Changshu is located in the southeast of Jiangsu, adjacent to Taicang in the east, less than 100 kilometers away from Shanghai, Kunshan and Suzhou in the south, Wuxi and Jiangyin in the west, bordering the golden waterway of the Yangtze River in the north, facing Nantong across the river, and bordering Zhangjiagang in the northwest, and is bounded by Nanjing
An important strategic location leading to Shanghai.
The northern section of the Wu-Fu Line defense fortification complex in Changshu starts from Fushan in the northwest, winds all the way, and is connected to dozens of rivers and lakes, and is finally built to Kuncheng Lake; the southern section is built from Kuncheng Lake to Yangcheng Lake.
The Jiangnan area has a dense water network, with a river almost every one or two miles across. It is extremely difficult to build large-scale defense fortifications in such a place.
No, Gu Changfeng and other officers from the 24th Army Headquarters, a general from the 16th Division Headquarters, Colonel Wang Yu, the commander of the 1st Engineer Division, and Lieutenant Colonel Teng Yi, the deputy commander, were standing by Luoxing Port on the north shore of Kuncheng Lake, watching.
He shook his head repeatedly as he looked at the water that seemed to never be drained out of a section of defense fortification near the lake.
Wang Yu, like An Yi, also graduated from the Fourth Engineering Department of Huangpu, but he was a student of the First District Engineering Team. On the eve of the Northern Expedition, Wang Yu was assigned to the engineer camp of the First Division of the First Army and followed the army to fight north. Wang Boling led his troops to be defeated in Nanchang.
Later, Wang Yu was seriously injured and almost half-body paralyzed.
Then, he went to the rear hospital to recuperate for a year before returning to the army, and then participated in the bloody battle of Longtan. After being seriously injured, he was thrown into the hospital and ignored. He witnessed various strange phenomena in the first division, and then saw the hospital bed near ***
Division officers and soldiers are visited by their superiors almost every day.
Wang Yu was deeply interested in Anjiajun. After recovering from his injury, he resigned from the First Division and then applied for the old Nanchang Military Academy in vain. Due to his solid engineering skills and rapid progress, he was retained by the school after graduation and stayed as an instructor. The Xufu Engineer Command was established.
At that time, Wang Yu entered the grassroots army and experienced
He served as company commander, battalion commander, and regiment commander. After the engineer force was dismantled, Wang Yu returned to the military academy again and served as an engineer science instructor at the Xufu Non-commissioned Officer School until the engineer headquarters was restored. He has profound engineering skills and extensive research on mechanization.
Wang Yu was appointed commander of the First Division.
"When building national defense fortifications in such a dense water network area, the most important thing is to do waterproofing and anti-seepage work. But looking at this section of national defense fortifications, most of them were not paid attention to during construction. Over the years, many places are connected to underground rivers.
This has led to the current situation of endless pumping of groundwater." Wang Yu explained, pointing to the spectacular scene of more than ten water pumps spitting water into Kuncheng Lake.
"Then how did you respond? Now that Shanghai has started fighting, perhaps it will become the main battlefield soon. The construction of national defense fortifications must be carried out as soon as possible."
Major General Xie Chi, deputy commander of the 24th Army, asked.
"We are making a last-ditch effort. If it doesn't work, we can only choose a location to rebuild. But..." Wang Yu hesitated, but still mustered up the courage to say: "It is difficult to carry out construction in such a water network area.
It’s huge, and I still think that the chances of these defense fortifications being put to use are slim.”
Gu Changfeng was akimbo, looking at the fishing sails on Kuncheng Lake and the beautiful scenery of the water and sky. He sighed at the picturesque scenery of Jiangnan. Hearing this, he turned his head in surprise: "Mr. Wang, what do you think of the current war situation?"
Wang Yu organized his thoughts and asked the security guard to bring some chalk. Then he squatted down and roughly drew the topography of the Yangtze River Delta region on the concrete floor in front of him. Then he pointed at several key points and talked about it:
"Now our 24th Army and the 26th Army, with a total of four divisions, are stationed in the Yangtze River Delta region and can respond to the Shanghai war at any time. In addition, the central government has ordered the New Second Army that went north to Xuzhou to return to its original defense position. It had previously assembled in North China.
The various armies of the Central Army have also turned to the Shanghai area to gather, so that the Yangtze River Delta region will become the main location for the Chinese Communist Party to fight against the Japanese.
