The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 65 The Army Commander found out
The Di detachment in Yongxing Village began preparations for the next battle amidst the sound of artillery fire from the central position of Xinkou. The national army defenders in Yanzhuang and the Japanese troops in Yongxing Village were simultaneously preparing for tomorrow's battle. Arrival, but when it comes to the morale of both sides, the Chinese defenders of Yanzhuang may actually be higher.

Because of He Wei, a time-traveler, the Japanese army's attack on the Dabaishui front line progressed extremely slowly, and it can even be said that there was no progress.

In the original history, Yanzhuang, which is now occupied by He Wei and the others, was actually abandoned by the Chinese defenders without much defense. Dabaishui Village, which lost the protection of Yanzhuang, became the main target of the Japanese attack. The Japanese army attacked with infantry, artillery, armored vehicles and tanks. The Chinese defenders suffered extremely heavy losses. An entire company of soldiers was even crushed to death in the trenches by the Japanese tanks and their weapons. The scene was so tragic that, of course, this scene is now It won't happen anymore, Yanzhuang is still firmly in the hands of the Chinese army.

Today, the Chinese army on the entire front in Xinkou is actually fighting pretty well from all aspects.

Needless to say, the Japanese army was beaten hard by He Wei on the Dabaishui front line. On the high ground on the left flank of Dabaishui, the Japanese Shinohara Corps, except for the dike detachment, made no progress in their assault on the highlands. The Fourteenth Army was guarding there. The 85th Division and the 83rd Division, these two divisions had a strong will to fight. After repelling the Japanese attack, they launched counterattacks one after another, causing considerable losses to the Japanese army.

The fighting on the front and east front of Xinkou was also very good. The defenders on the front and the Japanese army fought fiercely all night and firmly held their positions. The Henan local troops on the east front of Xinkou also made no concessions to the [-]th Army of the Song Army. Although the equipment was poor, But not an inch of ground was lost.

The price for not losing an inch of ground is a large number of casualties, and the real test is yet to come.

Li Mo'an, commander of the [-]th Army, suddenly decided to inspect the front-line positions because of a battle report. The main reason for this was actually his concern for the [-]th Division. Among the national army, especially senior generals, For generals who want to have a voice at the top, or want to make some progress, the most important thing is to control the troops and seize the troops. Therefore, the importance of the basic troops to the senior generals of the national army is self-evident. The [-]th Division, Yu Li Mo'an In other words, it is his basic army, and to some extent, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is his starting army.

Previously, he received a report that a battalion of the 57th regiment failed to advance near Yongxing Village and suffered heavy losses. Just now, he received a report of the second battalion of the 57th regiment, which defeated the Japanese army outside Yanzhuang and achieved impressive results. .

And Li Mo'an remembered that the battalion of the 57th Regiment that was severely defeated by the Japanese outside Yongxing Village was also the second battalion. In just two days, this battalion experienced one victory and one defeat, which really aroused his interest. interest.

The military command post was set up in Shawao Village, only seven or eight miles away from the front line. Li Mo'an took the guards and staff, rode out, and went straight to the 57th Regiment Headquarters in Dabaishui. When Li Mo'an arrived at the 57th Regiment Headquarters, The scene inside shocked him.

During the daytime battle, Dabaishui received considerable artillery fire, but was not directly attacked by the infantry. The main position near Dabaishui remained in the hands of the 57th Regiment. The defenders in various positions deployed their defenses in an orderly manner. At night Sentry duties, maintenance and inspection of wired and wireless communication networks, and all array operations are carried out in an orderly manner.

When he entered the regiment headquarters, Li Mo'an found that it was a mess inside. When the officers in the 57th regiment headquarters learned that the commander had arrived, they all came out from the command post to greet him.

"Commander, why are you here? This is the front line. It's too dangerous!"

The person who walked out was not Liu Mingxia, the commander of the 57th Regiment, but Peng Jieru, the commander of the 28th Division. Following him were Chen Munong, the commander of the 57th Brigade, Liu Mingxia, the commander of the [-]th Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Wei Tuanfu and other corresponding cadres.

