When the news that the tanks and armored vehicles of the Chinese army were retreating reached the command post of Zhengzo on the riverside, the tank detachment and two companies of infantry under the command of Tang Ziqiang had already begun to retreat.
As the battalion commander, Hou Bing naturally had to lead the two remaining companies to hold their positions together with the firepower company to buy time for the troops to retreat safely.
Kawabe Shozo said to Imagawa Koji, Saburo Takehara, Naaki Kawaguchi and others with a gloomy face: "How to wash away the shame, please watch it."
Afterwards, Kawabe shook off his hand and refused to show up in a separate tent that served as his makeshift lounge after returning to the command post.
Imagawa Hongji, Saburo Takehara, Naaki Kawaguchi and others looked at each other and looked at what the order was, and how this order was to be implemented Imagawa Koji quietly pulled Isomura Takeryo, the deputy chief of staff of the front army, aside and asked in a low voice, "What does Your Excellency the commander mean?"
Isomura Takeryo as a big sa felt very happy with Imagawa Koji's low pleading as a lieutenant general, and said to Imagawa Koji happily: "I'm afraid the meaning of Your Excellency Riverside is very clear, since we can't rescue and eliminate the crew of the American army, at least we have to make a necessary gesture, since the Chinese army has retreated, then there must not be many troops left behind, you might as well violently attack its branch of the defense of the broken back, and annihilate it is also an explanation for the front army." ” Imagawa Hongji, Takehara Saburo and others suddenly came to their senses, so they immediately dispatched troops, and under the cover of artillery fire, they attacked the Chinese defenders' broken rear troops in three directions: left, center, and right.
Looking at the menacing Japanese army with chariots, Hou Bing suddenly had a very bad premonition, his good luck may have run out, under the afterglow of the evening sunset.
The Japanese army was almost indistinguishable in waves, and the flow of people was as unstoppable as a tide.
Although the artillery fire of the heavy artillery brigade continued to open gaps in the Japanese offensive formation, the Japanese still shouted and fought hard, and when the Japanese approached the vicinity of the defenders' positions, the heavy artillery brigade had to stop shelling due to the stock of 155 mm caliber shells.
The heavy artillery brigade was unable to blockade the Japanese with artillery fire.
Without the suppression of heavy artillery, the Japanese attack became even more frenzied.
Many Japanese infantrymen even ignored tactical needs, straightened their waists and rushed and roared.
The first place to face the impact of the Japanese army was the position of the three companies.
Suffered fewer casualties in previous defensive battles.
The front of the ground defended by the three companies with less ammunition consumption at the moment originally required three companies to complete the defensive ground.
Hou Bing knew that with three companies and one company, it would be absolutely impossible to hold a first-line arc position.
The only way is to use the arc position to consume as much as possible the sharp energy and vital strength of the Japanese army.
As soon as the position is breached.
Deploy according to the place before the Hou soldiers.
The third company immediately disintegrated into pieces and retreated to the ring position of the landlord's core, which had been temporarily constructed before.
Defend together with the 4th Inland Company and the Fire Support Company of the core position.
The three 8 Greyhound wheeled armored vehicles left by Tang Zhiqiang were used as mobile firepower points.
Fill with anti-tank fire.
Song Yuhang was a little annoyed by Hou Bingdi's stubbornness.
He knew it all too well.
Hou Bing had every chance to withdraw his troops.
However, it is very likely that they will have to face Japanese artillery fire and tailgating attacks.
In order to ensure the safety of the crew of the US military crew.
Hou Bing chose the latter.
Take the initiative to stay to attract the attention of the Japanese army Soon.
The Japanese army began to besiege the Hou soldiers and led his troops to hold the core defensive positions of the ground.
A large number of Japanese soldiers shouted through a large depression near the earthen hill.
The Chinese soldiers took advantage of the topography of the soil and hill to hold off the Japanese army.
Under intensive fire.
The Japanese attacking troops fell to the ground one by one, but as the Japanese tanks approached.
The light and heavy machine guns of the squadron were frequently destroyed by the artillery fire of the Japanese tanks, and although the three 8 Greyhound wheeled armored vehicles fired frequently, the Japanese tanks had a large number, and soon the three 8 Greyhound wheeled armored vehicles were hit by the Japanese 97 tanks one after another.
Although the long-barreled 3 mm caliber gun of the 8 Greyhound wheeled armored vehicle could destroy the Japanese Type 97 medium tank, it was still an armored vehicle, with only 11 mm of frontal armor and a weak defense of six mm on the flanks, making it more vulnerable to Japanese tanks.
A fire dog driver staggered out of the smoke and flames of the car door, and fell to the ground without taking two steps, when two petite figures pounced on the medicine kit on their backs.
Seeing this scene, Hou Bing glared at the guard squad leader with red eyes and roared angrily: "Why are the two of them still on the battlefield, didn't I let you send them to retreat with the convoy, what the hell are you going to do?"
The guard squad leader squeaked with a look of grievance: "I swear I really sent them into the car, and I really sent them to the car."
"Pull people down for me" Hou Bing's roar made the guard squad leader feel all over his body for a while, he had never seen the battalion commander make such a big fire, the guard squad leader waved his hand, and the five guards immediately followed him and jumped out of the bunker.
During the war years, the officers selected guards were not like later generations, and the guards selected were as weak as women, and there was only a good picture, and the officers at all levels selected guards generally selected soldiers with burly physique, extraordinary skills, loyalty, and fearlessness of death.
