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    The whole night of torture made Colonel Kawada Takeshi extremely miserable. Several times he made up his mind to gather two squadrons and the puppet Manchukuo army to march into the mountains to eliminate those shameless guys, but the dark mountains in front of him always prevented him from making this determination.  .

    But the previous two reorganized squads with the cooperation of two companies of the puppet Manchukuo army were completely destroyed, so he really couldn't let go.  Only the devil knows what tricks are waiting for him for those guys who only dare to hide in the mountains and fire cold guns, without any bushido spirit, and who dare not fight face to face with him?

    In fact, Colonel Kawada Takeshi does not know that if he really concentrates his forces to clear out Guo Bingxun's troops on the periphery, Guo Bingxun, who has now divided his troops, really does not have the strength to confront him head-on.  Guo Bingxun was very clear-headed. He would not use a battalion to go head-to-head with two squadrons of the Japanese army that were cooperating with at least four infantry companies of the puppet Manchukuo army.  If Colonel Kawada Takeshi really sends troops, Guo Bingxun can only retreat now.

    Although he succeeded in giving Colonel Kawada Takeshi a sleepless night, Guo Bingxun also had a headache at this time.  The artillery battle in the first half of the night destroyed most of the Japanese artillery, causing it to lose its combat effectiveness and destroying most of the food it carried.  However, Guo Bingxun's artillery also suffered considerable losses.

    ??Under the situation that the shooting ruler has been calibrated in advance and the quantity is dominant.  The artillery battle lasted only a few minutes, but Guo Bingxun lost four mortars and the artillerymen suffered more than ten casualties.  After all, it was a unit of a veteran division of the Japanese army. Not only did its infantry response capabilities be extremely excellent, but its artillery response capabilities were also absolutely top-notch.

    Its shooting speed is fast and its impact point is absolutely top-notch.  In particular, the accuracy of ballistic judgment during night shooting is far inferior to that of our own troops.  After an artillery battle, Guo Bingxun understood that he seemed to have won, but in fact he lost.  Bullying a small group with a crowd, and having four mortars destroyed by others, isn't this a defeat?

    ¡°If I hadn¡¯t adopted targeted tactics in advance, I¡¯m afraid I would have lost even more completely in this artillery battle?  As for the several large-scale company and platoon attacks organized at night, thanks to the excellent response capabilities of the Japanese army, the results are unknown. However, during the retreat, the casualties were not small, and one platoon actually ran away.  Wait until daybreak before gathering them up.

    What¡¯s even more exaggerated is that one squad of this platoon actually didn¡¯t turn around, bypassing the Japanese army and retreating north to the north bank of the Fasi River.  It was not until they crossed the Fasi River and encountered the outflanking troops they sent out that they were gathered together.  If he hadn't received a telegram from the outflanking troops, Guo Bingxun would have thought that the whole squad had been sacrificed.  This is still a harassment operation. If it were a formal operation, Guo Bingxun even doubted that the battalion in his hands would not be able to withstand the impact of half a squadron of Japanese troops?

    After one night, the biggest result was that the reconnaissance battalion company took advantage of the Japanese army's attention being drawn to the front, penetrated into the Japanese army's side and rear, and captured all the horses of the Japanese army's baggage squadron.

    Looking at the embarrassed troops, Guo Bingxun's face was darker than the sky at that moment.  What is going on with these guys?  Didn't you fight decently during the day?  Under the nose of the Japanese army, they also annihilated two Japanese squads that were cooperating with the puppet Manchukuo army.  Why do I play so badly at night?  To describe it in Sichuan dialect, it¡¯s like having diarrhea.

    Seeing the gloomy expression on the chief of staff's face, the deputy company commander and the platoon leader who led the attack were so frightened that they did not even dare to speak out.  They also know that the previous performance of their troops can be described as a joke.  It was just a harassing attack under the cover of artillery fire, or during the retreat, without the other party pursuing it, his troops could actually run away. This was simply embarrassing.

    Seeing his deputy and subordinates standing in front of the chief of staff in embarrassment, the company commander hesitated for a moment and felt that he should excuse his subordinates. After all, the reality of too many new recruits in the army was there.  He looked at Guo Bingxun's face and whispered: "Chief of Staff, you can't blame them for this. The responsibility lies with me."

