Rise From Eight Hundred

  On January 24, the Japanese troops on the frontal battlefield started running mode and evacuated voluntarily.

 But this does not mean that the battle for Shipai is over.

The Yegou detachment located in Niuchangpo was from the 5th Division, which was also a direct descendant of the 11th Army. They did not need to wait for Murakami Kasaku, who was still on the warship, to issue a military order, but had already received the news of the entire army's retreat in advance.

 I started "packing my luggage" in the middle of the night, waiting for the military order to be issued. When the military order from Murakami was issued at around 5 o'clock in the morning, I immediately retreated without any delay.

Lu Sanjiang's reconnaissance company is not a sleepless monster. After several days of hard fighting, the scouts lurking in the mountains are already extremely exhausted, especially after 3 a.m., they enter rest mode.

When they heard the movement of the Japanese army, it was time for the Japanese army to return home. When they saw that the Japanese were about to run away, the shocked scouts quickly reported the Japanese army's unusual movements.

Tang Tuanzuo, who returned to the regiment headquarters, actually slept lightly at night. He had been sitting in the headquarters reading at 4 o'clock in the morning, causing Ye Chenghuan to come out and persuade Tang Dao not to just rely on his youth and good health. Fighting doesn't happen in a day or two, but don't let your body suffer before the battle is over.

You must know that from the time he set foot on the land of Shipai, Tang Dao, who is the supreme commander of the left-wing battlefield of the central position of Shipai, will never sleep for more than 3 hours a day. This has been almost half a month. Can't stand it!

However, as a little butterfly from the future, Tang Dao clearly remembers that it was during a brutal hand-to-hand battle in Gaojialing that the severely damaged Japanese army completely began to intend to retreat, and the 10th Group Army and other units began to encircle Shipai. Later, the arrogant Hengshan Yong had to order an evacuation in order to avoid being dumped.

But in fact, the 11th Division and the 18th Division were both at the end of their efforts. Even the equally proud commander surnamed Hu left the famous "Letter to His Wife" to his wife at home, leaving a farewell message to the commander: "You may not succeed, but you will definitely succeed." According to the message, if the Japanese army were more determined and chose to fight fiercely for another day, it would be hard to say what the final outcome of the Shipai defense battle would be.

But the extremely stubborn train of history runs so stubbornly on its own track. If Isamu Yokoyama had not developed a genetic mutation or had Tang Dao's ability to decipher the fog of the future, he would still have chosen the safest and most reliable option. tactics.

 So, Tang Dao was waiting for news about the withdrawal of the Japanese troops from the front line.

The 2,000 men of the Needle Valley Detachment, who have become a turtle in the urn, cannot satisfy Tang Dao's appetite. At least they have to catch up with the thousands of remnant soldiers of the 231 Infantry Regiment to live up to the sacrifice of the brothers of the Four Lines Regiment who have traveled 2,000 miles away. sacrifice.

This time, the four-line regiment put all its efforts, excluding the 232nd Infantry Regiment, which was ambushed by the mountain infantry company, and withstood a total of about 23,000 attacks from the Yegou Detachment, the 231st Infantry Regiment, and the Needle Valley Detachment in front of the three major defensive positions. .

Although he held his position and inflicted heavy damage on the enemy by relying on his light and heavy firepower advantage and superior terrain, his own losses were also considerable.

Especially the Sifangwan position stationed by the 1st Battalion which was violently attacked by the crazy Needle Valley Detachment. Nearly 180 officers and soldiers were killed in the battle and 200 were seriously injured. On a normal battlefield, the 1st Battalion with more than one-third of the casualties would be considered disabled. .

After several days of fierce fighting, the entire regiment suffered more than 700 casualties, which was a casualty rate of nearly 15%. It was by no means a number that could be ignored casually.

The teacher surnamed Hu said that he would retaliate for his anger. That was because he had never seen Tang Tuanzuo who never took revenge overnight.

Therefore, Tang Dao could not sleep most of the night, waiting for the news that the main force of the 11th Army had begun to retreat. As soon as the scouts here received the news that the Yegou detachment had begun to retreat, Tang Tuanzuo immediately issued a military order: "I order, Let go of the Yegou detachment, the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, and quickly leave their respective defensive positions in accordance with the No. 3 combat plan, move toward the 231st Infantry Regiment, and launch an encirclement."

