"Boom." A grenade exploded about ten meters away from Xu Zhi. Two students were blown away on the spot, and three students were injured. The officers and soldiers of the regiment killed at least thirty cadets with huge casualties. This made Xu Zhi calm down, and he shouted: "Withdraw, withdraw first."
On the hill, Chu Tiange suddenly noticed that Wang Dan's face became serious and asked: "How is it?"
Wang Dan: "The little devils have formed a car formation and are getting tough. It's not easy to fight."
"Hel me up."
Two guards helped Chu Tiange up. Wang Dan handed him the telescope. Chu Tiange took it and raised it in front of him to look at the battlefield about 800 meters away. He frowned slightly, then he pulled back the camera and looked towards his side. The troops looked at it and said, "It's scary, we even captured a lot of prisoners."
"Commander, it's not easy to fight." Xiong Tiandao leaned against a tree and said,
Chu Tiange thought for a while and said: "Blow the retreat horn."
"Ah, we're withdrawing now."
"The remaining Japs are all wounded soldiers. Let old Japs Gan Cang continue to worry."
"What should we do with those prisoners? Should we let Commander Xu enforce battlefield discipline?"
"Take them back. The commander-in-chief asked us to take some Japanese prisoners back. It's just right."
The retreat horn sounded, and Xu Zhi, who was studying countermeasures with Zhang Dejun and others, heard it. At first, he thought he heard it wrong. Zhang Dejun said, "No, victory is in sight."
Xu Zhi was also very suspicious. The retreat signal continued to sound. He frowned and said, "Then withdraw. Has the major general taken care of it?"
"The head, uniform, and command knife have all been removed, as well as the major's." Man Honglang, the chief of staff of the first regiment, said, and asked: "What to do with these prisoners."
"Take them back first. If you want to enforce battlefield discipline, you have to give an order from the commander to withdraw with all the dead and wounded brothers and the trophies."
"withdraw."
"What, retreat, you're not mistaken." The "bandits" talked a lot, but no one dared to disobey the order. After dozens of rounds of grenades were fired, suppressing the enemy's firepower, the cadets carried the dead and wounded on their backs. comrades, and then receded like a tide,
"The Chinese have withdrawn." Some Japanese cheered. Hattori saw this scene, but he was not happy at all. The brigade commander Naoki Araki died, which was a heavy blow to the 33rd Division; the Xuebing Army suddenly appeared in On the Jiangxi battlefield, this is even more bad news for the 33rd Division. If the Xuebing Army is dispatched on a large scale this time, then the prospects of the 33rd Division will be quite worrying.
Chu Tiange's retreat order was issued promptly. Within a quarter of an hour after they evacuated the battlefield, two brigades of Japs rushed to the battlefield under the leadership of a lieutenant named Sasaki Renjie.
It seems to be Chu Tiange's luck, because many military cards of the 33rd Division were lost in the battle with Xue Yue's Ninth War Zone, so the Japs from these two brigades could only come on foot to support them. Although Under Sasaki's supervision, the two groups of Japanese soldiers ran like dogs, but they still missed the best rescue time.
When he heard that Major General Naoki Araki had been killed and his head was taken away by the cadet army, and Kenri Matsumoto also died in battle, and more than forty soldiers surrendered to the Chinese, Sasaki was shocked and angry, and sat down on the ground. , it took a long time to return to normal. After returning to normal, he remembered a more serious problem and asked Hattori: "Are you sure the enemy is the cadet army?"
Hattori answered affirmatively: "Yes."
"The Xuebing Army came to Jiangxi, and Nanchang was occupied by them. Bage, Fujino Steel, this bastard, he didn't even send out a useful message."
The Japanese commander stationed in Nanchang was Fujino Steel. Sasaki believed that it was Fujino Steel's failure to report this situation to the headquarters in time that led to the attack on Matsumoto's brigade and the death of Major General Araki. However, he did not want to think about Fujino as a dead man. Gang, how can he report to the headquarters?
That night, the identity of the Japanese major general who was killed was confirmed. He was Naoki Araki, the commander of the 33rd Brigade under the 33rd Division. The news was spread back to Guangzhou. All senior officials of the Xuebing Army, including Ouyang Yun, were High-fiving each other, killing a Japanese major general is definitely something worth writing about. After receiving the notice, the major media in Guangzhou immediately published extra-print reports overnight and reported it. Soon, the Xuebing Army killed a Japanese major general. The incident spread like wildfire and made headlines in many newspapers across the country.
The next day, the commander of the Ninth War Zone Xue Yue, who was commanding the Gao'an strategy in Shanggao County, heard about this and couldn't help laughing and scolding his subordinates: "This Ouyang Yun is really good at seizing opportunities. We have worked hard here with the 33rd Army. The division fought a fierce battle for more than a week, but they only killed more than 3,000 Japanese and killed a few majors. He was good, he could just pull out a team and kill a major general. Do you think this guy stepped on some shit when he went out? Already."
Yu Jishi, the commander of the 74th Army who was responsible for the main attack on Gao'an, was on the side. He and Ouyang Yun had met in Madang, and they had benefited a lot. Hearing this, he smiled and said: "I know General Ouyang. He is not If we take action, we will definitely make a splash. He must have a complete intelligence network in Jiangxi. He came here specifically to pick up the leaks. Commander, if we want to encircle and annihilate the 33rd Division, this is an opportunity. I just don’t know that this time we will enter. How big is the student army in Gan? Should I contact him?"
Yu Jishi was resolute in resisting Japan and had a good impression of Ouyang Yun, so he only thought from the good side. Not all of Xue Yue's subordinates were like him. As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Zhuoying, commander of the 19th Group Army, raised an objection: "This Ouyang Yun is too hateful, we are working our butts off here, but it would be nice for him to just come out and pick up the slack without even saying hello. Okay, now we have great achievements and reputation, but where are the Commander and our Ninth Theater Department?"
These words were so provocative that Yu Jishi couldn't stand it any longer and retorted: "Whether it's picking up leaks or gaining reputation, as long as you sincerely fight against the Japanese, it will be a good thing that benefits the country and the people, and it's worth our friendship. Commander Xue is not a petty chicken." People, do you think everyone is like you, only willing to take action if there is something to gain?"
Luo Zhuoying was furious and replied with a blushing face: "Yu Jishi, what do you mean? I was just discussing the matter, but you humiliated me like this. Isn't it because I didn't rescue you during the Battle of Songhu? But at that time our 18th Army was also in trouble. A hard fight,.”
Luo Zhuoying and Yu Jishi did not deal with each other because of this public case during the Songhu Battle. Seeing this, Xue Yue quickly smoothed things over, interrupted Luo Zhuoying and said: "Okay, okay, don't argue anymore. If you have the energy, you better think about it." How to capture Gao'an and deal with the 33rd Division? Liangzhen (written by Yu Jishi), your proposal is feasible. I will leave it to you to contact the Xuebing Army, You Qing (written by Luo Zhuoying) ), you should also think carefully about how long it would take us to completely annihilate the Japanese 11th Army if there were soldiers cutting off the retreat of the 33rd Division and helping us intercept the main force of the Japanese 11th Army that might come to support Gao'an. After all, the Xuebing Army is also China's army, and it insists on resisting Japan, so it is a friendly force. There is no doubt about this. Others also have their own opinions. If you have any good ideas, feel free to put them forward. If you really want to annihilate the 33rd Division , Chairman of the Generalissimo, your medal is indispensable."