Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 1000

Let two lieutenant generals and division commanders plus a major general brigade commander have an army of more than 30,000 people under the command of a small army colonel.

If these words were said by someone else, even if he gave a big gift first, it would probably be exchanged for the word "GUN".

Especially, Zhao and Li had just met Tang Dao for the first time. Counting the meal they had just had a brief taste of, their friendship was just a casual meal.

It is equivalent to a few people gathering together to have a fast food in the future.

This is a huge risk.

But Tang Dao stood in front of the map and openly stated this unrealistic condition.

"You want the two officers, Zhao and Li, and me to listen to you? Are you okay? I have to be responsible for thousands of my officers and soldiers, how can I listen to you, a little kid? No, no, no, give me No amount of guns will do it." Brigadier Cheng Da glanced at the two lieutenant generals who looked a little strange for a moment, and winked at Tang Dao as he spoke.

Brigadier Cheng Da naturally wanted to help Tang Dao, and the subtext was that if you made a condition before you even showed anything, those two are not foxes for a century, and they are both afraid of rabbits. host.

"Hey! Brother Cheng, you don't want a gun, right? What if I say, there are still cannons?" Tang Dao continued with a smile on his face and followed Brigadier Cheng's words. "This time I was in Linfen, but I emptied the munitions warehouse of the Jin Provincial Ordnance Department. Jin built 24 17-year-old 75 mountain guns, 100 82mm mortars, and the shells needed for the two types of artillery, and prepared ammunition for each. 8,000 rounds. If any commander doesn't believe it, you can go check it out at the warehouse of the Military Supplies Department of our Fourth Army Regiment.”

“Poof!” Commander Li of the 104th Division just took a sip of tea to calm his shock and spit it out.

No wonder we have to spend 2 million silver dollars to buy weapons! These cannons and shells alone are probably worth less than half.

He didn't know the exact price of the 75 mountain cannon, but he knew that in these years, even if you had money, you might not be able to buy one. Just like before their army group swore to go out for battle on the outskirts of Rongcheng, do you think the Sichuan army generals were stupid and didn't know how to buy some arms?

These veterans, who can be regarded as professional soldiers, have already smelled the atmosphere of all-out war as early as the July 7th Incident. Even if they are in the hinterland, they cannot avoid it. If they want to survive the war, they must strengthen themselves. .

In the past, soldiers were paid with free money. The actual number of registered personnel of an infantry division was often one-third less than what was reported. In other words, the original establishment of 12,000 people actually only had 8,000 or even less.

This also forced these generals to recruit troops one after another, but they had the troops, but they had no guns. The key is that they had money and nowhere to buy them. In Sichuan Province, except for the mountain city, there was a low-quality ordnance that could produce some guns and ammunition. Where else can it be made?

Not to mention mountain artillery and mortars, the generals of the Sichuan Army can equip the recruits with blunderbuss, which are good for one-on-one shooting. This is one of the main reasons why the Sichuan Army has a wide variety of firearms.

As soon as the Tang Dao came up, it was the temptation of 24 75 mountain guns and 100 82 mortars. I don't know if Commander Zhao of the 17th Division could withstand it. Anyway, the 104th Division couldn't withstand the cliff.

If it weren't for the fact that he was still a bit wealthy, Mr. Li, who was spitting out a mouthful of tea, wanted to agree to Tang Dao at that time. You can fight however you want. Anyway, the final decision-making power is still in my hands.

"There are so many cannons! I can think about it." Brigadier Cheng has such a big head, how many people in the world can turn faster than him?

His 683 brigade now has no shortage of light weapons, but what it lacks is heavy firearms. Let alone 75 mountain guns, as long as it gives him a dozen mortars, over-level command, etc., it doesn't matter. Anyway, he firmly believes in Tang The knife wouldn't kill him.

“Captain Tang, your gift is really tempting.” General Baitou, who had remained silent, finally spoke. "Half a year ago, it would have been okay for our 17th Division to make a fuss with you for this batch of arms, but now, it's hard for me to agree to it."

