Age of Rebirth

The blocking battle in the Baldwin mining area was extremely brutal. Major General Wang Zhanqun, the commander of the 3000th Brigade directly under the Corps, looked at the mining area under the night, his eyes were bloodshot, and it took less than ten hours. The main field brigade was filled with staff, but its staff was reduced by nearly half. More than [-] young soldiers were lying on foreign land forever.

Among them, more than a dozen officers of the Eighth Brigade were killed and more than 4000 wounded. Because of the fierce Japanese offensive, they were not transferred to the Myitkyina Corps Field Hospital until an hour ago. Due to the time delay, more than 100 people were sacrificed. A soldier from the Eighth Brigade has been disabled, but Wang Zhanqun is not depressed.

His troops defended the front and the most important salient part of the Baldwin mining area, just like a gate, tightly blocking the way of the Japanese army going north to Degang, and withstood the most frequent and fierce Japanese attacks. A regimental commander reported, "Brigade commander, in less than 10 minutes, more than 1000 cannons were dropped on the defensive position of one of my companies. The little devil is desperate. Where is our artillery? I ask for artillery support, no Say it, brigade commander, the little devil is coming up again!"

This time, not only the troops directly under the corps were at a disadvantage, but even the artillery was at a disadvantage. In order to open the passage to Degang in the north, the Japanese army used all the artillery fire. Some abandoned mines, the casualties of the Eighth Brigade will increase a lot. [

Chang Feng ordered the artillery to do their best to support the forward positions. The three brigades belonged to the heavy artillery regiment and the three rocket battalions shrouded the first wave of Japanese tanks and infantry in the rain of death, but that was all. Immediately after the shelling began, large-scale retaliation from the Japanese artillery was drawn.

Ito ordered the artillery commander of the dispatched army to suppress the artillery of the Chinese troops at any cost. The intensity of the artillery battle was no less than that of the infantry. The number of artillery was far less than that of the Japanese army. The artillery of the Corps, on the one hand, had to support the forward positions with artillery fire, and also engaged in brutal artillery battles with the Japanese artillery. After fighting for most of the day, the artillery losses and casualties exceeded any other battle.

Now, Chang Feng is in the headquarters, answering the call from the artillery commander, "Chief of Staff, the artillery fire of the little devil is too violent. I estimated that this time, the little devil has used at least six heavy artillery brigades. This is not counting as a field artillery regiment. If the fight continues like this tomorrow, the artillery will be wiped out. It’s nothing, but I can’t complete the task. Fall back into the hands of the little devil?"

The combat department has already counted the losses and casualties of the artillery. Chang Feng took a look and couldn't help but gasp. Needless to say, the losses of the three heavy artillery regiments, a Thunder rocket launcher that was unfavorable, This time, it also suffered heavy losses, and 23 rocket launchers were blown up by Japanese artillery.

Chang Feng put down the artillery loss statistics table, and in his hand, there was also an infantry casualty statistics table. The two added up, the loss of the troops after a day of fierce fighting today, shocking, unprecedented loss, since the formation of the independent division, the largest loss The heaviest battle, in which the Eighth Brigade of the Corps directly under it suffered the most losses.

Chang Feng deployed two brigades of troops on the defense line of the Baldwin mining area. He would never put the ninth brigade of the Sulu Mobile Corps in the most important place. This is an inexplicable mentality, "Maybe , if the division commander commanded this battle, he wouldn't think so much," Chang Feng laughed at himself and rubbed his swollen head.

Leaning halfway on the cannon box, he picked up a telegram. This was Yu Guanghan, the chief of staff of the Sulu Mobile Corps. Two hours ago, he sent a telegram to himself. The troops should be transferred to the second line of defense in Wubin. It is better to maintain the current situation. There will be no battles in Wubin for the time being. With so many troops, he is out of the battlefield, and he can't do it no matter what.

At the end of the telegram, Yu Guanghan said: "Chief of Staff, I have a suggestion. Our department will continue to maintain flanking movements. In this way, the pressure on the frontal blocking troops will be reduced, and the Japanese army will not dare to let go and go all out." If we want to attack our blocking position in the Baldwin mining area, or ask the chief of staff to transfer our troops to the Baldwin mining area to strengthen the troops in the first direction, please consider the above suggestions.”

Chang Feng did need troops, but the front-line blocking position, due to terrain constraints, could not deploy so many troops at once. Besides, Yu Guanghan's troops played a better role in the flank of the Japanese army than in frontal blocking. Therefore, he approved Yu Guanghan's request contained his own considerations.

Tomorrow, there will be an even more brutal battle. Chang Feng has no reason to wipe out the troops of the Sulu Mobile Corps in the Baldwin mining area. Chang Feng simply ate something. He has no appetite, even if it is In the eyes of soldiers of the Central Army, the delicious independent division-style field rations did not whet his appetite.

Then, Chang Feng put on his helmet, grabbed a submachine gun by the way, and said to the captain of the guard: "Take a few guards and go to the Eighth Brigade's position with me." Almost touching his arms, Chang Feng stood still, looked at the person coming, and was slightly stunned.