Seeing Li Mo'an coming, Peng Jieru, the commander of the [-]th Division, was full of panic. He seemed to be afraid that Li Mo'an would be in danger. Li Mo'an waved his hands indifferently.

"Brother Zhisheng (Peng Jieru's nickname), during the Northern Expedition and the Eastern Expedition, we had to take the lead in every battle. Why, now that we are a division commander, we are timid?" Li Mo'an said with a smile.Peng Jieru chuckled lightly, as did Chen Munong and Liu Mingxia behind him. Although these three people had different positions and military ranks, they all had a common identity - Huangpu first-generation students.

"Peng Jieru, division commander, the brigade commander is not in the division, brigade headquarters, why did you come to this regiment command post? Ignore the other troops?" Li Mo'an suddenly lowered his tone again, changed his title, and asked seriously.

"Commander, the 57th Regiment in our division had the most intense firefight with the Japanese today. The other troops were fine, so I came to take a look. I also captured a few prisoners and are interrogating them inside. Japanese prisoners are not easy to capture. "Peng Jieru said.

"Yes, our division has been fighting west of Peiping for so long without capturing a single Japanese prisoner. Today we captured three in one breath. It's just that these Japanese prisoners are too stubborn. No matter how they are interrogated, they won't open their mouths and can only beat them with their fists. ." said Chen Mu Nong, commander of the 28th Brigade.

Obviously, brigade commander Chen Munong and division commander Peng Jieru came to the front-line position of the 57th Regiment mostly because of prisoners. During the Anti-Japanese War, it was difficult to kill a Japanese soldier, but it was even harder to capture a Japanese soldier alive than to kill one.

Li Mo'an nodded and asked: "The troops who captured the prisoners should be heavily rewarded. I remember it was the second battalion of your regiment. It was also the same battalion that attacked Yongxing Village. What is the situation on the front line of the 57th regiment now?"

Just when Liu Mingxia, the leader of the 57th regiment, was about to report, a messenger from the regiment headquarters suddenly ran in, saluted Liu Mingxia and reported: "Report to the commander, regiment Chen has returned from Yanzhuang, saying that he wants to report the battle situation and apply for support. "

Liu Mingxia's eyes lit up and he said: "Bring here quickly, commander, tell Cao Cao. Cao Cao will be here soon. This is the major of our regiment. The former battalion commander of the second battalion was injured in the assault on Yongxing Village. He was I sent them to Yanzhuang to unified command the second battalion."

Li Mo'an heard this and said: "Let him come here quickly. I want to know the battle situation in the past two days."

Major Chen Zhen, acting commander of the second battalion, originally planned to return to the regiment headquarters to find the regiment commander. The brigade commander reported the battle situation in detail and planned to apply for a batch of explosives from above. The reason for the explosives was naturally because the fourth company Commander Fu Chen reported that He Wei wanted to build a flying thunder cannon, but he didn't expect it. When he arrived at the regiment headquarters, he met the army commander.

Therefore, Chen Zhen reported everything about the battle over the past two days to Li Mo'an in detail, as well as He Wei's need for explosives for flying thunder cannons. Although Chen Zhen was a nobody, He was a rough and rude soldier with a culture, but his character was not bad. He truthfully explained the entire battle, without adding any exaggeration or taking credit for it.

The name He Wei was naturally remembered by Li Mo'an. Chen Munong also took advantage of the opportunity and mentioned this little platoon leader who dared to open his mouth to fight the anti-artillery and strongly advocated sticking to Yanzhuang.

A young trainee who had just graduated from the [-]th phase of the military academy a few months ago was able to escape from the enemy alone. He fought hard with the brigade commander, built strong defenses, severely damaged the enemy, and took the initiative to capture prisoners. It really caused a stir. Li Mo'an's interest.

At this time, He Wei, who was leading people to dig a large trench in the forward position, did not know that his name had been remembered by the army commander.

(End of this chapter)