Chapter 248 Bloody Battle in Teng County 3 (Please subscribe to Red Flower!)
Speaking of which, there has never been a battlefield situation like this that allowed the Japanese army to charge and the National Defense Forces to defend. In the previous battles of Ping-Tianjin, the National Defense Forces took the initiative to attack. Even if the Japanese army took the initiative to attack at a strategic or large-scale level, the National Defense Forces would still be on the offensive.
The details of the battlefield include active attack or sneak attack. Perhaps, one day in the future, the Japanese army will have a head-on taste of the defensive capabilities of the National Defense Forces.
Just after the two company commanders Xie Bochang and Li Xiangyun reconfigured their firepower, about two squadrons of Japanese troops had advanced to a distance of less than 300 meters from the position.
"Tell everyone to get down, get down! Be careful of the Japs lighting sky lanterns for you!" Li Xiangyun warned when he saw some soldiers raising their heads from time to time and looking in the direction of the Japs.
"Hey, I don't know what my cousin and his troops are doing now." Li Xiangyun looked at the Japanese soldiers not far away and sighed heavily.
It is impossible for cousin Li Xiangyun's troops to be inactive.
As early as late January, when the Japanese troops in North China began to move, Wu Aihua ordered the Second and Third Battalions of the Lightning Troops to move out of southern Shandong and northern Jiangsu to lie in wait.
On February 15, after Wu Aihua issued an order to expand the National Defense Forces, he issued a series of orders the next morning. These orders were summarized in one sentence: the National Defense Forces will take the initiative to attack the Japanese troops in East China to reduce the pressure of the Xuzhou Battle.
Historically, the Battle of Xuzhou lasted for more than five months, and finally ended with the National Army retreating in large strides. In parallel time and space, the National Army may retreat, but the National Defense Forces will not allow the Japanese army to trample on Chinese soil.
In the order issued by Wu Aihua: The Yang Guiqing Department of the 1st Group Army of the National Defense Forces has the defense of Chahar as its operational goal, and the Air Force of the Northern Base of the National Defense Forces will provide effective support to the national army in the Xuzhou Battle.
The National Defense Force's 2nd Group Army Zhang Binxian's Department, the 4th Group Army Yu Hanmou's Department, and the 6th Group Army Li Yangjing's Department formed the East China Field Army of the National Defense Force, with Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the National Defense Force Xia Zhongqing as Commander, Yu Hanmou as Deputy Commander, and Deputy Chief of Staff of the National Defense Force Jiang Baili as Chief of Staff. They will head north to East China today.
The front line was to attack the Japanese East China Front.
The Zhuang Xizhen Department of the 3rd Army of the National Defense Force, the Xianghanping Department of the 5th Army of the National Defense Force, the Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard of the National Defense Force were responsible for the defense of Fujian and Guangdong provinces to counter possible sneak attacks and attacks by the Japanese South China Front.
Of course, the National Defense Forces Air Force and Navy also had to cooperate with the East China Field Army to annihilate the Japanese invaders.
These orders issued by Wu Aihua were all reported to the Military Committee of the Nationalist Government. When Chiang Kai-shek saw these orders, he immediately became furious and cursed. After getting tired of dancing and cursing, he finally said, "It's over, it's over, Shanghai."
It’s over…”
"Darling, what's the end of Shanghai?" Song Meiling had just arrived, and she felt Chiang Kai-shek gasping for breath, and then she heard this sentence.
"Wu Aihua is going to send troops to Shanghai, do you think Shanghai is over?" Chiang Kai-shek blurted out, and Wang Shihe hurriedly gave Soong Meiling a wink. The Chairman had a bad temper just now.
"Isn't this a good thing?" Although Song Meiling is very smart, she hasn't thought clearly about such a profound issue for a while.
"Women have knowledge." Chiang Kai-shek muttered, and then said to Wang Shihe, "Shihe, go find Gu Zhutong, Chen Cheng, Yang Yongtai, Chen Guofu and others..."
