Chapter forty-eighth
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The darkness before dawn often brings people great psychological pressure, and the battles are still going on. At this moment, Ren Qiang'an is like a huge torch ignited, and the air is filled with the pungent and spicy taste caused by the burning of oil wells.
The troops of the 113th Regiment's breakthrough finally joined Song Yuhang's troops. While Song Yuhang was instructing the Second Battalion to first stabilize the position and ensure the breakthrough, he sent a messenger to inform the First Battalion to quickly clear the Japanese troops on the beach of Binhe, and then sent five pilot platoons to guide the British troops to retreat quickly.
By the river, Sun Liren, who was wading in the water, saw Song Yuhang with a smoke on his face. He was so excited that he didn't know what to say. Finally, he held Song Yuhang's hand tightly and whispered with emotion.
Sun Liren originally insisted that the 113th Regiment should consolidate the breakthrough, but was rejected by Song Yuhang for his waste of time for redeployment. The 113th Regiment, which had nearly half of the troops, wasted this battle, wasting his body, and the sacrifices were all brave and good combat backbones.
In desperation, Sun Liren left three roughly complete companies for Song Yuhang, and then organized troops to retreat.
No Chinese soldiers raised objections to Song Yuhang's order to behead the Japanese army regardless of life or death and dig their belly. They happily executed the order. The few Japanese prisoners and wounded soldiers became popular goods. One person could exchange for five boxes of "Xi Lebao"! It was equivalent to the second-class private's military pay of half a month. Many Chinese soldiers who had just failed to kill had to take out their bags in pain and enjoy the true meaning of pain and happiness.
The culprit Song Yuhang looked at his troops with a happy expression, and finally his soldiers had a smell of wolf cubs.
But before he was happy for a while, the British retreat speed made Song Yuhang stunned. He originally thought that the British army's 7,000 troops, dozens of tanks, thousands of pack horses, and more than 500 British and American journalists, missionaries, etc. would take at least two hours to completely retreat.
As a result, Song Yuhang's troops had just been deployed and the fortifications were still being repaired. Wang Pingjiang, the military staff member of the 113th Regiment, and Lang Mengde, the British Army's liaison officer, found Song Yuhang and told him that all the British troops had evacuated.
Song Yuhang looked at his watch casually, and this saw him startled! In just 20 minutes? How could this be possible?
Song Yuhang believed that if it was a well-trained unit with high morale, it would be possible to achieve the combat marching conversion speed after prior exercise, but was the British army a defeated unit? And it was still dawn without a finger?
Song Yuhang sincerely praised the British liaison officer from the bottom of his heart for the first time: "Your army is really an army that is good at creating miracles. I believe that even the elite German army with well-trained training may not reach this retreat speed."
The embarrassing British liaison officer took action: "This may only be described as a miracle!"
However, this time Song Yuhang believes that after this battle, the Japanese probably won't have the chance to encircle the British for a second time. He should not believe that there is another country in the world that can catch up with the British army. You should know that the British army retreated this time, with the harsh conditions of the army being chaotic, the materials and vehicles are vacancies, and the lack of food and water. More than 7,000 British officers and soldiers implemented the spirit of the sun to the end, creating an amazing miracle without waiting or relying on it.
This arrogant retreat became an indelible shame for the British army. Although the British headquarters tried to eliminate the negative impact, unfortunately it had little effect. It also led to the Allied generals distrust of the British Army during joint warfare of the Allied forces.
"Magic Retreat" has become synonymous with the British Army for a long time! Whenever the British army insults or contempts the Chinese army, whether Chinese soldiers or generals will take the "20-minute miracle" or "Magic Retreat" as a topic. Every time at this time, the British are immediately blushed and ashamed.
According to the British retreat speed, Song Yuhang arranged four companies of the Second Battalion to alternately cover the retreat, and ordered the first battalion to pay attention to the safety of both wings. He then led the guard company who stayed on the north shore to watch cars to join the retreat sequence.
Amid the expectations of everyone, a trace of fish white finally appeared in the east. After the war, Ren'anqiang was like a hell Shura field. The rolling smoke was mixed with a pungent smell, and the burnt corpse was still emitting blue smoke.
Looking at the battlefield, in addition to the broken limbs and arms, there are a large number of abandoned corpses on both sides, including Chinese, Japanese, British, and even Indians and Burmese. Most of the corpses with different postures are frozen at the moment of death, some shrink into a ball, and some with ferocious faces clenched at each other's necks.
It was confirmed that the Chinese had left. After the morning sun shook away the morning fog, the surviving Japanese soldiers appeared on the position with panic and fearful expressions, ragged clothes, some were looking for their fellow countrymen or friends, while others simply did nothing, and sat in place with dull eyes.
