Rise From Eight Hundred

 It’s already June in a blink of an eye!

The sun is blazing, but the Japanese army is ready to move. The Japanese 40th Division on the north bank of the Han River is already in full swing.

The Fourth Army Regiment, which had been resting for nearly two months, received an order to prepare to march into the war zone and work with the 67th Army to block it.

During May, Tang Dao had already met with Commander Wu at his military headquarters in Baokang County. He took a second-generation assault jeep named "Dongfeng" by Tang Dao.

The mammoth convoy and horse team composed of 8 jeeps and a cavalry company, and the high muzzles of 8 12.7 mm heavy machine guns made everyone tremble.

"Your son is really too high-profile. Let other army and division commanders see it. On the surface, they don't say anything, but behind the scenes, I'm afraid they say that your son is using the Rockefeller family to buy the latest equipment. Not only to prepare for the war against Japan, but also to In order to fight against Shangfeng, that person was originally extremely dissatisfied with you, but now that the war has slowed down and the external pressure has eased, it is inevitable that he will do something to maintain his authority.

As for Chief Li, although you sent 5 jeeps there, your convoy was larger than his, and you were escorted by a company of fully armed cavalry, so your majesty overshadowed his. "Commander Wu should have heard some rumors, so he advised Tang Dao to keep a low profile.

This is understandable from his point of view. It is now a national war. In order to restore the country, the No. 2 figure in the Northeast Army is even willing to temporarily endure the anger of the soul of the Northeast Army being imprisoned and fight under his command. Naturally I don't want to see Tang Dao openly contradicting that person.

But he didn't know that this was Tang Dao's deliberate act, including the telegram sent to all the school officers of the Fourth Line Regiment of the Theater Command in early May to refuse to participate in the education class.

That was Tang Dao indirectly expressing his attitude toward the Jiangnan incident that broke out a month and a half ago.

An infantry corps headquarters of the Eightyth Army located in the south of the Yangtze River and a detachment of 9,000 people responsible for protecting it were ambushed by 80,000 troops from his direct line, causing thousands of casualties.

That was obviously a premeditated act. Tang Dao actually sent a warning to the headquarters of the 80th Army through Brigadier Cheng more than half a year ago.

However, the 80th Army misjudged the ruthlessness of that person and did not expect that he could endure it for so long. They waited until the Battle of Shipai was completely over before brazenly launching this despicable attack.

As soon as the news came out, the whole country was in an uproar!

The Eightyth Army expressed its extremely strong anger and organized two consecutive counterattacks against Japan on the North China battlefield, annihilating nearly 20,000 Japanese troops and showing off its muscles to that extremely tough man.

If it were not for the national war plan, the angry 80th Army could even withdraw more than 200,000 troops from the North China battlefield to attack Shaanxi Province.

If those thousands of elite soldiers had not died at the hands of his own people, even if they were exchanged for one, thousands of Japanese soldiers would have died. Whenever he thought of this, Tang Dao, who was unable to change history, felt quite depressed.

Since you feel bad yourself, why should you make the initiator feel better?

Of course, what Commander Wu said was reasonable. Tang Dao's "showing off his power" made many colleagues in the fifth theater feel quite unhappy.

Tang Dao left five Dongfeng jeeps as gifts for Commander Wu, and drove three of them back.

On June 8, after receiving a secret message from the Operations Division under the Staff Department of the Theater Command asking Tang Dao to go to the Theater Command in Xianrendu, Tang Dao, who was still holding the position of Chief of Section 1 of the Theater Operations Division, brought a The guard squad set off on horseback.

On June 9, after arriving at the theater headquarters, the lieutenant general's chief of staff personally presided over a combat meeting. The chief of staff of the 67th Army and one division commander, one division chief of staff, two brigade commanders and subordinates of the 32nd Group Army The 70th Army has one lieutenant general division commander and two major general brigade commanders.

The level and scale of the meeting are not too large for a theater-level staff headquarters, but those who can participate in this meeting are all major generals or above. Tang Dao, an army colonel, can sit in the front row of the conference table, obviously not because of him. Instead of the title of head of the regiment, General Li specially assigned him the title of Chief of the First Section of the Operations Department.

