Two hundred and fifty-six chapters candle dragon - the fourth stage (six)
——Yanwu Town
Sekihara Roku looked at the defeated troops that continued to enter the city, and felt a little uneasy. The position of the brigade in front was penetrated in less than four hours. Although there were still many scattered troops persisting in resistance, they had already
Regardless of the overall situation, countless Eighth Route Army troops are swallowing them up like a flood.
"The brigade commander, the brigade commander, is General Tanito Nagai." A noncommissioned officer pointed into the distance and said.
Sekihara Roku quickly looked around, and sure enough he saw several Japanese soldiers carrying a stretcher and walking towards Yanwu Town. He didn't know whether it was because they were in a hurry or because they wanted to run faster. There were only two of them in the small team of more than a dozen people.
Three of them were carrying rifles, and the others had lost their weapons. Although the person on the stretcher could not be seen clearly, the epaulettes on his clothes told his identity. He was a major general. Who else could he be if he wasn't Nagai Tanito?
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Sekihara Roku hurriedly walked down the city wall and greeted him. When he saw Sekihara Roku, the leading sergeant saluted and said, "General, we are from the 21st Brigade. This is our brigade commander, General Nagai Tanito."
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Sekihara Roku looked at Tanohide who had lost one of his legs, and couldn't help shouting, "What did you do? Why did your general get injured? Where have you fulfilled your duties as guards?"
"Don't blame them. We encountered an Eighth Route Army plane on the road, and they tried their best to rescue me from the pile of corpses." Gu Teng Changying said weakly.
Sekihara Roku crouched down and asked, "Tanito-kun, how did the Eighth Route Army do it? Do they have any skills? How should I stop their attack?"
Tanito Changying thought for a moment, shook his head with a wry smile and said, "There is no way. We don't have anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft guns now. It's impossible to deal with the Eighth Route Army's tanks by relying only on our machine guns and grenades, not to mention they have those
The terrifying roaring heavy artillery. We can only fight against them with the spirit of Bushido... Haha, Bushido..." As he spoke, Tanito Nagai's face became paler and paler, and finally he fainted.
Sekihara Roku hurriedly asked him to go in for first aid and began to set up his position. In order to block the tanks of the Eighth Route Army, he forced the soldiers to dig a tank trench. To put it bluntly, it was a trench that was wide and deep so that the tanks of the Eighth Route Army could not pass through.
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People who have never used tools to dig frozen soil cannot imagine the hardness of frozen soil in the north. For people without machinery, a shovel will leave a white mark, and a pickaxe will leave a white spot. The ground is like steel. You can only use
Steel is drilled, a hole is made and then dynamite is put into the blast. It is like exploding a mountain to explode the frozen soil. You must know that although Shanxi is not as cold as Northeast China, the frozen soil is not shallow. Most of them are 70 to 80 centimeters thick, like Datong.
It is even more thick in some places, about one and a half meters thick. If Jiang Cheng had not brought a large amount of explosives from later generations to blast open the permafrost, the positions in Xiaoyi and other places would not have been able to be built so solidly.
Sekihara Liu and others dug for an hour or two, but they only dug about half a meter deep. At this time, the Japanese army could already feel the shaking of the ground, and the Eighth Route Army troops arrived.
Xu Guangda looked at Yanwu Town in front of him and said to Xu Shiyou next to him, "In front of you is Yanwu Town. After here is Xiangle Township, and to the north is Dujiazhuang. Our interleaving mission is basically over."
Xu Shiyou looked at the opposite side and said, "This little devil has built a lot of fortifications and trenches. If we get entangled here, we may waste time."
Xu Guangda's eyes lit up and he asked, "What do you mean?"
Xu Shiyou rubbed his hands and said, "Didn't the boss say, attack, attack, attack again, he didn't let us stop and annihilate him. Since the Japanese have set up defensive positions with Yanwu Town as the center, this is a plain anyway, we can completely ignore it."
, our cavalry and your tanks combined with the aircraft will go around and directly attack Xiangle Township. It is winter anyway and there are no crops in the fields. It is no shame to go to the crop fields. What do you think?"
Xu Guangda nodded and said, "Okay, that's it. Let's get more infantry on horses and vehicles, and then go around, so that the Japanese want to chase but dare not chase, and want to hit but can't."
