Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 1100

"Okay! With the word 'fight to the death' from you, Commander Tang, I feel relieved!" Commander Liu followed Tang Dao's **** "fight to the death" with joy on his face and a soft roar from his mouth.

Obviously, this is what he is thinking, but he needs Tang Dao, the most combat-effective infantry regiment, to express his attitude. If Tang Dao is not eager to fight and prefers to preserve his strength, then even if his reputation as the former frontline commander is suppressed, With the four groups fighting to the death, the final outcome of this battle is about to come out!

What he needs is for the whole army to work together!

Fortunately, Tang Dao has never disappointed, and his tenacity is even stronger than that of his veterans.

Otherwise, why didn't the chief of staff with the same rank as him come on such an important occasion? That's because before that, he, his partner and the chief of staff had reached an agreement that no matter how difficult and difficult the battle was, or even if the entire army was defeated, this battle must be fought.

They may die, but if this battle can inflict pain on the Japanese North China Front, it will not only provide sufficient support for the overall strategic situation, but also tell the country's military and civilians with their blood that the Japanese aggressors are not actually that strong!

You see, even if the Japanese army gathers a large number of troops, not only the aircraft and artillery, but even the strength of the troops may be exceeded, they will still suffer heavy losses.

This battle may be able to completely get rid of the concept that to fight the Japanese, we must double or even triple the number of troops!

War is fought not only with the quality and equipment of soldiers, but also with confidence! If you are timid before fighting, your momentum will be a bit weaker, and you will definitely lose! It is also extremely difficult to win.

This concept of future famous generals will be thoroughly confirmed in the Battle of the Icefields. The generation gap in the equipment of the Sixteen-Nation Allied Forces led by the United States is even greater than that of the Chinese army and the Japanese army in this era, but after the Great Patriotic War, the The Chinese army is confident and firmly believes that it will not be afraid of any enemy. An infantry platoon dares to penetrate the rear of the American cowboy army armed to the teeth.

It is based on this belief that I am the strongest infantryman that we are able to compete equally with the American cowboys who have the best equipment in the world.

The strategic vision of this famous general has even surpassed this era. Even though he would sacrifice his life in this battle, he still made this decision.

In another small farmhouse less than a mile away from the frontline headquarters, the No. 2 commander of the 921 Division and the chief of staff were conducting a pre-war mobilization meeting for the chief officers at the battalion level and above of the 921 Division.

The theme is also: Fight to the Death!

At this moment, the communications staff officer of the 921st Division sent a telegram with a solemn expression.

That was a top-secret message sent by the Four Elements Group.

“Report No. 4 from the Reconnaissance Company of our regiment: There are Japanese armored trains shuttled back and forth in the HD Ping-Han Line area, and a large number of Japanese engineers are repairing the damaged railway section, indicating that a special train carrying Japanese troops will soon pass;

Our regiment's reconnaissance company reported on the 8th: A large number of Japanese cavalry are present in the section from Yangquan to eastern Shanxi. The number is no less than a regiment. If they are the top soldiers, the Japanese army will not be able to reduce the strength of an infantry brigade! "

The faces of several people in the room were solemn. They were all people with extremely rich combat experience, and they instantly understood the seriousness of the two scout reports.

For the Japanese special train passing through the HD area, who else could be there besides the 18th Division that had already gone to the north bank of the Yellow River and was crossing the river?

Apparently, the Japanese killed a carbine, an extremely deadly carbine!

That was a fully equipped Japanese Class A division. In the past, at least one infantry corps was needed to confront it.

Now, with railways and special trains, it only takes them two days at most to penetrate the flank of Shanxi Province, like a big gun that can reach the heart.

The Japanese troops dispatched by Yangquan were only the leading troops, including up to a cavalry regiment. This also indicates the size of the follow-up troops. An infantry brigade may be just the estimate of the scouts to comfort themselves.

What's more terrible is that although the number of this Japanese army is not known, it can come from the direction of Yuancheng. Furthermore, considering that the Japanese North China Front Army Headquarters has been planning for a long time, perhaps its number is already ready to be revealed.

The 5th Division is not an old rival to everyone here, but its mere supply brigade can compete with an elite force like the 511th Division for nearly a day. Just thinking about it makes one's scalp numb.

By this time, the Japanese army's tactical deployment had basically been made clear.

