I am God of War in Snow Leopard

Chapter 212: The Empress of the Huben Regiment!
With the strong support of Xu Qingfeng's anti-aircraft machine guns, the officers and soldiers of the battalions and companies of the Huben Regiment were like a broken bamboo.

The Japanese troops were soon completely defeated. More than two-thirds of the more than 2000 Japanese troops were killed or injured, leaving less than 500 people who took advantage of the chaos to escape to the east and west of the city.

Sun Kui, Zhang Zhijian, Fang Shengli, Liang Shan, Lin Baoguo, Lei Xiong and others spontaneously led each battalion and company and took advantage of the situation to launch a pursuit of the Japanese.

More than 400 Japanese remnants were annihilated in the relentless pursuit of the battalions and companies of the Huben Regiment, and more than 300 people were annihilated.

In the end, less than a hundred devils managed to escape back in the dark.

After the battle, Xu Qingfeng ordered Chief of Staff Liang Shan and Deputy Chief of Staff Lin Baoguo to lead several main infantry battalions to clean up the battlefield.

The reconnaissance company and the cavalry company were left on the two wings of the battlefield to be responsible for reconnaissance and security.

The Sherman tank was also left to Xu Hu to drive, and it was left near the battlefield outside the north gate in case of accidents.

He himself and Zhou Weiguo led the guard company, and the staff officer Zhou came to the north gate, ready to enter the city to meet Xu Yuanquan.

The defenders at the north gate just now didn't know what happened outside the city, so they didn't dare to leave the city easily.

Therefore, when Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo appeared outside the north gate with a company of guards, the city defenders were immediately on alert and loudly asked about the situation.

The guard company commander Chen Qifeng immediately escorted Staff Zhou, identified himself forward, and briefly talked about the battle situation just now.

With Staff Officer Zhou present, the officers and soldiers of the city guards immediately opened the city gate and let them enter the city.

After entering the city, Xu Qingfeng asked Staff Officer Zhou to guide him and the guard company, and rushed towards Xu Yuanquan's city defense headquarters in the city.

In the headquarters, Xu Yuanquan and his staff lieutenants were also worried about the sudden outbreak of fighting in the north of the city.

One of the staff officers had even begun to advise Xu Yuanquan to prepare for a breakout and evacuation.

At this moment, a guard ran in quickly from outside.

Standing at attention to Xu Yuanquan and other officers present, he saluted: "Report to the Chief, Staff Officer Zhou is back, along with Xu Qingfeng, the head of the Huben Regiment, and Zhou Weiguo, the deputy head of the regiment."

"Really? Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo are here too?" Xu Yuanquan was surprised at first, then overjoyed and said: "Quick, invite them in."

"Yes!" The guard responded, and immediately turned and ran out.

Not long after, Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo, who were notified, walked in from the outside in strides under the guidance of that Staff Officer Zhou.

Xu Yuanquan immediately led the people under his command to greet them quickly: "Head Xu, Deputy Head Zhou, you are here."

As the commander-in-chief of the No. 20 Sixth Army, two regiment-level officers could make him greet him so politely. In the whole world, there were only Xu Qingfeng and the other two.

Although they looked down on each other a bit in their hearts, Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo still stood at attention and saluted Xu Yuanquan at the same time.

"Sir Xu."

"What's the matter with the sound of guns and shouts in the north of the city just now?" Xu Yuanquan asked immediately.

Without waiting for Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo to reply, Staff Officer Zhou rushed to answer: "General, a Japanese army detoured back to the north of the city at night. Fortunately, Captain Xu commanded wisely and responded decisively.

He led the whole regiment to launch an attack on the enemy in time. After fierce fighting, the enemy was successfully defeated. At least one or two thousand people were killed. "

When Staff Officer Zhou said this, Xu Yuanquan and the staff and aides behind him were all taken aback.

From the sound of gunfire before, they judged that there should be ghosts.

But their analysis is that it should be the Tiger Regiment troops who were ordered to go south for reinforcements and had an encounter with the Japanese army.

Moreover, they concluded that the Huben regiment would inevitably be defeated by the Japanese army.

In addition, the main force of the defenders in the city was mainly deployed in the south, and the morale was low after the new defeat.

Xu Yuanquan did not order the troops and took the risk to attack the Huben regiment.

However, they never expected that instead of being repelled by the Japanese army, the Tigers and Ben regiments actually defeated the Japanese.

No less than [-] Japanese troops were wiped out, which was beyond their expectations.

Xu Qingfeng brought Zhou Weiguo into the city not to show off his achievements, but to persuade Xu Yuanquan to take this opportunity to lead the entire city's soldiers and civilians to evacuate.

Therefore, without waiting for Xu Yuanquan and the others to react, he suggested to Xu Yuanquan: "Mr. Xu, the situation in Hefei is already in dire straits. The two departments of yours and mine have been fighting fiercely and suffered heavy losses.

The officers and soldiers were exhausted and could no longer fight.

