Chapter 219 The Blood-stained Flag of Nanjing Defense War 2

Hatohiko of Asaxiang Palace actually wants to apply to His Majesty the Emperor to award the first division commander of Nanjing with a great medal? Suddenly, there was an uproar among many division commanders. You should know that this great honor ** medal is specially awarded to the royal prince and the political axe prime minister who has served for more than two years. As the head of the lieutenant general division, the great medal is an extraordinary honor awarded exceptionally. You should know that the award under the emperor's [[***] department Xun has strict rules. Even before the end of the war, the award of the Japanese army is still very strict and stingy.

Being able to get the Grand Order ** Medal is undoubtedly a guarantee in the eyes of many division commanders, but the most shocking thing is that Chaoxiang Gong Jiuyan claimed that he would break through Nanjing within a week to lift the military discipline as a reward and reward? The lifting of military discipline can be said to be very great for senior officers and generals.

The reason why many Japanese generals want to serve or be transferred to Manchuria is to go for high salaries and welfare benefits. You should know that the life of their families in the mainland is actually quite affluent. Take Hideki Tojo as an example, even if he was transferred from the commander of the gendarmerie to the deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, his home People still have to eat mixed rice mixed with coarse grains and black beans.

Japanese soldiers and grass-roots officers have only a few kilograms of return quota, so in addition to handing over the logistics at all levels, most of the finance plundered in the occupied area, the antiques and precious metal jade were basically transported back to China in the private sorting boxes of Chaoxiang Gong Jiuyan, a senior officers and generals. After the Battle of Shanghai, many Japanese soldiers The soldiers exchanged everything they had plundered on the Shanghai black market for yuan, and some soldiers actually exchanged for a huge sum of up to 4,000 yuan.

For this reason, some soldiers even did not hesitate to shoot at their thighs and returned to China with this huge amount of money to honor the injury. Therefore, it is definitely not ordinary officers and soldiers who really make a fortune from lifting military discipline. The lifting of military discipline can be called the welfare of senior officers and generals.

The heavy troops of the Japanese army have gathered outside Nanjing. It is not the sound of artillery that the Japanese army's artillery is marking the firepower secret position. Although the artillery surnames made by the Japanese army are very ordinary, the quality of the Japanese army's artillery and the quality of the artillery staff officers are not low.

Suddenly, Zhang Xuewu was shocked by the explosion like a bursting sky and the earth. He hurriedly climbed high and stood in front of the gunner's mirror to observe carefully. Zhang Xuewu was shocked by the rising column of smoke. Ye Yunfei beside him also said with a serious expression: "Commander! I'm afraid that the caliber of this gun will not be less than 240 mm. This is the caliber of the Japanese navy's coastal defense cannon. No matter how thick the wall is, it can't stop such a big guy from bombarding. You can tear open any wall of Nanjing City without five cannons.

Zhang Xuewu nodded and said, "This kind of heavy gun is definitely not easy to set up, and the firing speed is also very slow. In addition, the barrel life of this kind of heavy gun is extremely limited. We just need to beware of its movement towards the city wall, and the rest will be handed over to the air force! After the arrival of the Soviet support air force, we will give Xiao Yi a strong look.

After Zhang Xuewu learned that Hatohiko Chaoxianggong, the lieutenant general of the Japanese royal army, replaced Matsui Ishigen as the commander of the Central Branch and commanded the attack on Nanjing, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It is often said that he is not afraid of powerful enemies, but afraid of teammates like pigs. In particular, I changed a person whose tactical literacy is not high and And the self-indulant general is really worth celebrating. If it is still the old fox of Matsui Shigen, then Zhang Xuewu must be careful to deal with it, just as he judged that there was something wrong with the military's logistics supply system before, but he did not dare to fight against it.

The battlefield is the most unpredictable place. Any small mistake may lead to great loss or even the destruction of the whole army. Therefore, Zhang Xuewu must be cautious. However, the synonymous with caution is the loss of great opportunity. Opportunity is equivalent to risk. If you don't take the risk, you want to get a bumper. The thick reward is obviously not in line with the laws of physics.

In Zhang Xuewu's memory, Hatohiko Chaoxiang Palace is one of the few professional soldiers in the Japanese royal family. He is known for his radicalism and support for the imperial Taoist soldiers. However, the executioner who issued the Nanjing massacre order escaped punishment after the war with his special status as a member of his royal family. His subordinate Yoshizumi Ryosuke, Colonel Takamori, Major General Mamoru Iinuma did not receive any punishment.

Zhang Xuewu was most angry that Chaoxiang Gong Jiuyan continued his life after the war. Later, he became the honorary president of the Japanese golf club. He easily swinged between the green mountains and green waters, and finally died at the age of ninety-three years old. Such a hand was stained with the blood of hundreds of thousands of Chinese people. Didn't the son-hand get any disposal and retribution? Are the Chinese too kind or doesn't God open their eyes? The Tianli cycle seems to have become a special case in Hatohiko Asaoka?

However, since this executioner, who has stained his hands with the blood of the Chinese people in history, has arrived in Nanjing and has become a substitute commander of the army dispatched by the Central Branch, Zhang Xuewu feels that he has the obligation to treat this bastard well. Let's see if Chaoxiang Gong Jiuyan can be as happy as history.

