Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 1101

Chapter 1101 Take care!

With the arrival of the two officers who had finished the mobilization meeting there, except for the two commanders of the 12th Division and the 101st Division who were unable to arrive, the main personnel of the frontline headquarters of the Shanxi East Counterattack were basically present.

The main tone of this game about the Japanese army gathering heavy troops to counter-invade Jindong's army took less than 1 minute to completely set the tone.

It is still the point expressed by Tang Dao and Commander Liu before. No matter from a strategic or tactical perspective, 75,000 Chinese soldiers cannot retreat from this battle! There is no way to retreat!

If you can't retreat, you can only fight!

After receiving the order from the frontline headquarters to fight to the death, the 12th Division and the 101st Division each sent messages 30 minutes later.

Obviously, they did not obey blindly, and after some ideological struggle, they even immediately convened a short meeting with the main members of each division.

ˆThose two people also lived up to history's evaluation of them. They made a great choice!

In this world, when faced with a life-and-death decision, most people will choose the former. Only those who are the most heroic and courageous and have certain ideals will make choices that go against human nature.

These people are undoubtedly the best people in China during this period.

Fortunately, China has never lacked such outstanding people in its thousands of years of history. This may be one of the reasons why Chinese civilization has survived for thousands of years!

The hour-long meeting behind the frontline headquarters discussed the issue of how to fight. Except for Tang Dao, a young man in his early 20s, who was here but not a veteran who had been in the army for 20 years?

But Tang Dao is still young, and many of the battlefields he has experienced have not been encountered by many 20-year veterans. Whether it is the defense of Sihang Warehouse or the defense of Songjiang in the face of the siege of 100,000 Japanese troops, they are almost all Battle of the Jedi.

Therefore, given that Tang Dao had experience in this area, in the end, 90% of the question of how to deploy the defense line in this mountain defense battle was based on Tang Dao's opinion.

Tang Dao may not be as experienced in mountain defense battles as these veterans, but Tang Dao has a vision that surpasses this era for nearly a hundred years. In the tactical 'database' in his mind, there are these seniors who have spent their lives and Battlefield experiences of success or failure that were exchanged for blood.

For example, the Chinese army fought a fierce battle with powerful enemies on the northern ice sheet for three years. They used the mountains to fight one after another in blocking battles, tunnel battles, interspersed battles, and breakthrough battles that astonished the younger generations!

Every battle that took place on familiar place names such as Songgu Peak, Five Sacred Mountains, Changjin Lake, Tieyuan, and Huachuan is enough to be selected for classic battle teaching in the top military academies.

The advice given by Tang Dao was exactly the model of the Huachuan Blockade, which is known as one of the two most classic blocking battles on the ice sheet.

Historically, it is said that “there is Tieyuan in the west and Huachuan in the east”!

　　It was also the victory of the blocking battle that was known as "they can only win but not lose, the American cowboys are closest to defeating China", which basically laid the foundation for the final tie in the Icefield Battle.

If this battle is defeated, not only will the elite of a heavily surrounded infantry division be eaten by American cowboys, the connection between the eastern front and the central and western fronts will also be cut off, and a corps of 100,000 troops that is actively retreating north will also be outflanked by the American army. .

Tang Dao will always remember listening to the white-haired professor at the military academy who was so impassioned when explaining this classic blocking battle that tears filled his eyes!

Tang Dao, who was still studying in the military academy at that time, was still very young. He was almost completely immersed in the amazing tactical cases of his ancestors. It was not until a long time ago that he learned that the white-haired old man's father, two uncles and a cousin all Died in the 13-day blocking battle.

Since then, he is the only boy under three years old left in the family!

No matter how brilliant the tactics are, they cannot be realized without sufficient determination and sacrifice. That war was fought by China at the cost of the lives of 400,000 Chinese soldiers.

Now, the lives of 75,000 Chinese soldiers are placed in the vast mountains of eastern Shanxi. If the Japanese want them, come and get them!

The first is the big aspect. The Japanese army will come from three directions, so attack them in three directions!

On the frontal battlefield from east to west, except for a few mountain roads that are only passable by pedestrians, the only way for the army to enter the towering Taihang is Niangzi Pass!

If you want to attack Niangzi Pass, apart from the front, Wulu Ridge is a must-defend place!

There will be an extremely critical line of defense in these two places. It is expected that the incoming enemy will not be less than one complete division. If Commander Zhao of the 17th Division is willing to fight again at Fululing, then the 17th Division will defend the distance. Guan 8 kilometers of Fululing area.

After all, Commander Li of the 104th Division never managed to grab Tang Dao. In fact, when Tang Dao completely displayed his four-line regiment's artillery and artillery, which had up to 12 mountain cannons, 12 150-meter heavy guns, 24 machine guns, and 24 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns. After the air defense strength, whether it is the 104th Division, the 17th Division or the 921st Division, they can only take the lead.

