The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 83 Oolong and Retreat
In the life before He Wei traveled through time, there was an anti-Japanese TV series. There was a plot in the TV series: the Japanese tried to sneak into the base area to eliminate a section of the Eighth Route Army. Fortunately, they were discovered by some Eighth Route Army soldiers who went out at night. These Eighth Route Army soldiers volunteered to cover the large army. During the retreat, they played the trick of attacking in the east and reducing the stoves in the west, that is, deliberately leaving behind the cooking stoves used by the marching troops to paralyze the Japanese army.

As a result, the Japanese army responsible for the pursuit picked up the discarded marching pot and telegraphed it to the division commander.

Unexpectedly, the other party thought that such an irrelevant piece of information was a password, especially since he couldn't find the relevant information in the code book and went through the expired passwords. Finally, he discovered that in the code book, "March Pot = Eighth Route Division Cadre" .

As a result, the Japanese army mistakenly thought that they had captured Eighth Route Division cadres, and they were overjoyed and adjusted all military deployments. Unexpectedly, they finally discovered that it was a solid marching pot, which made the excited division commander angry.

Although it is a film and television drama, this section has a historical prototype. The historical prototype is the US military during the Vietnam War. The same story, the same plot, except that what the US military captured was a bicycle.

When the Japanese army was preparing to readjust, He Wei, who was sleeping in the concealment, had no idea how much trouble he had made. The thunder cannon he made was hit by the Japanese artillery on the opposite side when it was used. The captain mistakenly thought it was a suspected Levins ejector, and the enemy reported it to the superior unit, the Shinohara Corps Headquarters.

So, after layers of redaction and reporting, what was suspected to be a Levins projectile cannon was reported to the top unit. However, just because it had the ability to launch chemical weapons, it inexplicably turned out to be that the Chinese army was likely to use chemical weapons.

Who would have thought that there were no chemical weapons at all, let alone Vince projectile cannons, only a pile of tattered soil launching positions and explosive packs dug out by He Wei.

In a certain respect, the chaos caused by He Wei is indeed somewhat similar to the Marching Pot Incident.

Just because of this small flying thunder cannon, it led to the misunderstanding of the Japanese army, and finally forced the Japanese army to make a troop deployment that was enough to affect the entire battle situation in Xinkou!
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Affected by the illusory so-called chemical weapons of the Chinese army, Goto Juro accepted the order and quickly returned to the wing command post. Using the phone, the messenger issued a full-line retreat order to each attacking brigade. No. 16 Wing attacked. The main area is the mountainous area on the west line of Xinkou. The terrain of the mountainous area is different from that of the plain area. It is steep and rugged. The extremely complex terrain seriously weakened the Japanese army's firepower advantage.

After two consecutive days of offensive, although the No. 16 Wing achieved some results, it was also very hard. This hard work was not only the hard work of the attack process, but also the hard work of the environment and other aspects. Whenever a Chinese army was captured, The positions on the mountains will soon enter a defensive state to defend against counterattacks by the Chinese army anytime and anywhere. The complex terrain gives the Chinese army a large number of hiding places. In many cases, the positions of the two sides are only a few dozen meters apart, and they can even be heard. The sound of the enemy talking in the trenches.

Between the positions of both sides, there were weapons, ammunition, telephone lines, corpses left by both sides, and even wounded soldiers who could not be evacuated. The smell of rotting corpses spread throughout the valley. The miserable state was beyond words. .

The 16th Regiment is a veteran force of the Japanese army, and the Chinese army that fights with it is not far behind. The main forces fighting the No. 14 Regiment are the Chinese Army's No. 80 Army, No. 80 Third Division and No. 83 Fifth Division. , the 80rd Division is a German-style adjustment division. It participated in the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War and is also a veteran force. The No. [-] Fifth Division is the former Guizhou local army that was annexed by the Central Army. It is also a German-style adjustment division. The majority of the officers and soldiers in the division For Guizhou athletes, they fought hard against the Japanese army without giving in.

Often, as soon as the Japanese army captured a position, the Chinese army immediately launched a counterattack. Under such fierce resistance and melee, the first line position of the No. 16 Regiment was almost intertwined with the Chinese army's position. There is you in it.