On the front of Jindong, there will be a section of the 20th Division that has joined with at least one division to cross the plain and approach; on the entire flank, there will be the 18th Division and a section of the 20th Division who are fighting back; One unit of the Fifth Division was approaching even more.

If a battle occurs, the Fifth Division and the Regiment, which are already in the Taihang Mountains of eastern Shanxi, will face enemies from three sides, and every place will be extremely difficult.

As long as one line of defense is broken, it means the entire line collapses!

If Tang Dao's impassioned talk of a "fight to the death" before was just a resolute attitude, now it has almost become inevitable.

Facing this situation, even those who are as tough as Tang Dao can't help but frown severely.

This situation is actually much more difficult than the battle to defend Shandong a year ago.

After all, in the Jindong defense battle a year ago, the Chinese defenders at Niangziguan only had to face the impact of the 20th Division and two mixed brigades. Their backs were not occupied by the Japanese army, and they only needed to defend a line of defense. Just fine.

But now, the 75,000-strong army has to face enemies on three sides, and the Japanese invaders are no less powerful than our own.

“I didn't expect it! This time when I come to Jindong again, our 17th Division will be in the same situation as a year ago!” The white-haired general who had been sitting next to him without saying a word sighed slightly.

Faced with such a crisis, the white-haired general who had always been a man of few words actually burst into laughter while sighing. "Moreover, the opponent may be the 20th Division. Everyone, do you think this is the legendary cause and effect?"

“Brother Morishan! What do you want?” Mr. Liu turned his attention to the old friend he had met a few years ago.

Of course he can feel the turbulent fighting spirit hidden under the calmness of his old friend!

"Brother Bo Jian, all the intelligence has shown that the Japanese army has been prepared for a long time, or has laid a dragnet and waited for our army to enter the urn. But now that we have noticed it, we will naturally not set foot in the plains again. Then the Japanese army will definitely not If they give up, they will definitely pursue my entire army." The white-haired general pointed his finger at a certain spot on the map.

"Then this place must be where they march! I want to ask Brother Bojian for your order to hand over this place to our 17th Division for defense. On behalf of our 17th Division Headquarters, I make a guarantee to the frontline headquarters: In this battle, we The division's position may be lost, but no one from the 17th Division, including me, Lao Zhao, will ever leave the position!"

The white-haired general did not speak as impassionedly as the young Tang Dao, saying, "No one will ever leave again!" ' With such a decisive guarantee, his face was so calm that he couldn't even make any waves!

Only the mountain breeze from the main room window gently caressed the white hair between his ears and temples!

The moment he saw this scene, Tang Dao felt an extremely rare chill in his chest!

Even Tang Dao, a soldier who has seen countless deaths in hundreds of battles, has rarely experienced such intense murderous intent and deep-seated hatred.

Looking at the white-haired general's fingers never leaving that spot on the map, Tang Dao instantly understood why the man in front of him was like this.

Perhaps, only those who have a special understanding of this person's experience will understand the heartache contained in his word 'Zai'!

Because, he has left there before, but this time, he will never leave again.

The location pointed by the white-haired general is unfamiliar to many people, but to him, it is unforgettable.

'Falv Ridge' is a name that is destined to be resounding throughout northern China in the future.

At the highest altitude of that mountain, in the past time and space, there was also a monument, which recorded the names of Lengwa from Shaanxi Province who sacrificed their lives in this majestic mountain, densely packed!

Because, as many as 8,000 people!

The entire 17th Division of the Northwest Army, which was sworn to fight the war of resistance, crossed the Yellow River north with 12,000 people. After the Battle of Fulu Ridge in the Niangziguan Defense Battle a year ago, only 4,000 were left, and the remaining 8,000 were all lying in the green.

" ' After that, my hair turned white overnight.

Perhaps, no one but himself knows how he felt when he was standing on the top of the peak, looking at the position where the battle had just been completed during the day.

The moon is bright in late autumn, but the night is as cold as winter!

　What is cold is not only the suddenly silent heart, but also the eyebrows!

Within two days, he received unbearable numbers of casualties on the front line at the division headquarters, but how could all that compare to seeing it with his own eyes?

Under the moonlight!

The mountains and plains are covered with autumn frost, which is like snow. What is covered is not only the land of China, but also the remains of the officers and soldiers of the 17th Division.

There was no time to restrain, because there was no break in the fighting.

For two consecutive days, the Japanese attacks never really stopped.

