Chapter 50 Delivery to the Northeast Army
In November 1937, the 67th Army of the Northeastern Army led by Wu Keren, after covering the retreat of the 29th Army in Cangzhou, continued to accept new combat orders despite relatively heavy casualties, and led the troops to the Songhu battlefield, and needed
Blocked the Japanese Hisao Tani Division on the north bank of the Huangpu River.
Wu Keren personally went to the front line to command the troops in battle, and even led the troops to forcibly cross the Suzhou River in the later stages of the battle. In the end, he died heroically and became the first lieutenant general commander to sacrifice his life for the country in the history of the Anti-Japanese War. Later, in order to stop the Japanese army, Wu Keren
During the Jinshanwei Landing Operation, the 67th Army of the Northeastern Army was completely crippled and almost the entire army was destroyed.
During the Battle of Songhu, in addition to the 67th Army of the Northeastern Army fighting bravely and suffering huge casualties,
The 112th Division, the main division of the 57th Army of the Northeast Army, was not afraid of life and death and performed well in the defense battle of Jiangyin Fortress. At that time, in order to cover the retreat of the main force of the National Army, the division was not only almost wiped out by the Japanese troops, but also
Even their division commander Huo Shouyi was shot and injured.
Then, when the 112th Division of the Northeast Army retreated to Nanjing, the capital, in order to defend this place, both division commander Huo Shouyi and deputy division commander Li Lanchi personally supervised the battle and led the team to launch a charge operation. They were shot near Taiping Gate and died heroically for their country.
The whole division and the whole army were destroyed there,
The 111th Division, another main division of the 57th Army, was also disabled when it blocked the Japanese advance in Jiangbei.
Throughout the Songhu battlefield, the 57th Army of the Northeast Army's combat bravery far exceeded that of many direct troops of the Central Army, even better than the 87th and 88th German Arms Divisions, the 36th German Arms Division, and the Teaching Corps.
Moreover, he also covered the retreat and reorganization of the main force of hundreds of thousands of defeated national troops with a fighting spirit that saw almost the entire army destroyed.
Therefore, Liu Feiyang also issued an order to have his clone troops prepare to send weapons, equipment and ammunition to the two Northeastern armies to support their anti-Japanese war.
The 112th Division of the Northeast Army, the division commander Huo Shouyi, and the deputy division commander Li Lanchi were also on their way to Songhu at this time.
Although they received the order to support the Songhu operation relatively late,
But I still rushed here,
Among the five Northeastern armies reorganized and reorganized by Chairman Chang, one of the most capable Northeastern Army units is the 57th Army.
The 57th Army of the Northeastern Army was also the first Northeastern Army to participate in the Battle of Songhu. Among them, the main force was the 112th Division. In the original time and space, this Northeastern Army would not be deployed to defend the Jiangyin Fortress where the battle was very tragic in November.
The battlefield where the battle was fought, and I was ordered to cover the direct troops of the Central Army there and conduct the evacuation.
But now they are on their way and have not yet reached the Songhu battlefield.
And after arriving there, they may need to be dispatched to other battlefields to resist the Japanese invasion.
"I heard that the current battle in Songhu is very unfavorable for those German weapon masters!"
"The ambitions of these devils are really too great. Not only have they occupied such a vast area in our Northeast for so many years, but now they actually want to occupy Songhu as well?"
"It seems that they want to occupy Songhu just like they occupied Beiping, and feed their appetite even more!"
Deputy division commander Li Lanchi, who was leading the troops on a hasty march, rode on his horse and said to the division commander Huo Shouyi beside him.
"Never mind it! We are taking the initiative to fight this time. We must kill all those Japanese soldiers and avenge our loss of the Northeast!"
"Anyway, I'm ready to die on the battlefield!"
"And we must rectify the name of our Northeastern Army. We are not an escape force afraid of death!"
"Those damn Japs, even if we want to annihilate our entire army this time, we will kill them!"
"Kill them to death!"
The division commander Huo Shouyi was determined and made up his mind.
"Yes! This time, even if we are to die on the battlefield and be shattered to pieces, we must kill more Japanese!"
"We want to let people across the country know that we are also capable of killing Japanese soldiers, and we are not an escaping force!"
After hearing this,
Deputy Division Commander Li Lanchi was also emotional, clenched his fists and made up his mind to respond.
But just as the two of them were so excited,
Suddenly, in front of their marching route, they spotted a row of cars waiting for them.
Their reconnaissance unit also stopped, and reconnaissance officer He Jialiang hurried back to report to division commander Huo Shouyi and deputy division commander Li Lanchi.
"Report! Master!"
"There is a group of German weapons troops ahead, and their commander said they were ordered to come to you!"
After the reconnaissance officer He Jialiang saluted a military salute,
He quickly agreed loudly.
"Well! Come to me?"
"What are you doing with me?"
"And which German Armorer unit are they? Why do they appear here for no reason?"
"Aren't they all fighting against the Japanese army in Songhu?"
"Why are there so many cars driving and blocking our way here?"
"We took the initiative to ask Ying to go out and go to Songhu to kill the Japanese!"
After listening to the report,
Teacher Huo Shouyi asked with confusion on his face,
Deputy Division Commander Li Lanchi was also listening to what was going on.
"They said they came to give us weapons, equipment, and ammunition to kill the Japanese!"
"Those cars are loaded with weapons, equipment, and ammunition given to us!"
Reconnaissance officer He Jialiang reported again.
"What!"
Hearing this, division commander Huo Shouyi and deputy division commander Li Lanchi both exclaimed in unison.
Chapter completed!