Although Yang Zhen was quite dissatisfied with the petty and mother-in-law style of the logistics department. However, when time was tight and the situation was critical, especially when the main person in charge of the logistics department was not around, he did not have so much free time to pursue anyone.
responsibility.
With no time to pursue the blame, Yang Zhen, adhering to his usual work style of cutting through the mess quickly, immediately asked Ye Chao to collect all the more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition and more than 400 freshly unboxed grenades seized in Xingtan.
Allocated to the special agent group. These ammunitions are already the maximum amount that Yang Zhen can maneuver on hand.
After all, after the night battle, the troops around Yang Zhen did not have much ammunition. The rear guard battalion fought fiercely with the infiltration troops of the 144th Division on the Piling line, and the Xingtan troops blocked the battle, all of which consumed a lot of ammunition. Especially grenades,
Now the average is less than one per person.
However, while Yang Zhen tried his best to allocate some ammunition to the special agent regiment, he also used three Czech light machine guns among the five light machine guns in the guard battalion.
Three French light machine guns and one Czech light machine gun were also allocated to the special agent group.
After temporary allocation, coupled with the more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition seized at the Maduqiao front line, the remaining four companies of the special agent group finally had relatively sufficient ammunition. Although grenades and machine gun bullets were still somewhat limited,
Shortage. But it's better than having the secret service chew it with their teeth.
After the special agent team received the temporarily allocated bullets and set off, Yang Zhen could only curse the stubborn head of the logistics department in his heart to vent his anger. Now is not the time to pursue this matter. Besides, no one is here,
What's the use of pursuing him? If he wants to be held accountable, he has to wait until he meets with the military.
Although a night of fierce fighting and two days of marching made everyone feel quite tired. But under the severe situation, no one expressed any objection to Yang Zhen's decision. Because among all
From the perspective of people, the distance of a rapid march to Sanhuali is not a big problem. But for this army, which is accustomed to guerrilla warfare in the mountains, entering the mountains means safety.
Moreover, at this time, the entire army's seriously wounded and lightly wounded who could not walk had been placed on the spot, and non-combatants had already set off with the main force. This unit can be said to be the most capable of the original Wannan troops, and it can be said that it is lightly equipped to the end. The entire unit
In addition to the weapons, ammunition, and some dry food carried by the troops, they only have two radio stations that can barely be called a burden.
For Yang Zhen, who had repeatedly emphasized not to abandon a wounded person during the Anti-Japanese War, the decision to place the severely injured who were unable to move on the spot was the most difficult decision since arriving in southern Anhui. Yang Zhen knew very well that it was to place the injured on the spot.
Resettlement, but this is just a nice word. Everyone knows that resettlement is actually equivalent to abandoning them.
Although this decision is almost cruel to those seriously injured, it is also a helpless choice. A seriously injured person needs at least two people, or even four people to carry it. More than 50 seriously injured people who cannot move require more than two companies.
If the few troops at hand are all converted into stretcher companies, how can we fight this battle? How can we break out of the encirclement?
Fortunately, Yang Zhen felt somewhat reassured that the enemy he was facing was neither the Japanese army who took pleasure in killing prisoners, nor the brutal Majia Army in the northwest. This is also where the troops in southern Anhui have worked and fought for a long time, and it is not a place tightly controlled by the Japanese and puppet troops.
In the Northeast, the mass base is also much better.
In addition, among the wounded, there are not many cadres, and most of them are ordinary soldiers. Among these soldiers, there are many from southern Anhui. With this prerequisite, if they are left and resettled on the spot, the crime may be as high as
There may be some misfortunes, but the safety of life is basically guaranteed.
After arranging the wounded and completely lightening the troops in accordance with Yang Zhen's order, Liu Biesheng organized all the seven light machine guns he transferred and the four light machine guns on hand into the first echelon, and all the machine gunners hung all the light machine guns on their chests.
.As long as they encounter the enemy during the movement to the mountainous area, these machine guns will use intensive firepower at the first time to open a channel for the follow-up troops.
After the first echelon of special agents responsible for attacking the front station set off, Yang Zhen personally commanded the follow-up second echelon. The training team, which was also prepared for combat, was also equipped with the same configuration. The bayonet was loaded, the grenade safety cover was unscrewed, and a Soviet-style turntable
The machine gun and two Belgian light machine guns were all hung on the chest.
Almost at the same time that the first echelon set off, the covering troops under the command of Li Mingbo concentrated all the firepower left by Yang Zhen and retreated to the Zhexi Bridge line. They found that they were forcibly breaking through the mountains to the east and were trying to use firepower.
The 40th Division, which blocked the mountain pass, engaged in a fierce exchange of fire.
Under Lee Myung-bak's desperate cover regardless of the consumption of ammunition, the troops in southern Anhui who were still in the last gap in the encirclement of the three theaters passed through the narrow plain along the Madu Bridge line as quickly as possible. Everyone remembered the moment before setting off.
, Yang Zhen’s words, entering the mountains means victory and running with all one’s strength.
Compared with the follow-up troops, the special agents who were clearing the way in front used the concentrated firepower they had on hand to fight fiercely with all the small groups of enemy troops trying to intercept them. Fortunately, most of the enemy troops on the entire Maqiaodu front line had already gone south.
