Chapter 571 Desert (Part 1)
Guangde County is located in the middle of Guangde.
The 20,000 troops retreating from the Jiaxing defense line did not choose to take the main road from Huzhou to Guangde because they were worried about the bombing of Japanese naval fighter jets, but entered directly from the mountainous areas in southern Guangde.
Although the marching speed was a little slow because of the rugged mountain roads, the dense trees in the mountains blocked the view of the Japanese reconnaissance planes. The Japanese Navy fighter planes may be because of weather or they may be worried that they are too far away from the sea, and they are afraid that they will encounter another underground and air ambush near Baihe Port again, and in the end they will give up their most advantageous air strike combat method.
In addition to the two more days of retreating from the Jiaxing defense line, the entire army consumed more materials, but there was no loss in personnel.
After the Independence Battalion left, the 67th Army and the 43rd Army even repaired the mountains and forests for two days before continuing to evacuate along the mountain road towards Wuhu.
Tang Dao and the Independent Battalion did not quickly arrive in Guangde County, which is the command center of the war zone.
This time, the Independent Battalion entered the war zone as a supervision team. In addition to the original equipment and the equipment that Wu Zhong needed, the rations were only carried for ten days, and the ammunition was brought as much as possible. All the remaining supplies, including the wounded, were all handed over to the 43rd Army headquarters for transportation.
Compared to the time when he retreated from Jiashan, it can be considered a light marching.
But that's it. The entire army of the Independent Battalion also wandered around the mountains for two days and nights before arriving at the location of Guangde County.
And in the past two days, the Battle of Guangde has begun in full swing.
As the vanguard, the Guoqi Detachment, which pursued the entire Jiaxing defense line, was not far from Guangde County, but they were not yet part of the Japanese army who fired the first shot.
The first to attack the Chinese army on the Guangde Line was the first to occupy the first brigade of the Puppet Manchukuo Jing'an Army, which had already occupied Yixing.
The 433rd Brigade of the 115th Division, led by Lieutenant General Rao Guohua, had fought fiercely with the Japanese invaders in Si'an Town east of Guangde for three days. Because the rear highway was completely blown up by the Japanese invaders, supply and reinforcements could not be reached. Because a certain unit left the position without authorization, the main force of the 145th Division was forced to retreat.
The defense line is now being reorganized in the area of Jiepai Village 10 Lili, east of Guangde County.
This is the message received by Tang Dao and Independence Camp when they arrived near Guangde County from the mountain road from the small and middle roads.
Tang Dao did not see the lieutenant general commander of the Ninth Army who had already evacuated from Guangde County half a day ago. The other party may have retreated too hastily or may not be catching a cold at all. Without Tang Dao finding the main leader, he generated power several times and only replied with one telegram: "The military situation is urgent, and there is no need to travel in vain. Please ask the Tang Supervisor to take responsibility for the appointment of the chief of the war zone!"
To put it bluntly, you do whatever you should do. There is no need to meet me, even if you meet, you will still have this order.
It's quite irresponsible, but this is also a routine operation, and Tang Dao is no longer a surprise.
After repairing under Guangde City, where there were almost no signs, the whole army had a full lunch. Tang Dao ordered to take one company and two companies to go straight to the front line of Jiepai.
He knew very well that as the east gate of Guangde, although the terrain was dangerous, Lieutenant General Rao, who had only commanded an infantry regiment under his command in time and space, had far inferior to the Japanese side. In the end, the position was lost and Guangde County fell.
But this was just the first step in disaster for the 145th Division. A deputy commander of the 23rd Group Army, who was stationed hundreds of miles away, ordered the remnants of the 145th Division who had withdrawn from the position to counterattack, resulting in Lieutenant General Rao, who had only one infantry battalion remaining under his command, fought hard in grief and anger, and raised his gun to commit suicide in the east of Guangde City.
The main brigade of the 145th Division almost ended in this battle, and their supreme commander was defeated.
If possible, Tang Dao hopes to change the tragic fate of this hero Sichuan army.
At this time, the battlefield of the Border Cards should have started, and the rumbling sound of shelling can be seen. The shadow of Japanese aircraft being constantly dived and bombed can be seen standing on the mountain path.
Perhaps he was very confident in capturing the Chinese defensive positions. Japanese planes did not bomb and destroy the road from Jiepai, the east gate of Guangde County, connecting Guangde County. However, the two infantry companies were still too conspicuous when marching on the road. Except for Tang Dao himself, he was lined up on the road with the guards, the two infantry companies were both covered by the two wings of the mountains.
But what Tang Dao didn't expect was that seven or eight miles away from the fierce battle in the Jie Card battlefield, he encountered a team of Chinese troops trotting along the road with their heads buried. When he saw the hats behind them and the straw sandals on their feet, he didn't need to ask, this should be the Sichuan Army.
