Chapter 134 Marco Polo Bridge, blood begins to burn
(This story is purely fictional, please do not imitate it!)
An old gentleman sighed: "What a mighty and powerful army this is! If we had such an army before, why would China be bullied by the great powers!"
A young man said to his companions, "Shui Wa, I have decided, I want to sign up to join the Red Army, and I want to drive a tank!"
"Akui, it's you? I heard that to drive a chariot, you need to have graduated from elementary school. You have only studied for three years, so you have no chance at all." The person named Shui Wa retorted.
"Shui Wa, you don't know this. I join the Red Army and study culture in the army. It will take me less than two years to catch up with those charioteers. When we were studying, you were not as good as me." A Kui
He is full of self-confidence and is not too busy to "sneak off" his next partner.
"Okay, I'll accompany you to sign up. I'm not going to be a tank driver, I can be a machine gunner!" Shui Wa actually wanted to join the Red Army for a long time, but Shui Wa's father always thought that Er Wa was too young, so he left.
Shui Wa stopped Shui Wa from joining the army because there was no labor at home. Shui Wa thought to herself that when her brother grew up, wouldn't she be too old to be a Red Army soldier?
Akui looked at Shui Wa's body and said, "Well, it's not bad! I heard that the turntable machine gun fires like a burst, which is quite exciting!"
"Dad, I want to go to school, and when I grow up, I want to be a member of the Red Army!" At this moment, a milky voice sounded next to Akui and Shui Wa.
The child's father glanced at the two of them, Agui, and smiled apologetically before replying to the child, "Okay, when school starts in the fall, I will send you to study."
Because construction sites are everywhere in Jiangxi and Fujian provinces in the past two years, employment is very hot. As long as the family has young and strong laborers who are hardworking and willing to work, they can make a small fortune. After one year, even if there is no money left,
It also costs less than thirty or forty yuan, and the anti-Japanese democratic government's taxes are low. Compared with two years ago, people's lives are really in the sky and on the ground. And every household sends their children to school.
It has gradually become the fashion pursuit of people in the two provinces.
Wu Aihua attaches great importance to education. However, Wu Aihua does not easily implement compulsory education. Instead, he only provides exemptions and exemptions for orphans and especially poor families, but this is limited to primary and junior high schools. Even orphans have to pay tuition when entering high schools or various vocational schools.
Wu Aihua just adopted the method of "interest-free loan" to provide financial aid. Wu Aihua believed that as long as he was alive, he would never be in a situation where he would not repay his debts.
Wu Aihua believes that compulsory education is not a panacea that can cure all diseases. The implementation of compulsory education in later generations in China has its profound background, that is, the long-term "scissors gap" in the price of industrial and agricultural products, which has kept farmers in a state of extreme poverty for a long time and they are simply unable to pay.
Even a few yuan of tuition. In the Republic of China or earlier, some parents often sold their fields and real estate in order to send their children to school. But how could the farmers of later generations have these two things to sell?
The conversations between these people on the banks of the Yangtze River are just small waves of this era. Tens of thousands of troops are like a long steel dragon, rumbling and roaring towards the north.
Naturally, this scene on the edge of Jiujiang City was also caught by reporters who came after hearing the news. Their cameras kept snapping pictures, many of whom had special purposes. However, Wu Aihua wanted to pass.
In this way, media reporters and those with special purposes are invited to show the world the power of the Red Army and the national power of China.
At this time, a proper display of one's strength will not scare away the enemies who should come. The formulation of a country's national policy does not take a few days, and it does not mean that it can be changed by changing it.
In fact, Wu Aihua has received intelligence that the Japanese army is preparing to provoke trouble and invade China in a large scale in the near future.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon on July 3, the "advance detachment" arrived at Kawakou in the north of Yan'an. Wu Aihua took the guard and said goodbye to Yan'an, preparing to pass through Mizhi and arrive at Fugu, the northernmost point of northern Shaanxi, and then turn east and go straight to Beijing.
From the map, this journey is about 750 kilometers, and Wu Aihua plans to get there in 5 days.
At this time, the 2nd Central Guard Division, which has been fully mechanized, and the teaching division troops are advancing 150 kilometers every day. As long as the logistics and equipment can keep up, there is basically no problem.
There is indeed no problem with logistics. The Red Army in northern Shaanxi has owned 100 "Chonglong" heavy-duty trucks since the end of 1936. So far, it has nearly a thousand taels of heavy-duty trucks, of which about 400 have been used by the General Logistics Department of the Red Army.
The Ministry of Finance is in charge, but the number of cars is still only 30, which can be sold for money. Wu Aihua still believes that making money from foreigners first is the right way.
The second guarantee of logistical equipment is that Wu Aihua is ready to airdrop supplies at any time. In this era, Wu Aihua has mastered air superiority and basically has air supremacy. He must give full play to this advantage and right. There is a saying in later generations that the right does not expire.
It is invalid, but it is also applicable to marching and fighting.
Just as Wu Aihua was leading the elite "advance detachment" of the Red Army towards the suburbs of Peiping around the clock, the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, planned by Xiangyue Qingji, the commander of the Japanese invasion base camp and the North China garrison, entered a countdown!
