The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 701 Fierce Battle

In order to capture Baibizhijia, on the 23rd, the Japanese No. 11 Division blasted through tunnels and destroyed the position defended by the [-]th Division.

This process was not smooth. Days of rain caused the soil to become soft. The tunnels excavated by the Japanese engineers not only collapsed, but also saw water. During the excavation process, they needed to be continuously added. Therefore, the Japanese army's excavation was also quite difficult.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Japanese engineers carried a large amount of explosives into the tunnel and detonated it. In the huge explosion, the outer wall of Baibi House collapsed and a gap appeared. Japanese artillery immediately fired a large number of smoke bombs near Baibi House to cover it up. The vision of the national army.

The first battalion of the Japanese No. 40 Fourth Regiment concentrated the strength of three squadrons and coordinated with the Japanese tank squadron that had already assembled in Luodian Town. They attacked from the gap outside Baibi House and rushed into the direction of the national army. Under the fierce attack of the Japanese army, the White Wall House was sacrificed by the Japanese army.

Starting from September [-], the Japanese army spent eleven days relying on tunnel blasting and tank cover to finally destroy the White Wall House.

As Baibizhijia was breached, the No. 11 Division's defense line was shaken. The Japanese First Battalion and the tank troops continued to attack southward, expanding the results. At the same time, the main force of the Japanese No. 40 Fourth Regiment also began to release smoke bombs to force the crossing of Dijing. and successfully crossed the Dijing River.

As the No. 11 Division's defense line collapsed, the Japanese No. 40 Fourth Regiment advanced vigorously, and the flanks of the 40th Division were also exposed to the guns of the No. [-] Fourth Regiment.

The entire defense line of the 40th Division was shaken. That night, the main force of the Japanese No. [-] Third Regiment successfully crossed Dijing and occupied Jinjiacun, the forward position of the [-]th Division.

The position of the new company led by Xia Yuan was breached by the Japanese army. In addition, a company reinforced by the [-]th Division caused heavy casualties and the entire position was surrounded by the Japanese army.

The Japanese army also discovered that the resistance of the national army on the east bank of the Dijing River was quite tenacious. From yesterday to today, they sent several squadrons to attack the east bank of the Dijing River. This unknown national army position suffered huge casualties. From yesterday to now, there have been more than 400 casualties and the loss of seven tanks.

Such casualties and losses forced the Japanese army to pay attention to the national soldiers on this position.

After investigation, it was found that the national army here was as large as a company, but it caused such huge casualties to the attacking Japanese army.

After capturing the west bank of the Dijing River, the Japanese army immediately surrounded the national army on the east bank of the Dijing River, attempting to encircle and annihilate them.

That night, Xia Yuan noticed something was wrong. The fighting on the west bank had not stopped, but was intensifying. He immediately asked Er DuoZi to investigate, and he took people to the front line to investigate. Then he received shocking news that the Japanese army had breached the Dijing River defense line. , occupying the west bank of Dijing River.

In other words, their back has been occupied by the Japanese army.

Xia Yuan stood on the bank of the rolling Dijing River and stared at the west bank of the Dijing River. Sure enough, all the previous defenders had disappeared, leaving only a piece of fortifications.

"Company commander, where are the people?"

The second idiot ran over and stared at the other side, his hands and feet feeling cold.

"It is estimated that other lines of defense have fallen, and the [-]th Division has begun to retreat." Xia Yuan withdrew his gaze and said, "Let's go, let's retreat too!"

"We fought for a day, so many people died, and now we have fallen!?"

"The Japs have defeated us!"

Everyone who received the news felt quite uncomfortable. So many people died, but they still failed to hold the position.

September 24.

night.

The newly formed company cooperated with the [-]st Company of the [-]th Division and began to retreat.

With only about [-] troops left and a dozen wounded, they planned to cross Dijing by force. Halfway across the river, the roar of Japanese mortars and the roar of heavy machine guns came from behind.

Several long and thick fire chains formed from the east bank whipped the river, and a muffled hum could be heard. Someone rolled with the river, made a splash, and disappeared.

Crossing Dijing did not mean safety. The Japanese army still occupied the banks of the Dijing River, including the west bank where they arrived after crossing Dijing.

