The Takagi Brigade was the forward of the 20th Division, and the Kuramoto Brigade was the forward of the Takagi Brigade. When the huge explosion came from behind, the Kuramoto Brigade had even seen Jingxing County!
Major Kuramoto realized that something might have happened to the main force of the brigade, and immediately ordered the troops to return quickly for reinforcements.
When Major Kuramoto led his troops to the explosion site, he could not believe the horrific sight!
I saw that the several kilometers long road was covered with huge craters, each crater was tens of meters in diameter. The craters were surrounded by a large number of severed limbs. Farther away, countless emperors were lying in random directions.
Among the corpses of military officers and soldiers, many soldiers have not yet expired. They are dragging their charred bodies, struggling, moaning, and wailing!
That scene is simply like purgatory on earth, and one is afraid to see it!
The old Japanese soldiers in the Kuramoto Brigade are all veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles. They have seen countless bloody scenes, but at this moment, these old Japanese soldiers can't help but feel a tremor from the depths of their souls.
After all, some people don’t want to live, but no one is not afraid of death. Even these fanatical Bushido believers are also afraid of death!
"Ah, help, help me..." Major Kuramoto suddenly felt someone tugging on his trouser leg.
When he looked down, he didn't know when a wounded soldier had crawled to the feet of Major Kuramoto. The wounded soldier had disappeared from the waist down. A piece of burnt black intestine was dragged out from his abdominal cavity for more than ten meters. Obviously, he
He kept crawling here from a distance of more than ten meters. It's really surprising how tenacious he is.
Major Kuramoto immediately pulled out his Nanbu pistol and shot the wounded soldier between the eyebrows.
After the clear gunshot, the wounded soldier fell down, his empty eyes staring straight ahead, with a look of unwillingness. Major Kuramoto squatted down and stretched out his hand to gently touch him.
On the face of the wounded soldier, when Major Kuramoto removed his hand, the wounded soldier's eyes had been closed forever.
"Captain!" A captain officer ran to Major Kuramoto and said with a sad expression, "The main force of the brigade has been severely damaged, with extremely heavy casualties. The whereabouts of the brigade commander are unknown, and the two captains were shattered on the spot.
, there are thousands of injured who are in urgent need of rescue, please ask the division and regiment headquarters to send a health team to rescue immediately."
Major Kuramoto nodded and immediately ordered the communication team to set up the radio.
However, before the communication team could set up the radio, Chinese cavalry suddenly appeared on the road ahead. Hundreds of Chinese cavalrymen brandished sharp sabers and were sweeping in like a tide along the road more than ten meters wide.
Major Kuramoto no longer had to worry about contacting the division headquarters and quickly led his troops to retreat to the hills on both sides of the road.
On a flat and wide road, the infantry is no match for the cavalry. Even if there are many large potholes on the road, it cannot stop the cavalry from attacking. At a distance of several hundred meters, the cavalry rushes over in the blink of an eye.
In such a short period of time, the infantry could only fire two shots at most, and then they would be killed by the cavalry like melons and vegetables.
In the end, the Chinese cavalry only cut down dozens of Japanese soldiers who could not retreat, and then rushed through the foot of the hill where Kuramoto's brigade was guarding like a tide. It was not until they were a thousand meters away that the Chinese cavalry reined in their horses and turned back.
Seeing that Kuramoto's brigade had no intention of going down the mountain, dozens of Chinese cavalry suddenly separated from the queue.
Dozens of horsemen were sweeping along the road. When they encountered Japanese soldiers with intact bodies, whether they were alive or not, they would hit their necks with a saber and chop off their heads first. The Japanese soldiers on the hill suddenly became commotion.
The little devils believe in Amaterasu. For them, dying in battle is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that the body cannot remain intact after death. This will affect their reincarnation in the next life. Therefore, cutting
Headache is definitely an unbearable punishment for the Japanese soldiers!
The Chinese cavalry obviously wanted to use this to anger the Japanese and force them to go down the mountain for a decisive battle.
As an experienced commander, Major Kuramoto easily judged the intention of the Chinese cavalry, and immediately restrained the troops from going down the mountain. Seeing that the provocation method failed, the Chinese cavalry on the opposite side turned into the woods next to the road. Obviously,
, this group of Chinese cavalry planned to wait until the infantry arrived before launching an attack on the Japanese army.
Major Kuramoto no longer had the mentality to understand the Chinese cavalry and began to urgently contact the division headquarters.
Ten miles east of Niangziguan, the headquarters of the Japanese 20th Division.
Kimura Kuzo hurriedly came to Kawagishi Bunzaburo and said with a sad expression: "Your Excellency, General, the Kuramoto Brigade under the Takagi Brigade has just sent an emergency call. The Takagi Brigade has, has..."
"Baga!" Bunzaburo Kawagishi grabbed the skirt of Kushimura Kushiro's clothes and said angrily, "How is the Takagi Brigade?"
Kimura Kyuzou did not dare to look into Kawagishi Bunzaburo's terrifying eyes, and said with a gloomy expression: "The Takagi brigade has been severely damaged. The more than 7,000 officers and soldiers under it, except for the Kuramoto brigade, have almost suffered casualties! In addition, about four
More than a thousand wounded people were lying along the road, urgently awaiting rescue, and the Kuramoto Brigade requested the division and regiment headquarters to send a health team to the rescue immediately."
