The planes were fighting fiercely in the sky, and the fighting on the ground did not stop either.
After seeing his own fighter plane coming for reinforcements being intercepted by the Chinese Air Force, Fujie Keisuke knew that the air support he had placed high hopes on was no longer reliable, and he had to rely on himself for everything.
In desperation, he had to order a retreat, but this order was given a little too late. At this time, the 300 Division had already broken into the center of the 16th Division, and had already been mixed up with the 16th Division. The retreat had already begun.
It's a very impossible thing.
What is the feeling of tens of thousands of troops mixed together? If you use one word to describe it, it is chaos! Very chaotic!
This is the situation you are talking about. In addition, Xiaogan is not a place with dangerous terrain. The Japanese army has adopted an offensive posture. Their own defenses are also only so-so. This gives three reasons.
Baishi has created good conditions.
The 398th Brigade and the 399th Brigade rushed in from the left and right sides respectively, completely disrupting the Japanese army's formation. Now the Japanese army's command system has been paralyzed for less than half, and some Japanese army units can only fight independently.
Therefore, when Fujie Keisuke's retreat order was issued, there were still some Japanese troops who did not receive the order and were still resisting tenaciously on their respective positions.
Wu Chengfeng was leading a company through the Japanese army's positions. Now the only troops he could command were the company in his hand. The other troops had long been dispersed in contact with the Japanese army.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The explosion of several grenades in succession stirred up a large amount of dust and debris, knocking down several soldiers not far in front. Wu Chengfeng quickly lay on the ground and relied on his intuition to trigger the grenade in the direction from which it flew.
trigger.
"Bah bang bang... ding..."
Wu Chengfeng kept pulling the trigger until the Garand rifle in his hand made a crisp metal collision sound before he stopped.
After a few grenades were thrown in front, there was no movement, leaving the bullets here to sweep forward intensively.
The soldiers around him saw that there was no movement ahead. A squad leader was about to lead people over, but was stopped by Wu Chengfeng.
Wu Chengfeng observed for a while and then loudly ordered: "Go over and take a look at the few people. Pay attention to give them a few grenades to try first!"
As soon as Wu Chengfeng finished speaking, two soldiers bent over and ran over. Then each took out a grenade, pulled the fuse and threw it over.
"Boom boom..."
With the sound of two violent explosions, followed by several more screams, it was obvious that the Japanese soldiers there just now were pretending to die.
The squad leader who just wanted to take people over also wiped away the cold sweat and said to Wu Chengfeng: "Fortunately, everyone in the group is wise, otherwise I would be miserable."
Wu Chengfeng nodded and said: "Okay, you can go there now!"
In this way, while walking and stopping along the way, Wu Chengfeng came to a hillside again and found that the fighting ahead was very fierce. About a battalion of soldiers surrounded the hillside and attacked fiercely. Countless bullets and bullets were fired at them like water.
They reached the front, and there were even soldiers setting up 60 mortars from behind to bombard the Japanese bunkers.
The number of Japanese troops on the opposite side of the hillside was about two squadrons. They took advantage of the geographical advantage and fired desperately around them without any intention of retreating. They fought very fiercely and tenaciously. This phenomenon aroused Wu Chengfeng's curiosity.
Pushing the gun barrel against his helmet, Wu Chengfeng said curiously: "Grandma, what good things are there? How come so many Japanese have retreated and these people are still staying here without moving?"
At this time, many Japanese troops had retreated, but there was such a group of Japanese troops hanging on here, which made Wu Chengfeng curious. And what surprised Wu Chengfeng most was that the Japanese troops here were still very powerful. Not only were there seven
Eight Type 92 heavy machine guns and more than a dozen Type 11 light machine guns, coupled with five or six grenade launchers and hundreds of Type 38 rifles with extremely accurate shooting, were able to kill a battalion of national troops.
Deadly block below.
"No, there must be big fish here!"
Wu Chengfeng came to this conclusion after observing for a while. He immediately turned to a guard beside him and said, "Go and call the commander of the unit in front. I have something to say to him."
"yes!"
The guard agreed and quickly brought an officer. He trotted all the way to Wu Chengfeng and said, "Hello, sir, Feng Xiaoming, the commander of the third battalion of the 658th Regiment, is reporting to you!"
Wu Chengfeng nodded: "Hello, I am Wu Chengfeng, the leader of the 657th Regiment. Since the troops have been dispersed, I want to take over your command. Do you have any objections?"
Feng Xiaoming said loudly: "Sir, according to the infantry code of conduct, you now have the right to take over the command. Please give the order!"
"Then I'm welcome." Wu Chengfeng asked: "How did your battalion surround this group of Japanese troops?"
Feng Xiaoming shook his head and said: "Just now our battalion was chasing all the way, and we happened to encounter this group of Japanese soldiers who were about to run away, so we stepped forward and fought with them. However, this group of Japanese soldiers were very cruel and even launched a desperate attack on us in an attempt to break out.
"
"Wait!" Wu Chengfeng asked in shock: "What did you say? The Japanese actually launched a deadly attack on you?"
