Tianji Town blocking position at 9:00 a.m. on October 10, 1938 AD
Li Chenzhe lay on the machine gun bunker in the trench, with only his two eyes exposed, and slowly observed the movements of the Japanese troops in front of the position.
Tianjia Town is a big town, but the successive wars have already wiped out all the residents here. The fires in the town are swaying, and the buildings in the town are still burning everywhere. Many light flammable materials are rolling in flames and being thrown by the heat wave.
The sky was gray, with tiny gray-black ashes floating everywhere.
The gunfire that rang out from time to time seemed to add some life to this war-torn town. The town was full of vehicles busy carrying items, and the faces of the soldiers were filled with nervous expressions.
The 300 Division acted as a cover for the retreat of the entire army, while the teaching regiment to which Li Chenzhe belonged acted as a cover for the retreat of the entire division. The battle had been going on for two days, and they had completed the cover task, and it was time to retreat.
A soldier bent down and ran behind Li Chenzhe and whispered: "Company commander, company commander, the regiment commander asked me to tell you that the fourth and seventh companies have withdrawn. In twenty minutes it will be our turn to retreat. He
We will ask the artillery battery to cover you from the rear with artillery fire."
Li Chenzhe continued to stare ahead and said without moving his head: "Well, I understand. Go and tell the team immediately that our company has more jars and cans. Leave us two more trucks. Do you understand?"
"yes!"
At this time, in Li Chenzhe's telescope, some vague figures began to appear about 400 meters ahead. They bent down and quickly used the craters on the ground and all the terrain that could provide cover to hide their figures.
Rush forward desperately.
Looking at the targets that were disappearing one by one, Li Chenzhe couldn't help but murmured: "Fuck, the Japs of this Sendai Division are really difficult to deal with. They are indeed one of the two divisions with the strongest combat effectiveness!"
After a while, I saw that the Japanese army was approaching the target of 300 meters.
"beat……"
Only a loud shout was heard from Li Chenzhe's mouth, and then the gunshots from the commander's position, the Garand rifle, the MG34 machine gun and the M2 heavy machine gun were like splashing water on the Japanese troops in front.
The Japanese troops on the opposite side also began to use Type 92 heavy machine guns, mortars, grenade launchers and other weapons to fight back. Deadly streams of metal bullets were flying everywhere on the position.
In the front position, a Japanese captain also held up a telescope to watch the offensive situation of his own troops, and constantly issued orders to adjust the rhythm of the attack.
The Japanese attack still maintains its own characteristics. They attach great importance to the accuracy of shooting and the rhythm of the attack, and constantly bombard the front positions with mortars and grenade launchers. However, this kind of attack that is usually very effective is not suitable for the 300 Division.
It seems extremely difficult to say.
Without the support of the field artillery regiment, every artillery shell fired by the Japanese army was met with counterattack from the front. Mortar shells fell like raindrops on the rear of the Japanese army, causing the few mortars of the Japanese army to frequently change positions.
, otherwise it will be covered by the opponent's artillery fire.
Time passed slowly for a while. Li Chenbo looked at the watch on his wrist, retreated from the position, called over the three platoon leaders and explained: "The first platoon went back immediately to prepare the car and prepare to retreat, while the second and third platoons
It is to alternately cover the retreat, remember not to get entangled by the little devils, these devils are too cunning, they will be able to detect immediately if there is anything strange about us, do you understand?"
The three platoon commanders nodded one after another: "Don't worry, company commander, we understand!"
Soon, more than a dozen trucks were assembled behind the position, and dozens of soldiers in one row were organized to carry materials to the vehicles in an orderly manner, including various ammunition, supplies, and other items. The soldiers in the second and third rows
Then they retreat backward alternately.
It must be said that the Japanese army's sense of smell is extremely sensitive. As soon as the Sixth Company began to retreat, the Japanese commander quickly noticed it and immediately commanded the troops to press forward. Fortunately, the regimental artillery battery behind gave the Sixth Company three minutes.
With the rapid firepower, Li Chenzhe and the others may not be able to withdraw smoothly.
"Brothers, get in the car quickly and retreat to the south!"
Li Chenzhe knew that the regiment's artillery battery would have to evacuate after supporting him in a rapid fire. He did not dare to waste time and quickly urged the soldiers to get on the truck. The gunpowder smoke hanging over the town refused to dissipate for a long time, and in the light and dark
Under the uncertain firelight, soldiers from each platoon boarded the trucks and retreated to the rear.
The town gradually disappeared from the sight of the soldiers, and the rushing trucks quickly moved the troops to the new defense line in the distance.
There, they will build a new defense system to intercept the approaching enemy encirclement troops at all levels...
A small car was speeding on a mountain road. At the foot of the mountain was a small rural area, with a small river winding through the village. The hills behind were quite high, with a vertical elevation of about three to four hundred meters. The stretches of mountains stretching from north to south were about dozens of kilometers long.
