After the Ogisu Ripei divided the pursuing troops into two groups, they immediately followed the main force of the 13th Division southward.
Just as Lieutenant General Ogisu Rihei said, the 18th Division sent a main force to go north along the Beijing-Wuhan Railway.
This move of Ogisu Libing almost caused trouble for Deng Longguang's 83rd Army - because Deng Longguang's 83rd Army carried out breakout operations along this route.
"Military seat, military seat. The outpost troops discovered that a large number of Japanese troops were heading north along the railway line!" A combat staff officer ran to Deng Longguang and reported.
Deng Longguang is 44 years old this year. As a veteran cadre from Baoding Military Academy, he has been the colonel of the Guangdong Army since 1923 and has a very keen intuition in combat command.
Deng Longguang looked back at his subordinates in blue uniforms and finally made a decision: "Get out of the way immediately and let the Japanese pass by!"
The 83rd Army headquarters did not have heavy weapons such as tanks and heavy artillery, so it was not difficult to dodge. At most, the troops would be dispersed to the vicinity of both sides of the railway and wait for the Japanese troops to pass before coming out.
"Yes! Military seat!" the combat staff officer responded.
After all, the Eighty-third Army is a dignified military-level unit, and it is normal to have many radio stations. Deng Longguang directly equipped the regiment as the advancing force with a radio station in order to be able to directly contact the military headquarters.
In fact, the advancing regiment is said to be one regiment, but in fact the entire regiment only has about two companies left.
"Military seat, I always feel that this group of little devils traveling north along the railway cannot be just targeting our 83rd Army. Now all the remaining numbers of us combined, the total strength is only about 5,000 people per brigade, and along the The Japanese troops heading north on the railway line are most likely the Japanese troops guarding Wuhu." Chief of Staff Chen Wenfu ran to Deng Longguang and said.
"I know. I still remember that before the breakout war, you and I also conducted rehearsals and calculations. The Japanese army in the direction of Wuhu is most likely to be tasked with guarding Wuhu and preventing reinforcements from our army from arriving." Deng Longguang nodded and said, He knew that Chen Wenfu must have more to say, so he was waiting for Chen Wenfu's next.
"Well, so this Japanese army is most likely not coming for us. I still remember that after we broke through in the direction of Chunhua Town last night, about three hours later, very fierce gunfire came from the direction of Chunhua Town. The sound of gunfire." Chen Wenfu said.
"It seems that there is another unit that is retreating along our retreat track." Deng Longguang looked to the northeast, "This unit most likely had a large-scale battle with the Japanese army during the breakout. And it also caused the small The Japanese suffered a big loss, otherwise there would be no reason for even the Japanese troops in Wuhu to be dispatched."
That's right, it was already eleven o'clock in the evening on December 13th - the first night when the massacre officially began!
"Then should we continue to get out of the way and let the Japanese army continue to move north?" Chen Wenfu asked.
I saw Deng Longguang thinking for a moment and said: "Let, we must let. So many of our brothers from the Guangdong Army have died in Nanjing, but we can't let all the remaining 5,000 people of our 83rd Army be buried here." .”
"Then are you just so passive and avoiding war?" Chen Wenfu asked, because this fear of life and death is not the usual style of the military.
Deng Longguang shook his head and said: "No, the war must be fought, but it cannot be fought so haphazardly. We only have these few people left, no one we need, and only a few guns we need. And they are all tired from fighting for a long time. , once a war breaks out with the Japanese army, we don’t have enough people to fill their teeth.”
"That?" Chen Wenfu frowned.
"The Japanese army fought in a hurry, and its troops in China were originally limited. In addition, they invested a large number of troops in Nanjing in this battle. The military strength in Wuhu was not strong to begin with. At most, it only had one brigade, and it had to be dispersed and defended everywhere. , Not to say that it is stretched, but it is almost the same. Now that they have mobilized a regiment of troops to go north, the enemy's troops in Wuhu must be empty. Maybe..." Deng Longguang said meaningfully.
"Does the army want to take back Wuhu?" Obviously, Chen Wenfu was also taken aback by Deng Longguang's bold idea.
Wuhu was captured by the Japanese army with great efforts, and most people would not dare to touch Wuhu.
Deng Longguang nodded and said: "As the saying goes, battlefield opportunities change rapidly. Now that someone has created an excellent opportunity for us, we must make good use of it! Besides, we are not fighting the Japanese army heading north now. It’s a showdown between male and female, isn’t it?”
As he said that, Deng Longguang turned his eyes to Chen Wenfu, his eyes full of meaning.
"Yes! Military Seat! Military Seat is wise!" Chen Wenfu responded.
After Chen Wenfu left, Deng Longguang murmured to himself: "I'm sorry, brothers who broke out together behind us, we can do something (nothing)... We only have so many brothers left, we can't protect ourselves. …”
Deng Longguang is not the kind of person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. In addition, he has been in the army for decades and fought civil wars. Now he is finally fighting a foreign war unanimously. If the current strength of the 83rd Army does not allow it, He really wanted to praise these little devils from Wuhu.
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The brothers of the 83rd Army were in trouble, and life for Zhang Tianhai and others was not easy.
Having been running away for nearly a day and night, the entire team was exhausted, not to mention the common people who had never experienced a forced march in the first place.
If one had to use one word to describe Zhang Tianhai's team at this time, then "embarrassment" would probably be the most suitable.
The whole team was in disarray.
"Team leader, please order the brothers to rest for a while. We are too tired and we can't run anymore." Liu Houming said to Zhang Tianhai with a bitter look on his face. He already had a background in martial arts, and even he felt that he couldn't bear it. , not to mention these ordinary people and the officers and soldiers from various armies below.
Looking at these tired and scattered teams, Zhang Tianhai was helpless and could only order: "Okay, rest where you are for an hour, and continue setting off after an hour!"
"Yes!!" The officers and soldiers around them who received the order seemed to be cheering and responded with joy.
After Zhang Tianhai gave the rest order, not long after, snoring sounded one after another on both sides of the train track.
They are all human beings, living human beings who want to rest when they are tired and want to drink water when they are thirsty.
Sitting on the cold train tracks, Zhang Tianhai fell into deep thought: It has been four months since he came to this era, and during these four months, he has spent almost all the time in war and panic.
For four months, he hardly had a good night's sleep. Unless he was extremely tired, he could barely sleep peacefully. He couldn't tell whether he had integrated into this era.
The scenes that happened before him were all stimulating his nerves, reminding him almost all the time: You are a Chinese soldier, you have an obligation to fight, and you have an obligation to drive away these heartless Japanese devils. .
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PS: Here comes the update. I haven’t updated it for two days in a row. It’s finally back, hehe.
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