After the support troops arrived, the independent regiment was immediately replaced. The defensive battle at Cross Ridge caused many casualties to the entire independent regiment.
According to Li Yunlong, the support troops arrived in time. Otherwise, if he continued to fight against the Japanese, he would have to lead the soldiers of the Independent Regiment to really fight against the Japanese. After this battle, it would take two or three months for the Independent Regiment to defeat the Japanese.
After recovering, the casualties of some of the veterans were what troubled Li Yunlong the most. In any army, veterans are extremely important. In battle, it is precisely because of the existence of enough veterans that the army can be guaranteed to have enough
Strong combat effectiveness.
The fact that the Independent Regiment can have such strong combat effectiveness has something to do with Li Yunlong's command, and it also has something to do with the fact that there are enough veterans in the Independent Regiment. It takes a certain amount of time to train new recruits, and recruits can only truly possess combat effectiveness if they have seen blood.
, Recruits who have never seen blood will never have enough combat effectiveness.
Li Yunlong had a headache when he thought about the independent regiment's need to restore its combat effectiveness. At this time, he was a little lucky. He was very lucky that he had the political commissar Zhao Gang. With Zhao Gang here, he could relax a lot. Among them, the recruitment of soldiers,
It can be left to Zhao Gang. Li Yunlong believes that with Zhao Gang's eloquence, the independent regiment will be able to get enough troops to supplement.
With the troops taking over the defense of the Independent Regiment, the Independent Regiment naturally no longer has the need to stay in Cross Ridge. In order to restore the combat effectiveness of the Independent Regiment as soon as possible, Li Yunlong, after consulting the division headquarters, prepared to take the Independent Regiment to leave Cross Ridge and resume operations.
Return to the original station I for development. Considering the casualties of the independent regiment, the division headquarters naturally agreed to Li Yunlong's request. The independent regiment's combat effectiveness is not weak, and the division headquarters will not let the independent regiment easily have problems.
The defensive battle at Cross Ridge was under special circumstances this time. If it had been placed at any other time, the division headquarters would certainly not have asked the independent regiment to stick to its position.
Before the independent group left, Li Yunlong and others paid a special visit to Liu Gen. Since Liu Gen was not a member of the independent group, he naturally could not leave with the independent group. What's more, Liu Gen led the group to Cross Ridge.
He actually had an important mission of his own, so what would happen if he left with the independent group? For this reason, Liu Gen could only stay in Shiziling and wait for the arrival of the division commander and headquarters bosses.
Liu Gen knew that he wouldn't be able to wait long here. Judging from the news he received, it would only take a day or two for the division commanders and bosses to arrive at Cross Ridge.
After talking with Li Yunlong and others, Li Yunlong and others left. Before leaving, Li Yunlong naturally did not forget to take the monk away. The monk successfully woke up from his coma and his mental state improved. I think Li Yunlong was very fond of the monk's treasure.
The degree will definitely make the doctor treat the monk wholeheartedly, and the monk's departure will not affect his treatment. As for the other soldier, he has not woken up from a coma, and he does not know whether he can persist.
Liu Gen very much hoped that this soldier could persevere. He knew that this soldier was not old, only twenty years old. If he could fight together to the end, he naturally did not want this soldier to have any problems. He just didn’t know why.
, even if the doctor treats the soldier wholeheartedly, the soldier still cannot wake up. If he can't wake up again, the soldier may be in some danger.
It is precisely because of this that after the independent regiment left, Liu Gen would look at the unconscious soldier from time to time, hoping to see the soldier wake up as soon as possible.
The unit that took over the defense of the Independent Regiment was the 772nd Regiment of the 386th Brigade. Liu Gen was no stranger to the 772th Regiment. Commander Cheng and Li Yunlong of the 772th Regiment were old enemies. When Commander Cheng was still a new recruit, he was manipulated by Li Yunlong.
He has taught shooting. However, unlike Li Yunlong, Commander Cheng is more prudent. He will not take any combat actions easily without orders from his superiors.
Commander Cheng felt that it was the duty of soldiers to obey orders. After receiving the orders from the brigade and division headquarters, he led the 772nd Regiment to the Independent Regiment as quickly as possible and took over the defense of Cross Ridge.
In terms of defense, Captain Cheng has his own way. The 772nd Regiment led by him may not be able to achieve as impressive a record as the Independent Regiment, but under his leadership, the 772nd Regiment has never suffered any major losses.
Perhaps this is the difference in the commander's personal command style. He did not come to visit Liu Gen until Captain Cheng had completed the defense work of Cross Ridge and reached a foolproof bottom.