It is conceivable that the Japanese army will use aircraft and heavy artillery to bomb and shell the main position of Niangziguan day and night! Except for the Four Elements Regiment, there really is no one who has the strength to say that they will be able to defend this line of defense that is vital to the life and death of the entire army.

Once the Japanese army breaks through Niangzi Pass, the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains will be opened up, and the Japanese army can completely penetrate the other two lines of defense, then they can really be like ants carrying bread-gnawing away piece by piece.

As a result, the defense line of more than ten kilometers in the Niangziguan area was handed over to the Sixth Regiment and the 17th Division!

From south to east, the Japanese 18th Division is eyeing the enemy, and there are even parts of the 20th Division and even part of the 108th Division. With just five infantry regiments of the 921st Division, it is necessary to deploy a defense line of more than 20 kilometers, which is obviously extremely difficult.

So, Commander Li, who had not grabbed Tang Dao at Niangziguan, decided to defend this line of defense with the 921st Division.

But this journey is also not very optimistic. The strength of the Japanese army is not yet clear at this time, but it is estimated that it will not be less than 30,000, or even more.

"I'm afraid of picking on him. The worst I can do is spread nails. If the Japanese want to break through my defense, I have to swallow them one nail at a time." Mr. Li bit his back molars, veins popping up on his forehead. He expressed his determination with an almost ferocious expression.

The 'Starfall Tactics' was taught to him by Tang Dao and used in the last battle in southeast Shanxi. It took six days to completely polish the spirit of the Second Mixed Brigade, laying the foundation for the final destruction of the Second Mixed Brigade. A solid foundation was laid.

However, his own casualties were also extremely heavy!

After that battle, only half of the nearly eight infantry companies were left. If the timeline was extended further, he didn't know whether the troops could hold on any longer.

"This time! You don't have to fight with them with your life. If you really can't hold on, just retreat, wait until night, and then counterattack. Commander Li, don't forget, you also have mountain cannons and shells in your hands now! We are afraid of the enemy's artillery shells, why aren't the enemy afraid of our artillery shells?" Tang Dao said with a smile.

"Hey! If you have any evil ideas, don't hide them. Come and tell them now!" Mr. Li immediately became interested.

That is not because of blind optimism about Tang Dao, but because it contains China's unique wisdom of “retreating to advance”.

What Tang Dao said about "losing the position and then counterattacking to regain it" is a typical fighting method in the ice field battle. It is not terrible to lose the position on the surface of the mountain. Every night, it relies on counterattack to regain it. In the night battle, without the support of fighter planes, the American cowboys have almost no If you don't run away, you will either be killed by the artillery fire organized by the Chinese, or you will be killed by countless counterattack forces in the form of infantry squads.

So much so that in the end, the American army did not dare to station too many troops on the newly captured high ground in order to preserve its strength. However, this had a negative consequence. The fewer the troops, the easier it was to lose them! The attack was reorganized the next day, and a new round of attrition war continued.

Fighting in the mountains, if you don't seize the high ground, attacking is a waste!

Of course, this was due to the disparity in equipment between the two sides at the time. The firepower of the American cowboys was too fierce during the day. Five-hundred-pound aerial bombs were thrown away as if they were free, and the 150-caliber howitzer was not stopped during the day.

The Chinese army can only take such "retreat as advance" measures to prevent soldiers from being completely exposed to heavy firepower.

The firepower of the Japanese is nothing compared to the American cowboys! But it is much more ferocious than the Chinese army. This combat model can be used as a reference.

Although the heavy firepower of the 104th Division and the 921st Division is still not as good as that of the Japanese army, the 104th Division currently has 8 mountain cannons, which can be regarded as a mountain artillery battalion. Each infantry regiment has 6 82 mortars, and 7 37 cannons that can break armor fortifications. millimeter combat anti-artillery; for the 921st Division's expedition, the Eightyth Army allocated a reinforced artillery battalion with 16 mountain guns to them. Not only did the 683rd Brigade also have a Liao-made 150-heavy mortar battalion equipped with Tang Dao, , coupled with a bunch of Oerlikon 20mm machine guns that have been eliminated by the Four Row Regiment, and focus their fire on a few hills, the Japanese will be bombed and cry!

Of course, there is no need to go into too much detail about Tang Dao. Veteran generals like Lao Li, Commander Liu and Brigadier Cheng who have much more battlefield experience than Tang Dao can immediately draw inferences and make adjustments according to the battlefield situation.