Kawagishi Bunzaburo immediately let go of Kukimura Kyuzo's shirt in dejection.
Given the current predicament of the division headquarters, how can we send a health team to rescue?
If the health team is sent out reluctantly, they will probably be captured by the Chinese *** team before they reach the accident site!
It is also impossible to move the division headquarters as a whole forward. Firstly, it will increase the distance between the division headquarters and the Yamashita Brigade. Secondly, if the division headquarters moves forward, it will have to abandon the newly constructed defensive positions. Once these are lost,
Defensive positions to supplement the combat effectiveness of the corps and directly affiliated troops are probably no match for the Baoshan Division!
At this point, the division headquarters can only let the thousands of wounded members of the Takagi Brigade fend for themselves!
"General!" Kimura Jiuzou suddenly suggested, "More than a dozen regiments of the Baoshan Division have all entered the attack position, but they did not launch an attack immediately. I estimate that they will not attack again before dark, so why not take advantage of this opportunity?"
Opportunity to move forward quickly? Firstly, we can treat thousands of wounded from the Takagi Brigade, and secondly, we can also join the Kuramoto Brigade!"
"Baga!" Bunzaburo Kawagishi vetoed Kushimura Kushiro's proposal without hesitation, "The reason why the China Army did not launch an attack immediately was entirely because we had already built fortifications. If the division headquarters gave up the fortifications before
If we move, they will definitely pounce on us like wolves!"
Kimura Jiuzang remained silent for a long time. Now that the division headquarters is in trouble, it really cannot take care of the wounded in the Takagi brigade.
Bunzaburo Kawagishi, holding the sword gifted by the Emperor, walked back and forth a few steps in the temporary headquarters. Suddenly he turned back and asked Kushimura Kushiro: "Kushimura-kun, when will the bomber brigade of the aviation corps directly under the front army be ready?"
Arrive?"
Jiucun Jiuzang looked embarrassed and said: "The Front Army Headquarters just called back. The aviation squadrons stationed in Taiyuan, Datong, Beiping, Baoding and Jinan Airport have all flown to the Wuhan battlefield to bomb the Xue Yue Corps. However, the Front Army has urgently coordinated with the Kwantung Army.
In two hours, the two bomber groups of the Kwantung Army will arrive."
"Baga." Bunzaburo Kawagishi cursed angrily, and then ordered Jiucun Jiuzang, "Call the aviation reconnaissance troops to strengthen the aerial reconnaissance in the area west of Niangzi Pass, and then telegraph the Yamashita brigade to step up the attack on Niangzi Pass.
Never neglect the defense on the flanks and behind, and never let the Eighth Route Army take advantage of the loophole!"
"Hai." Kimura Jiuzou suddenly lowered his head and took the order.
At the foot of Shanxing Mountain, the headquarters of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army.
Deputy Commander Xu hurriedly walked into the war room with a piece of telegram, and said to Commander Liu, Political Commissar Deng, and Brigadier Chen of the 386th Brigade who were studying the combat map: "The Division Commander, Political Commissar, and forward observation posts reported that the Baoshan Division has been
Send a battalion to capture Niangzi Pass and cut off the connection between the Japanese rear guard brigade and the division headquarters in one fell swoop!"
"Oh?" Political Commissar Deng looked back at Master Liu and said, "It's just as Master Liu expected."
Commander Liu tapped the map with the pencil in his hand and said, "But I don't know how the main force of the Baoshan Division can hide from the enemy?"
"Hey, the Baoshan Division has no intention of concealing its engagement with the enemy." Deputy Commander Xu shook his head and said with a wry smile, "According to the forward observation post report, the assembly of the main force of the Baoshan Division and the engagement with the enemy were completely public. The Japanese 20th Division
The headquarters also responded in advance and built complete defenses, but I don’t know what medicine Yue Weihan is selling in his gourd?"
"Oh, openly engaging the enemy?" Commander Liu said with a slightly moved expression, "It seems that Yue Weihan is planning to fight at night!"
After saying this, Commander Liu said with some worry: "However, Yue Weihan really believes that his battalion can hold on until the main force of the Baoshan Division completely annihilates the main force of the Japanese 20th Division? Although the terrain of Niangzi Pass is steep, with just one
How long can the battalion's troops be able to hold off the Japanese rear guard brigade? Isn't this too risky?"
"What's more critical is the forward brigade of the Japanese 20th Division!" Deputy Commander Xu also shook his head. "The rearguard brigade can still rely on Niangzi Guantian to resist, but what about the Japanese forward brigade? Judging from the marching speed
, the Japanese forward brigade should have passed Phoenix Ridge by now, right? There is no suitable blocking terrain there!"
"Yes." Brigadier Chen of the 386th Brigade also nodded and said with some confusion, "Normally Yue Weihan was also from Huangpu and should have received formal military theory teaching. Shouldn't he have designed such an ambush plan full of loopholes?
Could it be that this kid has something powerful behind him?"
Political Commissar Deng suddenly said: "No matter whether the Baoshan Division wins this battle or not, our Eighth Route Army should provide them with some help within our ability." After saying this, Political Commissar Deng asked Commander Liu, "Should we send 771
Regiment, the 772nd Regiment will flank the Japanese rearguard brigade and relieve the pressure on the Niangziguan defenders?"
Commander Liu nodded and added: "I'm afraid it's not enough to have the 771st and 772nd regiments. Let's let the special agents, teaching regiment and cavalry battalion also come!"