Chapter 690: The Fall (Part 2)(1/2)
The Japanese fighter jets roared "buzzing..." and rushed towards the defense fortifications outside Jiashan! After a while, the bombs fell one by one! There were bursts of explosions on the position!
"Boom, boom, boom..." The Japanese artillery was also firing shells at the position, and the entire position was shaking! Countless soldiers were killed on the position like this!
"Thud, tut, tut..." The heavy machine guns of the Japanese army kept roaring, providing cover for their own soldiers! The 764th Shenquan Regiment on the position did not want to show weakness. They raised their machine guns and fired fiercely at the Japanese army. shoot!
The fighting between the two sides gradually entered a fierce state. The Japanese infantry crawled forward in accordance with the tactical maneuvers and reached 200 meters. They took out their grenade and fired at the position with a burst of "Boom, Boom, Boom..."!
"Boom, boom, boom..." Several grenades exploded in the position of the 764th Regiment, and dozens of soldiers were knocked down tragically! The Japanese army took this opportunity and stood up and attacked the position!
"Assault!!" On the Japanese army's position, the commander kept directing the heavy machine guns and fired wildly at the position! Dust was flying and shrapnel was flying! It brought bursts of blood! Countless soldiers fell to the position. But more people still roared and stood up to fight with the Japanese soldiers who were on the battlefield!
"You old bitch! I'll chop you to death!!" Hunan dialect rang out on the battlefield, and the soldiers roared towards the Japanese army with bayonets and swords!
The brutal hand-to-hand combat immediately began, and no one on the position retreated! They fought with blood and the Japanese army! But the bombing just now, coupled with the Japanese artillery bombardment, already caused heavy losses on the position!
At this time, the Japanese army came. The defensive force organized on the position was gradually weakened...
"Poof!" With a slash of the knife, a man covered in blood chopped up a Japanese soldier who rushed up. He spat hard and murmured: "I will chop you to death..."
But then, several Japanese soldiers rushed up! The man dodged left and right. He used his sword skills to cut off an arm! He chopped off a Japanese soldier with a short file, but was stabbed in the ribs by another bayonet. !
"I'll chop..." The man coughed up a mouthful of blood, swung the sword with all his strength, and cut off half of the Japanese soldier's neck! However, he saw that the Japanese soldier couldn't even scream, and fell over while covering his neck. On the ground...
"Pfft..." sounded several times, but several more bayonets suddenly pierced into the man's body! The blood suddenly spurted out, and the Xiangjiang man turned around with difficulty, grinning! But he opened his waist grenades...
"Nani?!" Several Japanese soldiers stared in disbelief, but before they could escape, they heard an explosion of "Boom!!". These Japanese soldiers and several Japanese soldiers on the side were caught off guard. Todoroki flew away!
No one is sad because they have no time to grieve. After their comrades died in the battle, they still have to fight! Either the enemy retreats or they die in the battle. Otherwise, there will be no end... This is war!
However, there are fewer and fewer Xiangjiang men on the battlefield. The Japanese army's superiority in strength and training cannot be overridden. In fighting, they are certainly superior to these Xiangjiang men.
"Kill him!!" Captain Li of the 109th Division led his men from Xiangtan to the position, roaring and pounced on the Japanese troops! The troops, who had been gradually despairing, were immediately demoralized when they heard the brothers arriving for support. !
Roaring, they used up their last strength to pounce on the Japanese army, but the originally high-spirited Japanese army suddenly became smaller. The commander of the Japanese army was also very discerning, knowing that nothing good could be achieved if this continued. So he was so angry that he ordered people to withdraw.
Come down.
Is the battle over? No! After the Japanese troops withdrew, the shelling continued!
"Swish, swish, swish... Boom! Boom! Boom..." Countless artillery fires roared. It seemed that they were going to tear the position apart! But no one on the position retreated! Everyone stood firm, knowing that they knew the generals who were waiting after the bombardment.
It’s a more brutal attack!
Why is this army so tough?! Are they the Central Army?! No. They are the children of Phoenix in western Hunan. A large part of them are children of the Miao family.
In June 1937, having a premonition that the war with Japan would inevitably break out, Gu Jiaqi, commander of the 128th Division, returned to his hometown of Phoenix to recruit more than 4,000 Miao children, preparing to go to Zhejiang to participate in the anti-Japanese war!
On July 29, the 128th Division stationed in Ningbo was ordered to rush to the Jiaxing front line to stop the Japanese invaders. At that time, among the 7,000 soldiers of the 128th Division, most of them were children of the Fenghuang Miao ethnic group. Because Fenghuang was originally called Zhengan, the Phoenix soldiers were also called Gan
Soldiers. In the eyes of the Central Army, they are just a group of "miscellaneous people". If they can hold out for three days, it will be a big deal.