General Baitou's meaning is very clear. If half a year ago, his 17th Division had strong soldiers and horses, and was not afraid of any opponent, he could fight no matter what. But now, his 17th Division, which has been completely crippled, has only been repaired for half a year and has not recovered its strength. got that qualification.

Or, what he wanted to express was that he had already seen a tragic sacrifice once, and this time, he didn't want to see it again.

To put it bluntly, he couldn't believe Tang Dao's commanding ability. Even though Tang Dao had several glorious battles, they were only battlefields with thousands of people. Unlike this time, both sides often invested tens of thousands of troops.

Tang Dao's age and qualifications, in any aspect, do not have the conditions to command such a large-scale battlefield.

"Sir Zhao, you don't have to rush to refuse. Why don't you listen to my tactical intentions first and then decide?" Tang Dao seemed to know this person's reaction and pointed to the map of southeastern Shanxi with an unchanging expression. "I know you feel sorry for the lives of the brothers of the 17th Division, but do you want to avenge the blood of the 8,000 brothers who died in the Battle of Fululing? Maybe Tang Dao can do it for you this time?"

The white-headed general's eyes narrowed slightly.

If the weapons displayed by Tang Dao only made his heart flutter, then Tang Dao's last words really pierced the deepest part of his heart.

The nearly 200 days and nights since the Battle of Lulu Ridge may have been the most difficult period in the life of this lieutenant general and division commander.

He was a native of the northwest, and most of the 12,000 officers and soldiers under his command were from his hometown. As a result, after the battle, 8,000 of his soldiers were martyred.

Thinking of those gray-haired parents looking for their youngest son, and the young children looking for their father, how could he, a teacher, still have the dignity to return to his hometown?

But even so, he also promised to write his name in every death notice personally, and he would not go home shamelessly, but he, a man from the northwest, would not escape.

He would not be like Xiang Yu, who had no face to face the Jiangdong elders and committed suicide. His biggest wish now is to avenge the 8,000 soldiers, fight back to Fululing, and collect their bones.

“Okay, if your tactics can convince me, then it's not a bad idea for me, Zhao, to accompany you in your madness once.” The white-headed general said with determination in his eyes.

"If the Japanese army attacks our southeast Shanxi this time, they will definitely use heavy troops." Tang Dao first set the tone for this battle.

The three generals nodded slightly.

They are all experienced in the battlefield. They know that Japan's change of generals during the war must be dissatisfied with the indoor shroud who made many mistakes in command. The new commander of the North China Front will certainly not give himself the opportunity to make more mistakes.

If he wants to use troops against the southeast of Shanxi, he must ensure victory, so it is imperative to increase his troops.

The think tank of the Second Theater Command is also aware of this, otherwise they would not hastily transfer the uncompleted 17th Division to southeastern Shanxi and delegate the command to the boss of the 80th Group Army. It was a preparation made to cope with this massive Japanese invasion.

"The southeastern part of Shanxi seems vast, but in fact most of it is mountainous. If you want to use heavy troops, you can't effectively deploy the troops from only one or two directions. It is also conducive to our defense along the mountains. Even if the Japanese are powerful, one mountain after another Shan's gnawing hard bones, it is estimated that the fight will not last long, and the troops will be almost exhausted." Tang Dao drew a large circle along the entire southeastern Shanxi map.

“If they want to fight, they must be surrounded on all sides, creating a situation where they can be defeated at every turn.

There are several advantages to doing this. It can not only deploy a huge force, but also use a long front to prevent us from forming a superior force for defense. It can also use their familiar roundabout combat method to make our defenders vulnerable from both sides.

After the initial strategic goals are achieved, they will use our army to either shrink its defenses or be forced to evacuate, and then they will gather heavy troops to attack our army.

Our army has only two choices, either to fight it to the death, or to temporarily retreat in order to preserve its strength and wait for it to retreat before returning.

After all, the Japanese army cannot stay in the mountains all the time. With their logistical capabilities, 10 days is already their limit. "

Tang Dao's analysis all comes from the choices of the Japanese army in the future. In the past time and space, 30,000 Japanese troops did this, let alone twice as many.