"Yes. Chairman." Wang Shihe wished for it. The two couples really had nothing to do when they were together.
"Darling, are you saying that after Wu Aihua occupied Shanghai, the government might not be able to get it back?" Song Meiling was a smart person after all. She knew the purpose behind Wu Aihua's sending troops when she saw Chiang Kai-shek's face.
However, this was Wu Aihua's "conspiracy". Even if Chiang Kai-shek knew about it, there was no way to resolve it. Could it be that an order was issued: the National Defense Forces were not allowed to attack the Japanese near Shanghai?
Anyone can go to Shanghai to attack the Japanese army, including Zhang Fakui, Yan Xishan, Liu Xiang, Liu Wenhui, Li Zongren, Long Yun and others, and even the gcd. As long as they propose to attack Shanghai, Chiang Kai-shek will immediately send guns to them without saying a word.
They gave him money and food to shoot the cannon, but Wu Aihua couldn't do it.
Because others, including the gcd, could not gain a foothold in Shanghai even after they conquered Shanghai. In the end, they had to listen to Chiang Kai-shek's orders. However, Wu Aihua's National Defense Force was completely different. Once he defeated it, it would be equivalent to announcing that Shanghai's surname was Wu.
Instead of having a surname of Ri or Chiang. Even if Chiang Kai-shek’s real backer, the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Consortium, objects, it will not help. According to Dai Li’s investigation, the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Consortium cannot compete with the Western Fujian Consortium, and even one of Wu Aihua’s "
"Hepai International Trading Company" is not even comparable.
Chiang Kai-shek actually analyzed Wu Aihua. Compared with Chiang Kai-shek, Wu Aihua had the "three major advantages" of having more money, hard fists, and good popularity. Needless to say, he had more money, he was hard-fisted, and he was popular, which made him the perfect match for Chiang Kai-shek.
Those who cannot catch up, regardless of the number of people who support Chiang Kai-shek, can always get a majority of votes in elections. However, these votes are, to put it bluntly, votes for others and Chiang Kai-shek. There must be one in China.
Individuals should stand up and take responsibility. Therefore, Lao Jiang does not think this is his advantage. However, Wu Aihua is different. Although he also carries the reputation of a "warlord", he has not yet fought a war with other warlords.
In other words, Wu Aihua has no "political opponents" until now.
Wu Aihua fought several battles with the National Army, which ended in the defeat of the National Army; Wu Aihua also fought a battle with the Guangdong Army, but the result was that the Guangdong Army became a unit of the National Defense Force, and the original troops under Chen Jitang
Commander, now all the soldiers and horses are strong. It used to be that a reorganized division of the National Army could defeat an army of the Guangdong Army. But now, it is very likely that the reverse is true. A division under the commander of the Guangdong Army is very likely to defeat an army of the National Army.
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On the outskirts of Teng County, the national army position.
The position of the 122nd Division of the National Army can only be said to have taken advantage of the terrain and dug a simple trench. Any Wehrmacht soldier will point out dozens of problems with such a trench. In a general sense, trenches must have certain
The curvature of the machine gun position must be specially reinforced, and there must be anti-gun holes. The type of gun to defend depends on the strength of the enemy. In a battle like this where the two armies are facing off, anti-gun holes must be dug that can withstand 150mm heavy artillery shells.
, in addition, there must be communication trenches to facilitate the connection between the first-line position and the second-line position. In addition, during retreat, the trenches must be used to kill the enemy.
The Japanese troops were getting closer and closer. When some Japanese soldiers saw a bulge in front of them, they could tell that it was a trench, so they fired at the trench in a "bug, hook," style, hoping to draw out the defending Chinese soldiers.
"Kill them--" The Japanese squadron leader in charge of the battlefield command saw that the raised soil strip was only more than a hundred meters away, and gave the order to charge.
"Kill them--" hundreds of Japanese soldiers roared, chests raised, heads raised, and they rushed towards the national army position like the wind.
"Fight--" Although Xie Bochang didn't have many ideas, he was absolutely unambiguous about fighting. Seeing the Japanese suddenly charging, he picked up a light machine gun and fired "click-click-click".