The 16 young men of Hou Bing's guard class are all vigorous and strong men, which can be described as the embodiment of the essence of the whole battalion, and this squad is also the reserve of the advance officers, as the backbone of the battle, they rarely participate in the battle directly, and the love of the Hou soldiers is so suffocating that these young men are about to go crazy.
Sure enough, under the leadership of the squad leader, the five guards alternately covered and fired, and sometimes threw bombs one by one, and more than a dozen Japanese soldiers who tried to approach the wreckage of the armored vehicle were shot and fell to the ground and died.
The Japanese army also saw that the Chinese medical soldiers were rescuing the wounded, and the Japanese army, which exterminated humanity, ignored the humanitarian convention and brazenly used grenadiers to bombard the slope where the two medical soldiers were located.
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A sharp, dull whistling came from far and near "Be careful" As the guard squad leader flew forward, there was an explosion with a bang, and after a burst of dust, the two medical soldiers struggled out from under the guard squad leader.
"Squad Leader Hong, Squad Leader Hong" The two female medical nurses were obviously very familiar with the Guardian Squad Leader, and they hurriedly tried to turn the Guardian Squad Leader over to find the wound.
"Ah" The two female medical guards were surprised to find that the back of the guard squad leader was already bloody and fleshy, and the ribs were blown out.
The familiar and honest smile of squad leader Hong suddenly appeared in front of them.
Da Hong, who had often been teased by them before, couldn't smile at them anymore, couldn't pick wild fruits for them, and a fresh life died in front of their eyes.
Human beings are emotional animals, and their human nature and reason distinguish them from animals.
However, the military is different from ordinary people, and it can be said that the military is a special group of people.
They live for faith and honor, and in times of peace they are easily forgotten, but in times of war they are destined to sacrifice more than ordinary people.
It is the duty of the medical staff to save lives and help the wounded, and not abandoning and not giving up is the first lesson that Commander Song gave them after they joined the First Mechanized Army.
Just as they were about to turn around to rescue the driver of the armored car with tears in their eyes, the driver of the armored car laboriously drew his pistol.
Looking at his burned and charred legs, he smiled dismally, showed a mouthful of white teeth and said, "Leave me alone, it's better to die than to live like this."
One of the female medics slapped the driver, and she angrily asked, "You coward."
You dare to face the brutal Japanese, don't you have the courage to face your own physical disability, in order to save you, squad leader Hong sacrificed his precious life, who are you worthy of dying like this?"
A guard on the side took advantage of the driver's pistol.
As soon as he put his hand on his shoulder, he quickly retreated.
The Japanese army seemed to hate this super combat combat team, and dozens of Japanese soldiers bit the guard team to the death.
The four Thomson submachine guns of the four guards covered each other one by one, in terms of individual tactics.
The actual combat experience and psychological quality of the soldiers of the First Mechanized Army and Ground are already higher than those of the Japanese army.
For this reason, Hou Bing had to put the reserves of the last platoon in his hands into battle.
After the five-man ground guard team that went out to meet the Japanese army gave effective and fierce damage, the guard team returned safely to their own front, and the only regret was that the body of Squad Leader Hong could not be taken away.
Hou Bingyong looked at the two medical soldiers covered in blood with cold eyes, turned to the guards and said, "Let the fourth company commander take a squad, and be sure to cover the safe retreat of them and the driver."
Hou Bing's decision was undoubtedly a ruinful decision, in order to ensure that the US crew could retreat 100 percent safely, then someone would inevitably have to pay sacrifices, for this reason, Hou Bing decided to retreat the first and second companies to retain enough fighting backbone for his first battalion, he believed that even if he encountered an accident and sacrificed his life for the country, the battalion deputy or the new battalion commander could quickly restore the combat effectiveness of the first battalion.
The position of the third company was quickly broken through by the Japanese army, but the third company did not have the slightest intention of retreating, and all the officers and soldiers of the third company did not retreat but advanced and the Japanese army was mixed up, Hou Bing's eyes were red, and he grabbed the walkie-talkie and shouted: "Wang Xing, you bastard, bastard, you withdraw Lao Tzu, I order you to withdraw" The rustling radio waves were silent for a while, and an eager voice said: "Coordinates 1002, Dense Position 15, Request Artillery Fire Coverage Duplicate Coordinates 1002, Dense Position 15, Request Artillery Coverage" Hou Bing forced himself to control his excitement, grabbed the walkie-talkie and said word by word: "Wang Xing, I order you to immediately retreat to the main position and join the battalion headquarters, otherwise military law will be engaged."
"Battalion commander, we are surrounded, we can't retreat, let's open fire, we will still be brothers, classmates and comrades in the next life" There was a fierce sound of shooting and shouting from the walkie-talkie.
Song Yuhang, Liang Chao and others in the division command post stood silently in front of the radio, and they heard the phone call between Hou Bing and Wang Xing clearly, and how to decide Liang Chao took a deep breath and said to Song Yuhang: "The spirit of Huangpu has created these hot-blooded soldiers, they are the backbone of the nation and the hope of the country. ” Song Yuhang understands the purpose of Company Commander Wang Xing very well, he is exchanging his sacrifice for the safe retreat of the fourth company, the fire support company, and the battalion headquarters, sacrificing the small self to complete the big self Many people will shout, but when faced with the choice of life and death, the people who dare to take a step forward will always be a few.
Song Yuhang is very glad that he has such a group of enthusiastic and loyal elites by his side, as long as the blood is not cold, there is still hope for China
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