Chapter 143 The Last Chance

The 8th Division, which suffered setbacks in the positions of the 29th Army, was exhausted. At the same time, the 6th Division of the 32nd Army of Shang Zhen did not make much progress. Wudo Nobuyi regretted choosing the 29th Army as a breakthrough point at this moment. Although the 29th Army is a miscellaneous brand and poor weaponry, its combat will is very tenacious, which is much beyond Mudo Nobuyi's expectations.

Wuto Shinyi didn't know that Song Zheyuan had been forced to a dead end at this moment. He either fought with the Japanese army to death, or he would get rid of his armor and return to the field, destroying the reputation of the Northwest Army. Do you force me to let me die? How could Song Zheyuan, a man from Northwest, let Wuto Shinyi be so powerful that everyone would die together! He also had to take a cull for the moment. This is Song Zheyuan's habit.

So Muto's life was sad, and the expected breakthrough point was as stable as the reefs of Mount Tai. The Japanese army lacked material support, especially sufficient artillery shells and air support, were really cruel and cruel, and the northwest man. The Japanese and Dadao became the deepest memory of the Great Wall.

The only highlight is that the 16th Division once again defeated Wan Fulin's troops and surrounded the 120th Division of the Northeast Army that was cut off.

When he learned of the frontline battle situation, He Yingqin threw his teapot to the ground, and a general was incompetent to exhaust his troops! The equipment of the Northeast Army was far better than that of the Northwest Army, and the soldiers on both sides were not vague when fighting, otherwise the two sides would not have such deep hatred in the war of the Central Plains.

The senior generals have no intention of fighting, so who is willing to die? He Yingqin thinks that the one who needs to be reorganized is the nearly 300,000 troops of the Northeast Frontier Defense Force. It is urgent to replace the generals.

In the offensive and defensive battle in Chengde, it was difficult to completely wipe out all the new first divisions of the Chinese defenders. Muto Nobuyi made an extremely painful decision, that is, the entire army retreated. Since the tactical purpose of harassing the Chinese army along the Great Wall has been achieved, there is no need for the Kanto Army to attack the Resident Headquarters to be too entangled on this foregone conclusion. The so-called "can take it and let it go," but the Japanese are typical people who can take it and can't let it go. In other words, they will not be able to lose.

After Muto Nobuyi's retreat order was issued, hundreds of desperate Japanese soldiers were killed and injured. Some radical young Kanto Army sent officers to try to show their ambitions to death and ask the commander to change the wrong orders. They could clearly fight to Peiping, so why should they withdraw their troops?

Muto Nobuyi dared not explain to the grassroots officers below that the Chaoyang Lalatun Logistics Base and the Kwantung Army Air Force were attacked. Once the news spreads, an orderly retreat may become a collapse. If it is pursued by the Chinese army, then retreat will become a luxury.

In fact, except for other fanatical and irrational middle and low-level Japanese officers, most people have long analyzed the number of supplies sent to the rear that there is a problem with the supply base at the rear. Especially the logistics officers at the level of each division, brigade, corps, and corps, and the officers of the baggage team are more clear.

Taking the Eighth Division as an example, the 29th Army headquarters of the Chinese Army at Xifengkou, the front line of the Great Wall, did not receive any supplies except for a small amount of horse materials and grain collected on the spot, especially the extremely scarce 75mm caliber grenades.

The Japanese troops along the Great Wall were retreating in an orderly manner. Wuto Nobuyi, who was personally visiting the frontier of Chengde, triggered the shouts of Japanese officers and soldiers like tsunamis?

The Japanese front-line attack position was less than 200 meters away from the Chinese defender Chengde Women's Middle School. Zhang Xuewu's command center was behind the Japanese light and heavy machine gun range. However, the field artillery corps of the 10th Division of the Japanese was previously destroyed by the mechanized regiment of the newly formed First Division, and then all the remaining shells were all allocated to the 8th Division. Therefore, even if the 10th Division advanced to such a distance, there were no shells to make things difficult for Zhang Xuewu.

The Chinese defenders acted as fixed firepower chariots on the positions of the Chinese defenders annoyed the Japanese army. For the Japanese Type 38 small-caliber combat defense cannons with low accuracy, they were too far away and could not hit the target. If the distance was close, they would be attacked by Chinese mortars. The Chinese army's Maxin heavy machine gun was equipped with a steel-core bullet that could easily penetrate the shield of the Type 38 war defense cannon.

Just when the Japanese army scolded someone who came up with a bad idea to use damaged tanks as fixed firepower points, they probably didn't know that Zhang Xuewu's inspiration was inspired by the Japanese garrison when he was garrisoning in Jinghai.

Materlin looked in surprise at the direction of the Japanese position in the night and frowned, saying, "Zhang! What's wrong with the Japanese? What festival do they want to celebrate today?"

Zhang Xuewu said disdainfully: "It is estimated that a senior general has arrived in front of the frontier to inspect, so Japan is like a chicken blood. There are intelligence from Peking that the Japanese army began to retreat from the passes of the Great Wall. The 29th Army, the 32nd Army, and the 17th Army asked whether to pursue it. It is estimated that tomorrow may be the most difficult day for us, and the Japanese may be willing to take it all."

Zhang Tianpeng, the commander of the cannon troop standing next to Metlin, said a little depressed: "I would have known that I would have left a base shell, even half a base! This will make sure that the shelling will be accurate to catch a bunch of big turtle bastards!" Zhang Tianpeng was unwilling to measure the coordinates with his fingers and sighed slightly.

Materlin seemed to suddenly think of something and said, "Zhang, go and comfort the troops too! Inspire morale!"

Zhang Xuewu glanced at Metlin with a strange look and said, "I basically have to go down five or six times a day. Wherever there are pits in the frontier positions, wherever there is unevenness, I can walk without a torch flashlight. What can I inspire? Let our officers and soldiers shout like the group of mentally retarded people on the other side? Then use the tactics of people to block the gun hole and fill the cannon pit? I don't do it! A real commander will not use the lives of his subordinates as his bargaining chips."

It can be said that since Chengde City was in danger, Zhang Tianpeng has been looking for excuses of various kinds and such aside Zhang Xuewu almost every day, because Zhang Tianpeng knew very well that the artillery regiment was the only last reserve team that could be used by the newly formed First Division, but the training of artillery was different from that of infantry. One year or six months of intensive training may be able to train a cannon fodder infantry. However, compared with artillery soldiers of technical troops, it is impossible to train a qualified artillery without three to five years of solid training and a large number of real-time artillery shells, let alone the artillery squad leader and commander.

The Northeast Army is the only local faction in China that can produce 75mm field artillery shells by itself, which determines that the Northeast Army's artillery has a unique advantage. When the Fengtian Army fought with the Northwest Army in a series of bloody battles, the artillery made great achievements and smashed the Northwest Army into a cover-up.

The old foundation of the newly compiled First Division Artillery Regiment is the expansion of the 7th Infantry Brigade of the National Defense Brigade of the Northeast Frontier Defense Forces. Zhang Tianpeng really couldn't bear to go to the front line to fight with the Japanese for bayonets, so his regiment commander naturally needed to constantly inquire about the frontline situation.

Zhang Xuewu was even more reluctant than Zhang Tianpeng, so even though the city walls were tight, Zhang Xuewu generals all had their guard battalions and reconnaissance battalions were over, but he did not draw any soldiers or soldiers from the artillery regiment.

Muto Nobuyi, who had inspected the frontier, was following a large number of followers. In a solid, full-coverage underground artillery observation center, Muto Nobuyiyao stood under the gun team mirror with interest. Chengde, full of ruins, was right in front of him, but the Chinese army in the city emerged one after another as if it was unclear!

Tomorrow is your last chance!

Hirose Shousuke stood behind Muto Nobuyoshi with a serious expression. After hesitating for a while, Hirose Shousuke mustered up the courage to speak to Muto Nobuyoshi in a very low voice: "Commander, I think we should stop attacking Seung-de!"

Muto Nobuyoshi turned around and looked at Hirose Shousuke in surprise and said in surprise: "Hirose, are you timid?"

Hirose Shousuke shook his head and said, "Commander, this will be an unnecessary sacrifice. The Chinese army that adheres to Chengde is determined to have sufficient ammunition. On the other hand, our army has lost all its strength in continuous combat, and now the supply industry of our division is insufficient. It is really not worth the cost to launch a fierce attack on Chengde! This is simply a meaningless battle. Unless we are given enough heavy artillery and bombing support, and to attack a strong city like Chengde or deal with the hard bones of the newly formed First Division of the Nanjing government, we should consider using special ammunition on a large scale to attack."

"Baga!" Muto Nobuyoshi frowned and said angrily: "As an imperial soldier, every battle is for His Majesty the Emperor, and for the future of the Japanese Empire, every drop of blood we shed is valuable. In Chinese, we are at the end of our strength, but why don't we know that the Chinese army in the city is the same? In such a tragic tug-of-war, who often can persist in the last five minutes will win."

"I need victory! The Great Japanese Empire needs victory! His Majesty the Emperor needs victory! Hirose Jun! Just one victory is enough. Do you understand? Please!" Muto Nobuyoshi actually bowed deeply to Hirose Shousuke. Hirose Shousuke, who was so ashamed that his face was flushed, said a little excitedly: "Please rest assured, Commander, I will definitely capture Seungdo Castle for you.

When a trace of fish appeared on the sky, Hirose Shousuke and Muto Nobuyoshi both slept overnight. They stood side by side in front of the artillery mirror of the underground command center. Japanese soldiers were entering the position. Since the old street had become a cemetery for Japanese officers and soldiers, the 14th Division drew together three full infantry brigades to reinforce the 10th Division and joined the main attack direction, while the 14th Division headquarters carried out restraining attacks in the old street.

