Japanese troops were wiped out by them. This was a great victory, and a lot of Japanese equipment was seized, especially Japanese equipment.
Type grenade can be used in subsequent battles.
Xia Yuan's attack ability is very strong, which was witnessed a few nights after the national army stopped attacking.
Being able to be called a ghost and being noticed by the commander-in-chief of the group army, its combat capabilities are quite impressive.
This is no secret in the military.
Xia Yuan thought for a moment and then said: "Just prepare enough grenades for me."
He could shoot down the Japanese machine gun fire points with his gun, but if he wanted to completely destroy them, he still had to use grenades.
When he came, he didn't bring many grenades, but he did bring a lot of bullets.
"That's no problem. I'll prepare more grenades for you."
The third company commander immediately asked someone to carry a box of grenades for Xia Yuan, and continued: "If the number of grenades is not enough, I will prepare more."
"One box of grenades is enough."
Xia Yuan opened it and took a look, then closed the lid and motioned to the second idiot to carry it, and then said: "Third company commander, you should lead the people to prepare for a counterattack now. I will watch the Japanese machine gun firepower, and they will not dare to take the lead."
"good!"
After seeing Xia Yuan's terrifying shooting ability, the third company commander was convinced of his ability. If he said he would attack the Japanese positions, he would attack the Japanese positions.
He strode forward, summoned his soldiers, and began to prepare for a counterattack.
"One row, two rows, gather!"
The third company commander left the third platoon on the position, responsible for watching, and moved forward with two stools.
The Japanese army still didn't know that the attacking troops in front of them had been wiped out by the Chinese army. The gunfire from the front was intermittent. Captain Akita in the rear thought that the battle on the front line should be over soon. Maybe their troops had already penetrated the Chinese position.
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Sudden.
There was a burst of piercing gunfire from the direction of the forward position, accompanied by bursts of roar. In just a short time, the battle at the forward position became intense.
A Japanese communications soldier ran over quickly.
"Major, the Chinese are coming!"
"Nani!? The Chinese are coming? How is it possible, where is the second squadron!?" Captain Akita stood up in shock, with an incredible look on his face.
"The Second Squadron was wiped out by the Chinese." The communications soldier said quickly.
"Baga!"
When Captain Akita heard this, he cursed and calmed down. He immediately thought: "Impossible, the Chinese do not have the ability to destroy the second squadron, even if the Chinese have more troops than us!"
"Major, it's true. After the Second Squadron attacked, only one unit retreated and the other unit was missing. The Chinese that attacked have officially disappeared from the Chinese that attacked." said the communications soldier.
Captain Akita heard the news and his eyes narrowed slightly, "How could the Chinese destroy them? Baga, hurry up, I'm going to take a look!"
As soon as he walked out of the brigade headquarters, he saw another scout running over in a hurry, "Major, the forward position is lost!"
"Nani!"
At this moment, Captain Akita felt his eyes turning black.
This all happened too fast.
From receiving the news to losing the forward position, everything happened too fast.
On the forward position, there is a squadron of troops. Even if they are sent to continue to attack the national army positions, this forward position should have an infantry squad and a grenade squad. Facing the Chinese attack, no matter how difficult it is, they can still hold on.
Half an hour.
But only a few minutes passed from the time the first message was received to the time the position was lost.
He led his people to the village, stood in the ruins of the village, and used a telescope to observe the Chinese position. He indeed found that the position had been lost. The disgraced Chinese could be seen on the position, cleaning the battlefield.
"When did the Chinese have such powerful offensive capabilities? No, this is impossible."
Captain Akita suddenly thought of another fact, "Could it be that a ghost appeared on the battlefield?"
Ghost has powerful shooting ability, bomb-dropping ability, and the ability to attack fortified positions. He is the number one enemy of the Japanese army. With him, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese people has increased several times. The Chinese people who previously attacked the Japanese positions only had more than thirty people, but they
He accomplished something that even a regiment of Chinese people had never accomplished.
