In the evening, the defeated troops of the 79th Army and the 73rd Army fled back to Sihe Township one after another. Xia Hanzhong and Wang Xiyuan were also among the rebels. Because they were running in a hurry, Xia Hanzhong fell and injured a leg. The legs were carried back by the guards. Wang Xiyuan was not much better. One of his boots was missing and he ran back with bare feet.
Li Motang stayed at the former enemy headquarters in Sihe Township and did not go to Feixi Town. When he saw Xia Hanzhong and Wang Xiyuan leading a group of defeated troops to escape, there was not much surprise on their faces, because Xia Hanzhong had already Before they came back, Zhu Zimao and Lao Jiu had already escaped and complained in front of Li Motang.
Zhu Zimao and Lao Jiu fully hoped that Li Motang, the chief of staff of the group army, would support them in justice. Even if they could not do anything to Xia Hanzhong, they would at least not hold them responsible for escaping from the battle. Unfortunately, Zhu Zimao and Lao Jiu The two people overestimated Li Motang's power.
Although Li Mutang is the chief of staff of the group army, he actually does not have much real power.
"Where is Zhu Zimao? Where is Zhu Zimao?" As soon as he returned to Sihe Township, Wang Dongyuan was the first to attack. This was what he and Xia Hanzhong had discussed in advance, because Xia Hanzhong and Li Motang were classmates in Huangpu, so it was inevitable that they would lose face. But Wang Dongyuan graduated from Baoding Military Academy and had no personal relationship with Li Motang.
Li Mutang said: "Brother Dongyuan, don't be so angry and take a breather."
"Why don't you rest?" Wang Dongyuan said, "Come here and find the person named Zhu!"
Li Mutang's face fell. At this moment, he deeply felt the bitterness of having no soldiers in his hands and no strength in his back.
Li Mutang looked at Xia Hanzhong, but Xia Hanzhong deliberately avoided his eyes and pretended not to see Li Mutang's eyes at all. It's not that Xia Hanzhong didn't want to betray Li Mutang, a Huangpu classmate, but the 79th Army had suffered too much loss this time. , if he doesn’t find a scapegoat to take the blame, he will not be able to escape the blame for his poor command!
As for who will be the scapegoat, of course it is Zhu Zimao!
Zhu Zimao originally ran over from **, so who else could he look for if not him
Wang Dongyuan shouted at the dozen or so defeated soldiers behind him: "What are you still doing? Arrest them!"
"Yes!" More than a dozen defeated troops responded with a roar, rushing towards the enemy's headquarters in a swarm. A guard at the headquarters wanted to stop him, but was slapped across the face by the major who was the leader of the defeated troops. The guard covered his face and With his face turned to one side, a dozen defeated soldiers stormed into the headquarters aggressively.
Within a moment, a dozen defeated soldiers came out grabbing Zhu Zimao's arm.
Zhu Zimao's arms were raised high back by the defeated soldiers, but his buttocks were pressed against him. The pain made his eyes water. However, this boy was really tough. Even though he was like this, he still refused to admit defeat. There they shouted loudly: "The Japanese are just a bunch of bugs when you see them. It's quite exciting to beat your own people. That's all you can do."
"Hey? You are quite tough." Wang Dongyuan walked up to Zhu Zimao and without any explanation, slapped Zhu Zimao more than a dozen times. Zhu Zimao's pretty face was immediately beaten into a pig's head and the corners of his mouth were split. Come, the blood flowed down like spring water. Wang Dongyuan still couldn't understand his hatred, and kicked Zhu Zimao hard in the stomach.
Wang Dongyuan really hated Zhu Zimao. If Zhu Zimao had not escaped before the battle, even if he only held on to the Feinan stronghold for half an hour, it would have been enough for the 73rd Army and the 79th Army to deal with the little Japs in Feixi Town. Now, , the result of this combat operation is completely different, why is it like now
When he thought of this, Wang Dongyuan took out his pistol again and hit Zhu Zimao twice on the cheek with the iron handle. Zhu Zimao couldn't stand it anymore and screamed immediately.
Wang Dongyuan wiped the blood stains on his pistol and shouted: "Someone, drag this coward down and kill him!"
"Yes!" Several defeated soldiers agreed in a loud voice, then grabbed Zhu Zimao's arm and walked out.
The hair on Zhu Zimao's body suddenly stood up. He realized that Wang Dongyuan was not trying to scare him, but was really planning to use him as a scapegoat. He immediately shouted to Li Motang: "Senzuo? Sanzuo! You have to support me for justice." , you have to support justice for our ** brigade. You had your words first, you had your words first..."
Li Mutang muttered twice, but in the end he didn't say anything. He still said the same thing. If you don't have soldiers in your hands, you won't be able to speak forcefully! People say that if a chief of staff does not have a commander, he will not even fart, but if the chief of staff does not have military power, it is actually not easy to speak. For example, Wang Dongyuan did not take him as the chief of staff seriously.
"Take a seat? Take a seat!" Zhu Zimao struggled violently and begged for help sadly.
But from beginning to end, Li Mutang didn't say a word and watched Zhu Zimao being pushed out.
A moment later, a gunshot rang out outside the headquarters, and then the major who carried out the execution returned to the headquarters with murderous intent and reported to Wang Dongyuan: "Military seat, the man named Zhu has been shot."
