Chapter 708: A Gorgeous Turn
Kong Ling gave Xiang Chu the message from the Supreme Command and said with a wry smile:
"Her father! The master is personally commanding our troops. We must hold on no matter how difficult it is."
Xiang Chu took the telegram and read it, saying with a smile:
"Sir, why did you order my 24 heavy artillery pieces to retreat and guard Yuelu Mountain?"
Yu Xiaowan looked at the map and said thoughtfully:
"Brother Chu! The heavy artillery has long been exposed in Beishan. We should indeed retreat and garrison Yuelu Mountain."
Kong Ling agreed, "It's too far in the north mountain. If the devils send troops to attack, it will be troublesome."
Xiang Chu smiled bitterly and said, "I want the heavy artillery to provide fire support to the front-line troops. In this case, the entire battlefield will have to retreat to the south."
"Back off!"
Yu Xiaowan and Kong Ling said in unison.
The two seemed to be deeply afraid that he would disobey orders.
Xiang Chu smiled mysteriously and said, "Okay! Let's avoid their attack. But before we retreat, we need to make a few more gorgeous turns to show the devils a little color."
After that, he wrote a series of combat orders and handed them to Shima, saying:
"Shima! Call the radio operator, all divisions execute the following combat orders."
"Yes!"
Shima hurriedly took the order, picked up the loudspeaker, and delivered the order in the Bai language.
In the south of Yuchi Mountain, there is Lianyue Valley.
The vanguard of the Japanese Hokkaido Division, the Kishida Battalion, arrived here.
The Japanese captain, Hirotake Kishida, pointed at a village not far away and said with an evil smile:
"Yoshi! Today we have gathered ten Chinese villages outside the Tuguang Valley. Haha!"
His chief of staff reminded him: "Captain! The division commander asked us to move south quickly to Beishan to attack the headquarters of the 34th Chinese Army. We cannot waste any more time."
Kishida Hirotake shouted angrily: "Baka! Do you want to sympathize with the Chinese? Our army must implement Commander Okamura's 'Three Alls' policy."
The Japanese Chief of Staff shouted: "No! Zhou Xia hates the Chinese, and I will personally lead the army to massacre the Chinese village."
"Boom!" a sound.
A shell flew over and landed a hundred meters away from him, but not a single Japanese soldier was killed.
The Japanese chief of staff laughed loudly: "The Chinese 34th Army is firing randomly, it's rubbish."
In the distance, the scout responsible for directing artillery fire sent a correction telegram.
"Boom! Boom!"
24 artillery shells flew over and landed in the pile of Japanese soldiers.
Countless Japanese soldiers, including the Japanese chief of staff, were killed in the explosion and screamed in agony.
Hirotake Kishida hid behind a big tree and managed to escape with his life. He yelled:
"Quick! Speed up the march and destroy China's heavy artillery."
After the first wave of shelling, the second wave of shells came over.
The Japanese soldiers were defeated and suffered countless casualties.
"Tick-tick...tick-tick! Tick-tick...tick-tick!"
Buglers from the 34st and 1th Divisions of the 5th Army blew the charge at the same time.
"Kill the devil!"
The shouts and cries of killing echoed throughout the Lianyue Valley.
In the village not far away, people also rushed over with their crude weapons.
However, before they arrived, a battalion of Japanese soldiers had been wiped out.
Xiang Chu stared at the Japanese Kishida Battalion for a long time, and before retreating, he used the absolute superiority of two divisions to wipe it out like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.
On the south side of Exing Mountain, outside Laohuaishu Village.
Zeng Yangxi's Squadron, one of the vanguards of the Japanese Kumamoto Division, arrived here.
Zeng Yangxi drew his command knife, pointed at the village and roared:
"Massacre the whole village! Do the work of 'Sanguang'! Kill!"
"kill!"
The Japanese soldiers howled loudly and rushed into Laohuaishu Village.
"Boom! Boom!"
Dense rain of Type 92 infantry gun and grenade launcher shells attacked the Japanese soldiers.
"Da-da! Da-da-da!"
Light and heavy machine gun bullets swept towards them fiercely, like the scythe of the god of death.
“Tick-tick…tick-tick!”
Buglers from the 3rd and 6th Divisions blew the charge.
"Kill the devil!"
Shouts and cries of killing echoed all around.