The commander of the 11th Division once said that ghosts are the biggest enemy of the Japanese army. Once there are ghosts in the Chinese position, even if they pay huge casualties, they may not be able to defeat them.
"The ghost is not in the southern position. He appears here to support the Chinese in the northern position."
Captain Akita calmed down and began to think seriously.
The casualties of one squadron reached 80%. Such casualties were very shocking. In addition to being angry, Captain Akita had the idea of revenge in his mind, but he did not dare to send troops to attack the Chinese positions again. He sent two
With the strength of the squadron, Captain Akita was confident of knocking down the Chinese positions, but equally, the Japanese troops of these two squadrons would face huge casualties and pay a heavy price.
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Their mission was to contain the Chinese, not to make huge sacrifices in order to occupy the Chinese positions.
At this time, a signal soldier came from the regiment headquarters and informed Captain Akita: "Major, the regiment commander ordered to stop the attack on the Chinese people. The focus of our attack is not on the 51st Division."
"good!"
Captain Akita received the order.
He no longer had any intention of attacking. The casualties of a squadron made him feel quite sad. It was not worth it to cause greater casualties and delay the main business just for revenge.
It is their task to contain the 51st Division, not to attack.
The battle on the north side is basically over.
The Japanese army did not do what Xia Yuan thought. If he appeared in the northern position, the Japanese army would attack the southern position. Even if they captured the 51st Division's position, it would not have much strategic significance.
It was not within the scope of Xia Yuan's thinking that the Japanese army stopped attacking. After returning to the position, he determined that the Japanese army stopped attacking because the 51st Division was not their main attack target. Since the 51st Division was not the Japanese army's attack
Target, where is the focus of the Japanese attack?
The focus of the Japanese attack was on the southeast side.
The 177th Brigade took over the defense line of the 33rd Brigade of the 11th Division of the National Army. On the morning of the 21st, the defensive positions of Xunjiazhai, Jinjiacun, and Zhujiazhai were attacked by fierce Japanese artillery fire.
At eight o'clock in the morning, the Japanese infantry began to attack.
The Second Battalion of the 44th Regiment launched an attack from the northwest side of the west side of the 177th Brigade, quickly captured Maqiao, and continued to advance westward along the Lianqitang River Embankment. The national army established a position at the bend of the river on the north side of Xunjiazhai.
Once the Japanese troops had reached their positions, they used mortars and artillery to advance and shoot, breaking down the Nationalist army's defenses and launching an attack on the Nationalist army's positions. The Nationalist army resisted extremely tenaciously.
The 9th Squadron of the 44th Regiment began a coordinated attack on the national army from Luodian Town to the south.
The fighting lasted until two o'clock in the afternoon, when the Second Battalion of the Japanese 44th Regiment occupied Xunjiazhai. The Chinese army blocked the Japanese army at Lijiazhai and the bend of the river to its north. The two sides fought fiercely until sunset.
The Third Brigade of the 44th Regiment of the Japanese Army on the south side also launched an attack on the 177th Regiment that morning and quickly approached Dingjiazhai and Zhoujiazhai.
, Zhoujiazhai resisted tenaciously, and the Japanese attack was blocked. The fierce battle lasted until the afternoon, with heavy casualties and loss of position. They retreated to the bank of the river and set up defenses.
A barbed wire position was set up on the Xiaohe defense line. The Japanese army tried to cross the river to attack. However, the river was very deep and could cover the whole body. It was very difficult to cross the river and the Japanese army had no choice for the time being.
The Japanese 12th Squadron of the 44th Regiment, which attacked the banks of the river from the north, suffered constant casualties. The 44th Regiment sent an additional 11th Squadron to continue the attack, but also failed to achieve a breakthrough. The 43rd Regiment on the south side also failed to achieve a breakthrough.
The second battalion made no headway in its offensive all day long.
Although the 353rd Regiment withstood the Japanese attack, its casualties were very heavy. Eight-tenths of the front-line soldiers were lost that day, and all company and platoon leaders were killed or injured.