I suggest, abandon the city and evacuate immediately! "

As soon as Xu Qingfeng said this, Xu Yuanquan and others did not show too much surprise, but fell into whispers.

In fact, Xu Yuanquan had this intention long ago, and his staff officers persuaded him to evacuate more than once.

However, if you retreat without an order, the consequences will be disastrous.

If the superiors pursue it, I'm afraid there will be some trouble.

So Xu Yuanquan said hesitantly: "Commander Xu, retreat now, I'm afraid Shangfeng will blame you."

Xu Qingfeng said unceremoniously: "With your remaining troops, I'm afraid it will be difficult to hold on even tomorrow.

At dawn, Hefei will surely be lost.

Right now, the Japanese army has just been defeated by our troops, their morale has been frustrated, and they don't know the enemy's situation. This is the best time to retreat. Please, Commander Xu, think again. "

"What about the people in the city?" A staff adjutant behind Xu Yuanquan said unbearably: "The little devil slaughtered so many of our compatriots in Jinling and suffered such a big loss under Hefei City.

Once we leave, they will vent their anger on the people in the city if we don't keep it all together. "

Xu Qingfeng said: "So, we not only have to evacuate, but we also have to evacuate the people as soon as possible to prevent the Japanese army from slaughtering the city."

Zhou Weiguo also persuaded and said: "Sir Xu, time is pressing. Please order the evacuation of the people as soon as possible. Our Huben regiment is willing to serve as the rear force to cover the evacuation of your department and the people in the city!"

As soon as Xu Yuanquan heard this, he immediately raised his head, first glanced at Zhou Weiguo, then at Xu Qingfeng, seeing that he had no objection.

Then he understood that this was what Xu Qingfeng meant, and he couldn't help but feel a little moved.

If we say that the remaining soldiers under his command, less than ten thousand people, are also responsible for the task of evacuating the people in the city.

Then they might be discovered by the Japanese army, and they would be wiped out in one wave.

Therefore, what he thought was that it was okay to retreat, but he could not bring the people with him.

However, the young and vigorous staff adjutant under his command didn't open his eyes and raised this point on the spot, which made him unable to get off the horse and was in a dilemma.

But now that Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo offered to cut off the queen for them, it was different.

They had already experienced the combat effectiveness of the Huben Regiment and the command capabilities of Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo.

It is no exaggeration to say that the current combat effectiveness of the 4000-member Huben regiment is designated to be stronger than the nearly [-] disabled soldiers in their hands.

Therefore, Xu Yuanquan finally made up his mind and said without hesitation: "Follow the advice of Commander Xu and Deputy Commander Zhou, and retreat the whole army."

Xu Qingfeng immediately added: "Mr. Xu, the people should be evacuated first, and then the whole army should retreat!"

Xu Yuanquan looked up at him, nodded and said, "That's right, evacuate the people first, and I will trouble Brother Xu and Brother Zhou with the task of stopping the devils."

Xu Qingfeng did his part and said: "Don't worry, after a while, I will order all my troops to move to the south of the city to confront the Japanese army. You can rest assured to evacuate the people."

"Okay!" Xu Yuanquan nodded happily and said, "With the cover of the Huben Regiment, we will definitely take all the people in the city away."

Xu Qingfeng said no more, took the lead to salute Xu Yuanquan, then turned around and left their headquarters with Zhou Weiguo.

As soon as the two arrived at the entrance of the headquarters, Chen Qifeng, the commander of the guard company who was waiting here with the guard company, hurried up to greet them.

Xu Qingfeng immediately ordered him: "Send someone to notify the chief of staff immediately, and quickly divide the troops into two groups to advance to the south of the city, deter the Japanese army, and cover the retreat of the troops and people in the city!"

Regarding Xu Qingfeng's order, Chen Qifeng naturally did not have any hesitation, and gladly carried it out.

Zhou Weiguo took out a cigarette, passed one to Xu Qingfeng, and said in a stern voice, "Let's go up there, and if we want to get away, I'm afraid it won't be so easy."

Xu Qingfeng lit a cigarette and took a sharp puff, "You think I'm willing, but if we don't go up, the defeated soldiers in Xu Yuanquan's hands alone won't be able to stand up to the devils.

It's not bad if they can run away by themselves, how can they care about the people in the city.

After all, you and I are not Tang Shengzhi. We cannot abandon the people and run away alone! "

Zhou Weiguo also took a puff of cigarette, and said deeply, "Yeah, it's fine if you really can't do it. The key is that our Huben regiment still has the strength to fight."

"Duty lies! Conscience lies! There is no choice!" Xu Qingfeng looked up at the night sky, and said in a solemn voice: "Besides, we have a sworn feud with the Japanese devils!
It wouldn't be a bad idea to stay and kill a few more little devils! "

……

In the south of the city, the temporary joint command post of the Japanese army.

It was learned that the outflanking troops were surrounded and raided by the national army, and retreated with heavy losses.