"However, according to the current evolution of the war situation, our air force has an absolute advantage, and the army has four divisions of our Anjia Army. If we add the mechanized troops of the New Second Army to assist in the battle, it will be a matter of time before the Japanese navy and army in Shanghai are completely wiped out.
.Perhaps before that, the Japanese army can use its battleships, cruisers and other warships to carry out long-distance bombing against our army. Judging from the effective range of naval guns of 20 kilometers, large-caliber naval guns pose a great threat to our army and can cause serious damage to our army.
Death is inevitable, but now with the blockage of the main channel of the Yangtze River, the performance of the Japanese army has been greatly restricted, and the combat power of the Japanese army has been greatly weakened. On the other hand, our army is well-equipped, and large-caliber artillery can completely cover the Huangpu River. If it were not worried about the great powers
Objection, we can destroy the Japanese fleet on the Huangpu River at any time. However, even if our army does not use heavy artillery, as long as we are willing to spend money, the Japanese army in Shanghai will basically be finished by the end of this month at the latest.
"Under such circumstances, the Japanese army's strategic plan to break through the Shanghai area and then attack our capital Nanjing through railways and roads must not be completed, and they can only find ways elsewhere. The successful preservation of Shanghai has also enabled us to carefully build
The Wufu Line and other national defense fortifications have no use."
Wang Yu's opinion made Gu Changfeng nod repeatedly. Chief of Staff Liang Zhenyu also looked thoughtful. He squatted down and used chalk to complete the coastline from northern Jiangsu to northern Fujian. Then he pointed at the map and asked: "Wang
Division Commander, where do you think the Japanese army is likely to launch an offensive?"
"Everything is possible!"
Wang Yu saw everyone stunned, and then said: "As the commander said, the Japanese army has the third largest navy in the world and occupies maritime superiority. Our country's long coastline can become the target of Japanese attack at any time. Just this section alone
Looking at the coastline, counting from north to south, there is Haizhou Bay, a flat
There are nearly a hundred places suitable for landing troops, such as Danwan, Hangzhou Bay, Liaowan, Taizhou Bay, and Wenzhou Bay. If I were the commander of the Japanese army, I would definitely choose three or five places to land, concentrate superior forces, implement strategic detours, and pounce directly on
With our capital in Nanjing, we can still achieve the strategy formulated by its base camp."
Gu Changfeng also squatted down and used red chalk to draw clear gear lines in six areas west of Lianyungang, from Hangzhou Bay to Xiangshan Port, and from Xiangshan Port to Taizhou Bay: "Most of these areas have national defense fortifications, and the Japanese army will choose
Will breakthroughs be made in these places?”
Wang Yu smiled bitterly: "Commander, you have also seen the situation on the Wufu Line. Do you think such fortifications can withstand the test of the war? In the past few days, I heard that many officials and businessmen have been arrested in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
, many of whom are relatives of senior officials in the military and political circles in Nanjing
, now, from the central to the local governments, undercurrents are surging, pointing the finger directly at the commander. This is only the case of the Wu-Fu Line. If other national defense fortifications are like the Wu-Fu Line, flashy and symbolic, then we can say that we are fortified everywhere.
There are loopholes everywhere.”
"good!"
Gu Changfeng deeply agreed: "It seems that we have to inform the commander of these situations and let him make more preparations. However, under the current circumstances, there is still a risk of Shanghai falling, so the Wu-Fu Line still has to be repaired, but it must
We must change the current futile situation. My opinion is this, since we cannot
If we think underground, we don’t have to work hard to pump water. We can simply treat the original fortifications as underground drainage ditches. We cover the water with prefabricated boards, and then use the foundation of the national defense fortifications to build a second structure with reinforced concrete.
A three-story structure, the defense fortifications are constructed in the manner of building a cluster of bunkers.
"We don't seek to be large and comprehensive, as long as it is practical, and place a fortress group with strategic depth every 100 meters. Calculating this, the defense area of more than 40 kilometers in the northern section of the Wu-Fu Line only requires more than 400 kilometers.
These forts are intertwined with each other to form three-dimensional fire attack points. If we build connecting passages, we can easily send troops to support them, and their power is no worse than this kind of rigid defense fortifications.
With such preparations, even if the Japanese army does not attack from this line in the future, we can renovate it, add doors, windows and exterior wall decorations, and treat it as real estate developed by Jiangnan Group and sell it to the outside world. I think those landlords and wealthy people are very willing to live there.
If we enter this kind of solid fortress with complete defense facilities, then our construction investment will be reduced."