The two sides fought fiercely until dark, but the Japanese army was still unwilling to give up the attack and sent additional engineering troops to coordinate the operation.
Until the frontline combat troops of the 353rd Regiment were depleted, leaving thousands of corpses behind, they began to retreat westward. At around 10 o'clock that night, the Second Battalion of the 43rd Regiment of the Japanese Army launched a night attack along the creek, and finally captured the banks of the creek.
position.
On this day, something like what happened to the 353rd Regiment happened to the defenders in the southeast of Luodian. The Japanese army launched a fierce attack, causing heavy casualties to the troops. Dead bodies were everywhere on the position, and blood was flowing in the trenches, mixed with soil. That was not
The rain was mixed with mud, but it was blood.
The national army positions across the entire line were basically lost.
The position of the 349th Regiment of the 175th Brigade had been lost in the morning. The regiment counterattacked several times a day. The combat troops suffered heavy casualties and were unable to regain their position. The Chinese army also dispatched the 350th Regiment of the reserve force to counterattack the Japanese army, but they were still unable to repel them.
The Japanese army fought until sunset. The remaining members of the 349th Regiment re-established defensive positions in the rear to block the Japanese army.
That night, the 90th Division of the local troops of the Guangdong Army rushed to the rear of the 59th Division. The 270th Brigade supported the 177th Brigade, and the 268th Brigade supported the 175th Brigade.
That night, after the 90th Division and the remnants of the 59th Division reunited, they learned about the situation on the front line and decided to immediately launch a counterattack against the Japanese positions.
The 270th Brigade, with the 540th Regiment, cooperated with the remnants of the 177th Brigade of the 59th Division, to counterattack the Second and Third Battalions of the 44th Regiment of the Japanese Army. The 268th Brigade, with the 535th Regiment, cooperated with the
The remnants of the 175th Brigade of the 59th Division launched a counterattack against the Japanese 12th Regiment.
The national army's counterattack lasted until three o'clock in the morning the next day.
Interestingly, on the north side, the 540th Regiment, which cooperated with the 177th Brigade in attacking the Japanese army, reported that they captured the Japanese position but were recaptured by the Japanese in the morning.
The remnants of the 177th Brigade broke into the Japanese positions many times, but were suppressed by Japanese counterattacks and failed to occupy the Japanese positions.
Regardless of the differences in the reports of the two troops, in short, the counterattack that night made no progress. By the early morning of the next day, the troops began to retreat to the rear and reestablish their positions.
By the morning of the next day, dark clouds enveloped Songhu, but it did not rain.
After a whole day of fighting yesterday, the 59th Division stationed on the southeastern front was completely defeated, two-thirds of the officers died, and the command was in chaos. There were only more than 200 people in the 540th Regiment left. Think about nine
The Tenth Division arrived overnight and stabilized the battle line, so that the national army's defense line would not collapse, otherwise the battle would have ended last night.
To the south is the Japanese Army's 22nd Regiment, which is defending the Guangdong Army Teaching Brigade. Compared with the smooth attack of the Japanese Army's 44th Regiment to the north, the Japanese Army's 22nd Regiment has made almost no progress.
, because the Japanese 22nd Regiment entered the southern position late, its total frontage was the widest.
Not to mention the situation faced by the national army, the 22nd Regiment failed to complete the reconnaissance of the forward position before attacking.
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Army position attack.
Braving the autumn rain, the Japanese army advanced through the muddy fields and captured the national army's outpost position two hours later. However, they were immediately blocked by the main force of the teaching brigade and were unable to move in place.
The teaching brigade fought extremely fiercely, and the Japanese 22nd Regiment had to call for artillery support. However, due to poor communication with the artillery, the Japanese artillery only provided short-term fire cover and did not use tracer bullets or other instructions.
Means, indicating the completion of the bombardment.
