I am God of War in Snow Leopard

Chapter 164: Meeting Lei Ming again, blood-stained Niushou Mountain

With the help of Xiao Shanling's order, Xu Qingfeng, Zhou Weiguo and the others successfully left Guanghua Gate and then headed west, straight to Ande Gate in the west of the city.

Because the main attack direction of the Japanese army was in the south of the city at that time, they did not encounter the Japanese army until they arrived at Andemen.

At that time, just in case, Xu Qingfeng led Chen Qifeng and some other veterans of the Huben Regiment to act as vanguard soldiers to clear the way.

Fang Shengli, Wang Tiezhu and others led the main force to protect Xiao Ya and other teachers and students, as well as the wounded soldiers and supplies, while Zhou Weiguo led Xu Hu and some officers and soldiers of the pre-regiment to the rear.

When Kankan arrived at Andemen, there were fierce gunshots and shouts of killing in front of him.

Xu Qingfeng's face darkened, and he immediately raised his hand to signal the people behind him to stop.

Chen Qifeng came forward with a submachine gun in his hand and said, "Team leader, there's a situation ahead."

"Let's go and take a look." After Xu Qingfeng finished speaking, he took the lead with a Mauser pistol and moved forward with a low posture.

Chen Qifeng and more than 20 soldiers of the Tiger Regiment following him stood up, spread out in a battle alert formation, and rushed forward.

Not long after, Xu Qingfeng followed the sound of gunshots to the inner gate of Wengcheng in Andemen, and found that there were many national soldiers on the wall, fighting with the Japanese.

Many of these devils have already rushed in along the gap in the blasted city wall, and some officers and soldiers of the national army have already started hand-to-hand combat with them.

Xu Qingfeng took the lead and rushed to the top of the Wengcheng. He had to observe the situation before deciding whether to participate in the battle here.

Climbing high and looking into the distance, Xu Qingfeng reached the top of the city and looked around, taking in a panoramic view of the entire battlefield inside and outside Ande Gate.

I saw about hundreds of devils attacking the city from the north and south sides of Ande Gate, as well as the city gate hole like ants.

The city wall of Andemen may have been attacked by Japanese air raids or shelling, and there were several collapsed gaps.

A large number of Japanese soldiers swarmed in through these gaps, trying to invade the city.

Upon seeing this, the soldiers of the national army who were guarding the city also rushed to the gap in the city wall and were fighting to the death with the Japanese invaders.

Seeing this, Chen Qifeng next to him couldn't help asking Xu Qingfeng, "Tuan Zuo, shall we go down and help?"

Xu Qingfeng did not respond in a hurry, but raised his binoculars and began to observe the battlefield environment.

He and Zhou Weiguo now have less than 500 people, and there are still a group of wounded soldiers and teachers and students from the women's high school who need to be protected.

If there are too many enemies, he must change the direction of the breakout, and cannot rush into the battle.

Otherwise, not only might they not be able to save these guarding officers and soldiers, but they would also take their own strength into it.

Through careful observation, Xu Qingfeng roughly estimated that there were about three squadrons of devils, of which there were a little more than two squadrons of infantry.

The rest are machine gun and mortar units, which are doing fire support and suppression outside the city.

Looking further away, no other Japanese troops were found.

Just when Xu Qingfeng decided to order his troops to join the battle, a national army suddenly appeared outside the city. They rushed from south to north along the moat outside the city wall.

He rushed straight towards the machine gun and artillery positions left by the devil outside the city.

A small amount of Japanese garrison forces could not withstand their charge at all, and were quickly broken through the defense line.

Hundreds of national troops began to massacre the devil's machine gunners and artillery one-sidedly like tigers in the herd.

Seeing this situation, Xu Qingfeng immediately ordered in a dignified voice: "Ma Xiaoliu, go back and inform Deputy Battalion Commander Wang and Commander Zhou to come for reinforcements immediately.

Everyone else, rush down with me first, rush to the aid of the friendly brothers below, rush! "

"Yes!" Chen Qifeng and more than 20 other soldiers responded in unison. Chen Qifeng and others followed Xu Qingfeng with weapons in hand and rushed straight towards the outer city wall.

A soldier named Ma Xiaoliu quickly turned around and returned to inform the main force.

When Zhou Weiguo, Sun Kui, Wang Tiezhu, Zhang Zhijian and others rushed to participate in the battle with the main force.

The national army outside the city had also killed all the Japanese machine gunners and artillery, and turned around on their own initiative, outflanking and attacking from outside the city. Together with the Huben Regiment, Yuyi Regiment and other defenders in the city, they attacked the remaining Japanese troops.

Under attack from both sides, the remaining 300 or so Japs were quickly wiped out in the Andemen area.

After the battle, a familiar figure walked towards Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo excitedly.

"Brother Qingfeng, brother Weiguo, it's you!"

Hearing the sound, Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo, who were talking, turned their heads in unison.

The visitor turned out to be Lei Ming, the deputy brigade commander of the 87th Division. They were surprised and delighted and hurried forward to greet him.