    "There are too many new recruits in the army and too few veterans. Now most of the veterans have served as squad platoon leaders, and most of the additional soldiers are new recruits. And most of the recruits have only completed preliminary weapons and basic tactics.  I haven't had time to conduct night combat training yet, and I'm not familiar with the sound of the trumpet, and I'm also unfamiliar with the terrain in this area. As the company commander, I should bear the main responsibility for the battle to be like this. If you want to punish me, punish me.  "

    After hearing the company commander¡¯s request for punishment, Guo Bingxun¡¯s tense expression softened slightly.  He also knew where he was wrong and did not shirk responsibility.  From this point alone, it¡¯s pretty good.  After hesitating for a moment, Guo Bingxun decided to give him another chance.

    After his expression softened a little, Guo Bingxun shook his head and said: "Since you have accepted the responsibility, you cannot convince the public without punishment. Now you are revoked from the position of company commander and changed to deputy company commander and acting company commander. I give youIn ?? months, if the combat effectiveness of the army cannot be improved, you will go to the cooking class to carry the big pot for me.  Also, go back and write a summary of the battle and give it to me.  Remember, each of you gives me one.  "

    Having said this, Guo Bingxun paused and said: "I will not punish your company platoon leader, and let you serve your crime. But the squad leader who actually led the team to retreat to the north bank of the Fasi River was shot on the spot. The recruits didn't understand, but he was  A veteran from Lao Heidingzi's secret camp said he couldn't understand the trumpet sound, how could he explain it?"

    "The new recruits couldn't understand the terrain and kept retreating north. This can be said to be reasonable. He is a veteran, and he actually led his soldiers to retreat north to the Fasi River without reacting. Is this possible? There is only one thing, he  It¡¯s an interesting fear of war. Everyone is equal in battlefield discipline, and battlefield discipline must be implemented for such people, and they will be killed without mercy.¡±

    The last words Guo Bingxun almost said through gritted teeth.  It would be understandable if the new recruits didn't understand these things, but that squad leader was trained in the secret camp of Lao Heidingzi for three months.  There is only one explanation for why he did this, and that is that he deliberately avoided fighting.  ,

    When this situation occurred, Guo Bingxun had to change his tactics and stop the company-platoon-level offensive at night.  Instead, they focused on fire harassment and small-scale infiltration operations by scouts.  Several company and platoon-level attacks were launched, but the effect was not great. They only captured a Japanese security position, but the casualties were not small.  Twelve people were killed and more than thirty people were injured.  This price is difficult for Guo Bingxun to accept.

    Although four mortars were destroyed in the artillery battle, he still had a lot of mortars on hand.  The artillery shells are also quite sufficient.  It's not like we want to eat this Japanese and puppet army in one bite, we just harass them so that they can't rest all night.  Why risk the lives of your own men?  Guo Bingxun changed his tactics and focused on the battle during the next day.

    The night offensive made Guo Bingxun somewhat frustrated.  But the arrival of Liu Changshun after early morning made him somewhat relieved.  Based on the performance of the troops last night, he was not sure whether a battalion could stop the Japanese army in front of him between the Fasi River and the Gejin River under the attack of a Japanese brigade.

    After thinking about Yang Zhen¡¯s previous tactical intentions and the possible actions of the enemy after Yang Zhen started, Guo Bingxun changed his mind again.  The battalion brought by Liu Changshun was not deployed on the spot, but was ordered to bypass the enemy's position and penetrate directly to the rear of the Japanese army.  Together with the battalion that had been sent behind the Japanese army, they formed an encirclement on the flanks and rear of the 17th Regiment.

    Once the battle starts at Yang Zhen, if Kawada Takeshi returns to rescue his first brigade, the two battalions can form an east-west pincer attack on it.  At least it can delay the Japanese reinforcements.  Miaolingzi Mountain is too close to the Fasi River. Once the sound of gunfire is heard there, it can be heard clearly here.  Guo Bingxun can conclude that as long as Miaolingzishan starts fighting, the enemy in front of him will definitely move north for reinforcements.

    Guo Bingxun, who graduated from the Saint-Cyr Military Academy in France, one of the three major military academies in the West, is at least above average in his prediction of the war situation.  Although radio contact with the First Battalion was lost as soon as the battle began, it is unclear what exactly happened at Miaolingzi Mountain.  However, after discovering that there was a sudden burst of gunfire behind them, the first brigade and the main force of the puppet Manchukuo army that had crossed the Fasi River immediately stopped moving south and quickly turned around and headed north for reinforcements.

    Colonel Kawada Takeshi, who had received the report of his march route from the First Battalion in the early morning, heard the intensive gunfire coming from the Miaolingzi line, and could easily judge without even thinking that it was the follow-up to the third battle.  A large group encountered the enemy.