Then Tang Dao dialed Gu Xishui's phone: "Xishui, I need your mountain infantry company to implement the nail tactics in Plan 3."

Gu Xishui on the other end of the phone trembled violently, but replied without hesitation: "All officers and soldiers of the mountain infantry company, execute the commander's military order!"

"Okay! The 231st Infantry Regiment must pass through Beidou Mountain. You must be a nail to be nailed there. You cannot let a dog from the 231st Infantry Regiment pass. But I need to tell you that the reinforcements need to take a detour, at least It will take 6 hours to arrive, can you do it?" Tang Dao's eyes were solemn, and his face was more serious than ever.

Tang Dao knows that the mountain infantry company has followed the light infantry route since its establishment. The main focus is a method that can quickly maneuver in the mountains and adapt to mountain warfare. Such defense and blocking are not their strengths.

 But now in order to keep the remnants of the 231st Infantry Regiment, he had to use this fast-moving elite in his hands as a nail to nail the Beidou Mountain Pass that the Japanese army must pass through.

With less than 300 troops, they had to block thousands of Japanese troops who wanted to open a retreat path. One can imagine the difficulty.

There was even a moment when Tang Dao subconsciously hoped that Gu Xishui would hesitate, so that he might use other methods to delay the Japanese march. The possibility of annihilating the 231st Infantry Regiment was almost gone.

"The mountain infantry company promises to complete the mission!" Gu Xishui's voice on the phone was extremely determined. "However, I ask the regimental commander to grant me two privileges!"

"speak!"

"First, I want to obtain the command of all reconnaissance companies and reconnaissance groups within five kilometers of our headquarters; second, I want to obtain the command of the artillery battalion of our regiment. During our company's battle with the Japanese invaders, all firing ranges can reach our company's positions. All the forward artillery is under my command!"

"allow!"

“The regimental artillery battalion will immediately move 2,000 meters forward toward Beidou Mountain, and all areas around Beidou Mountain will be within the range of the mountain artillery!

In addition, I will also ask for help from Commanders Hu and Luo, and ask their artillery battalions to provide fire support. By then, your company will have at least 30 mountain guns to support the battle!

 At the same time, the air defense battalion will immediately take action near Beidou Mountain, just for fear that it will be too late! Japanese naval aircraft will definitely try their best to rescue these thousands of Japanese troops. "Tang Dao said honestly.

"It is enough to have artillery support. Sir, back in Songhu, the Japs had planes in the sky, naval guns in the sea, and cannons on the ground. What did our 700,000-strong army have? It was just small cannons and rifles, so we were fighting with them. Three months!" Gu Xishui was extremely free and easy, and even cited the **** battle a few years ago that killed 300,000 Chinese soldiers as an example.

"Okay! After the war, I will personally award medals to the brothers in your mountain infantry company who have achieved military exploits!" Tang Dao said.

"Sir, goodbye!" Gu Xishui said goodbye briefly and hung up the phone.

 It’s not that we have to say goodbye now, but time waits for no one.

The mountain infantry company has been lurking in the mountains since overthrowing the 232nd Infantry Regiment, becoming a chess piece in Tang Dao's hands that can be used for maneuver at any time. The battlefield situation is changeable. Things like this that block the retreat of the 231st Infantry Regiment are all around. The tactical plan prepared by the regiment before the battle was only Plan 3. It was impossible for the mountain infantry company to stay in Beidou Mountain on standby.

At present, they are still 3 kilometers away from Beidou Mountain, and the 231st Infantry Regiment is only 6 kilometers away. The mountain infantry company must occupy the commanding heights and build a simple blocking position before the 231st Infantry Regiment arrives.

“The target is Beidou Mountain. Let me run for everyone. If anyone is too good and can’t run, call me and I will carry him!” Long Yan’s pre-war mobilization order was simple and direct.

"Platoon commander, my leg is lame. Can you put it on my back now?" A sergeant grinned and grinned.

Long Yan turned his eyes and saw, besides his own gang, who else dared to make fun of him? Immediately his eyes rolled: "Long Mu, please come out and take a look. If your leg is really lame, I will keep my word. But if it is not lame, I will follow the wartime military law. What is the crime of faking an injury?"

“Platoon commander, we are treating him as a deserter!” a sergeant quickly helped.

