Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 476 Traces of Sacrifice

Because Tang Dao boldly used the Japanese troops to bombard the 36th Infantry Brigade with heavy artillery, the Chinese soldiers on the blocking position no longer had to use their lives to compete with the Japanese artillery.

The reinforcement army led by Lei Xiong and the original two battalions and one company on the position did not suffer any more casualties on the frontal battlefield, and the blocking battle was over.

But the battle did not end because of the fierce artillery fire. The battle that broke out in the "Guling" at the end was the end of this bloody blocking battle for both China and Japan.

The reason is that all Japanese heavy machine gunners and infantry artillery fell on the "Gu Ling".

The Japanese army was ordered to retreat, but they were not blown away by heavy artillery. At least the 36th Infantry Brigade was the elite dispatched by the Japanese North China Dispatch Army, so it would not be so vulnerable.

It's not a retreat. The Japanese army, which has always regarded equipment as its life, dare not discard it.

The Japanese troops on the 'Lonely Tomb' were on the other side of the battlefield, and they received the order to withdraw the entire army obviously a little longer than other troops.

Moreover, the frontal position of the blocking position was full of artillery fire. Miraculously, the "Lonely Hill", where not a single heavy artillery shell fell, gave people the feeling that it was the safest place. .

It is safer not to move than to move.

Perhaps only Pang Dahai, who was in charge of providing the coordinates of the shelling, knew the secret.

On that hill, our side killed a guard company and dozens of machine gunners, more than 200 people!And the Japanese on it were blasted by mortars, and the threat was reduced by half. He didn't want the brothers who had fallen asleep above to have no bones left.

When the shelling lasted for about 20 minutes, Lei Xiong observed that his artillery fire was accurate enough. Although there were occasional shells falling near the trenches, they did not appear to kill his own people at the same time. Then look at the Japanese wolves on the frontal battlefield. Zhu Tu had no intention of fighting, and decided to take advantage of this gap to regain the 'Guling', an extremely important highland for the defense line.

Lei Xiong's ability to become Tang Dao's most trusted deputy is not just because Tang Dao trusts him enough, but because he is extremely capable.

The experience of serving as a commander at the grassroots level all the year round is like laying the foundation for him. After the Songhu battle, the army captain, who served as the commander of the fire support company, has accumulated a lot of knowledge and demonstrated impressive command ability and determination.

Whether it was following Tang Dao's advice in the Four Elements War, blowing up all escape routes and sticking to the warehouse, or serving as the first commander of the Baihegang Bridge, using ground ambush tactics to kill six Japanese fighter planes and completely smashing the Japanese army who came to attack in disguise. Rough special warfare is a manifestation of Lei Xiong's decisiveness and command ability higher than his current military rank.

Although at that moment, his own artillery could almost dominate the battlefield, but he still made a precautionary tactical arrangement --- to take advantage of the chaos of the Japanese army to regain the "Guling" highland.

He must consider the possibility that if the Japanese army reinforces from the [-]th Division, the main force led by Tang Dao will have to turn its guns around.Losing the power of heavy artillery, the Japanese army will never let go of the Chinese infantry in front of them.

So Lei Xiong made a decisive decision and ordered Leng Feng to take his two infantry squads to kill the Japanese army still active on the "Guling" and retake the "Guling".

Leng Feng led the first and second squads of Gu Xishui, who has become the squad leader, to maneuver towards the 'Guling' amidst the rumble of gunfire.

The Japanese army on the hill had already received the order to retreat at that moment, and was retreating with heavy machine guns and two infantry cannons.

The two infantry squads with several submachine guns and shell guns did not have the imagined attack at all, so they waited at the bottom of the hill.

However, at a distance of 30 meters, the heavy machine guns rushing to meet the enemy had not had time to fire a few bullets before they were blown up by a group of combat-experienced infantry who rained grenades on them.

Heavy gun mounts clanged amid grenade shrapnel, but human bodies were spattered with blood.

