Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 1191

“What?” Comrade Lao Guo, who had never had enough energy due to his weak body, raised his voice by 50 decibels.

There was also a look of disbelief in his eyes.

If he didn't know enough about Tang Dao, his newly recognized eldest nephew, 'Hezi' would definitely be a 'fool'.

His 43rd Army, in cooperation with Xue Yue's 70th Army, had just fought a **** battle with the Japanese 106th Division in the Mahuiling Town area, and suffered 3,000 casualties in exchange for 1,800 Japanese troops. Although the record was good, it was still a strain.

If we follow what Tang Dao said and fight Jiujiang again, then the 26th Division he has just replenished will be almost the same as during the Songhu War, with basically only a few skeletons left.

To be honest, after the Battle of Central China has reached this stage, Comrade Guo, who has been a soldier for half his life, has actually understood that although this battle may not be as big a defeat as the Battle of Songhu, with loss of people and territory, Jiangcheng basically cannot be saved.

How much attention did the Japanese army attach to this battle?

Intelligence from the Chinese theater shows that the Japanese army has invested a total of 350,000 troops in the army and navy, mobilized more than 500 aircraft, more than 120 warships, and spent 3.25 billion yen in combat expenses.

In August, the Japanese base camp issued Order No. 188 and Chief of Staff Order No. 250: "Capture Jiangcheng and expel the Chinese government from the Central Plains!" The dwarf sitting on the throne even stated clearly: "What we are looking forward to in this war is What is happening is that the power represented by the Chinese government is reduced to local power!”

The Japanese army can be said to have gone all out!

Actually, to be precise, it is already considered an overload for the Japanese Army! It was not until after the war that the Ministry of War documents of the Japanese base camp were declassified: "The Army devoted all its efforts to the Battle of Central China, and there was no room for emergency response!" At that time, the only Guards Division left in Japan was also on standby to reinforce the Battle of Central China on the Chinese battlefield. !

Faced with the Japanese army's desperate tactics that almost smoked out their fists, even if China gathered nearly 1.1 million troops and all the navy and air force in the country, it would be difficult to achieve final victory.

Of course, that person was quite rational. On the one hand, he gathered his remaining strength to fight the Japanese army, and on the other hand, he also put forward a guideline: "Our army's battle this time will not focus on the gains and losses of one city or one place, but on the initiative. Choose a favorable combat area and achieve the goal of annihilating the enemy's effective forces!”

The supreme commander of China's military power had a rare moment of sobriety and accepted the "protracted war" strategy proposed by Principal Baili and An Yan.

Lao Guo was determined enough to resist the war, but he was also a deep-minded and active person. During the Battle of Songhu, he fought bravely and bravely to the last soldier. Now, the supreme commander said so, not to fight for anything. For one area of the city, annihilating the enemy counts. We can just run and fight. Why should we hold on to a certain place and fight hard?

Especially seeing that Jiangcheng was bound to be lost, the idea of temporarily preserving their strength and returning to the southwestern Sichuan and Guizhou provinces to take advantage of the high mountains and dense forests to fight the Japanese army again gained the upper hand.

Then he knew that Tang Dao didn't even think about it, and directly said something completely opposite to his thinking.

However, after the brief surprise, Comrade Lao Guo still stabilized his emotions in a very short time. He reached out to pick up a cigarette and lit it. He took a deep breath and looked at Tang Dao: "Why?"

Tang Dao walked straight to the map and pointed to the area where Mahuiling Town is located: "Because the 106th Division is here!"

"Did you know that although the 106th Division is a special division, its backbone of veterans are all drawn from the 6th Division, and its combat effectiveness is no weaker than that of ordinary regular divisions like the 14th and 18th Divisions." Lao Guo The comrade's eyes were dark.

"In the Battle of Mahuiling Town, our 26th Division with 3 infantry regiments totaling more than 7,000 people fought against the enemy's infantry regiments and artillery brigades, losing nearly half of them. The 70th Army and the 4th Army had a total of 3 infantry divisions. Nearly 50,000 people can barely resist its main force!

Now, both the 70th Army and the 4th Army have retreated to the Lushan area. In addition to the 106th Division, the Japanese 9th Division has captured Ruichang and is advancing to the southwest. Commander Xue's headquarters only has 2nd Army with a total of 60,000 troops. Plus I have less than ten thousand people, do you think you can stop them?

