Chapter 204: Strong

(...Defense is negative, but if we take the initiative to attack, we will suffer heavy losses. Without enough heavy firepower to cover it, we can only pave the way for attack by relying on human lives. We often face only one-small enemy, but the troops that were responsible for the strong attack were completely paralyzed after the battle and could only withdraw and reorganize or withdraw, so many troops were unwilling to attack... Excerpted from "My Memories of the War of Resistance - Cao Xiaomin")

Cao Xiaomin can speak Japanese, and speaks it so hard that the *** people cannot tell whether he is Chinese, but can his plane make it impossible for Japanese planes to recognize? The Japanese army command in Nanjing is busy and depressed, and almost everyone can understand: Within half an hour after the order is ordered, basically all the planes nearby that can be searched for air are all gone to the sky, but they still have no reward!

People can get mixed up with people, can planes also hiding? Someone once had such an idea, but they soon overturned themselves: the special plane of the headquarters would not be discovered if it was mixed up with other planes, and no pilot in the flight formation would be so stupid that he didn't know that there was one more plane in his own formation?

It was not until two hours later that the technical team who came back to report the report after the on-site investigation at the Ming Forbidden City Airport submitted the report that the Japanese in the headquarters suddenly realized: the report pointed out that it is certain that the command's special plane had been penetrated into the fuel tank before taking off... Hell! Cao Xiaomin is on the ground!

The sky in Nanjing, Jiangbei, Suzhou, Xi and Changzhou is full of planes, but the sky above the Huaihe battlefield is empty, allowing all Chinese troops who are fighting hard on all sides to take a breath.

From Bengbu to Linhuai Pass, piles of corpses can be seen on the trench edges. The corpses on the trench edges cannot be dragged back. As long as the corpses are dragged, the Japanese will surely be in the telescope. Because the mortars of the Japanese are already very familiar with the trench in Hebei after several days of war, the shells that have been shot fell directly into the trench than outside. The officers and soldiers hiding in the trench have tried many times. Every time they can't bear to let their brothers hang their bodies outside and drag the bodies back into the trench when they are dry and transformed in the north wind, they will stick a few living people. As for the corpses in the trench, they will keep them there because the brothers are so tired that they are about to lie down, and they don't even have enough strength to carry the corpses back to the rear.

Except for observing the posts that shifted from time to time and continued to stare at whether the Japanese on the south bank had crossed the river, the others were crowded in the trench section with anti-cannon roofs, waiting for something, and seemed to be looking forward to nothing... The original fighting passion had been destroyed under the artillery fire of the Japanese for several days. The officers and soldiers who were standing in the trench were just numbly fulfilling a subconscious responsibility, and they knew they could not retreat. The saying "There are all people behind them" is now a mark rather than a slogan, because no one could shout it out loud.

"I haven't seen the Japanese plane today, why don't I send some hot food to come up behind?" A soldier was trembling all over, but he couldn't help but go out of the entrance of the bunker passage to see the situation in the traffic trench, but he was very disappointed. Except for the body that had been lying on his body that had not changed its posture and was lying on his lying on his back, he did not see a living person coming up from behind.

Everyone in the trench was very hungry, and they felt their stomachs had been pressed against the backbone, and people felt particularly cold and weak in hunger. They had to deliberately turn their attention to the squad leader together - they still had a few foods, all with the squad leader.

Grain is the kind of mixed grain cake that is so hard that it can knock people unconscious and will take a long time to soften chew. But now, this kind of dry food that has a stinky smell on the squad leader is what soldiers look forward to the most.

The squad leader was helpless. He walked to the traffic trench like the soldier and looked for a long time before he muttered and cursed something and came back to do the action that made everyone happy. He took out the squad leader had only one squad leader, but he had to be distributed to the six living people. The squad leader finally used a bayonet with blood stains to break a few pieces of the squad leader, then weighed the left and right and left half of the rest, and distributed the rest to everyone--the war would not last long, and the people behind him would come to change defenses or deliver food, but they had already left this squad leader.

