It took several hours to prepare the fuel station. It was near evening that the northern suburbs successively dispatched troops to carry out the task of burning the city into the city. In several blocks on the front line with intensive firepower, from the afternoon
Starting at one o'clock, orders were received from above to temporarily slow down the attack and not to act recklessly. Therefore, the fighting in the city had actually weakened a lot by this time. Even Ji Fuyi's 30th Brigade, which had detoured back to the southern suburbs,
After specifying the location, they did not launch an attack rashly.
Ji Fuyi's 30th Brigade only dispatched a few cavalry teams to follow the division's orders to evacuate the people in Nancheng as much as possible. Considering the wind direction, the risk in Nancheng is still very high, but Ji Fuyi also knows his ability very well.
It is limited, so evacuate as much as possible. The enemy must of course focus on the overall situation.
Not only that, but it was the troops sent by the 30th Brigade into the city that gained the most in terms of collecting supplies. Most of Japan's military reserve units and government agencies were concentrated in the southern suburbs, and even the Dandong Railway Station of the Middle East Railway connecting North Korea was located here.
Of course, there was no way to take away the station. Ji Fuyi directly ordered the station facilities to be blown up and nearly two kilometers of the railway torn apart.
At twenty-two minutes past four o'clock, the troops responsible for setting fire arrived one after another and took up their positions.
Dong Zhengguo answered the call from the division headquarters at the brigade headquarters, and after finally confirming the order to burn the city, he decisively ordered the arson teams to start performing their tasks. The messengers conveyed the brigade headquarters' orders all the way through the city. The arson teams had been gearing up for a long time.
Immediately enter the task execution phase.[
The arson team had previously selected several flammable neighborhoods or places where exhausted warehouses, lumber mills, and ancient buildings gathered. They divided the fuel they brought in into two parts, one part concentrated in the most densely populated areas, and the other
Part of it is poured around the block so that the fire can be connected as quickly as possible.
After lighting the torches, more than ten soldiers were arranged in each block, each holding two torches and throwing them everywhere.
The fire started first in Beicheng District. Not only did the flames rise with the wind, but also a thick plume of burnt smoke gradually rose.
At the same time, the troops fighting on the front line were also prepared early, and now began to retreat in an orderly manner. However, the combat troops did not completely evacuate the city, but continued to fortify several peripheral streets that had been reserved in advance.
Beware of Japanese soldiers noticing that the omen is wrong and launching a breakout while the Chinese soldiers are retreating.
Half an hour later, more and more blocks were ignited, and the fire became more and more intense. The evening wind blew all the way to the south, and the fire rolled from north to south as if it had been ordered. It spread among the buildings in the city.
The Japanese soldiers who deployed the defenses realized that something was wrong, but because the various strongholds were too scattered, many teams did not receive the order to retreat and could only bite the bullet and continue to hold on.
When the raging fire really approached the forefront of the stronghold, the Japanese team stationed here finally couldn't help it. Seeing the fire like wolves and tigers, they didn't even need their weapons and ran out of the building one after another. But in
Fueled by fuel and wind, the flames coming towards us surged like a tidal wave. Before these dozen Japanese soldiers could run out, they had already blocked the front door.
In desperation, the Japanese team had to escape hastily over the wall in the backyard. In desperation, three or five people fell behind. When they finally escaped, they discovered that the original team no longer existed, and the few people who had fallen behind were no longer there.
Couldn't escape the fire.
Faced with the Chinese soldiers brazenly setting fire to the city, the Japanese troops in Dandong City were angry and helpless. The speed of the fire was gradually increasing, that is to say, the wider the area burned, the faster it advanced with the wind.
.The Japanese army had no time to hesitate and could only order a quick retreat.
However, it was obviously too late to give the order at this time. Many strongholds on the front line were just like the first stronghold that was burned down. They just heard the messenger outside shouting the order to retreat, but the fire had already reached the gate, and there were even fires.
Some soldiers were still rushing to pack weapons such as heavy machine guns.
By seven o'clock in the evening, the sky was already dark, but the raging fire concentrated in the central area of Dandong City burned the entire sky brightly. The Japanese troops staggered back to Nancheng District. According to statistics, there were
More than 300 people were lost. Of course, not all of these 300 people perished in the sea of fire. Almost half were killed or injured in the daytime battle. The injured soldiers were unable to retreat with the troops due to inconvenient movement, and they were eventually engulfed in the sea of fire.
