The terrain of the Fenhe River Valley is complex. The reason why the Japanese who had just crossed the river were able to suddenly appear behind the bridge defenders was because the complex terrain provided them with cover.
Xu Dalong and others were also able to approach the bridge head quietly like the Japanese.
Staff Officer Li of the Operations Department led the troops of the World War II Area Guard Regiment and ran all the way towards the Fenhe Bridge.
Qiulin Town is a full 14 kilometers away from the Fenhe Bridge. In order to prevent the bridge from being blown up by the Japanese army, they mobilized the cars that the World War II District Chief's Department could mobilize and came first with a battalion of troops.
Seeing that the bridge was approaching, Staff Officer Li stuck his head out of the car window and looked towards the bridge with a telescope.
He saw clearly that the Japanese were already defending there.
At this time, the Japanese had already put on Japanese military uniforms. This is because since World War I, the Geneva Convention stipulated that both warring parties should treat prisoners preferentially after the other side lays down their weapons, but spies can be punished with death.
If you wear the opponent's military uniform when fighting, you will be regarded as a spy. Therefore, after troops from various countries penetrate behind enemy lines, they usually change back to their own military uniforms.
The Japanese are shameless, and they are not afraid of death, but they still changed back into their military uniforms, because these Japanese devils were determined to die this time and must blow up the Fenhe Bridge. The reason why they wanted to change back to their own uniforms was just for their honor and they didn't want to die wearing the enemy's uniforms.
Staff Officer Li knew that time was tight, so he immediately organized his troops and launched an attack on the bridge.
After Wang Erxiong returned to Gushan Town, he felt very unlucky and took his anger out on the sentry guarding Chu Yun'er.
If the sentry had not called him over, this situation would not have happened. Not only did the beauty run away, but he was also very embarrassed.
Wang Erxiong personally took the whip and whipped the sentry so hard that he grimaced in pain, but he insisted on enduring it because he got a gold earring after all. The value of this earring was equal to his allowance for several years. After selling it, it would be enough. His family lived a good life for a long time. When he thought of this, he felt that the whip on his body didn't seem to hurt that much anymore.
Wang Erxiong was tired from beating and was sweating all over. He returned to the room, took off his military uniform and lay on the bed. He called his concubine to rub his thighs.
The concubine deliberately tried to please him and teased him so much that he couldn't bear it, so he pushed her down on the bed and prepared to thank him.
Suddenly there was gunfire in the distance. He remembered Chu Yun'er's words and suddenly worried that what she said was true and that the Japanese might be coming.
He hurriedly got out of bed and got dressed. At this moment, the door was pushed open with a bang, and the deputy battalion commander ran in and said in a panic: "The camp is not in good condition, the Japanese are coming."
Wang Erxiong asked: "How many people are there?"
The deputy battalion commander said: "There are too many, they are everywhere, we can't hold the camp anymore, run away!"
Although Wang Erxiong was arrogant and domineering when bullying men and women, when he actually met a Japanese, he immediately became intimidated. He hurriedly went out, mounted his horse, and took the lead in running toward the south gate of the town.
The Japanese are also very methodical in fighting. The tactic they usually adopt is to attack frontally and outflank both wings. This tactic can put a lot of pressure on the enemy.
The enemy is worried that his retreat will be cut off, so he often panics, abandons his position and flees.
Shortly after Wang Erxiong and others left the town, a large number of Japanese cavalry appeared in front, cutting off their retreat.
Wang Erxiong and others wanted to retreat to the town and rely on the houses and streets to fight, but the Japanese soldiers had already chased them out of the town.
This area was all flat, and they had no way to defend themselves. They could only lie down on the ground and fire at the Japanese.
The Japanese surrounded these Jinsui troops, fired at them with machine guns, and then set up mortars to bombard them.
The officers and soldiers of the Jinsui Army collapsed immediately. Seeing that they could not escape, they simply surrendered.
But the Japanese were going to attack Qiulin Town and had no intention of taking these prisoners with them. They mercilessly killed all the Jinsui officers and soldiers. Wang Erxiong was stabbed several times with bayonets and died in a daze.
The Japanese army continued to advance towards Qiulin Town.
Soon after, they encountered a regiment of the 69th Army who came for reinforcements.
The Japanese army did not stop at all and launched an attack directly.
The officers and soldiers of the Jinsui Army hurriedly faced the battle. After a short time, they were defeated by the Japanese army and the officers and soldiers fled in all directions.
The Japanese army did not bother to pursue them and continued to attack Qiulin Town.
