"Commander Liu, I have recaptured the position of the second battalion. Immediately order your troops to defend the position and not to retreat."
When the call was connected, Duanwu talked to Liu Peixu on the phone in a commanding tone.
Liu Peixu was very surprised and asked: "Who are you? Where is Fang Shuping?"
"I am Duanwu, the independent regiment of the 88th Division, and I am now supervising the battle team appointed by the Chairman of the Standing Committee.
The Chairman of the Generalissimo ordered that no one should retreat without his order, otherwise military law would be engaged.
Mr. Liu, I hope you can understand. This is the highest order of the Chairman. "
The Dragon Boat Festival raised the tune a few degrees, and Liu Peixu had to believe that this was really the order of the Chairman.
But in fact, there is no such order at all. The chairman's order will be issued on November 15. But by that time, it was too late. Some Japanese troops had already crossed the Wu-Fu Line and headed straight for the Xicheng Line.
The Wufu line was defended for eight days, and the Xicheng line was held for only two days. I don’t know how these people keep the Dragon Boat Festival. The Chinese army is more than twice the size of the Japanese army, but there is only one word for fighting, and it is called "miserable".
The reason is that some officers are greedy for life and afraid of death. There are also some officers who want to preserve their own strength.
And if a hole is torn open in one defense line, other troops will be forced to retreat.
The Battle of Songhu was a mess, the Wu-Fu line was a mess, and the Xicheng line was an even mess.
Therefore, the 40th Division must not be allowed to take a step back in Dragon Boat Festival, and at least two to three days must be obtained for the Xicheng Line to deploy defenses.
As for blocking the Japanese at the Wu-Fu line, Duanwu never thought about it. Liu Peixu is not the only one who is greedy for life and afraid of death. He could only stabilize the northern line first. On the southern front there are the 88th Division, the 87th Division, etc.
These direct troops are still very powerful in combat. And the weapons and equipment are no worse than those of the little devils.
Therefore, if the northern front does not retreat, the southern front will be much easier to fight.
But at the same time, Liu Peixu still wanted to run. He asked tentatively: "You said it was the Chairman's order, why didn't I receive it?"
"Then you can call Lao Yang in the general office to confirm. Our 88th Division Independent Regiment was fought out from the hinterland of the Japanese. When we arrived, the 672nd Regiment of the 112th Division rested for ten days and received the commission's order.
To tell you the truth, the committee originally planned for me to return to Nanjing to resume my duties. Only because the Wufu line was tight, I had to be ordered to supervise the battle. So Mr. Liu, I think you’d better not take any chances, otherwise I can guarantee it. If you can't reach the Xicheng line, your head will move. "
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Liu Peixu was speechless, but at this time, he had 100% believed what Dragon Boat Festival said. Because except for family orders, everything Dragon Boat Festival said is true. And it was also true that the call to Secretary-General Yang came from the 672nd Regiment.
But the most important thing is that Liu Peixu did not dare to call Secretary-General Yang to confirm the matter. Because he was about to run away. If the chairman of the committee knew about this, his career would be ruined.
"Okay, the 40th Division can hold its position, but other divisions have to retreat. Our 40th Division is fighting alone. What's the use?"
Liu Peixu was still a little hesitant.
Duanwu said: "Then convey the order of the committee for me. Anyone who leaves the position without authorization will be treated as a deserter and will hold the position for two days. On the 15th, the committee will issue a new order. Do you understand?"
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Liu Peixu was speechless again, because he was a teacher, and who are you, Duanwu, to dare to yell at me like this?
But thinking about it, there is no problem. Although the other party is just a group leader, he has orders from the chairman of the committee. To use the old saying, that is the imperial envoy minister, the senior official.
Liu Peixu could only agree obediently, and then gave orders to his retreating troops to regain the lost positions. He also conveyed the Chairman's orders to all armies and divisions with which he had contact.
Although this order is false, at that time, how can anyone have time to think about whether this order is true or false? What's more, who would dare to falsely pass on the chairman's order? That would be the same crime as falsely preaching an imperial edict.
Moreover, many people speculated that this also showed that the Chairman would fight the Japanese invaders to the end.
Therefore, after receiving the order, all front-line troops launched an extremely fierce counterattack.
The Japanese were suddenly stunned and thought: What's wrong with these Chinese people? Did you take some elixir or elixir? How could it be so fierce?
The commander of the Sixth Division, Hisao Tani, could only order the Japanese troops on the front line to temporarily withdraw, while counting the battle losses. In more than four hours of fighting, 3,000 Japanese troops died on the Wufu line.
This battle was simply too brutal, with both sides almost sacrificing their lives.
The Chinese army also suffered heavy losses. Except for the 88th Division and the 87th Division, many combat units were reduced by half.
This unprecedented battle can definitely be called the Verdun of the East. Tens of thousands of people were killed or injured in a single day.
As night fell, both sides were resting and preparing for tomorrow's battle.
Needless to say, the Japanese army suffered heavy losses in the 11th Division, and the 6th and 16th Divisions were also damaged respectively.
The morale of the Japanese army was low for a while. On the 13th alone, more than 5,000 Japanese soldiers died and countless others were injured.
Although the Chinese losses were slightly larger, the number of casualties was about twice that of the Japanese. But this result is already very good. Because the Wu Fu line was at least saved. Not a single unit retreated across the entire front.
This was all caused by a false order during the Dragon Boat Festival.
Without this false order, the consequences would be unimaginable. Once the Japs land in the northern defense zone, they will not only threaten the flank security of the 40th Division. Instead, it will force all Chinese troops to retreat.
Otherwise, the Japanese army will cut off the retreat of all armies. Then what awaits them is either encirclement and annihilation, or total surrender.
Yes, it means surrender. Although there are so many lessons learned from the past, the Japanese will not treat prisoners of war preferentially and will execute all prisoners of war, but there are still many troops willing to surrender.
For example, in the Battle of Nanjing, tens of thousands of soldiers surrendered. After that, they were put on wires and executed one by one, becoming a laughing stock.
Although, they had fought against the Japanese invaders and were very brave. But I have to say that the moment they laid down their weapons and surrendered, they were really stupid.
Soldiers must never lay down their weapons at any time.
Maybe you have thousands of reasons why you can't. Because the moment you put down your weapon, you become a lamb to be slaughtered.
As the Dragon Boat Festival said, are you betting on the mercy of your enemies?
This is another joke. If your enemy was benevolent, there would be no war.
When the war starts, who knows how many people will die.
kindness? Do not make jokes. Knowing that many people will die, do you still want to start a war and go against kindness?
Therefore, from the moment a soldier puts down his weapon, there will be only death waiting for you! ...