Not all infantry regiments can be equipped with mountain artillery and heavy weapons like your four-line regiment! "

"In addition, I want to tell you one thing. Intelligence shows that the enemy's 106th Division, which is resting in Mahuiling Town, has received 6,000 additional troops. The commander of the 11th Army, Gangcun Xiaoci, has also transferred the 22nd Infantry Division from Hangzhou. The 52nd Artillery Regiment affiliated to the division has been assigned to the 106th Division. The division has up to 15,000 combat infantry and is equipped with more than 60 75mm howitzers. Tang Dao, how do you say we will fight? "

"You can fight!" Tang Dao seemed not to have heard Comrade Lao Guo's solemn analysis of the enemy's strength. He still stared at the map and nodded affirmatively.

The map marked the Chinese military garrison at the junction of Gan Province and Hubei Province. It took Tang Dao a few seconds to finally confirm that although the upcoming battle was slightly delayed by a few days, the deployment of both sides was still the same.

Commander Xue, who was famous for his tough battles, still stubbornly put up an "anti-eight-character formation". The seven infantry corps were all in Ruichang and Lushan areas, and the main force of his 1st Corps was in Ruichang. Chang and Wuning were fighting with the Japanese army, and a very narrow gap appeared between Nanxun Railway and Ruiwu Road!

Koji Okamura, who is known as the "Japanese Zhuge Liang", not only has sufficient strategic and tactical vision, but also has "eyes in the sky". The Japanese reconnaissance planes fly over the battlefield more than ten times a day, which is much better than the Chinese commander. .

If nothing unexpected happens, Okamura Koji will not let go of that 'mistake' that seems inconspicuous to many people!

“Eh? From what you say, it seems like there's some bargain to be gained!”

As expected of Lao Guo, seeing that he had described the situation of both the enemy and ourselves on the battlefield so clearly, yet Tang Dao still firmly claimed that he could fight, he knew that there must be a story in it.

If you were someone who didn't know Tang Dao well, just looking at Tang Dao's age, you would definitely assume that he was just a fool, and that would be the end of the matter. But people like Lao Guo and Lao Wu of the 67th Army knew very well who If the little fox Tang Dao was regarded as a reckless man, it would be a trivial matter for him to beat him until he was numb and unrecognizable. There were not just one or two Japanese generals who even lost their heads.

“Uncle Guo, your conclusion of picking up a bargain is a bit biased!” Tang Dao grinned. "You should say, what's the big deal?"

“Don't say it yet, I'll take a look at it later!” Comrade Lao Guo took a breath and stared at the map unwillingly for a long time.

Although there are no eggs, no flowers can be seen.

The map still shows that three divisions and one detachment of the Japanese Eleventh Army are attacking fiercely with nearly 90,000 troops. It is extremely difficult for the Chinese seven infantry corps with a total of 200,000 troops to resist. He cannot fill in the less than 10,000 troops. It is said that a drop of water in the sea is at most a small spray, useless.

"Uncle Guo, look! Is there a gap here? If you were Gangcun Xiaoci, what would you do?" Tang Dao smiled slightly and pointed to the gap in the defense line.

“It's my words, I dare not enter, but it's Gangcun Xiaoci's words,” Comrade Lao Guo replied, following the area pointed by Tang Dao's finger in silence for a moment.

It's not that he, Lao Guo, is timid, but that the battlefield is hundreds of miles across, but both sides have gathered more than 300,000 troops for a fierce battle. The only troops he can use as a commander are actually three infantry regiments. Let him get through that. If there is a gap, if the tactical goal is not achieved, the opponent will directly mobilize his troops to swallow it up.

Who is Danggangcun Xiaoci? He has a major Japanese general with 100,000 troops in his hands, and the Japanese offensive is in full swing at this time. If he sees this gap in the defense line, the possibility of being tempted is higher than 70%.

On the battlefield, for a commander, a probability higher than 50% is worth a gamble, let alone 70%.

“So! Uncle Guo, where do you think Gangcun Xiaoci will send the Japanese army?”

"You mean the 106th Division?" Comrade Lao Guo's eyes were full of murderous intent.

The 106th Division was only established in Japan in May this year. If we have any grudge against Lao Guo, we had a **** battle with the 26th Division at Mahuiling half a month ago. However, 3000 was exchanged for 1800. The two sides were fighting each other. The bleeding caused a bruise on the nose and face, but the 106th Division didn't take any big advantage.

But the parent body of the 106th Division is the 6th Division, and its skeleton is all transferred from the 6th Division. The 6th Division that entered Jinling had a great feud with the Chinese army. The red-eyed Chinese army is not only the 43rd Army, the 70th Army and the 4th Army also fought a **** battle with the 106th Division, directly beating the 106th Division for less than half a month, just to replenish the troops. 6,000 people were added.

