An Yi gave up everything and asked Peng Zhenguo's troops to attack Huaishu Bay. There was no other way. Gu Changfeng's troops, who had paid a heavy price to break out of the encirclement and were surrounded by Japanese troops from all sides less than half a day later, were now in a state of extreme exhaustion and exhaustion of ammunition and food.
, without external support, they are likely to fall within the last blockade.
During An Yi's independent division's great escape from Jiangbei five years ago, the air raid on Luoma Lake destroyed troops and generals, the bloody battle in Taiping Town to escape, and the fierce battles in Xuyi. The unforgettable and tragic experiences in Liuhe's desperate struggle still resonate deeply with An Yi and him.
In the hearts of the brothers, they can clearly feel the pain, anxiety, panic and helplessness, and deeply understand the hardship and desolation on the way to escape. Therefore, An Yi and his brothers are willing to pay any price to rescue and fight thousands of miles away.
The five thousand soldiers of Gu Changfeng's department who have gone through many hardships are not only the indispensable cornerstone of the Anjia Army, but also role models for Chinese soldiers and the place of confidence and hope for countless soldiers and civilians.
Requesting Peng Zhenguo's three regiments to attack Huaishu Bay, which was besieged by an infantry brigade of the Japanese Eighth Division, was only one step in An Yi's entire rescue plan. An Yi told Peng Zhenguo that it was a last resort with only one Japanese squadron guarding Huaishu Bay.
Strictly speaking, An Yi did not deceive. There is indeed only one Japanese infantry squadron in Huaishu Bay. However, there are two Japanese infantry brigades stationed within five kilometers north and south of Huaishu Bay. These are both part of the Eighth Division Hayakawa.
The Japanese troops of the regiment were closely connected with the Japanese regiment of Gambo Chongtaro on the northern route from Wafang to Zhuanshanzi on the back. A defense line of more than 14,000 heavy troops blocked Gu Changfeng's westward escape route.
Road, and the Japanese Hayakawa Regiment Headquarters, which is responsible for the southern line containment, has stationed in Zhongguan Town, 19 kilometers south of Huaishu Bay, before sunset. At the same time, there is a special person entering Zhongguan Town and heading north.
The Japanese cavalry brigade and a machine gun brigade were dispatched.
Zhongguan Town is only 29 kilometers away from Dunhua in the northwest, and only 14 kilometers away from the Sanchakou position where the Japanese Seventh Independent Mixed Brigade attacked Chengde in the southeast.
Judging from the fact that the Japanese army continued to pursue and increase the number of besieging troops, the Kwantung Army would never give up unless they completely eliminated Gu Changfeng's tribe, which had caused them huge mental and material trauma.
For the smooth implementation of this rescue plan, An Yi also mobilized a lot of troops and spent all his energy: the Hu Jialin Independent Division on the Kuancheng front line immediately approached the Japanese Eighth Division position in front of them shortly after the bombing ended, regardless of
Consequentially, they continued to suppress the Japanese defense line in order to attract the attention of the Japanese command system and involve the effective strength of the Japanese army; at the same time, in order to ensure that the independent division launched a sudden attack on the 8th Division, the commander of the 17th Division Lu Yixuan also led his troops to
The five thousand soldiers of the Zhao Tingfang Brigade of the Fifth Army Corps who stayed in Kuancheng felt the unyielding strength of the Anjia Army.
Feeling the spirit of An Jiajun's sincere help in everything, he took the initiative to let the Fourth Army Corps Yu Zhaolin Brigade replace them as the reserve team, and did not hesitate to enter the defensive position in the northeast.
Not only that, with the strong support of Song Zheyuan and Liu Ruming of the Northwest Army, An Yi took advantage of the 29th Army's large-scale exit from the border to firmly contain the first part of the Japanese Sixth Division and all the brigades behind Kuancheng.
From the east to the Qinglong line, we strive to cause the Japanese army to temporarily misjudge and hesitate, creating opportunities for Gu Changfeng's troops to make a final breakthrough.
At five o'clock in the morning, the independent division led by Wu Liheng took the lead in attacking the Changchuan Brigade of the Japanese Eighth Division. The independent division, which had been adopting an upright head-on combat method for several days, finally used the Zong Xingzhen Special Forces Brigade, which was the most brave among the entire army.
——The headquarters of the 17th Infantry Regiment of the Changchuan Brigade, located 19 kilometers north of Kuancheng, was suddenly attacked by mortars from three directions. The commander of the regiment, Ta Wuping, was knocked unconscious.
