Abe Saburo couldn't do this, and hurriedly reported this information to the commander of the Yamada Brigade ten miles away, Yamada was stunned when he heard it, and hurriedly asked Abe Saburo to carefully check the correctness of this information, Abe Saburo insisted that the information he had obtained from the scouts was fine, and he paused in front of the river that was four or five meters deep from the water marked on the map, and asked Yamada what their forward should do next is to send a team to find the missing Imperial Army, Or continue to follow the established route towards the north Yamada's little devil couldn't figure out what the situation on the battlefield in front of him was at this time, and the Imperial Cooperative Army of Liu Haozi disappeared inexplicably, and the barrier was suddenly lost in front, Yamada felt that this time it might be worse, and thought that the retreat would be Tianchang's place and not go to Lijiawan to reinforce the Miyamoto Brigade, but the strict orders of Shunroku Hata were always in his mind, and the little devil Yamada had no choice, hesitated for a long time, gritted his teeth and ordered Abe Saburo: "Continue to advance towards Lijiawan, don't care about the whereabouts of the Imperial Cooperative Army, the sooner you rush to Lijiawan, the better." ” Abe Saburo then ordered his subordinates to continue the march and drive in the direction of Lijiawan, at this time, the ghost scouts in front came back and reported: "A small group of Shina people was found in front, numbering about dozens of people, wearing the gray cloth uniforms of the New Fourth Army, and they were coming to our side."
When Abe Saburo heard this, he ran into a small group of scouts of the New Fourth Army, thinking that he had encountered a stubborn attack by the New Fourth Army on Tianchang's side last time, and he was almost going to become a ghost under the guns of those New Fourth Army, but this time he finally caught such a scout team of the New Fourth Army, and the great opportunity for revenge came, and it was difficult to let it go easily So Abe Saburo hurriedly divided his two squadrons of little devils into four groups, and pressed towards the front in three directions, east, south, and west, trying to quickly surround the New Fourth Army scout unit in front and annihilate them here in one fell swoop.
These scout brothers who came over were the decoy team personally led by the battalion commander under Ge Sanmin, and at the same time they were discovered by the little devils, they also discovered Abe Saburo and them, and immediately built improvised fortifications on the spot, and blocked the Japanese advance team here on the spot, so as to lead these devils of the Yamada Brigade to Ge Sanmin's ambush position on the left on the side of the river.
Soon, the commander of the first battalion found that more than 400 little devils with 38 big covers were rushing in three directions, and the devil's mortars and grenadiers had taken the lead in firing at the position, and the bullets of the Type 95 heavy machine gun and the crooked light machine gun hit the battalion commander on their improvised position, chirping, and the shells "rumbled" around the position and exploded in all directions, setting off thick smoke and flying fragments of shrapnel, and several brothers were concentrated by the shrapnel from the devils and fell on the position.
Immediately, several brothers of the health corps arrived to temporarily administer first aid to the wounded brothers.
A company commander under the first battalion commander saw that the little devils were coming over like a tide, and hurriedly asked the first battalion commander: "Battalion commander, let's fight quickly, wait for the distance is too close, we have few people, and we can't stop it."
The commander of the first battalion calmly said to him: "Don't worry, the little devils are still 300 meters away, and it is not too late to fire when they reach within 100 meters, we are here to lure the devils, not to hold our positions here to block the devils, if we can't stop us, we will retreat, and we will complete the task by luring the devils to the river."
Abe Saburo, who was supervising the battle on that side, saw that the New Fourth Army on the opposite position had not yet opened fire, thinking that they were frightened by the onslaught of his men, and he became even more awesome, and hurriedly sent a report to the Yamada little devil behind: "Your Excellency Brigade Commander, our attack is going well, and we will immediately take the blocking position of the New Fourth Army."
Abe Saburo sent at this time, like a stimulant hit the adrenal glands of the commander of the Yamada brigade, Yamada immediately came to the spiritual head, swept away the previous doubts and doubts, hesitated, and was afraid of the wolf and the tiger, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates: "Abe-kun has won a victory in front, let's hurry up and catch up, insert it into Lijiawan, launch a fierce attack on Zhou Wu's back, and rescue Miyamoto-kun's team" The Yamada brigade accelerated the pace of the march at that time, and the New Fourth Army scout brothers who were scouting around immediately reported the situation to Ge Sanmin, who thought that most of Yamada's brigade was still behind this group of forward devils, and if he withdrew too early, it would inevitably arouse the vigilance of the little devils in Yamada, so that they could not be lured to the ambush circle of Ge Sanmin, the head of the regiment on the side of the river.
