After the failed breakout, the morale of the British troops in Ren'an Qiang became very low, the water source was cut off by the Japanese, and the ravine-ridden terrain near Ren'an Qiang was extremely unfavorable for armored troops to fight;
Therefore, although John Bull had superior strength and was equipped with a large number of armored troops, they were still unable to break through on their own. If there was no hope of reinforcements from the Chinese Expeditionary Force, they would have surrendered long ago.
This herd of John Bulls seemed unable to fight off the road and could only sit and wait to die.
The Japanese 33rd Division accelerated its march after receiving the news that Anqiang had successfully intercepted the main force of the British 1st Division. It is expected to arrive on the battlefield in two days, leaving little time for the New 38th Division Regiment.
Late at night on the 18th, the Pingqiang River was quiet. Under the cover of darkness, groups of black figures quietly approached the north bank of the river. Under the leadership of a local Chinese guide, they began to sneak across the Pingqiang River;
In the early morning of the next day, the 1st and 3rd Battalions of the 113th Regiment of the New 38th Division successfully smuggled across under the cover of the 2nd Battalion. The troops quickly deployed on the south bank and launched an attack on the Japanese on the south bank at dawn.
At the same time, in order to cooperate with the 113th Regiment of the New 38th Division to cross the river, the besieged John Bull troops concentrated all their firepower to launch a fierce attack on the Japanese, attracting the main force of the Japanese Gaoyan Brigade on the north bank, creating conditions for the successful stowaway;
After all, this was to rescue them. They still dared to hide in the position and fire at the Japanese, pretending to break out of the encirclement.
That morning, the 113th Regiment successfully entered the core oil field area of Ren'anqiang and immediately launched an attack on Highland 501.
The strategic heights of the 501 Highlanders Anqiang Oil Field battlefield are self-evident. The position defended by Gao Yan's brigade resisted very tenaciously. The Japanese lost the position three times and regained it three times. The two sides fought repeatedly and suffered heavy casualties. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. Remains covered the high ground;
The resilience of the two oriental peoples was vividly demonstrated on this small highland, which made the John Bulls of the British army tremble with fear. At this time, no one dared to look down on the Chinese straw shoe soldiers.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, Commander Liu said to the commander of the third battalion, which had been serving as a reserve team:
"Battle Commander Zhang, the first and second battalions have been crippled, and the Japanese are not much better. All their remaining soldiers have retreated to the top of the 501 Highlands, and they are fighting stubbornly in the corner;
I want to launch a final attack on it and annihilate all the Japs on the top of the mountain. This task will be handed over to your third battalion. Is it difficult to capture the Japs' last position? "
Zhang Qi, commander of the third battalion, replied loudly:
"Swear to the death to capture the enemy's position!"
At the 501 Highland Japs position, the situation of Gao Yan's brigade was even more miserable than Commander Liu imagined. The Japs on the position could not even make up a squadron of wounded, and their ammunition was almost exhausted, with less than 5 rounds of ammunition per person.
Major Gao Yan slowly pulled out his command sword and calmly said to the other Japanese:
"Gentlemen, the Chinese people have rushed forward. The time has come to serve His Majesty the Emperor. Kill the chicken and give it to me!"
The remaining Japs shouted enthusiastically:
"Onboard!"
"Onboard!"
The Japanese in a desperate situation once again showed their wild beast nature. They even tied grenades on the wounded. This was the last madness of the beast before it died...
The spirit of the third battalion was not weaker than that of the Japanese. The commander of the third battalion, Zhang Qi, rushed to the front with a Thompson submachine gun. Like all cadets who graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, they must be determined to die in every battle and rush to the front. Front.
They use their young lives to fulfill the oath they swore when they entered the school - don't be greedy for life and afraid of death!
"Kill!"
When he was dozens of meters away from the Japanese position, Zhang Qi issued an assault order!
He led the third battalion to rush towards the Japs' position at full speed. The Japs only had enough time to fire out two bullets per person before they were killed by the third battalion and the two sides began a brutal hand-to-hand battle.
"Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta..."
"Tick-tick-tick-tick..."
Battalion Commander Zhang fired two long bursts in succession, mowing down five or six Japanese, and all the bullets in his gun. The Thompson submachine gun was very bad, and it was difficult to control the consumption of bullets.
Zhang Qi had no chance to load a new magazine. A Japanese soldier pointed a bayonet at Zhang Qi's heart and stabbed him in the heart. He quickly dodged it, picked up the butt of his rifle and hit the Japanese soldier on the head hard. He opened the dipper.
Major Gao Yan found Zhang Qi and struck at him with his command sword. Zhang Qi reflexively used his gun, but he was still chopped off by the Japanese with his spear. The remaining force of his command sword struck Zhang Qi's shoulder bone. Deadly stuck.