The two of them decided to make a decision. They sent a message to the infantry behind them, asking them to surround Yanwu Town, and then they went around the city.
Seeing that the Eighth Route Army was not attacking him but preparing to go around the city, Guan Yuanliu was so anxious that he almost jumped up and down. Others didn't know it, but he knew that the military headquarters was behind him. He immediately ordered the troops to fire artillery to bombard the Eighth Route Army that was going around the city.
I want to rely on this method to attract Er Xu's attention.
But before a few cannons were fired, more than a dozen planes roared down from the sky and dropped bombs on the Japanese troops who were firing. The Japanese troops were so frightened that they tried to run away with their cannons.
Seeing that the front was being attacked, Erxu quickly ordered the artillery to counterattack. In order to speed up their attack, Mr. Peng equipped them with all the rocket launchers. The 107 rocket launcher weighed only more than 300 kilograms and could be pulled by a war horse.
After receiving the order, Teng Yifeng immediately ordered the artillery positions to be set up and removed the ammunition from the horses.
In less than seven minutes, eighteen 107 rocket launchers fired a salvo at Yanwu Town.
Since the distance was less than three kilometers, Sekihara Roku became the first general to see the entire process of the bombardment. He saw a dense mass of rockets suddenly appearing from a distance, and then these rockets attacked his position with a whistling sound.
Come, very fast. Before he could tell the soldiers to hide, the sound of explosions reached his ears. Yanwu Town was only a small town, and the defenses were simply insufficient. Each rocket could cover a radius of forty or fifty meters.
All the Japanese troops inside were killed, and more Japanese troops were greatly shocked mentally. They never expected such a terrible counterattack.
Some Japanese soldiers who fled from the frontline positions to Yanwu Town looked complacent and said to the Japanese soldiers next to them, "How is it? Am I right? The Eighth Route Army's roaring heavy artillery is so powerful that you still say that we
Timid, now you know what we are facing, right?"
After a round of rocket fire, Teng Yifeng disassembled the rocket launcher again, hung it on his horse and left. The whole process from receiving the order to set up a position to evacuating took less than ten minutes. As he walked, Teng Yifeng cursed distressedly, "
It's okay to stay there honestly, but you have to come out and get bombed, so many rockets, damn, what a loss!"
Sekihara Roku raised his head in fear and looked at the almost unrecognizable buildings around him. Half of the entire Yanwu town was blown to pieces. Seeing that the Japanese army had been frightened and unable to fight back, the air force quickly came down to hunt, targeting anyone of value.
target and fire.
Sekihara Roku looked at the Eighth Route Army that was circling the city at an extremely fast speed and the Eighth Route Army infantry that had arrived and started to set up blocking positions. He sighed and said, "Power Generation Military Headquarters, let the Commander turn in. We have no way to stop them."
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——Third Army Headquarters
At this time, it was like doomsday in the headquarters. More than a dozen staff officers kept burning important documents. Tada Shun broke away from Takeda Takeo's arm and said, "I won't leave. I am a warrior of the empire. I would rather die than run away from the battle."
Takeda Yixiong shouted loudly, "Your Excellency, Commander, this is not an escape from the battle, this is just a turn-in for the final victory in the future, leaving the green hills without worrying about having no firewood!"
Yoshimoto Teiichi also said, "Yes, Commander, just come with us." He glanced at Takeda Takeo.
Takeda Yixiong nodded, gritted his teeth and said, "I'm sorry." After saying that, he hit Tada Jun on the back of his neck, and Tada Jun fainted as soon as he rolled his eyes.
Yoshimoto Sadashi saw Tada Shun fainted and said quickly, "Quick, please protect the commander and turn in and go to Dujiazhuang!"
——Xiaqu Town
Guarding Xiaqu Town are two main regiments of the 120th Division and the 115th Division and two new regiments of about 8,000 people. They have been fighting here for a day and a night. The entire position is full of corpses, including those from the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese.
They are intertwined with each other, smoke is billowing, and the blood has formed into beautiful red ice in the cold weather, exuding an ominous atmosphere. From time to time, crows will approach here from the sky and want to pick up a piece of delicious food.