Originally I didn't want to mention the 106th Division, but now Tang Dao is in charge, and when I hear the name of the 106th Division, will new and old hatreds surge into Comrade Lao Guo's heart?

“Wait a minute, don't say it, don't say it, I'll take a look!” After all, Comrade Lao Guo was still unwilling to let Tang Dao give out any ideas. After all, he was considered a famous general in Sichuan, right?

"When the 106th Division is dispatched, it must cut off the connection between the Nanxun Railway and Ruiwu Road. That is the defense area of the 4th Army. They currently have less than 23,000 troops. It will be too difficult to defend. If we add our 43rd Army, ." Lao Guo shook his head slightly and sighed.

"No! Now the 106th Division has all the troops, with more than 60 75mm howitzers, and aircraft to assist. Even if we unite our two armies, there will be heavy casualties. This is not a bargain, but a road to the south!"

“However, I can report this news to the 4th Army so that they are not caught off guard.”

"Haha, the 4th Army plus the 43rd Army can't stop it, so what about the 66th Army, the 74th Army, the 91st Division, the 19th Division, and the 6th Reserve Division?" Tang Dao pointed his finger at the map. Click, smiled.

"What do you mean?" Comrade Lao Guo was not stupid. He was stunned for a moment and understood what Tang Dao meant.

Except for the 66th Army and the 74th Army, which are under the jurisdiction of the First Army on the Lushan front line, the remaining three infantry divisions are still in reserve behind the defense line. The only one who can mobilize them is that person.

That almost means that this gap was left intentionally by the commander of the 1st Army Corps of the 9th Theater Zone. Otherwise, who could cooperate with him in mobilizing tens of thousands of reserves?

“Forty thousand people can't kill the 20,000 people in his 106th Division, so just add two more 40,000 people!” Tang Dao had a smile in his eyes. "Uncle Guo, now you understand why Commander Xue let the 43rd Army rest so easily!" "The man named Xue is really not a thing!" Comrade Guo's pale face flushed.

Not only angry, but also ashamed.

What makes me angry is that the commander of the First Army is really a dog. He is afraid that his 43rd Army will make new achievements again. His face is full of sighs and praises the 43rd Army's tenacity. In order to avoid greater losses, he agreed to return to the Jiangcheng Defense Area to rest. In fact, the special thing is that After using up one kick, kick it far away to avoid sharing the victory points.

What is embarrassing is that he claims to be one of the most intelligent generals in Sichuan, but he is played around by the commander who is seven or eight years younger than him. Before today, he was grateful and wanted to give him two gold bars.

Hey guys, are all young people today such idiots?

"You are not a good person! You shouldn't have told me earlier." After scolding that person, Comrade Lao Guo, still angry, pointed at the Tang Dao.

'Don't you always say that you don't need to say that you don't need to say it? ' Tang Dao wanted to give him a big look, but in the end he held back and let the uncle who was deceived get angry for a while longer, so as not to continue to take the blame for someone.

However, Comrade Lao Guo's anger is also white.

Tang Dao knows how awesome Xue Boling is. During the war, he won titles such as the "Three Musketeers of the Guangdong Army", the "God of War of Resistance Against Japan", and "the Chinese general who annihilated the most Japanese troops during the War of Resistance". The key is that he lives a long time!

This man who was born at the end of the 19th century lived to the end of the 20th century in one breath, and was just one or two years away from touching the threshold of the 21st century.

The so-called princes, generals, great ministers, and illustrious military exploits have all turned into smoke after hundreds of years. However, General Xue has lived for hundreds of years, whether on the battlefield or in the political arena, and has outlasted all his opponents. , looking at everyone lying down, do you think you are a big winner?

In any case, even Tang Dao is not confident that he can compete with him in terms of survival, so his handsomeness can slightly overwhelm him.

Not to mention Comrade Lao Guo, even his opponent Gangcun Xiaoci once made a helpless evaluation: "It is easy to shake a mountain, but it is difficult to shake General Xue!"

That was all the result of being beaten out of the shadow. The battle at Wanjialing was actually the first battle in which Xue Boling beat Gangcun Xiaoci.

The Fourth Defense Battle of Tanzhou, where he was the most glorious in the Great Patriotic War, has not yet begun.

Yes, the battlefield where Tang Daoli led the 43rd Army to fight Jiujiang again was in Wanjialing!