The Japanese offensive troops began to slowly enter the position. Since the artillery shells were exhausted, the Japanese decisive attack was not covered by artillery fire. The versatile Japanese staff explained to the attacking troops below that in order to achieve the suddenness of the assault, no artillery support plan was formulated.

No one is an idiot. Even the fanatical young officers who are infinitely loyal to the Emperor feel something is wrong. Nothing is synonymous with the logistics supply station. There is insufficient guns and bullets and no shells! It seems that our situation is really bad.

At this moment, a loud trumpet sound came from Chengde City. The Japanese troops slowly entering the position suddenly fell down and did not dare to move. A staff officer next to Muto Nobuyi, who was nervous and tightened, shouted loudly: "Go and find someone who understands the Chinese military trumpet sound immediately. I want to know what this means!"

Soon, a Japanese logistics staff member who knew the Chinese army's horn sound was found in the command post. Faced with the rare commander and the division commander, the Japanese logistics staff member who was a little excited told Muto Nobuyoshi and Hirose Shousuke that this horn was the flag-raising call of the Chinese army.

The Chinese army actually wanted to raise the flag? At this moment, the sky gradually became bright. Muto Nobuyoshi and Hirose Shousuke could see through the high-powered artillery mirrors that were able to see clearly that there was indeed a high-mounted flagpole before the collapsed ruins of Chengde Women's Middle School? Several Chinese soldiers escorted under the flagpole in an orderly queue of about fifty Chinese soldiers. Amid the infuriating sounds, a flag with blue sky, white sun and red on the ground slowly rose towards the morning glow.

At this moment, there were few bullets in the ruins of Chengde City, and the eyes of starving Chinese soldiers were wet. Due to the crazy attacks and bold interludes of the Japanese army, many Chinese officers and soldiers in Chengde City were separated from their main forces. They insisted on using all possible means to attack the Japanese siege troops in the ruins.

When the national flag rose from Chengde Women's Middle School, they knew that it was a declaration to the Japanese army that Chengde was still in our hands. For a moment, the eyes of these officers and soldiers who had died of blood and sacrifice did not even frown were wet. The fierce battle of more than ten days proved that not all Chinese soldiers were incompetent. The big Japanese Imperial Army who was screaming was swept by a machine gun!

For what, the Chinese army dared to raise the flag within the range of its own light and heavy machine guns? Muto Nobuyoshi looked at Hirose Shousuke in surprise. Hirose Shousuke, who was ashamed, immediately waved his hand and shouted: "Shoot! Order forward shooting, they must not be allowed to complete the flag raising calmly!"

In the crazy firepower of the Japanese light and heavy machine guns, the wooden flagpole was shot and tilted many times. Chinese soldiers squeezed the flagpole tightly in the Japanese army's rain of bullets. The blood mist brought by the bullets through their bodies seemed extremely beautiful under the rising sun. In order to destroy the flag, Hirose Shousuke even ordered the launch of one of the few heavy mortar shells.

After the smoke of gunpowder dissipated, the flag-raising suicide squad consisting of fifty-two Chinese soldiers were all sacrificed under the flagpole. A second lieutenant still held the flag rope and refused to let go. The blood of the brave soldiers infiltrated the land of the motherland under them.

Looking at these sacrificed soldiers, most of them maintained their previous appearance of passionate blood, without fear or retreat! The perseverance of Chinese soldiers was fully reflected by them. Zhang Xuewu let tears flow on his cheeks. This was the only way he discussed with Li Songtao, Zhao Xinyu, Xu Guohui and others to boost morale and attack the morale of the Japanese! This was undoubtedly a tragic choice.

As a commander, is it just for the so-called verbal responsibility to make such sacrifices? What is the responsibility of a soldier? How should he choose in the face of foreign insults?

Zhang Xuewu, Li Songtao, Xu Guohui, Zhao Xinyu, Zhang Tianpeng, Wang Chuang, Metlin and other commanders slowly raised their right hands to salute, and looked at these brave and fearless heroes with solemn expressions! I will take back ten times today's sacrifice in the future! Zhang Xuewu's sonorous and powerful oath echoed among the ruins of Chengde City.

When the smoke of gunpowder dissipated and the flesh and blood of Chinese soldiers consolidated the national flag, in an instant, Muto Nobuyi seemed to have become aged in his teens? The fierce spirit of the dragon spirit and tiger in the past seemed to have been taken away in an instant?

Muto Nobuyi looked at Hirose Shousuke with some depressed resignation and said, "Order the troops to stop attacking and prepare for retreat!"

Hirose Shousuke looked at Muto Nobuyoshi in surprise, hesitated for a moment and was about to ask, but Muto Nobuyoshi waved his hand and said, "Please don't say anything more. How can we defeat them with such an army? In order to protect the flag in their hearts, they can sacrifice their lives and persevere? Fighting with such an army is the honor of your and my soldiers, but it is also the sorrow of you and me! We are not their opponents, and if we insist on eliminating them, we will lose more than we can."

Muto Nobuyi looked at Chengde City, which was already in ruins for the last time, and sighed to himself: "I don't know when I will come again!"
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