Chapter 28 Chapter Twenty-eight

On June 28, the shadows of trees danced on a small high ground behind Oujia Town in the southern suburb of Hengyang City. The bright sun passed through the sparse and dense leaves, forming strange and changeable patterns on the ground.The hills are overgrown with weeds, and the wild flowers rush to open without losing the opportunity; the birds have long since disappeared, and the Zerg can only be silent; a dusty path bends along the gentle slope from the back of the village, appearing and disappearing from time to time , meandering to the top of the mountain. There is a small flat land on the top of the mountain, which is supposed to be a resting place for the children in the village to herd cattle.At this time, the shepherd boy may be leading his ox, struggling to follow his parents and elderly grandparents on the road to escape.What a crime, I was forced to "go to Japan" at a young age.The local people in Hengyang called it "going to Japan" to avoid the catastrophe of the Japanese army.

The Oujia Ancestral Hall behind the mountain has become the frontline headquarters of the Japanese army. The fierce attack for two consecutive days and one night, at the cost of sacrificing a large team, only got two small hills in front of the opponent's formation.Sakuma, the head of the 68th Division of the Japanese Army, was very annoyed as a lieutenant general. Major General Shima Genkichi, the head of the 57th Brigade, who was the main attacker, scolded his head like a dog: "You can't do it, you are a big embarrassment to the imperial soldiers. Our Great Japanese Imperial Army is invincible. Since its launch, our army has been invincible and victorious. How could it be blocked by a small mound of dirt! Your liar is so big! Otherwise, why thank the Emperor?"

Shima Genkichi could only say "Ha Yi Ha Yi", bent his waist, and nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice. After cursing, Sakuma still felt puzzled and was breathing heavily. If he hadn't considered the status of the chief, he really wanted to slap Shima Genkichi and the others. The original dream of capturing Hengyang one day was blocked by two unknown hills in front, and was torn to pieces by a small infantry company of the Chinese Army!And all the more than 1,000 officers and soldiers of his 64th Battalion of Independent Infantry have devoted their allegiance to the emperor!That's his heart and soul!Since the restart of the battle at Xinqiang River in northern Hunan, they have been led by me and under the direct command of the shrewd and powerful Captain Matsuyama Keisuke, from north to south, all the way down, invincible. What about the kingdom of heaven?That's more than a thousand vigorous new forces!

He couldn't figure it out, he couldn't figure it out, he couldn't believe it was true.He wanted to go to the forward position to see what happened.You must go to the front to see what happened! "General, it's dangerous! You can't go!" Shimo Genkichi committed suicide. "Dangerous, dangerous, as an imperial soldier, are you still afraid of danger?" Sakuma has lost his mind, and as the supreme commander of the division, he should be responsible for the overall situation.At this time, he had no time to take care of it, and loudly reprimanded: "Your ones are afraid of death, yours don't go! I'm not afraid, I'm going! Let's see what treasures his Chinese army has that can stop the heroic Japanese imperial army like this!" ?”

The generals couldn't stop them bitterly, so they had to split up, some of them controlled the troops at the command post, and some of them risked their lives to accompany the gentleman, and went together. Sakuma never imagined that his decision prolonged Shima Genkichi's life for some time, but killed himself and many Japanese commanders. Fengshushan, the Mortar Company Observation Post of the 28th Regiment of the 10th Division of the 10th Army Reserve.The company commander, Captain Bai Bailin, was using a high-power telescope to observe the enemy's situation ahead. As the sound of guns and shouts of killing gradually disappeared, the entire battlefield fell into deathly silence again.The Gaoling and Zingbingshan positions that had just been occupied by the enemy were strewn with corpses, and the coagulated blood turned purple-black.The scorching sun is burning the earth. I don't know whether it is the smog of the war or the scorching of the sun. The branches and leaves of the thorns of the trees are curling.The pools in the valley reflected a dazzling white light.There was deathly silence everywhere, the only exception being that the red-eyed wild dogs took advantage of the lull of the guns to secretly bite and devour the corpses.