Thousands of people would be overcrowded on the narrow mountain road, and the long march would be thousands of meters long. If there were tens of thousands of people, it would not be a good sight if the Chinese army had artillery.

Once the shot went down, flesh and blood flew everywhere, but there was no place to hide.

As long as the Japanese have not been kicked in the head by a donkey, they will never put a division's heavy troops in one direction. "Well, Commander Tang, what you said makes sense." General Baitou nodded. "So, when I go to the theater staff meeting this time, I will definitely put forward my opinion. We must not deploy heavy troops on the outer defense line in southeastern Shanxi. Instead, we should use limited troops internally. Shrinking defense is what our army should do. .

Otherwise, we will fall into the traps that the Japanese army breaks through one by one. "

It can be seen that General Baitou, whose face has become extremely relaxed, still agrees with Tang Dao's initial analysis. He also believes that the Japanese army will encircle them with their strength superiority.

"What Brother Zhao said is true. By contracting the defense, our armies can support each other. No matter how strong the Japanese army is, they cannot penetrate all our defense lines and attack our army from the rear." Commander Li of the 104th Division also nodded and bit. His back molars were set, and his cheeks were bulging high. "Even if the Japanese come to 50,000 or 60,000, we have 100,000 soldiers in the southeast of Shanxi Province, and there are dangerous mountains. Even if it costs people's lives, it can kill this little son."

"That's right, even if we can't win, the mountainous area is vast and no one can block all the passages. We still have hunters here as guides, so we can evacuate at any time. This is called advancing to attack, retreating to defend, and we can evacuate at any time. No need to I'm worried that the Japanese will make dumplings." General Baitou nodded.

Good guys, these two sang and harmonized without letting anyone talk.

　　Some member of the group who called him a good guy in his heart just wanted to roll his eyes.

He really underestimated these two middle-aged uncles. They were tempted by mountain artillery and mortars, but they did not want to hand over the lives of tens of thousands of officers and soldiers to a young man like Tang Dao.

Tang Dao's current analysis is quite reasonable, but after these two people followed Tang Dao's thoughts and said something to each other, it basically became their own strategic thinking. After all, Tang Dao said it himself, so that's not the case. You can't open this mouth, right?

How do you say this? Even though he wanted to get the benefits, he didn't want to agree to the conditions proposed by Tang Dao.

Didn't you see that Brigadier Cheng Da didn't say a word? He was helping Tang Dao! If he adds another analysis, come on, Tang Dao won't have anything to do with it. All strategies and tactics were thought out and discussed by these three people.

At the military meeting of the theater staff, these three cliffs can steal the show.

"The strategy of contracting defense is correct, but as you just said, Commander Zhao, you can evacuate at any time, Tang Dao cannot agree with it, because there is a huge hidden danger." Tang Dao shook his head and interrupted the heated debate between the two lieutenant generals. discussion.

"Captain Tang, please continue." General Baitou was a mature man. After listening to Tang Dao's words, he knew that this was an excuse to express his dissatisfaction, so he immediately stopped talking and pointed at the map to let Tang Dao continue.

After all, Tang Dao now has arms, and that is the sponsor's father. Even he doesn't want to offend.

Commander Li is also an old fox. Even though the Four Elements Regiment is now affiliated with the 22nd Army, it is under the direct jurisdiction of the Army Headquarters. As the commander of the 104th Division, he has no command authority over it. Tang Dao gave him the honor to call him "Sir", if he is young When the man's temper got worse, he would call Mr. Li coldly and tell him to go away slowly, but there was nothing he could do.

Seeing that the two thick-faced uncles finally stopped talking, Tang Dao continued: "In this battle, our army is destined to be unable to withdraw. It is not because we are afraid that the Japanese invaders will use this to threaten Linfen's flanks, but because the Japanese may have more than just this on their mind. I am Linfen City.”

“How do you say that?” General Baitou's eyes narrowed.

