Chapter 226 The Bloody Land of Nanjing Defense War

The fierce artillery fire of the Japanese army almost turned over the suburbs of Nanjing. The only temporarily shaken was that the fifth and the fifth and sixth divisions held positions along the Qinhuai River such as Hewan, Datang, Hongcun and Jinsheng Village. The first and fifth and sixth divisions immediately put their troops to cooperate with the artillery fire to counterattack. .

In the face of the resolute and fierce counterattack of the Chinese defenders, all departments of the Japanese army's attack felt very uncomfortable, especially the fierce artillery fire of the [***] team, which was not only not inferior to the imperial army in terms of the density and range of the artillery, but also far exceeded the active field heavy howitzers of the Imperial Army in terms of heavy howitzers.

It is because the surnames of the German 32x body tube and the 30x Kerub 150mm heavy howitzer equipped by the middle [***] team can exceed that of the Japanese version, so the heavy howitzers of the Japanese army can only provide large-scale artillery support with extremely low accuracy.

In the early morning of May 25, 1937, it has become the largest bloody battle in the modern history of Nanjing. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the two armies, with different languages and with different purposes, launched an ultimate battle around the capital of the great Chinese empire.

Defending Nanjing is not a simple slogan of Zhang Xuewu. In fact, the slogan is very easy to shout, but it is very difficult to implement it.

However, Zhang Xuewu is very clear that at this moment, the [***] people have almost been forced into a desperate situation by the Japanese army. Nanjing is the symbol of China in this era. It is a huge blow to lose Nanjing's determination to persist in the war of resistance to the end. At that time, the clowns will jump out uneasily and advocate their resistance. In terms of national subjugation, Zhang Xuewu has always advocated the use of thunderous means to deal with these thieves who annihi out the country.

Looking at the gunfire in the three aspects of Nanjing City, Zhang Xuewu felt great pressure. The phone bells in the headquarters kept ringing, and the combat staff in a hurry did not have the lightness of the previous victory. He said that his troops were not tofu dregs, and [***] all departments were not in harmony. The first mechanization division of the Rehe Legion is the general elite.

Although on the surface, all the [***] departments guarding Nanjing are the 36th Division, the 87th Division, the 88th Division, the 74th Army, the 66th Army, the Teaching Corps and the Military Police Corps.

But Zhang Xuewu is very clear that except for the expanded teaching team and the new veterans of the three gendarmerie regiments, the proportion of the rest are the remnants of the Shanghai battlefield. Zhang Xuewu's generously funded artillery and weapons, but they can't replace experienced veterans and grass-roots officers. These Although the army has been supplemented by a large number of soldiers, it can only be said that it is in a full state, which is absolutely not comparable to the previously well-trained elite.

[***] Each department is much stronger than the departments that guarded Nanjing with remnants in history. It is a pity that the uncontrollable surname of the butterfly effect is said that I am not a pig's head, and I don't remember to fight. Zhang Xuewu remembers giving the Kwantung Army a loud slap in the defense of Chengde, which made me lose face. Cun, I almost let the resignation of Lu Xiang and the fall of the cabinet.

Zhang Xuewu also thought about the specific reasons, and the reason is also very simple. That is, while you are developing rapidly, your enemies are also developing desperately. The biggest utility of these two simultaneous developments is to offset each other's development momentum. In the end, the strong comprehensive strength of industry, finance and the country is still It will also have an overall advantage.

When Zhang Xuewu used the funds provided by Zhou Ying to grow and sell cigarettes, while Baotou was engaged in industry to buy a large number of imported weapons, he said that he was not idle, and he was also vigorously developing the army's armaments for large-scale expansion. He said that in his history in 193 In seven years, there were only two full-staff heavy artillery brigades in China, but now there are nine heavy artillery brigades.

From the mass production and installation of new mountain cannons to new combat vehicles, armored vehicles, fighter jets, bombers, large-caliber artillery, anti-aircraft guns, machine guns, etc., it is said that my poor soldiers expanded on a large scale in a very short time. Before Japan started to enter the national wartime financial system, the Japanese army only plundered the northeast. The three provinces, North Korea, Taiwan, and the local Japanese population have saved resources to support these troops and reached the limit of their national strength, so they can't wait to take the lead in provoking the war.

Zhang Xuewu now misses the Kwantung Army headquarters in Chengde very much. At that time, he was able to beat the Kwantung Army headquarters so much that he lost his armor. In fact, on the other hand, his deployment was very appropriate, with sufficient troops, fierce light weapons, and sufficient ammunition reserves. In addition, he had a very excellent gun. Military troops.

However, all this is not the most important. The most important thing is the strategic and tactical mistakes of the Japanese army. In addition, the defeat of the Northeast Army in the early stage of the Battle of Rehe made the Japanese army arrogant, and compared with the history of obtaining a large number of materials, precious metals, weapons and ammunition from the three northeastern provinces. Compared with me, Zhang Xuewu's desperate resistance in Peking University made me empty-handed. In history, several artillery production lines of the artillery factories in the three eastern provinces, which were greatly used by me, were the latest heavy artillery production lines purchased at that time, all of which were acquired by Zhang Xuewu.

The Japanese army fought in Rehe lacked the basic preparation for the attack, and even did not even prepare the clothes to keep out the cold. Moreover, the Japanese army made several major mistakes in strategy and tactics. In addition, the special paratrooment team surprised the Japanese army's Chaoyang logistics supply base and Jinzhou western suburbs airport. [***] There were signs of reinforcements across the Great Wall Pass, so Zhang Xuewu was trapped in the lonely city to win and fought a great victory in a defensive battle.

It is said that after I was beaten, it is natural to replace its army equipment to a certain extent according to the characteristics of the Rehe Legion. Historically, in 1937, the chariot troops of the Japanese army were mostly assigned to the division level of reading power at the brigade level, and the reading power of the squadron level was assigned to the reading mixed brigade.

The Eighth Division of the Japanese Army in Rehe was hit hard by Zhang Xuewu's short attack of the tank group, and its field artillery regiment was completely destroyed. This example was repeatedly studied by the Japanese army's staff headquarters after the war. The tactical staff of the Japanese army was surprised to find that if they controlled the railway line, they would use chariots in the plain or hilly areas. The troops concentrated on breaking through the enemy's defense line, and then quickly attacked the enemy's side, which can quickly disintegrate the enemy's resistance and divide the enemy's troops, which is conducive to dividing and annihilating the enemy's living forces.

And the military staff also found that the large-scale centralized use of chariots can play a crucial role in determining the surname in battles above the scale of the battle.

And historically, it was not until after the Battle of Nomenkan in 1939 that in the face of Soviet tanks and fierce artillery fire and ground and air cooperation, I suddenly realized the important surname of the original concentrated use of tanks and artillery.

However, my tank is still a little worse after all. Speed, defense and firepower are the three essential elements of tanks. It is said that the most outstanding tank in my history. In addition to the so-called doomsday armistice model, it is a Type 95 light tank, and the Type 95 light tank. The most outstanding thing about the type of tank is only a little speed. Compared with the jackal light tank equipped by the Rehe Legion, the Type 95 light tank equipped by the Japanese army is not a jackal opponent at all.

The great changes in history and the accumulation of the butterfly effect make Zhang Xuewu feel very helpless, that is, your strength is being strengthened, the enemy's strength is also constantly increasing, and history has been largely out of the original track, which also makes Zhang Xuewu lose the most important support.

Zhang Xuewu was also extremely nervous about the siege of the army on the east, south and west sides of Nanjing. In fact, Zhang Xuewu was not afraid and worried in the face of his fierce coming. Zhang Xuewu was most worried about the direction of Xuzhou. According to recent intelligence, a Chinese dispatch army has been established in Japan, with two subordinates, North China and Central China. The front army, whose main force is mobilizing elite divisions, is invading the front line of Longhai in an all-round way. The natural danger of the Yellow River is not too big obstacle for the Japanese army.

What Zhang Xuewu is worried about is that Han Fuzhen in Shandong abandoned the city as usual in history and became a long-legged general. In this way, once Jinan, the capital of Shandong, loses, the [***] team can only defend Xuzhou with all its strength, because Xuzhou has always been the gateway to the Central Plains. Once Xuzhou falls into the hands of the invaders, then stick to Nanjing. It will lose its meaning.

And the Japanese army will also completely cut off Pinghan Road along the western section of Longhai Road. Then in the face of the sharp Japanese army, Wuhan appeared on the strategic coordinate point of the Japanese army. In order to prevent the Japanese army from quickly invading Wuhan and give the middle [***] team time to rest and replenish, the only way left is to dig. The opening of the Yellow River has created a large area of the yellow pan area, which is replaced by water.

There are actually a lot of sayings about digging the embankment in the garden mouth, but Zhang Xuewu remembers that according to the relevant documents of later generations, the one who put forward this strategy was put forward by Admiral Faken Chisen, the head of the German [***] advisory group, and General Faken Chisen in his military message to the Supreme Military Committee of the National Political Axe. In this speech, General Fakenhausen suggested that once the army captured Xuzhou, the national government should dig up the Yellow River embank embank, delaying the army's attack with the army with flooding flooding, and taking advantage of the flood to find the water to annihilate the sudden advance. One part of the army.

If Xuzhou is lost as in history, then digging up the Yellow River with water as a soldier can only be the only best choice for national political axes. War is actually launched by the ruling group in order to seek greater fame and fortune. There is no justice or injustice in the war itself.

Two thousand years ago, the ancestors of the Chinese people clearly expressed the true meaning of the war with an idiom, that is, "the winner is the prince, the loser is the thief!" So it is destined that history will be written by the winner.

(to be continued)