"Is there anyone down there? If there is someone, don't do anything stupid impulsively. I am Long Yan!" A loud roar came from above the tunnel.
Cao Ying was stunned for a moment!
Is the Japanese intelligence system already so awesome? The famous Longyanlong platoon leader of the mountain infantry company has begun to fake it?
Lu Daqiu, who had already hid at the entrance of the cave and was about to exchange one for two and earn one, couldn't believe it. My arm was broken, not my head.
It's okay to pretend to be someone else, but why do you pretend to be the leader of Shanglongyanlong queue?
As an elite infantry company directly under the regiment headquarters, the mountain infantry company should be fighting the Japanese army in Zishan right now! How could it possibly run to a battlefield hundreds of miles away?
"My sister's name is Long Ying, my brother-in-law Shen Laoliu, and my niece who is just two months old has not yet been named. I really can't tell you. I came to Hanjiazhai this time to lead the regiment commander's military order and
If any of your company commander Qian Dazhu's commissions are alive, you should give me a message and don't let me lose more than ten brothers in vain." Long Yan at the tunnel entrance must have been really anxious now, and reported what he could.
The names of relatives were all announced.
The Long family siblings and Shen Laoliu are both very famous lieutenants in the Four Lines Regiment. It's not surprising to name them, but not everyone can name Platoon Leader Shen's daughter who is still waiting for him to come back.
I know, but the 1st Platoon Commander of the 2nd Battalion, 4th Company and Shen Laoliu were old comrades in the former 67th Army. After receiving Shen Laoliu's telegram, they kept talking about going back to the station to give their eldest niece a big bag after the battle.
Red envelope, so the officers and soldiers of 1st Platoon really knew about this.
Reinforcements had indeed arrived. Lu Daqiu and Cao Yingchong stayed where they were until soldiers got into the tunnel and helped them out.
The bright sunshine stung both of their eyes.
Only then did the two of them know that it was already 12 noon the next day, and it was the eighth day of their battle with the Japanese army.
Even though Hanjiazhai only has an infantry platoon, its battles have always affected the hearts of Tang Tuanzuo who was commanding the battle in Zishan.
This time he had to face the siege of more than 40,000 enemy troops. He could not lead a large army to rescue him like Zhaojiazhuang did last time. He could only ask the chief surnamed Chen of the Jinan Division to send troops for rescue.
However, Tang Dao did not expect that Yoshio Shinozuka would be so determined. He would rather take the huge risk of the newly replenished 10th Division being severely damaged and losing the county seat, and sent the main force of the division to contain the Jinan Division 5.
As a result, the Jinan Division could only send one regiment of troops to fight the Japanese troops in the Hanjiazhai area.
As early as five days ago, the Jinan Division decided that the infantry platoon of the Fourth Line Regiment in Hanjiazhai could not be saved. The leader of the regiment and the head of the Jinan Division both reviewed the situation with the two heads of the 921 Division, and even
Second Battalion Commander Guo Shouzhi was in despair. Only Tang Dao and Qian Dazhu still believed that the 1st Platoon was still fighting.
When the main battlefield in Zishan slowed down, he ordered the mountain infantry company and reconnaissance company outside the main defense line to dispatch elite troops to Hanjiazhai to cooperate with the infantry regiment in the southern Hebei division to break through the Japanese defense line and support Hanjiazhai.
It is still the iron rule of the army that has been passed down for a long time by the Four Elements Group: Never abandon, never give up! You want to see people alive, and you want to see corpses when you die! Even if it is just a soul, I will take you home.
This is also one of the reasons why the officers and soldiers of the Si Xing Regiment will not back down even if they know that they will die. They all firmly believe that there will be brothers who will take us home.
In fact, the battle in Hanjiazhai was basically over by early that morning. Except for the two sergeants who were still waiting for death in the tunnel with their eyes closed, there were only two soldiers on the ground walking through the complex tunnel system to engage in cold shots against the Japanese.
The Japanese army originally wanted to take away the last resisters and bring all the corpses of those who died in the battle hidden by the Chinese soldiers back to the county for display as the result of the 10th Division's successful revenge against the Si Xing Regiment.
As a result, Long Yan and Shen Laoliu each led a platoon to arrive, and decisively passed through a gap in the battlefield to attack the outer flank of the Japanese army.
The mountain infantry platoon and the reconnaissance platoon were both the most elite troops of the Fourth Line Regiment. Together with the sharp knife company of the 80th Group Army, the two platoons created the momentum of a full infantry battalion.