"Sir Lei, why are you here?" Xu Qingfeng asked first after saluting.

"Don't mention it, after our frontal defense line was breached, I led the troops to fight and retreat. Many troops were dispersed, and the communication with the division headquarters was also cut off.

A large number of Japanese troops have gathered on the side of Zhonghua Gate. With no choice but to take a detour to Ande Gate, they also plan to enter the city from here and retreat towards Xiaguan. "

Lei Ming obviously also knew that Tang Shengzhi had ordered the entire city to retreat, otherwise he would not have fought desperately to retreat to Xiaguan.

After finishing speaking, he asked Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo in puzzlement, "Why are you also in Andemen?"

Xu Qingfeng told the truth: "Brother Lei, the order of our army is now in chaos, and retreating to Xiaguan will definitely be a dead end.

We plan to break out from the west of the city. Since we have encountered each other, let's join forces and break out together! "

"Okay, no problem." Xu Qingfeng had saved Lei Ming's life, and had commanding ability and brilliant record that convinced him, so he did not hesitate at all when facing Xu Qingfeng's proposal.

At this time, Sun Kui walked quickly with a lieutenant colonel and deputy commander.

Standing at attention to Xu Qingfeng and the others, he saluted: "Tuan Zuo, this brother is the commander of the Andemen garrison, and belongs to the 63rd Division."

After Sun Kui finished speaking, the lieutenant colonel deputy commander hurriedly stood at attention and saluted: "Li Guangming, deputy commander of the 63st Regiment of the 171rd Division, has met Commander Xu and all my colleagues!"

"Brother, how many people do you have?" Xu Qingfeng asked.

"After this battle, there are less than three hundred left. Thanks to Chief Xu and everyone who arrived in time, otherwise we might have been completely wiped out!" Li Guangming replied immediately.

"Commander Tang has ordered the entire army to retreat, and it is difficult to defend Andemen for a long time. Would you like to follow us to break out to the west?"

Xu Qingfeng asked straight to the point.

"Humble job!" Li Guangming replied happily.

"Okay, without further ado, let's finish cleaning the battlefield and quickly retreat towards Niushou Mountain. Before the Japanese encirclement is completely formed, break out as soon as possible!"

After Xu Qingfeng finished speaking, he asked Lei Ming again: "Brother Lei, do you have any objection?"

Lei Ming immediately expressed his position: "No, from now on, our troops will all listen to you, brother Qingfeng, and you can let go of your command."

Li Guangming also expressed his position: "Yes, our 171st Regiment is also willing to follow your lead, Commander Xu!"

……

Ten minutes later, all the troops finished cleaning the battlefield and reunited. Under the unified command of Xu Qingfeng, they left Andemen and withdrew all the way west toward Niushou Mountain.

In this joint force, the 171st Regiment has more than 280 people, and the remnant of the 87th Division brought by Lei Ming is about 400 people.

Together with Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo's more than 400 people, the total strength of their remnant soldiers once again broke through a thousand, reaching the size of a second-class regiment.

Andemen is less than [-] kilometers away from Niu Shou Mountain. If it's just a combat force, Xu Qingfeng and the others can arrive in two hours at most, and it will be faster if they march quickly.

However, there are still nearly [-] wounded soldiers in the army, as well as Xiao Ya and other dozens of girls' high school students, so the marching speed is naturally impossible to be as fast as the hurried marching.

Coupled with the continuous rain and snow in the Nanjing area, the roads were muddy and difficult, so it took them about two and a half hours to reach the boundary of Niushou Mountain.

With more troops, Xu Qingfeng no longer acted as a pioneer in person.

Instead, Lei Xiong and Wang Changgui were asked to lead a platoon to serve as the vanguard, Fang Shengli, and Li Guangming and others to lead about 300 people to serve as the rearguard.

He, Lei Ming, Zhou Weiguo, Sun Kui and others led the main force to protect the women, children and supplies, and commanded the march in the center.

While marching, Wang Changgui, deputy platoon leader of the reconnaissance platoon, suddenly ran back from the front in a hurry.

When he came to Xu Qingfeng and others, he saluted: "Reporting to the group, sirs, it's bad, the Japanese have been found in Niushou Mountain in front of us."

"What?" Both Lei Ming and Zhou Weiguo's expressions changed drastically, and Lei Ming asked hastily, "How many devils are there? Did you find any of you?"

Wang Changgui said: "The force should not be less than one brigade, and we probably haven't found us yet."

As soon as Wang Changgui finished speaking, another sound of hurried footsteps came from behind Xu Qingfeng and others.

Several people turned around following the sound and saw Fang Shengli, who was in charge of the rearguard, running over with an anxious look on his face.

Facing the inquiring looks of several people, Fang Shengli ran to them, stood at attention and saluted, "Oh no, a group of Japanese are chasing us, with at least a thousand-man brigade!"

Lei Ming couldn't help but change his expression when he heard this. He immediately looked at Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo and said, "There are strong enemies in front and pursuers behind. What should we do?"

