Chapter Twenty-Four Victory and Defeat
Tonight, the troops that launched a surprise attack not only had Li Jintian leading his men to sneak into the enemy's machine gun position and artillery position, but later, Qi Guangyuan also led his regiment to launch a surprise attack from the right flank, cutting off the enemy's retreat. When Division Commander Liu Ruming led the entire army to launch a comprehensive counterattack at Luowenyu, Qi's troops had just circled around to the back of the enemy's butt, and hearing the commotion in front, Qi thought something was wrong with the division commander and immediately led his troops to launch a fierce attack!
Qigang yuan's regiment was the first unit of the Temporary Second Division to fight against the devils. When the devils attacked Luowenyu, they first attacked Zunhua City. As the commander of the defense of Zunhua City, Qi led his troops and bravely fought back! They immediately clashed with the devil's vanguard cavalry unit. Qigang yuan led by example, pulling out a big knife in one hand and a shotgun in the other, leading his troops to fight against the devils for five hours, killing the devil's cavalry and making them flee in defeat, it was the first unit of the Temporary Second Division to make the devils retreat.
Against the devils, Qi Tuanzuo has a lot of experience. His team is also psychologically dominant when facing the devils. Now, taking advantage of the night to launch a surprise attack, the soldiers are even more confident and eager for battle! With one loud shout, after a barrage of hand grenades, over 1,000 officers and men, holding up their shiny big knives, attacked from behind the devils' backsides! The devils were already withstanding the fierce counterattack from the troops defending Luowen Valley, feeling uncomfortable. Suddenly, chaos erupted in the rear, and Sergeant Shibata immediately fainted. On one hand, he ordered the troops in the rear to fight to the death, while on the other hand, he commanded the troops in the front to launch a heroic attack.
The troops that attacked Luowenyu were a mixed brigade of devils and special branches, in addition to the devil cavalry corps, Seiichi Shibata and Hayakawa's two regiments of the Kwantung Army, there were also two puppet army divisions from Meng and Xian. Together they gathered tens of thousands of people. In the three-day bloody battle at Guanqian, the two puppet army divisions were always in the front row, the devils' lives were precious, not at all like their boasts of being militaristic, when it came to the time to fight for their lives, they still put the puppet troops in the front row as cannon fodder.
The devils conquered Korea and recruited a large number of Koreans as vassal troops. These Koreans served as pseudo-armies and pseudo-police in the northeast of our country, maintaining law and order with an air of superiority, bullying our people and acting as accomplices to the tigers. However, their masters did not trust them, the devilish police were armed with guns, while the Korean pseudo-police were only equipped with sticks. The pseudo-police wielded clubs to harm the ordinary people in the northeast, and countless people fell victim to their brutality. The local people detested them and called them "Korean stick-wielders". This nickname has been passed down to this day.
The pseudo-armies were no match for the brave 29th Army in terms of weapons and morale. Liu Ruming led his troops to launch a charge against the pseudo-army, and the front-line pseudo-troops could not withstand it, retreating in disorder. The Japanese behind them scolded these unreliable pseudo-troops while continuously firing at the retreating pseudo-troops. However, there were too many retreating pseudo-troops, and even if the Japanese killed them all, they couldn't kill enough, and instead, their formation was disrupted by the retreating pseudo-troops, who dragged them along in retreat.
The Japanese devils were like a collapsing mountain, and it was the most apt description of the battlefield at this time. Liu Ruming led the defenders of Luo Wenyu to launch a frontal assault, and the Japanese devils were forced to retreat with the puppet army, but behind them was Qi Guangyuan's regiment blocking their way, engaged in fierce fighting. The commander of the Lai Gu branch, who was caught between the two forces, immediately panicked, and even if he wanted to stabilize his troops, it had become impossible. At this time, General Lai Gu hated those useless puppet soldiers to death, if they hadn't messed up their own formation, how could his elite brigade be in such a sorry state? Organizing a counterattack was impossible, so there was only one way left - retreat!