As long as the defense line is not completely broken through, and the Japanese army is not allowed to form an intersecting, divided and surrounded situation, it is not terrible to occupy one, two or even ten highlands. If they can be taken back, it will not be done well. With Brigadier Cheng who invented the genius tunnel tactics , and also played some other new tricks, which were beyond what Tang Dao could predict.

This thing is like writing a novel. The articles are innate and come by chance. Wonderful sentences or chapters are rarely conceived in advance. They just come out as they are written.

The same is true on the battlefield. There has never been a general who said that I had already planned to fight this way, but the enemy will not fight according to your thoughts, right? It was a back-and-forth fight, and due to the commander's flash of inspiration, or even due to the stunning battle of a unit or a soldier, a wonderful tactic was completed inadvertently.

In addition to these two lines of defense, another important line of defense is of course the Shandong rear wing.

The 12th Division and the 101st Division are currently no more than 10 kilometers apart, and are only 15 kilometers away from the rear flank. In addition, the strength of the enemy who came before is unknown, but it is most likely a part of the Fifth Division.

Division Commander Liu's original intention was to use one of the divisions to counterbalance the attack, and use the other division as a reserve to provide support to the other three lines of defense. This kind of thinking is normal. In any battle, the commander will leave a reserve force, which can not only replenish the troops who have suffered heavy losses on the front line, but also rotate the troops who have stayed on the front line for too long.

The battlefield is a state of high tension. Not to mention the daytime combat time, even at night, in order to prevent the enemy from sneak attacks at night, even if there are sentries, the officers and soldiers on the position would like to turn a blind eye when sleeping. That kind of huge spirit The pressure is difficult for ordinary people to understand.

　　No one knows how many days this battle will last. Soldiers are human beings, not iron. Rotating the soldiers down for repairs, even if they have to eat hot meals and sleep soundly, is a way to maintain continuous combat effectiveness.

But Tang Dao raised objections!

If it is the fifth division, it will be very difficult for one infantry division and four infantry regiments to resist with ten thousand people. Instead of waiting for them to suffer heavy losses and then dispatching reserves to replace them, it is better to put them on the defensive line from the beginning. On the battlefield, at least firepower points and various fortifications can be deployed in advance.

The reason why Tang Dao finally convinced Commander Liu was that since the Fifth Division entered the Chinese battlefield, except for the Battle of Taierzhuang, where the Fifth War Zone lured the enemy deep and then gathered heavy troops to surround and kill nearly ten thousand people, it had not suffered a single defeat in other battlefields. , from their division commander Itagaki Shiro to a small second-class soldier, their nostrils are pointed upward, very arrogant.

They are most likely to choose to use an infantry regiment and artillery to confront the Chinese army on the defense line, and then use another detachment to circle behind the enemy's rear to look for fighter planes.

Shandong's rear flank defense line not only needs to be wide enough, but also needs to be deep enough, which requires sufficient troops to complete the deployment.

Only two infantry divisions with more than 20,000 troops can complete this important task.

The Japanese army is fierce and its strength will definitely exceed that of the Jindong army, so the entire army must be mobilized to give them a head-on attack first!

As for the reserve force, the division, brigade, and regiment level commanders on each defense line will formulate their own plans based on the battlefield situation.

In the end, both Commander Liu and the Chief of Staff agreed to Tang Dao's plan!

The next step is for the frontline headquarters to send a signal to each division headquarters, informing the frontline headquarters staff department of the decision to stipulate the defense areas of each division. Each division will then allocate highlands to its brigades, regiments, battalions, and companies, and formulate highland markings to the frontline. Command record.

At the same time, the frontline command also sent a message to the general headquarters in the rear to report its decision. The staff of the communications company became the busiest group at this time, and the radio waves were continuously sent out from this humble mountain village.

More than 75,000 soldiers from the First Regiment of the Fifth Jindong Division quickly took action. According to the areas planned by the frontline headquarters and divisions, brigades, regiments, and battalions, they occupied high ground, frantically built fortifications, set up firepower points, and dug tunnels.

Yes, digging reverse **** tunnels was originally a necessity for the Four Lines Regiment's mountain warfare. Later, Brigadier Cheng "stole the master" and learned it, and then it was passed on to the 17th Division and the 104th Division. Commander Liu did not hide it, either. The telegram ordered the 101st Division and the 12th Division to invest manpower and material resources to build tunnels that could avoid Japanese heavy artillery and aerial bombs.

Even if we can't build a tunnel that is deep underground due to time constraints, we can always build a trench that is deeper behind the ridge!

The anti-incline tunnel that has been used in countless actual battles is the most suitable tactic for reducing shelling casualties, no one!

The time the Japanese army left for everyone may have been less than two days!

The news that nearly 100,000 Japanese troops would be surrounded completely stimulated all participating troops, from army colonels to privates, to participate in the vigorous construction of fortifications.

