The chief of staff of the independent brigade, Walleff, and Stern both came from the German Army. Coincidentally, the two men also belonged to the same division. Fortunately, in the pre-war deduction, Sakai's desperate counterattack was included in the rehearsal plan. , the staff of the independent brigade headed by Valleif came up with two plans in total. One of them was to dig out without any care, which was considered a quite satisfactory strategy. The other one was a bit bold and risky. For Sakai, It is even a bit cruel and unkind, that is, to unite the Third Academic Division and the Teaching Corps, and after completely attracting the troops of the first brigade, launch a battle of annihilation.
Waleff saw that the soldiers from both sides were intertwined in front, and he asked Stern: "Sir, what should we do now?"
Stern's eyes widened and he quickly made a decision, loudly saying: "Contact Tong Linge and General Li Ganjiang and ask them to come out to eat meat together."
Waleff's eyes lit up and he confirmed again: "It's confirmed."
"Hurry up and get in touch. The Japanese are coming fiercely. I will personally command the artillery."
"yes."
Stern led the guard company and drove straight to the self-propelled artillery regiment. In the nearly twenty minutes of exchange of fire, the Japanese artillery fire was completely suppressed. The self-propelled artillery regiment was retracting its support legs at this time, preparing to follow The large force moved and ordered his vehicle to be driven in front of Hugh John, the commander of the self-propelled artillery regiment. Stern loudly ordered: "Stop for what, continue the bombardment, use artillery shells on the Japanese army." Plow a passage out."
Hugh John immediately understood what he meant. Under his command, five minutes later, all the self-propelled artillery went into battle again. The rumble of artillery sounded. Dozens of cannons started from the rearmost camp of the Japanese army and went all the way to the end of the battle between the two sides. The fierce front line fought through, and soon, artillery shells were used to create a no-man's land.
Before that, Stern made contact with the front engineer battalion and tank regiment through the walkie-talkie, asking them to attack the enemy in the middle. They must occupy the channel developed by the artillery before the Japanese army could react. Then, the battle The convoy moved to both sides, trying to expand the passage to ensure the safe passage of ground troops.
A quarter of an hour later, Walaifu brought the confirmation letter from Li Ganjiang and Tong Linge. According to the military arrangement, the task of the third division was only to accept and defend the positions taken by the independent brigade, and to attack the mixed first brigade. The regiment was under pressure, so that it did not dare to divide its troops to chase the independent brigade. It can be said that the combat mission was relatively easy, and in turn, the chance of meritorious service was very slim. And Tong Linge's teaching corps did not have combat missions for the time being. This pair of people who had always been eager to fight with the little devils It was really a torment for Li and Tong, who were fighting head-on and fiercely. After learning Stern's request from Waleff, the two generals were stunned at first. They felt that this foreign man was too courageous. A little too big. Thinking about it again, this is not an opportunity to completely annihilate the first mixed brigade. The current battlefield situation is that the Japanese army is completely suppressed, and the independent brigade is wedged into the Japanese army's position like a wedge. , in this situation where we are among the enemies and the enemy is among us, the numerical advantage will soon be reflected.
Li Ganjiang decided on the phone on the spot: "It's done."
Tong Linge thought quietly for a while, and then said: "If you don't seize this opportunity that comes to your door, you will be very sorry to those late brothers who died along the Great Wall. Chief of Staff Walaifu, let me tell you, Brigadier , kill the Japanese, and teach the Corps not to fall behind anyone."
When the independent brigade's artillery fire plowed a passage in the middle of the position, Sakai was not aware of Stern's true intention. He arrogantly believed that the Chinese army on the opposite side had to pay such a high price. Just to force themselves to retreat and buy time for defense, its real strategic purpose should be to go out of Tiemen Pass and return to the Xifengkou side, and then harass the imperial troops there.
When the independent brigade's tank regiment began to enter the passage and squeeze its troops to both sides, Sakai became more convinced of this. So, he decisively ordered the troops to gather on both sides and bite the wedged troops on both sides. The Chinese troops in the position bought time for the regiment led by Major Jiutazhi Huaqiang, who was farthest from the main battlefield, to retreat in an orderly manner, and then established a new defensive position in Tieling, ten kilometers away from Tiemenguan, to completely block the independent brigade. Be prepared,
After Stern came out of the artillery regiment, he went straight to the edge of the first trench of the Japanese battlefield. Standing on the cab of the off-road vehicle, he used his binoculars to have a panoramic view of the Japanese army's actions. He immediately saw through Sakai's intention and immediately New adjustments were made, allowing the tank regiment to give up expanding the passage and clearing out the enemies on both sides, and instead bite the enemy force that wanted to withdraw from the battlefield; then, the two newly added mechanized infantry regiments took over the tank regiment. work, continuing to put pressure on the enemies on both sides and delaying their integration as much as possible; on the other hand, the artillery regiment carried out extended shooting to cut off the Japanese army's retreat.
The independent brigade adjusted and changed its formation quite quickly. When rows of Jews in camouflage uniforms jumped out of the trucks, carrying Wei Qing style and launched an attack on the Japanese troops on both sides, Sakai saw the fair faces and blue eyes under the helmets. , and blond hair. His first reaction was to take a breath. The existence of the Jewish Independence Brigade in the Cadet Army was not a secret. However, due to the lack of intelligence system, the Japanese did not know what this unit was like. It’s unclear, because most of the soldiers in the engineer battalion that served as the vanguard were Chinese. Sakai didn’t notice anything special about this unit, and the soldiers in the tank regiment were well hidden, so until this time, he Only then did he realize that his enemies were actually Jews.
The Jews themselves are not terrible, but because most of the Jews in Renqiu are from Germany, the troops composed of these Jews have a strong sense of oppression for the Japanese. The Japanese have always been a strange nation, and they are afraid of everything. He likes to go to extremes. To be specific, he can extremely look down on those who are weaker than himself, and at the same time, he will be in awe of those who are stronger than him. The reason why the Japanese Army only dares to call itself the second in the world is because they clearly know that their country The gap between the Army and the German Army, then, this team composed of former German Army officers and soldiers, for the Japanese, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a nightmare,
Sakai found the flag of the Jewish Independence Brigade in the enemy's ranks, and found the Star of David on it, which had special significance for the Jews. He couldn't help but groan in his heart, and his legs went weak and he almost fell. From this moment on, he had a very bad feeling about the fate of his unit.