Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 571 Deserters

Guangde County is located in the middle of Guangde.

The [-] troops retreating from the Jiaxing defense line did not choose to take the road from Huzhou to Guangde because they were worried about the bombing of Japanese naval fighter planes, but entered directly from the southern mountainous area of ​​Guangde.

Although the marching speed was a bit slow because of the rugged mountain road, but also because the dense trees in the mountain area blocked the sight of the Japanese reconnaissance planes. The Japanese naval fighter planes may be due to weather reasons or concerns that they are too far away from the sea, and they are afraid of encountering the last one. The ground-to-air ambush near Baihe Port was ultimately giving up their most advantageous air strike combat method.

It took an extra two days for the entire army to retreat from the Jiaxing defense line and consumed a little more supplies, but there was no loss in personnel.

After the independent battalion left, the 67th Army and the 43rd Army even continued to retreat along the mountain road to Wuhu after two days of rest in the mountains.

Tang Dao and the independent battalion did not arrive quickly at Guangde County, which is the headquarters of the theater.

The Independent Battalion entered the war zone this time as a supervising team. Except for the original equipment and the equipment that Wu Zhong asked for, the rations were only carried for 43 days, and the ammunition was as much as possible. All other supplies, including the wounded, were handed over to [-] The military department will transport it on its behalf.

Compared with the retreat from Jiashan, it can be regarded as marching lightly.

But just like that, the whole army of the Independent Battalion wandered around the mountains for two days and nights before arriving at the location of Guangde County.

And in the past two days, the defense of Guangde has begun in full swing.

As the vanguard, the Guoqi detachment that pursued the entire Jiaxing defense line was not far from Guangde County, but they were not the Japanese army that fired the first shot.

The first to attack the Chinese army on the Guangde line of defense was the 5000-strong First Brigade of the Puppet Manchurian Jing'an Army that had already occupied Yixing Changxing.

The 115rd Brigade of the 433th Division, led by Lieutenant General Rao Guohua himself, had fought fiercely with the Japanese invaders for three days in Si'an Town, east of Guangde. Because the rear road was completely blown up by the Japanese invaders, supplies and reinforcements could not arrive. Leaving the position without authorization, the main force of the 145th Division was forced to retreat.

The defense line is being reorganized in Jiepai Village, 10 miles east of Guangde County.

This is the message Tang Dao and the Independence Battalion received from the Guangde army and civilians who were retreating in a hurry when they arrived near Guangde County from the mountain trail.

Tang Dao did not see the commander of the Ninth Army Lieutenant General who had evacuated from Guangde County half a day ago. The other party may have retreated too hastily or maybe he was not interested in the so-called supervisory team sent by the theater. Tang Dao did not find him. In the case of the master, he sent power several times and only returned one telegram: "The military situation is urgent, and there is no need to march in vain. Please ask the Tang governor to assume the responsibility of the commander-in-chief of the war zone!"

To put it bluntly, you can do whatever you need to do, there is no need to meet me, even if you do, it is still an order.

It's quite irresponsible, but this is also a routine operation, and Tang Dao is no stranger to it.

After resting for two hours under Guangde City, where there were almost no people in sight, the whole army had a full lunch. Tang Dao gave the order to go straight to the front line of Jiepai with a company and two companies fully armed.

He knew very well that Jiepai was the east gate of Guangde. Although the terrain was dangerous, in time and space, Lieutenant General Rao, who commanded only an infantry regiment, was far inferior to the Japanese. In the end, the position was lost and Guangde County fell.

However, this was only the first step of a disaster for the 145th Division. The deputy commander of the 23rd Army, surnamed Tang, who was sitting hundreds of miles away, even ordered the remnants of the 145th Division to counterattack, leaving only one infantry battalion. After fighting in grief and indignation, Rao Lieutenant General raised his gun and committed suicide in the east of Guangde City.

The main brigade of the 145th Division was almost exhausted in this battle, and their supreme commander was killed in the battle.

If possible, Tang Dao hopes to change the tragic fate of this heroic Sichuan Army.

At this time, the Jiepai battlefield should have already started, the sound of rumbling shelling could be faintly heard, and the shadows of the Japanese planes continuously diving and bombing could already be seen standing on the mountain path.

Perhaps because they were extremely confident in capturing the Chinese defensive positions, the Japanese aircraft did not bomb and destroy Jiepai, the road connecting the east gate of Guangde County to Guangde County, but the two infantry companies marching on the road are still too conspicuous In addition to Tang Dao personally leading the guards on the road, the two infantry companies were covered by the two wings of the mountain.

What Tang Dao didn't expect was that, seven or eight miles away from the fierce battle at Jiepai battlefield, he encountered a group of Chinese troops trotting along the road with their heads buried. The straw sandals on, no need to ask, this should be the Sichuan Army.

Except for the 23rd Group Army, which had just arrived at the outskirts of Jinling and rushed to Guangde to deploy its defenses without even having time to replenish its winter clothes, there was no other army that wore summer uniforms in the cold winter weather.

It's just that the battle is still going on, what is this team doing running back in a hurry?

Looking at the one or two thousand soldiers whose faces were full of panic and disordered lineup, Tang Dao couldn't help but frowned. The situation of running back in groups.

"Raise your gun! Arm your defenses and block them!" Tang Dao roared coldly.

The guard platoon has been fully equipped with submachine guns, and immediately obeys the order to disperse to both sides of the road, leaving Tang Dao in the uniform of an army colonel standing in the middle of the road with Xia Dayu and Erya as two signal soldiers.

The Sichuan soldiers on the opposite side who were trotting all the way should have also spotted the three Tang Dao men standing in the middle of the road. The dark blue military uniforms on the three Tang Dao men made them hesitate before moving on.

When he reached 20 meters in front of Tang Dao, seeing that the other party still had no intention of stopping, "Fire a warning shot!" Tang Dao frowned even more.

"Bang bang bang!" Xia Dayu pulled out his shell gun and fired three shots into the sky.

"You're an immortal, a good dog doesn't get in the way!"

"You treat yourself as the pot, stand there and pretend to be the big head!"

A burst of cursing came from the slow-paced Sichuan army, and even a lot of rifles had been raised to point at Tang Dao.

But obviously, not only the colonel rank on Tang Dao's collar badge can bluff people, but also the more than 30 submachine guns behind the grass and rocks on both sides of the road are the real reason why this Sichuan army dare not shoot at will.

"Brother, for your part, I am a subordinate of the 145rd Brigade of the 433th Division. I was ordered to transfer the battlefield!" A Sichuan Army captain walked out of the queue that was forced to stop, and asked Tang Dao with a smile on his face.

Tang Dao was dressed like this, and he was guarded by dozens of guards with submachine guns, and he stood in the middle of the road with such confidence to block thousands of people, and he knew its origins with his heels.

Moreover, on the Guangde battlefield, besides the Sichuan army wearing black summer uniforms, there were also people from the Ninth Army headquarters wearing dark blue uniforms. It is definitely not unusual for such a colonel officer to appear suddenly.

"A subordinate of the 145rd Brigade of the 433th Division? Ordered to move the battlefield?" Tang Dao narrowed his eyes slightly.

Looking at the soldiers in the queue, they were either full of panic or slumped, and the soldier's intuition told Tang Dao that this was by no means as simple as the captain officer in front of him said.

"Where is your army's Shangfeng military order, bring it to me for review!" Tang Dao said coldly.

"What nonsense military orders, what I say is a military order, you count that onion, ask me for a military order?" An arrogant voice came from 30 meters in front.

Tang Dao looked over coldly, the queue spread out to both sides, a burly officer jumped off the sliding pole carried by two soldiers, straightened his collar, and walked over swaggeringly.

Tang Dao's eyes were deep, and the military rank on the officer's collar badge was impressively two bars and three golden three-pointed stars. He turned out to be an army colonel, or at least an officer at the level of the commander of the infantry regiment.

The Sichuan army comes from Dashan, and it is almost a tradition for senior officers to sit on sliding poles. This behavior is not too perverse, but it is not an ordinary infantry commander who dares to say "shit military orders, my words are military orders" of.

"Whether you are the pot, I will give you ten seconds, and I will dodge it, or my brothers will not have eyes!" The officer who walked ten meters in front of Tang Dao waved his hand and was forced to stop. The soldiers raised their guns and aimed at Tang Dao one after another.

"Oh? More guns than people, right?" Tang Dao's expression remained unchanged, and he pointed at it. "Look at the mountain. Is my heavy machine gun the best, or your kid's old sleeve is the best."

The officer and the captain standing beside him were taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously looked towards the short hills on both sides of the road.

There seemed to be hundreds of figures on the short hill.

He hurriedly picked up the binoculars hanging around his neck and took a closer look. The short hills on both sides of the road were only 100 meters away from the road. Because of the trees and grass, the exact number of people on the other side was still unknown, but the several heavy machine guns in the field of view of the binoculars made people People feel cold.

The reinforced fire support platoons of the [-]st Company and [-]nd Company, which had already fired warning shots in the summer heavy rain, set up their defenses on the mountain, purposely mounted their two heavy machine guns on the rocks.

The long barrel of the heavy machine gun shone with a blue luster under the winter sun, which couldn't be more obvious.

The officer's big face twitched severely.

His entire infantry regiment only has 4 heavy machine guns, and they are all old-fashioned ones. Not to mention that the terrain is not dominant, even if they shoot at each other, they are definitely not the kind of Maxim water-cooled heavy machine guns that have been attached to the belt. opponent.

Moreover, people are condescending, and if they really want to do it, he, a group of thousands of people, can't be put here.

The situation was stronger than others, and the face of the officer who had lashed out a few times became kind in an instant.

(End of this chapter)