The 69th Army hastily built a line of defense 8 kilometers away from Qiulin Town and launched a fierce battle with the Japanese vanguard.
The Japanese army arrived quickly. They set up artillery and bombarded the Jinsui Army's positions fiercely. Then they directly dispatched a brigade of troops and launched an attack.
World War II District Chief's Department.
Bad news kept coming, and the troops of the 69th Army were retreating steadily. At this moment, the Japanese forward was less than 5 kilometers away from Qiulin Town.
The chief of staff became anxious and sent all the troops that the commander's department could send, hoping to slow down the Japanese attack.
After receiving the order from the chief of staff, the officer training team, engineering regiment and two supplementary regiments affiliated to the Chief's Department urgently repaired fortifications outside Qiulin Town in preparation for resisting the Japanese attack.
On the road leading to Fenhe Bridge from Qiulin Town, there were a large number of vehicles and people. They were agencies directly under the Chief Minister's Department, the Shanxi Administrative Office and their family members, including Chu Yun'er's family. They hoped to escape across the Fenhe Bridge and avoid the pursuit of the Japanese army.
Staff Officer Li commanded the officers and soldiers of the Guard Regiment to launch a fierce attack on the Japanese army. However, on this side of the bridge, there was an open space. The Japanese army relied on the fortifications to defend. Their firepower was so fierce that the officers and soldiers of the Shanxi-Sui Army could not even suppress it. I can't even lift my head.
Staff Officer Li had no choice but to mobilize mortars and bombard the bridgehead.
The Japanese mortars also counterattacked them. The two sides fought fiercely, but the officers and soldiers of the Jinsui Army just couldn't rush forward.
Soon after, the other two battalions of the Guard Regiment finally caught up.
The mortars they brought also joined the bombardment and began to gain an advantage in firepower. Staff Officer Li ordered all the machine guns to be concentrated in the front to suppress the Japanese firepower, and then organized the troops to attack again.
The Japanese suffered heavy casualties, but they were not afraid of death and once again repelled an attack by the Jinsui Army.
At this time, the chief of staff also rushed over. Seeing that the bridge was still not recaptured, he personally ordered to attack the bridge again.
However, this attack still failed. The main reason was the unfavorable terrain. The officers and soldiers were completely exposed to the Japanese bullets and suffered too many casualties. They rushed halfway, and after some of them were killed or injured, they started running back.
The chief of staff looked back at the continuous flow of people. He became anxious and personally shot a battalion commander of the guard regiment. He ordered the guard regiment to launch an attack together and sent a supervising team to kill anyone who dared to retreat.
Since the explosives had to be delivered from the bridge deck to the piers in packages, progress was slow. Fujiwara Ken had to hold on no matter what, until the engineers installed the explosives.
He saw that the Jinsui Army's offensive was becoming more and more fierce, and half of his soldiers had been killed or injured. With no choice but to transfer most of the Japanese soldiers on the other end of the bridge to hold the bridge.
This was the moment that Xu Dalong and others were waiting for. He saw the Japanese soldiers running from one end of the bridge to the other side. He waited for a few more minutes and saw the Japanese soldiers arriving at the other end of the bridge, so he led the special service company The soldiers launched an attack.
There were only six Japanese soldiers left on this side of the bridge. They were guarding two bunkers built with sandbags and equipped with two light machine guns.
Xu Dalong and Qin Yu fired at the same time, killing two Japanese machine gunners respectively.
Monk Wei and others took the opportunity to rush over with machine guns in hand.
After the Japanese machine gunner was killed, other Japanese soldiers rushed to replace the machine gunner.
Monk Wei and the soldiers carried two machine guns and fired fiercely, knocking out the two remaining Japanese soldiers in a bunker. Wang Gensheng threw a grenade, which fell into another bunker, killing another one. Two Japanese soldiers, and all the Japanese soldiers guarding this side of the bridge were annihilated.
Xu Dalong and others occupied the bridgehead. They moved several sandbags and placed them at the bridgehead. They hid behind the sandbags and fired violently at the back of the Japanese army with machine guns.
At this time, the Japanese army had already planted explosives and engineers had climbed onto the bridge.
Seeing that he was being attacked from both sides, Fujiwara Ken knew that he could only die here today, so he ordered the fuse to be lit.
In order to prevent the enemy from rushing up and pulling out the fuse, the Japanese engineer simply threw the lit fuse off the bridge.
The fuse was emitting white smoke and burning quickly towards the explosive pack.
