Chapter 15 One inch of mountains and rivers and one inch of blood

During the bloody battle of Yunzaobang, Chen Jiaxing, Qiaotingzhai, and Eunu Temple, who were defending the 20th Army, were also in a bloody battle. On the night of the 17th, the Japanese army organized powerful troops to attack Qiaotingzhai, and the positions on this line were controlled by the 802nd Regiment. Lin Xianghou, the commander of the 802nd Regiment, was Yang Sen's guard and was always brave and warlike. He became the regiment commander with his military achievements. On the 16th, Yang Sen called Lin Xianghou to inquire about the situation of the battle. Lin Xianghou replied loudly: "Please rest assured, the commander, my 802nd Regiment has been in charge.

To repel the Japanese attack, the soldiers suffered a lot of casualties." Yang Sen said sadly: "Yes, we have no air force support, and even the artillery only has one battalion. In this case, we dare not even shoot artillery because once the artillery is fired, the artillery position is exposed and retaliated by the Japanese artillery fire. Our artillery can't withstand this consumption. The officers and soldiers on the front line made great sacrifices." Lin Xianghou had to persuade Yang Sen: "Captain, don't worry, brothers can withstand it!" After putting down the phone, Yang Sen quietly wiped his eyes.

At night, the Japanese army attacking Qiaoting House showed no sign of stopping, and attacked one after another. Lin Xianghou complained: "The little Japanese devils want to hold me to death. I only have one regiment. He came up with a brigade. No matter how good my appetite was, I couldn't digest it." The soldiers of the 802nd Regiment had not rested. They were too tired. Some soldiers even fired guns and fell asleep while putting them on. Under the powerful attack of the Japanese army, the Sichuan army could not resist and retreated one after another. Lin Xianghou was anxious and grabbed a light machine gun, "twist" and stood up without fear, and shot at the Japanese army without fear. As he shot, he rushed forward. The fierce firepower licked the Japanese army in the front one after another. The soldiers followed the regiment commander and rushed out of the trench with guns. Suddenly, "

"Bang hook and hook" a few gunshots, Lin Xianghou was shot three times in a row, blood flowed out of Lin Xianghou's head, and the commander's body fell down like a mountain. Guard Li Qi went to help him, and Commander Lin could no longer speak. When his life was in danger, Lin Xianghou opened his eyes wide open, pointed his finger at the Japanese army in front, signaling the officers and soldiers to kill the enemy. The soldiers of the 802nd Regiment let out a mountain of roar: "Avenge the regiment commander, brothers, fight!" The soldiers who were extremely tired were like a volcano erupting, and such a great force erupted from somewhere. The two armies collided together, and no one spoke, only the "ping-ping-ping" sound of bayonets colliding, and the "puff-puff" sound of bayonets stabbing into the top. When the soldiers of the 802nd Regiment stabbed the last Japanese army, there were only about 300 people left in the regiment.

When Yang Sen received a report of Lin Xianghou's death, two lines of tears burst out, "Zhaohou!" Yang Sen, who was angry and anxious, did not have much time to mourn the Regiment Leader Lin. He immediately ordered the 134th Division to defend the position. The 801st Regiment, Zhao Jiamo quickly reinforced the 802nd Regiment and stabilized the position.

At dawn the next day, under the cover of aircraft and cannons, the Japanese army launched an attack on Zhao Jiamo's 801st Regiment. The officers and soldiers of the Zhao regiment repaired and strengthened all the fortifications last night. Relying on the fortifications, they responded stubbornly. After fighting all day, they repelled many attacks of the Japanese army. The Japanese army suffered heavy casualties and their offensives were repeatedly setbacks, so they were really unwilling to accept it. So on the 19th, a large number of forces were organized to attack the Chen Jiaxing front line.

After Xiang Wenbin recovered, Chen Jiaxing handed over to the 803rd Regiment to defend. Commander Li Linzhao was also a powerful general of the 20th Army. He repelled the Japanese attack many times and kept his position. After many days of fighting, the 803rd Regiment, which consumed a lot, could no longer resist it. Commander Li Linzhao hurriedly asked for help from the division headquarters, but since the war started, the 134th Division now has only three regiments (Xiang Wenbin's regiment has been completely wiped out), and the division commander Yang Hanzhong had no troops to adjust, so he had to ask for help from the military headquarters. Commander Yang Sen received a call and knew that Yang Hanzhong had no choice but to ask for help from others. He had no choice but to draw reinforcements from the 794th Regiment of the 399th Brigade from Yunzaobang.