"In this battle, Qian Dazhu has nothing else to ask for. As long as there is one seed, my 1st Platoon can still be rebuilt, just like the 2nd Company of the 43rd Army in Songjiang. Taozi and I are alive, and there are more than 100 brothers in the 2nd Company."
Some people burned paper money for them!"
This is the telegram Qian Dazhu sent to Longyan before he left.
Qian Dazhu was one of the younger company commanders among all the company commanders. Although his temperament was reserved, he was quite compatible with the flamboyant Long Yan. When the mountain infantry company was formed, Captain Qian was transferred from the company without saying a word.
There are 5 sergeants and 3 staff sergeants for support. Now they are basically in the Longyan platoon. They are either the squad leader or the deputy squad leader, and one is the deputy platoon leader.
Company Commander Qian's words come to mind, and the basic backbone of Longyan Platoon are all from the 4th Company, so how could they not work hard?
Under the attack of several 60-meter crazy artillery fire, two infantry squads chased the barrage and launched an attack on the Japanese position. At the cost of nearly 10 casualties, the position of a Japanese infantry squad was destroyed by pulling out teeth from the tiger's mouth.
When the Japanese army saw that the Chinese were going to fight for their lives, they saw that their tactical objectives had basically been achieved and there was no need to continue fighting with the Chinese, so they gradually withdrew from the battlefield.
The main purpose of Long Yan and Shen Laoliu's coming was to save people, not to kill. They finally entered the village to look for people after the Japanese troops evacuated Hanjiazhai.
The two soldiers who were still alive were found first, but when they saw the reinforcements arriving, their spirits relaxed, which probably means that the soldier in the army, Pao Ze, regretfully hid the location of the tunnel and fell into a coma.
However, the designated area was covered with ruins and rubble by Japanese artillery fire. Long Yan personally led people to dig for a long time before digging out the tunnel entrance. That was the moment the two heard cheers from the outside world.
The rescued Cao Yingchong looked at the faces that were darkened by gunpowder smoke but could not hide his excitement. He opened his mouth but swallowed back the question "Why did you come here!"
How could he not know the difficulties faced by the main force of the regiment? The 86 of them had a hard time facing 1,000 Japanese troops. The regiment commander, battalion commander and company commander also had 6,000 against 40,000.
"More people go in and get out all the brothers who are still alive." Long Yan looked at the two army sergeants who were carried out and couldn't hide his excitement.
Finding 4 alive was far beyond Qian Dazhu's expectations. If he could find more, it would not be in vain for the 6 brothers in his platoon who died in the battle, two of whom had grown up with him.
"There's no one left alive, there's no one alive! They're all dead. All the people in our 1st platoon are here." Lu Daqiu, who was sitting on the ground, suddenly burst into tears.
He was crying like a child who had lost his parents. Tears and snot covered his big face that was originally covered with dust and smoke. His two residual arms, which were tightly bound by hemostatic bags and military uniforms, were just like that in the spring breeze.
Trembling, just like the hearts of the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Army Regiment standing around.
"Brother, don't cry! I'll take them home with you!" Long Yan strode over, squatted down, and gently held the shoulders of the sergeant squad leader who was crying like a child, his tone was gentler than ever.
Long Yan's shoulders and back were covered with warm moisture.
Not tears, but blood!
Lu Daqiu was vomiting blood, all of which sprayed on Long Yan's shoulders and back. The eyes of the surrounding soldiers were wet.
"Take me home. I want to eat the steamed buns made by my mother. The steamed buns made by my mother are really soft. They are not like those guys in the cooking class. They are so hard that I can't even bite them.
Mother! My heart hurts so much, and my arms hurt so much. I want you to blow it." Lu Daqiu's voice became lower and lower.
"Okay! I'll take you home to your mother and ask her to make steamed buns for our brothers. They must be delicious!" Long Yan responded gently.
Long Yan's face was already wet.
He could feel that the strength of the brother in his arms was getting weaker and weaker.
After all, he came a little late!
He finally knew what a pity it was that company commander Gu Xishui was a step late and failed to save his lover!
Comrade-in-arms Pao Ze was in his arms, his head resting gently on his shoulder, humming softly in pain until there was no sound!
Cao Yingchong was lying on the stretcher, his eyes tightly closed, but tears were already flowing from the corners of his eyes.
From then on, he only had enemies, but no opponents!
"Three people are alive, and the rest will die in battle!" Qian Dazhu on the Zishan front line stood in the underground bunker for a full 10 minutes, holding the telegram jointly sent to him by Long Yan and Shen Laoliu.