During the day, Lin moved his gaze forward slowly, and suddenly found more than a dozen enemy figures moving in the jungle on the small highland in Oujia Town, about 1,000 meters ahead, as if they were spying on our army's position.Experience told Bailin that these were not ordinary fighters of the devil, because they were all standing and pointing at our square. Must be a senior officer of the Japanese army.Here comes a good chance to kill the enemy!Bai Tianlin couldn't restrain the excitement in his heart, and a burst of ecstasy welled up in his heart.Now or never.Be calm, be sure to be calm, and don't let the devils find out.

In order not to lose the opportunity, Bai Tianlin decided not to ask his superiors for instructions for the time being; in order not to overwhelm the enemy, he decisively ordered the 8 mortars of the whole company to aim at the target at the same time. "The whole company is here. Listen to my order. The target is directly in front of the target at a distance of 1000 meters. The 8 artillery shells are fired in rapid salvo. Get ready and let go!" With Zuo Bailin's order, the first batch of shells "boom, boom, boom" They all landed on the small high ground in Oujia Town and hit the target accurately.The shell exploded, and the shrapnel flew like a blooming chrysanthemum.

During the day, Lin saw that these enemies were very experienced in the battlefield, and when he heard the whistling sound of the shells flying, he immediately fell to the ground.It disappeared without a trace.To be on the safe side, consolidate the results of the battle.Bai Tianlin decided to shoot two more rapid bursts.Our mortar group fired continuously, covering the Oujia Town small plateau in thick smoke. "What's going on? Who fired the cannon?" Zeng Jing, the head of the 28th Regiment who had just received the permission of the army commander, asked sharply. "Reporting to the regiment commander, Bai Bailin, the commander of the mortar company, just now suddenly found the enemy officers in front of us scouting our army's position. In order to avoid losing the opportunity, it was too late to report. Please give instructions to the regiment commander!" drumming.

"Instructions, instructions, what a fart! You have already been beaten, what else do you give instructions? Well done! I will credit you for it." Zeng Jing laughed. During the day, Lin put down the binoculars and let out a long breath, hehe, a cunning, satisfied and triumphant smile appeared on his face.At this time, how did he know that he had made a great contribution. Lieutenant General Sakuma, the commander of the 68th Division of the Japanese Army, who was convening the commanders to explore the mysteries of Fang Xianjue's defense, was seriously injured in this sudden artillery attack by Bailin Lin. Died en route to hospital.The chief of staff of the division, Harada Sada, was seriously injured, and the senior officers of the division headquarters and the commanders of the troops who accompanied the observation were either dead or injured, without exception.

This action unexpectedly hit and defeated the morale and combat power of the Japanese army.The command system of the 68th Division of the Japanese Army, which besieged the south of Hengyang, was immediately paralyzed. Isamu Yokoyama, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, was shocked when he heard the news. He couldn't believe it was true for a long time.When he came back to his senses, he immediately took emergency measures and ordered Lieutenant General Yan Yongwang, the head of the 116th Division, which was attacking the west of Hengyang on the left wing of the 68th Division, to be in charge of the overall command; The officer went to a place close to the front line to observe.

Bai Tianlin really achieved brilliant results.But it is impossible for him to know at this time, and it is impossible for the 10th Army to know the result of the battle.Therefore, Bai Lin did not receive a timely commendation from Generalissimo Jiang.It wasn't until after the war that I checked the Japanese military history that I realized what I had done for this day. Bai Bailin, a native of Tongcheng, Anhui, was born in the hometown of the famous "Tongcheng School" literature in Chinese history. Because of the Japanese invasion, there was no place in China to put a peaceful desk. He might have become a writer. However, he successively became a student of the 15th period of the Whampoa Military Academy, the 6th period of the Army Staff University, and the 12th period of the Army Staff University, and became the famous "bayonet on the mortar".Later, because of his brilliant military exploits, he was promoted to major general.