Chapter 154: The 67th Army

However, the Western Front position was broken by the Neon Army, the 108th Division retreated, Chief of Staff Wu Tonggang was killed, Commander Wu Keren was seriously injured and the 321st Brigade was surrounded soon reached the command center.

"Commander Huang, Brigade, at present, a corps of the Neon Army that broke through the Litahui position has been in a fire with the vanguard of the 42nd Regiment near the No. 31 Railway Bridge; another corps has detoured from Litahui to Mishidu and joined the Neon Army that landed in Mishidu. Because the commander of Wu and the 321st Brigade of the 107th Division were not too late to retreat, they were surrounded by the 35th Brigade of the 18th Division reinforced by the Neon Army." Chen Zui hurriedly ran in to report the latest situation.

"What about the 108th Division? How could they leave their commander and run back by themselves?" Huang Qixiang asked loudly with wide eyes.

Intoxicated and a little embarrassed, he quickly replied: "There are less than two thousand people left in the 108th Division and have just retreated to Xiguan."

"I lost my army commander and still have the face to run back. Zhang Wenqing should be shot." Huang Qixiang shouted in anger.

Chen Xiuwen also frowned. Although the 108th Division suffered heavy casualties, he looked down on people who left their commanders and brothers back from the bottom of their hearts. At the same time, what Chen Xiuwen was worried that their unauthorized retreat would directly expose the Xiguan of Songjiang to the Neon Army's nose.

"Get out of the way, let me in, I want to see Chief Huang, you can get out of the way."

"Brigit Commander Wu, you can't go in, Brigitte Commander Wu." At this time, a noise came from outside.

"Ma Congping, what's the situation?" Chen Xiuwen, who was already very upset, shouted outside the door.

Ma Congping hurriedly ran in from outside and reported: "Braft Commander Wu and the others"

Before Ma Congping finished speaking, Wu Qian, who had a bandage on his head and his arms hung, had already rushed in from outside. He glared at Chen Xiuwen angrily, stood at Huang Qixiang and said, "Sir Huang, I want to take my brothers to save our military captain."

"Nonshu, you are still injured, and how many of you have, aren't you going to die in vain?" Huang Qixiang frowned and shouted sternly.

"I might as well be injured. Please order the troops of the 108th Division to be handed over to me to command. I will definitely rescue our military captain and the 321st Brigade." Wu Qian pulled off the bandage hanging from his neck and said loudly.

It turned out that Wu Qian wanted the command of the 108th Division, but the 108th Division had only less than 2,000 remaining soldiers, and their combat effectiveness and morale were not good. Wu Qian wanted to take these people to rescue the 321st Brigade, which was undoubtedly a moth to the fire. Moreover, the order I just received was to hold on to Songjiang for three days, and these retreating soldiers were also very precious. Although Huang Qixiang had been exempted from the commander-in-chief of Songjiang, he would never allow Wu Qian to take him to die in vain. However, Wu Keren and the 321st Brigade had to save him, so Huang Qixiang could only look at Chen Xiuwen in embarrassment.

Before Huang Qixiang could speak, Chen Xiuwen took the initiative to say: "Brig Commander Wu, you should rest assured to recover from your injuries. I immediately ordered the 40th Regiment to go to the 321st Brigade and Commander Wu."

When Wu Qian heard Chen Xiuwen's words, he was stunned: "Brig Commander Chen, are you really willing to help our 67th Army?"

"Braft Commander Wu, what are you talking about? We are all Chinese troops, all for fighting against Japan. Did you travel thousands of miles to Songjiang just to help us in independence from the 20th Brigade?" As he said that, Chen Xiuwen turned around and said to Huang Qixiang: "Sir Huang, it's not time to go. I order the 40th Regiment to set off immediately and rescue the 321st Brigade and Commander Wu."

"Okay." Huang Qixiang was relieved while he was relieved. The Songjiang Defense is now directly under the Songhu Front Command, and he, the deputy commander-in-chief of the right-wing corps, has already commanded the Independent 20th Brigade of Chen Xiuwen.

"Braft Commander Chen, take me and our brothers from the 319th Brigade." Wu Qian said hurriedly, and also looked at Chen Xiuwen with apologetic eyes for his impulse just now.

"Braft Commander Wu, your injury?" Chen Xiuwen said hesitantly.

"We are all in the army and are not so spoiled."

"Okay." Since Wu Qian is loyal, Chen Xiuwen is happy.

However, although Wu Qian is a major general and Chen Xiuwen is just a colonel, he still ordered as the chief of staff of the Songjiang City Defense Command, who had just been appointed: "Brigate Commander Wu, you can go. But the premise is that you must obey the command of Deputy Brigade Commander Teng."

"Yes." Wu Qian greeted Chen Xiuwen with gratitude.