With the battle lines drawn like this, it was destined that the retreat of the No. 16 Regiment in front of the enemy would be impossible without being discovered.

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Late at night, on the western front of Xinkou, in the highlands of Youshuigou, in the position of the 83th Regiment of No. 20 Ninth Brigade of the 50rd Division, the officers and soldiers of the 30rd Company of the [-]th Regiment lay down in the trench, staring closely at the enemy more than [-] meters away. Position, just five hours ago, the trench that originally belonged to them was taken over by the Japanese troops rushing up along the high ground. After that, the officers and soldiers of the third company launched six consecutive charges, but unfortunately they all failed, except for those who remained. Except for removing the bodies of more than [-] officers and soldiers, no progress was made.

In the empty space between the two army positions, telephone lines, ammunition boxes, barbed wire, corpses, and various weapons and ammunition were scattered everywhere. The air was filled with the stench of rotting corpses and maggots. Despite repeated failed assaults, But this did not dampen the spirit of the officers and soldiers of the third company.Many of the officers and soldiers of the 83th Regiment were veterans who had participated in the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War and had fought bloody battles with the Japanese at Nantianmen.The former commander of the [-]th Regiment, Colonel Zeng Xianbang (a graduate of the fourth phase of Huangpu), died heroically a month ago. The commander of the [-]rd Division, Liu Kan, sent a platoon of troops to snatch the body of Commander Zeng from the line of fire. Therefore, The officers and soldiers of the [-]th Regiment had a deep hatred for the Japanese army, and they were all determined to fight the Japanese army.

"hurry up!"

After repeated assault failures, the officers and soldiers of the third company changed their tactics and began to adopt the tactics of earth excavation. They used shovels, pickaxes, bayonets, and helmets to dig forward, constantly narrowing the distance with the Japanese army. The third company commander followed the soldiers digging trenches. , while listening to the subtle noises coming from the opposite position, he whispered to urge his soldiers to work.

"Company Commander, it's almost done."

A corporal climbed up to the third company commander and whispered. At this time, after the hard work of the officers and soldiers of the third company, the distance between the two sides had been reduced to 30 meters, which was within the throwing range of grenades.

The third company commander picked up the shell gun and shouted: "Get ready!"

The first row behind them was the bombardiers, all holding open long-handled grenades, and behind them were the riflemen with medium and formal rifles, all with bayonets fixed.

"bomb!"

The commander of the third company shouted, and the dozen or so grenadiers behind him stood up suddenly, threw the grenades, boom boom boom - all the grenades accurately fell into the trenches occupied by the Japanese army. After the violent explosion, the third company The officers and soldiers launched another charge. This time, they recaptured the trench that originally belonged to them without any losses, but the scene inside the trench stunned them.

In the dark night, no one could be seen. After searching all along the trench, the officers and soldiers of the third company found only a few scattered corpses, as well as many ammunition, cans, and biscuits abandoned by the Japanese army that were too late to take away.

The commander of the third company was in the trench that suddenly became extremely quiet. He originally planned to fight to the end but failed. Unfortunately, at the same time, the commander of the third company suddenly had an ominous premonition.

"Commander, go and report to the battalion commander that all the enemies have withdrawn!
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A few ten minutes ago, the third company was still fighting hard, but after the counterattack, they found that the enemies who had been fighting life and death for several days from day to night, and from night to day had all withdrawn.

This night, in the mountainous position on the west line of Xinkou, this happened not only to the third company, but also to almost all the companies of the No. 80 Third Division and the No. 80 Fifth Division who were repeatedly strangled by the Japanese on the front line. In response to this strange situation, most of the first-line companies, like the third company, found that there was no one in the position when they counterattacked. The better ones only discovered the Japanese retreating movement and gave some firepower to pursue them.

Continuous intelligence was passed from the front line to the regiments and division headquarters of the 85th Division and the 83rd Division, and finally summarized to the No. 14 Army Headquarters. All the intelligence indicated one situation - the Japanese troops suddenly withdrew!
(End of this chapter)