"Japs, Japs."

The sky at the end of September was already slightly chilly, and the river was bitingly cold. Everyone was shivering from the cold. When they climbed ashore, their hearts sank when they saw the situation on the other side.

A group of Japanese soldiers came quickly along the river bank. They discovered the newly formed company and the [-]st Company of the [-]th Division that had just climbed up the river bank. The two sides started a fierce battle again.

After more than ten minutes, the battle was over and the Japanese troops were all wiped out.

"go!"

Xia Yuan didn't care about cleaning the battlefield, let alone checking the casualties. He ordered the living people to take the wounded and evacuate quickly.

The [-]th Division's defense line was defeated. On the way back, they encountered three groups of Japanese troops one after another, and fierce battles broke out. The Japanese army realized the terrifying fighting power of this defeated army, leaving dozens of corpses behind and fled in panic.

Among the ruins.

They had run for several kilometers and stopped in ruins.

After making sure that the surrounding area was safe, Xia Yuan arranged for a night watchman and a place for the wounded to rest.

After running away all the way, I was finally able to catch my breath.

Some people didn't care about their wet clothes, holding their guns and lying on the stone slab.

After a day of fighting and another night of fleeing, I was so tired that I fell asleep while lying down.

Not many people escaped, only more than 30 people, and more than 40 people fell on the road, and some broke away from the team.

Xia Yuan also felt physically and mentally tired. He lay on the ground to rest for a long time, thought for a long time, and sighed.

"Company Commander." The second fool ran over and said, "The monkey is gone."

"Monkey?" Xia Yuan raised his head unexpectedly, his eyes moved slightly: "I understand."

"He might"

"Everyone has a life."

Xia Yuan glanced at the gray sky.

The sky was dark, but one could still distinguish the dark fog, and the flickering light of artillery fire, like lightning, accompanied by bursts of dull roars.

"Company commander, where should we go next?" Er Lengzi crossed his arms, sat next to Xia Yuan, and looked at the sky in the distance.

The new company withdrew from the front line, many people died, and Xia Yuan was a little confused for a while.

He thought about system tasks, but at this moment, Xia Yuan suddenly felt that the tasks had become optional. So many people had died in the Songhu Society, would he still take them to the battlefield to die?No matter what the process is, the result is loss.

He looked at the soldiers lying on the ground in a mess, with deep fatigue on their faces.

Xia Yuan looked at it, his eyes lost in thought.

In late September, the entire town of Luodian was reduced to scorched earth, with corpses strewn across the ruins. The Japanese No. 11 Division did not give up its attack on Luodian.

With the arrival of Japanese reinforcements, the focus of the Japanese attack also tilted and began to shift to the vicinity of Liu Hang.

The Japanese attack was just like that of the 51st Division, using a cannibalistic approach to advance the front step by step.

The Chinese army used Hehan to withstand the Japanese attack step by step, and the defense line was still moving backward step by step. General Chen came to Liu Xing to take command. In order to fight for a long time, he judged that it was necessary to shift positions in a timely manner and fight against the Japanese army one by one.

If we regard the Japanese as a flood, we must dig deep trenches and build dikes layer by layer on the road where the flood spreads.

But the bald head still ordered to "defend Liu Xing".

During the Songhu Battle, the conditions for the national army were very difficult.The national army controls the army with military pay and pays the troops. However, during the war, neither ordinary soldiers nor commanding generals received any pay.Secondly, there is the food problem. Some troops have not received logistical supplies for a week in a row, and have no money or food. In this case, it is very difficult for the troops to maintain high-intensity operations and fight against the Japanese.

But even in this context, hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the National Army still fought against the Japanese army to the end.

Reinforcements from all over the country are rushing to Shanghai.

The focus of the Japanese attack shifted and fell on Liu Xing.

The day after Hu Zongnan's First Army arrived in Songhu, it engaged in a bloody battle near Liu Xing. The First Army was the ace army of the national army. When it arrived on the battlefield, it did not lose its ace demeanor. It had a strong fighting spirit and fought against the enemy every inch of the way. The battle was fought hard in every house for more than a week, but the position was still firmly in hand.