Then he asked strangely: "Brigade Commander Wang, why are you here?" The person who came in was Major General Wang Zhanqun, commander of the Eighth Brigade directly under the Corps. After a while, Wang Zhanqun's beard grew thickly, his eyes were bloodshot, and his body was covered in muddy water, like a squad leader who had just crawled out of the trenches.

Chang Feng hurriedly pulled him to sit down, and opened an individual ration with his own hands. Wang Zhanqun devoured it, and Chang Feng just looked at him quietly. Wang Zhanqun swallowed the last mouthful of food, wiped his mouth, and said: " Chief of Staff, I passed through the artillery blockade of the little devil, and ran to the headquarters, just one thing, to ask the Chief of Staff to increase the strength of the Eighth Brigade."

Chang Feng's cheeks twitched unconsciously. Wang Zhanqun was a little anxious, and then said: "Chief of Staff, it's not me, Wang Zhanqun, who complains. You know what kind of person I am. If I didn't encounter obstacles that I couldn't overcome, I wouldn't It will take care of you to ask for soldiers. It took half a day. At least [-] to [-] cannons were dropped on the blocking position of our brigade. In the forward position, one of my platoons had to defend the position of a company. Not much, Just give me a regiment, and I guarantee that the little devil will not be able to make half a step forward tomorrow!"

Chang Feng knew that Wang Zhanqun was telling the truth. Even the Ninth Brigade of the Sulu Mobile Corps in the flank direction had suffered more than 3000 casualties for most of the day. And know.

However, Chang Feng had no soldiers in his hand, only three brigades in total, Wu Bin put one in his hand, and he didn't even have a reserve team in his hand. After a moment of silence, looking at Wang Zhanqun's longing eyes, Chang Feng said in a low tone: "Wang Brigade Commander, I know that the Eighth Brigade has casualties, and I only have a guard battalion specially sent by the division commander to protect me when I approach Ubin, so I will transfer the guard battalion to you."

Wang Zhanqun was stunned, then stood up, saluted Chang Feng, turned around and walked out, Chang Feng hurriedly called him, Wang Zhanqun turned around, and said: "Chief of Staff, just pretend that I didn't say what I just said, there are still people left in the Eighth Brigade. There are 7000 people in the next six, enough for the little devil to eat for two days, Chief of Staff, please rest assured, if the little devil really breaks through my blocking line, he will step on my dead body."

After a pause, Wang Zhanqun's tone became much calmer, and he continued, "Chief of Staff, I only have one request, that is to replenish a large amount of medicine for our brigade, especially grenades, the more the better." Looking at Wang Zhanqun's back, he disappeared into the night Among them, the flames of the Japanese artillery bombardment at night reflected Wang Zhanqun's back from time to time. For some reason, Chang Feng felt a sense of farewell.

Back at the command post, he called the battalion commander to guard him, and ordered him to lead the entire battalion to the Eighth Brigade's position overnight, and put it under the command of brigade commander Wang Zhanqun. At the same time, he brought a batch of medicine up. In the headquarters, all the staff officers and correspondents were gathered together to form a combat company, and the company commander himself. [

When necessary, Chang Feng would personally lead this company composed of government officers into a desperate fight with the Japanese army. He was ready to sacrifice. After finishing all this, Chang Feng sat down and personally wrote a letter to A telegram from teacher Tang Qiuli.

Just wrote a few words, the battlefield that has been quiet, suddenly, the sound of guns and artillery, Chang Feng raised his head in surprise, could it be that the Japanese army went against the norm and launched an attack at night?It seems that Genzaburo Ito doesn't want to delay for a minute, so let's let this last scene come earlier!

Just as Chang Feng stood up and was about to go outside the cave to observe the situation, the phone rang quickly on the table made of cannon boxes. A staff officer hurriedly picked up the phone, listened to it for a while, put down the phone, and reported to Chang Feng: "Chief of staff, the front troops of the Ninth Brigade of the Sulu Mobile Corps called. A fierce battle suddenly broke out on the rear flanks of the Japanese army. Judging by the scale of the battle, it was at least at the regiment level. They judged that it should be our troops. In the darkness of night, we have launched an attack on the Japanese army!"

As soon as Chang Feng heard it, he understood that it must be Yu Guanghan's troops who attacked the Japanese army under the cover of night. A smile could not help but appear on the corner of his mouth, "This guy Yu Guanghan led the troops to fight for more than a day. , I don’t know how tired I am yet, and at night, I am causing trouble for the Japanese army, so I should remind him that enough is enough to keep the troops’ physical strength and combat effectiveness.” Chang Feng thought to himself.

Chang Feng then asked, "Front troops, what else did you report?" The staff officer replied: "The Ninth Brigade suggested that, while the Japanese army is dealing with our army's night attack, can we take the initiative to attack once with the strength of two regiments? Please Approved by the Chief of Staff."

(To be continued)

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