It is long, and most of the hills are covered with pine forests of uniform thickness.
The car quickly drove into the countryside at the foot of the mountain and stopped. An officer who had been waiting there stepped forward and opened the car door. A gloomy-looking major general got out of the car, and then a young man
The lieutenant general also walked down. After the two got off the car, they were welcomed into a large courtyard by two officers who looked like staff officers.
Entering the yard, you walked straight through a patio and came to a large room. You saw a large map hanging on the wall, and more than a dozen staff officers were busy inside.
Seeing the two people coming in, an officer on duty quickly shouted: "Everyone stand at attention, sir is here!"
As the officer on duty finished speaking, all the staff members stopped what they were doing and stood at attention to salute.
The lieutenant general looked around, nodded and returned the salute casually.
"The ceremony is over!"
As the officer on duty finished speaking, everyone began to get busy again.
These two generals were Commander Su Rui and Chief of Staff Liang Zhi of the 300 Division who had retreated from Tianjia Town.
After getting off the car, Liang Zhi said to the staff officer who accompanied him in: "Advisor Ma, we have just arrived. Please introduce the current situation to me and the commander."
"yes!"
The staff officer surnamed Ma agreed, and then walked to the map, pointed at it, and said in a strong Shanxi Wutai accent: "Master's seat, staff seat, the current situation is that our army has been targeted by the Japanese army.
, since yesterday, the Japanese Second and Sixth Divisions have been following us as closely as sugar candies. If our entire division had not been riding in trucks, we would have been overtaken by them long ago.
Also, because all our flying groups were transferred to Maoming and were unable to provide us with air support, the Japanese aircraft also began to bomb us unscrupulously, causing us to suffer a lot of losses. But the most important thing now is another
Something happened. The national troops originally stationed in Xianning had evacuated three days ago. Now Xianning has been occupied by the Japanese army. We... our way forward has been blocked."
"What... Xianning has been occupied by the Japanese army?"
Su Rui couldn't help but feel shocked. This news was too bad for him. It also meant that his way forward was blocked by the Japanese army. If he didn't capture Xianning as soon as possible, he would wait until the Japanese pursuit troops caught up.
Your own will be endless Japanese troops.
He turned to look at Liang Zhi behind him and found that the chief of staff also frowned.
Liang Zhi pondered for a while and then asked: "Commander Ma, which Japanese army is stationed in Xianning now?"
"It is an independent brigade of the Japanese army, called the Oshima Brigade. This brigade has two infantry regiments and a field artillery brigade. It is quite powerful!" Staff Officer Ma replied casually.
Suri asked: "Have the vanguard troops fought against them?"
Staff Officer Ma nodded and said: "The 398th Brigade tried to attack this morning, but Xianning's defenses were very complete, and the 398th Brigade could not attack it for a while, and the Japanese army quickly called in planes to bomb the attacking troops. Lin
The brigade commander was afraid of too many casualties, so he ordered the troops to withdraw and are now on standby in Wutong Town, ten miles ahead."
After Staff Ma's introduction, Su Rui and Liang Zhi became silent. Su Rui took out a cigarette and a box of matches from his pocket, handed one to Liang Zhi and lit it himself, and soon there was a faint blue smoke.
Wrapped his face.
Soon after half-smoking a cigarette, Su Rui said, "Zi Ran, how long will it take for the Japanese to catch up?"
Liang Zhi said without raising his head: "Now the teaching team is sniping at them. I guess they will catch up in one day."
"Two days!"
Su Rui Nannan said: "So, if we can't capture Xianning in one day, we will be made dumplings by the Japanese?"
"Yes!" Liang Zhi said without hesitation: "To be precise, if we cannot pass Xianning before noon tomorrow, we will be overwhelmed by the Japanese troops swarming from behind."
Su Rui puffed out a long puff of smoke and then said: "Then do you think we can capture Xianning before tomorrow?"
Liang Zhi shook his head: "No, I have been to Xianning before. The defenses here are very complete. If we attack by force, it will take at least two to three days to capture it. And this is only when we use full firepower. If we want to
It is unrealistic to capture Xianning with complete fortifications garrisoned by a brigade in one day."
"Fuck!" Su Rui spat out a foul word from his mouth, and said in a strange way: "It would be great if we had an armored force on hand."
Liang Zhi smiled bitterly, "Master, the armored force you are talking about refers to the armored force composed of tanks and armored vehicles that Germany is still conducting experiments, right? I have seen their similar experiments, and the power is indeed very fierce. If our hands
There is an armored unit inside, it doesn't need to be more, one battalion is enough, and I am confident that with him and our heavy artillery regiment, we can capture Xianning County within one day, but what's the use of talking about it now?"
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