Chapter 68: Rush out
"Company Commander! It's our troops!"
"The reinforcements are coming!" Some soldiers shouted sternly.
"Xinghan! It is our blue sky and white sun flag!" Zhao Desheng also shouted loudly in excitement.
"Brothers! The reinforcements have arrived. Don't let a Japanese devil go! Kill me!" Zhang Xinghan only felt that he was full of fighting spirit in an instant, and immediately ordered sternly.
"Kill! Don't let a Japanese devil go!" The soldiers shouted loudly, waving their weapons and rushed towards the Japanese devils who had already begun to retreat.
"Dadadadada...Dadada...Dada..." The reinforcements rushed over quickly under the leadership of the division commander General Peng Shan. Commander Peng Shan rolled up his sleeves high, holding a Czech light machine gun to take the lead, and the light machine gun in his hand kept firing fiercely at the Japanese crowd.
Under the dense gunfire of the 11th Division, the Japanese caught off guard and were knocked to the ground in pieces of bullets.
The officers and soldiers of the company also took advantage of the situation to launch a pursuit. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Japanese squadron leader quickly commanded the troops to retreat. However, more than one hundred Japanese were soon overwhelmed by thousands of national soldiers.
Commander Peng Shan came to Zhang Xinghan with a machine gun in his arms, looked at Zhang Xinghan and the surviving soldiers behind him, and then stood attentively and saluted: "Peng Shan, the commander of the 11th Division of the National Revolutionary and Civilian Army, was ordered to come for reinforcement. Brothers, thank you for your hard work!"
Although Zhang Xinghan and the dozen surviving officers and soldiers behind him were exhausted at this time, they still forced themselves to cheer up and stood attentively and saluted: "We are responsible for defending the territory and fighting the enemy, and we are not working hard!"
"Okay! Well said, I am worthy of being the elite of our army. As long as I, Chinese soldiers, have the spirit of yours, there is nothing to be afraid of in the Japanese pirates in the East!" Commander Peng Shan was immediately admired when he heard this. The dozen or so defeated generals in front of him were shocked by him in terms of both mental outlook and momentum.
Zhang Xinghan said loudly: "Zhang Xinghan, the company commander of the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Battalion of the First Regiment of the National Revolutionary Civilian Army, led all the soldiers of the company to express their gratitude to Chief Peng!"
"Oh, Company Commander Zhang, you don't have to be polite. We are all Chinese soldiers and should fight the enemy together! In the battle of Xifengkou, Company Commander Zhang became famous all over the world. Mr. Peng has long heard of it. Today, he was indeed majestic and heroic!" Peng Shan said the truth. Not to mention Zhang Xinghan's performance at Xifengkou. Just today's bloody battle against the Gongda Bracelet today, he defeated a large group of Japanese troops with his company's strength, and caused great damage to the enemy for two days and two nights. Although it did not have much impact on the overall situation, it could inspire the morale of our soldiers and boost the determination of the Chinese people to resist Japan.
"Sir Peng is too rewarded." Zhang Xinghan smiled modestly and said seriously: "Sir Peng, the Japanese army has been besieging our troops for a long time, and it is already at the end of their strength. Please order the troops to take advantage of the situation to pursue, expand the results of the battle, and regain the lost positions of our army in one fell swoop."
"Well! This is natural." Peng Shan nodded, then turned his head to the adjutant behind him and said, "Adjutant Li, pass on the order and the troops continue to attack. Before dark, be sure to regain the lost position of our army two days ago."
"Yes!" The adjutant named Li happily agreed and turned around and left quickly.
After giving the order, Peng Shan turned his head and said with concern: "Company Commander Zhang, the first teaching regiment has been withdrawn from Nanjing for reorganization. The entire teaching regiment will be expanded into the First Teaching Division. This time, the Military Commission urgently formed the 15th Army to assist the Songhu battlefield. You can go on rest with confidence. Thank you for your hard work. Let's leave the war on the front line to us."
"Yes!" Zhang Xinghan turned around and looked at the dozen remaining subordinates behind him, and nodded. He knew that even if he stayed on the battlefield, his number of people could not play a great role. Moreover, the officers and soldiers fought with the Japanese for many days and were already exhausted, and now they were in urgent need of rest.
"However, Xinghan has something to ask for!" Zhang Xinghan suddenly remembered something and said hurriedly.