Ito and six lieutenants were killed. Explosions occurred one after another in Manzhangzi Town, where the regiment headquarters was located. The houses where the engineer squadron and cavalry squadron were stationed in the south of the town were overturned, bricks and stones were scattered, and the flames burned the stables and surrounding areas, which were mostly wooden.
The building quickly ignited.
Twenty minutes later, the soldiers of the special detachment who successfully retreated to the north of Majiazhuang Village in the south joined the battle of the other two detachments and launched a fierce attack from behind on the remaining Japanese troops stationed in a squadron of Majiaqiao.
More than 180 independent division elites relied on superb military skills and powerful firepower to eliminate a Japanese brigade stationed here in just ten minutes. When the explosive package buried under the 16-meter-long Majia Bridge pier guided
When the fuse was lit, more than 180 special forces elites had already disappeared into the hills to the south. Amidst the soaring fire and flaming gravel, a huge mushroom cloud formed in the sky. This century-old city
The stone arch bridge disappeared in an instant.
The huge explosion that could be heard ten miles away became the order for the 12,000 soldiers of the independent division to attack. The artillery regiment, which began to quietly move forward in the middle of the night, roared in unison with six 120 howitzers and twenty-four 75 artillery pieces.
After the training regiment of 3,000 men, the three brigades of the independent division, which were supplemented in strength, launched a fierce attack on the position of the 17th Japanese Regiment under the command of their respective commanders.
At six o'clock in the morning, Lingyuan County, the Japanese Eighth Division headquarters.
The news that the 17th Regiment under the division had lost its forward position and suffered nearly half of its casualties during the independent division's aggressive and life-threatening attack made the division commander Nishi Yiichi and the chief of staff Kakutaro Kobayashi and other generals Sasaka
Unable to clearly judge the enemy's purpose, another urgent report came from Hiraizumi, commander of the Fourth Brigade Suzuki Mitsuchi: At 5:40 in the morning, the Chinese army, with about two regiments of troops, launched an encirclement and suppression campaign from the direction of Dunhua.
A squadron of the 30th Regiment of the remaining Anjia Army stationed at Huaishu Bay launched a sudden attack, and the Honda Brigade five kilometers to the south quickly provided support. In an area two kilometers south of Huaishu Bay, a fierce battle broke out with an enemy regiment that had ambushed in advance.
Kobayashi Kakutaro carefully observed the map, and after making drawings for a while, he suddenly exclaimed: "The main force of the Anjia Army suddenly launched a large-scale attack in the south, probably to confuse our judgment and draw all our attention to the line between Kuancheng and Hiraizumi.
, to contain most of my troops, so that the remnants of Gu Changfeng’s An’s army can retreat in the chaos.”
"Well, it's very possible..."
Xi Yiyi looked at the map and pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "It is indeed possible! However, even if our judgment is correct, we must wait for further instructions from the headquarters... Well, in this way, all the circumstances, together with our
Report the judgment promptly. I believe that General Muto and Chief of Staff Koiso will make their decision soon. All we have to do is implement it.
"Today, our army is at a critical moment of completely conquering the areas outside the China Pass. The biggest strategic target is the Chengde line. Therefore, although the remnants of Gu Changfeng of the Anjia Army have reached the end of the road under the encirclement and pursuit of our army's superior forces, only a few thousand
The human remnant enemy will become extremely small compared with the hundreds of square kilometers of Chengde, which has an extremely important strategic position.
"Personally, I still prefer to increase troops on the front line of Kuancheng. If they cannot repel the Anjia Army and even the most elite independent divisions in the Central Army sequence, they can always reinforce Chengde to the west, which is only 80 kilometers away. If that
The sudden attack just launched by our troops has temporarily relieved the defensive pressure in the Kuancheng area. If we suddenly turn west and join the Chengde battlefield, the resistance of our division and the other two brigades will be greatly increased. Maybe it is because of this combat power.
The powerful elite troops firmly blocked our way into Chengde and bought precious breathing time for the Chinese troops to march north to the battlefield. In that case, the next battle would be difficult to fight."
Kobayashi Kakutaro looked at the map again and agreed with admiration: "Come on, General! That's true. Chengde is too important. Compared with it, the life and death of Gu Changfeng's remnants are not worth mentioning at all. Therefore, Kuancheng must hold on and fight resolutely at the same time."
Defeat the arrogance of the enemy's independent division and maintain the front line to the current area... However, now we can only wait for instructions from the headquarters. After all, strategy is higher than tactics, and the local part must be subordinate to the whole."
