Chapter 161 Choice
The battles at each entrance of the Great Wall were launched by the 621st Regiment of the 107th Division.
The 621st Regiment at the forefront fought very well. They first blocked the Japanese chariots with machine guns, then laid mines behind them, and then put the chariots and armored vehicles in. After the Japanese chariots touched the mines, they launched a counter-charge.
In this case, both chariots were blown up, and Japanese soldiers were killed and injured.
The Japanese army retreated for a while and waited for the chariots of the rear team and the armored vehicles arrived, they started a second wave of attacks.
The Japanese army took out all the chariots and armored vehicles, and cooperated with more than a thousand infantrymen, rushed towards the 621st Regiment.
The 621st Regiment calmly responded to the battle and waited until the Japanese army advanced to the front of the position before firing fiercely.
This time, the Japanese army fought to the death without retreating. With the assist of more than 20 small fortress-like combat vehicles and armored vehicles, the left-wing Tiger Mountain position was broken through by two crazy chargers due to terrain. The 621st Regiment immediately sent a company to counterattack and regain the position and destroyed the two armored vehicles.
The entire position was formed into a ball, and the battle stopped until dark, but the sound of the cold gun never stopped overnight.
The next day, the battle continued. The Japanese were as punctual as they were at work. At 8 o'clock, they adopted the same tactics. Under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles, more than 2,000 infantrymen gathered to start the attack.
As soon as the two sides fought, they became increasingly fierce. A few hours later, the Japanese army saw that the attack had no effect, so they stopped attacking and waited for the heavy artillery troops behind them.
At this time, nearly half of the casualties of the 621st Regiment were killed or injured.
At night, in order to prevent the Japanese army from advancing, the division headquarters adjusted several regiments in other locations and allocated a mountain artillery company to the 621st regiment to strengthen the firepower of the regiment.
After dawn, under the cover of aircraft and cannons, the Japanese army also adjusted the attack direction. They saw that the left and right wing positions of the 621st Regiment extended to the mountains, so they used these two points as breakthroughs to surround the hillside to attack. The entire front line soon became in danger.
Although the 107th Division had more than 12,000 officers and soldiers, they had to divide their troops to guard against several intersections, and they had to deal with Japanese aircraft, cannons, chariots, armored vehicles and cavalry infantry. It was very difficult to arrange manpower.
The direct reinforcement battalion, which was reorganized by the shelter regiment, became a surprise weapon at this time.
But during this day, Commander Zhang transferred the troops in his hands and did not use the reinforcement battalion.
Wang Hong tried several times to send the reinforcement camp, but seeing that Commander Zhang seemed to have a second move, he shut up.
Battalion Commander Cheng also felt something was wrong and ran over to ask for battle, but only one staff officer came forward to ask him to go back to regain his energy.
Until the early morning, the Japanese army suddenly changed their tactics and concentrated their forces to attack the front positions to attract the attention of the 621st Regiment. The real attack point was the left wing of Tiger Mountain. A large group of Japanese soldiers took casualties and launched a pig rush charge. A large number of soldiers attacked the positions with bayonets and fought a fierce hand-to-hand battle with the Chinese soldiers.
At this time, the direct reinforcement camp was finally sent up.
This new force suddenly entered the position. Not only did they disperse the Japanese army in this brigade, but they also chased the Japanese army to the flank of the Japanese army attacking head-on. The Japanese army on the entire front were forced to retreat, and the two sides returned.
On the afternoon of the same day, Wang Yizhe, the commander of the 67th Army, arrived at the 107th Division from Gubeikou. He saw that the 107th Division suffered too much casualties and urgently needed rest. In terms of strategy, the 107th Division broke forward and guarded several intersections at the same time, and was powerless. He decided to retreat the division to Gubeikou and exchange defense with the 25th Division.
That night, all the divisions began to retreat and all retreated to the vicinity of Gubeikou at 4 a.m. the next morning.
Wang Hong saw the battle in these four days. The battle of the 107th Division directly caused one or two thousand casualties in the Japanese army, but three or four thousand casualties in their own casualties, which made Wang Hong sigh at it.
But at this time, Wang Hong had no time to recall the entire battle process of the 107th Division, and Wang Yizhe brought the news that Zhang Liushou resigned.
He immediately said goodbye to the 67th Army and led his team to Beiping.
After handing over the soldiers of this company back to the military camp, he immediately went to see Mr. Zhang Liu.
At this time, Zhang Liushao had already put on the power, and He Yingqin had already taken office and replaced his power.
Zhang Liu Shao saw Wang Hong and said with a wry smile: "Are you back?"
Wang Hong nodded and replied: "Here I'm back!"
Zhang Liushao said: "Do you still want to lead troops?"
Wang Hong shook his head and watched Commander Zhang and his friends command the battle. He already knew that he had reached the division level command and marching and fighting, just like playing chess, mountains, rivers, terrain, and soldiers' weapons were all chess pieces. He took one step and saw three steps. This was not his goodness.
Zhang Liushao saw that Wang Hong really didn't want to lead the troops, so he said, "Then you prepare for it, go to Shanghai tonight, I have to quit this cigarette."
Then he paused: "If you want to lead troops in the future, you can go find Wang Yizhe and have a deputy commander."
Wang Hong smiled bitterly and shook his head again. He had long figured out his situation.
Commander Zhang and others who lead troops have a foundation. If anyone above him has changed, he will have to win over these soldiers. He is a general given by Mr. Zhang Liu. He has no connections in the army and has no military power. If Mr. Zhang Liu left, he has to follow him. Even if he is under Mr. Zhang Liu's confidant Wang Yizhe, he will be a deputy division commander, in the end, he will be alone and have no roots.
Mr. Zhang was packing up his things. Wang Hong didn't stay for a long time and chatted with Mr. Zhang's butler and personal bodyguard Lao Tan.
Lao Tan did not treat Wang Hong as an outsider, so he pulled Wang Hong aside and said, "The Sixth Young Master will stay in Shanghai for a while and then go abroad. If you don't go and lead the troops, you can accompany the Sixth Young Master abroad to relax."
Wang Hong nodded subconsciously.
When Lao Tan saw Wang Hong nodding, he continued, "It may take quite a long time, one or two years, you can take your wife with you."
Wang Hong was stunned for a moment. His head was a little too short. Seeing that Lao Tan turned around and went to work on his business, he called out three brothers and thought about this along the way and returned home.
When the two ladies suddenly returned home, they were all surprised, but then they heard Wang Hong's words: "Jingzhi, you're six months old, can you take a train or a steamboat?"
Zhao Jingzhi said "ah" and looked at Wang Hong with some ignorance.
Seeing that Wang Hong had prepared for a few hours, he quickly talked about Zhang Liu Shao's departure, and then talked about the itinerary.
A few hours later, everyone will have to take the train to Shanghai. He may have to accompany Zhang Liushao to a foreign country for a walk. He may have to stay for a year or two and can take his wife with him.
The information about this was too great, and the two ladies and three younger brothers were stunned.
Chapter completed!