Chapter 1081 If you have revenge, you have to repay
Liu Lang knew that Lieutenant General Zhao felt guilty because the two fire platoons supported by his independent regiment suffered heavy casualties.
In the Battle of Snowflake Mountain, in order to provide fire support to the 102nd Infantry Regiment on the defense line, the two fire platoons used 20mm machine guns as level guns to bombard the Japanese 92nd Infantry Cannon, and they also used anti-aircraft guns to fight the Japanese troops in the sky.
Dealing with it can be said to be a great effort.
However, the Japanese 38th Aviation Wing, which had suffered heavy losses on the air defense positions of the Jiuguan Independent Regiment, was so crazy that Liu Lang was not expecting it. They actually dispatched two squadrons of aircraft in one go. Their goal was not only to
The infantrymen on the Snowflake Mountain position were aimed at destroying the anti-aircraft artillery positions deployed around Snowflake Mountain.
Although they were outnumbered, the two anti-aircraft gun positions of the Independent Regiment were outnumbered. Even if the entire position was submerged in artillery fire, the cannons that resounded in the sky never stopped until an aerial bomb hit the right side of the anti-aircraft gun position 20 meters away.
The violent air waves tore the steel twin cannons into pieces before the roar of the cannons stopped.
In this battle, two Japanese aircraft were lost in battle. All four twin-mounted machine guns of the independent regiment's anti-aircraft artillery platoon were destroyed, and all four MG42 machine guns were destroyed. One fire platoon had 45 people, all killed, and the other fire platoon had 15 people killed and 25 injured.
, almost everyone was injured.
When the telegram reached Liu Lang, Liu Lang's face turned dark all afternoon. Since the establishment of the independent regiment, no organized combat unit has ever been completely wiped out, even Zhou Shiyu's death-defying company, Cheng Yuanshan
In the night attack on the Japanese heavy artillery brigade, at least a dozen of them were left as seeds.
But this fire platoon transferred from the Zhou Shiyu Death Battalion turned out to be all black...
Liu Lang only made one request to Zhao Shoushan, which was to collect the remains of 60 people. He promised that he would take everyone home, even if it was just a handful of ashes.
He sent Yan Qiguan to lead a security squad to escort Liu Xueyuan to the 17th Division headquarters, and also wanted them to take the bodies of 60 independent regiment officers and soldiers back to the independent regiment headquarters.
However, Liu Lang was ultimately disappointed. The attack the 17th Division encountered was the only one Zhao Shoushan had seen in his life. The entire division left no reserve team and rushed to the front line. Although 60 mutilated bodies wrapped in white cloth were transported to Pulu
However, Ling did not have the ability to transport it back to the independent regiment headquarters more than 40 miles away. Liu Lang could only order Yan Qiguan to be cremated on the spot and return with the ashes.
He came here personally, not only to welcome Lieutenant General Zhao and the 6,000 soldiers under his command, but also for the purpose of taking these 60 soldiers home.
The transport truck of the Huashang Group is at the mountain pass dozens of miles away. The coffins of nearly a hundred soldiers who have died in the Independence Regiment will be waiting for these 60 people to return to Guangyuan, Sichuan and be buried in the Martyrs Cemetery next to the base of the Independence Regiment.
"Mr. Zhao, don't blame yourself too much. When my regiment took the oath to fight in Guangyuan, all four thousand of our regiment were determined to be shrouded in horse hides. They were just begging for mercy. As for the 17th Division, the number of soldiers who died in this battle was
Thousands of people are our role model for China. Commander Zhao, you and the 17th Division will be remembered by our Chinese nation for this battle. You are the true heroes of our Chinese nation." Liu Lang slowly shook his head and looked at the people who were already here.
It was a general with a little Huafa but no more than middle age. He raised his hand solemnly: "On behalf of the Independent Regiment of the 22nd Army, I salute!"
"On behalf of the 772nd Regiment of the 129th Division, I salute!" Commander Ye of the 772nd Regiment on the side also raised his right hand and saluted solemnly.
This is not a salute from a subordinate to a superior, but a salute from a soldier to a soldier, and from a fellow soldier to a fellow soldier. At this moment, they actually represent the Chinese people saluting another group of Chinese people who have made great sacrifices.
Whether it is Zhao Shoushan or all the officers and soldiers of the 17th Division, they deserve this gift.
Zhao Shoushan burst into tears and returned the gift solemnly.
Liu Xueyuan did not write this scene in her battlefield diary, but recorded it in her private diary.
"Having experienced too many tragic wars, I no longer want to write about the tears of soldiers and the courtesy of soldiers, because I already understand that tears cannot save China. But at that moment, the gray-haired lieutenant general and the young and handsome colonel exchanged military salutes.
At that moment, my heart still trembled. One was the division commander who was forced to retreat after running out of ammunition and food, and the other was the sad regimental commander who came to greet the ashes of his 45 subordinates. Although they were both crying, I was not.
I felt fragile, but also seemed to have a kind of strength. Although they raised their right hands, they were speechless, but I could clearly feel that they would not back down because of the heavy casualties. This battle was just about protecting their home and country.
Just once in a long journey, they would still move towards the Japanese invaders' artillery fire.
Because their military salutes tell me that they are Chinese soldiers, Chinese soldiers who will not back down. Even if they suffer heavy casualties again, face sorrow again, or even die because of it.
Whenever I think that he may die for this, my heart aches. However, I know that I can't stop him. The only thing I can do, perhaps, is to stay with him. Just like he said, he used a gun,
After killing the enemy, I will use my pen to record my bravery until the end of my life.
I am afraid that he will die, but miraculously, I am not afraid of myself. Maybe, this is love!"
