"Brothers, you can withdraw now and leave the position to us."
Yang Ling paid a solemn military salute to these brothers of the 58th Division who persisted until the last moment, and said.
The eight weak brothers who survived were brought back from their thoughts by Yang Ling's voice. Seeing Yang Ling's extraordinary bearing and majestic military appearance, they realized that he was an officer. They were stunned for a few seconds and raised their hands to return the salute.
They were looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements, looking to the stars and the moon, but every time they were greeted by waves of Japanese soldiers, they even despaired, but after all, they were not forgotten on the summit, and reinforcements came anyway. They couldn't help it.
Wipe away tears.
"Xizi, send two people over to bandage them." Yang Ling noticed that some of them were injured and hurriedly shouted in the distance.
"No, no, it's just a skin injury." Seeing Yang Ling being so polite, they seemed embarrassed.
Soon two medical soldiers rushed over with medical kits on their shoulders and bandaged the wounds of the scarred brothers. Under the ragged military uniforms, the shocking cuts were painful to see.
They were too tired and weak. They sat there and allowed the medical soldiers to bandage and treat their wounds. Some of them even threw their heads up and fell asleep.
Looking at these brave and tenacious officers and soldiers, Yang Ling waved his hand and asked the stretcher team to come over and carry them down. They took a rest instead, as they had completed their mission of holding on to block the attack.
At various positions in Changling, entire battalions and entire companies of Chinese officers and soldiers were sacrificed on the positions, making Yang Ling and others who came for reinforcements feel particularly heavy.
These sacrificed brothers still maintained their posture before they were sacrificed, struggling with the little devils below them. More of them were covered with bullet holes and bayonet wounds. The blood had dried up, and the fluffy ground was dark red. It was a piece of blood.
Watered land.
Each fighting company silently walked past the fallen brothers. They were like angry volcanoes at this moment, full of anger enough to burn the Japanese to ashes.
Yang Ling and his 151st Brigade blocked the gap in the Changling line, and the 153rd Brigade moved to Zhanggu Mountain, and the weak defense line was once again consolidated.
At this moment, within an area of more than ten kilometers in Wanjialing, the Matsuura Division was surrounded by groups. When he learned that new Chinese troops had appeared on the battlefield, Matsuura Junrokuro was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
Their situation is getting more and more dangerous. Although he has enough confidence in the combat effectiveness of his troops, his opponent is too powerful.
Not only the Fourth Army, which was famous during the Northern Expedition, but also the 66th Army with strong combat effectiveness, other Chinese troops should not be underestimated.
Facing so many squadrons around him, Matsuura Junrokuro had already realized that General Xue Yue wanted to eat them all in one bite.
"Send a telegram to the commander. Our unit is in danger and request reinforcements as soon as possible!" Junrokuro Matsuura had no choice but to send a telegram for reinforcements to the commander of the 11th Army, Okamura Neiji.
At this moment, their route of retreat has been cut off, and the entire division is divided and surrounded in a narrow area of more than ten miles. They do not have much ammunition and food. Without reinforcements, they will undoubtedly be destroyed.
In fact, the commander of the 11th Army in Jiujiang, Okamura Neiji, was more anxious than Matsuura Junrokuro. Reports by war reporters made everyone aware of the news that the Matsuura division was besieged.
Not only did the commander of Central China call to inquire, but the base camp also personally inquired. He was under great pressure if a division was wiped out.
The loss is not only the soldiers, but more importantly the morale is damaged, which will greatly encourage Chongqing's confidence in the war of resistance. Their strategy of forced landing by force will go bankrupt, and the consequences will be chain-linked.
"Let the 27th Division march eastwards at all costs!"
"Order the 106th Division's supplementary troops and the 106th Field Artillery Regiment to merge, quickly form the Saeda detachment, and open up the supply channel with the 106th Division."
"Order the aviation force to fully cover the breakout of the 106th Division after dawn."
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Commander Okamura Neiji quickly issued a series of orders, but it was still unknown whether the Matsuura division could be rescued.
After receiving the order, the Japanese 27th Division launched a fierce attack eastward again and assaulted the front line of Baishui Street.
However, they encountered a tenacious blockade by Huang Wei's 18th Army and found it difficult to advance.
The Saeda detachment, composed of more than 3,000 supplementary troops and a field artillery regiment, was even more unbearable. It was blocked after advancing less than five kilometers.
The sky has darkened, and the night in the mountains has become slightly cooler. The mountains are so dark and steep that it is difficult to see them clearly, but the fierce gunshots ring out from day to night without stopping.
In order to avoid long nights and long dreams, the former enemy commander-in-chief General Wu Qiwei has issued an attack order, asking all armies and divisions to launch attacks on the enemy in front of them. The enemy must not be given a chance to breathe.
In fact, all the units involved in the siege of the 106th Division had previously fought fiercely with the Japanese on various fronts. Although they had replenished weapons and ammunition, the personnel had not been rested and were fighting under fatigue at this moment.
Fortunately, this time it seemed that victory was expected, and the commanders also shouted the slogan at the right time: "Annihilate the Matsuura Division! A tribute to the Double Tenth Day!"
Inspired by such inspiring slogans, although the officers and soldiers in each department were tired, their fighting spirit was high.
The Chinese *** team has begun to attack across the board. General Ou Zhen, commander of the Fourth Army, personally led the troops to attack the northeast of Dajinshan and Wanjialing.
The 74th Army attacked the front line of Changling and Zhanggushan. The 142nd Division, 15th Division, 19th Division and other troops attacked the front line of Ma'anshan and Fenghuang. The 9th and New 13th Divisions cut off the 106th Division's retreat...
All attacking forces have been deployed across the board. Although it is night, the entire Wanjialing area is ablaze with fire and bullets flying like lightning.
Yang Ling and his 301st regiment cooperated with Lin Xiufeng's 302nd regiment to attack the enemy in front of Changling.
Among the entire sequence of attacking troops in the Wanjialing area, the main force was the troops from Guangdong, and they were also the troops that General Xue Yue trusted most.
However, the 74th Army is the only Central Army unit. The 58th Division has exhausted its 10,000 people, and now the only one we can count on is the 51st Division.
"We are the Central Army, and we must set an example for the entire army! We cannot let down the expectations of the people across the country, and the entire company must retreat! Kill the company commander! Retreat the entire battalion! Kill the battalion commander! If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent..."
Army Commander Yu Ji now issued strict military orders to all units. The meaning was very clear, that is, they, the only Central Army unit, could not be looked down upon and had to go all out.
"His!" "Hi!"
The artillery unit started the attack first. The mountainous area was rugged and inconvenient. However, in order to suppress the Japanese firepower, the artillery units carried the artillery up on shoulders and horses.
The sound of the shell tearing through the air hissed past the head, and the brother felt the hot breath, as if the air was burning.
Countless artillery shells rained down on the enemy's position like a rainbow.
"Boom, boom, boom--"
The deafening roar sounded like thunder in the ears, making the eardrums hurt. The enemy's position suddenly burst into flames, and the ground shook.