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Looking at the city filled with thick smoke, each of the less than 500 Japanese soldiers left was dejected. Most of them had faces covered with dirt, and many had serious burns on their arms, cheeks, and thighs. Just now.
During the retreat, almost all the heavy machine guns, grenades and grenades were lost, and there were not many rifles left.
Although I am extremely angry at the Chinese army's brutal offensive method, after all, the enemy is outnumbered, and the shortage of medicine and weapons makes things worse. To continue to resist now is simply asking for death. Even if we really want to fight the Chinese army with a fatal determination,
, there is no way to deploy a second line of defense at this time. I am afraid that the second line of defense has not yet been deployed, and the fire will follow. After a short discussion, the remaining troops decided to withdraw from the southeast.
Dandong, crossed the Yalu River and retreated to North Korea.
It's just that they had good expectations, but this battle is not over yet.
The Japanese troops supported each other and headed west through the streets of Nancheng. After spending several hours on the road, they finally left the city and arrived in the suburbs before midnight. They only rested for a moment, drank some water, and then headed towards the Yalu River.
They rushed over from the bank of the river. Originally, there was a ferry on the bank of the Yalu River in the east city of Dandong, but by this time, it was probably already occupied by the Chinese army. They could only find a suitable place nearby to cross over.
However, after receiving the order to set up a defense line in the southern suburbs to prevent the escape of the Japanese troops in the city, Ji Fuyi, commander of the 30th Brigade, had already determined several routes suitable for the remnants of the Japanese troops to escape, so he set up ambush circles near these routes.
.Including a small forest near the bank of the Yalu River in the southwest.
When the remnants of the Japanese army passed through the woods in several sections, the scouts of the 30th Brigade Headquarters Guard Battalion who were ambushing here noticed the movement from a long distance. The scouts immediately reported the news to the main force in the rear, and the commander of the guard battalion
Cheng Wenlie ordered the entire battalion to prepare and use his pistol as a signal to start the attack again.
Not long after, the first group of remaining Japanese soldiers entered the ambush.
Cheng Wenlie looked at the marching formation of the Japanese army and had to admire the high quality of these little Japanese soldiers. Even though they had just suffered a heavy blow, lost a lot of weapons and equipment, and had to take care of many wounded people,
The queue can still be kept neat and alert, dividing the team into three parts and moving forward separately. In this way, even if the first team or the last team is attacked, the other two teams can respond as quickly as possible.
come over.
But even so, the arrow has to be fired when it is on the string.[
When the first group of Japanese soldiers reached the best ambush position, Cheng Wenlie decisively pulled the trigger of his pistol and fired the first shot of the ambush. Immediately afterwards, the Chinese soldiers who were ambushing at various favorable positions also joined the battle. Guard camp
As a garrison at the brigade headquarters, it is natural to give priority to allocating all supplies in terms of equipment. For this ambush, the Japanese army even carried a few boxes of hand grenades. When the battle started, the grenades were thrown out without any scruples.
, the sound of explosions came and went.
The few Japanese soldiers who were exploring the front were immediately beaten into a hornet's nest and fell to the ground motionless.
The other soldiers hurriedly sought cover and counterattacked, but faced with the sudden and powerful firepower and the enemy lurking in the dark, it was difficult to counterattack. With the continuous explosion of grenades, the Japanese troops were soon completely wiped out.
It was suppressed. People exposed in the open area were shot and fell one after another, and those who tried to escape were immediately shot in the back.
When the Japanese troops of the second and third teams heard the gunshots from the front, they instinctively began to set up defense lines and covered the retreat of the first team of soldiers. However, there were very few soldiers who could actually withdraw from the strong ambush circle, and most of them
The man was shot to death in the first round of shooting. As the first Japanese group was defeated, the guard battalion immediately launched a pursuit and surrounded the second and third groups. A few minutes later, the two sides exchanged fire again.
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It’s just that there are not many Japanese soldiers left, and the firefight in the darkness is all about suppressing fire. The firepower of the guard battalion becomes more and more fierce with each battle, but the firepower of the Japanese army’s resistance is getting weaker and weaker. What’s more, there are many people with limited mobility among the Japanese army.
Wounded soldiers, this burden not only drags down the defensive firepower, but also makes it impossible to retreat calmly.
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