"And that old wine, where is the old wine?" Wang Dongyuan asked again.
"He ran away," the major said. "I didn't see him when I went in just now."
"This grandson can run quite fast." Wang Dongyuan, still angry, added, "And all the officers above the company level in the Wanxi *** Brigade will be captured and shot. All other faults can be tolerated, even if they are * *There is still hope for smoking, but escaping from the battlefield will never be tolerated. Every one of them will be shot."
"Yes!" the major agreed, and led the defeated troops to arrest people again.
Only then did Li Mutang say: "Commander Wang's strict management of the army, Li admires it, but he doesn't know that the 73rd Army escaped from Feixi Town before the battle, so what should we say?"
Wang Dongyuan said **: "The 73rd Army did not flee before the battle, but was ordered to retreat."
"Ordered to retreat?" Li Mutang said, "Whose order? I don't seem to have given an order to retreat."
"It's my order." As soon as Li Motang finished speaking, Wan Xiangyun came in from outside, and then said to Li Motang with an apologetic face, "Brother Motang, you have to understand me, we are thirty-two It is really not easy for the group army to accumulate the wealth it has now, and we cannot just spend it all on the battlefield."
Li Mutang could only smile bitterly. Wan Xiangyun said so, what else could he do
Wan Xiangyun patted Li Motang on the shoulder and said to Xia Hanzhong and Wang Dongyuan: "What are you two doing? Why don't you hurry up and reorganize the troops? Step up the construction of the defense line. When I came just now, I saw that both of your troops were very fast." It’s a mess, and if the little devils come here, we’ll be in big trouble.”
Xia Hanzhong and Wang Dongyuan left in disgrace.
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However, Wan Xiangyun was completely over-worried, because the Japanese didn't care about chasing them at all.
While the 32nd Group Army stormed Feixi Town, the main force of the Dameishan Military Division also launched a fierce attack on the Kumamoto Division entrenched near Badou Town. And this time, it was no longer a feint attack, but a real attack. A fierce attack, because Xu Rui wanted to use up the ammunition reserves of the Kumamoto Division in the shortest possible time.
From late last night to this evening, for nearly 20 hours, the 1st Regiment, 2nd Regiment, Guard Regiment and Guard Battalion of the Dameishan Military Division took turns to attack the Kumamoto Division. On average, almost 20 attacks were launched against the Kumamoto Division. Launching a large offensive within an hour, such a high-intensity and high-intensity battle not only tests the physical strength of the soldiers of the two armies, but also poses a severe challenge to the logistics support of both sides.
"Boom!" A shell landed directly next to the Kumamoto Division's headquarters. The air waves generated by the explosion shook the tent of the headquarters. Chief of Staff Shigeta Shigenori, who had just entered, rushed forward. He put his body in front of Naosaburo Okabe, and then said nervously: "Division Commander, you'd better avoid him."
"Go away." Naosaburo Okabe pushed Shigetori away and said, "How is the situation on the left wing?"
"The battle situation on the left wing is very pessimistic." Shigetori Shigeta shook his head and said solemnly, "The offensive of the Dameishan *** Regiment is too fierce, especially their infantry assault. There are usually three people in a group, and three groups in one group. The team, whether it is the alternating cover between the teams or the cooperation of the team members, is extremely skilled and efficient. Our firepower points are often destroyed by them before they can play any role!"
"Baga!" Naosaburo Okabe gritted his teeth and said, "It's unbelievable to say this. Just half a year ago, the individual tactics of the Dameishan Army Regiment were similar to those of the Imperial Army. But less than half a year ago, However, the Dameishan *** Regiment suddenly mastered this extremely sharp three-by-three individual penetration tactic. How did Xu Rui do it?"
Shigeta Shigenori continued: "There are also artillery. The artillery of the Dameishan ** Regiment is also more powerful than imagined. Not only are there a large number of artillery, but they are also accurate. In terms of artillery quality alone, the Dameishan ** Regiment is more powerful than expected. The artillery is no longer under any artillery regiment of the Imperial Army!"
"I've learned this just now." As soon as Naosaburo Okabe finished speaking, two more artillery shells landed outside the headquarters of the Kumamoto Division and exploded, and the tent that had been hit by many air waves exploded. Unable to bear it any longer, it collapsed, covering Naosaburo Okabe, Shigeta Shigenori and several staff officers underneath.
The Japanese from the guard squadron rushed up and dug out Naosaburo Okabe and the others.
Shigetori Shigetori once again advised Naosaburo Okabe: "Commander of the division, why don't you stay away first?"
"Avoid it?" Naosaburo Okabe said angrily, "Now there are enemies on all sides, where can I avoid it?"
Shigeta Shigetori was speechless. Indeed, now he was surrounded by troops from the Dameishan Regiment. The encirclement had even shrunk to less than five kilometers in radius. Where else could he hide? Even if you hide in the center of the encirclement, the artillery of Dameishan** Regiment can easily hit you.
Compared with his own personal safety, Naosaburo Okabe is more worried about another issue.
Naosaburo Okabe asked in a deep voice: "Shigeta-san, how much ammunition reserve do you have left now?" (To be continued.)