"Da da da", "boom", "boom", the sound of gunshots and explosions that had been silent for less than ten minutes were heard again.
"Brigadier Xu, this is the thirty-second time. Is that kid crazy?" An officer shook his head and said to a strong man at the headquarters.
That strong man is Xu Haidong of the 115th Division. Xu Haidong is thirty-nine years old this year. He grew up in a poor family. When he was more than 10 years old, he still had no clothes to wear. He was naked and covered in mud. When his sisters-in-law saw him, they said he was simply
Like a stinky tofu, he got the nickname of stinky tofu. He once participated in the Northern Expedition as Ye Ting's platoon leader. During the Red Army period, because he was good at fighting, he was hated by Chiang Kai-shek and his head was designated as "stinky tofu".
250,000 oceans, equal to the ****, and even ordered to kill the Xu family. When Xu Haidong returned later, there was no one of his generation in the entire hometown, and there were 66 named people like him.
Not just one or two people in the Red Army were exterminated.
Xu Haidong opened his mouth, revealing the big hole that appeared due to the missing front teeth and said, "The more anxious the little devil is, the better our brother troops are fighting. Xu Guangda has just sent a telegram. They have just arrived in Xiangle, where
The Japanese resistance is also very tenacious, and he expects to join us in twelve hours at most."
The officer was Wang Shangrong, the commander of the 715th Regiment of the 120th Division. He smiled and said, "12 hours, that's no problem. Our current battle losses are less than 20%. Although the Japanese have mountain artillery, we also have aircraft. After these three days,
The intensity of the Japanese's artillery fire is getting smaller and smaller, and now they basically rely on the pig surprise tactic to attack. The consumption of ammunition is really great. If the fellows hadn't kept bringing it from behind, I wouldn't have known how long this battle would take.
Why did you hit me?"
"Japanese, devils are here again." Wang Shangrong shouted, shaking his head and saying, "It's the thirty-third time." Then he took a telescope and started looking.
But they saw nearly a thousand Japanese troops charging again. The Japanese grenades, mortars, infantry guns, and mountain artillery positions were on fire everywhere. The Eighth Route Army's artillery also continued to counterattack. Whenever the Japanese artillery became fierce,
A field of rockets would appear from one place and rush in the direction of the Japanese artillery. When the Japanese wanted to counterattack, the bombs would often hit hard ground.
——Dujiazhuang
Takeda Takeo and others finally saw the Eighth Route Army tank they had always wanted to see. Looking at the invincible battle scene of the tank, Takeda couldn't help but said, "This tank is really awesome."
"It is indeed a great tank. It is more advanced than our tanks." Tada Shun walked over, rubbing his neck.
Takeda Yixiong quickly lowered his head and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, I'm sorry, I..."
Tada Jun shook his head and said, "I don't blame you, I'm just too paranoid. Is this the mysterious tank of the Eighth Route Army? It's bigger than ours, and the barrel is longer than ours, but not as thick as ours. It was invented for tank warfare."
It’s a chariot, eh? I think I’ve seen this model once.”
Takeda Yixiong couldn't help but asked in surprise, "Commander, have you seen it before? What kind of tank is this?"
Shun Tada took a few more glances with the telescope and said firmly, "Yes, this is the Czech LT38. Although the appearance has changed a little, it is basically the same. Damn it! Isn't this a tank that was just invented last year?
Why are there so many here?"
Takeda Takeo was also a little surprised. On the one hand, he was surprised that the Eighth Route Army was not using the Soviet tanks he had imagined. On the other hand, he was surprised that Tada Shun actually recognized this tank.
Tada Shun rolled his eyes a few times and said, "There must be a problem here. The Czech Republic has basically been controlled by Germany, but it will take at least half a year to transport these tanks here to train the troops. That is, these tanks have just been
The invention was sent here, who could have made it? Germany? Or the Soviet Union? If it’s Germany, it shouldn’t be... If it’s the Soviet Union, when did the relationship between the Czech Republic and the Soviet Union become so good?”
Takeda Takeo said, "If what the Commander said is true, I think it is still the Soviet Union. What Germany wants and should give is Chiang Kai-shek, not the Eighth Route Army."
