"What happened? Will there be a war?" After receiving the battle report from the "Hongyao Battle" headquarters, Yu Hanmou, deputy commander of the Wild Division, immediately ran to the Fourth Army's station to vent his anger.
Huang Tingzhan of the 061 Division was the division commander of the former 7th Division of the Guangdong Army. After the merger of the National Defense Force and the former Guangdong Army, all division commanders at the level of division commander were retained, which can be regarded as "promotion". There used to be more than 10,000 people in a division.
Now there are more than 20,000 people. What equipment was there before and what equipment is it now? It can be said that one division of the current National Defense Force can definitely beat the shit out of an army of the former Guangdong Army.
Among the 30 division commanders in the six major armies of the National Defense Force, the former Guangdong Army system holds 10. This is not because the National Defense Forces are crowding out the Guangdong Army, but because the original Guangdong Army only had so many divisions, and the others were all grown up by the National Defense Force system.
Although Commander-in-Chief Wu Aihua treats the generals of the old National Defense Force and the new National Defense Force equally, how could Yu Hanmou not know, including his old boss Chen Jitang, that there is a conflict between the old National Defense Force and the new National Defense Force, specifically between the former generals of the Guangdong Army and the veteran generals of the National Defense Force.
, all have a comparison mentality.
Huang Tingzhen made such a huge mistake, not only did Huang Tingzhen lose his own face, he also lost the face of the former Guangdong Army!
There is also a small trouble with this mistake, that is, the ones who suffered losses were not Huang Tingzhen's direct troops, but Zhang Tongqing's men of the 063 Division. Zhang Tongqing was from the old National Defense Forces system.
Looking back at the previous battle for Hongxi, the 061 Division Tank Regiment also made the mistake of rushing in, but it was Li Jinxuan, deputy commander of the 063 Division, who led the 3rd Marine Regiment of the 063 Division to break through quickly, and finally rescued the 061 Division Tank Regiment.
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Together with the Light Infantry Battalion of the 061st Division Howitzer Regiment, they were rescued from the brink of danger. The danger in Hongxi was entirely implemented according to Huang Tingzhen's pre-planned combat plan. The on-site commander Li Jinxuan not only had no responsibility but also contributed to the timely rescue.
"Commander, there is no way you can make mistakes in a war. In fact, I have analyzed that Commander Huang's responsibility is not big, but that the Japanese 3rd Division is indeed a tough guy. Before, we all despised him." Fourth.
Gao Zilong, deputy commander of the group army, persuaded.
Gao Zilong, as early as when the National Defense Force was still an "independent detachment", served as the deputy commander of the 2nd Marine Regiment during the reorganization of Longyan, and the commander was Zhuang Xizhen. At that time, the independent detachment only had four marine regiments.
In December 1935, the Independent Detachment was reorganized into the "Independent Column", with five divisions under its jurisdiction. Gao Zilong was also the deputy division commander of the 2nd Division of the Independent Column, and the division commander was also Zhuang Xizhen.
Generally speaking, a general like Gao Zilong can become the new group army commander in this expansion of the National Defense Force from 6 to 10 group armies, leading an army of 150,000 people; however, according to the needs of the National Defense Force, he stayed in
The 4th Army continued to serve as deputy army commander.
"Zilong, what do you think we should do?" Yu Hanmou asked.
"I think we can consider changing the generals on the spot and let Zhang Tongqing serve as the commander of the Hongyao campaign and Huang Tingzhen as the deputy commander. What do you think?" Gao Zilong suggested.
"Is this okay?" Yu Hanmou didn't know Zhang Tongqing very well.
"Let's try it. Anyway, we can't send other troops up there for the time being. It might be more dangerous to change to a commander who is unfamiliar with the battlefield." Gao Zilong said.
"Okay, I'll go back and give Commander Xia some advice." Yu Hanmou didn't think that Zhang Tongqing and Gao Zilong were both from the old National Defense Force system, which created a bad association.
However, Gao Zilong really has this little thought. That is, in his opinion, the former generals of the Guangdong Army may be good at fighting, but there is still a certain gap between them and the generals who grew up in the National Defense Forces system. Which generals of the National Defense Forces are currently at the division commander level?
