Guanmei Village is located due north six kilometers away from Tanxi Township, and five kilometers northwest of Guanmei Village near Xiaomiao Village. Hengshan Yong, guarded by about a hundred officers and soldiers, was running wildly. Then, after the ammunition of the 8th Xue Division was replenished, Zhang Tianquan immediately led the 22nd Xue Brigade to Guanmei Village. As soon as they took root in Guanmei, deserters from the 17th Division led by Yokoyama Isamu arrived. Near Guanmei, Hengshan Yong was not good at fighting, but he had a strong sense of danger. After capturing Fengxin County, he realized that his only chance of staying here was to encircle and annihilate him from the north, so he took about one of his men with him under the pretext of reconnaissance of the enemy's situation. The Japanese troops of the brigade broke through to the north, and Hengshan Yong's decisiveness saved his life. At that time, Chu Tiange's guerrilla troops had not been able to organize a defense line because they were too tired. Therefore, even though they had a huge military advantage, they He still managed to break out of the encirclement. Of course, after being attacked one after another by the guerrillas, the more than a thousand people he brought out were almost exhausted, and now only these more than a hundred people are left.
Yokoyama Isamu's original plan was to replenish his supplies far away from Anyi and then continue to flee north. However, after going through all the hardships and escaping to the Tanxi area, he happened to encounter the Xuebing Army encircling and annihilating the 145th Regiment. He took a look at the team from a distance and realized that even if he filled in the few troops he had, it would be in vain, so he did not want any spirit of friendship and bushido, and led his men directly to find Yukino Mao.
This cat lasted for three or four hours. When he was sure that the Anyi Xuebing Army had withdrawn and detoured to Guanmei Village, he discovered a large number of Xuebing Army chariots in the fields outside Guanmei Village. Hengshan Yong's battlefield judgment was still It was quite strong. He immediately realized that "these Chinese artillery trucks must be ambushing the 2nd Army", because the telegraph machine had been damaged during the battle, so he took the troops to bypass Guanmei Village at a distance, and then went to work. He ran away, hoping to find the reinforcements from the 2nd Army before the Eighth Learning Division opened fire, so as to help them avoid this trap. It has to be said that once the little devil's small universe exploded, even though he was born with bandy legs, his marching speed was fast enough. Of course, as the thunderous sound of cannon fire came from the direction of Guanmei Village, no matter how hard they tried before or how fast they ran, it was just useless.
They suffered the most under the artillery fire of the Xuebing Army, and even the sound of "thumping..." shells breaking through the air reached their ears. Many Japanese soldiers immediately instinctively fell down on the spot, but it was still a step too late. Yokoyama Yuya stopped. However, he judged the flight direction of the cannonballs accurately, so he did not behave like his men. Watching the cannonballs flying towards the northwest, he stretched out his right finger and asked the 17th man next to him. Brigade leader Suzuki Harumatsu: "What direction is that."
Suzuki Chunsong opened the map and looked at it with a sad expression on his face: "That should be Jiangshang Township and Baicha Town. These two towns are on both sides of the Xiushui River."
When Yokoyama Yong heard this, his face became extremely ugly. After a while, he gritted his teeth and cursed: "Ba Ge, this must be going to Xiushui River. Who was appointed by Nishio Shouzou as the commander-in-chief? Didn't he receive us?" Didn’t he receive a telegram? Baggyalu, couldn’t the lessons our army had paid for with blood make him more cautious?”
Suzuki Harumatsu lowered his head with a look of pain on his face,
"Ignore them, let's move on." Yokoyama Isamu said, looking away, and then he saw his subordinates lying around him. He was so angry that he stepped forward and kicked one of his subordinates, and cursed: "Ba Ge , can’t you hear the flight path of the artillery shell? It’s heading northwest, Ba Ge, your courage has been frightened by the Chinese.”
The Japs were as silent as cicadas. They quickly got up one by one and stood there with their heads bowed.
Their decadent look fell in the eyes of Yokoyama Isamu, who naturally provoked another scolding: "Ba Ge, what are you doing standing there stupidly? Keep moving forward."
"Hai."
When the tank brigade and the armored car brigade began to cross the river, Yoshio Shinozuka got off the car and stood on the riverside. Looking at the stretching snowy ridges on the other side, he sighed with emotion: "God is really kind to the Chinese people. What a beautiful scenery." Chief of Staff Hearing this, Colonel Tsubukkaki said: "It's not only beautiful, but it's also a natural fortification. Sir, what's the sound?"
"Protect Your Excellency, Commander." Behind him, the adjutant Hashiba Hirohito shouted. Then, when Yoshio Shinozuka ordered the evacuation, he was forcefully blocked by several military policemen. As soon as he got up, he ran to the bottom of the river embankment. When other people saw this, they all fell down on the spot. Some officers began to loudly order their men to get down, while the Japanese chariots on the ice roared like crazy and braved the thick atmosphere. Thick black smoke drove crazily towards the other side,
From the sound of shells piercing the air to the sound of explosions filling our ears, it only took a few seconds. Fireballs rose up one after another. The next moment, amid the rumbling explosions, the scene that worried the Japanese the most appeared. The ice surface Unable to withstand such a powerful bombardment, first there was a loud crunching sound, and then large tracts of ice cracked and collapsed around the explosion point.
"Wow." A tank suddenly rolled into the broken ice, a column of water about ten feet high rose up, and then the machine gunner screamed.
"Haruji Taniguchi, find the enemy's position and organize a counterattack immediately." Taka Takabuchi shouted to the artillerymen behind him,
"Hai." Haruji Taniguchi responded loudly from a distance. While ordering his men to immediately prepare for artillery bombardment, he and several staff officers began to observe the ballistics.
Judging from the observations of Haruji Taniguchi and others, the artillery bombardment of the 22nd Brigade was unscrupulous. The 150-mm caliber artillery shells fell in pieces, with no intention of stopping. After five minutes of shelling, this area The ice surface and even the wider Xiushui River surface were completely exploded. Seeing that the densely covered ice surface where the chariots were just now was only left with monstrous artillery fire and groups of huge waves. The look on Haruji Taniguchi's face His muscles twitched, he forced himself to remain calm, and changed his order: "Stop it, everyone. The Chinese artillery position is beyond our range."
The explosion was so violent that many Japanese artillerymen received new orders after being conveyed by their commanders. They stopped what they were doing one after another, and then stared blankly at the river where the artillery fire was raging. They were dumbfounded for a moment.
Shinozuka Yoshio had resumed command of the troops at this time. After he, Tsubuzaki and Lieutenant General Taniguchi Motojiro, the commander of the 108th Division, who had arrived, and the chief of staff, Kanju Yazaki, met, they faced each other. He glanced at it, and then looked blankly at the southeast direction where the shells were flying, but he didn't have any temper at all.
Even Haruji Taniguchi could see that the enemy's artillery positions were beyond the range of his artillery. It was naturally impossible for them not to see it. Therefore, they showed such powerlessness.