And the entire 128th Division, from the division commander Gu Jiaqi to the soldiers below, are all gritting their teeth and wanting to fight a good battle to show Nanjing! Although our weapons are not as good as yours, we have a lot of ambition and a desire to fight to the death.
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Subsequently, the 128th Division engaged the Japanese army in Jiashan County, present-day Jiaxing City! The Phoenix Gun Soldiers have been good at night combat, close combat and hand-to-hand combat since ancient times. The soldiers took advantage of these advantages and launched a life-or-death struggle with the enemy.
In order to block the Japanese army's plan to raid Shanghai and buy precious time for Shanghai and Zhejiang to prepare for war, the soldiers resisted desperately. The battle lasted for three days and three nights. By 6 p.m., many Jiashan city defenses had been destroyed, and the 128th Division
More than half of the officers and soldiers were killed or wounded, leaving less than 3,000 people.
The Gan soldiers also suffered heavy casualties, but throughout the whole war, no one backed down! Neither the Japanese bombers nor their artillery made this newly recruited unit retreat even half a step!
"Thud, tug, tug..." When the sound of the artillery fell, the Japanese troops began to charge again! "Rumble..." The tanks became their vanguard, and the infantry followed. The only good thing is that the Japanese troops here used
It's an old ** tank.
"Assault!!" With the strange cry of the Japanese commander, the heavy machine gun started shooting "chut, chut, chut..."! The following Japanese troops began to charge with the tanks! The position was filled with smoke again...
On this day, the Japanese army dropped more than 900 bombs and thousands of artillery shells on the position! They launched more than 20 charges, and no one took a step back! The position is still in my hands!
August 11
"To Nanjing Military News": "In front of the road and railway, our 128th Division engaged in a battle with the enemy. They charged back and forth dozens of times. The fighting was fierce, especially around three o'clock in the afternoon. The division's front line was almost shaken.
Fortunately, our officers and soldiers resisted bravely, and the enemy did not succeed in the end..."
In the early morning, the battle became more intense! The Japanese army believed that night attacks were effective, so they rushed in and tried to capture the enemy by force! They never thought that Gan Bing was good at night fighting! As a result, the Japanese army suffered a big loss.
Although they took advantage of the situation and broke into Lujiabang at first, Gu Shi's 763 Regiment and 767 Chen Regiment regained their composure and then fought back tenaciously, regaining the position again in the shouting and fighting of hand-to-hand combat.
The officers and soldiers of Chen's regiment repeatedly charged on the open and unobstructed flat ground and fought hand-to-hand for many times. Until 3 pm, the Japanese army broke in to increase their strength. Dozens of Japanese aircraft swooped down and fired, and the infantry used smoke screens to launch a storm!
"Boom, boom...burst, thud..." There was a sound of gunfire on the battlefield. Division Commander Gu Qi Tie looked at the crumbling position with a livid face, trembling lips and speechless.
These soldiers, these men from Xiangxi are all his hometown! It was he who led them step by step from his hometown and threw them into this killing field! How many of them can go back?! Gu Jiaqi's lips trembled, he didn't dare
think……
"Order the guards to join the battle immediately!" Gu Jiaqi put down the telescope and said in a deep voice to the adjutant beside him: "There is no room for loss in the position!"
"Commander! What's going on with those bastards?! We were promised to keep watch for three days, four days at most! But what day is it today?! What day is it today?! Where are the reinforcements?! Where are they?!"
The adjutant started to cry. Those who died on the battlefield were his biological brothers!
"A soldier dies in battle. It is his duty to wrap his body in horse leather!" Gu Jiaqi shouted to the adjutant: "Obey the order! Let the guards come up! Don't take a step back!!"
"Yes~~" the adjutant whimpered, wiped the corners of his eyes and said to the guard captain behind him: "Follow me!!"
The crumbling position was finally withstood after the adjutant led the guards to attack. The Japanese army could not advance even an inch, and the two sides fought hand-to-hand for a long time even over a trench!
"Boom, boom, boom..." In the trenches and holes made by bombs, battalion commander Zhang Jinghua led the remaining Xiangxi disciples around him and let the enemy's aircraft and artillery bombard them desperately. But no one said a word.
More than 600 bombs were dropped in one day, but they still stood firm and refused to retreat!
"Assault!!" The sound of artillery fell, and the Japanese attack started again! Zhang Jinghua shouted with red eyes: "Kill! Kill out!!"
A group of men jumped out and roared towards the Japanese soldiers who rushed to the position! The Japanese soldiers were stunned. They did not expect that there were still living people on this position...
"Kill the Japanese!!" A shrill roar exploded in the air, like thunder! Less than twenty people jumped up from the position, holding rifles and rushed towards the Japanese army! Both sides fought together! The Japanese army began to have some
Cowardly, although they were outnumbered, they reluctantly fought with these ten or so men. What they wanted most was to withdraw...
Gu Jiaqi's guards finally caught up, and the Japanese troops withdrew their positions...