"Trending" stomped his feet in the kitchen squad, his body trembling constantly, and he looked out anxiously from time to time. When he finally saw the kitchen squad leader coming back, he couldn't help but feel disappointed on his face - the kitchen squad leader was empty-handed and didn't see any rations coming back.

"What's wrong? I haven't gotten anything after a long time? Isn't he trying to starve us all here, right?" Although he has experienced a lot of hardships, he still can't help but complain.

"There's no way... I went to see it myself. The warehouse on the military supplies was really burned by the Japanese with burning bombs... Some corn that was not burned to ashes were still corn, I took two of them and tried it. It was all carbon!" The squad leader of the cooking squad came in with two soldiers under him. One of them suddenly took out a small cloth bag behind his back and poured out some gray and yellow lumps: "The regiment headquarters said that they were waiting for the food to be delivered to the back, which probably would take half a day; we wanted to get some food for the people ourselves, but all the mothers were exposed; at least we found these things under a ruined temple shrine, and I don't know if they could still eat..."

It was a bunch of longevity peaches that were originally offered to the statue of God and were taken into the nest by a mouse, and had long been drying like a stone!

After adding a lot of water, I finally boiled a pot and no one could figure out what it was. So at least I let the light wounded who had not been transported but were already in the cold and hunger for a meal. Until the sun was about to set, the baggage soldiers in the rear finally transported the food, and they were inevitably scolded. The baggage soldiers were used to it - cursing people will not kill them, but if they go out too early, they will die if they encounter Japanese planes in the snow, and the food will definitely be burned out! (*** The frequent starvation of front-line troops has a lot to do with the weak air force, especially in plain areas, they are often hungry because of the fire stored food on the fire and the artillery fire. Under such geographical conditions, the food behind is difficult to transport during the day. In addition to aircraft, Japanese cannons will also attack them with cannons, so they usually wait until it is almost dark before they can get luck...)

It was unexpected to everyone's surprise that the Japanese did not attack for the whole day. This was the first time since the Japanese launched a powerful attack across the river, no shells came over and there was no plane hovering above their heads. However, no one dared to take over whether the Japanese would smuggle at night, so everyone was still very nervous.

The truce was coming, but the officers and soldiers on the Huaihe River front were still tortured by the war, and everyone was holding on with extreme hunger, cold and fatigue.

At this time, the Chihe line was in full swing. After the 131st Division continued to attack eastward after conquering Dingyuan, it had already reached the Chihe position in the morning.

"Reporting the division seat, the vanguard troops have successfully taken the Chihe position!" With a good news, Qin Lianfang, who had advanced to the uninhabited streets in Chihe Town, was smiling and cheering: This Chihe position was originally a position that the Gui army was ordered to defend to the death, because Bai Chongxi was shocked to realize that the Japanese army had far more than one division and gave up urgently. Now Qin Lianfang took it back from the Japanese. In his opinion, it was a victory for him to face Bai Chongxi!

"Let's go and see it yourself!" Qin Lianfang was in a good mood. He turned over and drove away everyone. The guards behind him hurriedly rode their horses to chase them, and they were in chaos.

The Japanese retreated so urgently! Even the floating bridge had no time to be demolished... The Gui army officers and soldiers who occupied the Chihe position had a rest. When the scouts reported that there were no mechanisms on the floating bridge, they began to attack the opposite Japanese position...

"Ce Ce Ce Ce Ce...Ce Ce Ce Ce..." The heavy machine gun of the Japanese in the distance opened fire. The distance was very far and the momentum was not very loud. However, the officers and soldiers crossing the river were beaten up and turned over. As soon as the first echelon arrived in the bridge, they were shot and fell into the river... "Run slowly, rush, throw that mother, fight for my life!" The iconic charge of the Gui army sounded, and the officers and soldiers behind rushed up like a tide...

