"Nonsense!" General Sun Lianzhong said angrily, "This is an order and must be carried out!"
"Chief!" Chi Fengcheng, commander of the 31st Division, protested, "I have been following you since the ninth year of the Republic of China. In the past twenty years, I have never disobeyed your orders, but this time, I
But you have to be brave and disobey your orders. Even if you say that we will destroy the sky, we will not break out, and we will die together with you, the commander-in-chief!"
"Disobey orders and you will be killed without mercy!" General Sun Lianzhong said as he pulled out his Browning pistol.
"Chief, if you want to do something, go ahead!" Chi Fengcheng frowned and did not flinch.
"Don't you think I dare?" General Sun Lianzhong opened the gun and immediately raised the gun and aimed it at Chi Fengcheng's forehead.
"Chief, please kill us too!" Upon seeing this, Feng Anbang, Huang Qiaosong and others immediately knelt down in front of Sun Lianzhong.
"That's fine." General Sun Lianzhong immediately put away his pistol and said sadly, "Then let's die together!"
After that, General Sun Lianzhong said to Feng Anbang: "Chief of Staff, please call back to Commander-in-Chief Yue of the 39th Group Army immediately. As members of the Party, it is our bounden duty to obey orders. All officers and soldiers of the 2nd Group Army are determined to live or die with the Yimeng Mountain Area."
, I have nothing to ask for, I just ask the 39th Army to kill a few more Japanese on the battlefield and avenge us!"
"Yes!" Feng Anbang stood at attention, then turned around and hurried into the telecommunications room next door.
Sun Lianzhong turned back to Huang Qiaosong and others: "Order the troops to return to Yishan overnight!"
Jingxing County, 39th Army Headquarters.
Baoshan Division, 181st Division, New 6th Division, New 9th Division and New 39th Division are gathering overnight!
There are 100,000 Japanese North China Front troops stationed outside Tumen Fortress. Taking the initiative at this time is not a wise decision, but in this world, some things must be done, just like this time, in order to respond to the Second Group Army
To break through, the 39th Group Army must take the initiative, even if it pays a heavy price for it.
Again, some things cannot simply be measured by gains and losses.
Yue Weihan also knew very well that in this attack, the 39th Army would inevitably be damaged. However, as long as the remnants of the 2nd Army could be rescued, it would be a huge encouragement to the entire *** people and a huge benefit to the entire nation's resistance war.
Inspiration, for the 39th Army, that is a huge victory!
Amidst the sound of hurried footsteps, Colonel Liu Xin hurriedly walked into the war room: "General Officer, Commander Sun has called, the 2nd Army has returned to Yishan!"
"What, you're going back to Yishan!?" Liu Yi's expression suddenly changed.
Yue Weihan sighed deeply and said to Liu Yi: "Chief of Staff, cancel the order..."
The 2nd Army's return to Yishan showed that Sun Lianzhong had decided to coexist and die with the Yimeng Mountain area. At this time, it was meaningless for the 39th Army to move east out of Tumen Fortress.
Jinan, headquarters of the Japanese Second Army in Shandong.
Moritake Tanabe has officially succeeded Hisao Nishio as commander of the Second Army.
Colonel Ishimura, the head of the Japanese secret service stationed in Jinan, strode into the headquarters war room. He immediately put his feet back and stood at attention: "Your Excellency, Commander, I just got the news that the Second China Army has given up attacking Qingdao and withdrew westward overnight. From their march
Judging from the direction, we should be preparing to retreat to Yishan."
"Retreat to Yishan?" Tanabe Shengwu immediately walked to the edge of the simulated sand table.
Chief of Staff Kitajima and more than a dozen senior staff members also gathered around. Colonel Kitajima picked up a square ruler and measured the sand table, and said to Tanabe Moritake: "The straight-line distance between Qingdao and Yishan is about 150 kilometers. The China Army took the
On the small road, at their usual marching speed, they should be able to return to Yishan before noon tomorrow."
"Tomorrow at noon?" Tanabe Moritake said thoughtfully, "I'm afraid it will be too late to ambush us halfway."
"Hai." Captain Bei Dao suddenly lowered his head and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, it is clear that the road conditions in the central Shandong mountainous area are not conducive to the mobility of the imperial army's mechanized troops, but are conducive to the foot march of the Chinese infantry. Therefore, if the Chinese army wants to return to Yishan,
It is almost impossible to ambush them halfway before."
"Yes." Tanabe Moritake nodded and said in a solemn tone, "Since a half-way ambush is no longer possible, then order the divisions and brigades to implement an iron wall encirclement in the Yishan mountainous area according to the original plan.
After taking shape, we will proceed step by step, attack steadily, and finally gather and annihilate the Second China Army in a corner of Yishan Mountain!"
"Hai." Captain Bei Dao suddenly lowered his head and immediately left with his saber in hand.
March 5, the 30th year of the Republic of China (1941).
