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Chapter 57 Banqiao (3)

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    The 14th Army, as the vanguard of the 12th Corps, crossed the Nainai Temple and quickly arrived at Banqiao Ji on the south bank of the Beifei River. At this time, what they encountered was just like the 18th Army was blocked near Mengcheng in Henan Province.  They were in the same situation as the other side of the river, but the Fourteenth Army was not as powerful as the Eighteenth Army. They fought for a whole night and half a day, but they were still unable to break through the river.  By noon on the 20th, Yang Tao came from behind with the 18th Army who had rested overnight.

    Huang Wei looked livid when facing Commander Xiong of the 14th Army. Along the way, the 12th Army relied on the 18th Army to open roads through mountains and build bridges when encountering water. They came out of Queshan and passed through floods along the way.  He, Yinghe and Guohe north of Mengcheng originally planned to rely less on the Eighteenth Army led by Yang Tao, so they asked the Fourteenth Army to fight a preliminary battle, but they did not expect such a result.  .

    Commander Xiong of the 14th Army was very aggrieved and forcefully defended himself: "Commander, our old rival, Liu Xinghua's Xianghe Column, who was guarding the Bei Fei River, originally fought with them, but they all ran away as soon as they were hit. This time  But they are different from the past, fighting us desperately. They blew up all the bridges on the Mengsu Highway, and built several riverside fortifications several kilometers long on the north bank of the Beifei River. Not only one,  According to the Air Force report, there were at least five or six lanes, which were more numerous and wider than the Communist positions in Luohe. When our soldiers rushed over, they had already suffered many casualties, but before they could gain a firm foothold, their  Someone from the second line of defense will soon counterattack and push everyone into the river. I use an echelon attack. After the first echelon takes the position along the river, the second echelon immediately goes up alternately and attacks their second line of defense.  However, they avoided our front and retreated to both sides until we hit his third line of defense. Those who retreated turned around to block us and attacked us from both sides.  Call me, my troops have suffered too many casualties!¡±

    Seeing the frustrated look of Commander Xiong of the 14th Army, Huang Wei felt a little helpless. The order given to him was to conquer Su County on the 20th. Today was the 20th, and the 12th Army was still blocked in the north.  The Banqiao Ji in the south of Feihe River cannot move forward. If we want to achieve the goal according to the plan of going up to the peak, it is simply impossible to complete it.  Think about it, when the 18th Army fought against Luohe, it lasted for two days and two nights. The strength of the 14th Army was far inferior to that of the 18th Army. If you want to capture Beifeihe River in a short period of time, you can only do it yourself.  It's wishful thinking.

    Yang Tao came over with the two division commanders Zhang Xian and Wang Yuanling. The Eighteenth Army had arrived outside Banqiao Ji and was currently resting in formation. As chief officers, they came to the temporary headquarters of the Twelfth Army.  Come to inquire about the situation ahead and wait for further instructions from the legion command.

    As soon as he saw Huang Wei, Commander Yang Tao became worried and said: "Commander Huang, we won't be able to get to Su County today no matter what. Even if we can cross the Bei Fei River now, there are still Hui River and Tuo River waiting ahead!  "

    Facing the harsh reality, Huang Wei had to nod his head and said helplessly: "The situation is like this, we have to do our best!"

    Yang Tao couldn't help but frown, and couldn't help but bring up the old things again: "Jun Zuo, I think it's better for us to return to Mengcheng and rearrange the layout according to Chief of Staff Xiao's plan. This way we won't be too passive!"

    When Yang Tao mentioned this matter again, Huang Wei's face became a little uneasy. He had already rejected Chief of Staff Xiao's three plans on the spot. Only one day later, he returned to those three cases.  The commander-in-chief of this corps was too inconsistent with his promise, not to mention that he had just come out of Mengcheng and just retreated like this. If the 7th Corps was really wiped out and the Ministry of National Defense investigated him, he would not even have a word to say.

    "Commander Yang, you want to retreat when you encounter setbacks. How can you still have the spirit of a soldier?" Huang Wei became serious and asked him with a straight face.

    Yang Tao blushed when he said this, but couldn't help but snorted and stopped answering.

    Looking at the two commanders in front of him, Huang Wei felt that he was also angry. Commander Xiong was obedient, but incompetent; Commander Yang was capable, but disobedient.  But at this time, the battle still had to be fought and the river still had to be crossed, so I could only order with a straight face: "Commander Yang, your 18th Army will immediately coordinate with the 10th Army to take down the Communist Army's Bei Fei River defense line. It must be done before dark  The entire army crossed the Bei Fei River before!"

