Chapter six hundred and forty fourth in perseverance
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Although Yang Zhen is quite dissatisfied with the petty and petty style of the logistics department. But time is tight and the situation is critical, especially when the main person in charge of the logistics department is not around. He does 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 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. The Xingtan troops blocked the battle and 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, as well as the ones captured by the guard company in the encounter between Piling and Xingtan. Three French light machine guns and one Czech light machine gun were all allocated to the special agent group.
After temporary allocation, plus 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 lacking, Shortage. But it's better than having the secret service chew it with their teeth.
After the special agent team collected 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. There's no point in pursuing the case. If you want to hold someone accountable, you have to wait until you meet with the military.
Although a night of fierce fighting and two days of marching made everyone feel quite tired, under the severe situation, no one expressed any objection to Yang Zhen's decision. Because among all the people 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 severely wounded and lightly wounded who could not walk have been placed on the spot. More chapters are available soon. The non-combatants have already set off with the main force. This unit can be said to be the most capable of the original Wannan troops. It can be said that the entire army is lightly equipped. In addition to weapons, ammunition, and some dry food carried by the entire army, there are only two radio stations that can barely be called a baggage.
For Yang Zhen, who had repeatedly stressed that he was not allowed to abandon a wounded soldier 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 resettling them on-site 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 requires at least two people, or even four people to carry it. Five or more than ten seriously injured people who cannot move require more than two people. The troops of the company are here to carry it. If the troops with few hands are transformed into a stretcher company, how can we fight this battle or break through the encirclement?
Fortunately, what makes Yang Zhen feel at ease is that the enemy he is facing is not the Japanese army who enjoys killing prisoners, nor the brutal Majia Army in the northwest. This is also where the southern Anhui army has long worked and fought. It is not a place tightly controlled by the Japanese and puppet troops. The mass base in Northeast China is also much better.
In addition, among the wounded, there are not many cadres. 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 punishable. There may be some misfortunes, but the safety of life is basically guaranteed.
After the wounded were placed and the troops were completely light-equipped 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. All machine gunners hung all the light machine guns on their chests. As long as they encounter the enemy while moving to the mountains, 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 teaching 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 are all hung on the chest. Updated as soon as possible
Almost at the same time as the first echelon set off, the covering troops commanded by Lee Myung-bak concentrated all the firepower left by Yang Zhen. They had already 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 of departure. .Yang Zhen’s words: Entering the mountains means victory and running with all your strength.
Compared with the follow-up troops, the special agent group that opened the way in front used the concentrated firepower as much as possible to immediately update and fight fiercely with all the small groups of enemy forces in front who tried to intercept. Fortunately, the enemy forces on the entire Maqiao Crossing line were Most of them have withdrawn south to the front line of Zhexi Bridge. The only enemy troops remaining at the commanding heights on both sides of the mountain pass in front of the first line of Madu Bridge are only one company of the Engineer Battalion directly under the 40th Division.
Originally stationed at Maduqiao Mountain 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 was temporarily converted into infantry, still tried to use its advantage of controlling the commanding heights to block the breakout troops at the mountain pass, but did not want to fight with the opponent. As soon as they encountered it, they were hit head-on 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 of the whole storm due to changes in the battlefield situation. And this engineer company, which was supposed to be infantry for the time being, despite the pressure of the special agent regiment, At that time, I tried to resist.
It's just that engineers are engineers after all. 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 Eyes. 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 recover, the secret service group's bayonet had already reached under his nose. Although there was terrain that could be exploited, this man who had been entrusted with important responsibilities was The engineer company still did not hold out for too long. 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 eastward assault. He commanded a reinforced company. Please come to more and faster chapters. Two light machine guns immediately seized the high ground on both sides of the mountain pass to cover the follow-up troops entering the mountain.
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 at 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. Li Mingbo, who did not wait for follow-up cover, 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 wasn't until the troops entered the deep mountains and old forests south of Gaoshan Dang and north of Songjiatan in the remaining mountains of Huangshan. After a large number of stragglers appeared, Yang Zhen ordered the troops to rest. However, except for the sent security troops, the rest of the troops could rest. As But the commander Yang Zhen couldn't. He couldn't 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. He carefully observed the surrounding situation. Looking at the surrounding environment with high mountains and dense forests, Yang Zhen was completely stunned. Heaving 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. 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 tired soldiers who were already in disarray. Unlike the agencies that could use short periods of time to rest in between, the special agents of the military security force had almost no rest since their departure from Yunling. .First, they covered the military operations. Later, 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 be left behind. It is not easy to be 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. You must 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's rest. Let everyone hold on. The enemy here is still too close. The third war zone pounced on one After the attack, we must pursue it with all our strength. This is the remaining 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 the comrades are very tired now. But the current situation has not been resolved. Fundamental improvement. It is far from the time to rest and rest. Let comrades hold on."