Liu Xueyuan's private diary was not handed over to the Military Museum of the Republic by his daughter until all the parties involved had passed away decades later. It became an important physical evidence recording the Battle of Niangziguan between China and Japan. Later generations lamented the brutality of the battle that day.
, in addition to the bravery of the Chinese soldiers at that time, they were also greatly impressed by the personal charm of a certain regiment member.
Liu Tuanzuo was probably the only one who could make such a beautiful reporter tell lies with her eyes wide open! After all, according to historical records, Tuanzuo was still a fat man weighing at least 200 kilograms at that time.
At 26 years old, he can be called young, but handsome... This word really doesn't suit him!
"Bullshit, Yang Guifei weighs 138 pounds and can be ranked among the top four beauties! I'm 200 pounds but I'm just tall, and your mother's eyes are fierce." But Liu Lang told the little girl who saw his mother's private diary with just one sentence.
The girl believed it.
In the late autumn of 1937, the person standing in the field and exchanging salutes with the lieutenant general was an extremely handsome young colonel. In the eyes of his mother, in her eyes, he had always been a very handsome man.
In fact, without using the metaphor of the shameless Concubine Yang, the little girl never thought that there was anyone more handsome than him in her life. Ever since he appeared in her world, he was her most generous person.
According to the arrangements of the war zone, the 17th Division withdrew to 20 miles behind Jiuguan for repairs. After replenishing ammunition and supplies, it could return to the battlefield as a reserve at any time.
The old Shanxi man showed up again. Before the 17th Division could reach the station, he sent people to stop the 17th Division Artillery Battalion and confiscated the 6 mountain guns of the Artillery Battalion to support the battle in Niangziguan area. Don't say that Zhao Shoushan was so angry.
With green eyes, he rushed to the Jindong Theater Headquarters all night to ask for an explanation. Even Liu Lang, who knew the Shanxi old man was shrewd, was quite speechless.
In the past, the old man from Shanxi made such a move, using the excuse of a lack of artillery on the front line to seize all the artillery of the 17th Division. Unexpectedly, he would remain stubborn in this life. When it comes to artillery, Shanxi ranks first in the country.
In the Xinkou artillery battle, he deployed a total of 300 75-meter mountain guns, ten mountain artillery regiments, and 100 150-meter heavy artillery and five heavy artillery regiments. They beat Seishiro Itagaki, known as the "Steel Army", to the point of peeing and moaning in agony. It can be regarded as a Chinese and Japanese aggressor artillery.
The most successful battle ever.
Who would have thought that the Commander-in-Chief of the 2nd Theater with such wealth would even pay attention to a mere 6 artillery pieces. Based on the idea that a mosquito's legs are still meat no matter how small they are, he even wanted to keep the equipment of friendly forces together.
Liu Lang was not used to the idea of this small businessman this time, and directly telegraphed to the Jindong frontline headquarters. If the headquarters did not support an artillery regiment on the Jiuguan frontline, the independent regiment, which had suffered heavy losses from the Japanese 105 howitzer shelling, would retreat.
Go to the headquarters flank for repairs.
It stands to reason that Liu Lang, a colonel and commander of a small regiment, was about to retreat from the power generation headquarters, but the deputy commander of the 2nd Theater Command, who had long been regarded as a general, ordered the supervising team to go and shoot him on the spot as a warning to others.
But apart from the fact that Liu Lang, the colonel leader with two medals of the Blue Sky and White Sun, is completely different from the other colonels, the independent regiment is quite awesome!
Except for the independent regiment, that regiment dared to say that one regiment was able to resist the attack of a Japanese infantry regiment at Jiuguan, and it still held on for two days with the assistance of an artillery group with 12 105 howitzers and an artillery group with 12 field guns.
Commander Huang knew very well that there was no such thing. Neither the Central Army nor the Shanxi-Sui Army did.
Liu Lang is very crazy, but he has the capital to be crazy. If he wants to retreat, no one can stop him. The most important thing is that the old barriers cannot be maintained.
In addition, Liu Lang annihilated a Japanese cavalry regiment before the war, and he was not greedy for credit. He gave all the credit to the frontline generals. A lieutenant-general-level command knife and six prisoners really impressed Huang Shang.
Will steal the show in the newspapers.
This artillery must be supported.
As a result, the six guns of the 17th Division Artillery Battalion under the command of the Commander of the 2nd Theater became the artillery to support the frontline operations of the independent regiment, and were then transferred by Liu Lang to the jurisdiction of the 17th Division. From personnel to equipment, the company
Didn't even move.
It's just that the station is a few miles closer to Jiuguan, which can be regarded as quietly saving some face for the biggest boss in the second theater, although the shells may not even be able to hit Jiuguan.
However, on this night, the 17th Division received military orders again. As a reserve force, they were preparing reinforcements in the direction of Jiuguan.
That, not only was the fighting situation in Jiuguan suddenly intensified, requiring reserves. It was also a gift from Liu Lang to the 17th Division, a gift that would make the entire remaining division extremely happy.
They suffered heavy losses under the Japanese attack. Then, when the whole army counterattacks the Japanese army, the remaining two infantry regiments of the 17th Division can also kill the Japanese!
"It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge within ten years." But Liu Tuanzuo has never been a gentleman. If he had a grudge, he would take revenge immediately.
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PS: Fengyue is in a very happy mood this afternoon, because the old mother’s examination report finally came out. She was fine, just a little inflammation, and she was discharged from the hospital in the afternoon. Thank you for everyone’s blessings, thank you. That little girl, hehe, is an important person.
!Perhaps, she will be a more important character in the next book of Fengyue! Dig a small hole in advance.