The infantry of the 22nd Regiment failed to coordinate with the artillery to launch an attack. It was worthwhile to bite the bullet and charge to the National Army positions. The teaching brigade used bamboo forests and houses to build a stronghold for cross fire. The Japanese artillery bombardment failed to suppress the National Army's firepower.
Under machine gun fire and mortar fire from all directions, the attacking Japanese troops were unable to move forward.
The 22nd Regiment's attack continued until nightfall, but still made no progress.
That night, the Japanese aerial reconnaissance photos were sent to the regiment headquarters. The Japanese 22nd Regiment was more certain that the position of the teaching brigade was very strong, and constantly requested the division to send more artillery.
The Japanese army immediately transferred an additional heavy artillery squadron to the 22nd Regiment. Since the 22nd Regiment's attack made no progress that day, the staff of the 11th Division even suspected that the 20th Regiment was too strong due to the too strong position of the Chinese army.
The 2nd Regiment was fighting passively, and the division staff repeatedly asked the 22nd Regiment to step up the attack, while the 22nd Regiment repeatedly complained about the lack of artillery.
In addition, the brigade commander Amaya Naojiro was hospitalized with dysentery. At this time, the commander of the 12th Regiment, Adachi Twenty-three, was acting as the brigade commander. Since Adachi Twenty-three and the 22nd Regiment's Nagatsu Sabiju were
Although the 23rd Anda, the equal-level commander of the regiment, commanded the brigade on behalf of the brigade commander, he could not command the 22nd regiment at will like the real brigade commander.
This further led to the disjointed command of the Japanese 22nd Regiment.
However, although the 22nd Regiment made no progress in the offensive, compared with all the troops attacking in the southeast, the 22nd Regiment suffered the lowest casualties.
On the 21st, the focus of the Japanese attack was on the southeast side of Luodian, while the 51st Division and the 58th Division located on the west side of Luodian were only attacked by the Japanese Chongteng Detachment from the front. The Chongteng Detachment dispatched two
The troops of this brigade were divided into two groups, encircling the 58th Division from the north and the south respectively. The troops on the south side touched the position of the 51st Division and were violently attacked by the 51st Division. The attack was frustrated and there was no way
progress.
In the afternoon, after receiving the order from the division commander, they entered the west side of Luodian and cooperated with the main force of the 11th Division to conduct operations south of Luodian. Therefore, the Chongteng detachment hastily ended the offensive on the west side of Luodian and the main force withdrew to Luodian.
nearby.
Since then, there has been no large-scale fighting between the two sides, only small-scale exchanges of fire between troops.
The Seventy-Fourth Army, the tiger and wolf division that fought in the Songhu Battle, has a very tenacious combat capability. Even without Xia Yuan's presence, the two Japanese regiments attacking the Seventy-fourth Army's positions and trying to capture them would not be easy.
An easy thing.
After the end of the position on the west side, the Japanese army never attacked the 51st Division's position, and the two sides fell into a confrontation.
Near Yangxing, the battle situation is still tense, and fierce positional battles are still taking place. Every moment, Japanese and Chinese soldiers die.
Especially the national army suffered huge casualties.
The Japanese army not only has armored units, but also field artillery and heavy artillery units. When deployed in positional operations, they are an absolute killer.
That night.
The 77th Division and the 8th Division of the Hunan Army arrived southeast of Luodian. The 77th Division of the Hunan Army was assigned to the 66th Army and entered between the Teaching Brigade and the 159th Division.
The 8th Division of the Hunan Army was assigned to the 69th Army and entered the south side of the highway to take over from the 78th Division. The 78th Division retreated to the rear that night to rest.
It's night.
A bonfire was lit on the battlefield.
Xia Yuan has figured out the Japanese army's thinking. It has nothing to do with whether they are exposed or not. In fact, when the Japanese army pressed the border, they were already exposed to the Japanese guns. The main reason why the Japanese army did not attack was for two reasons.
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First, the focus of attack is southeast of Luodian. Whether or not to attack the west side of Luodian has no strategic significance.