Except for the 23rd Army, which had just arrived at the periphery of Jinling, who had not even had time to replenish their winter clothes and rushed to Guangde to set up defense, there was no other army wearing summer uniforms in the cold winter weather.
However, the battle is still fighting, what are the things that this team is running backwards?
Looking at the soldiers with panic and disheveled lines on their faces, Tang Dao couldn't help but frown. This should be the situation where he came to this time and space and was still fighting when he encountered a battle, and the soldiers ran back in groups.
"Rise the gun! Arrange the defense and block them!" Tang Dao roared coldly.
The guard platoon had already changed into submachine guns and immediately scattered to both sides of the road. Tang Dao, who was wearing the uniform of the army colonel, stood in the middle of the road with Xia Dayu and Erya.
The Sichuan soldiers who were jogging across the road should have also discovered Tang Dao and the other three standing in the middle of the road. The dark blue military uniforms on Tang Dao and the other three hesitated a little and then continued to move forward.
Until he arrived 20 meters in front of Tang Dao, he saw that the other party still had no intention of stopping, "Fire a gun to warn!" Tang Dao frowned even tighter.
"Bang bang bang!" Xia Dayu pulled out the shell gun and fired three shots in a row.
"Dagain, you are a fairy, Banban, you are a good dog that won't block the way!"
"You think you are the one who is the pot, stand there and serve as a big head!"
A burst of curses came from the Sichuan Army where its paces slowed down, and even many rifles were raised to aim at the Tang sword.
But obviously, not only the rank of colonel on the Tang Dao Colonel can scare people, but the more than 30 submachine guns mounted behind the grass and rocks on both sides of the road are also the real reason why this team of Sichuan troops dare not shoot at will.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Brother, I am under the 433rd Brigade of the 145th Division. I am ordered to transfer the battlefield!" A Sichuan Army captain walked out of the queue that was forced to stop and asked Tang Dao with a smile on his face.
Tang Dao's outfit is dressed as well as dozens of guards with submachine guns. He is so confident that he can stand in the middle of the road to block the thousand-sized men. He can tell with his heels that his origin is good.
Moreover, in addition to the Sichuan Army wearing black summer uniforms, there were also people from the Ninth Army headquarters wearing dark blue uniforms. It was absolutely not surprising that such a colonel officer suddenly appeared in the Guangde battlefield.
"A subordinate to the 433rd Brigade of the 145th Division? He is ordered to transfer the battlefield?" Tang Dao narrowed his eyes slightly.
When he glanced at the soldiers in the queue, he either looked disgusted or depressed. The intuition of the soldiers told Tang Dao that this was definitely not as simple as the captain officer in front of him said.
"Where is your military order to go up to the top? Take it to me to review!" Tang Dao said coldly.
"What a bullshit military order? My words are military orders. Are you counting that onion? If you want a military order from me?" An arrogant voice came from thirty meters ahead.
Tang Dao looked over coldly, and the queue spread to both sides. A strong officer jumped off the slide rods carried by the two soldiers, tidy up his collar, and walked over with a swagger.
Tang Dao's eyes were deep, and the military rank on the officer's seal was two bars and three golden triangle stars. He turned out to be an army colonel, or at least an officer at the level of the commander of the infantry regiment.
The Sichuan Army comes from the mountains, and it is almost traditional for senior officers to sit on slide rods. This behavior is not very perverse, but the one who keeps talking about the "bad military order, my words are military orders" is definitely not something that ordinary infantry commanders dare to do.
"No matter which pot you are, I will give you ten seconds to avoid it, otherwise my brothers' guns will not be eye-catching!" The officer who walked ten meters in front of Tang Dao waved his hand, and the soldiers who were forced to stop raised their guns in their hands to aim at Tang Dao.
"Oh? There are more guns than people, right?" Tang Dao's face remained unchanged and pointed at it. "Look at the mountain, is it my heavy machine gun that is powerful or your baby's old sleeve that is awesome."
The officer and the captain who accompanied him stood beside him was stunned and subconsciously looked up the low mountains on both sides of the road.
There seemed to be hundreds of figures on the short mountain.
I quickly picked up the telescope hanging around my neck and looked carefully. The low mountains on both sides, only 100 meters away from the highway, were still uncountable due to trees and grass, but the few heavy machine guns in the telescope's field of view were chilling.
The first and second companies that had already fired guns in Xia Dayu had already fired warnings and had already obtained enhanced fire support platoons specially put two heavy machine guns on stones.
The long heavy machine gun barrel flashed with a blue luster under the winter sun, which was obvious.
The officer's big pie face thrust hard.
His entire infantry regiment is only 4 heavy machine guns, and they are all old-fashioned. Not to mention that the terrain does not have an advantage, even when shooting at the same time, he is definitely not the opponent of the Maxim water-cooled heavy machine gun that has been hung with ammunition links.
Moreover, if he was condescending, he would be put here if he couldn't do it if he couldn't do it well.
Chapter completed!