Xu Qingfeng immediately expressed his position in a stern voice: "At this point, the only way is to attack forcefully, defeat the Japanese army in front and break through."

"Strong attack?" Lei Ming asked worriedly: "We only have more than 1000 people, and we have to divide our forces to stop the Japanese pursuers behind us. Can we succeed in a strong attack?"

Xu Qingfeng said in a dignified voice: "If you can't fight, you have to fight, because we have no other choice!"

Zhou Weiguo nodded approvingly and said: "Qingfeng is right, the only thing left to do now is to fight to the death and kill a bloody road!"

"Since that's the case, brother Qingfeng, you can give the order, how to fight?" Lei Ming nodded his head and made up his mind.

Zhou Weiguo, Fang Shengli and others all looked at Xu Qingfeng in unison, expectant.

Xu Qingfeng nodded his head and said solemnly: "Our only chance now is to organize a death squad to attack before the enemies in Niushou Mountain discover us, and defeat them in one go.

But this will take time, so I decided, Fang Shengli and Li Guangming, you will lead [-] rearguard troops to build fortifications on the spot, prepare to block the Japanese pursuers behind, and buy time for the main force to attack! "

After finishing speaking, Xu Qingfeng turned his head to Lei Ming and said, "Brother Lei, the blocking of the guard troops is of great importance. I would like to ask you to come over and take command. What do you think?"

Lei Ming agreed happily: "No problem, don't worry, even if we fight everything, we won't let a single Japanese over!"

"Okay!" Xu Qingfeng nodded, and said to Zhou Weiguo and Sun Kui, "Wei Guo, Sun Kui, Zhang Zhijian, Xu Hu, all of you lead the charge with me.

Wang Tiezhu is responsible for commanding heavy firepower such as heavy machine guns, mortars, and grenades, providing fire support to the death squads and covering our attack!

Chen Qifeng, you stay and protect the chief of staff and Xiao Ya! "

"Qingfeng, what if we all join the Death Squad? Who will lead the main force to follow up?" Zhou Weiguo couldn't help asking when Xu Qingfeng finished speaking.

Xu Qingfeng said: "I was going to elaborate, after removing more than 300 guard troops, we only have more than 700 usable troops.

I decided to select 700 people from the 200 people and organize them into a commando death squad, led by you and me, and Sun Kui, Zhang Zhijian and others will follow up!

This battle is about our life and death, so this attack can only succeed, not fail!
Therefore, once the attack is launched, either the enemy or we will die! "

Xu Qingfeng understood that their breakout force was now at a point of life and death.

We must use our strongest combat power to defeat the Japanese in front in one go.

Otherwise, the Japanese will attack more and more, and by then, it will be really hard to escape.

Therefore, the Death Squad, led by him and Zhou Weiguo, is the only and most suitable choice.

Seeing that Zhou Weiguo and others had no other opinions, Xu Qingfeng immediately waved his hand and said: "Without further delay, hurry up and get ready!

Remember to equip the Expendables with as many automatic weapons and grenades as possible! "

"Yes!" Everyone responded loudly, and immediately split up to act according to orders.

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At the foot of Niu Shou Mountain, on both sides of a road leading to Jiangcheng, about hundreds of Japanese soldiers are building their defensive positions.

Behind hundreds of Japanese soldiers, there are hundreds of other people resting in the woods on the side of the road. They include a group of heavy firepower such as machine gunners and artillery.

This Japanese army belonged to the 18th Division and was ordered to block the Nanjing garrison and retreat westward.

The army was organized as an infantry brigade, because after many battles such as Moling Pass, the total strength was still more than 800 people, including more than 600 infantry, more than 200 artillery and logistical personnel.

The leading commander was a Japanese lieutenant named Hirakawa Yuichi. After he rushed to Niushou Mountain with his troops, he immediately followed the order and spread out along the road.

However, he did not expect that at this moment, about one platoon of national army reconnaissance troops had already discovered them first, and they were secretly monitoring them in the woods hundreds of meters away.

Looking at the blockade position that was gradually taking shape, Hirakawa Yuichi, who was patrolling back and forth with a saber in hand, said to an adjutant following behind him: "Yoshizawa-kun, have the scouts been sent out?"

"Captain, two reconnaissance teams have been sent out, and they are conducting covert reconnaissance in the area three to 500 meters in front of us."

The Japanese named Yoshizawa quickly answered.

"Hey Xi, Nanjing City is about to be captured by our Imperial Japanese Army. It is very likely that the remaining Chinese soldiers will flee westward. Our mission is to intercept and eliminate them all!"

Hirakawa Yuichi said with a stern voice.

"Sir, please don't worry, our defensive position will be repaired immediately, as long as there are any Chinese troops who dare to come over, they will never come back!" Adjutant Yoshizawa said confidently.

At the same time, Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo had quietly moved up with the [-] selected elite soldiers, and joined the scouts left by Lei Xiong.

The scouts stopped Xu Qingfeng and the others and said, "Commander Zhou, please stop first. Captain Lei said that there are Japs scouts in front of us, and we will be exposed if we go further."

(End of this chapter)