Hengyang suddenly had 50,000 new troops, so naturally this huge human resource could not be wasted.
At Tang Dao's suggestion, a new Civil Engineering Department was established under the headquarters, with Zhao Junmai personally serving as the director, and Bai Sheng, the battalion commander of the Four Lines Regiment's Engineer Battalion recommended by Tang Dao, serving as the deputy director, responsible for the entire urban area.
Fortification planning and construction.
Zhao Junmaike is not only the mayor, but also a top student in civil engineering. A few days ago, he had actually made a plan for the entire city defense fortifications in Hengyang City based on the changes in the war. However, he was suffering from a lack of personnel and materials.
There is no time to implement it.
At this time, he already had enough manpower in his hands, and he had obtained the permission from the top in terms of materials. Regardless of whether it was public or private, all the resources in the Hengyang area were requisitioned as military supplies. Naturally, the government supplies could be used at will, and private supplies would be waiting for the Hengyang War.
The government will then provide compensation at one-third of the current price.
After the order to requisition materials was issued, 1.2 million pieces of lumber were donated by lumber dealers in the city alone. The remaining workers in the lime factory started production at full capacity. Based on the existing materials, they can produce 20 tons of lime per day.
Not to mention, under the leadership of Zhao Junmai, more than 10,000 people came to the Changheng Railway and directly dug up the railway from Tanzhou to Hengyang for nearly 30 miles. Not to mention the rails and sleepers, they were used as roadbed.
All the pebbles were cleared away.
It is said that the US military reconnaissance planes that were conducting reconnaissance in the sky at that time were confused.
After all, the Japanese forwards who were scouting yesterday were still near Tanzhou. How come an army of tens of thousands arrived in Hengyang today?
After lowering the height and observing carefully, I discovered that it was actually the Chinese digging up the railway.
The American pilots were amazed. This kind of efficiency and speed of mobilizing tens of thousands of civilians to participate in work in one day is probably only possible in Eastern countries. In the United States, it is impossible to even think about it.
The railway was so clean that it would have taken nearly a month to repair it, let alone repair it during the war. Even after the war, it would have taken nearly ten thousand workers to repair it.
And these huge supplies were moved into Hengyang City by 50,000 young men like ants. Under the guidance of Zhao Junmai's "military first" principle, all civilian houses with combat value were opened and tunnels were dug.
To prepare for future street fighting.
The streets and alleys in the city are all built with overlapping fortifications. If you want to pass through these roads, unless you run over the fortifications one after another, you can only use the wall-breaking technique.
Although Bai Sheng, the deputy, was also an experienced expert, he also learned a lot of new things from Zhao Junmai, a top civil engineering student who was well versed in military affairs. This was one of the reasons why Tang Dao asked him to be his deputy.
Tang Dao knew that the Battle of Hengyang in time and space could hold out for 47 days under the violent attack of 100,000 Japanese troops. In addition to the tenacious fighting will of Fang Xianjue and the 10th Army, the perfect fortifications inside and outside Hengyang City were also indispensable.
That Mayor Zhao is a master of fortification.
The Four Lines Regiment mostly fights in the mountains. Mountain combat fortifications are second to none, but no one dares to say they are the first. However, this kind of city defense warfare is very rare. Bai Sheng and the Four Lines Regiment need to learn from others.
Of course, Bai Sheng's years on the battlefield were not in vain. He also put forward some practical opinions on the various fortification plans set by Zhao Junmai.
One of the most ruthless suggestions is to install permanent bunkers on the rear flanks of some fortifications.
These bunkers were hidden in residential buildings before the Japanese army came to attack. Without entering the residential buildings for careful inspection, they are as harmless as ordinary houses. They will only blow up the residential buildings when the Japanese army breaks through some fortifications on the streets and begins to invest troops to continue advancing.
They pushed through the earthen wall, pushed open the shooting port blocked with blue bricks, and fired at the Japanese infantry exposed in front of them with light machine guns and submachine guns.
This kind of bunker is made of blue bricks mixed with concrete, with an outer layer as thick as 0.8 meters and an inner layer supported by steel rails and sleepers. It can not only withstand the blast of grenades and other explosives, but can even withstand direct fire from 70mm infantry guns.
