Chapter 100 Chapter 100 Enmity and Enmity 4

The Supreme Commander rewarded the 74th Army. For the 74th Army, everyone should have been happy.Unexpectedly, Chen Cheng was overjoyed for a moment and self-defeating, which made some people happy and others sad.The commander-in-chief, who has always been known for his fairness and justice, rewarded the 305th and 306th regiments of the 153rd Brigade far more than the 151st Brigade who stuck to Luodian.Although the reasons are good: what is a meritorious award?That is, if you don't eat big pots of rice or sprinkle pepper noodles, whoever makes the most credit will get more bonuses. However, what is the measure of credit?The brothers of the 151st Brigade were not convinced.The brigade commander Zhou Zhidao had a peaceful personality, so he went to the rear again without saying anything.But Li Tianxia, ​​the deputy brigade commander, always likes to care about every detail, and this time she was full of resentment: "The old men defended their positions in front every day, fought hard with the enemy, blood flowed into rivers, and did not lose an inch of ground. Isn't this credit enough? Zhang Lingfu Playing a good job and fighting skillfully, stealing meat from behind, is a trick!" From then on, Li Tianxia didn't like Zhang Lingfu no matter what.

Regrettably, Chiang Kai-shek never realized that his telegram of encouragement changed Chen Cheng's implementation. As a result, it sowed the seeds of discord between Zhang Lingfu and Li Tianxia.As for the damage to Yuchi and the relief operation involving the defense of Hengyang, that was beyond anyone's expectation! Ouyang Run, a major staff officer of the 79th Army Department, said in his field diary: "Because all the armies participating in the war conserved their strength in order to consolidate their positions, they were unwilling to fight with the enemy." reason. Hengyang held on for more than 40 days. Although the peripheral troops were repeatedly urged to go to the rescue, except for the 62nd Army, the 100th Army, and the 79th Army, which successively entered the suburbs or periphery of Hengyang, other troops did not reach the vicinity of Hengyang.In particular, the armies east of the Xiangjiang River commanded by Xue Yue did not make any active rescue operations to Hengyang at all, and have been wandering in the area from Pingxiang to the east of the Japanese army on the East Road to the east of Chaling.Even if they were ordered to attack, they only carried out some "innocuous attacks".

There is another external reason why the reinforcements could not enter the city. The Japanese army used the occupied 10th Army to build ingenious fortifications, and then demolished and used railway sleepers. It took more than 40 days to strengthen.Moreover, Isamu Yokoyama, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, withstood the pressure from all sides, insisted on the strategy of "first outside, then inside", and spent a considerable part of his strength on fighting aid. The final moment of the Hengyang Defense War is approaching. At about 1 o'clock in the morning on August 6, the position of Xichan Temple fell, and there were only a dozen defenders left. They were trapped in a house on the north side of the position, fighting with the Japanese army endlessly.They are standing by.But where are the reinforcements?

The current guard force of Suyanjing is a temporary combination of infantry, artillery, and engineering soldiers. It is commanded by Major Lu Bogao, the commander of the engineer battalion of the military department. Net, the Japanese army was terrified, as if entering a minefield and crater.But due to the fierce battle all night, grenades and grenades are about to run out.How to deal with the enemy next step?The artillerymen and engineers all put bayonets on their guns, or swung ghost-headed swords, ready to fight desperately when the bayonets turned red. The positions of the 28th Regiment at Yueping Mountain and Jielong Mountain were also broken by the Japanese in the early morning, and the Japanese occupied nearly one-third of the positions.The division commander, General Ge Xiancai, personally led more than ten guards platoons and 20 miscellaneous personnel from the division headquarters to raid the back of the Japanese army. The regiment commander Zeng Jing fought with the battalion commanders Zhai Yugang and Yu Long with injuries, and rushed to the front. More than 200 Japanese troops were wiped out.Although the position has been restored, there are only about 70 officers and soldiers left in the 28th Regiment's position. The strength of the troops is stretched and it is really difficult to deploy.Zeng Jing had no choice but to shrink his troops and positions again, only strengthening the defensive force of the core positions, controlling a few commanding heights, and focusing on the firepower configuration to clamp the coverage and clamp all channels to death.When the arrangement stopped, Fang Xianjue called to inquire about the situation of the battle. After listening to the report, Commander Fang Xianjue was very satisfied.In Zeng Jing's battle, he won the mysteries and tricks of the 10th Army. He was good at deployment, not only daring to fight hard, but also good at winning by cleverness.