Originally, General Li wanted to have the two divisions and the Four Lines Regiment of the 67th Army, totaling about 28,000 people, to deal with the Japanese 40th Division, which was about to move. However, the general commander of the 32nd Group Army, which is affiliated to the Central Military Department, You have to get involved.

In fact, the size of the troops in the Fifth Theater has been decreasing since 1939. They are basically composed of the group army controlled by the Guangxi Clan, the Sichuan Army Group Army, the Northwest Army, etc. It was only during the Zaoyi Battle in the middle of last year that the Fifth Theater independently fought against the Japanese Army. The 11th Army suffered huge losses, and the 32nd Group Army, which was affiliated with the Central Military Department, was transferred from other theaters to the Fifth Theater. The name was to strengthen the strength of the Fifth Theater, but the real reason was self-evident.

Moreover, the second-level Shangguan general of the 32nd Group Army also serves as the deputy commander of the fifth theater, which is obviously used to suppress General Li.

Fortunately, the main forces such as the 33rd Group Army commanded by General Zhang of the Fifth Theater, the 11th Group Army of the Guangxi Faction, the 22nd Group Army and the 29th Group Army of the Sichuan Faction, and the 67th Army of the Northeast Military Faction have all been fighting for a long time under the command of General Li. , both publicly and privately, strongly supported General Li. This Guangxi leader could also firmly hold military power.

It's just a small matter like this where the 70th Army, the main force of the 32nd Group Army, took the initiative to fight. Naturally, General Li couldn't brush off the kindness of his deputy, so he also asked the 70th Army, which was stationed in Zijin Mountain in Gucheng, to dispatch the 19th Division, its main force, to participate in this battle. .

The combat meeting lasted for two days, and the enemy blocking areas for the three departments that were about to participate in the war were deployed and the communication codes between the departments were determined.

Naturally, there were some disputes during this period, such as who was the leader and who was the auxiliary, who was on the frontal battlefield, who was guarding the flanks and supplies, etc. These were all normal things.

This time, Tang Dao took the advice and did not say much at the battle meeting. He said, "I am a brick of the revolution. Wherever it needs to be moved."

The Japanese 40th Division is just a second-line division. Although it has more than 20,000 troops, this war zone used two B divisions, one A division and a special forces regiment, with a total strength of more than 40,000. It was another battle. The difficulty of blocking was the lowest since Tang Dao entered the war.

Tang Dao knew that in such a small and painless battlefield, there was no need for the Four Elements Regiment to compete for the top spot. Since the Central Army wanted it, just give it to them. He could rest assured and provide his own support. If it really happened When encountering the indifferent Japanese and gathering the main force to attack him as a flank defender, it would be bad luck for them.

Sure enough, Tang Dao's inaction made the three generals of the 70th Army look at Tang Dao much more favorably.

Everything is normal!

However, when Tang Dao returned from the headquarters on June 11, crossed the Han River and passed through a hilly area where Cihe Town was located, he was unexpectedly attacked.

This was clearly a well-planned ambush.

There were about 200 attackers in total. Not only did they possess extremely accurate shooting skills, they also had 6 heavy machine guns, 10 light machine guns, and even submachine guns like MP28.

The terrifying combination of long, medium and short-range firepower was extremely good, leaving Tang Tuanzuo and the accompanying elite guard squad, who were caught off guard and could only defend on the spot, at a complete disadvantage in terms of firepower.

Furthermore, the attackers were extremely fierce. They seemed to know that Tang Dao carried a field radio with him and could call for support. After completing the encirclement of the 17 Chinese soldiers, they used long-range firepower and long-range precision sniping to attack the Chinese in the encirclement. Soldiers conducted fire suppression and covered the attack of more than 150 attackers.

Its melee weapons and equipment are no worse than those of the guard squad. There are nearly 40 MP28 submachine guns alone. In addition, there are also the Garand rifles commonly known as the Big Eight Grains, which are semi-automatic rifles that the Chinese army first imported from the United States a few years ago. The number of troops qualified to equip such rifles is less than one division, and even ace armies such as the 71st and 74th have only begun to equip them.

But these attackers actually carried more than 50 rods!

The strength of the troops is more than 10 times, and the weapons, equipment and combat quality of the personnel are no worse than those of the Sixings Regiment's security squad. One can imagine the pressure faced by Tang Dao and the 15 security squad soldiers.