    ¡° Moreover, judging from the intensity of the gunfire, Colonel Kawada Takeshi knew that he had been fooled.  Some time ago, I had been thinking that the opponent I met with the opponent's main force was just a bluff sent by some of the troops to attract my attention.

    For Colonel Takeshi Kawada, this decision was unusual.  Colonel Kawada Takeshi who didn't know that Sasaki Tsuichi had gone to the West. Unable to contact Lieutenant General Sasaki Tsuichi and his butt was on fire, Colonel Kawada Takeshi could only send Sasaki Tsuichi first and had to contact the 24th Lieutenant General.  The order to rendezvous of the regiment was thrown aside, and he first made contact with his first brigade.

    "His Majesty Takeda Hisashi participated in this attack with a regiment of troops, plus a regiment of the Manchukuo Army, which was much stronger than his own.  He only has two infantry brigades in his hands.  If one is lost, there will be only one infantry brigade left. In this crisis-ridden time, can the remaining infantry brigade still be able to complete the so-called suppression mission?  At that time, not only will it be impossible to complete the task of asking for advice, but there is even a possibility that it will be difficult to protect itself.

    Colonel Kawada Takeshi, who has always been known for his stability, is far less arrogant than other Japanese officers.  He concluded from the intensive gunfire that rang out from the front line of Miaolingzi Mountain that there were definitely not a few anti-Manchu armed forces besieging the first brigade of his regiment, and their firepower was also extremely powerful.

    ??Because he heard that the sound of the cannons was made by a large number of mountain cannons.  Except for two Type 92 infantry cannons, his first brigade did not have a single mountain cannon.  And even these two Type 92 infantry guns were left at the original station and were not brought with them.  Except for grenades and heavy machine guns, the First Battalion did not have any heavy weapons.

    Although he had confidence in the combat effectiveness of his troops, the sound of gunfire there made Takeshi Kawada know that although his troops had strong combat effectiveness, flesh and blood could not compete with steel after all.  As a captain of the Colonel Corps, the steady-looking Takeshi Kawada is not as shallow as those young and vigorous grassroots officers. He believes that the spirit of Bushido can really compete with steel.

    Therefore, after knowing that his First Brigade was likely to be in danger, he did not hesitate to refuse his subordinates to use the First Brigade's combat power. Even if the anti-Manchu forces came to tens of thousands of people, there would be no problem. He should follow Sasaki's instructions.  Under the order of a lieutenant general, we tried our best to break the blockage of the anti-Manchu elements and went to the Jianshanzi line to join the 24th Regiment.  Instead, they chose to lead the main force to turn around and head north to reinforce the second brigade after leaving some troops to block the most likely pursuit of the enemy in front of them.

    Just when Colonel Kawada Yi led the team to turn around and rush towards the front line of the Fasi River, Liu Changshun had already commanded two battalions to deploy across the entire line north of the Fasi River and had completed the construction of fortifications.  When he learned that Liu Changshun had taken over the command of the two battalions on the north bank of the Fasi River, Yang Zhen, who was directing the battle on the front line of Miaolingzi Mountain, only sent him eight words: "Set up a mobile ambush and attack halfway across the river."

    Liu Changshun, who received Yang Zhen's telegram, did not set up defenses directly along the Fasi River. Instead, he ambush his troops in the dense forest on the north bank of the Fasi River.  After Colonel Takeshi Kawada passed through a squadron of Japanese troops and most of the puppet Manchukuo troops, he attacked with two battalions across the board and divided the Japanese troops into two non-connected parts with the Faji River as the boundary.  Simultaneously hit all the mortars on hand and tightly blockade the north bank of the Fasi River with intensive artillery fire.

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Before Colonel Kawada Takeshi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the vanguard troops crossing the river smoothly, the scene in front of him surprised him again.  The follow-up troops exposed in the open river were knocked down in pieces by the dense mortar shells fired by the opponents.  The intensive gunshots coming from the north bank of the river told him that the outcome of his vanguard might be very bad.

    Troops that have not yet had time to undergo night battle training perform poorly in night battles, but this does not mean that their operations during the day are also unsatisfactory.  In fact, after a full month of high-intensity training, the troops performed very well during daytime combat operations.

    Colonel Takeshi Kawada currently has a large group under his command, but after the first day and night of consumption, he now only has two more infantry squadrons plus one that he brought out specially to ensure supplies. Now he has lost all the pack horses.  Troops squadron.  This time, a squadron of troops was suddenly cut off on the north bank of the river. For Takeshi Kawada, the blow was fatal.

