Let’s talk about the Baoshan Regiment. After receiving the order from the war zone commander, they immediately changed their marching direction and marched nearly 200 miles north in one night, arriving at Wushan Town on the Hehuai Highway.
Although this march was difficult, Yue Weihan no longer needed to run forward and backward, jumping up and down.
Thanks to Yue Weihan's painstaking efforts to build it, today's Baoshan Regiment is indeed very different. When it comes to marching, each officer and soldier carries a weight of at least dozens of kilograms, but no one complained about the pain from beginning to end. It was adapted from the Chaohu Water Bandits.
The independent brigade that came was obviously stimulated by several main battalions, and they gritted their teeth and finished the nearly two hundred miles.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Yue Weihan ordered his troops to leave the main road and take a path in the mountains.
Wushan Town is only sixty or seventy miles away from Hefei, and the straight-line distance from Nanjing is only two hundred miles. The little devil's plane takes off from Kunshan and other airports and can fly here in less than half an hour. Although the Baoshan Regiment's task of luring the enemy has been completed.
, and you don’t have to worry about your whereabouts being exposed anymore, but if you can avoid being discovered by the Japs’ plane, it’s better not to be discovered.
Just as the order was issued, a faint explosion suddenly came from the south.
Immediately, the explosions became denser and quickly approached the direction of the Baoshan Regiment. Liu Tiezhu, deputy of the guard company and leader of the communications platoon, listened for a moment and said: "Japanese-made 81mm mortars, five kilometers away, the Japanese infantry
It is estimated to be closer, at most two kilometers away."
Yue Weihan made a decisive decision: "Order all battalions to deploy immediately and build blocking positions on the spot!"
"Yes!" Liu Tiezhu stood at attention and immediately shouted to the soldiers in the communications platoon behind him, "Notify all battalions immediately to stop advancing and build blocking positions on the spot!"
The twenty-odd soldiers from the communications platoon quickly split up into groups of three and left.
Yue Weihan then said to Hua Hanlin, Liu Tiezhu and Tang Dashan: "Hanlin, Zhuzhu, Datang, bring the guard platoon and follow me to the front to have a look."
Yue Weihan led the guard platoon forward less than 500 meters when he encountered a large group of defeated national troops.
From a distance, these defeated soldiers of the national army were like bison fighting for the crossing. They were crowding to cross a small stone bridge. Due to the large number of people and the small bridge, many of the defeated soldiers were pushed off the bridge by the crowd and fell into the cold.
In the river, there were people who were knocked down on the bridge by their companions and could not get up again, and were eventually trampled to death.
Yue Weihan's eyes immediately turned red. He hated soldiers who escaped from battle the most in his life!
"Zhuzi, set up the machine gun for me!" Yue Weihan shouted ferociously, "I'm going to kill people today, Chinese!"
Liu Tiezhu agreed with a bang, and two Type 92 heavy machine guns were quickly set up in the middle of the road, and then they fired a shuttle over the heads of the defeated soldiers in front. The hot bullets almost passed by the foreheads of the defeated soldiers. The machine guns
As soon as the gunshots rang out, the defeated Chinese troops on the opposite side fell down with a roar.
Yue Weihan tightened his armed belt and faced the group of defeated soldiers with murderous intent.
Tang Dashan hurriedly took two steps forward, blocking most of his body in front of Yue Weihan. His sharp eyes scanned the group of broken troops in front of him warily, ready to use his body to block bullets for the regiment at any time! Tang Dashan
It is very clear that the Baoshan regiment can do without anyone, but it cannot do without Yue Weihan.
"Go away!" Yue Weihan kicked Tang Dashan to the side without any explanation, then strode to the opposite group of defeated soldiers and stood in front of them, saying fiercely, "Why are you running? Are you still not a soldier, or are you not a man? Fight back,
Fight back immediately! Push back the little devils behind your back and kill them..."
"Sir, our teacher's seat and staff's seat are all dead, and our brigade seat and group seat are also running away."
"Yes, the Japs' artillery fire was too fierce, and the organization of the army was disrupted. This battle cannot be fought."
"Fart!" Yue Weihan said angrily, "What are you holding in your hands? It's a gun, not a fire stick! You all need to put on your fucking bayonets and push the little Japs back with me!"
After saying that, Yue Weihan pulled out his shell gun, turned around and rushed forward.
Liu Tiezhu held two guns in his hands, fired two shots into the sky, and immediately roared: "You bunch of cowards and bastards, what the hell are you doing in a daze? Follow us and kill..."
"A man has a lot of balls. Even if he dies, he must face his butt back and his head forward." Hua Hanlin pulled off the hat on his head, then picked up the crooked light machine gun in his hand and said, "Brothers, kill
"Yeah!" "Kill, kill, kill..." The officers and soldiers of the guard company shouted like a tsunami, and for a moment it was like a flood that had burst its embankment and roared forward from among the broken troops.
The eyes of the group of defeated soldiers suddenly turned red. First a small group, then a small group, and finally, all the defeated soldiers roared hysterically at the top of their lungs, then pulled out their bayonets, clicked them, and turned around.
He followed the security company of the Baoshan Regiment and chased them up. After all, they were also soldiers, and soldiers had their own dignity.
Along the way, scattered soldiers continued to join the counterattack. In less than a moment, more than 2,000 soldiers had gathered behind Yue Weihan, and more soldiers were swarming in after hearing the news.
After all, the ordinary soldiers of the national army are really good. As long as the officials are not afraid of death, they will never be greedy for life.
After crossing a low ridge, Japanese infantry appeared on the opposite side.