At this moment, the remaining two infantry guns were even worse than fire sticks. A group of stunned Japanese artillerymen finally woke up and left the iron lumps and shells to run away. , Whether it is to resist or lie flat or struggle hard, it is useless.

The entire battle did not last for 10 minutes. A group of Japanese soldiers who had not had time to withdraw all became ghosts under the guns, and thousands of Japanese soldiers on the frontal battlefield were still overwhelmed by the fireballs from heavy artillery. Even Seto Supreme commanders like Nellie have become ashes, and of course no one cares about these miserable machine gunners and artillerymen.

That was the battlefield that Tang Dao's troops seized the most in this blocking battle. Five 5 heavy machine guns and two 92 infantry guns became the spoils of war for Chinese soldiers.

It's just that no one is delighted with the rich spoils.

Because this is also the most painful battlefield for the Chinese army.

More than 200 defenders are on this high ground hanging alone outside the main position.

completely annihilated!

No one survived!

Even in the evacuation battle that caused Gu Xishui to lose his lover, two female nurses and dozens of seriously injured people were still alive.

Rather than the dead silence like the position on the reoccupied hills and highlands.

Because the battlefield continued, the Japanese army had not had time to clean up this highland.

There are earth-yellow corpses scattered all over the high ground, but the more you go up, the more and more dark gray bodies you see.

That represented almost all traces of their battle.

Traces of battle!
Traces of sacrifice!
Unyielding traces!
Until there is no going back!

The last piece of scarlet flesh and blood is the last monument left by Major Scar to his comrades in arms!

The Japanese army may have no time, or they may have been shocked. They did not use this bomb crater full of Chinese soldiers' flesh and blood as their position, but chose a new location.

Tang Dao, who led the main force to arrive, stood with Tantai Mingyue in front of the bomb crater scattered with the flesh and blood of Chinese soldiers, silent for a long time!

Tears rolled down Tantai Mingyue's face!

Tang Dao's figure is straight, his eyes are as deep as the night, no one knows what he is thinking at the moment!
The only remaining guard company commander of the 108th Division knelt down and cried loudly.

How can he not cry?
After this battle, the 108th Division Guard Battalion lost its top officer and two infantry company commanders, and more than 60.00% of the battalion died in battle.

How could he not cry so bitterly.

His battalion commander and the last group of defenders turned into a rain of blood, and he didn't even show his final appearance.

The soldiers under him, almost mixed with tears and blood, picked up the flesh and blood scattered within a radius of [-] meters.

A few living people weighing hundreds of catties!There are only a few piles left.

The officers of the guard battalion, headed by the stingy major standing around, burst into tears.

In this battle, they successfully completed the combat mission assigned by Tang Dao, blocked the aggressive attack of the 36th Infantry Brigade, and allowed Tang Dao to successfully wipe out the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade, and won the final victory in the southeast battlefield that has come to an end. A great victory to write about.

But their loss was too great, and it was so big that it hurt people's heart, liver and lungs.

Although the battle losses of nearly a thousand people in the two battalions and one company in the blocking position have not yet been counted, a rough estimate is that more than half of them died in battle, and the number of minor and serious injuries is unknown, and almost none of them can survive on the battlefield.

And the area they are standing in now is so tragic that it is unbearable to look directly at it.

The trenches dug by a huge amount of manpower on the three fronts were blown into ruins by the artillery fire and the explosives prepared by myself. The remains of officers and soldiers that could be found were only more than a hundred, including the top commander Scar Lao Zhao, and there were no bones left. more than one-third.

Counting the Battle of Songjiang, this can be regarded as the most tragic battle in the history of the 67th Army, not one of them.

"Bury all the brothers here!" Tang Dao, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke.

"This is where they fight and where they guard. I believe they will be willing to sleep here."

Looking around for a week, Tang Dao continued: "If one day I die in battle, please scatter some of my ashes on this hill. They died willingly under my order, and then I will accompany them in the future."

"Here, it's really picturesque!" Tang Dao looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and poured the tears that had slowly overflowed back into his eye sockets.

War does not need tears, comrades here will understand!

(End of this chapter)