In order to prevent the Japanese army from using infantry to blast the bunker, there were traffic concealment trenches on both sides of the bunker. Soldiers could come out of the bunker at any time to use these trenches to block the approach of the Japanese infantry, and mines were planted around the bunker.
I don’t know how much effort and effort the Japanese army would have to spend to remove such a bunker that was almost made of steel.
Of course, the biggest shortcoming of such a bunker is that the bunker will always be isolated outside one's own positions. It will face the Japanese aggressors' crazy retaliatory attacks. It will basically not receive support from its own infantry, and it will be almost impossible to have any support.
Any way out.
With the current manpower in Hengyang, it is impossible to dig an underground escape passage of several hundred meters for every bunker.
Once the infantry squad stationed in such a bunker begins to perform their mission, it means that their lives are about to come to an end.
"Such a bunker is a disposable disposable product for suicide!" Zhao Junmai was shocked by the completely crazy suggestion of the engineer major of the Si Xing Regiment, and it took him a long time to give such an evaluation.
He somewhat knew why the Four Lines Regiment was sure to win every battle, and even the engineers had to die in exchange for death. How terrifying is such an army?
The Japanese are good at martial arts, but they are not good at death!
However, such a fortress places too high demands on the will and quality of the defenders. How many of the more than 20,000 officers and soldiers stationed in Hengyang would be willing to enter such a fortress?
It's one thing to not be afraid of life and death on the battlefield. After all, rabbits bite people when they are anxious. Once a person gets angry, there are many Chinese soldiers who kill themselves with the enemy with grenade and explosive packs. But before the war begins, they have already told
Officers and soldiers, you will die, this feeling is different again.
After all, officers and soldiers are fighting against the Japanese to live and die!
Including him, the mayor of HY who stayed behind, also thinks so. Zhao Junmai doesn't want to die, at least not now. He still wants to wait for the victory of the Anti-Japanese War to realize his life ambitions. He hopes that under his leadership, more
Many Chinese people live and work in peace and contentment and escape poverty.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! In a sense, he is both an idealist and a pragmatist, otherwise he would not choose to follow General Xue closely and leave his friend Fang Xian
Regardless of the absolute predicament, he would not decisively choose to follow Zhao Zili to initiate the city's wartime regulations when the Battle of Hengyang came.
Only those who survive the war have the opportunity to continue their ideals. This is Zhao Junmai. There is no absolute good or bad, only the intertwining of ideals and practicality.
"I named this kind of fortress worker bee." Although Bai Sheng's voice was soft, he said with great determination.
"There is a kind of bee called a worker bee. Its stinger is not exposed normally. It will be exposed only when it senses danger. A stinger is equivalent to the life of a worker bee. It is connected to the internal organs of the worker bee. When the bee stings out, the worker bee
Death..." Zhao Junmai murmured to himself. "This is indeed heroic, but how many people are willing to join such a swarm of inevitable death?"
"Our commander said yesterday during the mobilization of the entire army of our Fourth Army Regiment: Living towards death may have been possible on previous battlefields, but this time in the Battle of Hengyang, it was far from enough. This time our regiment arrived in Hengyang,
You must have the determination to die to have a 23% chance of protecting the important territory in the southwest." Bai Sheng lowered his eyelids and responded in a low voice.
"Even if you fight to the death, there is only a 23% chance of victory? Do you, Commander Tang, really think so?" Zhao Junmai's eyes showed deep bitterness.
He did not expect that the famous Tang Dao would be so pessimistic. This was different from the confident Tang Da Tuan Zuo he saw.
"Yes, the commander of my regiment said that only if the whole army is brave and unafraid of death can we have the possibility of victory. But if you have the idea of living, then it is very likely that you will not even have this 23% chance.
There is no sex anymore." Bai Sheng continued.
"Sir Zhao, do you know? The regimental commander did not leave any suicide note or letter to his wife this time. Dean Tantai did not leave. She took the initiative to stay and resume her old career as the regimental commander's secretary and war correspondent."
"What? Tantai Mingyue didn't leave? What about your Colonel Tang's son?" Zhao Junmai couldn't help but widen his eyes.