Tens of thousands of elite soldiers rushed in from all directions and attacked frantically.
In the blink of an eye, a reinforced squadron of 600 Japanese soldiers was defeated.
Li Tong picked up Zhong Zeng Yangxi's command knife and shook his head.
"There's only one Japanese squadron. How boring!"
Zhang Linmao said with a smile: "Master Li! Let's retreat quickly."
Li Tong pointed in the direction of Black Elk Peak and said, "Let's retreat from there and help the quartermaster and Lu Xiong. Maybe we can catch a big fish."
"it is good!"
Zhang Linmao said happily.
South of Heimi Peak, Liulin Town.
The earth shook and thousands of horses galloped.
The Watanabe Cavalry Battalion, the vanguard of the Japanese Kyushu Division, rushed here.
The Japanese captain Watanabe drew his saber, pointed at Liulin Town and roared:
"Occupy Liulin Town and slaughter all the Chinese in the town. Give me the peaches! Kill!"
"kill!"
The Japanese cavalrymen roared fiercely.
They rode forward like a violent gale.
However, the willow forest ahead was quiet and deserted.
"boom!"
More than 20 tanks rushed out of the streets and headed towards the Japanese cavalry.
"Boom! Boom!"
More than 20 heavy artillery shells, tank shells, countless infantry guns and grenade launcher shells fired at the Japanese cavalry.
In an instant, the Japanese cavalry were blown to pieces, and their horses were frightened and fled in all directions, and the army was completely routed.
"Bang!"
The Japanese captain Watanabe, who was supervising the battle from behind, was shot in the back of the head and fell off his horse.
“Tick-tick…tick-tick!”
Buglers from the 2nd and 4th Divisions blew the charge at the same time.
Before Li Tong and Zhang Linmao led their troops to arrive, the Japanese Watanabe Battalion had been completely wiped out.
Liu Zhengxiong handed the sniper rifle to the guard, stepped forward and asked with a smile: "Master Li! Lin Mao! Have you finished the shooting?"
Li Tong smiled bitterly and said, "We finished the battle a long time ago. We are not as good as you. We only wiped out one squadron."
Liu Zhengxiong suddenly realized, "I see! You two are here to eat the big fish."
"Exactly! Haha!"
Li Tong and Zhang Linmao laughed out loud.
At this time, Lu Xiong rode over on a white horse and shouted:
"Three! Commander, let Shima give the order. All troops must retreat immediately."
Liu Zhengxiong shouted, "Why are you in such a hurry? We haven't fought enough yet."
Lu Xiong said mysteriously: "Shima told me that Okamura Ningchi was pissed off by us and was arguing with the commander via coded messages."
"Still arguing?!"
Liu Zhengxiong and two others exclaimed in surprise.
Lu Xiong urged, "Stop shouting! The Japanese army is coming soon. Retreat quickly!"
Liu Zhengxiong said worriedly: "What will happen to the people if we all retreat? The officials and people in Hunan will scold us."
Before the angry Japanese army approached, the 34th Army retreated southward like a tide.
This caused confusion and dissatisfaction among the people along the way, as well as criticism from some people above.
Chongqing, combat research conference room.
A telegram of complaint from Chairman Cheng of Hunan was delivered.
After Ma Chunfang read the telegram, it immediately sparked heated discussion.
Commander Lin sneered, "I thought Chu Xi was so powerful, but he retreated before engaging the enemy, leaving so many civilians to the devil's butcher knife."
After the Feng Shui treatment in Chongqing, Zeng Yun gained confidence and said with a smile: "Comparatively speaking, I am quite brave when leading troops to fight. I never retreat."
Chen Guo echoed, "Chu Xi also moved the heavy artillery to Yuelu Mountain. Isn't it obvious that he wants to lead the war directly to Changsha City? Based on this alone, his military command ability is rubbish."
At this time, Inspector Jiang walked out of the inner room and loudly ordered the military police outside the door:
"Take Director Chen to the Reflection Cave in the back mountain and let him sober up for two days before coming out again."
“Ah? Yes!”
The gendarme obeyed the order in astonishment.
The entire conference room was silent, and everyone looked at Chen Guo in astonishment.
Chen Guo stood up helplessly and walked out without knowing what was going on.
No one knows what he has done wrong.