Seeing this scene, Haoxiong of Yunnan, who wanted to conquer the entire army and pursue the Chinese army, knew that his plan was impossible to implement. It was hard for him to imagine that such a soldier in front of him was the most brave soldier of the Great Japanese Empire yesterday. He was beaten like a dog with a broken family in just one battle.
Recalling the Chinese army attacking the Wild Fist Brigade yesterday, Yunnan Haoxiong was still scared. The tide-like Chinese soldiers rushed up on their companions' bodies. No matter how many Chinese soldiers were knocked down, the people behind them were still resolute and threw life and death out of the way.
Haoxiong, Yunnan, sat casually on a stone and lit a cigarette for himself. He recalled the tactics used by the Chinese army commander last night that broke through a little and shocked the entire line were very similar to the strong attack tactics often used by the Japanese army. The difference was that the Japanese army chose the weakest link on the defense line of the Chinese army. Yesterday, he had clearly left the so-called weakness for the enemy to delay time, but the Chinese army attacked the place where he deployed the strongest defense? When the Chinese army swept by, he made subjective judgment mistakes, which seemed too unbelievable.
Haoxiong, Yunnan, concluded that if the commander of the Chinese army who participated in the war last night was not a sophisticated tactical expert, then he would be a lunatic.
At noon, the main force of the 11th Brigade who was rushing to arrive obviously had missed the war. Lieutenant General Kanda Masako, the commander of the division, found Yuxiong Yunnan on the position. Yuxiong, who looked ashamed, only bowed deeply to Masako Kanda.
Kada Masato wanted to comfort Hiroho in Yunnan, but he didn't know what to say. The battlefield had not been cleaned yet. Kada Masato took Hiroho in Yunnan, strolling on the battlefield. When he arrived along the Binhe where the fiercest battle last night, Kada Masato was completely shocked.
Masato Kanda, who has rich experience in combat command, can see that the Chinese army broke through the Japanese defense line in just one attack. Then both sides launched hand-to-hand combat around simple fortifications. Most of the bodies of the dead Chinese soldiers still maintained their stance when they were surging with blood, and the muzzles and the direction of falling were towards the Japanese positions.
Seeing all the Japanese corpses on the small high ground beheaded without exception, Kanda Masato finally understood what made his soldiers afraid and fearful to fight! For the Japanese army, being cut off from their heads is equivalent to losing their souls. Although the Japanese army often enjoys beheading, they are subconsciously very afraid of beheading. The best way to regain morale and confidence is to completely eliminate them.
"Do you know the number of the Chinese army that attacked you last night?" Kanda Masato asked, looking at Hiroxiong in Yunnan!
Haoxiong of Yunnan shook his head helplessly: "The commander of this Chinese army is very good at deception. He wore the uniform of a lieutenant and called himself the company commander. He misled our reconnaissance personnel and mistakenly thought they were a company-building system. As a result, the Chinese ambushed a whole regiment of troops in the forest.
Masato Kanda noticed a problem from the words of Haoxiong, Yunnan. The guy who has always been arrogant actually called the "Chinese Army" instead of the Chinese pig that used to be silent?
After thinking for a while, Kanda Masato said thoughtfully: "Maybe what you see is really just a company commander of the Chinese army? Intelligence work and pre-war reconnaissance must be absolutely meticulous and timely."
Yunnan Haoxiong's face suddenly became pale and weak, and slight beads of sweat began to appear on the tip of his nose!
Kana Masato patted Hiroxiong of Yunnan on the shoulder and said, "Yunnan, I'm not blaming you. You commanded very well. Not only did you save friendly troops, but you also encircled and annihilated nearly 10,000 British and Chinese troops after meeting a strong opponent in the Chinese army. Congratulations on your success in such a martial arts award."
Yukio Yunnan, who was pale, raised his head woodenly and looked at Kanda Masato in confusion. Kanda Masato smiled slightly and pointed to various weapons and supplies abandoned by the British army and said: "The two armed divisions we seized are not a problem, so it is natural to annihilate the enemy."
Haoxiong Yunnan suddenly understood. He did not expect that the commander of the Kanda Masato Division would make excuse for him personally, and a complete defeat turned into a great victory in the words of the commander of the division. Haoxiong Yunnan, who was ashamed, couldn't help but feel panicked when he thought of the war of verbal between the news media of both sides.
When Haoxiong, Yunnan saw the mountain of weapons and supplies, he suddenly became full of confidence. Weapons are the best evidence. Could it be that the British army hoped to dig out all the bodies of their dead soldiers?
Thinking of this, Yukio Yunnan bowed deeply to Masato Kanda and said, "Thank you for your care, thank you very much!"
Kada Masato waved his hand: "Go and gather your troops quickly and clean the battlefield. The main force of the division will arrive in the evening!"
Chapter completed!