Before Fang Xianjue came back, the 10th Army, including officials of all sizes in Hengyang, had made preparations in advance. Those with families had already taken trains to Guizhou or Kunming in early May.
, not to mention his wife and children, just his concubine and his sweetheart, who are probably far away from the war zone in Hunan Province.
A man like Tang Dao who left his wife and children on the battlefield is truly an anecdote.
"Chief Shanhe and Director Tantai are gone. Originally Director Tantai was unwilling to leave. Dean Tantai and his younger brother Tantai Mingjing are both in the military. How can he, a father, be willing to leave, but he can't stand the couple together.
We both knelt down and begged." Bai Sheng's eyes were filled with tears.
"According to Captain Erya who was present at the time, Dean Tantai asked her father: If my son Shanhe loses his parents, how can you tolerate him losing his father again? If my mother loses her children and husband, how can she live? Shanhe
I hope Abba will put more effort into teaching me in the future.
Director Tantai asked her back with tears in her eyes: Have you ever thought about how your mother and I would live alone in the world if all my children were lost?
Dean Tantai said: I remember my father once taught me that life is only eighty years old. I hope that I can live according to my own wishes in this life, and that the bright moon will accompany my husband to death on the battlefield, which is my heart's wish!
This is selfishness of a daughter, please forgive me, dad!"
"Hey!" Zhao Junmai let out a long sigh and gave Bai Sheng a thumbs up: "You, Commander Tang and his wife, are really role models for our entire Chinese army. I, Zhao, am convinced. But I'm afraid I will never be able to do anything in my life."
I can no longer be a person like him."
"Our commander also said that everyone has his or her own personality and circumstances. If the world were full of people like him, it would be too boring. It would be better to be yourself. But this time in Hengyang
I can only apologize to everyone for the war. China cannot lose Hengyang, just like the West cannot lose Jerusalem.
Not to mention the 5,000 people of the Four Lines Regiment, plus the 20,000 people of the 10th Army, that is 300,000 people in Hengyang. If it is for Hengyang, you can leave all your lives here. Of course, it depends on how many lives the little devil plans to exchange for it.
There are currently more than 20,000 people, and Hengshan Yong wants to break into the city, but he can't even think about it without the lives of a hundred and eighty thousand little devils." Bai Sheng put away his tears and replaced them with confidence.
That kind of confidence comes from Tang Dao's calculations and also from years of battlefield experience.
The total number of Japanese troops killed by the Si Xing Regiment has exceeded 100,000 so far. This time, relying on the strong city and the equally tenacious friendly forces, why not kill another 100,000?
"Okay! I trust you, Commander Tang! This bunker has been built." Zhao Junmai also suddenly felt heroic.
If he really wanted to die here, if he could kill 108,000 Japanese troops, it would be the first time on the Chinese battlefield in the more than ten years since the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War. Perhaps the names of most of the officers and soldiers will not be known to the world, but what he did
As the third-ranking figure in the Hengyang garrison, he is destined to leave his name in history, and it is worth it.
"Sir, the people in this bunker may not necessarily die." Bai Sheng smiled and took out a pen and paper to draw a simple structural diagram.
"We don't have time to dig escape tunnels for more than a hundred bunkers like this, but we can dig shelter rooms for them."
It turns out that Bai Sheng himself designed this kind of 'suicide bunker'. Under each bunker, there is a 15-square-meter basement that is 15 meters deep into the ground and about 20 meters across. There are two extremely hidden passages in the basement leading to the ground.
The ventilation pipe also stores food and water that can feed about 10 people for 30 days.
Once the Japanese army uses artillery or infantry blasting to destroy the bunker, it will no longer be possible for the bunker to effectively shoot at the Japanese troops on the ground. The surviving soldiers can enter the shelter room and then use the explosives hidden inside the bunker to carry out secondary damage to the inside of the bunker.
The blast completely destroyed the bunker into rubble.
During the war, even if the Japanese army knew the existence of such a shelter, they would not expend great efforts to dig it out. They would definitely choose to wait until after the war.
Similarly, the remaining soldiers who entered the shelter had to wait until their colleagues dug them out of the ground after the war.