The main reason for attacking the southeast of Luodian is that the Japanese troops near Yang Xing want to advance forward. By opening the passage to the southeast of Luodian, they can join up with Yang Xing's Japanese troops. At the same time, if they attack the southeast of Luodian, Yang Xing's Japanese troops on the flanks can also coordinate their attack.
Yang Xing, the best of both worlds.
Second, attacking the west side of Luodian will cause huge casualties.
On the one hand, the existence of Xia Yuan made the Japanese army fearful. On the other hand, the combat capabilities of the 74th Army were obvious to all. The national army's ace army was very tough and tenacious in combat capabilities and style. In addition, it was capable of defeating an army.
Xia Yuan, the Japanese army naturally gave up attacking the national army positions.
Xia Yuan has been participating in the Luodian battle for a long time. By now, he can basically guess what the Japanese army is thinking.
The veteran took off his clothes, hung them on a wooden stick, roasted them on the fire, and looked up at the gray sky.
"It will probably rain tomorrow, company commander, have the Japanese really given up on attacking us?"
"If so, that would be great."
Platoon Leader Li rubbed his heated palms with a smile on his face.
"It's not a good thing that the Japanese have given up attacking us." Xia Yuan frowned slightly, feeling quite uncomfortable thinking about the outcome of the Songhu Battle.
When looking at history, if you turn a page at random, you will see their lives. When you see the tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of figures, you will not feel any emotions in your heart.
It wasn't until I was on the battlefield and saw such a living person sacrificing his life for the victory of the war that I felt the horror of those numbers.
Hundreds of thousands of people sacrificed their lives. The pile of corpses alone could form a mountain on the plains of Songhu, and their blood could flow out like a river.
Hundreds of thousands of people sacrificed and millions of troops participated in the war. Just relying on one's own strength could not change anything at all. Xia Yuan thought, although he had an understanding of the direction of the war from the future, but faced with the Japanese army's massive pressure on the situation, he still had a deep feeling.
have no choice.
It's still the same problem as the 180th Division, command decision-making.
At the expense of itself, the 180th Division covered the evacuation of the Ninth Corps and delayed the Huachuan Blockade.
In the Battle of Songhu, the sacrifice of 300,000 people changed the Japanese army's offensive policy and successfully dragged the Japanese army into the quagmire. But for such a goal, the price paid was too high.
A few wooden sticks were set up on the bonfire in front of the cow, and a helmet was tied with a rope. They were hung over the bonfire, collected some rainwater, and lowered the cans seized from the Japanese.
"Company Commander, isn't it a good thing that the Japanese don't attack? Why do you say it's not a good thing?"
The first five bulls are large and the third thick, but I can’t figure out the power of them.
"The Japanese army's attack target is elsewhere, not the 51st Division. The Japanese army in front is just to contain us."
The veteran can guess some, but he doesn't know whether his guess is correct or not.
Platoon Leader Li thought for a long time and quite agreed with the veteran's words.
"What the veteran said makes sense. Otherwise, why did the Japanese take so much trouble to occupy the surrounding villages? They just want to watch us."
Niu Qian stared at the company commander.
Xia Yuan said: "The target of the Japanese attack is not here, but somewhere else. Even if we can defeat it here, it will have no strategic significance."
After fighting for such a long time, the goal of deciding whether a battle can be fought, whether it can be fought, and whether it should be fought is to see whether the battle has strategic significance in the overall situation, and whether it will have any impact on various lines of defense.
Throughout the day, the Japanese army only dispatched small groups of troops to cause friction with the 51st Division, and no large-scale battles occurred.
Separated by a contact area, both sides seemed to be in peace.
The bonfire was swaying, reflecting the red faces of the three platoon leaders. About two o'clock, it began to drizzle again. The veterans collected the clothes hanging outside and arranged for scouts to keep watch.
, everyone slept in the damp and cold tunnel.
The bedding was very thin and the ground was damp. After lying down for a while, I felt that my whole back was soaked. After a good sleep, I felt quite uncomfortable.