"Wonderful, wonderful!" Wang Yu's eyes lit up and he praised loudly, then nodded repeatedly: "Then during construction, we must pay equal attention to practicality and appearance, so that we can sell it at a good price in the future."
Gu Changfeng said with a smile: "That's right, but I have to remind you that all windows open to the west, and the windows to the east must be made of thick reinforced concrete. They must at least withstand long-term bombardment by 150mm heavy artillery. In the future, this will also be possible
As a sales gimmick."
The generals from the headquarters of the 24th Army and the 16th Division heard this and laughed loudly together.
"No problem! Jiangnan Group moved very quickly. As soon as our division settled in Wufu Line, they acquired three brick-making factories nearby. Then seeing that the production capacity was insufficient, they shipped in machinery and equipment to produce high-quality red bricks overnight and opened four more in a row.
Brick factory. As long as God is willing, I am confident that this fortress complex will be built within two months!" Wang Yu said with full confidence.
"Commander, the commander is calling urgently!"
Colonel Gao Yunlin, Chief of the Communications Department of the 24th Army, came at a high speed in a Leopard SUV. After stopping in front of the crowd, he opened the door and rushed down, delivering the telegram to Gu Changfeng.
Gu Changfeng nodded after reading: "The commander asked me to transfer Min Jing, who was sent to Zhitang Town, to Taicang first to coordinate the war in Shanghai. At the same time, the commander also asked me to transfer Xu Yifan's special agent group to Nanxiang.
, General An Jin, commander of the army’s special forces, has arrived in advance
, the Shanghai Special Operations Former Enemy Command was established in Nanxiang. Xu Yifan's special operations group will be temporarily under the command of the Special Operations Command and unified with the Special Operations Group directly under the Route Army, the Special Operations Group directly under the 26th Army, and the Special Operations Group directly under the New Second Army.
Launch special operations against the enemy in Shanghai.
"This urban special operations is a comprehensive assessment to test the training results of our army's special forces and a series of special operations theories. The commander said that if we can capture Shanghai in one fell swoop without dispatching our 24th Army and 26th Army,
, then even if our special forces construction is initially successful, on the contrary, we still have a long way to go, and we will continue to improve through continuous exploration and improvement until one day we can handle similar tests alone."
"ah!?"
Major General Wang Xulun, the commander of the 16th Division, resigned: "Commander, don't our 16th Division have nothing to do? Changshu is still nearly a hundred kilometers away from Shanghai. By the time we go into battle, the day lilies will be cold. This will be serious.
It dampens the enthusiasm of the soldiers to serve the country and kill the enemy!"
"Ha ha!"
Gu Changfeng pointed at Wang Xulun and laughed: "Wang Huzhu, I think your hands are itchy and you want to find a little girl to eat meat? Don't worry, you have something to do. The commander said that they were removed from Shanghai.
Hundreds of thousands of refugees will soon be arriving from Taicang to Changshu. Let us seize the time and cooperate
The brothers of the 1st Engineer Division built a large number of shacks that could withstand strong winds and heavy rains to ensure that the refugees did not sleep in the wilderness, and then resettled the refugees separately. Those who are willing to move to the mainland will be arranged by our army to board the ship in Zhangjiagang. Jiangnan Group has mobilized hundreds of
A passenger and cargo ship is responsible for picking up people."
"No way, let our main force be responsible for this kind of thing?" Wang Xulun said with a bitter look on his face.
Gu Changfeng's face sank: "Wang Huzi, this is an order! Even if you are brought out by me, if you don't live up to your expectations and work hard, I will kill you." The commander said, based on the meteorological observations set up by Jiangnan Group in various coastal areas,
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In the past few days, there will be strong winds and heavy rains in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. If we don't properly resettle the refugees, I don't know how many people will die in this storm. Since our Anjia Army calls itself an army of the people, we always attach the most importance to the military and civilians.
How can we sit back and watch the people suffer while we are building a fish-water situation?"
Wang Xulun's face became solemn, and he stood at attention and saluted: "Yes, I promise to complete the mission!"
Gu Changfeng then said to Wang Yu, commander of the 1st Engineer Division: "Commander Wang, you have to give up building defense fortifications for the time being. The typhoon will make landfall at some time. We have to seize the time and repair some shanties first. Otherwise, once the storm comes, what will happen?"
I can’t do it anymore.”
"yes!"
Wang Yu also solemnly saluted Gu Changfeng with a military salute.