The company commander gave the order to start fighting. Suddenly, a total of 8 light and heavy machine guns from two machine gun positions more than 100 meters apart shot out flames at the Japanese!
"Baga! Get down!" The Japanese squadron leader did not expect the psychological quality of the Chinese army on the opposite side to be like this. At this time, the enemy was only 80 meters away, and the Chinese army started shooting.
The military quality of the Japanese is not something to be underestimated. In less than a second after the national army's machine gun fired, a Japanese fell to the ground. No matter how slow the Japanese were, they would fall to the ground within two seconds.
However, at this moment, the Japanese army also suffered heavy losses. Because the national army's eight machine guns suddenly launched, they caught the Japanese by surprise and achieved the result of killing more than 20 Japanese.
However, what surprised the two Japanese squadron leaders was that the national army's machine gun firepower was not one point, but two points, and these two points formed a crossfire.
This kind of crossfire is tantamount to a nightmare for the attacker. Because when you lie down, the machine gun on the left can't shoot you, but the machine gun on the right can just shoot you. In this way, you lie down on the ground.
The Japanese continued to be hit by the Chinese machine guns, and in less than a minute, more than 30 more Japanese had blood spurting from their buttocks or other parts.
"Baga! Machine gun cover! Grenadier soldiers, use rifle grenades to destroy the Chinese machine gun positions!" the Japanese squadron leader hurriedly gave the order.
"Da da da..." The Japanese machine guns began to fire back.
After a while, the explosion of rifle grenades unique to the Japanese army came from the position. The Chinese army began to suffer casualties, and the two sides began to enter a stalemate.
At this time, the national soldiers also began to take out their rifles and shoot at the Japanese soldiers "ba-ba-ba--". However, the Hanyang-made weapons in the hands of the soldiers of the 122nd Division were not very good, and the Japanese army was already lying down.
Condition, the effect of this shooting is very bad.
"Da da da..." The machine guns of the two Japanese squadrons opened fire in full force, and the national army was immediately suppressed and beaten.
Previously, the Japanese team had a machine gun group (2 light machine guns), a grenade group (2 grenade barrels) and two rifle groups. After the Battle of Pingjin, the Japanese army felt that the firepower below the battalion level was inferior to that of the National Defense Forces.
Too many, but it was adjusted so that each squadron had one machine gun group (three light machine guns) and one grenade group (three grenade groups). Correspondingly, each squad added two pack horses to march over long distances.
The transportation of weapons is completed by packhorses, but the soldiers are responsible for attack and defense on close battlefields.
Because of this, the eight light and heavy machine guns of the two companies of the Chinese army were simply not enough in the face of the two squadrons of the Japanese army, which had a total of 18 machine guns and 18 grenades.
If the regiment's 60th mortar company could be moved to the front of the position, it would be enough to restrain the firepower of the two Japanese squadrons.
However, this is the reason why the national army has been defeated repeatedly in battles. The officers of the national army regard the heavy firepower of the army more than anything else. Heavy firepower is always in the hands of higher-level military officers, and the front line is full of blood.
It is difficult for the fighting soldiers to get the firepower support from their superiors.
Therefore, officers at all levels of the national army will never understand the principle of "heavy firepower in the front and light in the back, and heavy firepower in the front and light in the back" of the National Defense Force.
When the Japanese army came out with all its firepower, the casualties of the Chinese army began to increase significantly. But fortunately, the vast majority of the Chinese soldiers fought very bravely. Whenever the Japanese wanted to get up from the ground and charge, there were always a large number of volleys of guns fired at the Japanese.
There is no better way. If you can't rush into the opponent's trench in one go, it's better to lie down a little further away for safety. The Japanese are not afraid of death either, but their death must be worthwhile. If it's as close as forty or fifty meters away
If he lay down again, he would be just within the threat of the Chinese soldier's grenade. At that time, he would have no way to the sky and no way to the earth, and he would have no choice but to wait to be bombed.