He was not drilled out of the ravine following Commander-in-Chief Wu Aihua.
It is completely a battle learned in the hail of bullets and long-distance attacks. For example, that attack on most of western Fujian and achieved a great victory of "seven battles and seven victories" made Gao Zilong keep thinking about the fighters and what would happen if he commanded them by himself. But
The final result was nothing more than the genius of Commander-in-Chief Wu Aihua.
While Yu Hanmou was worried about the "Battle of Hongyao", Commander Xia Zhongqing and Chief of Staff Jiang Baili were also thinking about it. The mistake Huang Tingzhen made was a very low-level mistake, so low-level that no one with a little military knowledge would do it.
.Dare you use the Japanese artillery coordinates in the morning directly in the afternoon? I really don’t know what he was thinking.
Perhaps, Huang Tingzhen was a little eager to achieve great results. Ye Si said that he would launch a full-scale attack on the enemy at 5 pm, so he launched a full-scale attack to keep in line with Ye Si. But such a general can't really go very far. Because he lacks dedication.
The qualities a general needs most: independent thinking, assessing the situation and knowing one's enemies and one's own self.
The "replacement of generals" order from Ye Si and the 6th Group Army soon arrived at Yangmiao. Huang Tingzhen looked dejected, and Zhang Tongqing didn't look good either. In fact, Huang Tingzhen already felt that there might be a problem after ordering the artillery fire, so he ordered the artillery fire.
The change from 10 minutes to 5 minutes was just a little bit of an afterthought.
Zhang Tongqing had a bad look on his face, not because he felt that the howitzer regiment of the 063rd Division had suffered heavy losses, but because he felt that there might be something wrong with the bombardment order, but he did not think deeply about the problem, so he did not stop Huang Tingzhen's order.
"Lao Zhang, I'm sorry." Huang Tingzhen has the courage to take responsibility and has the attitude to make mistakes even if he makes mistakes.
"Old Huang, why are you sorry? I am also responsible for this matter. I am the deputy commander." Zhang Tongqing reflected on himself.
The two of them dismissed the matter lightly. Next, they discussed tactics with the deputy commanders of the two divisions, the chiefs of staff, and the commanders of several independent brigades of the group army.
The participants were Huang Tingzhen, the commander of the 061 division, Lai Weixian, the deputy commander, and Deng Minghan, the chief of staff; Zhang Tongqing, the commander of the 063 division, Li Jinxuan, the deputy commander, Li Xianming, the chief of staff, Tang Baishe of the rocket launcher brigade, Xie Lequan of the heavy artillery brigade, and Tang Shicheng of the armored brigade.
At the tactics seminar, someone proposed that the heavy artillery brigade in Yaozhuang be brought up to fight the Japanese army. Zhang Tongqing, who had just been promoted to the commander of the campaign, believed that if the heavy artillery brigade was brought in, the Japanese artillery would definitely not be an opponent. However, Zhang Tongqing asked:
We won't fight without heavy artillery?
After discussing for a while, the former officers of the National Defense Force asked Zhang Tongqing to make up his own mind, and they agreed to any idea. The former general of the Guangdong Army, because Commander Huang had just lost a battle, although he felt that the former officer of the National Defense Force was a little strange, he couldn't express it.
What. So, Zhang Tongqing began to issue battle orders:
"First, the 1st Regiment of the 063 Division and the 3rd Armored Brigade Regiment will move to the southwest corner of Yangmiao tonight. The 1st Regiment will take the lead in attacking the southwest corner of Yangmiao early tomorrow morning. Weapons including 75mm mountain cannons can be used to attack the southwest corner of Yangmiao.
The enemy will launch a violent attack. If the enemy fails to support, advance in an orderly manner into Yangmiao with the cooperation of the 3rd Armored Brigade Regiment; if the enemy resists violently, annihilate the enemy on the spot; the key point is to pay attention to guarding against artillery and Japanese tanks."
"Second, the 063rd Division's anti-aircraft artillery battalion is hidden near the attack point of the 1st Regiment. If the Japanese army dispatches tanks, the anti-aircraft artillery battalion is required to use the fastest shelling speed to push back the Japanese tanks."
