Chapter 71 The Longest Day and Night (20)

The Japanese front-line troops retreated from the Qing army. At less than three o'clock in the morning, the Qing army launched a large-scale counterattack. The Japanese army's combat capabilities were not inferior to those of the enemy, but there was one of the most unfavorable situations for them. It was never completely solved since the night assault, which was the disadvantage of the place.

The Japanese soldiers gathered in the central main urban area of ​​Hegang Prefecture, which was less than three kilometers long and only 10 to twenty meters wide. The defense line was first led by Zhang Yunlan, Bao Qibao, Du Xinyuan and others to break through. Before they could even pack up the team, the troops of Zhang Wenming, Hu Yuantu, Chen Shaoqi, Zhou Cheng and others who were protruding from the left wing came closer.

At the end of the night, the Japanese army had no way to tell how many people had arrived in the Qing army? After a day and a night of battle, did the Qing army have reinforcements landed without their knowledge? This panic began to spread in the hearts of the Japanese soldiers until the second line of defense was quickly broken through by the Qing army. The Japanese soldiers who had been tired for a day began to retreat under the influence of fear, and the retreat quickly turned into a collapse. Even after the chief of the military commander shot several retreating soldiers in succession, they did not get any relief. Instead, they were surrounded by the defeated soldiers and fled all the way back!

Zhang Yunlan opened her mouth wide and was stunned for a moment. She suddenly remembered, "Hidden, hurry up and find the hidden!"

So many Japanese troops flocked by, but they might not be able to resist the thousand and eight hundred people in his hands. Fortunately, the Japanese army was not interested in fighting. They just wanted to leave this narrow but tortuous death zone as soon as possible, and go to the open area in front to study the next step. But how could the Qing army give them the opportunity to arrange it calmly? When the large number of Japanese troops retreated, Zhang Yunlan jumped up, "Brothers, catch up! Don't give the little Japanese a chance to gain a foothold."

Thousands of Qing soldiers from seven battalions gathered together, and Douwei rushed to chase him. The Japanese defense line collapsed and collapsed again! Chibugu cursed, but it was useless. He was injured by stray bullets. The chest was hit by the soldiers around him and was able to retreat.

The grass in the wilderness was filled with the bodies of soldiers of the Chinese and Japanese armies. Some guys who had not yet died stretched out their arms and called for help to their companions or enemies. Zhang Yunlan ran forward while turning around and shouting, "Zhou Cheng, let your people be responsible!"

"What did he say?"

"He said, let you be responsible for collecting and treating these wounded people." Hu Yuantu laughed and ran forward with the soldiers constantly. Only one Zhou Cheng was standing there, spat hatefully, "Don't!" Looking back, only half of the soldiers in the battalion he led were all sweating, looking at him panting, "Sir, what should I do?"

"What else can I do? Save people!" Zhou Cheng looked at the figure of his friendly army leaving, muttering and cursing in his heart, "Your mother Zhang Yunlan! There are so many people that are hard to choose, but I just choose me?" He turned around and scolded, "What are you looking at? Work quickly, you lazy bones."

The soldiers laughed and jokingly, put down their guns, bent down, lifted their wounded people aside, and waited for treatment.

On the other side of the battlefield, listening to the sound of gunfire getting closer and closer, Yu He was greatly excited and rolled to Cheng Xiang and pushed his shoulder hard, "Master, Da Zheng, did you hear it? It was our brother who came here to kill him! It's right in front of him, do you stick with it?"

Cheng Xiang was shot many times, especially with the most damage from his lower abdomen, his intestines were already gushing out of his body under the anxious and torn military uniform. The soldiers took off his military uniform and cut it into strips with a dagger to tie the wound. It was of no effect. The gurgling blood dyed his originally fair and strong body red, but his face became paler and paler!

After shouting to Yu He for a long time, his eyes opened a gap, "Hmm?"

"Stick for a while, Dashen, just hold on for a while!"

Cheng Xiang pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled bitterly, "Is that true?"

"What?" He didn't hear clearly, put his ear close to Cheng Xiang's mouth, and asked again, "What did you say?"

Cheng Xiang relaxed softly, and his throat was whimpering, but he couldn't say a word.

"Come?" Yu He shouted desperately, "Come quickly? The handsome man is here! Come quickly?"

Before his brother arrived, the Japanese army was getting closer and closer. Yu He turned around and looked around. Only 7 soldiers could barely fight with injuries. The others were either killed in battle or fell to the ground seriously injured. He felt sad and could no longer care about anything else. He picked up a rifle and fired a rifle. However, he had not received any training at all. The muzzle jumped and the bullets flew to where they flew. But as soon as the gunshot sounded, the Japanese army fell down immediately, which played a role in deterring the enemy.

Not only did Yu He's rifle not hit the Japanese army, he was injured by a bullet. A bullet shot from his ribs. The powerful kinetic energy made him pounce on the spot. He felt a heat in his chest, and then a bone-broken pain came, "Ah! I... was injured!"

The Japanese army fired all the guns, and saw that the enemy's firepower was suppressed, they reorganized their formation, and moved to the tree with their guns in their waists, "Fire...ah." Yu He shouted with difficulty. The pain in his body became more and more serious, and even his vision became blurred. "Are you going to... die?"