    But Colonel Takeshi Kawada¡¯s reaction speed is still extremely fast.  After discovering that one of his main infantry squadrons was cut off and surrounded on the north bank, there was no ambiguity at all.  He immediately led the remaining troops and launched a desperate attack on the bandit forces in his eyes that suddenly appeared on the north bank.

    Although the Fasi River flows very quickly, it is not deep, with an average depth of about half a meter.  However, the river surface is not considered narrow among rivers in mountainous areas.  Although it is in a mountainous area, the width of the river is still about six meters.  Moreover, a relatively empty open space is formed on both sides of the river.

    Under this kind of terrain, Kawada Yi wanted to force the crossing, break the opponent's fire blockage, and rescue the encircled first brigade, but it was extremely difficult when the firepower did not dominate.

    Liu Changshun had no intention of feeling sorry for the ammunition.  Although he used most of his troops to encircle the Japanese and puppet troops on the north bank of the river, he deployed only two companies with the blocking troops on the river bank.  But he transferred nearly half of the heavy machine guns and grenade launchers from the two battalions.  He also concentrated all the mortars from the two battalions to block the river bank.

    The Japanese troops who tried to force the crossing suffered heavy casualties. Several heavy machine guns used for fire support had just been set up and before a few bullets had been fired, they were all blown up by mortars.  Not to mention that several consecutive attacks failed to produce results, more than half of the baggage squadron that launched the attack suffered casualties and lost its combat effectiveness.

    Seeing that another forced crossing was repelled, Colonel Kawada Takeshi gritted his teeth and put the last complete infantry squadron at hand, except for one small squad, into the attack.  While launching a desperate attack, Kawada Takeshi also desperately called for air support, trying to rely on aviation fire support to break through the opponent's blockade.

    Not long after Colonel Kawada Takeshi put all the troops at hand into the attack, he suddenly discovered that the gunfire from the direction of Miaolingzi Mountain, which had been ringing with intensive gunfire before, suddenly gradually fell silent, and the gunfire became weaker and weaker.  .  The sound of gunfire over there has subsided, which meansColonel Kawada Takeshi knew what was going on.

    He knew that the sound of gunfire on the front line of Miaolingzi Mountain gradually fell silent. It was not that his first brigade had successfully broken through, but that the first brigade was now in danger.

    As for where the opponent¡¯s target will turn after the entire First Battalion is destroyed, Colonel Takeshi Kawada knows it very well.  He knew there was no one else to think of except his own infantry brigade, which was currently hanging alone along the Fasi River.  If he could not break through the blockade along the Fasi River as soon as possible, join up with the troops trapped in Hebei, and rely only on the one and a half squadrons he had left, then he knew better what would be waiting for him.

    It can be said that under the personal supervision of Takeshi Kawada, the intensity of the Japanese attack on the south bank of the river cannot be said to be insignificant.  But the empty Fasi River was like a life-and-death barrier. No matter how hard the Japanese army tried, they never made any progress.  The intensive firepower fired from the other side of the river killed the Japanese troops who launched the attack in large numbers in the river.  The six-meter-wide river was filled with dead Japanese bodies and wounded who could not be evacuated.

    Since the Japanese and puppet troops commanded by Second Battalion Captain Kono Yohei who had already crossed the river were not equipped with radios and were blocked by mountains, the progress of the war on the south bank of the river could only be judged by the intensive gunfire coming from the south bank of the river.  Kawada Takeshi still couldn't figure it out.  He could only judge from the sound of gunfire that his troops were still resisting.

    Just when Colonel Kawada Takeshi put the last team at hand into the attack and prepared to launch the sixth charge, a shell fired from the south bank made Takeshi Kawada's last efforts in vain.  Looking at the large number of mountain shells falling around him, Kawada Takeshi's first thought was that the opponent's main force had completed its turn and had arrived at the south bank of the Fasi River.

    Colonel Kawada Takeshi guessed correctly. The shells that fell on his head this time were the ones that had handed over the final battle of the front line of Miaolingzi Mountain to Du Kaishan. He quickly went south with the main force and penetrated directly towards the flank of the Japanese army at the Fasi River.  The main force led by Yang Zhen hit the mountain shells.

    What Colonel Takeshi Kawada didn't even know was that behind him, a battalion commanded by Guo Bingxun had broken through the blockade of an infantry squad he left behind, coordinated by a company of the puppet Manchukuo army, and had arrived less than one kilometer behind him.  .  At this point in the battle, Yang Zhen had actually completed the division and encirclement of Takeshi Kawada and his men
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