"Report: The leader of the Suzuki Brigade called again. Several enemy fighter planes continued to bomb the Honda brigade assisting Huaishu Bay. An enemy regiment that occupied Huaishu Bay has moved south to assist in the battle. The Honda brigade suffered heavy losses. The Suzuki brigade commander has already
Dispatch the Matsumoto brigade stationed in Zhongguan Town to quickly assist."
"There is an air force to assist... Is this another surprise force from the Anjia Army? Where did they draw their troops from?"
Nishiyi frowned slightly, quickly took the emergency report from the staff, read it carefully, and after reading it, he decisively ordered: "Forward this message to the headquarters immediately!"
"Hiyi!"
Seven minutes later, Kwantung Army Commander Muto Nobuyoshi's order arrived in time: First, the Eighth Division was ordered to act according to the original plan, and the Kuancheng front line was handed over to the 33rd Independent Mixed Brigade of Major General Nakamura Kaoru, and the Eighth Division
Nagakawahara Kan Brigade, Suzuki Brigade Yasukawa Wing, and Ishikawa Koichi's Seventh Independent Mixed Brigade must continue to maintain pressure on the enemy forces in the direction of Chengde according to the original plan; second, the First Air Force is about to set off, and will
The Chinese troops on the front line of Kuancheng will be bombed to support the rapid advance of the ground rescue forces; third, an infantry regiment and a cavalry brigade of the Northern Route Army, which have been chasing behind the remnants of the Anjia Army, will quickly move south, two from the side and the rear.
The direction was to encircle the line from Huaishu Bay to Zhongguan Town, and not a single officer or soldier from the remnant Anjia Army would be allowed to escape from the encirclement.
Xi Yiyi took the telegram and pondered it for a long time, and quickly understood the meaning of the Kwantung Army headquarters. He knew that continuing to maintain strong pressure on the front line of Kuancheng would be a strong support for the headquarters to attack Chengde.
Nishi Yiichi obeyed the order without hesitation and ordered the 33rd Independent Mixed Brigade, which was stationed in Hiraizumi and had been serving as a strategic reserve, to rush south to attack the enemy Anjia Army Independent Division. This stubborn enemy must be firmly contained in Kuancheng
On the battlefield. Immediately afterwards, Nishiyi called Suzuki Mitsuichi and ordered his encirclement and suppression regiment to block the line from Taohua Bay to Zhongguan Town with an indomitable spirit.
At 8:20 in the morning, the battlefield was two kilometers south of Huaishu Bay.
Jiang Shangzhi, commander of the independent brigade of the First Legion of the Volunteer Army, was very excited. The dark face of this Liaodong man who insisted on staying outside the pass and fighting bravely turned red. When he saw the Japanese troops who came to help were bombed and strafed by seven large and small aircraft of his own side,
Pieces fell one after another. After the bombing by the fighter planes, groups of Japanese soldiers had just climbed up and fled backwards. The silver, exquisite and beautiful fighter planes came quickly and fired dense bullets, making the Japanese soldiers howl like ghosts and wolves, and corpses were scattered all over the ground.
Such a relief and such a fierce attack made Jiang Shangzhi and thousands of his officers and soldiers beam with excitement and excitement.
The silver fighter plane in the sky successfully completed its mission, circled in the sky, and flew away in the blink of an eye. Jiang Shangzhi was full of energy, rushed to the ridge ahead, took out the Browning pistol from his waist, and fired three shots into the sky.
His loud voice shouted loudly:
"Brothers, charge! Kill all the little Japanese, and then clean up the battlefield immediately. Don't leave even a pair of shoes for the Japanese -"
Cao Jinshan, commander of the Seventh Company of the Anyi Special Agent Regiment, who was down the short slope, looked at his watch again, rushed up the short slope in a hurry, and loudly advised the excited Jiang Shangzhi:
"Brigadier Jiang, the mission is completed and it's time to withdraw! Don't use those broken guns. It's important to escape!"
Jiang Shangzhi grinned, pointing with his left hand at the corpses of Japanese soldiers scattered all over the mountains and plains, and patted Cao Jinshan's shoulder heavily with his right hand, and said excitedly: "If you don't take it, you won't take it, Brother Cao, we are not as rich as your Anjiajun, go back and pack these things
Now, it’s another excellent enemy-killing weapon. Besides, if you don’t take something back as a souvenir after winning a battle, how can you be worthy of these legs? Haha, I defeated two enemy brigades and wiped out more than 500 enemies.
, I have never encountered such a victorious brother, how can I not miss him a little bit?"
Cao Jinshan stamped his feet. Although he was extremely anxious, he didn't know what to do.
At this moment, a whistling sound of artillery shells was heard, and the dense artillery shells fell on the battlefield in a blink of an eye, among the officers and soldiers who were searching for trophies, and a large piece fell instantly.