Withdrawing to the Zhexi Bridge line, the enemy forces remaining at the commanding heights on both sides of the mountain pass in front of the Madu Bridge line were only one company of the Engineer Battalion directly under the Forty Division.
Originally stationed at Maduqiao Pass, they were sent to build fortifications after the battle started to prevent the front line of defense from being breached and to prepare the second line of defense. This company of the engineer battalion did not even think about the opponent's actions. At this time
Little did they know that they were already the last line of defense in the blockade formed by the Third War Zone against the Yunling and Southern Anhui Army garrison.
Although they did not know that they had become the last blockade, this engineer company, which had been temporarily converted into infantry, still tried to use its advantage of controlling the commanding heights to block the breakout troops at the mountain pass. However, they did not want to encounter their opponents just now.
He was hit head and head by a dense hail of bullets, with a large number of grenades mixed in between.
As an engineer who didn't even have many weapons, his job was to build fortifications, but he didn't expect that he would be suddenly pushed to the forefront due to changes in the battlefield situation, and the engineer company should be temporarily used as infantry. Although he was in the special agent regiment
When the pressure came on, he tried to resist.
It's just that engineers are engineers after all, and they are good at building fortifications. But without field training, it is beyond their ability to let only half of them have guns to stop an army that is almost killing Red Eye.
Although the defenders on the front line of Zhexi Bridge desperately tried to support them with firepower, their limited combat effectiveness was still limited.
Before the head-covered turn of the Secret Service Group's intensive firepower could slow down, the Special Forces' bayonet had already reached under his nose. Although there was terrain that could be exploited, this man who had been given important responsibilities was
The engineer company still did not hold out for too long, and the two crucial commanding heights at the mountain pass were lost one after another. The change of hands at the commanding height at the mountain pass also meant the collapse of the last blockade built around the southern Anhui army in the third theater.
After defeating the stubborn resistance of a company of the 119th Regiment in front of the mountain pass with a whirlwind of firepower, Liu Biesheng left the political commissar and led three companies to continue the assault eastward. He commanded a reinforced company and immediately seized the mountain pass with two light machine guns.
The high ground on both sides protected the follow-up troops as they entered the mountains.
Yang Zhen, who personally directed the second and third echelons entering the mountain, nodded with satisfaction when he saw Liu Biesheng's simple position built using enemy fortifications and controlling the troops on the commanding heights on both sides of the mountain pass.
After passing through the plains and entering the mountains, Yang Zhen rejected the suggestion of Feng Dafei and several regiment cadres to ask for instructions to let the troops take a rest. Without waiting for follow-up cover, Li Mingbo arrived and commanded the troops to continue to march at a forced march speed toward the northeast in the direction of the main retreat.
Quick retreat.
It was not until the troops entered the deep mountains and old forests south of Gaoshan Dang and north of Songjiatan in the mountains and old forests of the Huangshan Mountains that a large number of stragglers appeared, that Yang Zhen ordered the troops to rest. However, except for the sent security troops, the rest of the troops could rest, as
However, the commander Yang Zhen could not and could not rest.
After ordering the Communications Section to set up a radio station to communicate with the military, Yang Zhen took a telescope and climbed up a hill in the northeast to carefully observe the surrounding situation. Looking at the surrounding environment with high mountains and dense forests, Yang Zhen was completely stunned
Breathing a sigh of relief. At least for a short time, the troops are safe.
When he personally deployed the security troops at several selected commanding heights in the surrounding areas, and also arranged a combination of light and dark security posts, Yang Zhen, who had just come down the mountain, saw people lying staggering all over the hillside, and he even said it to his mouth in exhaustion.
The soldier who didn't want to eat even the dry food could only smile bitterly without saying anything.
After going down the mountain, Yang Zhen did not blame the exhausted soldiers. Unlike the agencies that could use short periods of time to rest. As a special agent group of the military security force since Yunling, they had almost no rest.
.First, they covered the military headquarters’ operations, and then they rushed to Niulanling.
After a day of fierce fighting with the 79th Division, they retreated in accordance with the order. On the entire Xingtan battlefield, the most tired, walking the most, and probably the most hungry are the special agents. These cadres and soldiers can persist until now,
It is already very difficult not to fall behind and become a deserter.
After Yang Zhen came down from the mountain, he said to Feng Dafei, who had been following him: "Old Feng, it's not okay for soldiers to skip meals like this. Let the cadres of each company take the lead and make sure to eat. We don't know how long we will have to walk later.
, when can I rest? It’s not okay if I can’t recover my physical strength.”
Having said this, Yang Zhen paused and said: "Old Feng, the situation is tense, I can only give everyone an hour of rest. Let everyone hold on, it is still too close to the enemy. The Third War Zone pounced on one
Once in the air, we must pursue it with all our strength. This is the remnant range of the Huangshan Mountains. Although the mountains are high and the forests are dense, the room for maneuver is still too narrow."
"The most important thing is that we must join the main force as soon as possible. Otherwise, once the enemy forces in the second guerrilla zone react, we will be trapped here. I also know that comrades are very tired now, but the current situation has not been resolved.
Fundamental improvements have been made, but we are still far from the time when we can rest assured. Let comrades hold on."