The news of Yushan's fall undoubtedly made things worse for the entire Wu-Fu line battle situation.
The defenders of the Wufu Line were struggling to hold on and did not want Yushan to fall again.
Although this news is only known to the top management, there is no airtight wall.
Because the worries of the senior officers were written on their faces.
But this news was a stimulant for the Japanese army.
Once a hole is opened in Yushan, the Japanese army can cut off the retreat of the Changshu defenders within four hours. Within six to eight hours, the defenders in Xiejiaqiao and Fushan areas had no way to retreat, and they were all driven into the Yangtze River.
The situation was so serious that except for the Dragon Boat Festival, Commander Liao wanted to eat Liu Yingsheng.
Damn it, when the special correspondent was here, the two Japanese brigade regiments did not capture Yushan. As soon as the special commissioner left, Yushan was lost. Moreover, the defenders resisted for less than half an hour. Did you, Liu Ying, grow up eating Xiang?
But Liu Ying was also aggrieved. He still doesn't know how so many Japanese soldiers got into the Yushan position.
When he arrived at Yushan, the Japanese had already retreated and had set up warning posts. And there are defenders on the position. But the Japanese suddenly appeared on Yushan Mountain. If he hadn't run so fast, he would have become a prisoner of the Japanese.
In the end, it was Yan Wushuang who gave him the idea to blame Duanwu for the fall of Yushan.
And originally, even if the 32nd Division retreated, it should have reached the Sanchakou to cover the retreat of the 44th Division, the 98th Division, and the 13th Division. But Yan Wushuang said: If we arrive at Sanchakou at this time, we might as well take back the Yushan position. Because there is no danger at all at Sanchakou.
Liu Ying thought so and fled in embarrassment with her people.
Of course, Commander Liao naturally thought that once Yushan was lost, the 44th Division, the 98th Division, and the 13th Division would fall into a tight siege by the enemy. So he sent ten orders to Liu Ying in succession, asking him to rush to Sanchakou immediately to cover the retreat of the 44th Division, the 98th Division, and the 13th Division.
But I don’t know why, but all the ten orders came to nothing.
Of course, this was not because Liu Ying dared to disobey orders, but because the radio station of the 32nd Division broke down inexplicably after it sent out the news of the fall of Yushan and detained a shit basin during the Dragon Boat Festival.
As a result, the 32nd Division fled. Commander Liao urgently contacted the commanders of the 44th Division, the 98th Division, and the 13th Division and ordered them to withdraw from the battle as soon as possible, otherwise they would be in danger of being surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese army.
But the Japanese army also received the news early. How easy is it for the 44th Division, the 98th Division, and the 13th Division to withdraw?
If the temporary brigade sent by Dragon Boat Festival and the reinforcements from the 174th Division had not arrived in time, the 44th Division, the 98th Division, and the 13th Division would have suffered heavy losses even if they had withdrawn.
Fortunately, everyone retreated and everyone turned towards the Sanchakou.
"Brother, which unit do you belong to? There shouldn't be any reinforcements nearby?"
The commander of the 44th Division, Chen Yong, asked the reinforcements on the side while running. The reinforcement said: "We are from the 174th Division."
Chen Yong was surprised: "Isn't the 174th Division guarding Yushan? Is it because you withdrew that Yushan fell?"
The soldiers of the 174th Division quickly denied: "The fall of Yushan had nothing to do with our 174th Division! It was the 32nd Division that switched defenses with us.
When we walked to Sanchakou, we found Japanese troops, so the special commissioner ordered us to come and meet you. The special commissioner is leading people to guard the intersection in case the Japanese follow-up troops arrive and cut off the retreat of your three divisions, the 44th Division, the 98th Division, and the 13th Division. "
"Huh? Special correspondent? Hahaha! It turns out to be a special correspondent. He hasn't forgotten me, Old Chen, hahaha!"
Chen Yong laughed loudly and said, who is so kind to send someone to help him at this time? It turns out that he is a special commissioner.
Chen Yong burst into tears of gratitude, as if he had a lot to say to Dragon Boat Festival.
It's just that at this time, I'm afraid there is no such time in Dragon Boat Festival. Duanwu was leading the independent regiment to block two Japanese brigades coming from the direction of Yushan.
Dragon Boat Festival beat Liu Ying while scolding him for being a bastard.
Why did you scold Liu Ying during the Dragon Boat Festival? It was not just Liu Ying who lost the Yushan position.
Losing the Yushan position can only show Liu Ying's incompetence. But he has no military knowledge at all. It would be foolish not to guard Sanchakou after losing Yushan.
