As the artillery regiment passed by, the various sounds gradually became sparse. Seeing that his team was about to leave, Yang Guan walked up to Hu Jialin, Huang Yingwu and others, stood at attention and saluted: "Military seat, director, subordinate
Let’s set off right away!”
Hu Jialin nodded, and the bright and dim lights illuminated his serious face: "You go ahead! Since I know the entire exercise plan, according to Commander An's suggestion, I will not be able to assist you on the front line in person.
, I can only watch from the back as you command the brothers of the independent division and the armored assault regiment.
"Please remember that General Pang has been in the army for many years and is good at fighting tough battles. He has rich combat experience and does not follow rules and regulations. General Wan Fulin, who jointly commands the defense departments with him, has been shrewd and steady throughout his life. When fighting them, what matters is speed, accuracy and ruthlessness. Don't give up.
He doesn't have any chance to breathe. This battle does not need to be about the complementarity of good and strange, nor about annihilating the enemy on the move. Every attack direction is an honest and thunderous attack. At five o'clock in the morning, the air strike will be launched as soon as dawn
, you have to command boldly without any hesitation."
"I understand! Thank you, military commander, for the heads up! I will definitely not let down the expectations of my brothers in the army!"
Yang Guan solemnly saluted the military salute again, quickly turned around, strode forward, jumped into the open-top off-road vehicle, and quickly disappeared among the troops heading south.
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Two o'clock in the morning, 34 kilometers east of Zhangde, Tianjia Village.
Under the starlight, the fast westbound team meandered for ten miles, like a long snake in progress. Amid the roars of their officers, more than 10,000 soldiers of the Northeast Army cheered up and accelerated again.
From time to time, horses galloped back and forth in the team, reports were made, and orders came and went.
After wading across the shallow river, dust was flying on the winding dirt road. The footsteps of more than a hundred draft horses dragging the artillery became heavier after they came ashore, and the marching speed dropped sharply. They neighed in pain under the "crack-crack-pap-pap-pap" whipping of the horse whip.
With.
On the east bank of the river, more than a dozen war horses stood on the gentle slope. The general looked at the officers and soldiers wading in the distance. He was very anxious. From time to time, he raised his voice and waved his whip, shouting and urging the officers and soldiers crossing the river mouth.
Lieutenant General Huang Xiansheng, deputy commander of the 53rd Army and commander of the teaching division, looked up at the starry sky. No expression could be seen on his dusty face, only a pair of shining eyes that seemed to contain infinite pain.
This veteran general of the Northeastern Army was the first hard-blooded man to lead his troops to fight back bravely during the September 18th Incident. Like fellow patriotic soldiers such as Yang Jiuxiao and Feng Zhanhai, he was also one of the founders of the Northeastern Volunteer Army.
"Deputy Commander, are you worried?" Liu Yuanxun, deputy commander of the teaching division, asked in a low voice.
Huang Xiansheng loosened the reins tightly in his hands, sighed slightly, turned around and asked: "Xuanxun, do you know what day it is today?"
"It's the 17th, the second day of the eighth lunar month...ah! I understand, tomorrow is September 18th, September 18th, September 18th... Alas, General An Yi has good intentions!"
Liu Yuanxun's voice became smaller and smaller, his bearded Chinese-character face twisted in pain, and he gritted his teeth and looked toward the north with grief and indignation.
When the surrounding Northeastern Army generals heard Liu Yuanxun's shout, they immediately shut up and lowered their heads in agony. The sitting horses seemed to be infected by this desolate atmosphere, and neighed in a low voice, "Chi Hu Hu!"
Constantly beating the loess ground.
Huang Xiansheng took a deep breath, gathered his energy and said loudly: "Everyone, you should understand now why General An Yi chose to start the confrontation exercise today, right? Like everyone else, I have great admiration for General An Yi and his Anjiajun soldiers, and I have great admiration for General An Yi and his Anjiajun soldiers.
The Seventeenth Army commanded by General Hu Jialin also respects them very much. Not only are they the most determined anti-Japanese soldiers of this era, but they are also courageous and never flinch in the face of powerful enemies. They are now the most powerful army in China.
"Everyone knows that the tens of thousands of brothers in Yang Jiuxiao's division in the Seventeenth Army are just like us, they are all old brothers of the Northeast Army. Before leaving, General Yang Jiuxiao came to visit us specially and gave us a warm welcome, although he didn't say much.
In a word, but from the heroic spirit in which he finished three bowls of roasted knives in a row, I saw his deep friendship and expectation. Everyone, have you seen it?"
"I've seen it and I've felt it! Brother Ninth is indeed a good brother who is upright and upright!"
"Yes, I'm really grateful to Brother Ninth. He gave us thirty new mortars and fifty Czech machine guns as soon as we met. It's a deep affection!"
Huang Xiansheng looked at his two brigade commanders and nodded slightly: "It has been almost three hours, but we have traveled less than twelve kilometers. If we go at this speed, when will we arrive at the battlefield? Although our 53rd Army
It is not the main force of this exercise, but only the partial division rushing to support the main battlefield. However, if we cannot arrive at the right-wing position within five hours and hold on to it, the defense line of our brothers in the Forty Army will become full of dangers.
"Brothers, if the entire front collapses because of this, and you and I are punished, what will Chairman Chiang and the hundreds of generals in the army think of us? What will the military commander and General Pang think of us? How can we stand up to Yang Jiuxiao?
The flag of the general and the Northeastern Army? Go and tell your brothers, no need to rush or yell, just one sentence - tomorrow is September 18th!"
