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Chapter 65 Containment (4)

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    Finally contacted Shangfeng, Zhang Xian reported to the division commander the current position of the 169th Regiment, which had blocked the escape route of the Japanese who escaped from the cave, and bluntly told Zhang Linfu that the reason why the 169th Regiment did not press the  The original plan to besiege the cave entrance was because the battlefield situation at this time had undergone a profound change. The implication was that they were very dissatisfied with the 11th Division ordered by Shangfeng to open the Shijiang Passage.

    Commander Zhang Linfu immediately sent a reply. He did not pursue Zhang Xian's crime of disobeying military orders. Instead, he ordered him to guard the road and not let the enemy escape from the cave entrance. At the same time, he told him that the Sixth Division had recaptured Dongkou City and was fighting with him.  The other two regiments of the 57th Division are chasing eastward. As long as the 169th Regiment can block this enemy group, they will definitely arrive at the same time before dark and wipe out all this enemy bandits!

    After receiving the telegram from Master Zhang, Zhang Xian felt as if he had taken a reassurance and felt much more comfortable. At this time, he was already acting in accordance with the orders from the superior, and he was well-known as a master.

    Not long after receiving the telegram from the division headquarters, Zhang Xian received a telegram personally from Commander Wang of the Front Army Headquarters. Apparently, Commander Zhang Linfu forwarded Zhang Xian's telegram to Commander Wang, because the 169th Regiment did not follow the instructions.  He had to give Shang Feng an explanation for the military's original plan to fight, and Zhang Xian's telegram had already explained everything, and he did not need any further explanation.

    After Commander Wang received the telegram from Zhang Xian forwarded by Commander Zhang, he could naturally see Zhang Xian's dissatisfaction with his command revealed in it.  In fact, he regretted his command error very much, so when he called back to the 169th Regiment, he did not blame Zhang Xian for not obeying orders.  Of course, as the commander-in-chief of the front army, Wang Hui would not admit his mistakes to his subordinates. He only sent a telegram to Zhang Xian, asking him to intercept the fleeing enemies and expand the results of the victory.

    Wang Hui is a very shrewd commander. He ordered the 11th Division to give way to the Shijiang Passage. In fact, it was not his original intention. He knew that most of the time, military operations must serve politics.  The enemy's defeat was a foregone conclusion. Wang Hui saw this clearly than anyone else, but he had to do it because of a last resort.  However, not long after that order was issued, he regretted it, and immediately ordered the 11th Division to retake Shijiang, and ordered all armies to pursue them quickly and be sure to wipe out as many enemies as possible.  But at this time, it was already a little late.  Sometimes, it is not very effective to make up for the situation before it is too late. It is so helpless on the battlefield. The opportunity is fleeting and once missed, it will never come again.

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    ??For Matsushita Yasujiro, is it not too late to regret?  If I had persisted a little longer, not been fooled by these pitiful-looking soldiers, and had continued in accordance with my own policy, it would not have been a waste of time over that meal. Perhaps I would have passed Shijiang Town by now and was already on my way to Baoqing.  On the road.

    This meal, this half hour, has made him lose all hope.  In the telescope, he saw Zhang Xian standing on a high hill, calmly commanding the 169th Regiment.  At this time, the 169th Regiment was much superior to his 120th Regiment.  In terms of weapons and equipment, not to mention the American ordnance of the 169th Regiment, even the several powerful heavy artillery pieces of the 120th Regiment were abandoned by him in Dongkou City. What could he use to resist Zhang Xian?  In terms of military strength, the 120th Regiment is now a half-disabled regiment. Only less than half of the more than 4,000 people who fought before the war remain, and two squadrons have been transferred away by the commander of Hishida Division.  At this time, he only had about a thousand troops; even when the fully-organized 120th Regiment, with a chariot tank team, was unable to break through the defensive position of the 169th Regiment, it was even more difficult at this time.  It made him lose confidence.  In terms of morale, it is even more incomparable. At this time, the morale of the national army is like a rainbow, but the Japanese army on our side is sluggish. Everyone has a desire to escape, far from the original Battle of Western Hubei.  At that time, a small team dared to sneak in through the gap.

    "Your Excellency, Colonel, we have charged twenty times, but we still cannot break through the enemy's position!" Captain Wada ran hurriedly from the front and panted to Matsushita Seijiro.

    Matsushita Seijiro put down the telescope and turned his head to the south.  To the south of the highway is the fast-flowing Pingxi River. The highway extends eastward along the course of the river. The river will eventually merge into Zijiang River at Longtanpu east of Shihe Town.

    Captain Wada seemed to understand something and asked Matsushita Yasujiro: "Are you asking us to cross the river?"

    Matsushita Seijiro nodded and said helplessly: "It seems that this is the only way to bypass Zhang Xian's group!"

    "But we don't even have a boat to cross the river. The river is so wide and deep. How can so many of us get across?"

    Matsushita Yasujiro did not answer, heHe and his team are afraid that they will never be able to escape bad luck.

    "Your Excellency, Colonel, swim across the river quickly, and I will cut off the rear!" Captain Wada bravely shouldered the obligation to cut off the rear.

    Listening to the gunshots coming from across the river, Matsushita Seijiro shook his head, hating Zhang Xian for not giving him any chance this time. The other side of the river was obviously not safe, and it might be more dangerous there.

    "Let's go! It's too late!" Captain Hotan urged him anxiously.

    Just as he was talking, he saw that the Japs who had swam across the river turned around and swam back. It turned out that on the other side of the river, Su Zhengtao's 170th Regiment was already in place. Although some of the Japs who were the first to climb ashore were let go,  He immediately organized a five or six mile long blocking line on the shore. As long as he saw the Japanese soldiers climbing ashore, he would immediately shoot them without mercy.  For those frightened Japanese who only knew how to run for their lives, they were just a living target when they came ashore, and they didn't even have the strength to resist.  Seeing the people who came ashore falling dead one after another, those Japanese soldiers who did not come ashore dared to come ashore again. After hesitation, some were swept away by the rapid current, and some had to swim back.

    The Japanese soldiers who climbed ashore were lying on the river beach panting, unable to move despite the artillery fire and bombings of the Chinese army. They swam back and forth and were already exhausted.

    Matsushita Yasujiro felt bitter for a while and shook his head: "I can't leave."

    "Perhaps! Maybe if we stay up until dark, we might have a chance to escape!" Captain Wada warned like this.

    Matsushita Seijiro could only nodded. That was all he could do now. He gathered up the troops that had lost more than half, organized a temporary resistance position on the river beach, and prepared to fight with the 169th Regiment until dark again.

    However, Matsushita Yasujiro has been doubting in his heart, will Zhang Xian give him a chance to escape now?  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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