During the attack on Liao County, Liu Gen and Commander Cheng had some interactions. When Commander Cheng wanted to get Liu Gen into his 772nd Regiment, the two of them were no strangers to each other. It was just because of the
Due to frequent battles and Liu Gen being around the division headquarters for a long time, the two met less frequently, but it was not that they had never met. Sometimes Captain Cheng would go to the division headquarters for meetings, and he could still see Liu Gen.
After visiting Liu Gen and other wounded soldiers, Captain Cheng felt a little emotional. When he first met Liu Gen, Liu Gen was still the commander of the artillery company of the independent regiment. At Liu Gen's age, he could become the commander of the artillery company.
, is enough to illustrate his ability. Since meeting Liu Gen, Commander Cheng knew that Liu Gen would not be limited to the company commander of the independent regiment artillery company, but even so, he still felt that Liu Gen still needed to be promoted if he wanted to be promoted.
A long period of time.
But who knew that in just two years, Liu Gen had reached such a point. Even if some of the things were kept secret, Captain Cheng could not know more, but like Liu Gen, he could stay for a long time.
How can it be simple when you are at the division headquarters and can see the division commanders and bosses at any time? However, after talking to Liu Gen, Captain Cheng found that Liu Gen had not changed much and his thoughts were still very pure.
He liked it very much.
If Commander Cheng hadn't known that his 772 regiment could not attract Liu Gen, then he would definitely invite Liu Gen to the 772 regiment again. Many troops in the 386 brigade and even the entire 129th division were hostile to the independent regiment.
I am very envious. Who allowed the Independent Regiment to have an artillery company with such strong combat effectiveness? Many troops hope that Liu Gen can go to their troops and help them build an artillery company with sufficient combat effectiveness to compete with the current Eighth Route Army.
In other words, each regiment has an artillery battery, and it can still be maintained by gritting one's teeth.
But unfortunately, even if the 129th established an artillery school to train artillery talents, there will still be a lot of shortages when they are assigned to the units of the 129th Division. What's more, the trainees trained in the artillery school are also very important to other units of the Eighth Route Army.
interested.
He didn't spend too much time with Liu Gen and others. He just took over the defense of Shiziling. Commander Cheng had a lot to do. He didn't want any problems to occur in the next defense of the 772nd Regiment. Commander Cheng was very
Being cautious, in order to successfully defend Cross Ridge, he ordered the soldiers of the 772nd Regiment to lay out many minefields and dig out many traps. At the same time, in order to enhance the lethality against the Japanese, Captain Cheng also asked the soldiers to
They took advantage of the fact that before the Japanese troops arrived, they drew traces on the bullets to enhance the lethality of the bullets.
The soldiers of the 772nd Regiment were equipped with a lot of 38-type rifles. As for the rifles produced by Huangyadong Arsenal, they were not allocated many. During the long-term battle with the Japanese, the soldiers all discovered the Japanese 38-meter rifles.
Yes, it has strong penetrating power, but due to its strong penetrating power, the bullet cannot be left in the enemy's body. This means that unless the enemy's fatal parts are targeted, the enemy will not lose combat effectiveness easily.
It is precisely because of this that the soldiers thought of a way to make a few marks on the bullets to enhance the lethality of the bullets. I have to say that this method is very good. It greatly enhances the lethality of the bullets fired by the 38 rifle, making the
The devil had a headache.
Liu Gen's injury is far from healed, but it does not affect his ability to get up and move around. He clearly saw the layout of the 772nd Regiment on the Cross Ridge. It must be said that Captain Cheng is still very capable in defense.
During this period, some Japanese troops tried to launch an attack on Cross Ridge, but before the Japanese could charge up, they encountered a minefield laid out by the 772nd Regiment. After the Japanese who tried to attack suffered certain casualties, they gave up the charge and turned to
Demining.
The Japs who cleared the mines were not scary. They were even giving the sharpshooters of the 772 Regiment a chance to shoot. Under the shooting of the sharpshooters of the 772 Regiment, the Japs engineers who cleared the mines suffered many casualties. Seeing this, the Japs troops naturally opened fire on their own initiative.
The powerful firepower suppressed the defensive position of the 772nd Regiment, making it impossible for the 772nd Regiment to deal with the Japanese demining engineers.
Facing the enemy's firepower, the 772nd Regiment was well prepared for the response. The sharpshooters took the initiative to move their positions and looked for other suitable angles to continue killing the enemy's demining engineers. As for the other soldiers, they hid in their positions and did not take the initiative to show their faces.