Of course, there are only two endings for them. If the Japanese side wins, they will die. If the Chinese side wins, they will live! But there is still a choice. It is much better than being directly bombed to death by the Japanese army without doing anything.
"As long as there is a way out, it will be fine. Anyway, as long as we stay in Hengyang City, we will have to fight against the Japanese devils. I have decided on this bunker. After it is built, it will be handed over to Commander Zhou of the 3rd Division. He has a main force to fight for."
Deploy defenses in the city." Zhao Junmai decided.
At this time, the two people did not expect that it was this kind of "suicide bunker" with almost no return that caused unimaginable damage to the Japanese army.
This kind of bunker was named "Worker Bee No. 2" before the war. Each bunker was stationed with an infantry squad, equipped with one M1919A4 medium machine gun, 4 M3 submachine guns, 4 rifles, and 2 pistols.
Originally, given the status of the 10th Army in the 9th Theater, they would not be able to equip this newly imported American medium-sized machine gun firing 7.62mm caliber bullets, but this time Fang Xianjue's lion's mouth opened up.
That man gained confidence and simply gave 400 of the 1,000 M1919A4 machine guns that had just arrived in Guangxi Province from Yunnan and Burma to the Hengyang defenders.
Fang Xianjue, who suddenly became rich with light machine guns, was naturally not stingy and directly gave the latest machine guns to these infantry squads who entered the Jedi.
The bunker with its ferocious firepower not only knocked down the Japanese soldiers with a sneak attack from behind, but also did not suffer any loss in the confrontation with the Japanese soldiers.
Having 6 shooting holes makes their field of vision wide enough. The 14-kilogram body of the M1919 machine gun is enough to ensure a certain degree of mobility. The four M4 submachine guns provide stable auxiliary firepower, which can fully ensure the continuity of firepower.
Moreover, there is a walkie-talkie in the bunker. No matter how fierce the artillery fire is, the bunker can request artillery support from the rear mortar positions.
With radio equipment that can report at any time, the tactical nature of the 'Worker Bee 2' fortress will be even stronger.
The Japanese army mobilized a large number of troops to besiege the enemy. The bunker immediately launched a request for artillery support. Mortar shells as big as raindrops could blast the Japanese infantry who had little cover until they cried.
Some commanders even saw this and thought it was awesome! They simply deployed five or six mortars to do nothing, just waiting for the request for artillery support from the "Worker Bee 2" fortress.
Bai Sheng was originally a "suicide" strike fortification launched against the Japanese infantry's flanks and rear flanks. During the battle in the city, commanders at all levels made it into a weapon for "anti-encirclement and reinforcement" according to local conditions.
Although in the end most of the "shit-stick" Worker Bee No. 2 Fortresses were bombarded or demolished by the Japanese with infantry artillery, there were still two Worker Bee No. 2 Fortresses that persisted until the Hengyang War.
The infantry squads in these two fortresses, without exception, shot out all the machine gun bullets, submachine gun bullets and even rifle bullets. In the last two days, they even used all Japanese-style equipment, and that was all they did under the cover of night.
, to pick up guns and bullets from corpses on the battlefield that the Japanese soldiers had no time to drag away.
You know, in order to ensure sufficient firepower output, 10,000 rounds of machine gun bullets and 3,000 rounds of submachine gun bullets are stored in each fort.
Supported by so much ammunition, each fortress is like a porcupine covered with thorns. Even if a lion wants to eat them, it will have to pay a sufficient price.
According to the battle report of the 11th Army that was later declassified, the most tragic battle fought in the attack on these strong fortresses, the infantry alone lost 470 people. That was half of the infantry brigade, not counting the engineers and engineers who were killed by artillery shells.
Armored troops, artillery.
Bai Sheng, who proposed this fortification proposal, was awarded a fifth-level Baoding Medal. Mayor Zhao Da also took advantage of it and received a Blue Sky Medal, which almost made Mayor Zhao Da, who was lying in the hospital, laugh out loud.
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The third-in-command in Hengyang City had fifteen wounds. If it weren't for the doctors and nurses in the field hospital hidden underground, and the complete set of penicillin and other medicines, it would be impossible to put them anywhere else.