The retreat routes of the 44th Division, 98th Division, and 13th Division are all three forks. Once the Japanese army cuts off the three forks here, the three divisions will be surrounded by the Japanese army.
But the most annoying thing is that Duanwu did not expect Liu Ying to be so stupid. He did not come to Sanchakou to build fortifications, but fled directly.
The Dragon Boat Festival fortifications were built to stop the Japanese from the direction of Mocheng Town and Changshu. The Japanese army came from the flank and his defenses were almost reduced to decoration.
Fortunately, the Dragon Boat Festival responded quickly enough and relied on the flanking woods to deal with the Japanese army.
The Japanese army used more than 20 mortars to bombard the 1st Battalion of the Independent Regiment in the forest.
The soldiers suffered heavy casualties. Dragon Boat Festival really wants them to withdraw. But once the Japanese army occupied this forest, the entire independent regiment would be driven into the unobstructed wilderness by the Japanese army.
"Old Sun, let your people spread out, don't gather, and reduce casualties. I will lead the people to fight the Japanese artillery. If it succeeds, we will repel the Japanese. If not, we brothers will all explain here today. ”
Duanwu patted Sun Shiyu on the shoulder and joked, but at this time Sun Shiyu wanted to cry.
Of course, he was definitely not crying because he was afraid of death. But he was worried about the safety of Dragon Boat Festival.
"Tuanzuo, don't take risks. None of our Sichuan Army brothers are cowards. We can defend this place."
Sun Shiyu begged Duanwu to stay.
Duanwu patted Sun Shiyu on the shoulder again and said: "Don't be stupid, the Independent Regiment can still fight less than 500 people. And in the battle of Yushan, the Sichuan Army brothers suffered the most casualties. I can't let all the Sichuan Army brothers die here."
"Group seat?"
Sun Shiyu cried directly.
"Excuting an order!"
Dragon Boat Festival roared loudly. Sun Shiyu wiped his tears fiercely, turned around and ran away.
At this time, Duanwu called Xie Jinyuan and said: "Old Xie, take the second battalion to pretend to attack the Japanese left wing. Remember not to really charge up. There are not many people in the second battalion. If you charge hard, the casualties will be great. Do you understand? ?”
"Understood, but regiment leader, let me go to fight the Japanese artillery! Our independent regiment can't live without you?"
Xie Jinyuan pleaded, but Duanwu smiled at this time: "Do you believe that I can come back alive? Hahaha!"
Seeing Duanwu's smile, Xie Jinyuan also shed tears, hugged Duanwu, turned around and left. Go find Zhu Shengzhong and prepare to launch a feint attack on the Japanese left wing.
At the same time, after watching Xie Jinyuan's back, Duan Wu shouted loudly: "Old Zhou, Lao Snoring, Lao Xu."
"exist!"
The three secret agent company commanders all hunched over and quickly ran to Duanwu's side, forming a half circle around him.
Duanwu said: "We brothers, we don't talk about love, we talk about money. Come with me to go around to the right wing of the Japanese to fight the Japanese artillery. In this battle, we will almost die. The brothers who come with me will get fifty yuan each as a settlement allowance. Anyone who is willing Did you go?"
Lao Snoring smiled and said: "Go, of course. How can we not go for such a good thing? Fifty dollars is enough for us to go home and marry a wife for the rest of our lives."
Xu Dazhuang also giggled: "Hey, that's right!"
But at this moment, Zhou Dabang said in surprise: "I didn't expect that I would be there too, hahaha! This time I am prosperous, do I have to die?"
Duanwu looked at the three old money fans, hugged them, and whispered in their ears: "Come back alive."
"Don't worry, everyone, we all care about our lives!"
The three of them smiled slyly at the same time. They looked like they would run away if something bad happened.
But can they really run?
Maybe they once did, but today they don't. Because there is an officer they like the most, admire the most, and least want to lose, who is taking risks with them.
There was a near-death battle, and those who could come back alive were brothers. Although Duan Wu said that he would not talk about feelings with them, should the feelings between brothers still be discussed in words?
They all seemed to remember the sentence in the play at this moment: Whoever bleeds with me today, he is my brother!
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In the fierce battles with the Japanese army, people died all the time, and the enemy shelled the woods where the independent regiment was located all the time.
The independent regiment naturally also has mortars. But they didn't have a good location to place the mortars.
The independent regiment was all in the woods at this time. There is indeed a large open space fifty meters behind, as big as two football fields.
But it is a pity that the mortars at this position cannot hit the Japanese positions at all.
Because there is a tall tree crown blocking it, if you want to hit the shell from the top of the tree, the mortar's shooting angle needs to be at least 70 degrees.
This is just a joke. At an elevation angle of 70 degrees, can the cannonball be fired 20 meters?
