my bright sword career

Chapter 492

Although Gao Hongming promised to save the Yankees, and has been preparing for it, the sudden arrival of Okamura Ningji and Japanese reinforcements disrupted his deployment.

Beginning on June 26, the 47th Cavalry Brigade, the 5th Division, and the [-]th Independent Mixed Brigade rushed to the battlefield one after another. The originally clear battle situation fell into chaos and stalemate, and even became tragic.

With the arrival of tens of thousands of Japanese troops, the people in the temporary joint headquarters felt a heavy pressure. After discussion, Gao Hongming and Commander Liu decided to stop the oppressive attack on the Japanese army and temporarily shrink their troops back.

Gangcun Ningci was keenly aware of the actions of the coalition forces, and immediately commanded the army to overwhelm them without hesitation.

In the temporary joint headquarters, the staff officers are marking the progress of the troops' attack on the sand table.

The red ones are our own troops, and the blue ones are Japanese troops.

Now the blue square is slowly pressing towards Liantai County in a semicircle, and the densely packed flags make one's scalp tingle.

"Report...the 47th Division of the Japanese Army has broken through our defense line in Lizi Village and is advancing towards our deep position. The 386th Brigade is retreating as planned."

"Report, the Sixth Division of the Japanese Army has approached the new brigade's defense line, and Brigadier Wang requested to send air support."

As the battle reports continued to come in, the atmosphere in the headquarters became more tense, and the expressions of the staff officers became more dignified.

The current battle situation can be described as sudden changes. Just before the arrival of Gangcun Ningci, the coalition forces composed of the Liantai militia and the Eighth Route Army once suppressed the Japanese army, but with the arrival of Japanese reinforcements, the situation immediately reversed.

Facing the severe situation, after discussing with Commander Liu and Political Commissar Ping, Gao Hongming ordered the troops to stop attacking and retreat temporarily.

After hearing the constant news from the staff officers, Gao Hongming also became very dignified. He thought for a while and said to Master Liu: "Mr. Liu, the Japanese army's attack speed exceeded our previous expectations. I think the situation may have changed. "

"What do you think."

After Mr. Liu finished speaking, he took off his glasses and began to take out the glasses cloth to wipe them.

After being in contact with Mr. Liu for so many days, Gao Hongming discovered a little habit of Mr. Liu. When he encounters a major problem and is unable to make a decision for a while, he will subconsciously wipe his glasses.

He continued: "According to intelligence, the 47th Division is a second-class division, and its combat effectiveness should be at the second-rate or even third-rate level among Japanese field divisions. However, judging from today's combat situation, the 47th Division's offensive is extremely Ferocious, what does this mean?"

Without waiting for Master Liu to speak, Gao Hongming continued: "This shows that the little devils are in a hurry, and they want a quick battle."

"Think about it, don't look at the fact that the Japanese army has now occupied more than half of China, and they seem to be invincible, but their military strength is almost used to the limit.

This time Gangcun Ningci used the 108th Division and the 47th Division to deal with my small local militia, which was already stretched in terms of strength. Now he has also transferred the [-]th Division and two brigades. Once something goes wrong, his position as commander may not be stable. "

"That makes sense." Master Liu nodded, "Then what do you think?"

"I thought so."

Gao Hongmingdao picked up a baton and pointed at the sand table and said: "The 386th Brigade abandoned the defense line of Lizi Village and retreated to the Daliling area, which is already the last line of defense in the southwest of Liantai County.

If Daliling falls again, we will have no danger to defend. The Japanese army can go straight to Liantai County as long as they go straight for [-] kilometers. Therefore, Daliling can be said to be our lifeline in the southwest, and we must not lose it.

But now, among the Japanese troops we are facing, 47 is the most aggressive and aggressive.

My suggestion is to take advantage of the fact that the Japanese army has just arrived in Daliling and is not stable enough to spread out the two armored battalions for a counter-attack. It is best to wipe out one or two of their regiments. In this way, the 47th Division It will be unfounded, and our pressure will be reduced a lot. What do you think? "

Master Liu thought for a while, then shook his head: "It's not enough...Although the 47th Division is only a second-class division, the strength of the 386th Brigade and the two armored battalions alone is still a bit weak."

Gao Hongming smiled slightly: "What if we add four more B-25 bomber squadrons?"

"Four B-25 bomber squadrons?" Master Liu asked in surprise, "Aren't there only two B-25 bomber squadrons?"

"Mr. Liu, have you forgotten those Yankees in Doolittle?"

On the position of the 47th Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant Miura Tatsuo leaned against a 1.5-meter-high trench and smoked inferior cigarettes. Smoked.

Moreover, he has to send most of his military salary home every month for the two younger sisters in the family to study. Lixiang Miura has had an ideal since he was a child, that is to let the two younger sisters live a good life and avoid being like other children in the village. Girls are also sold by their parents to the tea house to be chicken girls.