The 20mm anti-aircraft gun seems to have a small caliber and is not as large as the 37mm anti-tank gun. But don’t forget the advantages of the anti-aircraft gun. First, it has a fast rate of fire. The anti-aircraft gun is a rapid-fire gun; second, because of its high range and the kinetic energy of the shell
It is large and can shoot flatly against the thin-skinned Japanese tanks without any problem.
"Third, the 1st and 2nd regiments of the Army Direct Armored Brigade and the 063rd Division Engineer Battalion were placed outside the unknown creek northwest of Yangmiao to contain the Japanese army and be ready to cross the river to attack the enemies of Yangmiao at any time."
"Fourth, the remaining artillery of the 063 Division Howitzer Regiment is organized into two battalions. Tonight, the rocket artillery battalion of the 063 Division will move to the east and north of Gushan. The 063 Division Rocket Artillery Battalion will move to the south of Gushan. No matter what time tomorrow, once the Japanese artillery regiment is discovered
If the rocket launcher fires 2-3 rounds of shelling, it should be moved immediately."
"The 2nd Regiment of the 5th, 061st Division, as the reserve force of the entire army, is ready to attack Yangmiao at any time."
"At 4 o'clock tomorrow morning, launch the attack on time!" Finally, Zhang Tongqing said loudly.
Huang Tingzhen expressed full support for Zhang Tongqing's arrangement, and said that if he arranged it in the same way in the afternoon, he might not suffer such a big loss.
However, Zhang Tongqing did not agree with this statement, but said that it was daytime in the afternoon, and the Japanese troops would definitely be able to detect clearly the mobilization of the National Defense Forces, and there were no conditions for making such tactical arrangements.
However, Zhang Tongqing is still very confident in his tactics because this tactic is very similar to the "burning eel" mentioned by Commander-in-Chief Wu. Yangmiao is actually a big eel, with the eel's tail in the southwest corner and the eel's body in Yangmiao.
, the solitary mountain is the eel head. Now, the eel head is vicious and cunning, but I won’t burn the eel head first.
Burn the eel's tail. If the eel's head moves, when I see clearly where you are ambushing, the other hand can immediately block it. If the eel moves, then the 3rd Regiment of the National Defense Forces Armored Brigade will be used; if the Japanese army
If all moves, then the three regiments of howitzer regiment, rocket launcher battalion, armored brigade, and two marine regiments will have their own opponents.
In fact, the Japanese army was huddled in the fortifications, which itself was very passive and looked like they were being beaten. Although the fortifications were strong and there were many firepower points, they were fighting on China's own soil, and the National Defense Forces generally would not be unable to fight because of ammunition or supplies.
, then, what are you worried about? Just take your time.
This "fight slowly" seems to be a loose order given to the division-level commanders of the National Defense Forces, but in the view of Commander-in-Chief Wu Aihua, is this not a tactic? Fight slowly and see what the Japanese army will do next, especially in South China.
The actions of the front army were exactly Wu Aihua's purpose.
At 4 o'clock in the morning on February 25, 1938, it was barely light at this time. The Japanese soldiers, who had been squatting in the fortifications and trenches all night and were frightened, finally felt that they could relax a little, because after dawn, another group of soldiers
Troops came to take over.
"Boom boom boom..."
The Japanese troops who took over the post did not come, but the artillery attack from the National Defense Force came as scheduled!
The first round of fire was from the 18 75mm mountain cannons of the mountain artillery battalion, which is the standard equipment of the Marine Corps of the National Defense Forces. This round of artillery fire was not to annihilate the Japanese army, but to "clean up" the site. One of the tasks of the mountain artillery battalion is to prepare for the Marine soldiers
Clear the way. This kind of clearing the way and the battle for Hongxi
The road opening is slightly different. Hongxi is advancing rapidly, while Yangmiao is slowly clearing the road. The first round is just to clear a territory about 200 meters wide and 400 meters deep for the Marine soldiers who are coming forward, so that the soldiers can move forward.
To dig temporary trenches and use them as a base for the second attack.
ps: I have something to do in the afternoon, so the second update will be later.