Anger burned in the hearts of the soldiers, and the hatred made them forget their fear. They shouted and rushed out of the trenches, and collided face-to-face with the Japanese charging queue. While the Japanese were busy repelling bullets, the soldiers of the 2nd Company's iron Shovels and bayonets had penetrated their bodies fiercely. War does not respect benevolence, justice and morality. The 2nd company commander Qi Qing opened his bow from left to right, and opened fire with two German Mauser pistols, hitting more than 10 Japanese soldiers. It can be said that they have no ammunition. Falsely, the 1st platoon leader hung a German-imported submachine gun around his neck and opened fire while advancing, knocking down many Japanese soldiers. After the bullets were fired, he picked up the discarded rifle on the ground and continued to shoot at the Japanese soldiers. They rushed towards the densest area and stabbed down two Japs one after another with one bayonet.
The local counterattack of the 2nd company actually disintegrated Tanaka's attack. Tanaka was so angry that he hurriedly ordered the artillery brigade to open fire, targeting the officers and soldiers of both sides who were still fighting hand-to-hand. The artillery brigade captain could not understand such an order, and he refused to give the order. Opening fire, Tanaka drew his command knife,
"Ozawa-kun, my order is very clear. Shoot at the Chinese army. If you don't order the troops to fire, I will have no choice but to enforce battlefield discipline." Captain Ozawa knew that Tanaka had lost his mind at this moment, and sighed and ordered the troops : "Fire." The soldiers on both sides who were fighting desperately heard the familiar and most frightening sound, the scream of artillery shells piercing the air and approaching. The 1st platoon leader turned around and pressed Qi Qing, who was still shooting, under his body and shouted. He said: "Company commander, be careful."
The sound of "booming" shells exploding covered up the soldiers' cries of killing. The smoke and flames covered the soldiers from both sides who were fighting for their lives together just now. The effect of the indiscriminate attack was revealed. Hundreds of soldiers from both sides fell down at the same time. The tragic scene made Cao Yunjian and I cry. Cao Yunjian did not waste a moment. The 6th Company of the 12th Reserve Regiment immediately entered the position and took over the task of the 2nd Company. They all witnessed the bravery of the soldiers of the 2nd Company and secretly swore that they would never be able to The position that the 2nd Company had held fell into the hands of the Japanese. In fact, there was still one person alive on the battlefield at this moment, Qi Qing, who was pinned under him by the 1st Platoon Commander. However, due to the impact of the shells and exhaustion, Qi Qing also fainted. , but after the battle, he was rescued by medical soldiers.
The tanks that lost the infantry cover also slowly retreated. Tanaka refused to give up the attack and planned to command a brigade to charge. Five Chinese bombers flew over from the west. They used the sun as cover and started from the direction of the sun. Suddenly swooped down and washed the Japanese artillery position with a rain of bullets fired from 20 machine guns. Although the artillery did not suffer much damage, as many as 100 skilled gunners were killed and wounded, and they also used 50 kilograms of bombs to pursue them. As the slowly retreating Type 89 tanks, three Japanese tanks in a row were hit by aerial bombs and burst into flames. The burnt bodies of the crew members hung on the broken tank wreckage.
Although the Japanese army organized an anti-aircraft machine gun counterattack, it seemed to have no effect. The Chinese bombers dived west again and strafed the Yamaguchi brigade troops, causing the loss of 2 tanks and the death of 40 soldiers. Then, they flew slowly towards Xuzhou. Go and gradually disappear in the eyes of the soldiers of both armies.
Tanaka reluctantly gave up his attempt to attack again and planned to conduct a night raid. He ordered the troops to eat and waited patiently for night to fall. However, I did not want to sit still and wait for death. I planned to carry out a counterattack under the cover of night to relieve the pressure on the front line.