"yes--"
The two major general brigade commanders' faces turned red. They saluted and roared in reply. Then they rode down the gentle slope and ran to their respective teams. They raised their voices and shouted "Brothers, tomorrow is September 18th".
The slowly moving team suddenly experienced commotion, and the team almost stopped because of it.
The tragic and slightly anxious shouts of the two brigade commanders echoed in the night sky and spread quickly to the surrounding areas. The sweaty soldiers looked at the brigade commander riding past them in amazement. The quick-responsive officers and soldiers immediately gritted their teeth.
After shouting, countless soldiers seemed to realize something, their blood surged up in their bodies, they roared and gritted their teeth and moved forward.
In less than five minutes, the entire team suddenly accelerated and moved faster and faster.
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At three o'clock in the morning, in the north of Zhangde City, the Red Army Joint Operations Headquarters.
Security was tight outside the headquarters, with the sound of hoofbeats from war horses reporting military information, and urgent reports were sent to the headquarters in a timely manner.
In the center of the lobby, Pang Bingxun, Wan Fulin and other Red Army generals gathered around the map on the table, discussing in low voices. The three radio transceivers set up around the lobby were ticking, ticking, ticking, and more than 20 staff members were divided into
Each of the three groups performs their own responsibilities, and the communications staff continuously sends various newly received intelligence to each staff group.
Black, who was responsible for simulating the Japanese attack, acted too fast. In less than three hours, two regiments of nearly 5,000 soldiers of the Black forward force suddenly appeared 18 kilometers away. They immediately went into battle without stopping or resting.
The commander of the 1st Brigade of the New 17th Division of the 40th Army saw that his opponent was covered by frontal firepower, and under the crazy attack of dense machine guns and numerous 60-meter mortar firepower, he began to launch a group attack, hurriedly mobilized the main force, and strengthened the middle defense.
After the opponent's machine guns and mortars fired wildly for eight minutes, they suddenly changed the direction of the attack. Suddenly, the defenders' flank positions were filled with thick smoke, and the stars and moon were dimmed.
Before the generals of the red side could determine the situation of the battle, the three battalions of the black side suddenly rushed out in the night. With unstoppable momentum, they rushed towards the two wings of the weak position. It only took ten minutes to rush to the defensive position.
The officers and soldiers of the two regiments of the first brigade of the New 17th Division were rushing back and forth, but there was no way to stop them. After firing the blank ammunition, they were so angry that they used their bodies to hit the officers and soldiers of the Independent Division who rushed to the position like wolves and tigers. Instead, they were beaten by them.
He rushed off his position with a bruised nose and a swollen face.
The two unconvinced captains chased the referee team and shouted repeatedly, but were immediately ordered to shut up and disarmed on the spot. Only then did the two captains realize that nothing could be changed. They sat down on the ground and looked at the carefully constructed building.
After being in the blocking position for a month, I felt like crying but had no tears.
The first blocking position that the New 17th Division of the 40th Army spent a month carefully constructing fell. The 6,000 officers and soldiers who were dismissed watched helplessly as the opponent's main force quickly approached, and dozens of heavy artillery were fired at them.
Pulled by a medium-sized military truck, it rumbled in. The awesome artillery regiment commander stood on the roof of the car and roared a few times. Shovels suddenly flew in the open ground in front of the blocking position. A battalion of elite engineers was on the 6th floor of the New 17th Division.
Under the eyes of thousands of officers and soldiers, artillery positions were constructed.
In less than half an hour, dozens of large and small artillery entered the gun emplacements quickly built with shovels, steel picks and miniature explosive bags. The dark barrels of each artillery slowly rose up in order at the command of the commander.
It points to Zhangde County, seven kilometers south.
Thousands of seemingly tireless Black infantry cleared the trenches and fortifications, and new general-purpose machine gun mounts were quickly set up at the fire points. After obeying the order, all the officers and soldiers stopped and rested on the spot. The panting officers and soldiers took off their helmets.
, took out cans, biscuits and beautiful kettles, and happily looked at the thousands of "defeated soldiers" not far away, eating and drinking. The officers and soldiers who ate quickly threw down the cans, wiped their mouths, and said triumphantly
Light a cigarette, puff away the smoke and enjoy yourself, and don't forget to say a few words to your opponent during the conversation.
Pang Bingxun, the commander-in-chief of the Red Army, was shocked when he received the urgent report. Wan Fulin also did not expect that the forward troops of the Independent Division were marching so fast, and they immediately launched a storming attack without taking any rest when they reached the front line.
Less than three and a half hours after the war started, the red side, as the defender, had already lost its forward blocking position and a brigade of troops. This immediately put huge pressure on the entire command team, and they had to immediately change the original plan and move out the plan to properly deploy the defense.
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Pang Bingxun regretted not taking the advice of the independent brigade commander Miyagi before.
If Miyagi's advice is followed, the two brigades of the New Seventeenth Division will be placed on the first line, and every effort will be made to suppress Black's momentum first and then hold on for as long as it takes. Anyway, our side has the upper hand in terms of numbers.
Advantage, even if the enemy's firepower is too fierce and ultimately unable to defend, it is still too late to slowly retreat to the second position in the north of the city and cooperate with the independent brigade to hold on.
Such a layout can not only extend the blocking time, but also consume a large amount of the opponent's troops. Even if the exercise fails in the end, the opponent will only end up with a tragic victory. Otherwise, as soon as the enemy planes arrive at dawn, the pressure on the second blocking position will increase exponentially.
It is even more difficult to consume the enemy's ground troops and complete the blocking mission for at least three days.