Chapter 281: Defend to the death (middle)

(... Although their highest instructions asked them to save their strength and not fight against the Japanese, although their superiors locked us as the number one enemy rather than the Japanese, almost every of their grassroots officers and soldiers wanted to fight with the Japanese, so there were often people who disobeyed their orders... Excerpted from "My Memories of the War of Resistance - Cao Xiaomin")

"Report to Junzu, Chief Cao called and asked if our army could withstand and whether it needed reinforcements..." As soon as the staff officer finished speaking, Miao Chengliu shouted: "Nonsense, who doesn't want reinforcements?...what? Whose call? Cao Liehou? Call me back, our 57th Army said that we can withstand it if we can withstand it! His mother-in-law and mother... By the way, Chang Enduo's troops are all in place. I will immediately investigate various places and give me a reward!"

"Captain Dong, take apart your 665th Regiment as a company and block leaks from everywhere at any time..." Dong Hanqing was almost stunned when he heard Miao Chengliu's order: Although the 665th Regiment is not the most capable regiment of the 57th Army, this regiment is Miao Chengliu's Imperial Army and will not easily fight with the enemy. When he was fighting hard against the Sixth Division for a while, Miao Cheng lingered his own guard but kept the integrity of the 665th Regiment, because this regiment will be a demonstration regiment for the 57th Army in the future!

The commander was going to fight all the 57th Army! Dong Hanqing felt sad in his heart. The 665th Regiment was going to fight a broken war. Maybe the 57th Army would be over after this battle!... Alas, why are the commander fighting? If the 665th Regiment was also defeated, then Xie Zhong came over with the newly formed 112th Division that had just been rectified on the west bank of Gaoyou Lake. He would be growing up in the 57th Army. I am afraid that even the commander would have to rest... There is another calculation in his mind, but the execution is another matter. He was originally Miao Chengliu's number one confidant, and he has always been unambiguous in executing the commander's orders.

"Kill me!" A group of Japanese soldiers jumped from the motorboat to the shore and rushed towards the direction of fierce gunfire. This time, the Japanese were very prepared. They prepared a lot of small boats, not only the motorboats but also many small wooden boats. At the beginning of the general attack, many small squad-level troops of the Japanese used small boats to shuttle through the inland river and detoured behind the *** to attack.

In the mind of the Japanese, the *** troops were particularly afraid of being beaten behind them. Once they broke through, there would be chaos and they would be defeated. Then they could easily chase and use accurate shooting skills to kill... The blocking position appeared in front of them, but there was a wide water swamp in the middle... The Japanese had learned a lesson from the previous battle report. They would not go over the water swamp, otherwise they would be killed by the *** point. They took a detour and prepared to find their own retreat path. As long as they blocked that path, whether they wanted to break through the path or jump to the water swamp to escape, they would be wiped out by them...

"Why are you? Haven't found the way to go?" The Japanese facing this team actually collided with another team of Japanese. Both teams of Japanese were puzzled: they didn't find the retreat path!

There was no way out for retreat on that position! Not only there, but all the troops on the fixed positions cut off the retreat! The officers and soldiers of the 57th Army knew that the defense line was too long and the number was not enough, and once the Japanese were caught by the back line, they might collapse; so they simply cut off all the retreat routes of the fixed positions!

"If we hold on to the Japanese, everyone will save their lives; if we don't hold on, then northern Jiangsu will be where all of our 57th Army die for the country!" This is what Miao Chengliu gave to the grassroots officers of the entire army in mobilization!

Miao Chengliu was on one of the positions and was also cut off the rear route. The only difference was that he left several grasshopper boats for the messengers to use. "Everyone's retreat was cut off, and mine was no exception. As long as the Japanese fight to me, I will never survive, and I will never be captured if I am surrounded! If everyone regrets following me as the commander and scattered down, I will not be a deserter. If everyone is willing to follow me, I will take everyone and the Japanese fight to the Hall of Yama on the Huangquan Road!" The commander also cut off his retreat, and the commander is so arrogant to himself! Do you have anything to say? This battle is a battle for the 57th Army to cut off their descendants!

"Bang!" Cold gunshots came, and the Japanese who were walking around the water swamp suddenly fell down. The Japanese who had just leaned over to check the situation of their companions fell down in another gunshot.

The enemy's shooting skills are very good! The Japanese were quite terrified and hit a single shot of two shots in a row. If such an opponent killed them when they marched from the water marsh, it is very likely that half of them would fall down before they arrived. If such a gunman had a squad, they would have been wiped out in the entire team!

Assault? Or... With a "bang" in the middle of hesitation, another Japanese fell down... Attack! Japanese decided, because if they didn't attack, they would be beaten by the target by ***, so they could only attack!