After receiving the news, the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Line Regiment who were sweating profusely and building frantically could not help but secretly rejoice that they had pretty good habits, which gave them at least four more hours.

The officers and soldiers of the 921st Division over there also began to rejoice at the wisdom of their commanders. They had dug up a lot of railways in front of them. Not only did they take away the railway tracks, but the leaders of each regiment and battalion also asked them to take a lot of painstaking efforts to bring away a lot of black, thick, and heavy weapons. "We are walking on a sleeper, one of which can weigh tens of kilograms or even a hundred kilograms. It is tiring to cut firewood and burn it, but many people secretly complained that the leaders did not care about the lives of those below.

It's good now. There is no shortage of trees in the Taihang Mountains, but you have to cut them down now, right? Besides, not all wood is suitable for fortification. Some wood is too soft and bullets will penetrate it as soon as it is hit. When the air wave of the cannonball comes, it will be blown away, so you have to waste time looking for it.

The sleepers that are placed on the gravel to cushion the train are different. The sleepers need to be flexible and elastic enough. They are usually made of pine wood and have been treated with anti-corrosion. They are equipped with sandbags and use those rails as bones. One can The semi-sunken fortifications for the anti-infantry guns would not take long to complete.

After the war, many commentators on war history were concerned about the contribution of the 921st Division in the forced defensive battle in eastern Shanxi. They even preferred to ignore its wonderful tactics of interspersing counterattacks during the defensive battle, but also focused on the military force it carried. More than 1,000 sleepers and nearly 20 tons of rails were predicted in advance.

As if the 921st Division had foreseen the difficulties they would encounter in this counterattack in advance, they actually turned the division's more than 10,000 people, more than 200 war horses, and more than 800 pack horses into a large "baggage team."

It was this batch of important materials that allowed them to build an 18-kilometer-long steel defense line in the mountains in two days, with 130 underground tunnels and 260 semi-sunk bunkers, which allowed at least thousands of Chinese officers and soldiers to Avoid death from artillery fire and Japanese bombings!

Of course, that's all for later!

Tang Dao, who had attended this important military meeting, didn't even eat dinner, so he took Niu Er and others who had been waiting outside the small courtyard to say goodbye to several officers.

Everyone in the Fourth Army Regiment is still waiting eagerly for his return. Each battalion and each company has deployed. Although Lei Xiong and Ye Chenghuan should also be deployed, he, the chief officer, has to make further considerations based on the terrain and geography.

After all, he was the one who knew best the personalities of the battalion, company, and platoon leaders of the Fourth Army Regiment. Lei Xiong, who had always had a loose and careless personality, did not pay attention to these.

Several officers also knew that Tang Dao was eager to return to the team, so they did not force him to stay. Although they were all very busy, they still sent Tang Dao out of the small courtyard together.

Tang Dao got on the horse and was just about to pinch the horse's belly to urge it to move.

“Brother Tang, wait!” Following the shout, Brigadier Cheng, who had disappeared for a while, hurried from the other side of the village.

“I knew you were going to leave in a hurry. Fortunately, I asked the cooking team to prepare meat buns for you in advance!” Brigadier Cheng smiled as he came closer.

There were also a few soldiers carrying baskets behind them. The baskets contained steaming steamed buns. They were called Roujiamo, but they were not as exquisite as later generations of Roujiamo. The meat was not only fat but also lean and chopped. Roumo is a big piece of fat meat stuffed into a steamed bun.

But in this kind of wartime, it is a rare delicacy!

"You don't have to dismount. I'll get it for you right away. It's getting dark soon, isn't it?" Brigadier Cheng saw that Tang Dao and others were about to dismount, so he quickly stopped them.

With a wave of his hand, several soldiers took three for each person and stuffed them into their clothes. If they wanted to eat, they could just take them out and nibble them.

　　The elites of the Four Elements Regiment, who fought their way out of a million-strong army and did not wash their faces or brush their teeth for half a month, are not that particular!

Brigadier Cheng, who personally delivered the meat buns to the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Army Regiment, was busy all the time, not like a general, but like an elder brother who was sending off his brothers on a journey.

This is just a farewell, I wonder if we will see each other again!

So, don't say goodbye!

“Brother Cheng, I'm leaving, take care of yourself!” Tang Dao's nose was slightly sore, and he sat on his horse and gave a military salute to Brigadier Cheng!

“Sir, take care!” Niu and others raised their hands in salute!

With the sound of Tang Dao's "drive", the thunderous hoofbeats of more than 20 war horses resounded throughout the valley!

“Brother, take care!” Brigadier Cheng returned the salute and waved goodbye to the cavalry that was already running forward.

At this time, the sun is about to set, and the sky is filled with red clouds!

(End of this chapter)

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