Seeing this miserable scene, the adjutant who drove down the Japanese army burst into tears!
There were only 16 soldiers left in the first battalion. The battalion commander Zhang Jinghua was wounded, and all the company commanders and platoon commanders were dead. These 16 men actually climbed out of the trench and fought hand-to-hand with the enemy until reinforcements arrived!
When he saw the adjutant, Zhang Jinghua's eyes lit up, but his next words made the adjutant even more sad.
"Is there anything to eat?! We have been hungry for several days..." The adjutant wiped his tears and asked people to take out all the food they had with them. Unfortunately, not many of them had food with them.
There was only one guard with a small piece of bread. The adjutant grabbed it and gave it to Zhang Jinghua.
Zhang Jinghua pinched the dough, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, handed it to a thin man next to him and said softly: "My dear, you eat! You are still young! You are growing taller..."
"I won't eat it! Battalion Commander, you eat it..." The kid pushed the cake over again, and Zhang Jinghua grinned: "I'm already so big! I won't die whether I eat it or not. Your kid is small! Eat it!"
With that said, Zhang Jinghua turned around so that no one could see the saliva he swallowed. He shouted loudly for everyone to go back to the trench. He knew that soon the Japanese army would shell again.
On that day, the Ouyang Lie Regiment of the 13th Independent Brigade from Jiangxi arrived to join the battle. With the support of the Ouyang Regiment, after many tug-of-war battles, the 128th Division finally pushed the enemy back to the east of Lujiabang.
What equipment does the 128th Division have? The platoon has 3 Czech light machines, and the battalion has a heavy machine company. It is equipped with 6 30-knot water-cooled heavy machines. The artillery battalion only has 12 81st mortars; there is no combat artillery.
There are no flat-firing cannons, just higher cannons!
Some of them are just the blood of a man from Xiangxi!
"We can't continue fighting like this!" Gu Jiaqi came to the position and said to these Xiangxi men: "Take someone with you tonight and go over and chop him down!"
The several regiment leaders all wore bandages and nodded fiercely! Gan Bing was good at night fighting, how could he not sing this good trick to the Japanese army!
That night, the troops were mainly pole soldiers! They were all armed with broadswords and short spears! They had their upper bodies covered, and anyone with clothes on them would be chopped to death with one knife!
At night, the Japanese position was quiet. The Japanese commander already knew that the night attack seemed to have no effect on the 128th Division. So he ordered the troops to rest. Even if the planes were dispatched at night, the fighting effect would not be good.
But at this time, the men from Xiangxi who were covered in pot ash slowly touched the Japanese army's position! Because the Japanese army needed to charge, there were no mines on the position! And the soldiers who were good at night attacks and close combat relied on their own feelings.
All of a sudden, we found the blind spot of the Japanese army's defense!
After cutting off the guards with a few knives, these Xiangxi men roared into the Japanese camp! Naturally, the Japanese guards at the heights were dealt with, while the pole soldiers rampaged through the camp!
"I will chop you to death!!" The roar with a Xiangxi accent kept ringing in the Japanese camp! There were panicked Japanese soldiers everywhere. They did not expect that the target of their night attack would actually fight back against them!
Several gan soldiers roared "Crack!" and chopped off the panicked heads of the Japanese soldiers. Blood sprayed all over them! The anger they had been suppressed and beaten during the day was vented at this moment!
The half-naked pole soldiers jumped up and down, creating a bloody storm in the crowd of Japanese soldiers!
"Poof!" With a slash of the knife, a soldier with a cracked smile chopped up a Japanese soldier who had just gotten up from the bed and didn't understand anything about the situation!
Then he saw that the big knife in his hand was dancing like a windmill. Suddenly, the hands, feet and trunks of several Japanese soldiers were cut open! Large amounts of blood spurted out immediately, and the screams of the Japanese soldiers resounded throughout the entire camp!
"Boom, boom, boom..." The others couldn't bear to show their weakness. They grabbed the grenades around their waists and threw them towards the Japanese army's temporary barracks! The explosion caused people to fall over!
Each member of the Miao pole soldier suicide squad is holding a saber from his hometown! The handle of the saber is about two palms wide and long. The blade is slightly shorter than the ordinary saber, but the blade is about three inches wide! They chop off the head, hands and feet. It is extremely sharp.
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After hacking and killing for a long time, I guess the Japanese army will wake up! The pole soldiers whistled. All of a sudden, they all withdrew from the Japanese camp and disappeared into the night.
What was left to the Japanese army was nothing but corpses and blood on the ground. The Japanese commander was in tears and could only order to strengthen the alert.
When Gu Jiaqi learned that the troops had returned with a great victory, Gu Jiaqi split his withered lips and smiled happily. Then he convened a meeting with several regiment leaders. The Japanese aircraft and artillery were very powerful! They would definitely not be able to hold on like this. of.
To be continued...