The two detachment leaders Tanabe Shoichi and Takamori Ling rushed over almost immediately.

"How are the losses of the troops?" As soon as he entered the headquarters camp, Tanabe Shoichi, an old devil, couldn't help but ask.

The devil officers present all lowered their heads with heavy faces.

Among them was a ragged and unkempt devil second lieutenant who couldn't help crying.

He is the only officer in the devil's detour team who came back alive, and now he is facing the questioning of Major General Tanabe.

He thought of the more than 2000 imperial warriors who had been tortured and wiped out by the Chinese army, and he couldn't control his emotions anymore under the horror.

When Tian Biansheng saw that he was crying suddenly, he couldn't help being furious, stepped forward and grabbed his skirt and asked, "Why are you crying?
I ask you what is the loss? ! "

Second Lieutenant Guizi wiped away his tears, looked up mournfully and said, "General, less than 28 people from our 100th Regiment came back alive, and the rest died in battle!"

"Nani?" Tanabe Shengyi was shocked when he heard the words, and immediately kicked the second lieutenant over in a rage, and roared furiously: "Bagaya Road! More than 2000 imperial soldiers? In such a short period of time , They all died in battle?

This, how is this possible? "

Not only Tanabe Shengyi didn't believe it, but Takamori Ling beside him couldn't believe it either.

He asked, "It was less than an hour from the start of the battle to when you withdrew. In such a short period of time, more than 2000 soldiers of the empire were wiped out?
how can that be? "

Second Lieutenant Guizi said with a mournful face: "General, you don't know, we had just completed a detour and hadn't had time to build defenses.

It was violently bombarded by the Chinese army, and then the enemy troops dispatched tanks, chariots and cavalry units.

Their firepower is very fierce, almost all of them are automatic weapons, and we have no chance to resist, so they broke through the defense.

The captain and deputy captain of the regiment also died under the gunfire of the Chinese army.

The brigades and squadron leaders were also killed and injured, and the troops lost their unified command.

The most insidious thing is that the Chinese army also outflanked us from our two wings.

We are trapped in a siege on all sides, unable to resist at all, we can only break out.

However, their cavalry and infantry took advantage of the situation to pursue, and in the end we were the only ones who managed to break out of the siege..."

Before the Japanese second lieutenant finished speaking, he was directly interrupted by the impatient Ying Senling: "Baga! That's enough!"

He didn't want to listen to it anymore, he could eat up a field wing of his side in less than an hour.

Although there are reasons such as unfavorable terrain and environment, but if the opponent's firepower is not too strong.

It is impossible for them to do it no matter what.

Now it can only be proved that the Chinese army that ambushed its outflanking troops is a particularly well-equipped force with very powerful firepower.

Ordinary troops simply cannot do this.

And their troop strength is definitely quite a lot.

Thinking of this, Order Takamori couldn't help but said to Noboru Tanabe with a solemn expression: "Tanabe-kun, it seems that the reinforcements of the China Army have arrived.

In our next attack, we must not take careless risks, lest we follow in the footsteps of the Sakamoto detachment! "

Tanabe Shoichi was very angry because the 28th Infantry Regiment that was raided and wiped out by the Huben Regiment was his unit.

However, after hearing what Eagle Mori Ling said, he immediately calmed down.

Glancing at Ying Senling, he nodded slightly and said, "What Mr. Ying Sen said is true, I suggest immediately strengthening the frontier defense forces to prevent the Chinese army from sneaking in at night!"

"Not only the front, but also the rear, the logistics and artillery positions must be strengthened."

Rei Takamori added: "As far as I know, the reason why the Sakamoto detachment fell into such a passive position before was that it was surrounded and crushed!
Mainly because their artillery and baggage troops were attacked by surprise and suffered total losses.

Without artillery, the Sakamoto detachment is equivalent to a tiger with its teeth pulled out. It will not be that easy to break through. "

Tanabe Noboru nodded again and again, so the two old devils immediately ordered to shrink the remaining three infantry regiments, one artillery regiment, two field hospitals, and the supply unit together.

We planned to wait until daybreak to call in the aviation force for air support and reconnaissance before making any plans.

Under this circumstance, the soldiers and civilians in Hefei City began an orderly evacuation.

Only the soldiers of the Huben Regiment, under the cover of night, went upstream against the current and moved quietly to the south of Hefei City.

At this moment, the forward position of the Japanese army has not completely advanced to the city of Hefei.

Outside the city gate, there are many field fortifications built by the former Xu Yuanquan's troops and militiamen.

Xu Qingfeng quietly dispatched Sun Kui's [-]st Battalion and Zhang Zhijian's [-]nd Battalion to these positions and reinforced them overnight.

He, Zhou Weiguo, Lin Baoguo, Liang Shan and others led the main force and deployed it in the south of the city. As for the east and west of the city, Xu Yuanquan's two regiments were still responsible for assisting in defense.

In this way, Xu Qingfeng quietly made all preparations for blocking.

(End of this chapter)