Hu Zongnan fought really hard. During the day, the Japanese planes, tanks and artillery fought fiercely. He ordered the troops to retreat while fighting, blocking the enemy at all levels and wearing down the enemy's edge.At night, they resolutely launched a fierce raid, rushed to the Japanese army's position, and started fierce hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army.

In this way, the Japanese artillery and aircraft will be useless. If they rush in front of the Japanese, they can fight with the Japanese with bayonets and reduce casualties.

In this way, the positions occupied by the Japanese during the day were recaptured by the First Army at night. The First Army was forced into a stalemate with the Japanese army, which had comprehensive advantages in land, sea and air. Some positions were fought over dozens of times, and corpses were accumulated layer by layer. During the day, the Japanese artillery shells fell, and what was rolled up after the explosion was not black soil, but bright red blood mist.

The result of such tenacious fighting was heavy casualties. Liu Chaohuan, commander of the first brigade, and Wang Yingzun, commander of the first regiment, were injured. Yang Jie, commander of the second regiment, and Li Youmei, commander of the fourth regiment, were killed.More than 80.00% of the officers and soldiers below the battalion commander of the 70st Division suffered casualties. Except for the commander of the communications company, all company commanders in the division were replaced due to casualties. However, there was only one battalion commander left in the No. [-] [-]th Division.

At the end of September, Gu Zhutong withdrew Hu Zongnan's First Army and took it to Kunshan for reinforcements.

After seven days of bloody fighting, the First Army was completely crippled and withdrew from the ranks of the ace army.If the ace army is like this, what about the casualties of the miscellaneous armies from those places.

A division was engaged in the Battle of Songhu for three days, and there were many casualties in the division with only one battalion left, and some even the entire division was killed.

The Battle of Songhu, which lasted three days for one division, is not an exaggeration, but is supported by data.

The 67th Division stood firm in Luodian and fought dozens of bloody battles with the Japanese army. After Li Shusen was seriously injured and retired, Huang Wei, who had just returned from Germany, took over the command. From the 25th to NO. 30, the Japanese army launched a violent attack on the positions responsible for the 67th Division. During the offensive, Huang Wei led the soldiers of the 67th Division in a bloody battle with the Japanese army. When the battle reached its fiercest, only guards, telegraph operators, cooks and civilian staff were left around him.

Huang Wei took them to the battlefield to fight the Japanese army, and almost all of them died that day.

After more than a week of bloody fighting, one of the three regiment commanders of the 67th Division was killed and two were seriously injured. Almost all the officers and soldiers of the battalion, company, and platoon were killed. The total number of survivors in the division was less than one regiment.

On the streets of Luodian Town, corpses were piled up layer by layer, and the stench could not be covered up by gunpowder smoke.

The casualties of the 67th Division were considered good among all the troops participating in the Songhu Battle.

end of September.

Troops from various localities arrived in Songhu one after another.

The Sichuan, Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Guizhou, Northeastern and Northwest armies arrived in Songhu one after another. They put aside their past grievances, shared the same hatred of the enemy, and faced the national disaster together.

Tao Zhiyue's 20th Division was a Central Army adapted from the old Hunan Army. The equipment was very poor. They used Hanyang products made in the [-]s. The entire division did not have mortars, heavy machine guns, and even bayonets could not be equipped for everyone. They Some only have the pride of fighting for the national calamity together and facing the enemy generously.

Facing the aircraft, tanks, artillery, and light and heavy machine guns of the Japanese Ninth Division, they refused to retreat and fought bloody battles with the Japanese. They used their flesh and blood to resist the Japanese strong ships and artillery. Under the indiscriminate bombardment of the Japanese aircraft and heavy artillery, the eighth The division's officers and men were determined not to retreat, clinging to their positions and fighting tenaciously with the Japanese army.

The Japanese army did not expect that such a force with backward weapons and equipment could resist their attack. As a last resort, the Japanese army could only divide its forces to attack the Dunwu Temple where the [-]th Division of the National Army Peng Songling was stationed next to it.

As a result, the combat morale over there was no worse than here. In just one night, ten counterattacks were launched, causing huge casualties to the Japanese [-]th Division. After several requests for reinforcements from the front line and fire support, the Dunwu Temple was captured. , and began to outflank the Eighth Division's flanks.