Zhang Qi took out a Browning cell phone from his waist, loaded it, and shot Major Gao Yan twice, one of which hit him in the face and sent him back to his hometown.
"Poof! Poof!"
Two bayonets were thrust into his body from behind. He used his last remaining strength to raise his hand and shoot the Japanese who was assassinating him twice.
"I pulled another one - it was worth it!"
After speaking, he fell down, fulfilled his vow with his life, and died on the battlefield where he was showing off his power abroad.
"Battal Commander! You bastards, I will make you pay with your life!"
The first company commander picked up his submachine gun and fired at the few remaining Japs. There was no longer a Japs standing on the position.
Hand-to-hand combat is so cruel, and the result is often known within a few minutes. With the entire Japanese army standing on top being annihilated, all the Japanese soldiers on Highland 501 were wiped out.
At 15:00 in the afternoon, the 113th Regiment took advantage of the victory and broke into Dungong Village, the last blockade of the Japanese army, and wiped out the remaining few Japanese. At this point, all the Anqiang Oilfield was recovered.
The main force of the First Division of the British Army was able to break out, and 572 people including captured British officers and soldiers and trapped John Bull, Eagle Sauce missionaries, journalists, and expatriates were also rescued one after another;
On the afternoon of the 19th and in the early morning of the 20th, the 213th Regiment and the 215th Regiment of the Japanese 33rd Infantry Division arrived in Anqiang respectively.
On the morning of the 20th, the Japanese came into contact with the 113th Regiment, which was stationed south of Ren'anqiang. The two sides fought fiercely for more than an hour, with each other suffering casualties.
At dusk that day, the reinforced troops directly under the New 38th Division and the 112th Regiment of the Expeditionary Force arrived on the north bank of the Pingqiang River to set up defenses;
General Sun was about to launch an attack on the Japanese. The British Army Commander Slim forwarded a secret letter and learned that the main force of the 5th Army had begun to retreat. In order not to fight alone, the New 38th Division reluctantly chose to fight with the British Army. Together they evacuated An Qiang;
The Japanese occupied Ren'anqiang the next day, and the Ren'anqiang campaign ended.
In the great victory of Ren'anqiang, the 113th Regiment of the New 38th Division suffered more than 500 casualties, killed and wounded nearly a thousand people including the Japanese leader Gao Yanlongxiong, and successfully rescued 7,683 John Bull troops and foreigners, demonstrating national and military prestige.
After the war, the John Bull Army called this escape the "Miracle of the East and Dunkirk!"
"Fuck, these John Bulls are so fucking thick-faced!"
After Chu Xiong read the newspaper, he slapped it on the table. Zhong Guoliang could see that Lao Chu was not in a good mood.
No wonder he was angry. The Ren An Qiang victory was a great victory tactically, but strategically it was a complete loss;
As the main force of the New 38 moved westward to Anqiang, in order to fill the gap in the New 38 Division, General Luo, the commander of the expeditionary force, transferred the New 28 Division to fill the gap. As a result, a fatal loophole appeared in the defense line of the Sixth Army, and the Japanese mechanized troops were 56 The divisions were successfully interspersed;
Lashio was lost and the expeditionary force was cut off from Yunnan Province.
In fact, this is nothing, and I don’t know why they are panicking. They are going abroad to fight in the first place, and their retreat is blocked. Hundreds of thousands of troops are still there. The food is a matter of state ownership. Weapons and equipment will not be a problem for a few more months. Besides, There's also hawk sauce here.
The Kuomintang army is like this. Whenever its retreat is cut off, it panics. This is the battlefield in Songhu and the battlefield in Jiangcheng. Now it is the turn of the expeditionary army.
As soon as Zhongcai heard that his retreat was cut off, he was so frightened that he immediately ordered the expeditionary force to withdraw into the country. The fighting spirit of the 100,000-strong army disappeared in an instant;
The more Chu Xiong thought about it, the angrier he became, and he couldn't help but cursed again:
"Damn it, I don't know why to panic! We have been fighting for so long, with only a few thousand casualties, and 150,000 troops are still there. How can such a huge Jade Kingdom starve to death these hundreds of thousands of people?
Don’t you know how to fight guerrillas? You have to go to Savage Mountain!
Powering the New 7th Division and the New 9th Division, cutting off their rear, the Independent Division attacked the flanks of the 55th Division, forcing the Japanese to not let go of their hands and feet to pursue the Fifth Army..."
Chu Xiong chose to take action and wipe Zhong Cai's butt again. He had no choice but to do it for the sake of one hundred thousand soldiers.