“Yes, let’s do this, Long Mu will come out!” Long Yan’s face was stern. "No! Squadron 3, follow me!" The sergeant trembled in fright, turned around and ran away with his infantry squadron.

“You bitch, I appreciate your shameless look!” Long Yan looked at an infantry squad that quickly disappeared into the dawn light, with a helpless expression on his face.

 “Haha!” The other infantry squads burst into laughter.

“Hurry up and catch up with Class 3. If we don’t rank first, I’ll hang up all of you squad leaders and slap your butts.” Long Yan glared at you again.

The remaining infantrymen turned around and ran away with a smile as their respective squad leaders roared. In their words, it was okay to get second place. After all, they had not seen a few senior squad leaders being whipped with their bare buttocks.

Of course, all joking aside, this pace is not slow at all. Each soldier carries a weight of more than 30 kilograms, but each of them is as fast as a monkey.

This group of mountain infantry companies, which are based on the mountain people of Yeyue Village, may not be able to rank among the top three infantry companies of the Four Lines Regiment in terms of shooting skills, fighting skills, and construction of fortifications, but in terms of cross-country marching with heavy loads, they are among the top three of the Four Lines Regiment. The whole group deserves the No.1 spot.

Even when he heard that he had to use an infantry company to block the thousands of 231st Infantry Regiment who were trying to escape, he was not frightened to the point of weakening his legs. Instead, he was very excited. Long Yan and his more than 80 brothers looked more like they were going on an outing without the slightest bit of fear. There is no solemnity of going to a death appointment.

The sky will not let down those brave people.

The Fourth Infantry Regiment was marching in a hurry, trying to wrap up the 231st Infantry Regiment in a big dumpling, but the 231st Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army, which was hovering on the edge of death, had something wrong.

"Baga! The whole army evacuates? This is impossible?" Yamada Masakichi, who received the evacuation order, looked in disbelief.

You know, on the battlefield of Zhujiaping, he, the army colonel who led the main force of the division, did not take down half of the Chinese positions, but lost half of his troops. Just the corpses that were carried down could cover the entire area. There are a lot of hillsides, not counting those that are still in front of the Chinese positions and cannot be lifted down.

If he just ran away, wouldn't it mean that thousands of people died in vain?

What makes the unwilling Yamada Masaki even more fearful is the reckoning after the fall. His current record ranks second to last in the "entire valley", which is a little better than the Needle Valley detachment, which is still surrounded by the Chinese.

 However, if this retreat order is true, it means that the Needle Valley detachment has been abandoned and the last one is gone. Then he, the second to last one, has to take over!

"I don't believe that His Excellency Yokoyama Isamu and Murakami Keisaku would do such an unwise act. I, Yamada Masakichi, am willing to lead all the officers and soldiers of the 231st Infantry Regiment to break out a **** road for the entire army and conquer Shipai!" Yamada Masakichi actually began to express at this time Determined.

 Sent three consecutive messages to Murakami, hoping to continue attacking Shipai in order to save the lives of more than 2,000 imperial officers and soldiers of the Needle Valley Detachment.

"Shoda-kun, in order to prevent the Imperial Army from suffering greater losses, please implement the military orders of Commander Yokoyama Isamu!" Even though he knew that his subordinate was mostly a performer, Murakami still had the patience to give this post-war inevitable The Army Colonel explained that he would be punished.

 After all, he was still counting on this guy to bring back the main force of his 39th Division! Even if he is already half disabled.

The 232nd Infantry Regiment is basically gone. The 233rd Infantry Regiment is already at its last remaining health outside the Shipai central position. There are only 1,200 combatable soldiers left. If the 231st Infantry with the main force of the division's infantry, artillery, engineering, and supplies The regiment is gone, the 39th Division is no longer elite, and it is not impossible for the remaining personnel to be disbanded and repatriated to the island.

At that time, he, the polished commander, will have to retreat to the main island and go fishing?

Good guys, the Fourth Army Regiment is already sharpening its knives against the pigs and sheep. As a pig and sheep, the head of the 231st Infantry Regiment is still arguing with his division commander about the honor of the Imperial Army.

"Yamada-kun, this is a military order, please execute it immediately! I can tell you that the Nogo detachment has withdrawn from the position an hour ago and is moving closer to the 40th Brigade. His Excellency Yokoyama Isamu has ordered the Xiaochai detachment to come and meet you. Wait, if you can make it in time, you can all have hot rice at dusk." Finally, the extremely impatient Murakami stopped pretending to be kind and sent the last message in a cold tone.