Another dense sound of bullet shooting sounded like a burst of beans, mixed with the screams of the soldiers behind him and the enemy, "It has nothing to do with me." Yu Henna said to himself, "It has nothing to do with me, right?"

After a while, he felt that his body was lifted up by someone else, and then moved quickly, "What's going on? Am I dead?" His eyes opened, and it turned out to be a soldier wearing the Qing army, his own person! As soon as this thought flashed, his body immediately relaxed, and he had no idea what happened next.

The squad led by Cheng Xiang only rescued five people, including Cheng Xiang and Yu He, and all the other twenty-five people were killed in battle! Even Cheng Xiang was too seriously injured and was not enough to command the battle on the front line. After the Hegang Mansion was resting and treated, he followed the Qing army to transport the second wave of landing soldiers back to China - this is a later story, so I won't mention it.

However, the merits established by the squad were unparalleled, because their start behind enemy lines caused unstable morale in the Japanese army, laying the foundation for the complete elimination of the Japanese army that had been supported by one county and five places. By the end of the battle, thirty-nine people in the Japanese command center, including the brigade commander Shijo Takao and Staff Matsuyuki Nishiyama, were shot dead, including Major Generals 12; Colonel 16; Grand Assass 10; Major Ten. In addition, many injured Japanese officers were captured, including Himebu Kushu and Sijo Kametaro. As for the Japanese soldiers who were killed and injured, the total number exceeded 10,000!

Compared with the Japanese army, the Qing army suffered losses as well: in the first to ninth battalions led by Zhan Shunqi, Zhang Wenming, Zhou Cheng, Zheng Gao, Jiertoa, Hu Yuantu, Bao Qibao, Chen Shaoqi, Du Xinyuan and others, the third, sixth, seventh, eighth battalions, and the ninth battalions originally had more than 500 soldiers who persisted until after the war, there were less than 200 people; among which Chen Shaoqi's eight battalion had only 66 people left! Almost all of them were eliminated by the Japanese army.

But compared with the Fourth Battalion of Shandong, the Shanxi soldiers were lucky. Among the two heavy machine gun battalions in the Fourth Battalion of Shandong, all the troops stationed in the middle were wiped out by the Japanese army, leaving only the numbers remaining on the Ministry of War archives; the other heavy machine gun battalion also suffered heavy casualties; 370 people died in the battle; the other two light studs, from the Guanhai to the team, were all dead in battle. These Shandong soldiers became motherless children, standing alone on the side of the road, waiting for Shangguan's next order. The miserable appearance was simply not to be mentioned.

Zhang Yunlan waved his hand and said loudly, "Don't tell me anything else, just tell me how many of our people died, how many injured, and how many others could hold on to the battle!"

Everyone looked at each other, and Giltoa quickly calculated in his heart, "There are as many as 5,980 brothers who were killed and injured in battle, and there are less than 3,000 people left to fight."

Zhang Yunlan held his head in his hands, wailing in his heart, why did so many people die? It's really damn! "Military Sect, the general is seriously injured, so please take charge of the overall situation?"

"By the way, how is the injury of the Grandmaster?"

"Several medical officers in the army are treating the Grand Marshal, and the situation may not be optimistic."

"If you can't do it here, why don't you send the Grand Marshal back to China?" Zhang Yunlan stared at her red eyes and glanced around, "What do you think?"

"Even if this is the case, you have to wait a few days. The commander is seriously injured and should not be able to withstand the storm anymore."

"This is not OK, that is not OK. What do you want me to do?"

Gilto and a few sighed. Zhang Yunlan was not bad and he was very good at training troops, but he was good at training troops and could not lead the troops. The emperor probably understood this, so he was controlled by Chengxiang, right? But he didn't expect that the situation would happen today. He had to shoulder the burden of life and death of thousands of people. There was some intense words between them, and it was helpless.

"Military, I think that more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers were killed or captured by our army, and the Japanese army would not dare to make any changes for the time being. Taking this opportunity, I would let my brothers rest for a while, cultivate their spirits, and wait for the arrival of reinforcements."

"Yes, yes! Lao Ji said, "Zhang Yunlan was ill and went to the doctor. At this moment, anyone's words were inexplicable. He asked hurriedly, "Then what do we do next?"

Giltoa was about to speak, but someone shouted outside, "Military Gate, Military Gate! We found it, we found it!"

"What's the noise?" Zhang Yunlan shouted sternly, "Come in and speak!"

From the hall downstairs, the horse team was running quickly, "Sir, I have found it."

"What have you found?"

"It is the hiding place for the Japanese, and they are all in Wuto Temple not far from the city. There are thousands of people!"

Zhang Yunlan was only frightened. The battle here had just ended and thousands of Japanese troops were discovered? "How much equipment do they have?"

Xiaoma was stunned, "Equipment? No? They are all ordinary people!" He said loudly, "There are more than a hundred and ten war horses."

Everyone immediately reacted: No wonder they have never seen a Japanese citizen since the Qing army landed. They have all been hidden? It’s so satisfying now, “Let’s go, take us to have a look!”

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