"Yes!" Feng Xiaoming nodded solemnly, "Not only was it implemented, but there were more than one wave. Our battalion lost sixty or seventy brothers due to carelessness."
Let me explain here, what Feng Xiaoming refers to as a desperate attack is simply to send out death squads, in which a few or a dozen Japanese soldiers holding bundles of grenades rush into the Chinese army's position and die together with the Chinese army that is several times their size. This is also
The Japanese army used a bad death-defying technique on the Songhu battlefield, but the Japanese had their own special term for it: body bomb impact.
However, attacks like this are rarely used even by Japanese soldiers who are influenced by the Bushido spirit. Since the July 7th Incident, the Japanese have always relied on aircraft in the air and heavy artillery underground to devastate the Chinese army. They proactively launch desperate attacks like this
The phenomenon is still very rare.
Therefore, Wu Chengfeng immediately said after hearing Feng Xiaoming's words: "It seems that you have blocked a group of very powerful enemies!"
"Yes!" Feng Xiaoming nodded, "The staff thought so too, so they ordered the whole battalion to stop advancing and do their best to surround this group of Japs. You saw what happened next. This group of Japs is too tenacious, and
They also have an astonishing number of heavy machine guns and light machine guns, and we couldn't get in even though we charged several times."
"Um!"
Wu Chengfeng pondered for a moment and then asked: "Since it is difficult to rush, have you called for artillery support?"
Feng Xiaoming smiled bitterly and said: "We have also called, but this place is beyond the range of our artillery support. Unless we call for air support, you also know that our planes are fighting the little devils in the sky now, and we have no time to pay attention.
It’s up to us.”
"That's right..."
Wu Chengfeng nodded: "Since we can't rush in, we won't rush in. You order your troops to surround this place and don't allow a single Japanese to come out. We'll wait until our large army arrives!"
"yes!"
Feng Xiaoming agreed and hurried back to make arrangements.
Looking at the Japanese position in front of them that was desperately pouring out bullets, Wu Chengfeng said with some confusion: "Why are these Japanese soldiers so desperate? Isn't it possible that the front is the headquarters of one of their brigade?"
In fact, Wu Chengfeng just guessed correctly. This hillside was indeed a headquarters of the Japanese army, but it was not the brigade headquarters, but the headquarters of Lieutenant General Fujie Keisuke, the commander of the 16th Japanese Division.
Just now, because the attack of the 300 Division was too sudden, and the 300 Division did not advance after capturing a place, but encountered a hard nut to crack, it left a small number of troops to contain it, while the large troops continued to advance forward.
,In this way, the speed of the army's attack has been greatly improved.
This also caused Keisuke Fujie to withdraw from the slope with the infantry of a brigade responsible for the security of the division headquarters after issuing the order to retreat. He encountered Feng Xiaoming and his third battalion and was immediately blocked back.
The original division headquarters.
Fujie Keisuke ordered the battalion captain headed by him to charge the troops several times, but they were all beaten back by dense rain of bullets, and finally had to return to the headquarters to wait for reinforcements.
At this time, Fujie Keisuke was anxiously walking around in a temporarily excavated bombproof hole with his hands behind his back, with an angry look on his face, "Hakage Yalu, I am a dignified division commander, but I am so humbled by these despicable people."
The Chinese people are surrounding me. If word spreads, I will become a shame to the whole of Japan, and even my own family will be ashamed."
Fujie Keisuke stopped and asked loudly: "Operator, have you contacted the Cavalry Regiment?"
The radio operator who was busy receiving the radio signal quickly replied: "Your Excellency, the commander of the division, has contacted the cavalry regiment. The regiment commander sent a message to Lieutenant Colonel Kasai Toshimatsu, saying that they will come immediately for reinforcements."
"Okay!" Fujie Keisuke breathed a sigh of relief, and then said fiercely: "Order the 20th Cavalry Regiment to get here at all costs, and we must cover us to rush out."
"Hai!"
"boom!"
The violent explosion of the artillery shells around him raised thick smoke and flying dust, which blocked Wu Chengfeng's sight of the ground. The thick smell of gunpowder smoke made Wu Chengfeng almost breathless. Wu Chengfeng, squatting in the foxhole, could clearly feel the artillery shells.
There was a shock from the ground during the explosion, and from time to time the screams and groans of wounded soldiers could be heard around you.
"Is this the Japanese army making a desperate struggle with their few remaining artillery shells?" Wu Chengfeng thought strangely. He stuck out his head and looked at the Japanese position, and found that the explosives fired from the slope were
The artillery shells are only attacking their own side. Have they already discovered the location of their temporary headquarters?
"Isn't it possible? Do they have dog noses?"
Wu Chengfeng Nannan thought for a moment in confusion, and was about to stick his head out to observe again, but suddenly felt the ground beneath his feet shaking faintly.
"Well, what's this noise?"
Wu Chengfeng's face suddenly changed after listening for a while, and he shouted loudly, "Everyone, pay attention, there are Japanese cavalry behind us, turn around and prepare to shoot!"
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