At this time, it was already dark, and the 231st Infantry Regiment missed the best opportunity to evacuate.

"If you want to run away, you have to ask me if I agree. Send an order to each company. Except for leaving necessary personnel to guard the position, I will kill the rest. Keep a distance of one mile from the Japanese army and use machine guns and mortars." Damn it, if they get close, they have to retreat. You can't fight them at close range. You have to stick to them like brown candy so that they can't get rid of them. "You can't wait for a moment on the high ground. Li Jijin, who was furious, received the news that the 231st Infantry Regiment began to gradually retreat, and took a deep breath and issued a pursuit order.

The Yegou detachment of the 2nd Battalion started running mode eight hundred years ago. The 2nd Battalion also packed up half an hour ago and headed towards the mountains around Beidou Mountain according to the No. 3 tactical plan. A company is also detouring nearly 20 kilometers to Beidou Mountain. Mountain reinforcements, but the 231st Infantry Regiment was uncharacteristically sitting on the Diaoyutai as if it had not received military orders, which was elusive.

It was too late to run away now. The mission of the 3rd Battalion was to use all means to hold them back and slow down their march. At the worst, the 231st Infantry Regiment would have to cut off their tails to survive.

 In fact, from this moment on, the 231st Infantry Regiment has lost its last vestige of vitality.

Because under the tactics of the elite four-line regiment like the 3rd Battalion, the 231st Infantry Regiment couldn't run fast enough. It could have arrived at Beidou Mountain in two hours, even if it left enough blocking troops to cut off its tail. It would take an extra hour to survive.

 And these three hours were enough for the mountain infantry company that had arrived at the Beidou Mountain highlands to build a trench more than one meter deep, and even dig out anti-gun holes.

 Given the current state of the main infantry of the 231st Infantry Regiment, which is already full of blood, they will never be able to attack Beidou Mountain in even twice as long, not to mention 6 hours.

During this hour, Tang Tuanzuo was not idle. He went to the central position of Shipai in person and explained his No. 3 tactic to the commander surnamed Hu who was in a very comfortable mood.

When he heard that when the main force of the Japanese army retreated significantly, thousands more Japanese remnants could be surrounded. The division commander surnamed Hu, who hated the Japanese army because of the heavy losses of his troops, was overjoyed. He immediately agreed to the artillery support and ordered the artillery battalion to While maneuvering towards Beidou Mountain under the protection of an infantry regiment, three regiments totaling 4,000 people were also sent to participate in the encirclement of the Needle Valley Detachment and the 231st Infantry Regiment.

This was not only a military achievement that fell from the sky, but also a great opportunity for revenge. The three infantry regiments, which were half exhausted and had to rest, unexpectedly managed to assemble in just half an hour and attack several soldiers in a mighty manner. Sifang Bay kilometers away.

After the 18th Division on the right battlefield heard about it, they also sent an artillery battalion and an infantry regiment without hesitation.

This is the 18th Army. The main force of the Japanese army is not weak in the front, let alone beating the drowned dog.

In just one morning, under Tang Dao's personal command, the Chinese assembled nearly 9,000 infantrymen and more than 13,000 people from various auxiliary arms. They defeated the Japanese troops at Beidou Mountain, 20 kilometers away from the central position of Shipai, and Sifang Bay, 6 kilometers away. The Needle Valley Detachment and the 231st Infantry Regiment of the 39th Division were surrounded by more than 5,300 remaining troops.

Why there are less than 3,500 people left in the 231st Infantry Regiment? That’s because Yamada Masakichi, a strong performer with a strong performance personality, finally started a life-threatening running mode. In order to save his life, he sent 600 infantrymen as a rear guard to block the pursuing four groups. Regiment 3rd Battalion.

 He himself led the main force, abandoned part of the baggage and the seriously wounded, and went straight to Beidou Mountain.

It was obvious that this road was impassable. Nearly three infantry squadrons were lost in one battle. The Japanese army still failed to advance even an inch until more and more Chinese troops came on the march.

 In the field of vision of the telescope, the dark blue figures flashing across the mountains and plains plunged the Japanese Army Colonel into deep despair! (End of chapter)