Tada Shun nodded and said, "These are all things later. I know some of the parameters of these tanks. There are at least sixty of them here. Our chances of winning are very low. The Eighth Route Army would rather sacrifice infantry than these tanks."
, trying to get close enough to bomb them is basically unsuccessful. We also don’t have anti-tank weapons, hey... our intelligence was so wrong, if I encounter that woman again, I will have to kill her."
Takeda Takeo knew that he was talking about Kawashima Yoshiko, whose whereabouts are still unknown.
"They stopped." Yoshimoto Teiichi said suddenly.
Tada Shun quickly looked around, and sure enough, the Eighth Route Army stopped about one kilometer away from the Japanese position. Looking at the time, it was about three o'clock in the afternoon.
"They are preparing to eat, and we are also eating. We order Xiaqu Town not to stop, to continue the attack, and to use flesh and blood to create a path for us!" Tada Shun ordered forcefully.
Takeda Yixiong couldn't help but feel worried when he heard this. He thought for a while and said, "Commander, please let me go. I am willing to fight a bloody path for the troops."
Tada Shun looked at Takeda Takeo and hesitated, "You?"
Takeda Yixiong lowered his head and said, "I can't sit here while watching our warriors bleed. Now they no longer need me as a staff officer, but they need a warrior who can open a way for the troops to survive."
Jun Tada looked at the Eighth Route Army fighter planes flying overhead from time to time and nodded and said, "Okay, go ahead and be careful along the way."
——Xiaqu Town
"Brigadier Xu, the Japanese army has gone crazy. Many Japanese soldiers came to us with explosive packs to fight for their lives. Many of our soldiers are also red-blooded. Now the battlefield is full of Japanese soldiers and soldiers who have perished together. The machine guns are also red. Hurry up.
I can't stand it anymore." A commander hurriedly ran in and said.
Xu Haidong picked up the riding crop and wanted to whip it, but finally held back and said, "We are in difficulty, and the devils are even more difficult. The devils can't stand it any longer. This is their final madness. I tell you, even if you die, you still have to hold me with two hands."
Keep the Japanese alive and don't let them pass!"
"Report, the Wucun position is in emergency." A communications soldier suddenly stood up and said.
"What? What is Shan Degui doing? Put me on the phone right away!" Xu Haidong shouted with his eyes red.
"It's connected." Xu Haidong grabbed it and cursed, "Shan Degui, what did you do? Can't one of your regiments defend a village?"
Shan Degui was also an old Red Army soldier who had come from the Long March. His face felt hot and he said, "Brigadier Commander, there are too many Japs. Even our machine guns can't hit them. The soldiers are fighting hand-to-hand with the Japs. The Japs are here."
I'm so scared..."
Xu Haidong's horsewhip hit the ground with a snap and he cursed, "What can't be stopped? The entire northern front is blocking it, but you can't stop it? I tell you! Let the Japanese go and make this battle fail. Go find the division commander yourself."
, No, go find Mr. Zhu to explain."
Before he finished speaking, a communications soldier stood up and said, "Report, a telegram from the division headquarters, saying that the military headquarters asked who the commander opposite us is? Why is it always urgent?"
Xu Haidong scratched his head and said, "How do I know who is on the opposite side? Tell the military department, I don't know, but the Japanese army is charging very urgently and is very desperate, but please believe that we can hold it!"
Shan Degui said, "I know, there is a new commander on the other side, named Takeda Takeo. The name was being shouted over there just now."
Xu Haidong blinked and said, "Takeda Takeo, is he a nobody? Just send a message to the military headquarters and say that the commander opposite Takeda Village has been replaced. His name is Takeda Takeo."
Less than ten minutes later, the communications soldier stood up again and said, "Report, the military headquarters ordered that the Wucun position be abandoned to give the Japanese army an opening. When the Japanese army escapes, the entire army will cover it up, and other troops will cooperate with us to cover it up."
Xu Haidong simply didn't believe his ears. He took the telegram and read it carefully. After he was sure, he touched his head, shook his head and called the phone and said, "Shan Degui, order your troops to withdraw slowly? What? You guys?"
The regiment commander went up to fight with the bayonet? He was just playing the piano randomly. Pull him down and just say what I said and ask him to retreat for me!!"