Niujima Man was the first to break through Li Tahui's defensive position from the front. Due to the 108th Division on the front position, and the serious injury of the commander Wu Keren, Chief of Staff Wu Tonggang was killed, and the morale of the soldiers of the 321st Brigade on the flank position was greatly affected. It could not stop the attack of the Tezuka Brigade. Moreover, due to the 108th Division's escape, the Tezuka Brigade quickly surrounded the two wings and surrounded more than 1,000 soldiers from the 321st Brigade.

Wu Keren, who was shot in the chest, was lying on a stretcher and was so angry that he was furious. The military doctor next to him was doing nervous treatment.

"How is it? How about the military throne?" Jin Kuibi, commander of the 107th Division, asked nervously.

"The military officer lost too much blood and could not stop the blood. It requires immediate surgery, otherwise it will be in danger of life." The military doctor said at a loss.

"This bastard Zhang Wenqing." Jin Kuibi cursed with gritted teeth.

"Organize suicide squads and protect the military captains from retreating into the county town no matter what." Then Jin Kuibi ordered Zhu Zhirong, the commander of the 321st Brigade.

"Yes." Zhu Zhirong, who had flowers hanging on his shoulders, replied loudly.

However, because the Japanese's firepower was too strong, the suicide squad organized by Zhu Zhirong broke through twice, with hundreds of casualties, but still failed to break out.

"The military throne is no longer available." Suddenly, the military doctor screamed loudly.

Since Wang Yizhe, the old commander of the Sixty-Seventh Army, was assassinated by Sun Mingjiu and the Northeast Army split, Wu Keren has been the spiritual leader of the Sixty-Seventh Army. Unlike Zhang Wenqing, Jin Kuibi is an old man of the Sixty-Seventh Army, and has always been Wu Keren's loyalty. He was shocked when he heard the shout of the military doctor, and hurriedly rushed to Wu Keren's stretcher and shouted loudly: "Military Seat."

But Kim Kyubi did not awaken Wu Keren in the end.

"Military, I will definitely take you out." Jin Kuibi's face was covered with tears, and he tied Wu Keren's body to his back.

"The whole army broke through." As Jin Kuibi shouted, thousands of officers and soldiers from the 321st Brigade broke through to Xiguan.

Only by being strong enough to survive can one have a chance to survive. At this time, the officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army burst out with strong combat power. The Tezuka Brigade was determined to wipe out the 321 Brigade.

"Shoot." The captain of the 116th Regiment of the Tezuka Brigade Group, which surrounded the 321 Brigade, Takuoka Kakusaki saw the Chinese army launching a suicide charge and howled and ordered the fire.

"Dadada" Type 92 heavy machine gun, a crooked light machine gun, instantly opened a fire net in front of the storm team of the Chinese national team, and dozens of Northeast Army officers and soldiers who rushed in the front fell to the ground, and dozens of blood arrows shot in the air.

"Dongdongdongdong" screamed and the grenades that rushed up were exploding densely in the stormtroopers. "Boomboo" the bloody limbs and broken weapons in the fireballs were flying all over the sky.

The officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army are still charging forward like moths to the flames. Stop or retreat will definitely be dead. Only by rushing forward may there be a glimmer of hope.

Kataoka, who was lying behind a rust baton, saw the falling stormtroopers from the telescope and showed a cruel smile. He knew that the hundreds of Chinese soldiers who were left could not escape from his encirclement at all, and could only die.

"Yoxi, kill them, kill them all."

But just as Kataoka was concentrating its firepower to encircle, there were suddenly fierce gunfire sounds from the back of the troops.

"What's going on?" Kataoka asked loudly in surprise.

"It's the Chinese army, it's the Chinese army rushing up." A captain ran over to report in anger.

"Stop them, be sure to stop them." Kataoka pulled out his command knife and ordered loudly.

However, the firepower of the Chinese national team rushing up from the back is far beyond the reach of the surrounded Central Army. Teng Donglin transferred the 40th Regiment's spy company to the forefront of the stormtroopers. All of them were submachine guns, and the cover of mortars and heavy machine guns behind them, so the Japanese could not stop them at all. Behind the spy company were more than 200 officers and soldiers of the 319th Brigade, led by Wu Qian, who were staring with blood-red eyes.

Originally, Jin Kuibi, who had watched his brothers fall down one by one by one, was desperate to burn with the Neon Army, suddenly saw the sound of killing behind the Neon Army, and the defense line was shaking, and the intercepting firepower weakened in an instant. He shouted loudly: "Brothers, the friendly forces are here to pick us up. Kill!"

Less than 600 left, the officers and soldiers of the 321 Brigade finally broke through the siege of the Neon Army and met with the Forty Regiment who came to pick him up.