The Japanese who jumped into the water swamp found that the water depth was far beyond their estimates, and it actually reached their waists; because the heavy rain just now made the water level higher, and the water was covered with mud! The Japanese who had stripped their bodies found that their progress was still too slow... "Bang", "Bang", "Bang", "Bang" gunshots were slow and rhythmic. The veterans of the 57th Army were aiming accurately before firing, basically, guns and biting flesh!

The water swamp was soon filled with corpses, and more than one team of Japanese devils were killed by gunfire. The remaining Japanese finally arrived on the other side and began to charge towards the defenders... "Kill!" The officers and soldiers covered in mud and water jumped out of the trenches filled with water, shot all the bullets in their guns face to face and then rushed into the remaining Japanese devils. The grenades hanging on their chests were blowing light smoke... "Boom!" "Boom!" Explosions rang one after another...

The third team of Japanese soldiers occupied the position. They had just witnessed this bloody scene opposite the water swamp. Everyone in the ragged military uniforms blew themselves into pieces. Almost one team of Japanese soldiers were pulled on the road by them... In order to occupy this small land, the two teams of Japanese soldiers were all killed. There were only seven soldiers on the position, and they did not have a machine gun!

One position made them suffer such great casualties. If every position was like this... all the Japanese who thought they had seized the trailer were frightened at this time!

It is necessary to reach Gaoyou in three days! This is the order of the General Command, but two days and two nights have passed, and the Japanese rescue troops have been entangled by the Fifty-Seventh Army, and the heavy casualties make them unbelievable! Chong Teng Qianqiu was stunned by the battle situation. If his Chongteng Detachment continues like this, he is afraid that it will not be a question of hitting Gaoyou, but whether they will be beaten by *** to all of them!

The Japanese didn't expect to encounter such a unit that completely treats themselves as dead. The tactics they originally formulated did not work at all! Do you want to continue infiltration? Yes, you can break it into pieces and go there. Being attacked by cold guns along the way, see how many people you can walk over, and how you gather after you go there! Want to destroy us and go there again? Yes, come over from the water swamp obediently and let my officers and soldiers practice their marksmanship! Put them to death and live. As long as the Japanese really break through the water swamp, it will not be a problem to use the veterans of the 57th Army to make a one-to-five comparison. In this way, you will lose all the Japanese. There are still many people in the 57th Army. This is Miao Chengliu's desperate move!

The front line is long and the defense is scary. There are not many people in each fixed position, but the positions are scattered. The Japanese not only have difficulty moving in the swamp, but they are also trapped in the swamp of defenders. Every step forward has to pay a heavy price for casualties!

"Reporting the division seat... the position of the junior zodiac was also encircled by the Japanese and lost contact... Many positions were lost. The positions we were asked to defend were not defended because there were too few troops going up... the division seat, do we want reinforcements?" The scouts' eyes were full of hope when they returned - they had other plans, and they were also preparing to revolt, but they were also a member of the Northeast Army! Seeing that the brothers were fighting with the Japanese, many people could no longer hold on to the grassroots troops.

"What do you mean by that?" Before Chang Enduo could speak, his staff officer Lu Yanxing questioned. Although he was not in the position of the 57th Army, he was a special envoy sent from Yan'an!

"Our mission is to preserve the revolutionary forces, help the New Fourth Army Eastward Detachment smoothly enter northern Jiangsu and wait for an opportunity to revolt! Everyone should be awake. The troops entangled with the Japanese are the reactionary forces, and they are not our brothers..." Lu Yanxing's words suddenly stopped when he said this. He saw several blood-red eyes staring at him, including division commander Chang Enduo and brigade commander Wan Yi!

"Report! Company Commander Hao from the 1st Battalion of the 666th Regiment went up privately with the machine gun company..." "Report! Commander Sun from the 662nd Regiment took the entire regiment of officers and soldiers away from the base and all went south..."

"It's against it! It's completely unorganized and undisciplined! These people should be arrested, arrested!" Lu Yanxing was so angry that he cursed when he heard the report. He looked at Chang Enduo and said, "Send the reconnaissance company to chase them, and you can still get them back, it's still time..."

"If we stand by and watch this battle, let alone the uprising in the future, there will be brothers who will give us a shot today!" Wan Yi suddenly looked at Chang Enduo: "Teacher, are we..."

Chang Eng gritted his teeth and couldn't even look at Lu Yanxing said to other officers at all levels on standby: "No matter what mission we have, whether we want to revolt in the future, but today, we are still wearing the military uniforms of the 57th Army, and we are still the Northeast Army! Brothers, do whatever we should fight, and let's talk about it first!"

"Yes!" responded in unison like a thunderous explosion. Chang Enduo, Wan Yi and officers at all levels who were on standby in the division headquarters ran out in a blink of an eye. Only Lu Yanxing, the division headquarters, was left alone in the division headquarters!
Chapter completed!