Chapter 338 Has become a lonely army (National Day holiday, I wish you a happy holiday)
It's not just about licking your wounds.
Because big wounds can no longer be treated by licking them.
In this round of crazy attacks that far exceeded those of the previous days, the Chinese side killed 800 people and seriously injured nearly a thousand people. The number of injuries was so high that even the sufficient medicines prepared previously were used up. Even medical doctors like Ji Yanxue and Liu Xueyuan
The laymen have become the main force in rescuing the wounded.
In just one battle, the entire defense line was reduced by more than half again, and the number of soldiers who could still hold on to the position had dropped to an extremely dangerous level. Even though Shanzhao Yukou had only 60 people left, no more than a platoon, Liu Lang had already
No more reinforcements can be sent to him.
The independent regiment he had worked so hard to build was crippled all at once. Even Liu Lang, who was mentally prepared, had for the first time the idea of withdrawing from the position overnight to preserve his strength.
It can be seen how much damage this cruel attack did to the independent regiment.
But even if Liu Lang wanted to withdraw, it would not be so easy now. Half an hour ago, Qi Guangyuan called in pain, and his cold words were broken.
The defeat of Lengkou meant that the flanks of the 29th Army were under a major threat. It was almost unnecessary for Qi Guangyuan to elaborate. Liu Lang knew that the 29th Army must be forced to retreat. Otherwise, the 29th Army would be trapped by nearly 20,000 Japanese troops.
surrounded.
Gubeikou had been captured three days ago, and the three Type A divisions affiliated with the Central Army were beaten and fled in panic, just like in the past.
The only difference from the past time and space is that because Liu Lang contained the main force of the Japanese army at Luowenyukou, the 6th Division of Gubeikou was not as strong as it once was. With the help of reinforcements quickly dispatched by Peiping, the three central
The division rearranged its defense line in Miyun to confront the Japanese army, so as not to completely expose Luo Wenyu's left side to the Japanese front.
If that were the case, Liu Lang might have considered retreating as early as three days ago. Naturally, there would be no subsequent glorious record of continuously defeating the Japanese army and even killing a Japanese brigade commander.
But even so, when Lengkou was breached, Liu Lang also knew that Luo Wenyu's war had basically come to an end. He created a series of miracles, but he still could not change history. The Japanese army finally crossed the Great Wall and the troops came.
The hinterland of northern China.
The Japanese troops, separated by no more than 300 miles between the two groups, were like two crab claws, tightly surrounding Luo Wenyu in the center. If the independent regiment wanted to retreat, it would definitely be as ugly as it wanted to die.
This was the reason why Qi Guangyuan was in pain. In the front, more than 10,000 Japanese troops were desperately attacking. The two sides at the rear and flank, which should have been the safest, turned out to be dominated by the Japanese troops. And the three of their regiments could still fight.
With more than 1,500 people, no matter how you look at it, it is a certain death situation.
Even Song Zheyuan, commander of the 29th Army who personally sent him power, gave his final military order to disperse and break out.
What is meant by dispersing and breaking out? The general idea is that you don't have to consider the organization at all, just leave as many as you have, and run wherever there is an opening. This is almost synonymous with the annihilation of the entire army.
It can be seen that the entire 29th Army no longer has any hope for them. Qi Guangyuan knew that the moment the telegram was issued, the entire 29th Army with 40,000 people left had already begun a large-scale retreat. Luo Wenyu could not move
They and the three thousand people who were lying unable to move have become lone soldiers and outcasts.
However, it was almost impossible for Qi Guangyuan to abandon thousands of seriously injured brothers and escape. Otherwise, he would not have called Liu Lang the first moment he received the news, but would have called Liu Lang as soon as the Japanese troops retreated.
They abandoned their baggage and retreated desperately with their men and horses. There was a 60% chance of jumping out of the encirclement before the Japanese army encircled them.
Either the entire army will be annihilated or a strong man will lose his wrist. This difficult choice was thrown in front of Liu Lang by Qi Guangyuan. Perhaps Qi Guangyuan himself did not realize that he had put all the choices and even his own life in Liu Lang's hands. This level of trust even
surpassed his immediate superior Liu Ruming.
This battle was about death. Liu Lang did not disappoint him. The decision he made was heroic but not sad. Perhaps this was what Qi Guangyuan wanted.