The 24th Division, 25th Division, 26th Division, the 5th Japanese Brigade, the 6th Japanese Brigade, and the 3rd, 5th, and 5th Puppet North China Autonomous Army were under the jurisdiction of the Second Army of the Japanese Army.
Six divisions of the 8th Group Army completed the encirclement of the Yishan Mountain area.
On March 6, the Japanese and puppet troops began to advance steadily toward the hinterland of Yishan, but were met with stubborn resistance by the 2nd Army.
Baizhangya, the position of the 31st Division.
Baizhang Cliff is the only way to enter the hinterland of Yishan Mountain from the west, and the 31st Division was ordered to station here.
From March 8 to March 10, the Japanese 25th Division and the Japanese Mixed 5th Brigade arrived successively and launched more than ten attacks on Baizhang Cliff. The Japanese aircraft of the Japanese Jinan Flying Group attacked the main peak of Baizhang Cliff and
A large number of aerial bombs and white phosphorus bombs were dropped on more than a dozen nearby hills, and all the hills near and far were burned to scorched earth.
At the main peak of Baizhangya, at the headquarters of the 31st Division, a rapid ringing of the phone suddenly rang.
Chi Fengcheng, commander of the 31st Division, took the call and said loudly: "Regiment 183? Retreat?"
"Listen to me, you are not allowed to retreat. I will kill anyone who retreats! What? Too many casualties for the troops?"
"No matter how heavy the casualties are, I have to withstand them. If the front-line troops are all gone, you can take the regiment guards, cooks, and grooms to help. If your 183rd regiment is gone, I, Chi Fengcheng, will take the division guards, cooks, etc."
The squad, correspondents and grooms are on top, our 31st Division will never retreat even half a step until we fight to the last soldier!"
After saying that, Commander Chi put down the phone, turned around and shouted: "Guard, bring me my saber!"
Immediately, an attendant came to Master Chi carrying a gleaming saber. Master Chi reached out to take the saber, and stretched out his right thumb to lightly pass over the blade. The expression on his face instantly became extremely solemn, as if
He was reminiscing about the past, but soon, Commander Chi recovered his mind and strode out of the division headquarters.
On March 12, Baizhangya fell.
The 31st Division stationed at Baizhang Cliff was completely destroyed. At the last moment, Commander Chi Fengcheng of the 31st Division led the division guards, grooms, cooks, and correspondents to engage in a fierce hand-to-hand battle with the Japanese army. Commander Chi killed sixteen Japanese soldiers in a row, and finally
He was exhausted and his abdomen was opened with a bayonet by a Japanese sergeant. He died heroically for his country at the age of 38.
Yishan Fayun Temple, 2nd Army Headquarters.
Chief of Staff Feng Anbang walked heavily into the war room and said sadly: "The headquarters, Baizhangya has been lost, Commander Chi and all the officers and soldiers of the 31st Division have all been killed!"
"I understand." General Sun Lianzhong looked calm.
At this point, the remaining three main divisions of the 2nd Army and the 44th Brigade of the Japanese Army have all been wiped out. Huang Qiaosong, Zhang Huatang, Chi Fengcheng, Wu Pengju... a string of bloody names, each with vivid faces.
, passed through the mind of General Sun Lianzhong one by one, they did not insult their status as soldiers, they were worthy of being Chinese people!
There is not a single coward in the 2nd Army. Even if it means death, it will be on the battlefield of resistance against Japan!
Suddenly, faint gunfire rang out outside the headquarters, and the Japs' vanguard troops finally arrived.
Then there was the scream of artillery shells across the sky, and then there was the deafening huge explosion. Fayun Temple, a thousand-year-old temple that had been in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was instantly shrouded in gunpowder smoke. Chief of Staff Feng Anbang immediately turned around and left the war room, led by
The division guards, grooms, cooks and correspondents put up a last desperate resistance.
Four hours later, all the more than a dozen female radio operators in the headquarters were killed, and General Sun Lianzhong was the only one left in the entire 2nd Army. When the Japanese army rushed into the war room with bayonets in hand, General Sun sat leisurely on his chair.
He was smoking like a normal person. The Japanese soldiers were so frightened by General Sun's calmness that they did not dare to shoot.
Five minutes later, a Japanese colonel hurried into the war room carrying a saber.
"Your..." the Japanese commander asked in blunt Chinese, "the commander-in-chief of the China Army, Sun Lianzhong?"
General Sun smiled slightly, waved the remaining half pack of cigarettes at the Japanese commander, and asked: "Little devil, would you like one?"
"I don't smoke." The Japanese colonel waved his hand seriously and asked, "Yours, please answer me."
"Don't smoke? What a pity." General Sun shook his head, put down the remaining half pack of cigarettes in his hand, and then casually threw the cigarette butt between the index and middle fingers of his right hand to the ground. Once the cigarette butt fell to the ground, the ground suddenly
There was a pop of sparks, and the Japanese commander and the Japanese soldiers standing guard with bayonets on all sides discovered that there was actually a gunpowder belt scattered on the ground.