In the thin morning light, at least two squadrons of more than 300 Japanese infantrymen have been fully deployed and are chasing forward along the valley and across the mountains and plains. Behind the two Japanese squadrons, more Japanese soldiers are swarming in and falling.
The Japanese artillery at the rear was still conducting extended shelling towards the front.
Seeing that the national army was defeated, Dootou came back to fight, but the Japanese army on the opposite side was not at all confused.
When the Japanese commander gave an order, all the Japanese soldiers immediately unloaded the bullets from their guns, and then came forward with bayonets in their hands and howling, and the two armies were soon in close combat!
The Japanese army opposite was the 3rd Infantry Battalion of the 116th Regiment of the 13th Division.
At six o'clock in the morning, Colonel Soeda of the 116th Regiment had just received an order from the division headquarters to prepare to move in the direction of Lu'an to outflank the Baoshan Regiment. As soon as the troops were assembled, the sentry sentry sent back news that north of Hefei
A large group of national troops was discovered ten miles away, with a strength of at least one division.
Colonel Soeda did not dare to neglect and hurriedly reported the situation to the division headquarters.
The commander of the 13th Division, Lieutenant General Ogisu Tatehei, quickly responded to the call. The combat mission of the Soeda Regiment remained unchanged, but he could consider detaching an infantry brigade to attack north to defeat the enemy in front of him. Colonel Soeda immediately ordered the 116th Regiment
The 3rd Infantry Battalion to which the regiment belonged attacked north, while the main force still detoured westward towards Lu'an.
Coming from the north was the 114th Division of Yu Xuezhong's 51st Army.
At the beginning of the Battle of Xuzhou, Chairman Chiang transferred all the troops from Anhui Province to the north, leaving only the 114th Division to garrison Bengbu, and only one battalion of the 114th Division to guard Hefei. After the main force of the Japanese 13th Division arrived in Hefei, this battalion
The main force of the 114th Division was completely wiped out and was ordered to go south to prepare to defend Hefei again. They did not know that Hefei had been lost.
The 114th Division was organized into two brigades and four regiments, but in fact there were only two regiments with more than 6,000 people.
As a result, the 114th Division was ambushed by the Japanese army without any mental preparation. The first round of Japanese artillery bombardment severely damaged the 114th Division. The division commander Mou Zhongxiong and the chief of staff were killed on the spot. Two regiments of the 673rd and 674th Regiments belonged to it.
The commander immediately abandoned his troops and fled alone. The entire division of more than 6,000 people collapsed immediately.
Of course Yue Weihan did not know the causes and consequences of these, but he knew that if they could not prevent the retreat of the defeated troops in time, they would smash the blocking position of the Baoshan Regiment into chaos. Let alone blocking or counterattacking the Japanese army, they would probably
Even the Baoshan Regiment would be carried away by these defeated troops and fled towards the Huaihe River defense line.
Therefore, Yue Weihan made a prompt decision and led the guard company to launch a counterattack.
After all, the bloody spirit of the defeated soldiers was not completely wiped out. When they saw someone fighting back, their dignity as a soldier was immediately aroused again. Some took the lead and others followed. The counterattack of the Baoshan Regiment's security company soon caused a chain reaction on the entire battlefield.
In response, in the end almost all the defeated soldiers came back with their heads cut.
A fierce hand-to-hand battle suddenly broke out in the valley beside the Hehuai Highway.
The first one to break into the Japanese army's main line was of course the guard company led by Yue Weihan himself. This guard company was all composed of veterans who survived the Battle of Jiangpu and the Battle of Nanjing. These veterans had no fighting will, physical condition or hard work.
His stabbing skills are far beyond what ordinary national soldiers can match.
The veterans of the Baoshan Regiment could even hold a bayonet fight with the old Japanese of the Kunisaki Detachment without losing. The 13th Division on the opposite side was just a special division, so how could it be an opponent? As soon as the two came into contact, the Japanese army retreated steadily. The 114th Division
The defeated troops of the division swarmed in from both wings, and in one fell swoop the two Japanese infantry squadrons in front of them were covered in dumplings.
The Japanese troops who followed up saw that the momentum was not right and quickly withdrew again.
Yue Weihan did not know the details of the Japanese army on the opposite side. He was worried that if he continued to pursue, he might encounter a large Japanese army, so he immediately ordered to stop the pursuit. After all, this was not far from Hefei, and the Japanese 13th Division and 18th Division were near Hefei. If they were exposed,
If the number of the Baoshan Regiment is known, all the arrangements made by Mazhankui will come to nothing.
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Huainan, 3rd Army Headquarters.
Yu Xuezhong, commander of the 3rd Army Group and the 51st Army of the National Revolutionary Army, was furious because the two commanders of the 673rd and 674th Regiments of the 114th Division had fled back to the headquarters with their respective guards. These two cowards could not escape.
Unfortunately, the troops were still hundreds of miles away, and they had already fled to Huainan.
"In front of the formation, the two armies abandoned their troops and fled alone. What's the use of leaving you behind?" After Yu Xuezhong said this, he turned and called to the guards, "Guards, drag these two bitches out and kill them!"
"Military seat!"
"commander!"
The two regiment commanders knelt down and kowtowed: "Sir, spare your life. For the sake of us following you for many years, please spare us this time." "Commander, we have followed you for many years and fought countless battles. What?"
Have you ever been afraid of death? But this time the Japs' artillery fire was so fierce that the troops collapsed instantly..."
"Shut up, do you still have the nerve to say it?" Yu Xuezhong shouted ferociously, "Drag him out and kill him!"
Four guards rushed up like wolves, picked up the two regiment commanders and left. Immediately, two gunshots rang out outside the headquarters. The two escaped regiment commanders of the Northeast Army had already gone to see their commander Zhang under Jiuquan.