The devil quickly entered the range of 100 meters, the battalion commander pulled out a 20-shot box cannon on his waist, and fired a shot at the little devil who rushed to the front with a plaster flag on the bayonet, and at the sound of the gun, the little devil who rushed over with a bayonet fell to the ground in response, almost at the same time as the battalion commander opened fire, the brothers who had been waiting for anxiety on the position immediately opened fire, and the bullets shot at the little devil who rushed up on the opposite side like flying locusts, and immediately knocked down a group of devil soldiers who rushed to the front, The little devils who were not dead in the back hurriedly crawled to the ground, rolled to the side, looked for all kinds of cover that could cover their hides, and fired back at the battalion commander with weapons such as 38 covers and grenadiers in their hands The firepower of the devil's infantry is indeed fierce, the mortar and grenadier canisters remotely suppressed the machine gun fire on the position of the battalion commander, several machine gunner brothers were killed by the devil's shells, and their bodies were blown up by the shells, scattered everywhere, most of the brothers who were shooting on the position were so pressed by the devil's artillery fire and machine guns that they couldn't lift their heads, the commander of the first battalion regretted at the moment, he should have brought a few mortars to come over, otherwise he could have bombarded the devil infantry on the opposite side, and now he can't raise his head when he fights, he is really aggrieved.
As soon as the charging devils saw that the firepower on the position had weakened, they got up from the ground again, shouted slogans in their mouths and rushed towards the position again, seeing that there was only a distance of less than 50 meters, and the commander of the first battalion shouted to the brothers behind him: "Throw grenades" The brothers on the position immediately took out the wooden handle grenades on their waists, pulled the lid, pulled the lead, and threw out the many grenades with white smoke in rows towards the Japanese devils who rushed towards the opposite side, only to hear the front of the position rushing up one after another, followed by a series of "booming" explosions, endlessly, earth-shattering, the smoke of gunpowder dispersed, the front of the position was full of broken limbs of devils, and a few little devils who were not killed on the spot were holding their stumps in front of the position and howling, The heart-rending screams resounded on the land south of Lijiawan, making people shudder and even chill.
The devil artillery launched a retaliatory bombardment, and rows of shells rained down on the position of the battalion commander, and exploded on the position, causing the shrapnel to smash the ground like a torrential rain on the brothers, and immediately several brothers fell to the ground and died in shrapnel, and their young lives were left in this land full of suffering.
They can no longer see the dawn of victory to drive the little devils out of the land of China, and it is indeed regrettable that they sacrificed their precious lives when victory is imminent, but it is precisely because of the completely unyielding battles of these sacrificial comrades that the Japanese little devils are like grasshoppers after autumn for a few days.
Just when the commander of the first battalion stubbornly blocked the Abe Saburo who rushed here, the little devil Yamada who received the telegram from Abe Saburo rushed to the position with a large force of the devil brigade, and Abe Saburo saw that the brigade commander's large troops had arrived, and his side still failed to conquer the position of the New Fourth Army held by these dozens of people on the opposite side, and felt that it was very difficult to save face, so he immediately ordered all his devil soldiers to rush up, even if they climbed, they had to climb to the opposite position The devils began a fierce attack like a tide, and the large troops of the Yamada Brigade also joined the attack queue at this moment, and the commander of the first battalion saw a large number of devils rushing over in front, looking at the posture, it was estimated that the large army of devils had arrived, and felt that the time for evacuation had come, so he ordered his brothers: "Quickly and quickly alternate cover and retreat" The commander of the first battalion took the remaining brothers on the position and retreated towards the river in turn, and Abe Saburo thought that it was the commander of the first battalion that they could not stop their fierce attack, so they retreated backwards, so they were even more confident, and waved their oriental swords in front and shouted at the devil soldiers under them: "Imperial warriors, the people of Shina have fled and rushed up to kill them all."
A large number of little devils broke through the improvised position and chased after the first battalion commander behind their buttocks, Yamada's little devils were a little puzzled at first, these soldiers of the New Fourth Army looked like they were regular army troops, how could they resist like this and quickly evacuate to the back and look at their evacuation, quite orderly, I couldn't see that I couldn't resist the appearance of running back in a hurry, and I just wanted to open my mouth to stop Abe Saburo from pursuing them, but the surrounding devil wings have already begun to chase, Yamada Devil thought about it, these daysIf you take action to stop the pursuit of your subordinates, I am afraid it will cause big trouble, and the morale of the soldiers needs to be stimulated and encouraged, but you can't be discouraged, so the little devil in Yamada made up his mind, and felt that the remaining one of the brigades as a mobile force was also thrown into the ranks of the pursuit of the New Fourth Army, and more than 7,000 devil soldiers rushed towards Lijiawan along the direction of the three roads.
More than 400 little devils led by Saburo Abe charged forward, eager to cross to the Lijiawan position, tear open the encirclement arranged by the Independent Brigade of the New Fourth Army, and rescue the trapped Miyamoto Brigade. t1706231537: