Chapter 265 Entering the decisive battle
The sacrifice of the Second Company was exchanged for Peng Dezhu to lead the remaining reconnaissance battalion and the soldiers of the First Battalion of the First Battalion to evacuate. When they were convinced that they had retreated from the Japanese pursuit range, Peng Dezhu issued an order to rest. The soldiers who had run all night and all morning immediately felt as if they had drawn the last bit of strength and fell to the ground.
Peng Dezhu ordered Xu Hu and Liu Zichao to count the number of people. When the war damage was reported to Peng Dezhu and Li Tieshu, the two were still shocked by the number of war damage. More than two companies of troops were left, and there were less than one battalion of soldiers left, including fifty or sixty who were injured to varying degrees. The war damage was actually more than sixty or seventy percent.
I feel regret for the sacrificed soldiers. In order for the land of China to get rid of the devils as soon as possible, many children have sacrificed their lives.
Peng Dezhu sorted out his mood and ordered Xu Hu to send reconnaissance soldiers to find traces of most of the Iron Blood Brigade based on the direction of Liu Wenxue and his retreat.
It suddenly started to rain heavily in the clear sky, and God seemed to be crying for the sacrificed soldiers. Although the rain seemed to be crying for the soldiers, it also caused trouble for Peng Dezhu and the others. There was no place to hide from the rain, so Peng Dezhu had to order the soldiers to continue moving forward and continue moving according to the direction he designated for Liu Wenxue.
In order for the injured soldiers to avoid being soaked by the rain, officers such as Peng Dezhu and Li Tieshu gave all their raincoats to the injured soldiers. However, the heavy rain seemed to stop at all, and the heavy rain continued to fall after dark. Peng Dezhu ordered Xu Hu to find a place to hide in the mountains. Fortunately, the emperor paid off. Xu Hu found several shacks in the mountains, where local hunters lived.
After settling down, Peng Dezhu, who had been in the heavy rain for an afternoon, suddenly felt cold and trembling all over after taking a sip of water, and his face turned even more pale. Not long after, Peng Dezhu was stunned due to a severe fever.
When Peng Dezhu woke up again, it was already two days later. If it weren't for the soldiers from the investigation camp who found Liu Wenxue's troops in time and received Liu Wenxue's treatment in time, Peng Dezhu would almost never wake up again.
Seeing that they were still in the original shack, Peng Dezhu asked why he didn't leave. Could it be that he stopped because he was sick? Liu Wenxue told him the real situation. It turned out that after Peng Dezhu and the others escaped from the Japanese's pursuit, Ororo Nakajima did not dare to be careless and reported the situation again, and explained that most of the enemies had entered the deep mountains.
The headquarters of the Japanese Expeditionary Army did not dare to be careless. Now the second Battle of Changsha was at a critical moment, so the troops suddenly appeared in the rear, which was a potential threat to them. Therefore, the Supreme Commander of the Expedition Army called the Anqing Tokugawa Flying Corps and ordered them to conduct aerial reconnaissance in the area where the Iron Blood Brigade was located, and they must find out the enemy that appeared behind them.
Because Japanese Apocalypse planes fly overhead every day, Liu Wenxue, Li Tieshu and Xiao Houhai did not lead the team. They were afraid that they would be discovered by Japanese Apocalypse before they even left the Taihang Mountains.
Just as they were talking, a Japanese plane flew over their heads again. After the soldiers heard the sound of the plane, they immediately dispersed to find a hidden place. Originally, the Japanese on the plane were not so easy to find them in the mountains and forests. But because of this, when the Japanese plane flew over the forests, they almost flew over the top of the forests. Therefore, if thousands of people were not hidden, there was still a possibility of being discovered.
After the plane passed, Peng Dezhu sat up with Liu Wenxue's help, and reached out to touch the pipe pot on his body, but found that it was not around. Without touching the pipe pot, Peng Dezhu looked at Liu Wenxue and knew that it must have been put away by Liu Wenxue.
Seeing Peng Dezhu looking at him, Liu Wenxue smiled and said, "Your residence, please stop smoking. Your body is not yet ready. Smoking will hinder your recovery."
"What's wrong? Smoking a cigarette can also affect my illness! Just smoke a pot, otherwise I won't pay attention to it!"
Liu Wenxue took out Peng Dezhu's tobacco pot from behind and reached out to him. When he suddenly took it back, he said, "I agreed to smoke a pot!"
Peng Dezhu and others were impatient, and snatched it from Liu Wenxue, lit a pot and slapped it, and then frowned and thought seriously about how to avoid being discovered by the Japanese and could move towards Changsha.
"The Japanese's plane won't come tonight, right?" Peng Dezhu suddenly looked up and asked.
Liu Wenxue and Li Tieshu immediately knew what Peng Dezhu meant when they heard this. Li Tieshu replied: "I won't come tonight, I can't see anything at night, so I won't even see the Japanese plane."
"Then let's march tonight!" As he said that, Peng Dezhu knocked the tobacco pot that had been smoked on the ground, and then pulled it in the tobacco bag. Then, he lit it without waiting for Liu Wenxue to stop it, and continued, "March tonight, find a place to hide after dawn, and avoid places with many people. In short, it's the same thing. We should enter the battlefield in Changsha when the Japanese discovered it!"
Afterwards, Peng Dezhu ordered Liu Wenxue to pass the order, and the departments were ready to march at night, and set off immediately after it darkened.
After nightfall that day, the Iron Blood Brigade, under the command of Peng Dezhu, was divided into two echelons again, led by Li Tieshu and Xiao Houhai, bypassing the White Horse Sword and walking out of Huoshan Realm and moving southwest.
Within the next ten days, the Iron Blood Brigade, led by Peng Dezhu, hiked in the day and traveled at night. After leaving the Taihang Mountains, it passed Yingshan County to Dongmakou Lake between Huanggang and Jiujiang and crossed the Yangtze River west. Then it continued to travel southwest, passing through Lushui and crossing Junshui. It stopped after reaching more than 200 miles southeast of Yueyang.
In a place called Yangtun, Peng Dezhu ordered the troops to stop for a period of correction, and at the same time ordered Xu Hu to send reconnaissance soldiers to conduct reconnaissance in the direction between Yueyang and Changsha to check the progress of the Changsha battle.
A few days later, the reconnaissance soldiers sent back news that the 37th Army of the Ninth War Zone of the National Army was surrounded south of the Miluo River, and the situation was very urgent.
Peng Dezhu didn't know where the Miluo River and Wukou were, so he asked someone to find Liu Wenxue, Li Tieshu and Xiao Houhai, explained the situation to them, and asked where the Miluo River and Wukou were. Liu Wenxue found the marching map left by Xie Pingyang at that time, found the location of the Miluo River and Wukou, and also found the current location of the Iron Blood Brigade.
After seeing the map, Peng Dezhu found that they were only a few dozen kilometers south of Wukou. If they traveled day and night, they could rush to the Miluo River front line to participate in the battle in one day.
After the situation was understood, Peng Dezhu immediately ordered the entire army to set off and approach the Wukou line of Miluo River, and asked to run forward, and must rush to the Miluo River to provide support to the national army before the Japanese attacked the 37th Army. After the order was conveyed, the Iron Blood Brigade immediately started to move, and they had already started to march in less than half an hour.
On the battlefield of Miluo River, the third, fourth, sixth, and 40th Divisions of the Japanese and Araki Detachment surrounded the 95th and 104th Divisions of the 37th Army. The 37th Army had received an order from the theater command, ordering them to break out in Malin City. However, it was not easy to break out under the siege of several times that of the Japanese.
Under the leadership of the division commander Song Siyi, the 104th Division of the 37th Army launched an attack on the Japanese encirclement. However, with the support of aircraft and cannons, the Japanese attacked the 104th Division's breakthrough troops. There were heavy casualties for a while, but they were unable to break through the Japanese defense line.
The division commander Song Siyi had just received a report that a regiment that had just stepped forward was beaten back, and the casualties were heavy and nearly 5% of its troops were lost. Basically, the regiment was already disabled. Song Siyi had a gloomy face, climbed on the map for a while, and said sternly: "If you send another regiment up, you have to tear it out a hole for me even if you use your mouth to tear it!"
"yes!"
After the command of the troops, a man with the rank of major general walked up to Song Siyi and said, "Secretary, the commander command ordered us to break through, why didn't he hear of sending reinforcements? Did we rely on our two divisions to fend for themselves?"
Song Siyi looked at the major general with a more ugly face and scolded: "Fuck! Don't you mislead me here. Do you know that the headquarters has not sent reinforcements? The Japanese suddenly changed their strategic direction. The troops that can support us are too far away. It seems that there is no way to reinforce for a moment." As he said, Song Siyi frowned and pondered for a moment, as if he had made up his mind and continued: "It seems that we can only rely on ourselves, and send orders! Even if the entire division is exhausted, we must open this hole for me!"
"Yes!" the major general replied loudly, saluted Song Siyi, then turned around and walked out of the command center.
The Japanese opposite Song Siyi's 104th Division were the 40th Division of the Japanese and Araki Detachment. Song Siyi, the division commander of the 40th Division of the Japanese and Araki Nakaki, and the detachment commander of the Araki Detachment, did not expect that less than ten kilometers behind the 40th Division, the Iron Blood Brigade led by Peng Dezhu appeared behind Colonel Xiao Cha Toshio, the 236th Regiment of the 40th Division.
The front of Xiao Chai Junnan is Song Siyi's 104th Division. At this moment, the 236th Regiment has repelled several attacks from the 104th Division. Now, the 104th Division seems to have increased its troops and is preparing to break through the defense line of the 236th Regiment in one fell swoop.
Chapter completed!