On Niushou Mountain outside Nanjing City, there is a green pit. Sun Guiming, the brigade commander of the 5th Brigade of the temporary No. 1 Mechanization Division, is standing in front of the large Niushou Mountain secret battle map of the headquarters. The ninth and 12th regiments of the fifth brigade, plus the mountain artillery camp and heavy mortar battalion, reconnaissance company and cavalry company directly under the brigade. There are more than 5,600 people in the brigade. Relying on the Niushou Mountain fortress and the tunnels running through the whole place, Sun Guiming knows very well that once the war begins, Niushou Mountain will hang overseas like a lonely army.

The straight line distance between the nearest General Mountain to Niushou Mountain is only about one kilometer. The heavy machine gun firepower of the main position on the right side of General Mountain can block the entire western line of Niushou Mountain. In addition, there are 105mm howitzers and 75mm mountain artillery on the General Mountain Fortress, which can fully support Niushou Mountain, so Sun Guiming looked very calm at this moment. He assigned a battalion of the Ninth Regiment to the surface position. Due to the special terrain of Niushou Mountain, the fortifications were all built on the edge of the mountain peak.

Although this approach can obtain a good field of view and shooting angle, which is conducive to the dense projection of automatic firearms, if it encounters direct firepower or large-caliber howitzer shelling of the enemy, the casualties of the surface position will be very large. In fact, Zhang Xuewu has also personally inspected Niushou Mountain. The limitation of the terrain makes the defense The fortifications can only be built on the edges, so once the battle for Niushou Mountain breaks out, the battle will be extremely fierce.

Sun Guiming wore a military uniform that he was reluctant to wear today, and several honorary medals of Chengde were also pinned to his chest. The staff officer beside him said strangely, "Traveler? Is it possible to dress up like this? What's the big day today?

Sun Guiming smiled and said, "It's not a big deal. The commander of the army told me that the task of our officers and soldiers is to stick to the Niushou Mountain fortress. This Niushou Mountain is the place where Yue Feiyue Shaobao broke the golden soldiers in those years. It is a great honor for me, Sun Guiming, to be able to die for the country here. Although I have no regrets to die, I will donate to the country. After the body, I said that when I saw my body, I could distinguish my military rank. I also had to prepare a coffin for my son for burial. This is etiquette! Laozi's Niushou Mountain is the tomb of the original. There is a sudden one for Laozi, two to kill two, and a pile of collapses. I'm in charge of killing and burying here.

Sun Guiming turned to the communication staff officer beside him and said, "We must ensure the communication between the brigade finger and the surface position at all costs. Tell Gao Feng, the commander of the ninth regiment, and Cheng Guoqing, the commander of the tenth regiment, that people are in the position. Laozi's position is personally pointed out to me by the commander of the army, and you can't lose an inch. South Beijing is the capital of China. Behind us is Nanjing City. It is said that if I want to attack Nanjing, I must step over our bodies. The commander of the army also carries the coffin to fight. Anyone who dares to take a step back half a step. The military law here is ruthless.

On the street of Wangzhuang in the south of Nanjing, Japanese soldiers are loading a corpse on the roadside with a carriage. These corpses are from some villagers in Wangzhuang, because many people believe that Dongyang people can do something about themselves? Easterners also want to eat, don't they?

Obviously, after all, the kind, or paraly numb Chinese people underestimate their animal surname. If you use the words of the common people, it is that there is no most animal, only more animal.

The joint staff headquarters of the 11th Division and the 16th Division of the Japanese Army are located in Wangzhuang. For the sake of confidentiality, the Japanese army has carried out a thorough clean-up of the Chinese farmers in Wangzhuang, which is absolutely familiar to the Japanese army.

According to the deployment of Hatohiko of Chaoxiang Palace, the Shanshi Zongwu Department of the 11th Division and the Zhongdao Jinwu Department of the 16th Division attacked the front line of Niushou Mountain and Jiangjun Mountain in the west of the city. In the joint staff headquarters newly established in Wangzhuang, Shanshi Zongwu, Koizumi Wenren, Nakajima Jinwu and others stood on the sand table made by the staff members working overtime. Previously, according to the results of recent arrival reconnaissance and air reconnaissance, I had no choice but to find that Niushoushan Fortress and Jiangjunshan Fortress had been rebuilt [***].

Shanshi Zongwu looked at the three annular fortifications with different heights on the Niushou Mountain fortress on the sand table and said, "It is said that Zhang Xuewu, the commander of the Rehe Army of the China Army, is an expert in urban defense warfare. Today, it really lives up to its reputation at first sight! The two peaks of Niushou Mountain and Jiangjun Mountain rely on each other to form a barrier in the south of Nanjing. The China Army will definitely place a certain number of artillery groups on the General Mountain Fortress and Niushou Mountain Fortress. These artillery groups will be the biggest obstacle to our attack. If we take down the commanding heights of the General Mountain Fortress, we must first take down Niushou Mountain, such as If you want to attack along the Qinhuai River to break through the south wall of the city, you must capture Niushou Mountain and General Mountain.

(to be continued)