"Where is the military throne? Did anyone see the military throne?" Wu Qian rushed up from behind, stopped the officers and soldiers of the 321 Brigade who had just broken out, and asked anxiously.

The officers and soldiers looked at Wu Qian and lowered their heads one by one. Wu Qian, who was trembling and chilling all over the body, muttered: "No, no." He looked around. Suddenly, when he saw the tall Jin Kuibi, his body shook violently, and then rushed to Jin Kuibi like he was stretched out by a spring.

Jin Kuibi hugged and looked at the body of the military captain on his back. Wu Qian, whose face suddenly turned pale, and said loudly: "Wu Qian, hurry up and take your brothers to retreat."

"No, no." Wu Qian broke free from Jin Kuibi's arms like crazy. "Avenge, I want to avenge the military captain and avenge my uncle." Wu Qian shouted, while snatching a Czech light machine gun from the hand of a soldier next to him, calling the soldiers of the 319th Brigade behind him: "Brothers, you are not afraid of death, rush with me and kill all the Japanese."

At this time, Teng Donglin came up from behind and grabbed Wu Qian, shouting loudly: "Brave Commander Wu, the Japanese are coming up soon, and they must retreat immediately."

"You care about your retreat, I won't retreat. I will fight with the Japanese. I will avenge my uncle." Wu Qian shouted desperately, struggling.

"Brave Commander Wu, don't forget how our brigade commanded when we came out." Teng Donglin shouted anxiously.

"Ba, bha." At this time, Jin Kuibi rushed up and slapped Wu Qian twice, shouting at Wu Qian: "Do you want so many brothers to accompany you to die? We must avenge the military officer's revenge, but not now."

Jin Kuibi's kick made Wu Qian stunned, and then squatted on the ground and burst into tears. Jin Kuibi winked at the two soldiers beside him, and set up the weak Wu Qian and quickly retreated to Xiguan.

The Sixty-Seventh Army was completely destroyed in just two days. Commander Wu Keren and Chief of Staff Wu Tonggang were killed, and there were less than two thousand troops left in the entire army.

The new deputy commander of Songe City Defense Huang Weihe, the reinforced 67th Division, is still on the way, but the situation in Songe is not optimistic. The 40th and 42nd Regiment have already fought with the Tezuka Brigade and the Fujita United of the Nishima Brigade. The remaining troops of the 6th Division have crossed the Huangpu River and met with the 47th Regiment of the Sakai Brigade, and may launch another attack on the South Gate at any time.

But what made Chen Xiuwen even more upset was that Wu Qian, who had been calm for a while, actually led his troops to the 108th Division. If Jin Kuibi had not tried his best to stop him, Huang Qixiang would personally press the remnants of the 67th Army, almost causing a mutiny.

"Sir Huang, this is not possible. If the Sixty-Seventh Army continues to make trouble like this, it will not only not help, but will only cause trouble." Chen Xiuwen said with a frown.

In fact, the remaining 2,000 troops of the Sixty-Seventh Army were veterans who had been fighting for the rest of their lives. If they could be used, it would be a force that could not be ignored to defend Songjiang. However, due to Wu Keren's death and internal strife among officers, the morale of the army was unstable. Chen Xiuwen would rather withdraw the Sixty-Seventh Army like Guo Rudong's 43rd Army and rest, than let them participate in Songjiang's defense.

As the leader of the Third Party, out of mutual destiny, Huang Qixiang wanted to keep the Northeast Army's strong brigade, but according to the current situation, he, the commander-in-chief who was about to leave, could not do anything. Huang Qixiang gritted his teeth and said, "I will report to Nanjing according to facts." As he said, Huang Qixiang looked at Chen Xiuwen with a pleading gaze and said, "Luan, I hope you can treat this army well in the future."

Chen Xiuwen was stunned. Why did he treat this army well? He was about to ask. Huang Qixiang waved his hand and sighed, "I know too much about your principal. The Sixty-Seventh Army is not strong in defense, and now there is no leader in the group, and cannot escape the fate of being cancelled. Instead of letting these officers and soldiers disperse to other troops, I would suggest to incorporate them into your Independent Twenty Brigade, hoping that you can treat them well."

"The defense is not strong, cancel the number? However, Chief Huang, the Sixty-Seventh Army not only has no mistakes, but should have made contributions. If the Sixty-Seventh Army had not blocked the enemy on the Western Front, our Independent Twenty Brigade could not have completely wiped out the enemy in the South City. How could this be possible?" Chen Xiuwen said in surprise.

Although he didn't like the Northeast Army of the Sixty-Seventh Army and Wu Keren at the beginning, the Sixty-Seventh Army fought bravely against Japan, and Wu Keren even died in his life, which moved Chen Xiuwen very much.
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