The devils who were furious still had some desperate courage, a large team of thousands of devils in front, holding rifles with shiny bayonets, taking big steps forward! They didn't care if they were puppet troops or the 29th Army, they charged forward in one breath, but actually retreated. Qi Guangyuan deeply understood that when rabbits are anxious, they bite people, and seeing the devils' urgent eyes, he ordered his troops to dodge to both sides, only firing guns and throwing hand grenades at the devil's group in the middle. Only those disorganized puppet troops were a bit unlucky, many of them were scared out of their wits and ran a little faster, directly charging into the devils' front line. Their masters wouldn't give them a good face now, a wave of bayonets saw red, not many soldiers of the 29th Army fell, but the puppet troops were killed by the invincible imperial army. After suffering heavy casualties, the devils finally broke through the firepower network of the 29th Army's team behind.
After daybreak, the entire Second Division launched a unified attack and drove the Japanese invaders out of Luowenyu more than ten miles to the north, achieving a great victory!
In the 22nd year of the Republic, on March 18th, the Second Temporary Brigade of the 29th Army of the National Revolutionary Army fought a bloody battle for three days in Luowenyu, annihilating over 3,000 enemies and suffering casualties of over 1,700 men. The devils never regained their attacking strength at Luowenyu again.
Looking at the chaotic battlefield, even a strong-minded Gao Quan couldn't help but feel his heart surging. This was the first large-scale battle he had participated in since coming to this era, a victorious battle against the invasion of an alien tribe. As a soldier, it was a great honor to be able to participate in this war! For the freedom and dignity of the Chinese nation, soldiers had made efforts, shed blood on the battlefield, and bravely killed strong enemies. In this war, he had charged into battle, killed enemies, shed blood, and also achieved merit, making him worthy of the Party's and country's years of nurturing, worthy of the Chinese nation's blood flowing through his veins, and worthy of a soldier's honor!
Li Jintian walked over, "Gao Quan, the commander has an order: appoint Gao Quan as the company commander of the 3rd Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division."
In short, Gao Quan's company had shrunk. His original platoon now had only ten people left, including himself, and they were all assigned to the third platoon. With these ten people added, the third platoon now had a total of sixty-three soldiers and officers. Although there were fewer people, the framework of a company was still intact. The Temporary Second Regiment was a newly formed unit, and its personnel were not full to begin with; after this big battle, it lost nearly two thousand men. If it weren't for Colonel Li Jintang's care, Gao Quan's company wouldn't even have been able to scrape together the few people they had now.
The team needs to be built, and the cadres are the key. After meeting with the troops for the first time, Gao Quan immediately appointed Wang Dazhu and Qian Sixi as squad leaders. Although it was suspected of being nepotistic, forming cliques, and being autocratic, he didn't understand anyone in this unit except these two people. He couldn't even remember the names of others. Wang Dazhu and Qian Sixi followed him through the trials of bloody battles and were two soldiers who passed the test in terms of willpower and quality. At least when facing the enemy's gunfire, they didn't show fear, hesitation or retreat, but dared to charge forward! Just this point made them much stronger than ordinary people. With this point alone, Gao Quan dared to use them. What is most important now? The most important thing is to have people who can fight against the devils!
In the memory of Gaoquan, during the Anti-Japanese War period, many officials and generals were so scared when they heard the enemy's gunfire that their legs went soft. As long as he could fight and face the enemy without fear, Gaoquan would use him now. Another platoon leader was selected from the original officers in the third platoon. Gaoquan was not familiar with these people, but someone was! Wang Dazhu was familiar with them, and among these 63 people, Wang Dazhu could call out at least 50 names. With Qian Sixi added, Gaoquan quickly gained a thorough understanding of the basic situation of this unit's personnel, laying a solid foundation for his future transformation of the troops.
On March 22, the Japanese Sixth Division attacked Lengkou. Shang Zhen's Thirty-Second Army fought fiercely with the enemy.
Lengkou, the Japanese army has retreated, but not far away, and the garrison is in a standoff with the Japanese army. The cold mouth battle hangs on the heart of the garrison, and there are war reports every day. By April, Shang Zhen finally could not withstand the continuous attack of more than 30,000 devils of the Sixth Division for many days, and the 32nd Army suffered heavy losses and was forced to withdraw, losing Lengkou.
A moment of carelessness, the 29th Army was immediately faced with the predicament of being attacked from both front and rear, and was ordered to withdraw to the east of Tong County, deploying defenses along the Grand Canal.
The Long Wall's War of Resistance has come to an end here.
