Song Yuhang hammered his fist on the map, and in the face of the Japanese army's superior forces' frenzied attacks for days, the 200th Division could only passively defend, and many of the company's positions were broken through by the Japanese army after the whole company was killed.
With the advantage of heavy artillery and air support, the Japanese army continued to compress the defensive positions of the 200th Division, while also depleting the living strength of the Chinese army in the city, especially the 600th Regiment and the 598th Regiment outside the city, which fought hard against the Japanese army, suffered even heavier casualties.
That night, a Japanese brigade forcibly broke through and inserted itself behind the 131 Heights, completely separating the 131 Heights from the urban area, and the 598th Regiment shrank back into the city according to Dai Anchen's order after organizing a second counterattack failure.
In Song Yuhang's view, the loss of the 131st Heights is only a matter of time, and at this moment, there is only one mechanized cavalry regiment left in the old city in Dai Anchen's hands, and this cavalry regiment is the only mobile force that can be used by the 200th Division.
At this moment, the ancient city of Tong is like a pot of boiling water, I believe that until the last moment, Dai Anyan will not easily pour this last scoop of cold water into it.
After Song Yuhang arrived at the meeting venue, he found that there were many fewer people attending the meeting than the mobilization meeting before the war, and the familiar faces of the past were rarer, and most of the battalion-level commanders were holding the rank of captain or even lieutenant, and almost all of them had gunpowder smoke mixed with sweat and even blood, and the reason was naturally self-evident.
Everyone sat there with solemn expressions, and several familiar ones were passing cigarettes to each other, and one of them saw Song Yuhang coming, so he hurriedly got up and moved to the bench.
Many officers turned their heads and nodded to Song Yuhang Although the captain officer in front of him was familiar, Song Yuhang didn't know what his name was, so he nodded awkwardly and thanked him.
In fact, Song Yuhang, the captain of the 3rd Battalion of the 599th Regiment, did not know him, because of his previous arms and yesterday's batch of medicines, his prestige quickly rose among the grassroots officers and soldiers of the 200th Division.
The Chinese soldiers and most of the basic officers are very simple, they know who is good for them, and who is genuinely helping to take care of them In the sweltering bunker, Dai Anchen patrolled the officers present with a sharp gaze, and when his gaze passed by Song Yuhang, he stayed for a few seconds, and Song Yuhang found that there were very complicated ingredients in Dai Anyan's gaze when he looked at him, and Dai Anchen waved his hand and motioned to the chief of staff Zhou Zhi, who was sitting next to him, to speak first.
Zhou Zhi cleared his hoarse voice and said: "Today is the tenth day of the Tonggu Defense Battle, our division has now contained the enemy's 2 divisions and a wing, although the enemy is now blocked outside the ancient city, but the Japanese army has brought serious casualties to our division by virtue of superior artillery fire and absolute air supremacy, and now, most of the outer positions east of the railway, including the 131 heights, have been lost, and almost all the buildings in the old city have been razed to the ground by Japanese artillery fire.
In addition, the weather was very hot, there was a lack of drinking water, the battle was very difficult, and all units suffered relatively large losses. ” Dianan waited for Zhou Zhi to finish speaking, wiped a handful of sweat, and today he wore a yellow shirt with a few buttons off, and a pair of shorts underneath.
But the spirit seemed extremely excited, a manly spirit who was not afraid of heaven and earth, a pair of tiger eyes were round, and with a wave of his big hand, he said sonorously: "Today's meeting has no other meaning, just four words, ready to die in battle" Song Yuhang heard Dai Anchen's words and suddenly chuckled in his heart, in history, Dai Anchen issued this statement on March 24 and left a suicide note, more than 400 Japanese troops raided the headquarters of the 200th Division on the night of the 28th, and the rest of the 200th Division was ordered to break through in the early morning of the 30th.
But at this moment there has been a major change in history, due to the annihilation of the 143rd Wing of the Japanese Army, resulting in its 56th Division prematurely put into battle, at this moment the Japanese army has established fortifications on the west bank of the Xitang River, the breakthrough along the river has become a bubble, the only way to survive the 200th Division has been completely blocked by the Japanese army, at this time Tonggu City has become a real sense of the lonely city death.
After quickly arranging the combat mission, Dianan Yan fiercely snuffed out the cigarette butt, slowly stood up, put on a military hat, straightened his clothes, and his eyes were like fire.
In the rumbling cannon, Diane made his last words in his characteristic heavy and hoarse voice: "Yu was ordered to stick to Tonggu and swear to live and die with the city."
Yu Zhan died as the deputy division commander, the deputy division commander died in battle, the infantry commander died, and the infantry commander died as the chief of staff.
"The sonorous sound, the loud sound.
Before Dai Anyu added: "The country of the Japanese projectile deceived me too much, today's situation in Tonggu is self-evident, the Japanese invaders have besieged the city on all sides, and there is no news of our army reinforcements, this battle is of great significance, I hope you will repay the determination of benevolence, serve the country and the nation must not let the Japanese army easily occupy Tonggu, fight to the last soldier, and the Japanese invaders to death." ” The officers in the hall were infected by the passion of the division commander, and they all followed the example of the presence and appointed their own agents, and each of them had a grim and resolute look on their faces, as if this was a memorial service held in advance.
After the meeting, Dai Anchen left Song Yuhang alone at the division headquarters, and there were only Dai Anchen, Zhou Zhizai, and Zheng Tingqi, the infantry commander and commander of the 598th Regiment, in the division headquarters, and the atmosphere in the headquarters became very strange for a while Song Yuhang is naturally clear about the current battle situation, but the 200th Division in history took advantage of the dense fog in the early morning of the 30th to break through from Tonggu, and after the defeat of the Tonggu Battle, on May 18, Dai Anchen led the troops to retreat to the country on the way to the Japanese ambush and was seriously wounded and died.
However, due to the heavy damage to the 143rd Wing of the Japanese Army, the situation in Tonggu changed dramatically, and the two divisions and one wing of the Japanese army surrounded the 200th Division in Tonggu, and in the eyes of the Japanese base camp, the temptation to annihilate the Chongqing Ace Army was far greater than the capture of several cities The rapid change in history made Song Yuhang depressed, and what made him even more unacceptable was that the new 22nd Division, which had been reinforced day and night, was the same as in history, first because the British transferred the front of the car, and then because the wagon was delayed for several days for no reason, and then it was blocked by the Japanese army at the Nanyang Railway Station, which was more than 50 kilometers north of the ancient city.
And Yu Shao's 96th Division was still difficult to move on the British railway, and all this was due to the selfishness and incompetence of the British, first the British 1st Division, which was responsible for the covering task, retreated without a fight, exposing the left flank of the 200th Division, which was equivalent to giving way to the Japanese 56th Division, and then the British army rushed to transport personal products and the rout blocked the railway, blocking the 96th Division at Bamo The Japanese devil, the British devil Song Yuhang, secretly determined that one day he would make these devils pay ten times or even a hundred times the price.
After Dai Anchen sent a circle of cigarettes, he took a cigarette and said: "Brother Anyi, the battle has come to this point, our brothers also have nothing to say, the 200th division has inherited your love, and can only come to the newspaper to answer Yu Although there is no success today, but the whole division has the determination to become benevolent and at the same time to work hard for your brother, I have an important secret letter here, please hand it over to the military seat, brothers, please."
After Dai An's words, Song Yuhang suddenly realized that he wanted to go back by himself, and he also found such a good excuse for himself to escape.
Song Yuhang smiled slightly, and tore open the secret letter casually in front of Dai Anyan, and shook the letterhead inside, two blank papers Dai Anchen and the others didn't expect Song Yuhang to behave like this, and they were stunned for a while, and Zheng Tingqian, who had a shocked expression, even forgot the match in his hand, until he burned his hand, and shook it a few times.
Song Yuhang smiled helplessly: "Brother asked himself if he didn't cause any trouble to everyone, but he provided help, but it was so bad that it was disgusting."
Zhou Zhi hurriedly wanted to explain when he heard this, Song Yuhang waved his hand and said: "I understand your kindness, brother, I have been confused for more than 20 years, and now the land is in ruins, and the Japanese are rampant, I am ready to serve the country in the army, and I am ready to become a benevolent person for the country, and I am determined to live and die with you and the ancients."
"Good" Dai Anchen, Zhou Zhizai, Zheng Tingqi and others spoke in unison From Song Yuhang's firm gaze, they could see that Song Yuhang was not being generous, and Song Yuhang's image in the hearts of everyone at the moment suddenly became taller, if even such a gentleman had this awareness, China would not die.
They all clearly remembered that this was the third time that Song Yuhang had shirked, and everyone knew that although it was extremely risky to smuggle across the Xitang River this time, it was still entirely possible for the team to intersperse, and the result of staying in Tonggu could only be to fight to the death.
Song Yuhang knew that he had been recognized, so he changed his words and said: "I, Song someone, have always been a master who is cheap and can't sleep, all of you have sharpened your heads and want to be a famous anti-Japanese general, but you kicked me out, it's not so easy." ” Sometimes the feeling of life and death changes so quickly, and the previous haze dissipates without a trace.
Song Yuhang's words caused a hearty laugh, and the commanders in the center of the pressure vortex got a rare moment of relaxation.
Pleasure was always short-lived, and the rumbling of the Japanese attack made everyone's nerves tense: