I am God of War in Snow Leopard
Chapter 153 Withdraw from Moling Pass and join Zhou Weiguo 1 words
Chapter 153 Withdraw from Moling Pass and join Zhou Weiguo 1 words
When Xu Qingfeng took Chen Qifeng, Lei Xiong and others to the vicinity of Xiguankou.
It was discovered that on the ninth battalion position outside, Sun Kui and Wang Changgui had led their troops to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army.
Coincidentally, Wang Tiezhu also brought a group of artillery battalion officers and soldiers to reinforce at this time.
"Tuan Zuo, why are you here?" Wang Tiezhu couldn't help being surprised when he saw Xu Qingfeng.
"How is the situation in your artillery camp?" Xu Qingfeng asked without answering.
"The Krupp artillery battery was severely damaged, only one of the ten 75mm mountain guns remained, and the artillerymen were also completely lost.
The situation of the mortar company was still unclear. Seeing that the situation of the Ninth Battalion was critical, I took the guard platoon and some of the baggage personnel and came over for reinforcements. "
"The situation is urgent, the enemy is outnumbered, and we can no longer continue to fight the Japanese so hard. I have decided to abandon the position outside the pass and withdraw the entire regiment into Moling Pass to fight the Japanese in the street.
Therefore, the most urgent task is to accommodate the withdrawal of the Ninth Battalion and the Reconnaissance Company. "Xu Qingfeng said.
"Regiment leader, what should we do? Do you want to rush out to help?" Wang Tiezhu looked at the officers and soldiers of the Ninth Battalion and the Reconnaissance Company who were still fighting fiercely outside, his face full of anxiety.
"No hurry!" Xu Qingfeng waved his hand and signaled: "You guys are on the side of the wall to prepare for the response, and set up the machine guns.
I took the guard company to rescue the brothers from the Ninth Battalion and the Reconnaissance Company.
Waiting for the devils to pursue, you are responsible for opening fire to stop us and retreat into the pass. "
"Yes!" Wang Tiezhu readily agreed, and immediately commanded more than a hundred officers and soldiers from the artillery battalion to board the wall with gaps everywhere.
Although these more than a hundred officers and soldiers belonged to the artillery battalion, they were all guards and heavy soldiers of the artillery battalion.
Its members are all from more than 3000 supplementary soldiers, so they are no different from ordinary infantry, and are also equipped with infantry weapons.
At the beginning, Xu Qingfeng gave the artillery battalion the scale of 600 people, so that the artillery battalion had the power to protect itself.
It can also be used as a reserve force when the battle situation is critical.
After Wang Tiezhu and his team were ready, Xu Qingfeng turned his head and glanced at Lei Xiong, Chen Qifeng and dozens of officers and soldiers who were following behind him.
Some of these officers and soldiers participated in the death squads, and some were left to protect the guards of the regiment headquarters.
Basically all come from the guard company, without exception, they are all first-class elite veterans.
Facing Xu Qingfeng's gaze, they all involuntarily puffed up their chests and looked at Xu Qingfeng expectantly, like a pack of wolves waiting for the wolf king's order.
"Brothers, rush up and kill the enemy with as much firepower as possible. Our main purpose is to rescue the brothers from the Ninth Battalion and the Reconnaissance Company.
Everyone must not love to fight, understand? "Xu Qingfeng gritted his teeth and told everyone in a deep voice.
"Yes!" Chen Qifeng and Lei Xiong took the lead in responding.
"Go!" Xu Qingfeng took the lead and rushed out with a submachine gun in his hand.
Chen Qifeng and Lei Xiong hurriedly followed, and dozens of officers and soldiers from the guard company also took action.
Follow behind them and file out from the gap in the wall.
After exiting the barrier, Xu Qingfeng and the three of them quickly spread out to the two wings as the core.
Not long after, Xu Qingfeng led them to the Ninth Battalion's position where there was already a scuffle.
When he saw the Japanese soldiers, he, Chen Qifeng, Lei Xiong and other officers and soldiers raised their guns and started to fight.
Due to the relatively small number of people in the Ninth Battalion and the Reconnaissance Company, basically there will be at least two or three devils in front of a soldier, and even more behind.
Therefore, after Xu Qingfeng and the others arrived, they could fire freely.
The powerful firepower of automatic weapons such as submachine guns and light machine guns was used to cause great damage to the Japanese soldiers who were fighting bayonets with the officers and soldiers of the Ninth Battalion and the Reconnaissance Company.
After a fierce charge, almost all the Japanese troops who fought with the officers and soldiers of the Ninth Battalion and the Reconnaissance Company were killed.
Xu Qingfeng, Lei Xiong, Chen Qifeng and others took advantage of the situation and continued to rush forward, and kept firing.
The Japanese assault troops who were beaten cried for their fathers and mothers and ran like wolves.
Because I was afraid of accidentally injuring my own people when fighting with the bayonet.
At that time, most of the devils who participated in the battle returned the bullets in the gun chambers in advance.
Therefore, facing Xu Qingfeng, they used dozens of submachine guns and light machine guns to attack with automatic firepower.
The Japanese army, which clearly had an absolute advantage in numbers, fell into a great passivity. Not to mention the heavy casualties, the entire offensive momentum was also severely frustrated.
The devils in front were beaten and fled back, while the devils behind wanted to step forward for reinforcements.
For a while, they were crowded and chaotic.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xu Qingfeng immediately shouted to Sun Kui, Wang Changgui and others: "Everyone, immediately abandon the positions outside the pass and retreat into the pass, quickly!"
Sun Kui, who was very excited to see Xu Qingfeng personally leading troops to help, responded immediately, "Yes!"
Immediately, he turned around and ordered to the few remaining officers and soldiers of the Ninth Battalion and the Reconnaissance Company: "Brothers, retreat! Quick!"
About 50 surviving officers and soldiers of the Ninth Battalion and the Reconnaissance Company quickly retreated.
The devils attacked the troops, and only then did they react.
Under the command of a Dazuo officer, groups and groups counterattacked towards the Ninth Battalion's position.
Xu Qingfeng led Chen Qifeng, Lei Xiong and dozens of other officers and soldiers to the rear, relying on the trenches to continue firing while slowly retreating.
Da da da... da da da....
As bursts of rapid fire and bursts of gunfire rang out, dense bullets roared towards the Japanese who were coming back.
They were shot one after another, some fell on their backs, and some fell headlong into the trench.
Under Xu Qingfeng's personal rear guard, more than 50 officers and soldiers, including Sun Kui and Wang Changgui, retreated smoothly into the closed wall.
Seeing that it was almost time, Xu Qingfeng quickly retreated into the closed wall with dozens of soldiers.
Just as the devil was about to pursue, Wang Tiezhu and more than a hundred officers and soldiers of the artillery battalion who were ambushing on the wall opened fire one after another.
"Hit me! Hit me hard!"
As the artillery battalion commander, Wang Tiezhu seldom had the opportunity to directly lead his troops to participate in front-line battles.
In addition, the personnel and equipment of the artillery battalion suffered heavy losses from the Japanese air raids, which made him hate the Japanese even more.
So, with a roar, he personally set up a Czech-style light machine gun, and opened fire first to shoot at the devils.
Under his leadership, the officers and soldiers of the artillery battalion opened fire at full speed.
The devils who were trying to pursue them were dealt a head-on blow, and Xu Qingfeng and dozens of troops from the rear were successfully escorted in.
After Xu Qingfeng retreated into the wall, Sun Kui ran over with a sad face: "The regiment, the ninth battalion and the reconnaissance company are the only ones left. The others all died."
Xu Qingfeng patted him on the shoulder and said: "I know that the brothers who sacrificed are all good, and they are worthy of my Chinese good man.
Don't be sad, with you guys here, we will be able to rebuild Jiuying in the future! "
As he spoke, he looked outside at the Japanese troops who were attacking at all costs.
Immediately said in a deep voice: "Everyone listen to my order, the ninth battalion and the reconnaissance company will withdraw first, the artillery battalion will follow, and the guard company will follow me!
Immediately retreat to the town, let the devils in, rely on the streets, houses and buildings, and fight back! "
"Yes!" Everyone responded one after another, and began to retreat one after another.
Dozens of officers and soldiers led by Xu Qingfeng were the last group to withdraw into the town relying on the wall fortifications.
At the same time, the South Pass position.
Because the remaining troops of the Seventh Battalion and Eighth Battalion are much more than that of the Ninth Battalion.
So, when Liang Shan rushed to the battlefield with dozens of people.
Zhang Zhijian was leading the officers and soldiers of the two battalions to engage in a fierce exchange of fire with the Japanese invaders.
The devils hadn't broken through their defenses yet, and the two sides hadn't engaged in hand-to-hand combat yet.
Liang Shan went straight to the front with the support troops, and found Zhang Zhijian, the commander of the Eighth Battalion, in the fierce battle.
Seeing him coming, Zhang Zhijian said excitedly and unexpectedly: "Chan Zuo, why are you here?"
"Zhang Battalion Commander, the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered. The regiment has an order. Immediately abandon the position outside the pass. The whole regiment retreats to the pass. Let the devils come in and fight them in the streets!"
Liang Shan said in a serious voice.
"This is also a way. If we push on outside, we have to use all our troops."
Zhang Zhijian nodded when he heard this, and immediately said: "Take a seat, you retreat first, I will lead the people behind."
"No, I'll command the rear of the palace, you lead the people to retreat first." Liang Shan flatly refused.
Zhang Zhijian wanted to persuade him again, but was interrupted by Liang Shan's direct reprimand: "Execute the order!"
"Yes!" Zhang Zhijian had no choice but to accept the order, and began to direct the seventh and eighth battalions on the ground to retreat.
Liang Shan, with a sense of mission, led the death squads to cover their retreat.
After Inaba Shiro and others died, Okamoto Yasuyuki, captain of the 13th Regiment, became the highest-ranking military officer of the 6th Division.
Although the Front Army Headquarters has temporarily handed over all command rights on the Molingguan front line to the commander of the 18th Division, Sadao Nakajima.
But because he wants to command the 18th Division, Okamoto Yasuyuki is actually the supreme commander of the 6th Division on the South Pass.
For revenge, but also for not harakiri.
Naturally, Okamoto Yasuyuki did not dare to take it lightly, except for personally commanding and deploying the attack.
He himself braved a hail of bullets and came to the forefront of his own position.
The purpose is to be able to conduct contingency command at the first time.
When the defensive troops of the Huben regiment were found through the telescope and began to retreat.
A smug and cruel sneer appeared on the corner of the old devil's mouth, and he said: "These damn Chinese troops are finally going to be unable to hold on any longer."
A lieutenant and adjutant next to him also said excitedly: "Sir, it seems that the imperial army's air strikes have caused them a lot of damage, and they are going to be unable to hold on."
Okamoto Baoyu immediately drew out his saber, and ordered in a stern voice: "Order all the troops to pursue with all their strength, and must wipe out this damned Chinese army at Moling Pass, so that no one escapes!"
"Hay!" The lieutenant and adjutant bowed his head heavily, and hurriedly led away.
After receiving the order, except for the two Japanese brigades that were attacking.
In addition, more than 1000 devils who served as the reserve team also held bayonets and shouted in unison, scrambling to join the pursuit of the defensive troops of the Huben Regiment.
"Kill and change!"
"Kill!"
"Come on!" For a while, the Japanese's shouts of killing could not be heard.
Thousands of devils charged at the same time, and its scale and momentum were completely beyond the reach of dozens of death squads.
In order to prevent the Japanese from rushing into their own positions, Liang Shan and dozens of suicide squad members had to continue shooting with full firepower, without even thinking about retreating.
Zhang Zhijian, who had already brought the main force of the Seventh Battalion and the Eighth Battalion to retreat to the Guanqiang area, saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly commanded the officers and soldiers of the two battalions, quickly turned around and joined the battle, relying on the Guanqiang wall to shoot at the devils, so as to block the Japanese attack. Japanese army.
At the same time, he did not forget to yell at Liang Shan and the others: "Come on, hurry up! Come back!"
Liang Shan and others were able to take a breather, and quickly retreated along the trench while replacing the magazines for their weapons.
During the charge of the Japanese army, in addition to the firepower of rifles and light machine guns.
They also used a large number of small-caliber cannons such as grenades to bombard the Tiger Regiment's positions to cover their own troops' attacks.
Coincidentally, when Liangshan led the death squads, they were retreating in a hurry.
A small grenade roared and landed in front of him to the right, and exploded violently.
Boom!Two pieces of shrapnel hit him directly, one in the left eye and one in the left shoulder.
Liang Shan snorted and fell to the ground on the spot.
The two death squads who were rushing behind him were horrified when they saw this, and hurried forward, without checking his injuries, they lifted him up and retreated.
With the full support of Zhang Zhijian and other officers and soldiers of the two battalions, the death squads withdrew to the pass with Liangshan, who was already semi-conscious.
He looked at Liangshan, whose face was covered in blood and his left eye was bloody.
Zhang Zhijian was startled and angry, and immediately shouted: "Hurry up, send the participants down first, and the others retreat while fighting! Hurry up!"
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On the streets near Xiguankou, Xu Qingfeng led Lei Xiong, Chen Qifeng, Sun Kui and others to lead more than 200 remnants of the Ninth Battalion, Artillery Battalion, Reconnaissance Company, and Guard Company.
Fighting and retreating all the way, they finally got rid of the Japanese pursuit for the time being.
Xu Qingfeng said to Wang Tiezhu: "Captain Wang, you lead two squads to immediately lay booby traps at important intersections, seize the commanding heights, and establish a simple defense line.
The others followed me and retreated into the town, looking for a suitable place to stop the enemy. "
"Yes!" Wang Tiezhu took the lead and immediately ordered more than 20 officers and soldiers from the artillery camp, and took them to start building a defense line on the spot.
Xu Qingfeng led the others and continued to retreat into the depths of the pass.
At that time, there was an east-west river in the pass, which ran through the whole town of Molingguan.
There are two stone bridges on the river, which can be used for traffic. Fortunately, the two stone bridges were not destroyed by the Japanese air strikes and shelling, and they still stand intact.
On the way to retreat, approaching one of the stone bridges near the west gate, Chen Qifeng suddenly suggested to Xu Qingfeng: "Tuan Zuo, can we retreat to the north of the bridge to stop the enemy?"
Lei Xiong nodded and said, "That makes sense. If you blow up the stone bridge, it won't be that easy for the Japanese to cross the river."
Xu Qingfeng nodded upon hearing the words and said: "Good idea, immediately send someone to inform Battalion Commander Wang, let them resist for a while, slow down the enemy's pursuit speed, and then retreat, so as to lure the devils to our side!
Company Commander Lei, you are in charge of leading people to install explosives and prepare to blow up the bridge. Deputy Company Commander Wang led the others to retreat to the north of the bridge to seize the commanding heights and find suitable advantageous buildings as bunkers. "
"Yes!" Lei Xiong, Wang Changgui and others accepted the order in unison.
Xu Qingfeng said to Chen Qifeng again: "Ah Feng, follow me to the regiment headquarters to see if the Chief of Staff, the Seventh Battalion, and the Eighth Battalion have withdrawn."
"Yes!" Chen Qifeng replied, and immediately followed Xu Qingfeng to the northeast.
The two of them walked in tandem and not far away, they met the suicide squad members who escorted Liang Shan to retreat first.
"What's going on?" Seeing Liang Shan's face covered in blood and being carried down unconscious, Xu Qingfeng was taken aback and hurriedly stopped them from asking.
"Tuanzuo, Sanzuo was blown up by a Japanese grenade, and his left eye was seriously injured. He must be sent down quickly."
One of the suicide squad members hurriedly reported to Xu Qingfenghui.
Xu Qingfeng frowned, stepped forward to check Liangshan's injuries, and couldn't help shouting, "Chief of Staff Liang?"
Maybe because he heard Xu Qingfeng's call, Liang Shan, who was in a semi-comatose state, raised his head slightly, but there was no other response.
Xu Qingfeng was distressed, and immediately shouted: "First find the health worker, bandage him to stop the bleeding, and then immediately send him to Nanjing for treatment along with other seriously injured people!"
"Yes!" Several death-death team members responded, carried Liangshan and continued to withdraw to the northeast.
At this time, another group of death squads retreated from the South Pass.
Seeing Xu Qingfeng, they stopped at the same time, saluted Xu Qingfeng: "Tuan Zuo, why are you here?"
"What are you doing here?" Xu Qingfeng asked, "How is the situation ahead?"
One of the veteran squad leaders said: "Liu Battalion Commander died, and Zhang Battalion Commander led the brothers from the Seventh Battalion and the Eighth Battalion to resist.
A few of us were worried about the safety of the chief of staff and regiment headquarters, so we withdrew first. "
"You guys don't need to worry about the chief of staff." Xu Qingfeng pointed to the veteran squad leader and said, "Go and tell Battalion Commander Zhang immediately, and ask him to allocate one-third of the troops to delay the enemy by relying on the streets and ruined buildings at alleys. offensive edge.
The others all retreated to the north of the bridge, built fortifications on the spot, and relied on this small river to stop the devils! "
"Yes!" The veteran squad leader suddenly agreed, and hurriedly ran away in the direction he came from.
After watching him leave, Xu Qingfeng ordered the remaining people: "You guys, go to the North Pass and East Pass respectively to pass on my orders.
Tell the remaining troops there to be vigilant and to be prepared for the enemy to make another roundabout attack. "
"Yes!" Several people also agreed in unison, and immediately ran towards the East Gate and the North Gate in groups of two.
Taking advantage of the gap, Xu Qingfeng led Chen Qifeng to catch up with the regiment headquarters that had moved to the north of the bridge.
He ordered the communications platoon leader Liu Bohui: "Platoon leader Liu, you and your people are responsible for protecting the radio station. First find a place to hide near the North Pass and wait for the order to retreat!"
"Yes!" Liu Bohui responded, and said worriedly: "Tuan Zuo, what about you?"
“I want to command the troops, and now all the battalions have retreated in. They are so close that we can communicate without a phone call.
Your communication platoon is full of talents, so I should keep it for Laozi and use it to rebuild the army in the future! "
Xu Qingfeng said.
"Yes!" Liu Bohui saluted Xu Qingfeng immediately, and led the communication personnel to protect the radio station and quickly retreated towards Beiguan.
Xu Qingfeng understood that after this battle, his Huben Regiment would suffer a lot of losses.
Moreover, communication equipment such as telephone lines were also completely lost in the Japanese bombing.
Liu Bohui, a rare communication technology talent, was not willing to use it as an infantry unless it was absolutely necessary.
Therefore, arranging in advance for them to move to the relatively safe North Gate can be regarded as leaving some technical firepower for rebuilding the army in the future.
After basically making arrangements, Xu Qingfeng was about to return to the bridge north defense line in the west.
On the way, he met Zhang Zhijian, who was ordered to lead people to evacuate. When Zhang Zhijian saw Xu Qingfeng, he immediately came over with a face filled with self-blame and saluted: "Seats, it's me who failed to protect the seats."
"Don't blame yourself. I'll let you take command here. Hold off the enemy for three hours. After three hours, we can evacuate."
Xu Qingfeng ordered in a stern voice.
"Yes!" Zhang Zhijian hastily stood up and accepted the order.
Xu Qingfeng patted him on the shoulder, and immediately rushed along the Guannei River to the Nine Battalion and Pao Battalion.
After Zhang Zhijian watched Xu Qingfeng and Chen Qifeng leave, he also hurriedly commanded more than 200 officers and soldiers of the seventh and eighth battalions to build a defense line on the spot.
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18st Division Headquarters.
Takeshita Shun was giving advice to Nakajima Sadao: "Your Majesty General, the Tiger and Regiment regiment is now showing signs of fatigue, and this is a great opportunity to completely encircle and annihilate them.
Please agree, I will bring another roundabout force to roundabout and outflank the area around the North Pass and East Pass, and cut off the retreat of Xu Qingfeng's troops.
Just in case Xu Qingfeng takes the opportunity to escape back to Nanjing City! "
Nakajima Sadao looked coldly at Takeshita Jun, who had just retreated over the mountains early this morning.
He snorted angrily: "Now the various units of the Imperial Army have broken through the frontal defense line of the Chinese Army and are advancing in full force towards Moling Pass.
The Huben regiment has collapsed across the board, and it is only a matter of time before they are wiped out.
Do you think it is necessary for us to spend a lot of time on outflanking? "
Takeshita Jun said anxiously: "But, General, if Xu Qingfeng sees that the situation is not good and takes the initiative to retreat, he will most likely escape back to Nanjing City.
By then, it will not be so easy for us to completely eliminate it. "
Nakajima Sadao continued to snort disapprovingly: "So what if you escape back to Nanjing City? We can crush him and Nanjin City together!"
Takeshita Jun wanted to persist, but was interrupted directly by Nakajima Sadao, who said mercilessly: "Takeshita-kun, because of your plan, our 18th Division and 6th Division have paid a heavy price. cost.
His Royal Highness the Prince and Inaba-kun are all unfortunately broken. Shouldn't you reflect on yourself? ? "
When he said this, Takeshita Jun suddenly died down, and he no longer had the motivation and courage to persevere.
I had no choice but to bow my head and apologize: "I'm sorry, General, I will resign from my humble position."
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Inside the pass, the attacking troops of the 18th and 6th Divisions were almost simultaneously blocked by the small forces left by Xu Qingfeng and Zhang Zhijian.
Since they were not familiar with the terrain inside the pass, the Japanese troops had the upper hand.
But when advancing to the depths of the pass, one must be cautious, and some narrow streets are extremely crowded.
They were suddenly blocked by fire from the troops left behind by the Huben Regiment, and they were immediately beaten to pieces and fell down.
Frightened, the ghost soldiers scattered in all directions, trying to find a cover to hide.
Three of the devils took a fancy to a crater that was blown out by the aerial bomb, and hurriedly slumped over and jumped in.
However, as soon as the three of them landed, they encountered booby traps laid out in advance by the officers and soldiers of the Huben Regiment.
boom!A bang!The three devil soldiers were all mangled by the bombing, with two wounded and one dead.
The two wounded devils kept wailing in pain and calling for help in the crater.
There were a few devils behind, who wanted to come up to the rescue, but as soon as they rushed out, they were intercepted by the firepower of Wang Tiezhu and other officers and soldiers.
The ghost soldiers who had no time to dodge were smashed into sieves in an instant.
Seeing this, a devil leader who led the attack was furious, and immediately ordered the adjutant beside him: "Concentrate firepower to suppress, and the infantry will immediately charge and destroy them!"
As the order of the Japanese commander was conveyed, the devil quickly used mortars and heavy machine guns to form a counterattack firepower.
A dense rain of bullets and shells hit the hiding places of Wang Tiezhu and other officers and soldiers of the blocking force.
Two soldiers were bombed by a shell, fell from a roof and died on the spot.
The crossfire point composed of two Czech light machine guns was also suppressed by the Japanese's superior machine gun firepower.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Wang Tiezhu immediately began to retreat according to Xu Qingfeng's prior instructions.
After the devils covered and attacked with firepower, no defenders fired back.
Some basic-level devil officers immediately waved sabers, leading hundreds of Japanese infantry, and rushed forward.
Xu Qingfeng took Chen Qifeng to the north of the west bridge.
Coincidentally, Lei Xiong and Wang Changgui, who were busy at the bridgehead with their soldiers, greeted them at the same time: "Tuan Zuo."
"How is it? Have you buried the explosives?" Xu Qingfeng asked immediately.
Lei Xiong quickly replied: "It's all buried, and the bridge can be blown up when you give an order from Tuan Zuo."
"Don't be anxious about blowing up the bridge. Wait until Battalion Commander Wang and the others withdraw and the Japanese catch up, then blow it up again!" Xu Qingfeng asked again, "Have the temporary fortifications and machine gun firepower points been completed?"
Wang Changgui also said hurriedly: "Everything is ready, just waiting for the Japanese to arrive."
"Very good, everyone is in position, ready to meet the enemy!"
Xu Qingfeng listened to the approaching gunshots from the southwest and immediately ordered them to take cover.
Not long after they took cover, Wang Tiezhu hurriedly withdrew from the front with more than a dozen soldiers from the artillery battalion.
Xu Qingfeng hid behind a low wall on the north side of the bridge, waved at them and urged them, "Hurry up, cross the river!"
Wang Tiezhu saw Xu Qingfeng and immediately ran over from the south of the bridge with more than ten soldiers without stopping.
After crossing the bridge, with the support of their comrades, they hid behind the collapsed house bunkers on both sides and hid on the spot.
As soon as they took cover, dozens of Japanese vanguard troops chased them from the corner of the street with bayonets in hand.
Seeing the empty stone bridge, about 30 devils did not hesitate.
He rushed up directly, wanting to pass quickly, and continued to pursue Wang Tiezhu and his party.
When they completely charged onto the bridge, Xu Qingfeng immediately ordered Lei Xiong next to him: "Detonate!"
Lei Xiong, who was already prepared, immediately pulled the fuse.
Because the bridge deck was too short, the explosive packs planted by the soldiers in advance could not be ignited before the fuse was ready.
More than a dozen devils have rushed across the bridge under the leadership of a Japanese second lieutenant.
Seeing this, Xu Qingfeng immediately took the lead and raised his gun: "Hit me!"
After saying that, he stood up from behind the low wall with an MP18 submachine gun and fired at the dozen or so Japanese soldiers.
Seeing this, the other soldiers on both sides of the bridge got up and fired.
All of a sudden, gunshots rang out.
The second lieutenant of the Japanese army and the dozen or so devil soldiers behind him were instantly attacked by intensive crossfire.
They didn't even have time to react, and they were all beaten into a honeycomb.
Just at this time, the explosives buried under the bridge deck were also ignited.
Boom boom boom... Several violent explosions suddenly sounded, and the violent explosion shock wave instantly blew up the stone bridge.
The raging explosion fragments and stone chips immediately enveloped the remaining 20 devils on the bridge.
Their flesh and blood flew everywhere, causing them to scream in agony.
As the explosion ended, the stone bridge was blown into pieces and fell into the river.
And more than 30 devils' vanguard troops were all killed or injured by the bombing, and none of them survived.
When the Japanese army commander arrived with the follow-up main force, he only saw the corpses of his own soldiers scattered all over the bridgehead on the opposite bank and the tragic scene in the river.
Surprised and angry, the Japanese commander immediately waved his saber and ordered: "Order all troops to continue to attack, and must kill all these hateful Chinese troops, leaving no one behind!"
"Sir, calm down, should we wait for the engineers and the supply unit to come and erect the pontoon bridge before continuing to attack?"
A Japanese adjutant next to him hurriedly persuaded.
"Baga! Soldiers are precious and fast, don't you understand? By the time the engineers set up the pontoon bridge, the remnants of the Huben Regiment on the opposite side would have already fled away!" The devil boss roared at him furiously.
"Does it mean that we have to find something first, build a simple pontoon bridge, and then attack.
In such a cold weather, we can't let the imperial warriors swim across the river to attack, right? "
The Japanese adjutant urged anxiously.
But the devil boss pushed him away disapprovingly: "Baga, idiot! The heroic warriors of the empire aren't even afraid of death? Are you afraid of the cold?"
After finishing speaking, he directly ordered the two infantry captains beside him: "Pass my order, immediately cross the river and attack!"
Under the command of the devil commander, thousands of devils rushed out one after another.
Like dumplings on the left and right sides of the stone bridge, they jumped into the river one or two meters deep and launched a swimming attack towards the north bank.
Seeing this, Chen Qifeng, who was squatting behind Xu Qingfeng, couldn't help exclaiming: "Tuan Zuo, the devil is crazy, even swimming to attack!"
"If you were the commander of the Japs, you would go crazy!" Xu Qingfeng was not surprised and immediately ordered: "Brothers, beat me hard!"
After speaking, he took the lead again and stood up with his gun to shoot.
What Xu Qingfeng said was absolutely correct, the two divisions stormed Moling Pass for nearly three days and three nights, not only failed to take it.
It also paid a heavy price that has never been seen before, so it is not surprising that the Devils will have any crazy performance in the next attack.
There is no way, there is a death order given to them by the headquarters of the front army.
Even if the devil doesn't want to be crazy, he can't do it.
However, very soon, the blocking force led by Xu Qingfeng taught the devil what it meant to attack halfway through, which was horrible.
Because of the depth of the water, devils are generally short in height, so they are almost unable to stand still during the swimming process.
Not to mention firing back at the blocking troops led by Xu Qingfeng, the only thing that could pose a threat to Xu Qingfeng and the others.
There are only heavy firepower such as Japanese heavy machine guns, mortars, and grenades.
However, although their firepower was fierce, they could not completely suppress the intrepid Huben Regiment blocking troops.
Unable to stop it, Xu Qingfeng and his soldiers took their river crossing troops as living targets.
In addition to hitting with bullets, Xu Qingfeng and his soldiers could also bomb with grenades because the position was not far from the river.
As a result, a very pleasing scene occurred in Moling Pass.
Hundreds of devils jumped into the water and were swimming northward, but were soon hit by intensive fire from the north bank.
They were either killed by random gunshots or bombed by grenades.
This was repeated for about 40 minutes, and the river, which was not wide at all, was full of corpses of Japanese soldiers.
Even the river water was stained red by the devil's blood, and the entire battlefield was horrible.
To the southeast near the South Pass, the situation is similar.
Zhang Zhijian led the officers and soldiers of the Seventh Battalion and Eighth Battalion with more than 300 people left, and also adopted the tactics of blowing up the bridge to guard the north bank, and fought fiercely with the devils across the river.
The Okamoto Yasuyuki who fought also suffered huge casualties.
When the Japanese army reacted, they dispatched engineers and heavy artillery units from the rear.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Xu Qingfeng immediately ordered a full retreat again.
The whole regiment withdrew to the East Pass and Beiguan areas respectively and continued to resist.
Waiting for the devil to wash the ground with a wave of artillery fire, and when the pontoon bridge is erected to cross the Guannei river.
Under the unified command of Xu Qingfeng, the battalions of the Huben Regiment have built several new temporary lines of defense relying on the North Pass and East Pass, as well as the ruins of nearby buildings.
The Japanese army had no choice but to continue their offensive.
Xu Qingfeng commanded the battalions and fought fiercely with them for more than an hour.
Time finally came to the retreat time specified by the garrison headquarters, taking advantage of the gap between Japanese attacks.
Xu Qingfeng immediately called Chen Qifeng and told him: "Ah Feng, you should immediately inform Battalion Commander Zhang and the others at Dongguankou to abandon the temporary position immediately.
Move closer to us along the pass wall. When they arrive, we will withdraw from Moling Pass and retreat to Nanjing! "
"Yes!" Chen Qifeng happily agreed and left immediately.
On the East Gate side, Zhang Zhijian incorporated dozens of people from Li Beiqi's remaining troops into his blocking force.
At this moment, he still has more than 200 people in his hands, relying on the wall of the pass and several courtyards inside the pass, tenaciously blocking the attack of the 6th Division.
Chen Qifeng braved the rain of bullets along the wall, found him, and immediately said: "Battlemaster Zhang, the regiment orders you to lead your troops to move closer to the northern pass immediately, we are going to retreat!"
"Okay!" Zhang Zhijian, who was personally manipulating a Maxim heavy machine gun and shooting at the Japanese attacking troops, was overjoyed when he heard this.
He immediately turned around and shouted: "Brothers, each platoon takes turns to cover and move closer to the North Pass!"
After speaking, he ordered one of his guards: "Take this heavy machine gun away for me too, and it must not be left to the little devil."
The guard responded, hurriedly called to the three soldiers next to him, lifted up the heavy machine gun and the few remaining ammunition boxes, and left.
Five minutes later, Chen Qifeng and Zhang Zhijian arrived at the North Pass with more than 5 remnants.
Here, the ninth battalion, the artillery battalion, the reconnaissance company, the guard company, the baggage company and the remnants of Hua Linrong's troops were all ready to retreat.
"Tuan Zuo, here we come." Zhang Zhijian and Chen Qifeng excitedly ran up to Xu Qingfeng and saluted him.
"How many people are there?" Xu Qingfeng looked behind them and asked.
"More than 200, I haven't had time to count the details yet." Zhang Zhijian looked back and said.
"En." Xu Qingfeng's heart sank, his two main battalions plus dozens of remnants of Li Beiqi's troops, there were only 200 people left.
But after thinking about it, what they were carrying was the fierce attack of a division of the Japanese army.
It was also subjected to an unprecedented scale of retaliatory air strikes. It is not surprising that there are such casualties.
Xu Qingfeng understood that now was not the time to be sad.
Immediately ordered: "The guard company and the reconnaissance company will follow me in the rear, and the other battalions will quickly withdraw from Moling Pass and retreat to Nanjing!!"
"Yes!" Everyone agreed in unison, and began to take action one after another.
Because the devils were in a state of attack gap at that time, Xu Qingfeng and the others were able to withdraw from the pass smoothly.
Wait until the devil finds out that something is wrong and launches a chase.
Xu Qingfeng led dozens of guards and officers and soldiers of the reconnaissance company, and they were the last batch to leave the closed wall.
At this time, Okamoto Yasuyuki also led the offensive troops of the 6th Division, captured the East Gate, and rushed over after hearing the news.
After converging with the attacking troops of the 18th Division, the two troops joined forces and rushed directly out of Moling Pass, following the Huben Regiment towards Nanjing City.
Therefore, the Huben regiment withdrew in front, and the devils chased after them.
The two troops were not far apart and both were running at full speed.
At this moment, Xu Qingfeng's ears suddenly heard a system prompt: "Ding Dong, congratulations to the host for getting a chance to sign in, and a gift bag reward for the next day of sticking to Moling Pass."
The Huben group is almost out of ammunition and food, and is exhausted, so Xu Qingfeng decisively ordered the system: "Use the sign-in immediately, and open the gift bag!"
The system quickly executed his instructions: "Ding, congratulations to the host for signing in and getting one hundred napalm bombs!
Get an American Sherman tank through the gift package! "
"Huh?" Xu Qingfeng couldn't help but be very surprised: "Extreme luck, what is it? A Sherman tank broke out?
And a hundred rounds of napalm? "
The system didn't answer any more, Xu Qingfeng kept on stepping, and his heavy mood improved slightly.
While leading the team to retreat, he said to Chen Qifeng: "Ah Feng, go ask the artillery battalion if there are any mortars and shells!"
"Yes!" Chen Qifeng agreed loudly and immediately sped up and ran towards the artillery camp in front.
Not long after, they went back and forth, saluted Xu Qingfeng: "Reporting to the regiment, Battalion Commander Wang said that they only brought out a [-]mm mortar and three napalm bombs.
Oh, by the way, and our bazooka didn't work yet, and they brought it out, too. "
"Bring me the mortars and bazookas immediately. You and the guard company will stay behind and follow me to the rear to block the Japanese pursuit troops.
Otherwise, just being chased by devils like this, if we can't retreat to Nanjing, we will have to be caught up! "
When Xu Qingfeng heard this, his eyes lit up and he immediately ordered.
"Yes!" Chen Qifeng immediately called the three soldiers of the guard company, led them and ran forward again.
After a short meeting, they took three artillerymen, carrying the bazooka, the [-]mm mortar, and two ammunition boxes, and ran back panting.
Xu Qingfeng ordered Zhang Zhijian to continue to retreat towards Nanjing at full speed with the troops.
He took Chen Qifeng and more than 20 guards, artillery soldiers, bazookas and mortars and ran towards a hillside on the right side of the road.
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When Xu Qingfeng took Chen Qifeng, Lei Xiong and others to the vicinity of Xiguankou.
It was discovered that on the ninth battalion position outside, Sun Kui and Wang Changgui had led their troops to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army.
Coincidentally, Wang Tiezhu also brought a group of artillery battalion officers and soldiers to reinforce at this time.
"Tuan Zuo, why are you here?" Wang Tiezhu couldn't help being surprised when he saw Xu Qingfeng.
"How is the situation in your artillery camp?" Xu Qingfeng asked without answering.
"The Krupp artillery battery was severely damaged, only one of the ten 75mm mountain guns remained, and the artillerymen were also completely lost.
The situation of the mortar company was still unclear. Seeing that the situation of the Ninth Battalion was critical, I took the guard platoon and some of the baggage personnel and came over for reinforcements. "
"The situation is urgent, the enemy is outnumbered, and we can no longer continue to fight the Japanese so hard. I have decided to abandon the position outside the pass and withdraw the entire regiment into Moling Pass to fight the Japanese in the street.
Therefore, the most urgent task is to accommodate the withdrawal of the Ninth Battalion and the Reconnaissance Company. "Xu Qingfeng said.
"Regiment leader, what should we do? Do you want to rush out to help?" Wang Tiezhu looked at the officers and soldiers of the Ninth Battalion and the Reconnaissance Company who were still fighting fiercely outside, his face full of anxiety.
"No hurry!" Xu Qingfeng waved his hand and signaled: "You guys are on the side of the wall to prepare for the response, and set up the machine guns.
I took the guard company to rescue the brothers from the Ninth Battalion and the Reconnaissance Company.
Waiting for the devils to pursue, you are responsible for opening fire to stop us and retreat into the pass. "
"Yes!" Wang Tiezhu readily agreed, and immediately commanded more than a hundred officers and soldiers from the artillery battalion to board the wall with gaps everywhere.
Although these more than a hundred officers and soldiers belonged to the artillery battalion, they were all guards and heavy soldiers of the artillery battalion.
Its members are all from more than 3000 supplementary soldiers, so they are no different from ordinary infantry, and are also equipped with infantry weapons.
At the beginning, Xu Qingfeng gave the artillery battalion the scale of 600 people, so that the artillery battalion had the power to protect itself.
It can also be used as a reserve force when the battle situation is critical.
After Wang Tiezhu and his team were ready, Xu Qingfeng turned his head and glanced at Lei Xiong, Chen Qifeng and dozens of officers and soldiers who were following behind him.
Some of these officers and soldiers participated in the death squads, and some were left to protect the guards of the regiment headquarters.
Basically all come from the guard company, without exception, they are all first-class elite veterans.
Facing Xu Qingfeng's gaze, they all involuntarily puffed up their chests and looked at Xu Qingfeng expectantly, like a pack of wolves waiting for the wolf king's order.
"Brothers, rush up and kill the enemy with as much firepower as possible. Our main purpose is to rescue the brothers from the Ninth Battalion and the Reconnaissance Company.
Everyone must not love to fight, understand? "Xu Qingfeng gritted his teeth and told everyone in a deep voice.
"Yes!" Chen Qifeng and Lei Xiong took the lead in responding.
"Go!" Xu Qingfeng took the lead and rushed out with a submachine gun in his hand.
Chen Qifeng and Lei Xiong hurriedly followed, and dozens of officers and soldiers from the guard company also took action.
Follow behind them and file out from the gap in the wall.
After exiting the barrier, Xu Qingfeng and the three of them quickly spread out to the two wings as the core.
Not long after, Xu Qingfeng led them to the Ninth Battalion's position where there was already a scuffle.
When he saw the Japanese soldiers, he, Chen Qifeng, Lei Xiong and other officers and soldiers raised their guns and started to fight.
Due to the relatively small number of people in the Ninth Battalion and the Reconnaissance Company, basically there will be at least two or three devils in front of a soldier, and even more behind.
Therefore, after Xu Qingfeng and the others arrived, they could fire freely.
The powerful firepower of automatic weapons such as submachine guns and light machine guns was used to cause great damage to the Japanese soldiers who were fighting bayonets with the officers and soldiers of the Ninth Battalion and the Reconnaissance Company.
After a fierce charge, almost all the Japanese troops who fought with the officers and soldiers of the Ninth Battalion and the Reconnaissance Company were killed.
Xu Qingfeng, Lei Xiong, Chen Qifeng and others took advantage of the situation and continued to rush forward, and kept firing.
The Japanese assault troops who were beaten cried for their fathers and mothers and ran like wolves.
Because I was afraid of accidentally injuring my own people when fighting with the bayonet.
At that time, most of the devils who participated in the battle returned the bullets in the gun chambers in advance.
Therefore, facing Xu Qingfeng, they used dozens of submachine guns and light machine guns to attack with automatic firepower.
The Japanese army, which clearly had an absolute advantage in numbers, fell into a great passivity. Not to mention the heavy casualties, the entire offensive momentum was also severely frustrated.
The devils in front were beaten and fled back, while the devils behind wanted to step forward for reinforcements.
For a while, they were crowded and chaotic.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xu Qingfeng immediately shouted to Sun Kui, Wang Changgui and others: "Everyone, immediately abandon the positions outside the pass and retreat into the pass, quickly!"
Sun Kui, who was very excited to see Xu Qingfeng personally leading troops to help, responded immediately, "Yes!"
Immediately, he turned around and ordered to the few remaining officers and soldiers of the Ninth Battalion and the Reconnaissance Company: "Brothers, retreat! Quick!"
About 50 surviving officers and soldiers of the Ninth Battalion and the Reconnaissance Company quickly retreated.
The devils attacked the troops, and only then did they react.
Under the command of a Dazuo officer, groups and groups counterattacked towards the Ninth Battalion's position.
Xu Qingfeng led Chen Qifeng, Lei Xiong and dozens of other officers and soldiers to the rear, relying on the trenches to continue firing while slowly retreating.
Da da da... da da da....
As bursts of rapid fire and bursts of gunfire rang out, dense bullets roared towards the Japanese who were coming back.
They were shot one after another, some fell on their backs, and some fell headlong into the trench.
Under Xu Qingfeng's personal rear guard, more than 50 officers and soldiers, including Sun Kui and Wang Changgui, retreated smoothly into the closed wall.
Seeing that it was almost time, Xu Qingfeng quickly retreated into the closed wall with dozens of soldiers.
Just as the devil was about to pursue, Wang Tiezhu and more than a hundred officers and soldiers of the artillery battalion who were ambushing on the wall opened fire one after another.
"Hit me! Hit me hard!"
As the artillery battalion commander, Wang Tiezhu seldom had the opportunity to directly lead his troops to participate in front-line battles.
In addition, the personnel and equipment of the artillery battalion suffered heavy losses from the Japanese air raids, which made him hate the Japanese even more.
So, with a roar, he personally set up a Czech-style light machine gun, and opened fire first to shoot at the devils.
Under his leadership, the officers and soldiers of the artillery battalion opened fire at full speed.
The devils who were trying to pursue them were dealt a head-on blow, and Xu Qingfeng and dozens of troops from the rear were successfully escorted in.
After Xu Qingfeng retreated into the wall, Sun Kui ran over with a sad face: "The regiment, the ninth battalion and the reconnaissance company are the only ones left. The others all died."
Xu Qingfeng patted him on the shoulder and said: "I know that the brothers who sacrificed are all good, and they are worthy of my Chinese good man.
Don't be sad, with you guys here, we will be able to rebuild Jiuying in the future! "
As he spoke, he looked outside at the Japanese troops who were attacking at all costs.
Immediately said in a deep voice: "Everyone listen to my order, the ninth battalion and the reconnaissance company will withdraw first, the artillery battalion will follow, and the guard company will follow me!
Immediately retreat to the town, let the devils in, rely on the streets, houses and buildings, and fight back! "
"Yes!" Everyone responded one after another, and began to retreat one after another.
Dozens of officers and soldiers led by Xu Qingfeng were the last group to withdraw into the town relying on the wall fortifications.
At the same time, the South Pass position.
Because the remaining troops of the Seventh Battalion and Eighth Battalion are much more than that of the Ninth Battalion.
So, when Liang Shan rushed to the battlefield with dozens of people.
Zhang Zhijian was leading the officers and soldiers of the two battalions to engage in a fierce exchange of fire with the Japanese invaders.
The devils hadn't broken through their defenses yet, and the two sides hadn't engaged in hand-to-hand combat yet.
Liang Shan went straight to the front with the support troops, and found Zhang Zhijian, the commander of the Eighth Battalion, in the fierce battle.
Seeing him coming, Zhang Zhijian said excitedly and unexpectedly: "Chan Zuo, why are you here?"
"Zhang Battalion Commander, the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered. The regiment has an order. Immediately abandon the position outside the pass. The whole regiment retreats to the pass. Let the devils come in and fight them in the streets!"
Liang Shan said in a serious voice.
"This is also a way. If we push on outside, we have to use all our troops."
Zhang Zhijian nodded when he heard this, and immediately said: "Take a seat, you retreat first, I will lead the people behind."
"No, I'll command the rear of the palace, you lead the people to retreat first." Liang Shan flatly refused.
Zhang Zhijian wanted to persuade him again, but was interrupted by Liang Shan's direct reprimand: "Execute the order!"
"Yes!" Zhang Zhijian had no choice but to accept the order, and began to direct the seventh and eighth battalions on the ground to retreat.
Liang Shan, with a sense of mission, led the death squads to cover their retreat.
After Inaba Shiro and others died, Okamoto Yasuyuki, captain of the 13th Regiment, became the highest-ranking military officer of the 6th Division.
Although the Front Army Headquarters has temporarily handed over all command rights on the Molingguan front line to the commander of the 18th Division, Sadao Nakajima.
But because he wants to command the 18th Division, Okamoto Yasuyuki is actually the supreme commander of the 6th Division on the South Pass.
For revenge, but also for not harakiri.
Naturally, Okamoto Yasuyuki did not dare to take it lightly, except for personally commanding and deploying the attack.
He himself braved a hail of bullets and came to the forefront of his own position.
The purpose is to be able to conduct contingency command at the first time.
When the defensive troops of the Huben regiment were found through the telescope and began to retreat.
A smug and cruel sneer appeared on the corner of the old devil's mouth, and he said: "These damn Chinese troops are finally going to be unable to hold on any longer."
A lieutenant and adjutant next to him also said excitedly: "Sir, it seems that the imperial army's air strikes have caused them a lot of damage, and they are going to be unable to hold on."
Okamoto Baoyu immediately drew out his saber, and ordered in a stern voice: "Order all the troops to pursue with all their strength, and must wipe out this damned Chinese army at Moling Pass, so that no one escapes!"
"Hay!" The lieutenant and adjutant bowed his head heavily, and hurriedly led away.
After receiving the order, except for the two Japanese brigades that were attacking.
In addition, more than 1000 devils who served as the reserve team also held bayonets and shouted in unison, scrambling to join the pursuit of the defensive troops of the Huben Regiment.
"Kill and change!"
"Kill!"
"Come on!" For a while, the Japanese's shouts of killing could not be heard.
Thousands of devils charged at the same time, and its scale and momentum were completely beyond the reach of dozens of death squads.
In order to prevent the Japanese from rushing into their own positions, Liang Shan and dozens of suicide squad members had to continue shooting with full firepower, without even thinking about retreating.
Zhang Zhijian, who had already brought the main force of the Seventh Battalion and the Eighth Battalion to retreat to the Guanqiang area, saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly commanded the officers and soldiers of the two battalions, quickly turned around and joined the battle, relying on the Guanqiang wall to shoot at the devils, so as to block the Japanese attack. Japanese army.
At the same time, he did not forget to yell at Liang Shan and the others: "Come on, hurry up! Come back!"
Liang Shan and others were able to take a breather, and quickly retreated along the trench while replacing the magazines for their weapons.
During the charge of the Japanese army, in addition to the firepower of rifles and light machine guns.
They also used a large number of small-caliber cannons such as grenades to bombard the Tiger Regiment's positions to cover their own troops' attacks.
Coincidentally, when Liangshan led the death squads, they were retreating in a hurry.
A small grenade roared and landed in front of him to the right, and exploded violently.
Boom!Two pieces of shrapnel hit him directly, one in the left eye and one in the left shoulder.
Liang Shan snorted and fell to the ground on the spot.
The two death squads who were rushing behind him were horrified when they saw this, and hurried forward, without checking his injuries, they lifted him up and retreated.
With the full support of Zhang Zhijian and other officers and soldiers of the two battalions, the death squads withdrew to the pass with Liangshan, who was already semi-conscious.
He looked at Liangshan, whose face was covered in blood and his left eye was bloody.
Zhang Zhijian was startled and angry, and immediately shouted: "Hurry up, send the participants down first, and the others retreat while fighting! Hurry up!"
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On the streets near Xiguankou, Xu Qingfeng led Lei Xiong, Chen Qifeng, Sun Kui and others to lead more than 200 remnants of the Ninth Battalion, Artillery Battalion, Reconnaissance Company, and Guard Company.
Fighting and retreating all the way, they finally got rid of the Japanese pursuit for the time being.
Xu Qingfeng said to Wang Tiezhu: "Captain Wang, you lead two squads to immediately lay booby traps at important intersections, seize the commanding heights, and establish a simple defense line.
The others followed me and retreated into the town, looking for a suitable place to stop the enemy. "
"Yes!" Wang Tiezhu took the lead and immediately ordered more than 20 officers and soldiers from the artillery camp, and took them to start building a defense line on the spot.
Xu Qingfeng led the others and continued to retreat into the depths of the pass.
At that time, there was an east-west river in the pass, which ran through the whole town of Molingguan.
There are two stone bridges on the river, which can be used for traffic. Fortunately, the two stone bridges were not destroyed by the Japanese air strikes and shelling, and they still stand intact.
On the way to retreat, approaching one of the stone bridges near the west gate, Chen Qifeng suddenly suggested to Xu Qingfeng: "Tuan Zuo, can we retreat to the north of the bridge to stop the enemy?"
Lei Xiong nodded and said, "That makes sense. If you blow up the stone bridge, it won't be that easy for the Japanese to cross the river."
Xu Qingfeng nodded upon hearing the words and said: "Good idea, immediately send someone to inform Battalion Commander Wang, let them resist for a while, slow down the enemy's pursuit speed, and then retreat, so as to lure the devils to our side!
Company Commander Lei, you are in charge of leading people to install explosives and prepare to blow up the bridge. Deputy Company Commander Wang led the others to retreat to the north of the bridge to seize the commanding heights and find suitable advantageous buildings as bunkers. "
"Yes!" Lei Xiong, Wang Changgui and others accepted the order in unison.
Xu Qingfeng said to Chen Qifeng again: "Ah Feng, follow me to the regiment headquarters to see if the Chief of Staff, the Seventh Battalion, and the Eighth Battalion have withdrawn."
"Yes!" Chen Qifeng replied, and immediately followed Xu Qingfeng to the northeast.
The two of them walked in tandem and not far away, they met the suicide squad members who escorted Liang Shan to retreat first.
"What's going on?" Seeing Liang Shan's face covered in blood and being carried down unconscious, Xu Qingfeng was taken aback and hurriedly stopped them from asking.
"Tuanzuo, Sanzuo was blown up by a Japanese grenade, and his left eye was seriously injured. He must be sent down quickly."
One of the suicide squad members hurriedly reported to Xu Qingfenghui.
Xu Qingfeng frowned, stepped forward to check Liangshan's injuries, and couldn't help shouting, "Chief of Staff Liang?"
Maybe because he heard Xu Qingfeng's call, Liang Shan, who was in a semi-comatose state, raised his head slightly, but there was no other response.
Xu Qingfeng was distressed, and immediately shouted: "First find the health worker, bandage him to stop the bleeding, and then immediately send him to Nanjing for treatment along with other seriously injured people!"
"Yes!" Several death-death team members responded, carried Liangshan and continued to withdraw to the northeast.
At this time, another group of death squads retreated from the South Pass.
Seeing Xu Qingfeng, they stopped at the same time, saluted Xu Qingfeng: "Tuan Zuo, why are you here?"
"What are you doing here?" Xu Qingfeng asked, "How is the situation ahead?"
One of the veteran squad leaders said: "Liu Battalion Commander died, and Zhang Battalion Commander led the brothers from the Seventh Battalion and the Eighth Battalion to resist.
A few of us were worried about the safety of the chief of staff and regiment headquarters, so we withdrew first. "
"You guys don't need to worry about the chief of staff." Xu Qingfeng pointed to the veteran squad leader and said, "Go and tell Battalion Commander Zhang immediately, and ask him to allocate one-third of the troops to delay the enemy by relying on the streets and ruined buildings at alleys. offensive edge.
The others all retreated to the north of the bridge, built fortifications on the spot, and relied on this small river to stop the devils! "
"Yes!" The veteran squad leader suddenly agreed, and hurriedly ran away in the direction he came from.
After watching him leave, Xu Qingfeng ordered the remaining people: "You guys, go to the North Pass and East Pass respectively to pass on my orders.
Tell the remaining troops there to be vigilant and to be prepared for the enemy to make another roundabout attack. "
"Yes!" Several people also agreed in unison, and immediately ran towards the East Gate and the North Gate in groups of two.
Taking advantage of the gap, Xu Qingfeng led Chen Qifeng to catch up with the regiment headquarters that had moved to the north of the bridge.
He ordered the communications platoon leader Liu Bohui: "Platoon leader Liu, you and your people are responsible for protecting the radio station. First find a place to hide near the North Pass and wait for the order to retreat!"
"Yes!" Liu Bohui responded, and said worriedly: "Tuan Zuo, what about you?"
“I want to command the troops, and now all the battalions have retreated in. They are so close that we can communicate without a phone call.
Your communication platoon is full of talents, so I should keep it for Laozi and use it to rebuild the army in the future! "
Xu Qingfeng said.
"Yes!" Liu Bohui saluted Xu Qingfeng immediately, and led the communication personnel to protect the radio station and quickly retreated towards Beiguan.
Xu Qingfeng understood that after this battle, his Huben Regiment would suffer a lot of losses.
Moreover, communication equipment such as telephone lines were also completely lost in the Japanese bombing.
Liu Bohui, a rare communication technology talent, was not willing to use it as an infantry unless it was absolutely necessary.
Therefore, arranging in advance for them to move to the relatively safe North Gate can be regarded as leaving some technical firepower for rebuilding the army in the future.
After basically making arrangements, Xu Qingfeng was about to return to the bridge north defense line in the west.
On the way, he met Zhang Zhijian, who was ordered to lead people to evacuate. When Zhang Zhijian saw Xu Qingfeng, he immediately came over with a face filled with self-blame and saluted: "Seats, it's me who failed to protect the seats."
"Don't blame yourself. I'll let you take command here. Hold off the enemy for three hours. After three hours, we can evacuate."
Xu Qingfeng ordered in a stern voice.
"Yes!" Zhang Zhijian hastily stood up and accepted the order.
Xu Qingfeng patted him on the shoulder, and immediately rushed along the Guannei River to the Nine Battalion and Pao Battalion.
After Zhang Zhijian watched Xu Qingfeng and Chen Qifeng leave, he also hurriedly commanded more than 200 officers and soldiers of the seventh and eighth battalions to build a defense line on the spot.
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18st Division Headquarters.
Takeshita Shun was giving advice to Nakajima Sadao: "Your Majesty General, the Tiger and Regiment regiment is now showing signs of fatigue, and this is a great opportunity to completely encircle and annihilate them.
Please agree, I will bring another roundabout force to roundabout and outflank the area around the North Pass and East Pass, and cut off the retreat of Xu Qingfeng's troops.
Just in case Xu Qingfeng takes the opportunity to escape back to Nanjing City! "
Nakajima Sadao looked coldly at Takeshita Jun, who had just retreated over the mountains early this morning.
He snorted angrily: "Now the various units of the Imperial Army have broken through the frontal defense line of the Chinese Army and are advancing in full force towards Moling Pass.
The Huben regiment has collapsed across the board, and it is only a matter of time before they are wiped out.
Do you think it is necessary for us to spend a lot of time on outflanking? "
Takeshita Jun said anxiously: "But, General, if Xu Qingfeng sees that the situation is not good and takes the initiative to retreat, he will most likely escape back to Nanjing City.
By then, it will not be so easy for us to completely eliminate it. "
Nakajima Sadao continued to snort disapprovingly: "So what if you escape back to Nanjing City? We can crush him and Nanjin City together!"
Takeshita Jun wanted to persist, but was interrupted directly by Nakajima Sadao, who said mercilessly: "Takeshita-kun, because of your plan, our 18th Division and 6th Division have paid a heavy price. cost.
His Royal Highness the Prince and Inaba-kun are all unfortunately broken. Shouldn't you reflect on yourself? ? "
When he said this, Takeshita Jun suddenly died down, and he no longer had the motivation and courage to persevere.
I had no choice but to bow my head and apologize: "I'm sorry, General, I will resign from my humble position."
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Inside the pass, the attacking troops of the 18th and 6th Divisions were almost simultaneously blocked by the small forces left by Xu Qingfeng and Zhang Zhijian.
Since they were not familiar with the terrain inside the pass, the Japanese troops had the upper hand.
But when advancing to the depths of the pass, one must be cautious, and some narrow streets are extremely crowded.
They were suddenly blocked by fire from the troops left behind by the Huben Regiment, and they were immediately beaten to pieces and fell down.
Frightened, the ghost soldiers scattered in all directions, trying to find a cover to hide.
Three of the devils took a fancy to a crater that was blown out by the aerial bomb, and hurriedly slumped over and jumped in.
However, as soon as the three of them landed, they encountered booby traps laid out in advance by the officers and soldiers of the Huben Regiment.
boom!A bang!The three devil soldiers were all mangled by the bombing, with two wounded and one dead.
The two wounded devils kept wailing in pain and calling for help in the crater.
There were a few devils behind, who wanted to come up to the rescue, but as soon as they rushed out, they were intercepted by the firepower of Wang Tiezhu and other officers and soldiers.
The ghost soldiers who had no time to dodge were smashed into sieves in an instant.
Seeing this, a devil leader who led the attack was furious, and immediately ordered the adjutant beside him: "Concentrate firepower to suppress, and the infantry will immediately charge and destroy them!"
As the order of the Japanese commander was conveyed, the devil quickly used mortars and heavy machine guns to form a counterattack firepower.
A dense rain of bullets and shells hit the hiding places of Wang Tiezhu and other officers and soldiers of the blocking force.
Two soldiers were bombed by a shell, fell from a roof and died on the spot.
The crossfire point composed of two Czech light machine guns was also suppressed by the Japanese's superior machine gun firepower.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Wang Tiezhu immediately began to retreat according to Xu Qingfeng's prior instructions.
After the devils covered and attacked with firepower, no defenders fired back.
Some basic-level devil officers immediately waved sabers, leading hundreds of Japanese infantry, and rushed forward.
Xu Qingfeng took Chen Qifeng to the north of the west bridge.
Coincidentally, Lei Xiong and Wang Changgui, who were busy at the bridgehead with their soldiers, greeted them at the same time: "Tuan Zuo."
"How is it? Have you buried the explosives?" Xu Qingfeng asked immediately.
Lei Xiong quickly replied: "It's all buried, and the bridge can be blown up when you give an order from Tuan Zuo."
"Don't be anxious about blowing up the bridge. Wait until Battalion Commander Wang and the others withdraw and the Japanese catch up, then blow it up again!" Xu Qingfeng asked again, "Have the temporary fortifications and machine gun firepower points been completed?"
Wang Changgui also said hurriedly: "Everything is ready, just waiting for the Japanese to arrive."
"Very good, everyone is in position, ready to meet the enemy!"
Xu Qingfeng listened to the approaching gunshots from the southwest and immediately ordered them to take cover.
Not long after they took cover, Wang Tiezhu hurriedly withdrew from the front with more than a dozen soldiers from the artillery battalion.
Xu Qingfeng hid behind a low wall on the north side of the bridge, waved at them and urged them, "Hurry up, cross the river!"
Wang Tiezhu saw Xu Qingfeng and immediately ran over from the south of the bridge with more than ten soldiers without stopping.
After crossing the bridge, with the support of their comrades, they hid behind the collapsed house bunkers on both sides and hid on the spot.
As soon as they took cover, dozens of Japanese vanguard troops chased them from the corner of the street with bayonets in hand.
Seeing the empty stone bridge, about 30 devils did not hesitate.
He rushed up directly, wanting to pass quickly, and continued to pursue Wang Tiezhu and his party.
When they completely charged onto the bridge, Xu Qingfeng immediately ordered Lei Xiong next to him: "Detonate!"
Lei Xiong, who was already prepared, immediately pulled the fuse.
Because the bridge deck was too short, the explosive packs planted by the soldiers in advance could not be ignited before the fuse was ready.
More than a dozen devils have rushed across the bridge under the leadership of a Japanese second lieutenant.
Seeing this, Xu Qingfeng immediately took the lead and raised his gun: "Hit me!"
After saying that, he stood up from behind the low wall with an MP18 submachine gun and fired at the dozen or so Japanese soldiers.
Seeing this, the other soldiers on both sides of the bridge got up and fired.
All of a sudden, gunshots rang out.
The second lieutenant of the Japanese army and the dozen or so devil soldiers behind him were instantly attacked by intensive crossfire.
They didn't even have time to react, and they were all beaten into a honeycomb.
Just at this time, the explosives buried under the bridge deck were also ignited.
Boom boom boom... Several violent explosions suddenly sounded, and the violent explosion shock wave instantly blew up the stone bridge.
The raging explosion fragments and stone chips immediately enveloped the remaining 20 devils on the bridge.
Their flesh and blood flew everywhere, causing them to scream in agony.
As the explosion ended, the stone bridge was blown into pieces and fell into the river.
And more than 30 devils' vanguard troops were all killed or injured by the bombing, and none of them survived.
When the Japanese army commander arrived with the follow-up main force, he only saw the corpses of his own soldiers scattered all over the bridgehead on the opposite bank and the tragic scene in the river.
Surprised and angry, the Japanese commander immediately waved his saber and ordered: "Order all troops to continue to attack, and must kill all these hateful Chinese troops, leaving no one behind!"
"Sir, calm down, should we wait for the engineers and the supply unit to come and erect the pontoon bridge before continuing to attack?"
A Japanese adjutant next to him hurriedly persuaded.
"Baga! Soldiers are precious and fast, don't you understand? By the time the engineers set up the pontoon bridge, the remnants of the Huben Regiment on the opposite side would have already fled away!" The devil boss roared at him furiously.
"Does it mean that we have to find something first, build a simple pontoon bridge, and then attack.
In such a cold weather, we can't let the imperial warriors swim across the river to attack, right? "
The Japanese adjutant urged anxiously.
But the devil boss pushed him away disapprovingly: "Baga, idiot! The heroic warriors of the empire aren't even afraid of death? Are you afraid of the cold?"
After finishing speaking, he directly ordered the two infantry captains beside him: "Pass my order, immediately cross the river and attack!"
Under the command of the devil commander, thousands of devils rushed out one after another.
Like dumplings on the left and right sides of the stone bridge, they jumped into the river one or two meters deep and launched a swimming attack towards the north bank.
Seeing this, Chen Qifeng, who was squatting behind Xu Qingfeng, couldn't help exclaiming: "Tuan Zuo, the devil is crazy, even swimming to attack!"
"If you were the commander of the Japs, you would go crazy!" Xu Qingfeng was not surprised and immediately ordered: "Brothers, beat me hard!"
After speaking, he took the lead again and stood up with his gun to shoot.
What Xu Qingfeng said was absolutely correct, the two divisions stormed Moling Pass for nearly three days and three nights, not only failed to take it.
It also paid a heavy price that has never been seen before, so it is not surprising that the Devils will have any crazy performance in the next attack.
There is no way, there is a death order given to them by the headquarters of the front army.
Even if the devil doesn't want to be crazy, he can't do it.
However, very soon, the blocking force led by Xu Qingfeng taught the devil what it meant to attack halfway through, which was horrible.
Because of the depth of the water, devils are generally short in height, so they are almost unable to stand still during the swimming process.
Not to mention firing back at the blocking troops led by Xu Qingfeng, the only thing that could pose a threat to Xu Qingfeng and the others.
There are only heavy firepower such as Japanese heavy machine guns, mortars, and grenades.
However, although their firepower was fierce, they could not completely suppress the intrepid Huben Regiment blocking troops.
Unable to stop it, Xu Qingfeng and his soldiers took their river crossing troops as living targets.
In addition to hitting with bullets, Xu Qingfeng and his soldiers could also bomb with grenades because the position was not far from the river.
As a result, a very pleasing scene occurred in Moling Pass.
Hundreds of devils jumped into the water and were swimming northward, but were soon hit by intensive fire from the north bank.
They were either killed by random gunshots or bombed by grenades.
This was repeated for about 40 minutes, and the river, which was not wide at all, was full of corpses of Japanese soldiers.
Even the river water was stained red by the devil's blood, and the entire battlefield was horrible.
To the southeast near the South Pass, the situation is similar.
Zhang Zhijian led the officers and soldiers of the Seventh Battalion and Eighth Battalion with more than 300 people left, and also adopted the tactics of blowing up the bridge to guard the north bank, and fought fiercely with the devils across the river.
The Okamoto Yasuyuki who fought also suffered huge casualties.
When the Japanese army reacted, they dispatched engineers and heavy artillery units from the rear.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Xu Qingfeng immediately ordered a full retreat again.
The whole regiment withdrew to the East Pass and Beiguan areas respectively and continued to resist.
Waiting for the devil to wash the ground with a wave of artillery fire, and when the pontoon bridge is erected to cross the Guannei river.
Under the unified command of Xu Qingfeng, the battalions of the Huben Regiment have built several new temporary lines of defense relying on the North Pass and East Pass, as well as the ruins of nearby buildings.
The Japanese army had no choice but to continue their offensive.
Xu Qingfeng commanded the battalions and fought fiercely with them for more than an hour.
Time finally came to the retreat time specified by the garrison headquarters, taking advantage of the gap between Japanese attacks.
Xu Qingfeng immediately called Chen Qifeng and told him: "Ah Feng, you should immediately inform Battalion Commander Zhang and the others at Dongguankou to abandon the temporary position immediately.
Move closer to us along the pass wall. When they arrive, we will withdraw from Moling Pass and retreat to Nanjing! "
"Yes!" Chen Qifeng happily agreed and left immediately.
On the East Gate side, Zhang Zhijian incorporated dozens of people from Li Beiqi's remaining troops into his blocking force.
At this moment, he still has more than 200 people in his hands, relying on the wall of the pass and several courtyards inside the pass, tenaciously blocking the attack of the 6th Division.
Chen Qifeng braved the rain of bullets along the wall, found him, and immediately said: "Battlemaster Zhang, the regiment orders you to lead your troops to move closer to the northern pass immediately, we are going to retreat!"
"Okay!" Zhang Zhijian, who was personally manipulating a Maxim heavy machine gun and shooting at the Japanese attacking troops, was overjoyed when he heard this.
He immediately turned around and shouted: "Brothers, each platoon takes turns to cover and move closer to the North Pass!"
After speaking, he ordered one of his guards: "Take this heavy machine gun away for me too, and it must not be left to the little devil."
The guard responded, hurriedly called to the three soldiers next to him, lifted up the heavy machine gun and the few remaining ammunition boxes, and left.
Five minutes later, Chen Qifeng and Zhang Zhijian arrived at the North Pass with more than 5 remnants.
Here, the ninth battalion, the artillery battalion, the reconnaissance company, the guard company, the baggage company and the remnants of Hua Linrong's troops were all ready to retreat.
"Tuan Zuo, here we come." Zhang Zhijian and Chen Qifeng excitedly ran up to Xu Qingfeng and saluted him.
"How many people are there?" Xu Qingfeng looked behind them and asked.
"More than 200, I haven't had time to count the details yet." Zhang Zhijian looked back and said.
"En." Xu Qingfeng's heart sank, his two main battalions plus dozens of remnants of Li Beiqi's troops, there were only 200 people left.
But after thinking about it, what they were carrying was the fierce attack of a division of the Japanese army.
It was also subjected to an unprecedented scale of retaliatory air strikes. It is not surprising that there are such casualties.
Xu Qingfeng understood that now was not the time to be sad.
Immediately ordered: "The guard company and the reconnaissance company will follow me in the rear, and the other battalions will quickly withdraw from Moling Pass and retreat to Nanjing!!"
"Yes!" Everyone agreed in unison, and began to take action one after another.
Because the devils were in a state of attack gap at that time, Xu Qingfeng and the others were able to withdraw from the pass smoothly.
Wait until the devil finds out that something is wrong and launches a chase.
Xu Qingfeng led dozens of guards and officers and soldiers of the reconnaissance company, and they were the last batch to leave the closed wall.
At this time, Okamoto Yasuyuki also led the offensive troops of the 6th Division, captured the East Gate, and rushed over after hearing the news.
After converging with the attacking troops of the 18th Division, the two troops joined forces and rushed directly out of Moling Pass, following the Huben Regiment towards Nanjing City.
Therefore, the Huben regiment withdrew in front, and the devils chased after them.
The two troops were not far apart and both were running at full speed.
At this moment, Xu Qingfeng's ears suddenly heard a system prompt: "Ding Dong, congratulations to the host for getting a chance to sign in, and a gift bag reward for the next day of sticking to Moling Pass."
The Huben group is almost out of ammunition and food, and is exhausted, so Xu Qingfeng decisively ordered the system: "Use the sign-in immediately, and open the gift bag!"
The system quickly executed his instructions: "Ding, congratulations to the host for signing in and getting one hundred napalm bombs!
Get an American Sherman tank through the gift package! "
"Huh?" Xu Qingfeng couldn't help but be very surprised: "Extreme luck, what is it? A Sherman tank broke out?
And a hundred rounds of napalm? "
The system didn't answer any more, Xu Qingfeng kept on stepping, and his heavy mood improved slightly.
While leading the team to retreat, he said to Chen Qifeng: "Ah Feng, go ask the artillery battalion if there are any mortars and shells!"
"Yes!" Chen Qifeng agreed loudly and immediately sped up and ran towards the artillery camp in front.
Not long after, they went back and forth, saluted Xu Qingfeng: "Reporting to the regiment, Battalion Commander Wang said that they only brought out a [-]mm mortar and three napalm bombs.
Oh, by the way, and our bazooka didn't work yet, and they brought it out, too. "
"Bring me the mortars and bazookas immediately. You and the guard company will stay behind and follow me to the rear to block the Japanese pursuit troops.
Otherwise, just being chased by devils like this, if we can't retreat to Nanjing, we will have to be caught up! "
When Xu Qingfeng heard this, his eyes lit up and he immediately ordered.
"Yes!" Chen Qifeng immediately called the three soldiers of the guard company, led them and ran forward again.
After a short meeting, they took three artillerymen, carrying the bazooka, the [-]mm mortar, and two ammunition boxes, and ran back panting.
Xu Qingfeng ordered Zhang Zhijian to continue to retreat towards Nanjing at full speed with the troops.
He took Chen Qifeng and more than 20 guards, artillery soldiers, bazookas and mortars and ran towards a hillside on the right side of the road.
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