Avoid being hit by the Japs. As for the Japs who want to take advantage of the suppressed fire to rush up, the soldiers of the 772nd Regiment will not have any worries. On the way to attack, they have laid a lot of mines. If the Japs charge, they will
Detonate the mines to make them aware.
Taking advantage of the suppressed fire, the Japanese troops tried to launch an attack. Although they changed the direction of the attack, they still stepped on a mine. The soldiers of the 772nd Regiment noticed this and launched a decisive counterattack, easily repelling the Japanese attack.
Under the defense of the 772nd Regiment, Cross Ridge seemed to have turned into a watertight ball. No matter how hard the Japanese tried, there was no way to successfully rush to Cross Ridge. As for calling for aviation support, the battle on Cross Ridge
, has not received enough attention from the Japs, and the Zhejiang-Jiangxi battle between the frontline Japs and the National Army is in progress. In order to win this battle, the Japs aviation unit was dispatched to support.
The Battle of Zhejiang and Jiangxi was a military operation launched by the Japanese in order to destroy the forward airport group in Zhejiang and prevent the "shuttle bombing" of Chinese and American fighter planes from having a direct impact on the Japanese mainland. It was to "confiscate and destroy railway facilities and equipment and other training
"Various military, political, and economic facilities and materials for combat power", looting supplies, and taking young and middle-aged people abducting the strategic goals of "fighting to support war".
On Cross Ridge, the 772nd Regiment's defense was impenetrable. The Japanese troops did not have heavy firepower to support them, so it was difficult to break through the 772nd Regiment's defensive position.
As time went by, after receiving more and more news that the Eighth Route Army troops had returned to their base areas, the Japanese troops had to choose to retreat. From the marching routes of the Eighth Route Army troops, it can be seen that the Eighth Route Army troops formed a huge encirclement.
.And once the Japanese troops in this encirclement do not withdraw in time, they will inevitably be attacked by various units of the Eighth Route Army.
Even if the Japanese have enough confidence in their own combat effectiveness, they do not dare to easily try what will happen if they are attacked by various units of the Eighth Route Army. They do not want to be left in the base area, so they naturally have no choice but to retreat. The Japanese retreat very quickly, except for some of the Japanese.
In addition to the timely retreat, other Japanese troops completed their retreat before the Eighth Route Army units encircled them.
I have to say that the Japanese troops are quite capable, at least they are very good at executing orders.
On June 13, the division commander and the bosses from the headquarters arrived safely at Cross Ridge. As soon as they arrived, they went directly to the location of the tomb of the deputy chief of staff. When the bosses saw the tomb of the deputy chief of staff, they
Their eyes were filled with tears. They were very familiar with the Deputy Chief of Staff and had very good feelings for him.
During the retreat, the Deputy Chief of General Staff asked to stay and be responsible for the retreat of the headquarters. The bosses were very relieved. They knew the capabilities of the Deputy Chief of General Staff very well and believed that with the protection of the soldiers, the Deputy Chief of General Staff could not easily
What dangers will he encounter? But who would have thought that the deputy chief of staff would encounter life-threatening danger during this transfer?
The Deputy Chief of General Staff has experienced many dangers, but he has survived them all successfully. No one expected that problems would arise during this transfer.
The bosses looked at this simple grave in silence. The soldiers around them had already burst into tears, and their clothes were wet with tears. The soldiers who followed the bosses all knew the sacrifice of the deputy chief of staff.
The sacrifice of the Chief of General Staff was a heavy loss for the Eighth Route Army. After a moment, the bosses wiped away the tears from their eyes. The Deputy Chief of General Staff died, but the battle will continue tomorrow.
If the Japanese are not driven back to their hometown, the battle will not end!
"Where is Liu Gen?" After the mood eased, the teacher asked.
Liu Gen walked out from behind, his eye circles were a little red. Even though he had known about the death of the Deputy Chief of General Staff for a long time and had been on guard for such a long time, his eye circles could not help but turn red at this moment.
The teacher looked at Liu Gen who came to him. He could see Liu Gen's red eyes and pale face. He could also see that Liu Gen was wrapped in many bandages. On the way to Cross Ridge, the teacher
Knowing the casualties suffered by Liu Gen and others, only Liu Gen and three others were left in the entire team. This kind of sacrifice was too great.
"Genzi, how are you? Can we continue fighting?" the division commander asked extremely seriously.
Suddenly, Liu Gen was stunned. He looked at the teacher with some doubts. He didn't quite understand what the teacher meant, but he still nodded hard and said: "Yes!"