I slept hazily until the next morning and had a comfortable sleep.
The Japanese army came hard. They bombed the positions of the 51st Division and then flew away. The Chinese soldiers who rushed out of the trenches with their guns took a look and saw that the Japanese did not come. They were angry and faced the Japanese positions.
He scolded his mother.
The Japanese did not attack, they just sent bombers to fly over, dropped a few bombs and then flew away.
Early in the morning, communications troops came from the division headquarters, ran to the newly formed company's position, and called Xia Yuan to go to the division headquarters.
The atmosphere in the division headquarters was a bit solemn. Wang Yaowu was reading a telegram. After reading it, he raised his eyes and looked at Xia Yuan and threw the telegram to him.
Xia Yuan took a cursory glance and understood why Wang Yaowu called him here.
"The southeastern position of Luodian was lost, the 51st Division took you in, but the Japanese army did not attack, leaving you with nowhere to use your strength."
"Master Wang wants me to go to the southeast of Luodian to assist the 90th Division in setting up defenses?"
"Well, the 59th Division was crippled by the Japanese army. It is said that it has been defeated and the command system is in chaos. I would like you to take over the 59th Division, but the appointment order is not in my hands. You still have to make some achievements to attract the attention of the General Secretary.
Commander's attention."
Xia Yuan shook his head: "My heart is not in my official career, I just want to fight the Japanese."
"Then I read you right. The war in the southeast of Luodian is related to the entire Luodian situation. The 51st Division and the 58th Division cannot move. There are two Japanese regiments in front of them. If one moves, the other will be destroyed.
If we are to be surrounded by the Japanese army or even completely annihilated, only you can act in this situation."
Wang Yaowu had a thorough understanding of the current situation. Xia Yuan was a great weapon. If used well, he could even change the situation of a position.
Although sending Xia Yuan to the southeast of Luodian made him feel very sad. The future of such a fierce general was immeasurable, but the war was worsening. When the 51st Division and the 58th Division were unable to move, the Japanese army
The situation is massively suppressed, and the only one who can move is Xia Yuan. Coupled with his combat ability, one person can handle it alone.
Only he is more suitable to replace the 51st Division to support the operations in the southeast of Luodian.
"I can't send you more troops. After the Japanese army completes the battle southeast of Luodian, they will definitely attack the 51st Division. However, I have sent people to fill up your previous company. You can take it with you now.
Your company sets out to support the 90th Division southeast of Luodian."
In this way, Xia Yuan thought that he would stay with the 51st Division for a stable period of time, but he only stayed with him for a few days before setting off again.
There were many new faces in the new company. Xia Yuan chatted with a few of them. These people were all defeated soldiers from Jiading. The 51st Division was recruiting troops in Jiading under the banner of Xia Yuan. Some of them were
Many people joined the 51st Division because they admired Xia Yuanfang, but there were very few people who actually joined the new company.
Xia Yuan was well-known in Jiading, and there were many people who wanted to fight with him, but most of them joined the 51st Division and were dispersed to units that needed to replenish their troops.
There were very few people assigned to the new company, but they were all close to Xia Yuan.
There was no doubt that he was very happy to see Xia Yuan.
"The Japanese army wanted to drive away the national army in the southeast of Luodian. They had been fighting for a day. The 59th Division was crippled by the Japanese army, its position was lost, and countless soldiers died under the Japanese heavy artillery."
"Our mission is to assist friendly forces and seize positions!"
Without too many exciting words, Xia Yuan simply told everyone about the situation on the front line. He also did not hide this mission. The more he concealed it, the more the gains would outweigh the losses.
It was a hazy morning with drizzle.
A team of 100 people started from the west side of Luodian, left the small town, and headed southeast of Luodian.
As the Songhu War advanced, it was still related to the national war of resistance. Reinforcement troops from various provinces began to reinforce the Songhu Battle, with the number of troops reaching a terrifying number of more than 700,000.