The Eighth Division didn't care if you outflanked or not, it would be beaten when it came. It continued to resist tenaciously and contained the Japanese Ninth Division. It persisted until October [-]th before retreating from the front line.

The number of the entire division was reduced from more than 8000 before the war to 700, and the casualty rate reached a terrifying 90.00%.

In the battles from Rozaobang to Zoumatang, the national army suffered an average of 5000 casualties every day.

Due to the intense fighting on the front line in Zhongzaobang, the First Army, which had been reorganizing in Kunshan for a few days, was once again dragged to the battlefield. This time, many of the troops were new recruits. Many of these recruits were strong men who had been dragged to the battlefield. On the battlefield, the soldiers are in close combat, and even if they don't win, they will be killed.

When a soldier arrives in Songhu, his life begins to countdown. This is no exaggeration at all.

October.

The weather is starting to cool down.

Songhu is like a huge furnace, swallowing up the lives of the soldiers who entered Songhu.

Even if the situation of the national army is like this, the Japanese army is also uncomfortable.

The first two divisions to go into combat were the Japanese [-]th Division and the Japanese [-]st Division. The Japanese [-]th Division attacked Ezoabama. According to the [-]th Division's Kanazawa Infantry [-]th Regiment, According to records, during the forty-day attack, [-]% of the squad leaders were killed or injured.

During the two weeks of fighting, this infantry regiment of 450 Japanese soldiers suffered 900 deaths and 50.00 injuries. The casualty rate of the soldiers was as high as [-]%. Such a battle loss ratio has not been achieved since the September [-]th Incident. Since then, it has been almost unheard of in Japanese military battle reports.

The Zozaobang River is not wide, and the natural barrier is not very effective. How long can the Chinese army hold on under the bombardment of Japanese tanks, aircraft, heavy artillery, and even naval guns.

During several days of blocking, the corpses of the Chinese and Japanese sides accumulated layer by layer along the shore of the Zozaobang position. Later, they even had to use the corpses as bunkers to continue the bitter battle.

From the end of September to the beginning of October, China and Japan fought repeatedly for each village in the land that was no more than [-] kilometers long in Zozaobang. Some villages could change hands five times a day. Even the most powerful Japanese unit could occupy a village. The time in position will not exceed five hours.

Jihad is very important to the Japanese. The island countries are short of supplies and want to find a way out. They need to expand externally, win the jihad, occupy China, and replace the Chinese. This is the idea of ​​the Japanese.

Japanese battlefield reporters took a large number of photos of the jihad and published them in Japan's "Illustrated Chinese Incident". The Japanese soldiers in the newspaper were neatly dressed and had high morale, as if they were all unstoppable.

However, the fact is that during the Battle of Songhu, the Japanese Ninth Division and the [-]st Division encountered fierce resistance from the National Army in Zhazaobang, and suffered heavy casualties. , most of them were killed or wounded in battle, and the strength of the troops was reduced to half of the original. The entire Japanese army's momentum was sluggish, and it had long lost the high morale it had when fighting abroad and participating in the holy war.

Coupled with the recent heavy rain, aircraft were unable to carry out air strikes for three or four days in a row, and artillerymen were unable to fire because their ammunition was soaked in water.

Even some recruits who came out of Japan truly felt the cruelty of the battlefield, could not bear the mental pressure, and knew their own lives with bayonets.

In the battle of Zozaobang, the Ghana Regiment of the [-]st Division was basically annihilated, and the entire [-]st Division was also crippled, reducing its strength by two-thirds.

The 13st Division is more like a cannon fodder division. Its function is to serve the Ninth. The No. 13 Division consumes the strength of the national army. After the Battle of Hazaobang, the Japanese No. [-] Division just entered the battlefield.

Early October.

Xia Yuan led the remaining troops southward along Luodian, passed by Liuhang, and participated in the Liuhang Operation. He fought fiercely with the Japanese Ninth Division. stop-and-go.

After experiencing battle after battle, Xia Yuan's own skills continued to improve.

The experience of throwing skills is almost reaching the maximum level, and camouflage, night vision, and eagle eye have all been greatly improved.

