I really came here to fight against Japan

Chapter 646: The Sorrow of Zhongtiao Mountain (9) The Defeated Soldiers Are Coming

The two commanders had a clear idea, but they didn't expect that there was a big surprise waiting for them.

At the Guishepo position, Song Wenwan was using an artillery observation mirror to observe the Japanese position opposite.

Commander Xie Jinfang accompanied him and admired Commander Song more and more.

Before Song Wenwan came to Guishepo, the 207th Division was basically in a passive situation of being beaten.

The Japs had no positions at all; they could launch attacks whenever they wanted.

It’s different now. The Japanese have already started digging trenches.

The reason why trenches were not dug before was because the artillery positions of the 207th Division were severely suppressed by the Japanese, so the Japanese could attack with confidence.

Now with the long-range artillery brought by Commander Song, the Japanese heavy artillery positions were forced to retreat out of range.

It is now almost eleven o'clock in the morning, and stragglers of the National Army have already appeared.

They retreated one after another from behind the defense line of the 207th Division's position and into the territory of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

In order to prevent these defeated soldiers from disrupting the local area, a newly formed division of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army has rushed over to incorporate them on the spot.

They do not accept deserters from organized units because it is too troublesome to accept such soldiers, as they may be easily troubled by their old units.

They don't want the old, weak, sick or disabled either. After being trained by the guerrilla division, their horizons have become much broader.

It will not be like before, when they would recruit anyone in order to expand the army.

They don't accept short deserters, in case they are undercover agents sent by the Japanese, and they will suffer huge losses.

Since they have come to the territory of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, they must behave themselves.

In order to avoid misunderstanding, the defeated soldiers would not be disarmed.

But soldiers with guns must unload bullets and point the muzzles downward.

Those defeated soldiers were also under someone else's roof and had to bow their heads. Both sides could understand this.

The defeated soldiers then cursed and followed the command of their superiors.

They all reluctantly withdrew the bullets from their gun chambers.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, a large number of Central Army troops appeared.

They rushed over from the mountain opposite Guishe Slope.

This happened to coincide with the Japanese troops conducting artillery preparations before attacking Guishepo.

They obviously had rich combat experience. When they heard the whizzing sound of the artillery shells, they all fell to the ground immediately.

Song Wenwan, Xie Jinfang and Chu Yunfei looked at the Central Army across the hillside.

The scene of them lying down in unison gave people the feeling of watching a black comedy.

The Japanese soldiers could not see the "wonder" on the hillside. They had already started another charge towards the 207th Division's position.

If they saw the nearly 20,000 Central Army troops passing by here, they would have stopped the attack no matter what.

This time the battle broke out quickly, but ended quickly as well.

However, Song Wenwan's current fighting methods made the Japanese hate him extremely.

Song Wenwan’s strategy today is: you bombard my position, and I will ignore you.

If you charge with infantry, I will cover your formation with mortars.

Now he and the Japanese are wasting time like this. Originally everyone has heavy artillery, but now no one dares to use it.

The Japanese army was afraid of the heavy artillery of the 207th Division, so they blew up their heavy artillery.

You must know that every heavy artillery of the Japanese army is an important strategic weapon.

If they lost a gun here, they would not be able to report to the base camp.

If you were attacking Wuhan or the secondary capital, it would be understandable if a heavy artillery was destroyed.

But this is just a desolate mountain area, and they can't even write a report if they lose heavy artillery here.

Song Wenwan didn't dare to use heavy artillery to fight the Japanese head-on, because he was afraid that the noise would be too loud and would attract the Japanese planes.

Now he was surrounded by Chinese troops of all kinds.

Who knows how many people are here, secretly staring at him.

If he were to take out various high-end weapons for no apparent reason, they might be discovered by someone with ulterior motives.

The Central Army that had just run over from the opposite side all desperately lowered their heads to the ground and dared not look up.

Many soldiers also drew out the big swords from their backs.

These soldiers seemed to be about to stand up and fight desperately with the Japanese who were charging below the high ground.

But he was pulled back by the person lying next to him.

There was even an officer from the National Army who slapped the hero in the face.

Judging from the cursing look on his face, it seemed as if he was scolding the soldier.

Let that man not act on his bravery for a moment and risk the lives of others.

The man said nothing, but when no one was looking, he used his right hand, which was holding the grass, to pound the ground hard.

Song Wenwan saw everything through the telescope and frowned.

"Old Xie, what's going on on the high ground opposite?

Aren't they part of the Central Army? Why are some of them carrying swords?"

Xie Jinfang: "Commander Song, the troops on the opposite high ground (the defeated soldiers) should be from the 80th Army.

As for the 80th Army, why are there so many people being stabbed by swords…"

Chu Yunfei estimated that Xie Jinfang also didn't know the situation of the 80th Army, so he immediately took over the conversation.

"Commander Song, although the 80th Army is a unit of the Central Army, it is not their direct line.

Many of their soldiers were from the Northwest Army that merged from Xi'an that year.

You know that the big guys in the attendant room hate the people in this unit the most.

So they were not even equipped with rifles in the 80th Army.

They were either asked to carry baggage in the baggage camp, or to hold swords and do the work of the suicide squad.

This is the situation of the 80th Army, which still has more than 5,000 former Northwest Army soldiers.

The 98th Army also has a similar situation, and the composition of their troops is very complicated.

There were troops from the old Northeast Army as well as militia brought over from North China in 1937.

I heard that there is another division in their army, which is a unit from the Guangdong Yue Army.

Although they are also called the Central Army, their actual combat effectiveness is limited.

Let’s put it this way, their strength is comparable to that of the 80th Army, and both are third-rate troops.”

Song Wenwan said: "Well, if that's the case, their Central Army isn't that great!

They are just a bunch of bad apples who are harming the party and the country. How can they face the spirit of Mr. Sun Yat-sen in Nanjing in the future? "

There was a "puff" sound, and Xie Jinfang next to him actually laughed in an unkind way.

It’s the same thing again! It’s the same thing again!

Xie Jinfang was very familiar with Commander Song's move.

He was also one of those who "suffered greatly from it" back then.

Commander Song used similar rhetoric to talk to himself back then.

He pulled himself out of the Whampoa Military Academy camp and into the camp of the Gannan Allied Forces (Red Shaanxi).

You have to know that Chu Yunfei's temper and bones are still very tough.

As a fifth-term student of the Whampoa Military Academy, his beliefs would not be easily changed.

Chu Yunfei said: "I always believe that under the wise leadership of the Capital's Attendant's Office.

We will always get rid of these parasites in the party and the country, so please be careful with your words, Commander Song!"

But Chu Yunfei felt very guilty when he said this.

The incorporation and poisoning of local forces were all ordered by the bigwigs in the attendant room.

How can we catch this black sheep? We can't let him catch himself, right?