The dense rain of bullets was uninterrupted, and the floating bridges were crossed from several directions. Only a very small number of people in the charge crossed the river. Most of them fell on the narrow bridge. In just a while, the west bank bridge and the floating bridge were stained with blood. As the bodies increased in the river, a yellow color began to float on the river side of the bridge, and the yellow outer edge was a dark red circle...

"Retreat! Retreat!" Before waiting for the military horn behind, the officers leading the charge discovered something was wrong: the Japanese machine guns were so far away but they could shoot so accurately. It was obvious that they had long used the floating bridge as a trap. When they charged, they used heavy machine guns to block them. The original aggressive attacking team was in an instant. At this time, more dense gunshots suddenly sounded, and the attacking troops were strangled by light and heavy machine guns that suddenly increased several times between advancing and retreating...

"Hurry, keep it steady..." At this time, the vanguard troops of the 131st Division finally understood the strength of the opponent. They began to guard the occupied positions honestly before saying... "Swish! Swish!..." The strange sound suddenly sounded above their heads made the officers and soldiers on the positions panic - the Japanese artillery attack!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." Everyone on the position felt that the artillery attack was coming at him, exceeding the expectations of all the officers and soldiers. The Japanese artillery fire was so fierce - it was the salvo of all the mortars and grenade launchers that the Japanese concentrated!

This position was once an important position of the Gui army, but it was also occupied by the Japanese. When they knew that the 131st Division had attacked Dingyuan, the Japanese who gathered back to the rescue quickly decided: if they didn't know the strength of the opponent, they simply did not save Dingyuan but defended Chihe! They were so familiar with the situation of this position that they could even guarantee that 80% of the shells could be shot in the trenches at the start of the mortar!... All the anti-cannon covers on the position that were once covered with logs and earthen buns had been removed by the Japanese. Now the officers and soldiers on the positions were completely concentrated by the trenches and allowed the Japanese artillery to **!

The Japanese artillery did not cover the positions, but cleaned up the trench parts on the positions one after another! Most of the snow-melting steam and dust raised when the shells directly entered the trench exploded would not be blown away by the north wind. From a distance, it was completely made of gray walls to draw a distribution map of fortifications above the position! The trench was completely bombed into a hell on earth, shrapnel flew across the air waves and refracted under the action of the trench wall; the shock wave wiped away everyone's hearing, and the dust made people unable to see the eyes. The high temperature burned everyone's throat and lungs with the air... The screams in the trench that were flying flesh and blood were covered by the sound of explosions, but the troops following behind could see the trench's still alive, who were bombarded with their mouths open and making heart-wrenching cry...

All the officers and soldiers who witnessed the funeral of blood and fire were scared to death. At this time, the weakness of this always spoiled and arrogant force was revealed: they had almost no combat experience and began to collapse in the face of the truly cruel artillery massacre...

What Qin Lianfang rushed to the battlefield was the scene of the vanguard's troops strangled and defeated by the Japanese artillery fire!

"Defense on the spot! Those who retreated!" Qin Lianfang's eyes were red. He had always been irritable but loved soldiers as much as his son and was very protective of his shortcomings. His subordinates had never seen him give such a decisive order. Everyone was extremely nervous. Everyone began to look for terrain that could be used on the spot...

The Japanese artillery ceased after half an hour. There were less than 300 people occupying the position and there were less than 300 people, half of which were killed... Qin Lianfang was stunned in the field fortifications: there were not many people on the other side! If the Japanese had enough troops, they would have taken the opportunity to attack. They allowed their troops to form a formation calmly, but they did not have enough manpower and could only defend! But their troops were stopped by such small Japanese troops who were not capable of counterattacking...

Opposite the entire Chihe defense line, the total strength of the Japanese was only one brigade, but they stopped a *** division on a twenty-kilometer-long front!