Although it was completely dark, the Chinese troops who went to Lanling for reinforcements had no intention of stopping to rest and spend the night. They continued their march with torches, on the road from the 20th Army Corps station near Sihu Town to Lanling. , countless soldiers were marching quickly, munching on big cakes while marching in a hurry. The villagers on the roadside discovered this situation, spontaneously gathered together, and held torches to light the way for the soldiers. Lu, who led the team, The regiment leader was afraid that the villagers would be strafed by Japanese planes, so he hurriedly came to persuade the villagers to go home. A fellow villager said: "Sir, please don't persuade me. Although we are all countrymen and we know how to farm on weekdays, we know that if When the Japanese devils come, we will be homeless. In order to fight the Japanese devils, you soldiers are not afraid of sacrifice and risk your lives to fight against the Japanese devils. We are doing something, so what are we afraid of? Sirs, hurry up and leave. I know that the front line is tense and it is important to fight the Japanese." Commander Lu was so moved that he had nothing to say. What else could he say? Such a simple and sincere common man, there is no need to say anything. When Commander Lu used to fight the civil war, Having received such treatment there, tears fell from his cheeks. He waved goodbye to his fellow villagers and commanded the troops to move towards Lanling. More and more villagers along the way got the news and held torches and oil lamps to light the way for the army. , some fellow villagers put their fried egg cakes into the hands of the soldiers, and there was an endless stream of water and food. Several monks stood on the roadside to pray for the soldiers, and the soldiers were all moved to tears. I vowed in my heart that I would never let down the warm care of the villagers and go into battle to kill more Japanese to repay the kindness of the villagers.
There is a saying: "National calamity and family hatred should be shouldered, and the soldiers and the people share the same hatred." On the 150-mile road from Sihu Town to Lanling, a fire dragon composed of torches spreads on both sides of the road. It is the fire dragon made of torches spread by countless villagers. The fire dragon composed of oil lamps and oil lamps is the Chinese people's anti-Japanese fire dragon. Countless soldiers were moved by this atmosphere, inspired, accelerated their pace, and marched towards Lanling. The strong soldiers helped the weak, the big ones led the small ones, vying to carry the guns for their companions. , carrying backpacks, everyone has only one goal in mind: "Lanling." Guan Linzheng also led the legion headquarters to set off just after dark. They took a car and were very moved by the enthusiasm of the people along the way. Guan Linzheng was full of enthusiasm. He said emotionally: "With such support from the people, how could we be defeated? Long live the people!" Guan Linzheng didn't know that at this moment, on a Japanese reconnaissance plane above them, another person was also sighing.
Lieutenant General Yuchai, the deputy chief of staff of the North China Front of the Japanese Army, personally took a land reconnaissance plane to spy on the movements of the Chinese army. He also discovered this move of the Chinese army. He observed the winding and continuous roads on the road below from a high altitude. The constant fire dragon formation, shaking his head, told the pilot, Lieutenant Ippon Kong, the captain of the Japanese Shimonoseki Flying Squadron: "I have an unknown premonition, very bad, this is the real power of the Chinese, we can kill them There are many of them, many of them, but we will never be able to conquer their hearts.”
"Brothers, the enemy is right in front of you. Tomorrow, our reinforcements will arrive, but if we cannot knock down the Japanese artillery positions tonight, our soldiers will suffer heavy casualties, for them and for us. Myself, I am now organizing a death squad to destroy the Japanese artillery positions. I will not insult you with money, but I promise to give each soldier’s family enough settlement allowance to protect their future life. This is what I am saying to you. Your promise, if you are willing to join the death squad, please step forward." I mobilized the soldiers on the battlefield to the soldiers of Cao Yunjian Camp and the Special Forces Brigade.
After waiting for a few seconds, several soldiers took a step forward, and then more and more soldiers came to me. All the soldiers took a step forward. Wang Hongxian and I understood that the soldiers did not want to Money is just for fighting the Japanese and protecting our hometown!
Cao Yunjian asked to be the captain of the death squad and lead them out. I disagreed because Cao Yunjian is a very good commander and a general. I hope that he can command the battle instead of participating in the battle. I ordered Teng Chao to be the captain of the death squad. Teng Chao and I shook hands to say goodbye. The 55 officers and soldiers of Cao Yunjian Battalion and 14 special forces put on black clothes and quietly moved out of their positions. They avoided the Japanese flares and slowly moved towards the Japanese positions. At this moment, the Japanese army was also preparing for a sneak attack, so it was also No flares were used to illuminate the entire frontier area, which paved the way for the death squads to complete their mission.