Only then did Jiang Shangzhi panic. He raised his gun and opened fire again, shouting for retreat. The more than 3,000 officers and soldiers who were not killed were so frightened that they quickly turned around and ran away, shouting and screaming as they were chased by enemy artillery shells.
The ground rushed into the mountains and forests to the west.
Jiang Shangzhi, who was on the short slope, suddenly saw hundreds of Japanese cavalry coming from the north. He immediately rushed down the hillside and fled westward. Cao Jinshan and seven team members followed him to cover. As they fled, they marveled at Jiang Shangzhi in their hearts.
The brigade commander's excellent physical fitness and sprint speed will definitely make him a good special soldier if he can practice more.
At the same time, to the west of Huanghuagou, twelve kilometers north of Huaishu Bay, Gu Changfeng and thousands of his brothers were crawling in the snow on the edge of the forest, waiting for a Japanese army of about a thousand people in front to rush south.
About 700 meters ahead, a squadron of Japanese soldiers at the fork of the north-south highway stood at the roadside, watching the last southbound figure in the long queue go away. Then they returned to the temporary fortifications built at the intersection and gathered together in groups of twos and threes to smoke.
, discussed with each other with confidence, and the vast majority of them believed that the two brigades of our regiment rushed to the south urgently, and the remnants of the Anjia Army would not be able to escape death no matter how cunning they were.
Fifteen minutes later, a group of ragged Japanese soldiers suddenly ran over from the north. The Japanese soldiers at the fork in the road stopped talking. They all looked over curiously, wondering which part of the group they belonged to? Why were the clothes so dirty? And the guns were so dirty.
Weird...not good!
An alert Japanese sergeant yelled. The surrounding Japanese troops were startled and dispersed quickly, but it was too late. Thirty submachine guns and two Czech light machine guns spurted out tongues of fire, and the Japanese troops were beaten to pieces.
Splashed and fell in pieces.
In the snowfield to the west of the highway, thousands of brothers jumped up, picked up weapons with few bullets left, carried injured brothers, held young children in their arms, and carried several young girls with bound feet, eating all their food.
With the strength of Nai, he crossed the open land and crossed the road. He rushed into the west fork in the dark and fled westward desperately.
The team of more than 5,000 people took a lot of time. Just when there were still 700 or 800 people left on the road, hundreds of returning Japanese cavalry galloped from the south, with angry shouts and the thunderous sound of horse hooves.
, the shock made the brothers’ hearts beat faster.
Liang Zhenyu picked up a crooked machine gun, rushed to the south of the highway, and fired wildly at the Japanese cavalry coming at high speed more than 500 meters away. The guard company responsible for the rearguard also rushed to the south and fired at the Japanese cavalry with all their strength.
However, the Japanese troops on horseback were also very brave. They were galloping and shooting at the same time. The horses in the team were shot and fell, and the officers and soldiers were thrown into the air. The Japanese troops showed no signs of slowing down. The cavalry in the rear team
He simply jumped off his horse from the frozen river that might burst at any time, and shot at General An desperately.
"withdraw--"
Gu Changfeng roared and gave the order to retreat. In just three minutes, he set up a blocking position within 100 meters in front. On the narrow and rugged path between the two mountains, the Japanese cavalry could not take advantage of its speed.
, as long as they retreat outside the blocking position, even twice as many cavalry will be unable to do anything.
At this time, as long as the entire team ran another two kilometers and crossed Xiaodonggou, they would have successfully escaped. If the Japanese army wanted to cross the deep ditch and cliff to encircle them, it would not be possible in a day or two.
The team retreated while fighting. Gu Changfeng followed Lu Yanqing, who was at the rear. Suddenly he saw Lu Yanqing, the brigade commander of the Second Division, staggering forward, holding the sick grandson of Mr. Zhai in his arms.
Flying out, Gu Changfeng jumped forward and hugged the child who was about to land. He stood up and took a closer look at the fever-conscious child. He shook his head and sighed, and handed the child to his father who hurried over.
When he turned around, he was about to make a joke and say that Lu Yanqing is acting like a bear after not eating for two days? Suddenly he saw the white snow next to Lu Yanqing's head lying motionless on the snow, and the white snow was bright red. Gu Changfeng was shocked and rushed towards him.
Next to Lu Yanqing, he picked up his limp body and turned him around. At a glance, he saw the scorched black hole drilled by the bullet on Lu Yanqing's forehead.
Gu Changfeng's face instantly turned pale. He suddenly picked up Lu Yanqing's body and rushed forward, shouting loudly as he rushed: "Health worker——"