However, Liu Lang did not like death as much as Qi Guangyuan imagined. He still had a woman he liked that he had not married as his wife, and his parents had not provided for him until the end of his life. More importantly, how could he miss the magnificent Patriotic War five years later?
Got his figure?
Now that we have become a lone army.
Since, we are about to be trapped in a tight siege.
Then we can only survive in death.
Liu Lang had never admired himself so much at that moment. Originally, he just wanted to leave a spark of fire in the hope that the phoenix would rise to nirvana. Unexpectedly, now it has become the only life-saving straw.
Then do something big. Liu Lang walked out of the field hospital directly and entered the independent regiment headquarters. What greeted him were pairs of eyes of disbelief and surprise, desperately suppressed cheers, and a horrified man who quickly lowered his head and tried to stabilize himself.
Emotions are hidden in the darkness.
At this moment, Liu Lang no longer needed to hide his whereabouts.
The last stop is not tomorrow, but tonight. It’s a dark and windy night that can kill people.
But Liu Lang's first military order was not to kill people, but to retreat.
Of course, those who could still walk and shoot were not allowed to retreat. Those who were evacuated were the seriously wounded. All the medical staff of the three regiments and the two thousand seriously wounded began to retreat towards Peiping.
The carriages used by the baggage company were no longer available and the speed was not enough. The 29th Army had already begun to retreat. Originally, there were only two regiments used to block the enemy. After Liu Lang and Qi Guangyuan jointly requested, Song Zheyuan reluctantly agreed to increase the number of troops to block the enemy.
to three regiments. However, Song Zheyuan had made it very clear in the telegram that the most they could do was delay the 14th mixed brigade from Lengkou until noon tomorrow.
Song Zheyuan couldn't trade the lives of all the soldiers in three entire regiments for the three crippled regiments here. To allow them to withstand the equipment of nearly 10,000 Japanese troops for sixteen hours was already the maximum that Song Zheyuan could bear.
limit.
However, Liu Lang still had a trump card in his hand, the supply camp of the division. I wonder if Liu Lang had already thought about running away. From the day he arrived at Luo Wenyu, he just used various means to hold back the supply camp.
Its return to construction.
No matter how Huang Jie over there urged him, Liu Lang just kept pushing him with all kinds of methods. As for Huang Jie, he was short-handed. After all, Liu Lang ran thousands of miles and was the first to come on behalf of the Second Division.
The Northern Military Commission reported that he earned enough face both in front of the military and political bosses and in front of the northern people.
Naturally, Huang Jie could not forcefully suppress Liu Lang with military orders at this time. After all, it would be very stressful for his regiment to defend the entire pass, and it would inevitably require transportation capacity. Huang Jie even replaced Liu Lang.
Lang thought of a possibility. Once the war went bad, the entire regiment would escape on the cart of the baggage camp. Running on four wheels, the little Japanese with his short legs would definitely not be able to catch him.
As a result, the return of the supply camp was delayed. Until Liu Lang's independent regiment achieved a shocking feat and killed the fourth brigade. Now, the supply camp could not return at all, and Huang Jie simply seemed like
It's like forgetting that there is a supply camp, it hasn't been mentioned at all in the past half month.
In order to prevent the transport battalion's carts from being destroyed by Japanese artillery fire, Liu Lang had been ordering the transport battalion to be stationed in a small village fifteen miles away from Luo Wenyu Pass.
Now, it finally came in handy. The supply camp was enough to transport more than 2,000 seriously injured people to Peking. The leader of the team was Ji Yanxue. The guards responsible for the protection were lined up in a reinforced class. The team was led by the newly mentioned senior officer.
Scholars and grandchildren could not.
Ji Yanxue did not refuse this time, because she was the only one capable of properly arranging these more than 2,000 seriously injured people in Beiping, an important northern town.
The two of them didn't even have time to say goodbye. As their eyes met, Ji Yanxue resolutely turned around to direct the evacuation. The difficulty was no less than a battle. How many of the 2,000 seriously injured people could survive in the end depended on her.
Liu Lang's second military order was for someone to raise a huge Kongming Lantern at Luo Wenyu Pass, as if to pray for the safety of the seriously injured soldiers in the retreat.
This was also the second time that the Japanese on the opposite side saw the Chinese releasing Kongming lanterns.