Sun Shiyu also tried to set up mortars at the edge of the forest, which is the forward position. But before the cannon was set up, it was discovered by the Japanese machine gunners. Two excellent artillerymen died under the Japanese machine guns.
Therefore, the independent group is in a very awkward position at this time. And also very passive.
Of course, this was not due to Duanwu's command error, but because Duanwu had never thought that Yushan would fall.
The Dragon Boat Festival was a trench dug along the road at Sanchakou. Its purpose was to block Japanese raids from the direction of Mocheng Town.
Because before that, Duanwu had already led his men to annihilate a Japanese team that had infiltrated here. Therefore, Duanwu determined that if there were still Japanese troops coming to block Sanchakou, they would definitely be in the direction of Mocheng Town.
But who would have thought that Yushan would be lost.
When Dragon Boat Festival was in Yushan, he first wiped out the Chongteng detachment, and then severely damaged the Botian detachment. Only four thousand people from the Botian detachment fled. The 32nd Division has nearly 6,000 people.
Just think about it, even if the Botian detachment comes back again and again to capture Yushan, it will be impossible!
Four thousand people fight six thousand people. Even if the mountains are full of pigs, the Japanese will still have to kill them for a while, right?
But who would have thought that Liu Ying was so incompetent that she lost Yu Shan just after nightfall. Just after ten o'clock at night, the Japanese army had already reached Sanchakou.
Thanks to the Dragon Boat Festival alert, hidden sentries were posted in the four directions of the Sanchakou, otherwise the independent regiment would definitely suffer a big loss this time.
Because there were two brigades of Japanese troops, totaling at least 1,800 people, which was three times the strength of the independent regiment.
If this had been successfully attacked by the Japanese army, the independent regiment would have been wiped out long ago.
But even so, the independent regiment suffered heavy casualties. The first is that there are many Japanese soldiers, and the second is that the Japanese artillery fire is fierce.
Although they did not have favorable geographical conditions, they only relied on the woods on the opposite side of the road. But they had a large number of people, and the Japanese machine gunners consolidated an artillery position for the artillery along the edge of the forest.
Sun Shiyu's battalion tried several times to rush over and kill the Japanese artillery. However, due to the distance, the large number of Japanese soldiers and the fierce firepower, they were all beaten back.
Therefore, there is only one way to capture the Japanese artillery positions, which is to conduct a roundabout sneak attack from the Japanese flanks.
Xie Jinyuan led the Second Battalion to take a detour from the left, but he didn't expect the little Japanese to think the same way. A squadron of the Little Devils wanted to go back to the rear of the Independent Regiment to launch a sneak attack, but they did not want to collide with Xie Jinyuan, and the two sides engaged in a fierce exchange of fire in the woods.
When Duanwu heard the gunfire, he frowned again, because it wasn't time for the second battalion to launch an attack yet.
Just imagine, although the second battalion is a feint attack, they must cooperate very well at this time.
A fight broke out over the Second Battalion, attracting the attention of the Japanese. Dragon Boat Festival led three special agent companies to sneak attack on the Japanese right wing and destroy the Japanese artillery position. Then both sides blocked the Japanese from two directions to ensure the safety of the Sanchakou.
But at this time, when a fight broke out on Xie Jinyuan's side, the Japanese would definitely be alarmed after being briefly attracted to him. Then the Dragon Boat Festival sneak attack lost its suddenness.
Therefore, if the previous sneak attack on the Dragon Boat Festival was a narrow escape, then launching a sneak attack now would be a narrow escape.
But the arrow was on the string and had to be fired. Duanwu could only turn around and fight with Zhou Dazhuang and Lao Snoring. Xu Dazhuang said helplessly: "Brothers, I don't want to lie to you. It will be difficult for us to come back alive from this battle. If you want to withdraw, I won't stop you." .”
There was an air of determination in Duanwu's helpless eyes. He was ready to die. But he didn't know whether the veterans behind him had this final awakening. Because he didn't want anyone to turn around and run away while charging, which would affect the morale of the battle.
Perhaps this battle was a life-and-death battle, but he didn't want the little devil to see the Chinese joke.
But what Duanwu never expected was that those deserters and cowards who were once timid and fearful of death would be extremely calm at this time.
They showed cunning, honest, indifferent, and even vulgar smiles, and they did not regard this life and death as the same thing at all.
Are they afraid of death?
They were afraid, they had been more afraid than anyone else. But since they got to know the Dragon Boat Festival, they are no longer afraid.
Because that young man who was much younger than them was admired by veterans like them.
Following him seemed to allow them to regain their lost youth and long forgotten passion.
They feel that they are young again, and they have become full-blooded young men again! ...