In the original history, before the "July 7th Incident", the commander of the North China Garrison was Lieutenant General Tashiro Anichi, the former commander of the Japanese 1st Division. However, Wu Aihua's "Thunder Battle" allowed Japan to strengthen its determination to conquer China in advance.
strategy, and Kozuki Kiyoshi, the culprit of the invasion of China, also took office in advance.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Kogetsu Kiyoshi was the culprit of the invasion of China. As early as 1928, when the Northern Expeditionary Army marched into Shandong, Kogetsu Kiyoshi proposed to the Japanese base camp to quickly transfer part of the Japanese troops stationed in the Northeast to Shandong to attack the Northern Expeditionary Army.
The unbridled interference not only set a precedent for using force to interfere with China, but also led to the famous "Jinan Massacre".
In late June 1937, the Japanese Hebian Zhengsan Infantry Brigade stationed in Fengtai began to conduct frequent military exercises in the Marco Polo Bridge area.
At 10 o'clock at night on July 7, the Japanese army lied that a soldier was missing during the exercise and asked to cross the Marco Polo Bridge and enter Wanping City for search. Naturally, the Chinese garrison refused, so the Japanese army brazenly fired at our bridgehead defenders and Wanping City.
Ji Xingwen, commander of the 219th Regiment of the 37th Division of the 29th Army of the National Revolutionary Army at Marco Polo Bridge and Wanping City, ordered a counterattack, and the Marco Polo Bridge Incident officially broke out!
Originally, Wu Aihua thought that his time traveling had caused such a big stir and that history might change. For more than a year, he thought about where the Japanese army would take action. Later, intelligence proved that the Japanese army would still choose to take action in North China.
And the location turned out to be an amazing coincidence.
What is different from history is that the Japanese garrison in Fengtai at this time was not just a brigade under the Zhengsan Brigade by the river, but an entire brigade with as many as 8,000 people. Historically, the Japanese army provoked trouble at Marco Polo Bridge.
When the all-out invasion of China was launched, the Japanese royal family, cabinet, and the Ministry of War were not prepared. The aggressive war was launched by junior officers. But this time, the Japanese army seemed to be ready!
In fact, on July 6, 1937, the day before the July 7th Incident, the Qingshui Jielang Squadron under the Hebian Zhengsan Infantry Brigade was fully armed and requested to go through Wanping County to the Changxindian area for exercises. However, they were met with
When Ji Xingwen refused, the two sides fought for more than ten hours. In the evening, the enemy began to retreat.
According to historical records, after the Japanese army suffered a counterattack, they sent troops to kill the officers and soldiers of the 219th Regiment on duty and occupied the North Bridgehead of Marco Polo Bridge. Ji Xingwen was very angry and determined to fight the Japanese army to the death. Because once Marco Polo Bridge was lost, the situation in Pingjin and Tianjin would be turbulent. On the evening of July 8,
, Ji Xingwen and the commander of the third battalion, Jin Zhenzhong (later joined Zhongg), organized a death squad to eliminate all the dozens of Japanese troops who occupied the bridgehead. The Japanese army suffered a loss and frantically bombarded the Chinese positions in an attempt to recapture the bridgehead. However, the Japanese army's purpose
Haven't been able to do it yet.
The conflict between China and Japan began to gradually escalate!
The fighting on Marco Polo Bridge was filled with guns and gunfire, but Wu Aihua was not impatient and still insisted on marching at a normal speed. The blood of the Chinese nation has just begun to burn; for a nation to achieve phoenix nirvana and rebirth from the ashes, it only relies on the 219 of the 29th Army.
It is simply impossible to defeat the regiment relying solely on Ji Xingwen or Wu Aihua's troops.
Just like history, the day after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident broke out, the central government sent a message to the whole country, calling on all parties and factions in the country to "unite and resist Japan!"
It was at this time that the three great men in history completely believed the records in Wu Aihua's laptop, and at the same time they were deeply grateful that this "artifact" would fall into their camp.
Because Wu Aihua explained to the three historical greats that the training methods of the independent column and its special forces, as well as some technology and entrepreneurial ideas, were learned from computers. Of course, Wu Aihua had already copied some words and photos about himself to
At the same time, the mobile hard drive that traveled through time was uploaded, otherwise it would be difficult for Wu Aihua to speak for himself.
At 11 p.m. on July 8, 1937, Wu Aihua led 778 front-line soldiers of the "Lightning" force and 501 people of the "Swordfish" commando to arrive at Lijiayu, about seven miles away from Wanping City. As for the 2nd Central Guard Division and the instructors, even
The mechanized troops were also delayed for about 5 hours due to heavy baggage.
"Report to the commander. There is a call from the headquarters, asking about the location of our troops." Before Wu Aihua could sit down in the tent he had arranged, the communications adjutant came to report.
"Call back: I have arrived at the scheduled location, please don't miss me, sir." Wu Aihua said without looking back. Because at this time, he and Shen Ren were hanging a huge map. Although Wu Aihua's "holographic map" was still playing
As a result, the situation of the enemy and ourselves within a radius of 30 kilometers can be clearly seen at a glance, but Wu Aihua still likes this traditional map operation mode. Besides, he also has to show in front of the soldiers that he is not always a magic stick. The reason why he knows the enemy's situation is because of
"Analyzed" on the map.
"Report to the Commander. The Lightning Troop is requesting to go to war!" Just after hanging up the map, Li Yanbing, the leader of the "Lightning" Troop, flashed into the tent again.
"What's the fight? Sit down and have a cup of tea first!" Wu Aihua pointed to the mat on the ground and said.
ps: I drank too much last night, so I went to bed and fell asleep when I came back. I woke up at 3 a.m., endured the headache, coded a chapter and uploaded it. Updated three times a day, what a heavy task!