However, what is extremely paradoxical is that the attack occurred at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. There was an infantry company stationed less than 15 miles away from the incident. Even if the fierce gunfire could not reach them, the surrounding mountain people could hear it and send their troops to that person. Infantry company reports.

Even if it was climbed, it would have taken two hours to climb over, but the result was that the cavalry battalion of the Fourth Line Regiment arrived at the scene across a mountain road of 40 kilometers, and the infantry company did not see a single person.

It was as if this fierce battle lasting more than 2 hours was in another time and space.

Yes, even if the attackers had the upper hand, it still lasted 2 hours from the beginning of the ambush to the last moment the gunfire stopped.

The Chinese soldiers in the encirclement broke out with unprecedented energy, making it impossible for an enemy 10 times their size to break through a temporary position composed entirely of natural bunkers.

However, in the face of absolute strength, they failed in the end.

"Tang Dao was attacked. After holding on for two hours, he broke through the encirclement and retreated into the mountains. His life or death is unknown at the moment!"

"Tang Dao was attacked, and 13 people from his guard squad were killed on the spot, and the remaining casualties are unknown!"

"More than 300 cavalrymen from the cavalry battalion of the Fourth Line Regiment arrived at the attack site!" "About 500 people from the reconnaissance company and mountain infantry company of the Fourth Line Regiment arrived at the attack site. One of them surrounded the infantry of the 109th Division of the 32nd Group Army who were undergoing long-distance march training. Company, the two sides are about to meet with swords and guns!"

"The First, Second, and Third Battalions, Artillery Battalion, and Air Defense Battalion of the Four-Hong Regiment have already departed and are currently hiding in the mountains, with their whereabouts unknown!"

"This is going to be a big deal!" Holding the secret reports constantly sent from the theater intelligence office in his hand, the lieutenant general's chief of staff felt as if a honeycomb had been stuffed into his head. Apart from the buzzing, he could no longer hear any sound. .

The fact that Tang Dao was attacked in the controlled area of ​​​​the war zone was already frightening and angry.

As long as you are not a fool, you will know that there must be something wrong here. Otherwise, how could you seize such a good opportunity, just when Tang Dao returns from the combat meeting at the theater headquarters?

Regardless of whether the attacker is Chinese or Japanese, the traitor must be indispensable, perhaps, within the theater headquarters.

The overall reaction of the Four Elements Regiment was so intense that it made the chief of staff of the theater even look pale.

That was a heroic group that once defeated 20,000 Japanese troops. Once they went crazy, who in the entire war zone could stop them?

Commander Wu of the 67th Army and Tang Dao have been friends for many years, and the friendship was forged during four days and nights of **** battles in Songjiang. It is said that when the Four Lines Regiment was first established, many elites of the 67th Army joined the Four Lines Regiment. It would be a good thing if he didn't go crazy with him. Do you expect him to send a single soldier?

The 22nd Army belongs to the Sichuan Army. Tang Dao and the Sixing Regiment were once the infantry regiments directly under their Army Headquarters. The Sichuan people are extremely united after three years of resistance. How do you expect them to fight among themselves? That's a no-brainer.

Not to mention the 33rd Army, General Zhang, who died in the battle to protect the spirit of Tang Dao, returned to the mountain city. Everyone in the 33rd Army shed tears of gratitude.

And if he wants the 11th Army of the Guangxi Army to restrain this beast that is about to go crazy, the Lieutenant General and Chief of Staff feels pain in his heart. How many elites must die?

"As long as Tang Dao is not dead, Si Xing Tuan will not really go crazy. As long as he hides in the mountains, with his ability, the probability of surviving is higher than 90%.

I **** all the members of the infantry company of the 70th Army and asked the military police of the war zone to investigate whose orders they received and when they conveyed them.

Tell them that this is an order from the theater headquarters. Anyone who dares to resist will have military law enforced on the spot!

Send the war zone security division to look for me and find those attackers. I want them alive and dead. No one is missing. I want to give an explanation to Tang Dao and the Four Elements Group.

Also, I want to go to the scene to see who has the ability to sneak into my 5th theater to attack and kill my most powerful general. "General Li's face was as cold as frost, and he punched the small table hard.