The fierce battles and the need for crossing the Huai River have made the trees in this area clean, and it is difficult to find raw materials for rafts to cross the river. As for swimming, in such weather, according to the equipment of the ***, I am afraid that the soldiers who crossed the river will freeze to death in the snow before they could occupy the enemy's formation! It seems that the narrow river channel, which looks like they can run a few steps and jump over, actually stopped the ***.

"Torture! I don't believe how long a small army can spread out the defense line!" Qin Lianfang was even more angry when he saw the heavy losses, and immediately ordered the troops to attack from the north and south sides. At the same time, the troops on the front began to fire with the Japanese - although they didn't have many machine guns and the Japanese set up their positions to be back, they basically couldn't hit people; but this could entangle the Japanese so that they did not dare to easily divide their troops to block the defense on both sides. Then, after a period of exchange of fire, Qin Lianfang also discovered the Japanese's weakness: except for the mortar, the Japanese only had four Type 92 infantry runs, and the range of artillery fire was insufficient. The 131st Division had four 75mm mountain cannons that could hit them!

Starting from the afternoon, a rare scene of *** bombarding the Japanese with cannons and the Japanese could only be bombed; however, as long as the Japanese did not retreat voluntarily, the 131st Division could not even be able to fight!

"If you pass the order, you must take down the enemy formation on the other side tonight. Even if you destroy all the 131st Division, you must take down!" Qin Lianfang issued a ruthless order - it was not that he wanted to force it, but that he had no choice! I don't know what happened today and I haven't seen the Japanese plane for most of the day, but tomorrow? As long as the Japanese plane arrives, let alone attack, even his own cannons will not dare to fire casually! To take down the other side, you can only have one night!

There was no rest, the battle continued; the troops following behind began to extend from both sides of the main battlefield to test the breadth of the Japanese defense line. From dawn to dark, they finally reached a detour in Outang on the southern line of Chihe River and the north of Lao Jinshan in the north. Night battles began to fight on the entire front.

The gunshots were always scattered and not fierce, because the battlefield was widely distributed; the Japanese fought to the death but were not sufficiently equipped and did not know the strength of the ***, so they had to gradually shrink. The roundabout troops and the Japanese fought a chase in the vast battlefield, gradually driving the Japanese to the middle. Occasionally, some Japanese who could not retreat were stuck in a dangerous place to defend themselves, which would make them sacrifice a lot to pass.

Listening to the gunfire from both sides of the north and south gradually approaching the middle, Qin Lianfang was anxious: It was too slow!

He has always looked down on the Japanese, especially after learning that the weakest 135th Division of the entire army had achieved amazing results in Zhang Bashan, Qin Lianfang and even the officers and soldiers of the entire 131th Division did not expect that it would be so difficult to fight against the Japanese! What if it were dawn? Qin Lianfang kept trembling in his heart: Now all his four regiments have been spread out (Gui Army is a B Division, with only two brigades and four regiments of each division). According to their communication level, they cannot echo each other. If the enemy cannot be successfully captured, they are separated by the enemy and separated by the enemy. Once the reinforcements come, they will even be defeated by the inside and outside. Also, if the Japanese in front of him are not so conservative and always defending their positions, but take the initiative to attack his detour troops, they can even divide the 131th Division into multiple units and defeat them separately!

Although the enemy only has one brigade, its equipment and tactical qualities are obviously much stronger than their own troops. Although the troops are about 5 to 1, there is no chance of winning if they continue like this! Qin Lianfang even secretly regrets: If he had known this, he shouldn't have attacked hard at all! But if he had no turning back, he could only come hard, and he could only hope that the Japanese have been so conservative!

The Japanese did fight very conservatively in the face of the fierce attack of the Gui army, and suffered a great loss: they did not have long-range artillery fire, and the troops that were ordered to hold on will often be blocked in a position and besieged by the Gui army's cannons and explosives; they just kept fighting with the counter-trading ratio of the advantage, and never thought about what would happen if they gave up their positions to fight them all the way!
Chapter completed!