"Please tell me! As long as Peng can do it, I will definitely help." Peng Shan said.
"All the officers and soldiers of my company suffered heavy losses in this battle, and many brothers have been killed. After we retreat, we also asked Chief Peng to help restrain the bodies of the fallen brothers, so that the brothers will be buried in peace, so that they will not be in a battlefield of corpses." Zhang Xinghan turned around and looked at the tragic battlefield behind him and the corpses everywhere, and said with a gloomy face.
"Corp Zhang, please rest assured, Mr. Peng will definitely do this!" Peng Shan agreed happily.
"Thank you." Zhang Xinghan stood attentively and saluted, then turned his head and said, "Get away!"
"Yeah!" Peng Shan also saluted, then immediately gave way, and said loudly: "Guard Company, salute everyone, and see the heroes off!"
"Swish" more than a hundred national soldiers with live ammunition around him immediately saluted and watched Zhang Xinghan and the officers and soldiers of the first company leave.
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From the battlefield, Zhang Xinghan and his group seemed particularly conspicuous. Except for some stretcher teams formed by the people and students, they rushed back and forth one after another, all the soldiers of the National Army rushed forward.
After this battle, there were seventeen officers and soldiers in the first company. Among them, Li Sihai, the commander of the third platoon, was killed, several artillery and grenadiers were also killed, and eight were killed, deputy company commander Zhou Wei, first platoon commander Sun Siwei, second platoon commander Zhao Desheng, company commander Zhang Xinghan and other officers and soldiers were all seriously injured to varying degrees.
Zhang Xinghan and more than a dozen officers and soldiers supported each other and retreated north one after another. The sound of cannons rumbling in the south, the gun body was surging, and fierce battle was in full swing.
At the same time, the 68th Infantry Regiment Command of the 3rd Japanese Division.
Colonel Eagle Morita, the captain of the 68th Infantry Regiment, was furious and slapped the captain of the Second Infantry Regiment under his command. The Second Infantry Regiment besieged Gongda Spinning Mill for two days and two nights. Not only did he fail to wipe out the entire line of defending the Spinning Mill, he himself suffered heavy losses, with more than 500 imperial warriors casualties, of which more than 200 were killed.
Finally, because the reinforcements of the National Army arrived in time and launched a rapid counterattack on the Third Division, the Second Infantry Battalion also responded hastily and was eventually defeated and forced to retreat.
Takashi Mori successively beat Shiro Kurai to the second infantry captain, shook his head left and right, and kept hailing, and finally stopped and slapping.
"Baga! Bagaya Road! You are simply a bastard. More than a thousand imperial warriors were blocked by less than 100 Chinese people in a row. It is a shame to fail to wipe them out. Kurai Kan, you must be responsible for the impact of this matter on the morale of the imperial army!" Takashi Eaglemon roared in anger.
"Hai! Huyi is willing to accept any punishment from the brigade headquarters and the corps commander!" Kurai Shiro suddenly stood up and lowered his head and responded.
Takashi Eaglemori looked at Shiro Kurai, an old subordinate who had been with him for many years. The two were not only the relationship between the commander and subordinate, but also the Lu Da classmate who had been with him for many years. He sighed and said, "Kun Kurai, the complete failure of my 5th Brigade's attack has alarmed the division commander. Five minutes ago, the division commander directly sent an urgent call to our headquarters, asking our headquarters to regain the position in the Gongda Spinning Mill, and finally cooperate with the Sixth Infantry Regiment to expel the Chinese people to the areas of the Qizaohama and Luodian."
Hearing Takashi Takashi's words, Shiro Kurai's forehead suddenly burst out with cold sweat, and quickly straightened his head, and said suddenly: "Captain of the regiment, please give Huzhi another chance. Huzhi is willing to lead all the warriors of the Imperial Army to launch a decisive attack on the Chinese army, and swear to seize the Gongda yarn mill to make meritorious service."
"Yeah!" Takashi Eagleman nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, "Kun Kurai, the artillery squadron and the brigade directly under the chariot brigade will be divided into a chariot squadron to provide support to your headquarters. Please don't let the division commander and brigade commander be disappointed, please!"
"Hay! Please rest assured, the captain of the regiment! Huyi will definitely retake the Gongda yarn mill for the empire and defeat the China army in front of him." Kurai Shiro bowed his head again, then turned around and left with a saber in his arms.
Chapter completed!