A political veteran who has always been overjoyed rarely revealed his inner emotions.

This anger is not just about the attack on Tang Dao itself. In the war between the two countries, assassinations and attacks are all tactics.

Since the beginning of the war, there have been at least hundreds of assassination attacks by the Chinese on senior Japanese generals and key lieutenants. Assassinations on traitor lackeys who defected to the Japanese army have occurred almost every day.

However, not long after Tang Dao expressed his dissatisfaction with the reward for his military exploits, he encountered such a powerful attack and killing in his own war zone. Does that mean that anyone who opposes him will be assassinated?

What made the general commander even more angry was that the person behind the plan actually put this **** basin on his head, Mr. Li.

Because Tang Dao was ordered to attend a high-level military meeting organized by his theater headquarters, and this happened.

It would be weird for the thousands of officers and soldiers of the Four Lines Regiment to not be directed at him, the commander of the war zone, with their raging anger before they learned the truth.

When General Li arrived at the scene, it was already around 7 p.m., and the scene had already been surrounded by 300 officers and soldiers of the Fourth Army Regiment with firepower.

A guard battalion that the theater command was ordered to arrive and people from the staff, military police and other departments were on the periphery and could not enter the attack site.

The captain who led the Four Lines Regiment didn't have any explanation. No matter he was a major general or a colonel, if anyone dared to go to the former, there would be countless guns pointed at him.

The extremely cold faces and sad and angry eyes made them feel that those soldiers really knew how to shoot.

The first few officers from the Theater Intelligence Division who arrived at the scene were detained. Their faces were more or less scarred, and they looked a little embarrassed. That was the response they received after their explanation.

The officers and soldiers of the Fourth Army Regiment, who were already on the verge of going crazy, regarded everyone as a suspect, especially the theater headquarters that sent the secret message.

"I promise you that I will give you a satisfactory explanation! No matter who is involved in this matter, I will get to the bottom of it." General Li gave this reply in the face of the cold-faced captain's eyes.

There was a long silence before the cold-faced captain moved out of the way.

However, he did not salute.

This was the greatest restraint Gu Xishui could do.

When they were attacked on the way to the meeting, the local garrison did not come to help. The attackers used the most sophisticated firearms currently equipped by the national army. Even if the attackers were all Japanese, they could never eliminate internal suspicion.

The scene was extremely tragic!

13 bodies were gathered and laid flat on the hillside. The ones with the fewest bullets had more than 10 bullet holes, and two of them were pieced together manually.

Judging from the torn wounds, it was obvious that he had been seriously injured before he fired a grenade and died with the enemy.

After standing in front of the remains of 13 soldiers from the security squad of the Fourth Army Regiment who died in the battle, General Li went to the area where the two sides fought for five minutes.

There were more than 160 corpses of the attackers, all stripped of their clothes, revealing their once strong bodies.

The dents on the shoulders caused by long-term impacts from gun butts, the thick and powerful arms, and the calluses on the tiger's mouth all prove that these people are veterans who have received more than three years of firearms shooting training.

"These Japanese are very strong! The shot in the chest of a brother in my guard class was at least shot from 350 meters away. Without a scope, a shot from such a long distance hit a vital part of the human body. , Not many people in our regiment can do it." Gu Xishui, who followed General Li silently, finally spoke.

"How do you determine that they are all Japanese?" As General Li asked, he saw the cold-faced captain looking at the toes of the corpse.

It suddenly became clear!

The toes of Japanese people are very slightly different from those of Chinese people. It is not that the structure and shape are different, but that the width between the thumb and second toe is different. This is caused by wearing clogs all year round and will not happen due to how many years in the military. Change.

"Such an elite soldier who can organize so many people must be qualified by a very high-level organization. And these people want to sneak into our war zone quietly. It is absolutely impossible without insiders to provide cover." Gu Xishui continued.

"We have found their camping site. Based on the analysis of the freshness of their feces buried in the soil, they stayed here for three days."

General Li narrowed his eyes.

On the 3rd, it was the eve of Tang Dao's arrival at the theater headquarters.

That shows that those people had already arrived here one day after the theater staff sent a secret message asking Tang Dao to come to the headquarters for a combat meeting.

They were even considered dead as the only way for Tang Dao to return! (End of chapter)