    Yang Tao was stunned for a moment, then reluctantly said: "Yes!"

    At that moment, Yang Tao discussed with Commander Xiong of the 14th Army, and finally decided that the two armies would rush to cross the river from the east and west respectively. The 14th Army would be responsible for the ferry crossing on the west side of Banqiao Ji, while the 18th Army would turn downstream.  Cross the river five miles away near Liujiawan.

    After the decision was made, Yang Tao immediately arranged for the 11th Division to be the vanguard and march to Liujiawan first.

    Bei Fei RiverAs it was suspected of disturbing the people, Zhang Xian had no choice but to turn a blind eye. In order not to have too bad a negative impact, he asked Camp Commander Ye to exchange the proceeds into silver dollars and distribute them to the people at market prices.

    When building the bridge, the engineer battalion first used the obtained wooden planks and ropes to form a "cable suspension bridge" on its own shore, and then sent a row of soldiers who could swim to brave the enemy's bullets on the other side.  Carrying the traction rope on the back, swim or swim to the opposite bank occupied by the enemy, and then use the power of feeding to pull the "rope bridge" ashore. If there are trees on the bank, you can use big trees to maintain the rope bridge;  If there is nothing, then piling is needed to maintain it.  The bridge is still floating on the water, allowing infantry to run across it in a single line with wide intervals.  This method of building a bridge is very primitive. It takes an engineer a whole day to complete one, including collecting materials, tying them, pulling them across the river, and fixing them. They have to go back and forth many times under enemy fire.  can be done.  And if there are too many infantrymen crossing the bridge and the pontoon bridge is too heavy-bearing, or if the enemy's heavy machine guns fire at a fixed point to break the ropes, the pontoon bridge will easily collapse.  Therefore, the bridge built in this way can only be used temporarily, but its safety can be controlled.

    Major Ye Siqi led the soldiers of the engineering battalion and quickly built three pontoon bridges on the Bei Fei River. As they were building the bridges, bullets from the other side were still raining down, and five engineers were shot at indiscriminately.  , fell into the deep river, and a piece of red immediately floated on the river.

    At this time, the gunfire on the north bank of the Beifei River suddenly started louder, more intensive and intense than before. The guard regiment of the Xianghe column had already arrived and joined the battle of the third brigade. The first of the 32nd regiment  The battalion could no longer bear it. The position in front that had just been captured was finally lost. The whole battalion retreated to the temporary formation on the river beach and put up a resolute resistance.

    Seeing that the pontoon bridge had just been erected, Xiong Kaiping, the leader of the 32nd Regiment, became impatient. The critical situation of Yao Yu's First Battalion on the other side of the river had already fallen into his eyes, and he quickly ordered  The second and third battalions passed quickly to relieve the siege of the first battalion.

    However, the three pontoon bridges on the river have now become the main target of the firepower of the Xianghe column on the other side of the river. Heavy machine guns and mortars were concentrated on this target, and a hole of 10 feet high was blasted out on the river by the artillery shells.  In the waves, many soldiers crossing the bridge were hit by machine guns and fell into the river. The surface of the river, which had just been green, had now turned red.

    Sha Changhai, deputy commander of the 32nd Regiment, also became anxious and ordered Zhang Kexiang, commander of the 2nd Battalion, to lead people across the river quickly. However, an unexpected result suddenly occurred. A pontoon bridge was interrupted by an aircraft bridge on the other side.  , the entire bridge immediately slid into the water. Dozens of soldiers running across the bridge suddenly fell into the water. Many people struggled on the river, and many of them drowned!

    "How the hell can you build a bridge!" Sha Changhai angrily pulled over Ye Siqi, the engineering battalion commander who was still wet.

    Before Ye Siqi could say anything, another bridge cut off with another "bang" sound. It turned out that there were too many people on it, exceeding the limit that the bridge could bear. The soldiers on the bridge fell into the river one after another.  Here, cries for help and mournful voices suddenly rose into the sky, and the enemy's firepower poured out from across the river. Corpses were floating on the surface of the entire river, and the water was all red!

    Sha Changhai's eyes couldn't help but turn red, and he suddenly pulled out the pistol from his waist, put it on Ye Siqi's head, and cursed loudly: "You are fucking delaying the war, I will kill you!"  "As he said that, he opened the safety of the pistol with a snap (remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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