In every battle, Xia Yuan tried his best to use his skills and try his best to destroy the Japanese army.As a result, every battle in which he participated resulted in huge Japanese casualties. Within a few days, the name of the God of War was used in the earth-shattering battle in Songhu.

All the national troops participating in the war knew that it would be very difficult for the Japanese army to break into a battle with this man participating, and it would require huge casualties and costs.

The new company was crippled and moved to the rear to rest. Xia Yuan was a restless leader, so he handed over the new company to the local troops and left the station with his two idiots.

Zhizaobang.

In early October, the Japanese [-]st Division launched a large-scale attack on Hazaobang.

After several days of offensive, they only advanced a few kilometers.

Xia Yuan and his two idiots, carrying a gun, followed the groups of defeated soldiers and retreated from Yanghang to Zhongzaobang. The Japanese came from the east and attacked Yanghang and Zhongzaobang. Many soldiers were killed. Run to the south, there are still resisting troops in the south.

To the south is Rozaobang.

There were also Hunan troops who had just come out of the train station, forming a long and winding queue along the road to support Zhongzaobang.

"Company Commander, we won't be treated as deserters and killed, right?"

Mixed into the group of broken soldiers, their appearance is no different from that of broken soldiers. They have been running and fighting continuously, and their clothes can no longer be seen as military uniforms. The blood clots are very thick and dark, their clothes are ragged, and their cheeks are It was also covered with a thick layer of dust.

Xia Yuan fought many Japanese soldiers, and the blood on his face was like calluses. After a battle, it often felt like he had been soaked in blood for a long time.

The second fool is still alive. As a communications soldier, he did not go to the front line to fight the Japanese. Instead, he used a rifle to shoot at the Japanese from behind. There was no need to consider whether he could hit the Japanese. They had the same number of bullets. Remarkably, a lot of bullets can be found from the corpses of Japanese soldiers.

Along the road, there were many corpses, some died of illness, and some were injured on the road, but no one collected the corpses. There were many new graves in the fields on the roadside, and some soldiers were digging holes to bury the remains of the fallen soldiers. earth.

The long queue of reinforcements came over from the path in the other direction, mixed with the defeated troops, but distinct from each other.

The Erlunzi's worries were not unfounded. Along the way, they encountered many soldiers being killed. Some officers shot some soldiers on the spot without any discrimination. Many times, it all depended on the commander's mood. The war ahead was tense. The rear was in chaos again, and the troops broke into groups.

If it is not handled well and these defeated soldiers enter the mountains, they are bandits.

"I heard that a god of war came out of the north."

"It's amazing. I've killed hundreds of little devils in the past few days, and beat them so hard that they didn't even dare to show their heads."

"Do you think this person has three heads and six arms? It sounds so scary."

Along the way, I heard someone discussing Yang Xing, the God of War. A soldier who knew this matter raised his voice and said, "The God of War Yang Xing is from Luodian. It is said that he is a lone army. The army was annihilated by the Japanese. He led Holding the remaining troops, he was unwilling to retreat to the rear and wanted to avenge his troops, so he kept fighting at Luodian. He beat many little Japanese soldiers and even made it into the newspapers. Later, he went all the way to Yanghang and fought with the Japanese. The Japanese beat him again and again, and the name Yang Xing, the God of War, came up again."

"That's amazing."

"The God of War is so powerful. It is said that he wiped out a thousand Japanese troops by himself. I don't know if it's true or not."

"It's true. Our company commander said that this incident has alarmed our commander. I guess it won't be long before this incident will be published in the newspapers again."

The defeated soldiers also like to chat about gossip. The one they talk about the most is undoubtedly Yang Xing, the god of war who has been in full swing recently. With his own strength, he defeated a Japanese regiment and stayed in place for several days. The position has been firmly controlled. In his own hands, many of the deeds of Yang Xing God of War were passed down by word of mouth, but whether they were true or not, there was not much research on them.

"Company Commander, I'm talking about you." Er Lengzi was very happy to hear this.

"Do not talk."

Xia Yuan glanced at the gray sky ahead.

As we approached Rozaobang, it started to rain lightly again, making the defeated soldiers wet and cold.

(End of this chapter)