The Third Expeditionary Army has three independent brigades and six Category A national defense divisions. The headquarters reorganized the former Central Army and divided it into Category A and Category B based on the combat strength of each department. Category A adopts the three-level organization. , that is, one army has three divisions, one division has three brigades, one brigade has three regiments, and so on. Type B is a two-two system, that is, one army has two divisions, one division has two brigades, and one brigade has It has two regiments under its jurisdiction, and the independent brigade is a complement to these two systems, adopting a one-four system, that is, one brigade has four regiments under its jurisdiction, and each regiment has four battalions under its jurisdiction...
If he is a time traveler, when he gets the list of senior generals of the Third Expeditionary Army, he will definitely be shocked, because if he picks any name at random, they are all famous anti-Japanese generals under the Central Military System of that time and space, Dai Anlan, Zheng Dongguo, Zhang Lingfu...
The Third Expeditionary Army has three armies, namely the Sixth Expeditionary Army, the Seventh Expeditionary Army, and the Ninth Expeditionary Army. Zheng Dongguo is the commander of the Sixth Army, and Dai Anlan is the commander of the Seventh Army. As for Zhang Lingfu , is the commander of the First Division of the National Defense Forces,
The time when the Third Expeditionary Army counterattacked Pyay was three hours after the Battle of Guadalcanal began, at four o'clock in the morning local time. This was the first actual combat since the formation of the Third Expeditionary Army. In the words of Sun Liren: This battle is a small test for the headquarters after the reorganization of our army. Only with a vivid victory can we be worthy of our hard training during this period and worthy of the trust of the headquarters.
When the former Central Army accepted the reorganization, the direct descendants of Chiang Kai-shek, such as Sun Liren, would of course have all kinds of negative thoughts. It is not that they still wanted to be loyal to Chiang Kai-shek, but similar experiences made them understand that once the emperor has The courtiers also have the consciousness of success and defeat, and they still want to serve the country, so they feel very conflicted and don't know what they should do is the best choice.
"Let's see and then talk." This was the true inner thought of many people at that time.
When the reorganization began, what they imagined did not happen. Many officers from the former Central Military System were promoted or simply asked to retire. However, in the eyes of orthodox soldiers like Sun Liren, these people were just wearing the uniform. The people in military uniforms were waiting to die, so they did not use the bottom line they had set in their hearts. And then, when the brand-new cadet army standard weapons were sent to their hands, they began to take this reorganization seriously. They would This psychological change is naturally due to the fact that the Xuebing Army must win every day. This is not because the soldiers of the Xuebing Army must be better than the Central Army, but because the Xuebing Army must be better than the Central Army. They have weapons and equipment whose performance far exceeds that of the Japanese army. So, if the headquarters equips them with the same specifications, does it mean that Ouyang Yun does not mean to discriminate against the former Central Army. This is indeed a reorganization in the strict sense. When they had the opportunity to get to the bottom of the matter, they were asked to participate in the officer's short training course, which naturally aroused their strong resentment. In Luo Zhuoying's words: When I was fighting, these kids were still wearing crotchless pants. What did they have? Of course, they were not qualified to give us lectures. Because their military power had not been reduced, they had the mentality of letting things go. Luo Zhuoying, Sun Liren and others still entered the short-term training class and accepted the teachings of those young soldiers who had not yet grown up. "lesson",
After half a day of class, while having dinner in the cafeteria, the former generals of the Central Army gathered together. Many of them looked disapproving: What a joke, they actually asked us how to lead troops to fight. They have been on the battlefield several times.
Another half day passed, and in the evening, when everyone got together again, there were no more people saying weird things, and those with solid theoretical knowledge, such as Sun Liren, even brought their textbooks into the cafeteria.
Without it, what the young soldiers were taught that afternoon were all things they had never been exposed to before, and this cannot be made up for by rich practical experience, "mechanized combat, infantry and artillery coordination, land and air coordination, humanized management... …" These new terms made the eyes of these battlefield veterans shine, and at the same time, they suddenly found themselves falling behind.
As the class progressed, they realized that the victory of the Xuebing Army did not just rely on advanced equipment. It turned out that they were supported by a solid set of combat theories. In general, the Xuebing Army It is no accident that we can achieve today's results in the war against Japan.
It turned out that they thought that as long as their troops had the weapons and equipment of the Xuebing Army, it would be no problem to achieve the same results as the Xuebing Army. But now, they realized that outside of war, the Xuebing Army also did other things in peacetime. So much work,
As a soldier and a hot-blooded man, who is not competitive? What the young people in the Xuebing Army can do, why can’t we old soldiers do it? We must not only do it, but also be better than the Xuebing Army. The idea that those young people doing better began to take root in the minds of Sun Liren and the others, and now, their opportunity to report their results to the headquarters has come.
At about 3:30 in the morning, on the Pyai front line, Sun Liren called the commander of the reconnaissance unit. After confirming again that the Japanese army on the opposite side was not prepared, he called a meeting of front-line officers and said concisely: "Brothers, this was something that no one dared to imagine before. In a medium-sized battle, there are more than 200 heavy artillery and more than 500 tanks that can be used. Brothers, what reason do we have not to win the battle? This battle is a small test for the headquarters to reorganize our army. , I think that winning is not a perfect answer, only annihilating the Japanese and Nanyang monkeys on the opposite side can be considered as passing. Brothers, are you confident?"
Everyone roared in unison: "Yes."
Zhang Lingfu said: "Chief Commander, just wait. Our First Division will definitely live up to its reputation as the sharp sword of the three armies."
In the previous exercises, Zhang Lingfu's First Division of the National Defense Force was named the sharp knife unit of the Third Expeditionary Army by Sun Liren because it repeatedly won the first place in the group. Since it was a sharp knife unit, after the combat mission was issued, Zhang Lingfu asked his unit to serve as the vanguard. Sun Liren agreed to his request, so Zhang Lingfu made such an expression,
Two flares, one red and one green, rose into the sky. Immediately, a thunderous sound sounded twenty kilometers east of the Japanese defense line. Then, the Japanese defense line was obscured by a continuous fireball.
In order to catch the Japanese army by surprise, Sun Liren made sufficient preparations in advance. Therefore, once his artillery unit started to attack, there was no test firing. Hundreds of artillery shells were directed at the Japanese fortifications and positions.
The sound of artillery fire sounded. In the mountains and fields less than two kilometers away from the Japanese defense line, Zhang Lingfu opened the safety of the Wei Qing assault rifle, tightened the helmet on his head, then picked up the stopwatch, looked at it, and said: "Give the order, quarter of an hour." From now on, launch the charge on time."
"Yes." The communications soldier responded, and then began to contact various brigade headquarters.