From Yunzaobang to Chenjiaxing, the Japanese army's artillery fire was very fierce. If they were to reinforce the artillery fire, they would probably be killed and injured by artillery fire on the road. Commander Li Jieli found that from the left bank of Yunzaobang to Chenjiaxing's fields were all cotton fields at that time, and the cotton poles were already very tall and easy to hide. So he suggested to brigade commander Zhou Hanxi and deputy brigade commander Xiang Tingrui to use cotton fields as cover to launch an attack on the enemy. Commander Zhou, Deputy brigade commander Xiang Xiang's deputy brigade commander fully agreed with the combat plan of Li Jieli. Chen Jiaxing's counterattack was related to the entire situation of the battle. After Yang Sen asked for instructions, Xue Yue

The artillery headquarters ordered the artillery headquarters to mobilize more than 100 heavy artillery pieces. From 1:00 to 3:00 that day, the artillery carried out firepower suppression to cover the army to counterattack Chen Jiaxing. After two hours of artillery attack, the Chen Jiaxing line of smoke filled the Chen Jiaxing and was dim. Under the bombardment of the heavy artillery, the Japanese front-line position was blown to pieces, the barbed wire in front of the position was overturned, and the sandbag was blown up. The 794th Regiment took the opportunity to launch an attack from the cotton field. Li Jieli evacuated the team and used the cotton field to advance to the enemy. Soon, Li Jieli arrived at the position and Commander Li Jieli ordered the whole person to transfer.

Change to a scattered formation, and use machine guns and rifles to shoot fiercely at the oncoming enemy. The Japanese army suffered a sudden blow and the formation was a little chaotic. Commander Li Jieli made a quick decision and led his troops to chase and fight hard until he drove the Japanese army out of the position. The Japanese cannons began to counterattack, and the planes also came to help the war. The Japanese army arrived at the reinforcements and launched a counterattack. The two armies launched a brutal tug-of-war at the Chenjiaxing position. Although the Japanese heavy artillery and the planes were very powerful, the two armies had already fought in a group, and the planes and cannons did not dare to bomb. The brothers of the Sichuan Army mustered up their courage.

, repelled the counterattack of Japanese reinforcements in one fell swoop. Li Jieli's regiment stabilized the position and seized six heavy machine guns, two light machine guns, more than 3,000 grenades and a large amount of ammunition that the Japanese army abandoned on the position. The most important thing was to seize three grenade launchers. This light mortar suffered enough, but its structure was simple and easy to manufacture. Yue Hanping had long suggested to Yang Sen that it would be better to seize a few. Now, Li Jieli happily sent people to send the seized grenade launchers to the military headquarters, and the commander sent people back to the Guizhou Arsenal to imitate them.

In view of the critical situation, Yang Sen had to use the two regiments of the 399th Brigade separately. One regiment was used on the back of Yuehanping, and the other regiment was to adjust the front line of Chen Jiaxing, ready to reinforce Qiaotingzhai at any time. From the 13th to the 19th, the 20th Army fought in a series of bloody battles. Almost all the 804th Regiment, 802nd Regiment, and 793rd Regiment were all killed. The 803rd Regiment and 801st Regiment also gritted their teeth and stood firm. It was estimated that they would be all killed in another day. Only Yuehanping Regiment was slightly better, but the casualties of the regiment had reached half, and there were only about 800 people in the regiment. The casualties of the 794th Regiment were not small, only Xu Zhaojian's 797th Regiment and Chen Qinmin's 798th Regiment were intact.

