When Zhang Lingfu received short-term training at the Guangzhou Army Academy, he accepted a brand-new system of military concepts. Therefore, after passing through the initial period of doubt, he was simply hungry for life in the military academy. Not only him, The batch of young and middle-aged officers from the former Central Army whom the Xuebing Army exchanged from Chongqing basically spent their short life in the military academy in this state. Before entering the military academy, they thought that the Xuebing Army could win every day. They took advantage of advanced weaponry and equipment, but after they got a solid seat in the classroom, they realized that things were not as simple as they thought. To fight a war, it is not just about having advanced weapons and equipment. Tactical concepts must also be kept up. Not only The tactical concept and even the concept of leading troops had to be transformed. After all, Zhang Lingfu came from a regular military academy, and his foundation and knowledge were not bad. In this way, he was able to quickly adjust his mentality and willingly accept those who were younger than him as a student. Young instructors around ten years old teach,
At the end of the short training, Zhang Lingfu's efforts were not in vain when it came time for the graduation exam. Among the 139 people who took the exam, he came out on top. Ouyang Yun attended the graduation ceremony and awarded him a certificate of honor and a graduation certificate. Later, when asked what other requests he had, Zhang Lingfu expressed the hope that he could go to the front line and command an army to fight the Japanese. At that time, Ouyang Yun was already planning to form a coalition government, so he transferred him to the coalition army to serve as a recruit unit. After successfully entering Chongqing and deciding to reorganize the former Central Army, he transferred all the officers of Zhang Lingfu over and entrusted most of them with important tasks. He even appointed Zhang Lingfu as the commander of the First Division of the National Defense Forces. And designate one division as a model unit in this reorganization operation,
In just half a year, Zhang Lingfu was promoted from a colonel and brigade commander to a lieutenant general and division commander. He naturally remembered Ouyang Yun's kindness in knowing him, and his unit was regarded as a model unit for reorganization operations. For him and his officers and soldiers, For me, it is a great honor. Among the Third Expeditionary Army, Sun Liren ranked first in terms of promotion speed, and he was ranked second. And because he was directly promoted from the colonel level to the lieutenant general level, in terms of promotion speed, The importance of promotion is even greater than that of Sun Liren. As mentioned before, in the Third Expeditionary Army, there were also people like Wen Mingjian who were not promoted but were demoted. In this way, although Zhang Lingfu was born in the Whampoa Military Academy with a serious background, he could still be regarded as An old man from the former Central Army, he still aroused the envy, jealousy and hatred of many people.
Zhang Lingfu, even though he usually has his nostrils turned upward and seems immune to rumors and rumors, in fact, he cares about these things in his heart. Otherwise, he would not insist on asking Sun Liren for the role this time. The vanguard force, he did this because he wanted to prove the combat power of his unit and his personal ability through actual combat, so that those who criticized him would know that he, Zhang Lingfu, could not become the commander of the first division because of his relationship with the commander-in-chief. personal relationship, but does have this ability,
When he was at the Guangzhou Military Academy, Zhang Lingfu once saw this sentence on the wall of the Langya training base during a group visit to the Langya training base: Sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in war. He took it seriously and regarded it as such. As the guiding ideology for the daily training of the unit, he originally attached great importance to the daily training of the unit. Coupled with the pressure of honor of the first division's model unit, he paid special attention to the training of the first division and even won the title of "Zhang Zhang". Nicknames like "Picking the Skin",
Hard work pays off, and the saying "sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in war" is not a lie. Zhang Lingfu and his officers and soldiers usually put in far more effort than other fraternal troops, and the effect was immediately seen in their first battle.
In the past time and space, Zhang Lingfu's 58th Division was already considered the trump card in the Central Military System. Rather than making a comparison, in this time and space, the combat effectiveness of his First Division is even stronger than that of the previous 58th Division. Many. Therefore, although the combat effectiveness of the Japanese Marine Corps and even the so-called National Liberation Army in this time and space is stronger than that of that time and space, it is still not enough to compete with the First Division. Zhang Lingfu was not worried about his generals and went to the front line to command in person. However, as the highest officer of the First Division, he was personally on the front line, which was helpful to the morale of the troops. I don’t know who shouted out first: Division Commander is here with us, and the Japanese must not have a chance to face the Division Commander. Then, This proposal soon spread to the ears of the officers and soldiers of the First Division. Zhang Lingfu could not be said to love soldiers as much as his own son, but one thing was that he kept his word when it came to the reward and punishment system, and would even spend his own money on it. Come to reward the soldiers who have performed well in training. People’s hearts are fleshy. When he may be in danger, how could his soldiers spare their lives? Therefore, Aida Masao originally wanted to use positional warfare to capture the enemy. Back at the front line, who would have expected, everyone in the First Division went crazy. The Japanese army originally lacked anti-tank weapons. In this case, they could only use special attack tactics to deal with tanks. However, special tactics are inherently deterrent. greater than practicality. When the officers and soldiers of the First Division were not afraid of death, the Japanese army tried their best special attack tactics, but this time they failed.
The battle lasted for an hour and a half. At the cost of the sacrifice of more than 20 tanks and related officers and soldiers, the 1st Division's tank troops successfully penetrated the Japanese defense line and directly threatened Aida Masao's headquarters. Zhang Lingfu himself ignored life and death. , which directly led to the fact that all the brothers under his command were not afraid of death. In Wen Mingjian’s words: The first division went crazy.
Aang Tian did not have the courage of Zhang Lingfu. Of course, his reason for retreating was also valid, because in addition to the field fortifications, they also had city defense fortifications to hold on to, and at this time, he had already concluded that the Xuebing Army was going to launch a massive counterattack. Therefore, even if it was to buy time for the troops in Moulmein and other places, he had to hold on for as long as possible. The Japanese army's continuous sitting system made his subordinates dare not let the commander get involved in danger. Aida himself was originally Without any intention of death, his subordinates sent "care" at the right time. Considering the "overall situation", he led the brigade headquarters to withdraw into Pyaimai County first.
Before the Battle of Pyai began, Wen Mingjian once predicted that they could easily catch the Japanese army by surprise, but it would be difficult to completely capture Pyai, at least the casualties would not be small. Wen Mingjian made such a judgment based on past battles with the Japanese army. According to his experience, even in the great victory of Taierzhuang, the Chinese army only achieved great results at the cost of heavy casualties. Therefore, when he led his subsequent troops to the Japanese positions, he saw the heavy enemy forces exaggerated by gunpowder smoke. For a time, he thought he had seen the corpses of officers and soldiers wrongly.
"How could this happen?" He seemed to be talking to himself or asking the people around him,
And around him, other people had almost the same expression as him. They didn't believe that what they saw in front of them was the truth. When did you, little devil, become so careless?