No one dares to comfort me!
Because everyone knows the young company commander's unexpressed sadness.
By this time, the 4th Company had lost 146 people, accounting for nearly half of the entire company.
But that was not the infantry company that suffered the most losses in the Four Lines Regiment.
The brutal battle at Zishan far exceeded everyone's imagination.
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Duo Tianjun has not really been able to lie down in the past six months.
This person did not learn all the skills of the ancient Chinese Yue Dynasty, but he still had 50 or 60%. He allowed the Chinese to desperately build various tunnels and fortifications on the land of southern Hebei, and even replanted crops with great fanfare.
Because, in the view of the commander of the Japanese North China Front, all the efforts of the Chinese are in vain in the face of absolute strength.
Yes, the Chinese have found a good opportunity. Now the empire's focus is not just on the Chinese battlefield. It has even sent several veteran divisions from the Chinese army back to the mainland, coveting the land of Southeast Asia where the Western powers are entrenched.
Even on the Chinese battlefield, the main goal of the base camp is to continue southward, occupy Hunan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, and completely block the Chinese land support from the south.
By that time, the Chinese will only have two land areas, southwest and northwest, which are full of high mountains and deserts. The empire can lock them up with the trap.
As for the North China Front, the biggest strategic purpose now, in addition to continuing to conquer Guanzhong to the west, is to maintain the stability of the occupied area and ensure the important transportation of the empire from north to south, so that a large amount of materials can be transported from the north to the southern front line.
Therefore, the Japanese North China Front was unable to obtain new reinforcements, and it was difficult to mobilize the main divisions from the Zhongtiao Mountain front line to mop up the Chinese on the southern Hebei Plain.
But the Chinese still underestimate Duo Tianjun’s circle of friends. In October, he flew back to the mainland to meet with several big bosses from the Army General Staff Headquarters. He used the influence of His Highness the Prince to make recommendations that he would recommend after retiring as commander in the future.
After the generals of his faction promised to hold important positions in the front army, they finally gained their support, and Saburo Okabe finally took over as the commander of the First Division.
The only condition for Saburo Okabe to take over successfully was to second the First Division from the Kwantung Army to fight in the North China battlefield for three months.
The reason why the commander of the Kwantung Army, who was at the same level as him, agreed was that the base camp agreed to carry out a large-scale re-equipment of the First Division that was sent to the frontier due to the "226" incident, and to re-organize the marginalized First Division.
Create a heavy armored division and continue the glory of the First Division.
During the Battle of Nomenkan, the Kwantung Army deeply realized the power of the steel torrent in the Mao Xiong Kingdom. It has been trying to lobby the base camp to re-equip the divisions under the front army and add tank regiments. Finally, when the base camp made this opening, the price was just a secondment.
Why not go to North China to fight the Chinese Peasant Army with a division?
At the level of Japan's two major military services, the army and the navy, due to changes in Japan's strategic goals, the army currently cannot compete with the navy in terms of resources. In the Japanese army, which is already overabundant and lacking in resources, several major front armies also have to compete for resources.
The Kwantung Army originally only maintained the security of the occupied areas in the three provinces in Northeast China. Later, due to the threat of the Mao Xiong Kingdom, it gradually developed into a large front army. With the increase in troop strength and being beaten to a pulp by the Mao Xiong Kingdom in Nomenkan, the Kwantung Army naturally
I want more resources.
To put it bluntly, Duo Tianjun voluntarily gave up resources for the North China Front Army in exchange for the Kwantung Army Group.
After securing the top leadership of the army and seconding a division with strong combat effectiveness, he relied on external forces. Duo Tianjun paid more attention to tapping internal potential.
The so-called tapping potential is actually intelligence work!
Duo Tianjun judged that neither the 80th Group Army nor the Four Lines Regiment would engage in any remote control command. The headquarters of Tang Dao and the 921st Division might have arrived in southern Hebei a long time ago.
What he wants is the location of his important headquarters. Only in this way will the Fourth Army or the Eightyth Army fight him decisively.
Of course, Duo Tianjun was also mentally prepared. If the Fourth Army and the Eightyth Army did not follow his tactics, he would use tens of thousands of troops to push them all the way and turn the surrounding areas of important cities in southern Hebei into no man's land.
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He just wanted to use the countless villages and millions of Chinese people spread across the plains as bargaining chips to force China to fight him decisively.