The retreat he was talking about was not retreating from the Taihang Mountains, but jumping out of the Japanese encirclement and continuing into the mountains. If the Japanese army turned around and fought against Linfen, the tens of thousands of troops still hiding in the mountains would be around them and could pop out at any time. How dare the Japanese attack Linfen with all their strength after stabbing him with a knife.

Strictly speaking, that is not called a withdrawal, but a tactical transfer. The battlefield has changed, but the battle continues.

Tang Dao just said that the Japanese don't just think this way, then he really hasn't thought about it.

“The Japanese army probably had two wishful thinking in this battle. On the one hand, it was to attack our troops in the southeastern Shanxi region. They would destroy them if they could, and drive them away if they could, so as to clear the way for them to march into Linfen.

On the other hand, if our army moves, they will inevitably raid the divisions, brigades and regiments in the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains, 'kill them all, rob them all, and burn them all', leaving no humans or animals behind.

Even if we come back someday, the village where we are stationed has been completely destroyed, and the foundation of materials and personnel will no longer exist. We can't live by just chewing stones, can we?

Without the skin, the hair will remain. The Japanese want to completely tear off the skin of Taihang Mountain so that our army can no longer stay in the mountainous area for a long time.

What's even more frightening is that if this strategy succeeds, they will definitely use this trick to deal with many Chinese soldiers and civilians who have retreated into the mountains for defense. By then, there will definitely be a **** storm. Tang Dao said solemnly.

“Hiss!” All three generals gasped.

The so -called wake -up people in the dream, as the brutality of the Japanese army currently, is not very likely, but the possibility of 99 % of what Tang Dao said.

What does the army rely on to survive in mountainous areas? The food grown by the mountain people is the main source, and external supplies are only part of it. If the food supplies in the mountains are lost, no troops can stay in this natural defense for a long time.

No matter how iron your will is, it is nothing in the face of hunger.

What's even more terrible is that if the Japanese army tastes the sweetness of the so-called "Three Lights" tactics and does this to all resistance areas, millions of people will die.

"So, our contraction of defense this time is not just to simply shrink the defense line and defend it, nor to take advantage of the geographical advantages of mountainous areas and guerrilla operations, but to implement flexible defense tactics based on the number of people on the marching route of the Japanese army. In some areas, we can I gave up tactically, but there were some areas that I had to defend even to the last man, leaving the Japanese commanders confused and forced to disperse their operations.

Then the Japanese army will inevitably form a situation. Some are fighting hard in the mountainous areas and are exhausted, while others are not much hindered and go deep alone to continue the previously formulated tactics.

Only in this way can we have a chance to give him a hard blow.

For example, in the hundred-mile defense line of our Fourth Army, we use geographical advantages to hold back several units, then surround them with heavy troops, eat one unit, and inflict heavy damage on it. Both psychologically and physically. "Tang Dao looked at the three of them with a solemn gaze.

"But this requires a united group. Some people need to die, even if they know the outcome. It's not that I don't trust the three officers. I can clearly tell them that our Four Elements Group will be the most important part of my tactical plan. The key point is that I need comrades who will carry out my military orders unconditionally. Only in this way can I have no worries."

The beating candlelight reflected in Tang Dao's bright pupils, flickering slightly, like two scorching fires.

The three generals who were holding their breath were stunned for a moment.

The biggest purpose of everyone is to think about how to survive the Japanese army's upcoming massive attack, which is going to be extremely terrifying.

But what this young man envisioned was to annihilate all the Japanese invaders.

However, even after all the events in the world, even the 'sky-high price' arms that Tang Dao just threw out only made them excited but they would not act rashly.

But after asking themselves, they had to admit that they were really moved by the idea proposed by Tang Dao, and they were deeply moved.

Otherwise, why would the breath suddenly become heavier?

Kill the Japanese!

Avenge your brother!

Mom and dad, I'm sorry, my son is gone!

In countless dreams, the roars from those positions where the entire army was wiped out are still lingering.

A general should not be weak, but at that time, there were no tears in his eyes, but his heart was as sharp as a knife!

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