Chapter 246 Rehe Battlefield of Nanjing Defense War

However, the Japanese army's firepower suppressed the heroic and fearless Chinese artillery. They turned the artillery group into a single artillery position. Even if the Japanese army found out, it was just a loss of artillery. Therefore, the 105mm artillery group and the 75mm mountain artillery group were all scattered, against the fire of the Japanese army's 150mm howitzer group. Strive to fight back bravely.

The breaking of the direction of the Qinhuai River means the official launch of the battle of the city wall of the Nanjing defense war. Zhang Xuewu originally expected to stick to the battle for the main points for at least a month, but now it seems difficult to achieve. It is said that I am not a fool. After suffering a loss, I am quite active in adjusting tactics. Yes, it is often very effective. In addition, the quality of the individual soldiers of the Japanese army is high, and the overall cooperation is very effective. These are the final embodiment of the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army.

Sun Guiming in the Niushou Mountain tunnel desperately supported the north slope of the General Mountain with the Fords 20mm four-pipe anti-aircraft gun and Maxine heavy machine gun against the firepower of the Japanese army. The Chinese soldiers in the pit were in a neat line waiting to replace the dead Pao Ze. In Sun Guiming's words, as long as one person in the fifth brigade did not die. The firepower to support General Mountain can't be stopped.

Even so, the General Mountain Fortress is still in danger. The main peak position has fallen into hand-to-hand combat several times. The crazy Japanese army often shells when the two armies fight fiercely in order to kill a large number of living forces of the Chinese defenders. The Japanese army shouted long live and rushed up and down under the counterattack of the defenders' machine guns and grenades. He rolled and crawled back again, but in two minutes, the Japanese army was able to reorganize the new attack, and the defenders had no time to send the wounded to replenish ammunition.

Under the fierce artillery blockade of the Japanese army, the cost of transporting ammunition was quite high. Ye Yunfei on the General Mountain Fortress and the two commanders of the Teaching Corps bravely attacked the Japanese army. They had no way to retreat, because once the General Mountain Fortress is lost, the entrance of Niushou Mountain will be directly exposed to the Japanese army. Under the direct fire, this is also the main reason why Ye Yunfei destroyed the Japanese army's 150mm cannon at all costs. At least now the Japanese army's heavy artillery dare not ** again.

The loss of the positions of the 584th Division and the filaments made the left wing of the 74th Army completely exposed to the attack of the Japanese army. Originally, the 51st Division and the 57th divisions of the 74th Army guarded the front line of Gujiaying, Yangjiazhuang, Dashishan and Liuzhuang, relying on the geographical advantages of the Qinhuai River branch to build fortifications. Build a second-line position in Guanghuamen with the 58th Division as the reserve team.

Now the positions of the 154th Division and the 156th Division are completely lost. If Yu Jishi wants to maintain the defense line, he must resist the infiltrating Japanese army and drive them. Then he uses the tactical adjustment after nightfall to arrange for the troops to retreat and shrink the defense. Yu Jishi understands that Wang Yaowu of his 51st Division is close to him. The 57th Division, which also served as the acting division commander, was entangled with the Japanese army into a regiment. The loss of withdrawing the troops calmly would be very great. Moreover, the Japanese army was best at chasing after victory. A careless retreat turned into collapse, so his reputation in Yu Jishi would really be destroyed.

Therefore, Yu Jishi knew that it was better to fight the troops to death than to release the sheep on the way to retreat, so that I could pick a bargain. There were too many such cases, because the morale of the army could not be vented.

So Yu Jishi decided to transfer a regiment from the 51st and 57th Divisions in the already precarious defense line, and to transfer a brigade from the 58th Division of Feng Shengfa to directly use it for the counterattack of the left wing, annihilating all the Japanese troops that penetrated into the defense line and destroy them on time. The military pontoon bridge blocked the Japanese army from crossing the river and bought time for the troops to retreat to the second-line position and reorganize them into battle.

Nanjing City, where the gunfire was full of fireworks, seemed to show signs of a sharp turn under the crazy attack of the Japanese army. Zhang Xuewu was very anxious about this, because today he received two telegrams with completely different content. The first one was Chairman Jiang of the Supreme Military Commission, whose content was the telegram sent to Tang Shengzhi in history. The content is basically the same. Zhang Xuewu is required to sacrifice at all costs. For the sake of the status and reputation of the country and the army, he should regard the Nanjing Campaign as an opportunity to turn defeat into victory. If Nanjing can defend one more day, that is, the nation will add a layer of glory. If he can defend for more than half a month, the internal and external situation will change greatly. With the field army from the outside line, such as In response to the policy, it formed an anti-encirclement of the Japanese army and actively carried out a large-scale campaign in Xuzhou to prevent the coordination between the North China Dispatch Army and the Central China Dispatch Army.

In the face of the siege of as many as nine divisions and three reading mixed brigades of the Japanese army, coupled with the ravages of the army and naval aviation and the artillery support of its three field heavy artillery brigades, the mechanized brigade belonging to the first mechanized division of the Rehe Army, which was originally prepared to counterattack on a large scale, was also forced to carry out covert standby.