After two days of fighting, Li Jieli called the division headquarters, "Teacher, every day at dawn, the Japanese army will rise on the Japanese battlefield to observe the balloons, investigate the movements of the ** team, and calculate the point of artillery bombing. Our Sichuan Army's position has few cannons, let alone planes?! Japanese balloons float around, we can only stare at them, there is no way! As soon as the dog-dance balloons were lifted, Japanese planes bombed one after another, and the cannons hit the position like they had eyes. From morning to night, it was not interrupted for a moment. It was very difficult for us to move during the day, so the Japanese army took advantage of this advantage and continued to attack." Yang Hanyu was anxious

"What do you do?" Commander Li said: "We had to use the cotton field. As soon as the enemy plane arrived, we hid in the cotton field. When the enemy plane turned around, we crawled into the position. There were two dangers. As soon as we entered the position, the Japanese came up. Division Commander, what should we do? This battle was so frustrating!" Yang Hanyu had no choice but to know that his troops were fighting hard, but the Sichuan Army had too thin foundation, so he had to comfort him, "Captain Li, stick to it. As long as the German fire we purchased came back, it will be easy. Think more solutions and must defend the position."

On the 21st, Yue Hanping Regiment and the 794th Regiment were handed over to the 798th Regiment and 797th Regiment. The two regiments fought until the 23rd and were basically all gone. On the Yunzao Bang front line, Chen Qinmin, the 798th Regiment, held on for more than two days. The entire regiment fought less than 400 people and could no longer hold on. Yang Sen was preparing to pull the guard battalion of the headquarters to the general headquarters. Xian Guangjun held his hand, "Commander, you can't fill in any more people. Leave some seeds for the 20th Army. The guard battalion is responsible for the safety of the commander. If the team is completely destroyed, how can the safety of the commander be guaranteed?" Yang Sen asked hurriedly: "

What should we do if the position is? We cannot lose the position. We have 11 days of bloody battle. Our Sichuan Army has never lost the position. Now..." Xian Guangjun suggested asking for help from Chief Xue Yue. He heard that the 21st Army in Guangxi had arrived in Shanghai. Yang Sen had no choice but to ask for help from Xue Yue. Xue Yue knew that the 20th Army had fought hard these 11 days, and he really couldn't hold on anymore. He hurriedly comforted Yang Sen: "Commander Yang, I know that your 20th Army fought hard. In this way, you persist until one o'clock in the afternoon, and I will let the Guangxi Liao Lei Army take over the defense. You remind us to stick to the position and wait for the change of defense!"

Yang Sen gritted his teeth and unified the remnants of the 804 and 802 regiments to Yue Hanping, and asked Yue Hanping to lead the remnants of the regiment and the subordinate troops to counterattack Yun Zaobang. Yue Hanping led his troops to reinforce Yun Zaobang, stabilize the position, and persisted until one o'clock in the afternoon to take over the defense. While the defense was in hand, a part of the Japanese army suddenly attacked Yun Zaobang's position. The Wei Yunsong Division, who was in hand to defend, immediately retreated. Seeing this, Yue Hanping shouted: "Brothers, the position is in handicap. We cannot see the position be seized. Let's take back the position and then change the defense." The brothers of the Sichuan Army shouted and charged forward. Perhaps the Japanese army was afraid of being beaten by the Sichuan Army. As soon as the Sichuan Army counterattacked, the Japanese army immediately retreated. Yue Hanping waited until Wei Yunsong stabilized the position before officially changing the defense.

The 20th Army, which retreated to the second line for renovation, counted the results and suffered losses. After 11 days of bloody battle, the 20th Army achieved military power, but the casualties were extremely heavy. One regiment commander was killed, two seriously injured, 14 battalion commander was killed, 10 injured, more than 280 company-level cadres were injured, more than 10,000 soldiers were killed, and 11,000 were injured (including more than 6,000 or above). The remaining troops were temporarily organized into a brigade, with two regiments under his command (Yue Hanping, Xiang Wenbin), and was commanded by Yang Hanyu.

The Guangxi Army took over the positions of the 20th Army. Yang Sen led the remnants to retreat near Jiwangmiao and completed the reorganization. He was ordered to go to Suzhou and Changzhou to cover the retreat of Shanghai military and civilians. At this time, Zhu Shaoliang (who has taken over as commander of the Ninth Army) transferred to the central telegram and ordered: "I ordered Yang Sen's troops to lead their troops to Nanjing on October 23." Yang Sen said: "Our army's vitality has not recovered after the war. I am really tired. Can we report to the chairman and request a grace date for retreat?" Zhu Shao advised Yang Sen: "Zihui, if you don't leave tonight, the large army will retreat, and you can't leave if you want to." Yang Sen led the 20th Army withdrew at 12 o'clock that night.
Chapter completed!