The gunpowder belt was burning and quickly extended towards the corner, where a large number of wooden crates were piled up!
"Baga Yalu..." The Japanese commander suddenly took a breath of air, turned around and ran out of the war room door.
"Haha." General Sun laughed immediately and said, "I just want to run away now. It's too late. Let's go on the road with your grandpa Sun..."
Before General Sun finished speaking, the gunpowder belt had burned out. Dozens of boxes of explosives stacked in the corner were detonated instantly. There was only a loud rumble. The war room and dozens of nearby houses were instantly razed to the ground. The explosion produced
The mushroom cloud rose dozens of meters high and could be clearly seen dozens of miles away...
As for the Japanese colonel and dozens of Japanese soldiers, they all became General Sun’s funeral!
At four o'clock in the afternoon on March 12, the 30th year of the Republic of China (1941), the Japanese army occupied Baiyun Temple in Yishan, and the entire Second Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army was destroyed. The commander-in-chief, General Sun Lianzhong, died heroically for his country at the age of 49!
Chongqing, Chairman Chiang Kai-shek's official residence.
General He walked heavily into Chairman Chiang's study with a telegram in hand.
Chairman Chiang, who was reviewing official documents, looked up when he heard the sound, and when he saw it was General He, he immediately smiled and said, "Jesus, are you here?"
General He stood at attention, and then said with a sad expression: "Commission, Yishan has been lost, the entire 2nd Army has been destroyed, and Sun Fanglu has also died for his country. This is the farewell message he sent five minutes ago."
"What? Sun Fanglu died for his country!?" Chairman Chiang suddenly stood up when he heard this.
"The ammunition is gone, the food is out, the people are gone, and the invaders have arrived. I am responsible for setting up 500 kilograms of explosives at the headquarters, and I am determined to defeat the Japanese invaders..." After receiving the telegram from General He, Chairman Chiang could not help crying as he read it.
It was raining like rain. He immediately put down the telegram and walked to the desk. He wrote with a splash of ink: Yishan is sad, Qilu is sobbing, the country has lost its pillars, and I have lost my thigh and thigh! It hurts!
After writing and throwing down his pen, Chairman Chiang wiped away his tears and said to General He: "With all due respect, the Military Commission immediately sent a telegram of condolences, demanding that Sun Fanglu be made a first-class general of the army, and be awarded the Medal of Guoguang and the Medal of Blue Sky and White Sun.
Public mourning halls were set up in the central squares of major cities in the Kuomintang District to accept the condolences of all *** people..."
"Yes." Director He snapped to attention and took the order.
Jingxing County, 39th Army Headquarters.
Yue Weihan was in the war room dividing defense zones for several division commanders and brigade commanders.
Although the Japanese army's sweep of the Shandong mountainous area has not yet ended, the results are already obvious. Facing an encirclement and suppression by the Japanese army that is more than ten times heavier, and the 2nd Army has no solid fortresses to rely on, it is only a matter of time that the entire army is destroyed. The only way
The suspense is just how many days it can last.
After sweeping through the mountainous areas of central Shandong, the Japanese army would never stop there.
Next, the old devil Okamura Neiji will definitely raid the Taihang Mountains!
In order to cope with the upcoming large-scale raids by the Japanese army, the 39th Group Army must take precautions and prepare for war in advance!
The good news is that by early March, except for the artillery brigade, the entire 39th Group Army had been completely re-equipped.
However, even if the entire army is re-equipped, the 39th Group Army still only has five divisions and three brigades, with a total strength of only 120,000. Even if the Eighth Route Army is included, it is only more than 200,000. Compared with Okamura Neji's 450,000
The Japanese army, the more than 500,000 puppet North China Autonomous Army, the 39th Group Army and the Eighth Route Army are still at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength!
This is also a helpless matter. Although Yue Weihan is a time traveler, he cannot conjure hundreds of thousands of troops out of thin air, let alone conjure weapons and equipment to arm hundreds of thousands of troops out of thin air. In the end, this small area of Cangyan Mountain
It is simply impossible for an industrial zone to compete with Japan's huge industrial system. The two are simply not on the same level.
Before the defense zone was drawn up, Colonel Liu Xin, the director of the communications department, walked into the war room with a solemn expression.
"General." Colonel Liu Xin stood at attention and saluted, and then said gloomily, "General Sun Lianzhong sent a farewell telegram to the Military Commission five minutes ago. The 2nd Group Army... has been completely destroyed."
"ah?"
"What?"
"The whole army was destroyed?"
When Chi Chengfeng, Cao Xinglong and other senior generals heard this, their expressions changed.
Yue Weihan was stunned for a while, then gritted his teeth and said: "The 2nd Army is finished, but our 39th Army is still there. Taihang Mountain... is the grave of the little Japs!"