There was no reserve team, and even the new recruitment regiment rushed to the battlefield. There was no stretcher team, and even the division's guard battalion was on the front line.

When the war was at its most critical, even the stiffened remains of comrades-in-arms and the remains of Japanese invaders were built into fortifications as bunkers.

The white-haired general, who was saying in a light tone that he would never leave the battlefield again, never thought at that moment that a blocking battle would be so brutal, so tragic that he, who was used to seeing life and death, had to leave the army 20 years ago. Yu Nian, the army division commander who had never thought about returning alive since entering the battlefield, did not dare to take another look at his own position.

As far as the eye can see, there are red, black, yellow, and more dark blue all over the mountains and plains.

Red is not blood, but the maple leaves and cuckoos in late autumn; because blood will be evaporated by the blazing gunfire before it dries up;

The black ones are rocks; the weathered rock surface has long been swept away by air waves, revealing the true hardness of the rock. The yellow one is soil.

Dark blue is his soldier.

The soldiers he brought out from his hometown!

Those cold boys from Shaanxi Province who had enthusiastically joined the army and crossed the Yellow River in front of his horse head and sword, raised their arms and roared the slogan "Defend Homeland", were just lying there, lying on the battlefield that was once filled with gunpowder smoke. In various postures.

They all died in this land that belonged to them.

They all fell in front of the camp, and no one was behind the camp.

The dark blue that filled the whole eye made the veteran who had been on the battlefield for twenty years feel like a knife was piercing his heart, and he was so sad that he couldn't help himself.

At that moment, he also doubted whether he had done something wrong and that he should not have brought these children here.

Wululing is the flank of Niangziguan, and there is a post road leading to Niangziguan. "If you want to take Niangziguan, you must attack Fululing!".

The 17th Division was ordered to garrison the most important mountain range on the side of Niangziguan. Then, it encountered the 80th Infantry Regiment of the 20th Division.

The Japanese army doesn't have many troops, but it has a lot of artillery!

Twelve mountain guns and twelve field guns bombarded each other in turn, without rounds.

From the beginning of the war, the shelling never really stopped.

From early morning to early morning. From late at night, to late at night.

The Japanese bombers made not just twenty sorties, but more than fifty sorties. For two consecutive days, the sky above Fulu Ridge was filled with the terrifying roar of planes.

The vast expanse of black exposed on the hillside is the work of aerial bombs and artillery shells. The huge air waves swept away the soil and dust that originally covered it, thus revealing what should have been underneath the soil layer. Rocks ten centimeters away.

Such a violent bombing was the first time General Baifa had seen it in his more than 20 years in the army. What did the officers and soldiers of the 17th Division, who spent only two days building fortifications at Fululing, use to withstand this terrible artillery fire?

The answer is simple, use your life.

Yes, when the trenches dug on the shallow ground, less than half a meter deep, could not withstand the Japanese artillery fire, the soldiers who survived the artillery fire would, led by their platoon commanders, company commanders, and battalion commanders, pounce on them. Go down the mountain, fight hand-to-hand with the Japanese army, mix with the Japanese army, even if you die, you have to stick your bayonet on the Japanese invaders.

So, those young kids are all dead, along with their squad leaders, platoon commanders, company commanders, battalion commanders and even regimental commanders!

But as the division commander, he couldn't take them away during the final retreat, and he couldn't even bury them all!

Poke his finger on the place name on the map that was unforgettable to him, and his mind suddenly turned back to the past. The white hair on the white-haired general's temples trembled slightly, showing his agitated mood.

Tang Dao looked at the general who suddenly fell silent and wanted to tell him that after the war, local villagers risked their lives to dig a total of 11 large tombs and bury more than 4,000 Chinese officers and soldiers.

One of the large tombs is located under the old persimmon tree growing on Wuguang Ridge.

Because there once was a young soldier sitting there, dead, with his rifle firmly in his arms, and a red persimmon beside him, which he had no time to eat.

Since then, no one has picked the persimmons produced by that persimmon tree. They are allowed to turn red, fall, and roll to the tombs of the martyrs.

'One persimmon tree, the blood of three thousand martyrs! ' is the epitaph of that big tomb!

China has not forgotten the soldiers of its 17th Division. It really has not been forgotten.

“I'm going to fight at Fululing again!” The white-haired general calmed down his emotions and said firmly.

This time, he was determined not to retreat again until the Japanese army retreated.