The reason for Zhang Xuewu's plan is that in the case of losing air sizing power, the attack of the armored forces is simply a target for me. If it is covered and attacked by the fire of the heavy artillery of the Japanese army, I'm afraid that the ace of the mechanized brigade, the ace of Zhang Xuewu's honor guard, will pay unimaginably heavy. The price.

Fortunately, there is good news from Rehe. First, the flight force of the Rehe Legion attacked in full swing. In the morning, it attacked the four field airports of Jinzhou and Fengtian of the Japanese Army. The Kwantung Army Flying Division and the Kuda Special Flying Force, as well as the Fifth Flying Division transferred from the mainland, suffered huge losses. According to the Rehe Legion According to the evaluation of the troops, at least 60 Japanese planes at four field airports were destroyed on the ground, and the injured Japanese planes were basically equal to the number. However, three reconnaissance aircraft were destroyed by the Kwantung Army. The Kwantung Army was used to being slapped in the face and did not shout pain, so Zhang Xuewu did not care about this. It is said that I know very well in my heart how much it was destroyed and injured, and there is no meaning in the public opinion war with numbers.

And the four armies of the Japanese army's fierce attack on Chaoyang, Chengde, Chifeng and Zhangjiakou were all blocked by the heavy artillery of Jiancheng. Even Meizu Meijiro exclaimed that the heavy artillery firepower of the Chinese army was too fierce! I have never seen such a fierce gunfire!

In addition to the five integrated divisions of the first-line troops, the Rehe Legion has also formed five second-line troops of the third brigades and sixth regiments to supplement the casualties of the front-line troops. Previously, aspiring young people from all over the country and the grass-roots officers who came to Rehe to fight against Japan have already completed the training, especially the departments of the Northeast Army were Zhang Xueliang. A large number of young officers deliberately left to Zhang Xuewu became the backbone of these troops.

Zhang Xuewu is a good hand in digging corners, and several of his men can be called masters in digging corners. 40% of the main troops of the Rehe Army are from various departments of the Northeast Army. The officers and soldiers who shout back to their hometown every day can be said to be fierce and eager to be homesick. The most asked question is when we will counterattack!

The Rehe Legion has a youth army composed of patriotic and anti-Japanese youths from all over the country. This force has a regular number given by the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs, the new first division of the National Revolutionary Army Youth Army. This number was deliberately won by Zhang Xuewu, but this army Zhang Xuewu has always been in Baotou, and all the troops The sergeant, sergeant and non-commissioned officer are veterans who have experienced a hundred battles.

And officers and soldiers are all young students from all over the country. The proportion of college students accounts for more than 17 percent, and the rest are high school graduates. The whole division is equipped according to the model of the armored division. The two tank regiments are equipped with 110 "Yak" type 2 light tanks and 28 " Leopard medium tank, 36 "thorn bee" 75mm self-propelled field guns installed on the leopard chassis, an armored infantry regiment equipped with 179 hound armored vehicles and command vehicles, and a division belongs to an air defense battalion equipped 48 Fords 20mm four-tubes installed on the Calvins half-track vehicles introduced in Germany. An anti-aircraft gun, and a 48-barre hail rocket launcher with 24 "japped" chassis, as well as an oil transport battalion, a maintenance battalion equipped with 12 chariots and repair vehicles, directly under the communication battalion and the armored reconnaissance battalion.

Zhang Xuewu, the formation of this secret force, has always been formed in the name of the Sixth Security Corps of Baotou Industrial Zone. Tang Ziqiang always asked Zhang Xuewu for equipment, because Tang Ziqiang knew the production of chariots in Baotou Industrial Zone and the production of some new equipment. His troops are the only mechanized division of the Rehe Army, but these Wu Did the equipment completely disappear as soon as it left the factory? This made Tang Ziqiang very puzzled. In addition, the consumption of oil also made Tang Ziqiang doubt whether there was another sharp sword hidden in the Rehe Legion.

However, Zhang Xuewu, this youth army unit, is not used for actual combat. He can afford to equip so many armored troops, but he can't afford it. Inside Rehe, he can transport his troops to anywhere within 24 hours through a dense railway network. If the armored troops leave the railway, they can only rely on themselves. In terms of sports, I'm afraid that there will be a major overhaul and frequent maintenance and maintenance in less than 1,000 kilometers in China. This workload is a difficult task for the maintenance camp of the army.

Another point is that the refined oil restricts the use of Zhang Xuewu's mobile troops. Zhang Xuewu can still import a large number of aircraft engines and diesel engines from Germany by taking advantage of Zhou Ying's relationship. In addition, he can also buy some of them from Sweden at a high price, but the profit Americans have to sell what they want, and the Soviets are generous. With the assistance of Zhang Xuewu's Baotou Military Factory, it has been able to produce a small number of diesel engines by itself.

Zhang Xuewu has a complete set of crude oil refining equipment and chemical preparation factories, but he suffers from the lack of stable supply of crude oil. The Soviet crude oil provides mining equipment, etc. He is even willing to provide refined oil and crude oil. However, the amount provided by the Soviets is not particularly generous. Zhang Xuewu can feel that the Soviets are also The supply quantity and speed of alloy armor plates produced by the Soviets are not fast. The Soviets are even willing to provide their newly developed medium tanks, but they are unwilling to provide technology and reserve materials for Rehe to produce by itself?

(to be continued)