I fought guerrilla warfare in the Yimeng Mountains during the Anti-Japanese War

The new 38th Division engaged the Japanese Army. The Japanese Army received a death order from the joint commander that they had to stop the Expeditionary Army's attack even if it meant their entire body being killed. As long as the 58th Division could hold its position, the 70,000 to 80,000 Expeditionary Army and more than 7,000 British troops would be trapped.

The fighting on both sides became fierce, with the New 38th Division attacking desperately and the 200th Division defending desperately.

At ten o'clock in the morning, artillery from two Type B divisions of the Japanese Army arrived. Although there were no large-caliber heavy artillery, the number of mountain artillery and field artillery reached twenty-four. The 200th Division had no time to build positions, and casualties gradually increased.

What's worse is that the Japanese planes came. Although the National Army had anti-aircraft firepower, the position was too long and was dived by the Japanese planes several times, and a gap appeared in the blocking position that was visible to the naked eye.

Everything was developing in an extremely bad direction. At 11 o'clock in the morning, the 200th Division could no longer hold on and retreated one kilometer, returning to the position previously held by the British army. Fortunately, the trenches temporarily blocked the attack of the two Type B divisions.

In a jungle, Commander Luo of the expeditionary force was negotiating with officers from the British country. Although this group of British troops had only 7,000 soldiers, their weapons and equipment were all top-notch, with no shortage of automatic firepower and anti-aircraft firepower.

The British people did not want to hand over their guns, but they were helpless in the face of the aggressive Commander Luo. They also knew that they had to rely on the expeditionary force to break out of the siege. They only needed some guns, ammunition, and they never cared about it in their hearts.

At twelve noon, the new 38th Division received firepower reinforcements, and the division commander was making pre-war mobilization efforts for the commanders of several main regiments.

"Brothers, let's not talk about whether to rescue the Corrupts or not. The situation is urgent. The Japanese army moved very quickly. One-third of the 200th Division suffered casualties in just one morning, and they had to block the attack of two divisions. In front of us are only two regiments of one division, with at most some engineers and baggage soldiers. Commander Luo has asked for weapons for us. If we can't charge through, more than 60,000 brothers will sleep in this land. I hope everyone will go all out. If a soldier is killed, the officers will take over. If an officer is killed, the father will take over. We will fight a bloody way out for the Expeditionary Force even if we die."

Several regiment commanders were holding submachine guns, and they understood that this was the most critical moment.

"Master, don't worry! Now that we have a suitable weapon, we must capture him."

"Commander, I will lead the charge myself and will not turn back until we capture the Japanese position."

"You have half an hour. In half an hour, the Corrupt Government will send its only 20 planes to reinforce us. But no matter whether the planes come or not, we must launch the attack in half an hour. Two hours, you only have two hours. The 43rd Division of the Japanese Army is detouring here from the southern part of Yenangyaung. When they arrive, we will be finished."

Half an hour later, the officers and soldiers of the New 38th Division simply replenished their physical strength. Then the British planes arrived. There were not twenty planes, but twelve planes formed into four echelons, which bombed the positions opposite the New 38th Division.

boom! Boom boom boom!

The expeditionary force's artillery fired, and at this time they didn't care about losses. Together with the artillery pieces pulled over from the British, more than 40 artillery pieces fired at the Japanese defensive positions, and the artillery fire was quickly extended five minutes later.

The new 38th Division charged, with all the machine guns set up in the back for cover. More than 5,000 soldiers armed with submachine guns from the four main regiments followed the mortar shell explosion points and rushed forward towards the Japanese positions.

Along the two-kilometer front, there were heart-wrenching shouts of killing everywhere. The Japanese army was disrupted by the British aircraft and artillery fire. Facing the thousands of expeditionary forces rushing up, they were obviously a little panicked. The machine guns only fired for three minutes and it seemed that they could not stop the expeditionary force's charge.

Thousands of Japanese soldiers came out of the trenches, emptying their guns and fastening their bayonets. The expeditionary force was not going to bother with them and rushed into the position with submachine guns firing.

ah! Ahhhh!

boom! Boom boom boom!

Tart tart tart tart tart tart!

Some of the Japanese soldiers were unwilling to rest in peace and were ready for a bayonet duel. However, the enemy showed no martial ethics at all. It was too late for them to retreat to the trenches. The submachine guns kept firing, and they got enough ammunition from the Japanese, so they had no pressure at all in the fight.

The commander of the first regiment of the New 38th Division has led his troops out of the encirclement. Without any hesitation, the regiment was divided into two and quickly cleared out the Japanese troops to the south and north.

Seeing the gap opened, the British troops and journalists and missionaries inside shouted excitedly. The 200th Division continued to block the enemy's reinforcement. For some unknown reason, the Japanese army's dozens of field artillery fired for only twenty minutes, and the mortars fired sparsely for only half an hour. It should be that the shells were not transported up!

After the main expeditionary force and some British troops had evacuated for half an hour, the commander of the 200th Division issued a retreat order. Before leaving the trench, the 200th Division buried all the mines carried by the expeditionary force and the British troops.

The Japanese attacking force realized that the 58th Division that was blocking the front had collapsed. Seeing that the besieged enemy had escaped, they immediately launched a full-scale pursuit. The explosion of landmines did not stop them. After paying a heavy price, they bit the last 200th Division that was left behind.

The New 38th Division was the first to rush out. The division commander did not order a turn to the west. He and Brother Haiou had the strongest firepower in the entire army group. He knew that the Japanese army would never let go of the fat meat in their mouths and would definitely pursue them to death.

After the main force passed, the commander of the New 38th Division immediately ordered his troops to enter the trenches of the Japanese blocking position.

The 200th Division retreated, and a large number of Japanese troops appeared visibly behind them. By the time the soldiers of the 200th Division crossed the trenches, the nearest Japanese troops were only five or six hundred meters away.

"Brother Fumin, shouldn't you rush out?"

The New 38th Division held up binoculars and looked at the approaching devils, laughed and said:

"Brother Seagull, will your brother abandon you? If we don't teach the Japanese a lesson, they will stick to us like a dog-skin plaster. We have to scare them first, and then we can retreat."

The commander of the 200th Division also lost his temper. The 200th Division was responsible for the blocking mission. They could not retreat and it was difficult to defend. They fought in vain for the whole morning.

"Messenger, urgently notify the commander of the 123rd Regiment to organize the charge. Once the Japanese troops are crippled by the brothers of the 38th Division, immediately launch a counter-charge. Do not save ammunition and return as soon as you reach the position previously occupied by the Corrupts."

"Yes"!

The commander of the new 38th Division's eyes lit up. He was indeed Brother Seagull! He could find opportunities in the cracks during the panic retreat.

The Japanese vanguard arrived and saw the first trench filled with the old, weak, sick and disabled wrapped in bandages. The Japanese mistook them for wounded soldiers who had been stranded and attacked the position without stopping.

After one round of attack was repelled, the Japanese army realized that they were really the old, weak and sick, and their firepower did not even have automatic fire. It seemed that they were a group of wounded soldiers who did not intend to leave.