He no longer wanted to suffer the kind of torture that only he knew. As soon as he closed his eyes, the young people who followed him across the Yellow River appeared vividly in his mind, but as a teacher, he could no longer take them with him. go home!

It's better to be buried with them!

When comrades in arms are together, they are also home!

“Okay!” Mr. Liu took a deep look at his old friend and nodded in agreement.

“Who will guard the front position at Niangziguan?”

“My four-line group!”

“I am the 104th Division!”

Although Tang Dao and Commander Li of the 104th Division who stepped into the hall door from the outside shouted in tandem, the time interval was very short, which showed that Commander Li did not hesitate at all. .

“Ahem! Chief Li, you don't even know what's going on! Just come with me and grab this job.” Tang Dao said with a wry smile.

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, the battlefield you want to do is definitely not an easy job. In the past, my 22nd Army had no guns or cannons, so I didn't have the confidence to speak out and didn't dare to be tough. But now, thanks to your brother, I want to You have guns, you have guns, you have to compete with Tang Tuanzuo for credit!" Commander Li said bluntly with a thick Sichuan accent.

“Brother Tang, do you think this is raising a tiger for trouble?” Brigadier Cheng interjected.

As soon as he said this, the atmosphere in the frontline headquarters, which was still a bit solemn, suddenly became much more relaxed.

This is not just the amusement of Brigadier Cheng, but more importantly, the attitude of the Sichuan Army division commander.

Commander Li's statement just now is actually very clear. Our 22nd Army could not prove itself on the battlefield before. That was because I was not equipped well. Now that my equipment is good, Sichuan Wazi can also fight tough battles and dare to fight tough battles.

The 104th Division can fight the tough battles that your Fourth Army Regiment has to fight.

How can several generals not be relieved if another important but firm enough voice is added to this temporary group belonging to each army? Especially when a fight to the death has been decided.

"Haha! Mr. Li, you have come a long way. Don't be in a hurry. Sit down and have a sip of tea and let Deputy Director Tang explain the current situation to you, and then you can decide." Mr. Liu felt relieved and said with a smile.

“Sir Li, the current situation between us and the enemy is like this.” Tang Dao did not refuse and immediately stood in front of the map to introduce.

“What did I think was so great? There were almost a hundred thousand little devils gathered around me!” Mr. Li, who had the characteristic optimism of Sichuan people, curled his lips.

"Before I went on the expedition, I had already promised to the frontline headquarters that our 104th Division would advance and retreat together with all the attacking troops. I also told Commander Li that this battle would never bring down the reputation of our Sichuan Army. Commander Wang of the 122nd Division in Teng County was there to kill himself. I, Li, am proud of him and regard him as my role model!”

The most outstanding battle of the Sichuan Army was the 26th Division in the Battle of Songhu, but it was the 122nd Division affiliated with the 22nd Group Army that really made the Sichuan Army famous throughout the world. In the Battle of Tengxian, the entire division was inked!

Taking Commander Wang, who famously made a name for himself in the world with his sacrifice, as an example, one can imagine what the top commander of the 104th Division was thinking.

In fact, in the defensive battle in southeastern Shanxi more than half a year ago, his 104th Division lost several cities, including Lucheng, Changzhi, and Licheng. The Sichuan Army Infantry Division, which was extremely poorly equipped, also put up a desperate resistance, but in the end it ended But it's all a disgrace to the city.

In Changzhi alone, an infantry regiment of the 104th Division suffered 70% losses, and more than 1,000 people, including a colonel commander, died for their country!

But whether in the war zone or among the Chinese people, all they saw was failure, but few knew the sacrifices made by the poorly equipped Sichuan army.

Lao Tzu's soldiers are not cowards!

This fire has always been burning in the heart of this army division commander and has never been extinguished!

Until this time, under the huge pressure of nearly 100,000 Japanese troops, they were completely released!

Let alone one hundred thousand Japanese troops, one million. When a Chinese soldier wants to use his life to earn back face and honor for his subordinates who have died in battle, do you think it will be more terrible?

The face of the Sichuan Army general was actually filled with excitement!

Who allowed him to have not only heavy machine guns and mortars this time, but also combat artillery, infantry artillery and mountain artillery!

Even if the Japanese are made of iron, they have four infantry regiments and an artillery battalion under their command. They can put this piece of iron in their mouths and chew it!

Chapter end

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