Zhou Qingxiang, the commander of the 3rd Division, took the guards to the forward position as soon as he returned to the division command post from the military headquarters.He ran directly to Qingshan Street, where the 7th regiment could no longer support it.Commander Zhou led his troops to repel many Japanese attacks before dawn, and finally stabilized the Qingshan Street position.Before leaving, he left his guard platoon to the 7th Regiment. At 3 o'clock in the morning, the Yanwuping position of the 5th company of the 568th regiment of the 190th division was broken by the Japanese army.The company commander Rove and 30 officers and soldiers were all killed.The Japanese army immediately expanded to the left flank. Battalion Commander Lu Jingzhong was attacked from the front and back. The situation was extremely critical. Li Shi, the deputy commander of the regiment, led 20 non-commissioned officers from the regiment headquarters to reinforce them, cutting off the retreat of the Japanese army. During the battle, Li Shi, the deputy commander of the regiment, was killed by a shot.The remnants resisted in a strong Catholic church that had been captured, and the follow-up troops of the Japanese army attempted to intrude in response.At this time, Fang Xianjue urgently sent Battalion Commander Cao Huating to lead the remaining officers and soldiers of the army's special service battalion to quickly reinforce, and the troops suffered heavy casualties during the attack.However, the follow-up troops of the Japanese army in the outer trench were finally cut off and blocked, so the two armies fought into a confrontation.

However, this hidden danger has not been eliminated. Unexpectedly, it will become the internal response of the Japanese army to break through the Qingshan Street position in the future, and it will become the beginning of the fall of Hengyang.It is a great pity.Originally, a section of the moat in this area was expanded into an outer moat, 10 meters wide and 2 meters deep, with mud and deep water, making it difficult for the Japanese army to attack.However, there are 300 wounded soldiers from the division's field hospital behind the position. Those who can move are looking for food. The night before yesterday, two wounded soldiers used door panels to build a simple bridge to dig wild vegetables from the other side of the Japanese army. When they returned, they did not dismantle them. , So it was used by the Japanese army.The Japanese army crawled closer in the dark, sneaked into the outer trench, and entered the Catholic Church one after another.The so-called thousand-mile embankment was destroyed by an ant nest!The defense of Hengyang failed, and it became an eternal regret!

On the evening of August 6, Fang Xianjue formulated two emergency measures at the tense moment of fierce battles across the board and frequent alarms: 1. Distribute more than 200 staff members, staff officers, staff, and miscellaneous personnel who have been trained in various units of the military department to various street fighting fortifications in the urban area to prepare for street fighting; 2. The infantry battalion of the temporarily organized 54th Division was taken out of the south of Tielumen to serve as the Jiang defense task, and its three infantry companies were controlled and placed on the north side of Jielong Mountain, Suxianjing, and Siqian Street. The defense of the battalion was controlled by Temporarily, the 54th division staff and miscellaneous officers and soldiers took over.

These two measures are quite meaningful: the first one is obviously to collect all the personnel and catch up with the whole army to the battlefield.It can be said that it has reached the end of the mountain.The second is that the troops from the temporary 54th Division have begun to use it.At the beginning, Fang Xianjue seized the headquarters of the 54th Division and a regiment guarding Hengyang Airport.However, during the battle on the east bank of the Xiangjiang River in the early stage of the defense battle, the two battalions of the regiment gradually moved eastward and escaped.Only the division headquarters and a battalion led by the division commander Rao Shaowei remained.Fang Xianjue stored the battalion and division headquarters in Jiangfang from Xiaoxiangmen to Wuguiling, where there were least fighting.He had other intentions in arresting this army.Because this unit is Xue Yue's direct line unit, he can't easily push it into a fierce battle, but it's like betting on a treasure.On the one hand, I hope that Chief Xue Yue can urge the reinforcements from all walks of life to come to help with sincerity, so as to break through the siege as soon as possible; on the other hand, he can explain to Xue Yue after the war and return the entire army to repair it to Chief Xue.

But up to now, jade and stone are burned together, and it cannot be used anymore.This is the last trump card in Fang Xianjue's hands, and it is currently the most complete and well-organized army in Hengyang City.Its 3 companies with more than 300 fresh troops are deployed in the inner city in a zigzag shape. They will be Hengyang's last line of defense and make a final desperate fight.After all the lines of defense are breached, it's their turn!However, after the three companies deployed their defenses, they were quickly absorbed by the battles in the border areas. The company on the north side of Jielong Mountain was used by Zhang Jinxiang, the commander of the 8th Regiment of the 3rd Division; Close to the Yueping Mountain position, once the battle became tense, it was assigned to the command of the 8th regiment commander Zeng Jing.

The last trump card has been used, and the last hole card has been turned over.Does Fang Xianjue still have a play to sing again?Man proposes, God disposes.Now there was nothing he could do, there was nothing he could do.He went back to his spare room in the basement of the military headquarters to do his work against the wall. The fall of Hengyang is only a matter of time. Is there any mystery about the defense of Hengyang?