The efforts of the Japanese were not in vain. As early as December, Duo Tianjun had already determined that the headquarters of the Sixth Regiment would be stationed in Zishan, about 20 kilometers away from Handan City. Even the Army Major General Wang Gong, the director of the Jinan Office appointed by the mountain city government, and
The photos all appeared on Duo Tianjun's desk.
The Chinese continue to infiltrate the cities occupied by Japan, and the Japanese can also bribe the Chinese to carry out counter-infiltration.
The tide of history tells everyone that the twins of light and darkness follow each other like shadows!
Duo Tianjun finally knew himself and the enemy before the war began, and even had several blurry photos of the defensive terrain in Zishan.
As for Duo Tianjun's most powerful assistant, Saburo Okabe, who has taken over as the commander of the First Division, this battle is also something he wants.
It's easy for his Army University classmates to take over as division commanders. As long as they have military exploits, the brigade commander doesn't have to make the transition to chief of staff at the corps level, and can directly become a major general to a lieutenant general.
It was good to come to him. As the Chief of Staff of the Front Army, he had sent him away twice, and it seemed that this one would not stay long. He even issued a letter of appointment, but in the end he was not allowed to leave because of a defeat in the battle.
There is even a joking saying in the military: "Chief of Staff Okabe, no matter who is on the staff, will not be able to sit in the position for long!"
Every time he thinks about this, Saburo Okabe can't help but think of the young face he saw in a small mountain town in China, and then he can't help but get excited.
Since entering 1938, the North China Front Army has seemed to be cursed, winning less and losing more! And that man was also born in the Taihang Mountains at that time.
Only by defeating the young Chinese man, Saburo Okabe felt that he could exorcise his inner demons and wipe away the rumors that were teasing him.
Therefore, on the first day he took over the First Division, at a meeting with senior officers above the rank of colonel, the goal he set for the division was to completely defeat the Four Elements Regiment.
A division with the oldest history in the empire was equipped with tanks and 150-meter heavy artillery. Its target turned out to be only a Chinese infantry regiment. At that moment, the Army Colonel and Army Major Generals of the First Division looked at Saburo Okabe,
It's like looking at a psychopath.
They are just a bunch of bumpkins who have never seen the world! Saburo Okabe didn't bother to explain to these radical officers of the 'Imperial Road Sect', he just gave them the record of the Four Elements Regiment's battle against the Imperial Division in North China in the past two years.
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The senior officers of the First Division still didn't take it too seriously. These jaw-dropping achievements may not be due to the strength of the Chinese, but more likely to the North China Front.
Otherwise, why would they change commanders every year? They have been fighting for more than two years and are still playing tug-of-war with the Chinese in the mountains. What a bunch of scum!
It can be said that, except for Saburo Okabe who wanted to prove himself and was very cautious about the upcoming battle with the Four Troops, the senior officers of the First Division did not take the Four Troops seriously.
The Hairy Bears are so powerful because they are overwhelmed by aircraft and cannons. The Imperial Army cannot win because of its equipment. But what does a group of Chinese peasant armies have?
The ambitious First Division entered Shanhaiguan in high spirits. After secretly replenishing supplies in Pingbeicheng, they arrived in Handan!
An army of 30,000 people, with more than 60 tanks of various types, and more than 100 artillery pieces of various types below 150mm heavy artillery!
It really deserves to be called, swords and guns are like a forest!
Then, the Si Xing Regiment took the lead in giving him a blow in the head, pouring a large bucket of cold water on the head of the First Division in this early spring season, giving him a real chill!
28 of the 150 howitzers had been installed on the gun positions, 16 of them, under the guidance of the scouts, covered the first division's supply troops stationed 13 kilometers away from Zishan with a blast of artillery fire!
Saburo Okabe and the First Division were collectively stunned!
Saburo Okabe was confused because he felt that he knew enough about the Four Troops. The Fourth Troops had German-made sophisticated artillery with a range of approximately 9,000 meters. His division headquarters and baggage troops stayed 13 kilometers away from the battlefield.
Far out of the range of the four-row regiment's artillery.
How the hell can you still fight like this?
What confused the Japanese troops of the First Division was that the Chinese Peasant Army also had 150mm heavy artillery? Are you kidding me?
But more than 80 shells were like plowing a field, wiping more than 600 people from two baggage squadrons, 40 trucks, 300 packhorses and massive supplies from the surface of the planet. That is an indisputable fact.
Before both sides even came face-to-face, the first division was taught a lesson by their despised opponent!
The Chinese army huddled in the mountains may not only have an incomparably hard shell, but also a poisonous stinger that can be sprayed out at any time to kill people!