After being sold out, many girls in the village said goodbye to their families for the rest of their lives, never seeing their relatives again.

Miura Lixiang didn't want his two younger sisters to suffer such a fate, so he joined the army and came to Huaxia. I heard that many soldiers who came here have found a fortune after retiring.

In the past two years in China, Miura Lixiang, like other Japanese soldiers, regarded the camp holiday as a good opportunity to make a fortune. They went out to plunder the property of the people near the station. If it is more serious, he will be directly stabbed to death with a bayonet. In the past two years, Miura Lixiang has snatched a lot of things.

"Ah, I will be retiring in two months, I believe that the golden Buddha I snatched from the rich man's house in China a few days ago can help my family and my two younger sisters live a good life.

However, I heard that Liantai County is the richest place in Shanxi, maybe after the imperial army invades Liantai County, they can grab more gold. " Miura Lixiang thought happily while touching a little golden Buddha in his arms.

Seeing that the sky was about to brighten, Tatsuo Miura yawned a long time, covering his mouth with the [-]-type rifle on his back, and was about to walk towards the tent not far away, ready to wash his face and refresh himself. His squadron was a sharp knife unit Well, it must be the first group to launch an attack after dawn, so it won't work if you don't cheer up.

It's just that when he looked up at the sky, his yawning mouth opened wide, but he couldn't close it anymore. Orange rays of light flew from afar, and judging from their direction, they were flying in the right direction. It is one's own position.

"Cannon. Cannonball"

A shrill cry sounded from the position, but it was immediately covered by the sound of the roaring shells exploding.

The 91st Wing to which Miura Lixiang belongs has always been the vanguard of the 47th Division, and this time is no exception, so this time it is also the first unit to receive patronage.

In bursts of flames, the 91st Regiment was covered by artillery fire all over the sky.

"Moxi Moxi, this is the Division Headquarters, 91st Regiment? 91st Regiment, 91st Regiment, do you hear that? 91st Regiment" the anxious voice of the operational staff kept ringing in the headquarters.

"Report to Your Excellency, our contact with the 91st Regiment has been interrupted. It is estimated that the telephone line has been blown up. Please send a communication soldier to check the line." The voice of the combat staff officer woke up the 47th Division head Tongzhen who was still thinking. lieutenant general.

Dasu Tongzhen leaned on his command knife and looked at the sky more than ten kilometers away that was reddened by the artillery fire with an ugly expression.

As an aspiring division commander, he really wanted to prove himself through this battle, so after receiving the mission, he led the 47th Division to launch a fierce attack against the 386th Brigade in front of him, and finally forced the opponent to retreat.

It's just that before he could catch up with the retreating Eighth Route Army, the opposite side actually launched a counterattack against him, and the blow directly hit him with stars in his eyes.

"I can't go on like this anymore, I must take the initiative in my own hands," Daza Tongzhen, who admired the desire to attack in his bones, thought viciously in his heart.

He stood up suddenly and shouted to the combat staff officer: "Order the 105th Regiment to immediately reinforce the 91st Regiment as soon as the Chinese shelling stops."

"Hi!"

Half an hour later, the shelling stopped abruptly, and the deafening sound of the howitzers and the sharp howling shells on the Japanese positions soon disappeared.

Colonel Kato Shoji, the commander of the 91st Regiment of the Japanese Army, climbed out of the remaining ruins. Looking at the position that had been plowed by [-] bison at the same time, he shouted hoarsely with a throat that was almost smoking: "Is there anyone else? Is there anyone alive! Come out, the Chinese are going to attack!"

Following Kato Masaji's shout, several ragged figures scattered around him, wandering to his side to gather.

Kato Shoji led the remaining soldiers to look for survivors around the headquarters. They planed and shoveled with their hands, but unfortunately most of them were stumps and broken arms. It took more than ten minutes to find 200 survivors. Several surviving soldiers.

Just when Kato Zhengji was leading the soldiers and wanted to continue searching for survivors, a burst of creaking metal friction sounded suddenly in front, accompanied by bursts of roaring.

"No...it's a chariot!" Everyone's complexion changed, no one thought that the Chinese who were chased by them just now came back with a carbine, and it was an armored force.

Knowing that he must not retreat at this moment, Kato Zhengji shouted in a hoarse voice: "Masters, the Chinese chariots are coming, our anti-tank weapons have been destroyed, now please remember Nogi General Xidian’s philosophy of serving the country with seven lives, if you don’t have enough steel bullets, you have to hit them with meat bullets! Now, please put all the explosives in front of me.”

After a while, more than a dozen explosive packs had piled up in front of Masaji Kato.

Immediately, he personally selected a dozen soldiers and tied them with white ribbons on their heads to form a meat bomb team, led by a sergeant himself, to attack the Chinese army's tanks with meat bombs.

And the dozen or so soldiers who were selected understood it.I have no way out.

(End of this chapter)