That was also the most glorious moment for the Chinese army in the entire Central China Campaign.

This was largely due to the "Japanese Zhuge Liang" who was keenly aware of the loopholes in the Chinese army's defense line through the high-altitude observation of the reconnaissance plane, and decisively dispatched the 106th Division, which was still in the rest period.

Then, the arrogant 106th Division, under the "smart" command of its commander, advanced alone.

As a result, the commander of the First Army of China's Ninth Theater Zone who had leaked the flaw was a very ruthless person. When the 106th Division was about to arrive at the Wanjialing battlefield, he obtained his permission and frantically mobilized troops and sent 100,000 generals. The army advanced in the high mountains, blocking the direction of the 106th Division with the 4th Army, and surrounded 16,000 people of the 106th Division in a big pocket on the Wanjialing battlefield.

There is a clear enough description of this battle in war history:

On October 5th and 6th, the main force of the 1st Corps, the 74th Army and other units, fought fierce battles with the Japanese 106th Division in Changling, Beixi Street, Zhanggushan, Shiziyan and other places.

On October 7, General Xue believed that the time had come to annihilate the Japanese army facing him, and issued a combat order to launch a general attack on the enemy's 106th Division. At 8 o'clock that night, the general attack began. The 66th Army led the 195th Division and the 160th Division. The division attacked and advanced towards Shibao Mountain.

Under the command of the division commander, the 51st Division of the 74th Army, with the 153rd Brigade as the main attack force and the 151st Brigade as the reserve force, attacked Zhanggushan with the main force and occupied the main position of Zhanggushan.

The Japanese army counterattacked that night, and the fighting was fierce. "The reserves of the 305th Regiment were exhausted, and the battalion commander Wang Zhiqian was killed. There were also many casualties below the company commander." By the morning of the 8th, under bombardment by more than 20 Japanese aircraft, the Japanese launched a counterattack and both fought fiercely. The commander of the 305th Regiment, Tang Shenghai, and the battalion commander, Hu Xiong, were both seriously injured. At dusk, the national army once again captured the main position of Zhanggu Mountain. Yu Qingxiang, the acting commander of the 305th regiment, died for his country. The officers and soldiers suffered heavy casualties and were not allowed to retreat.

Under the attack of the Chinese army, the Japanese 106th Division suffered heavy casualties, especially among the grassroots officers of the Japanese army. General Tian Junliu, commander of the Central China Front Army, personally organized the airdrop of more than 200 officers below the commander of the regiment to the Wanjialing area to strengthen its strength. , which is unique in the entire Chinese Anti-Japanese War.

At 15:00, General Xue ordered each unit to select 200 to 500 brave soldiers to form a brave team to serve as the leading assault. At the same time, all ministers and ministers were forward to command, and General Xue himself also went to the front line.

At 18 o'clock, the artillery fire was prepared. At 19:00, the Fengyong team attacked, followed closely by the main forces, attacking across the board at Jianlusu, Wanjialing, Tianbusu, Leimingguliu, Yangjiashan and other places.

The troops rushed forward one after another, stepping on the corpses and rushing forward!

After a night of **** fighting, the defensive position of the 106th Division completely collapsed. In fierce fighting until the morning of the 10th, the 66th Army recovered Wanjialing and Tianbusu, the 4th Army recovered the southwest highland of Dajinshan and the highland east of Jianlusu, the 74th Army recovered Zhanggushan, and the 91st Division recovered Wuming northeast of Yangjiashan. Village, the 142nd Division regained the high ground at the northern end of Yangjiashan.

During the battle, the avant-garde commando of the 4th Army suddenly reached within a hundred meters of the headquarters of the 106th Division in Wanjialing. Because it was too dark and they suffered heavy casualties, they were unable to detect Lieutenant General Matsuura in time.

According to the confession of a Japanese prisoner after the battle: "We have reached the vicinity of the division headquarters several times, and all the staff of the headquarters have been dispatched to participate in the battle. The division commander also has a gun in his hand. If you resolutely advance 100 meters, the division commander will He was captured or committed seppuku.”

Failed to capture Rokuro Matsuura alive, which became the biggest regret in this battle.

On the 11th, thousands of remnants of the 106th Division retreated to areas of less than 5 square kilometers such as Leiminggu Liu, Shimaceng Liu, Tong Hanfu, and Pine Tree Bear, waiting for reinforcements.

Okamura Ningji strictly ordered all ministries to reinforce Wanjialing at all costs. In view that the main goal of annihilating the 106th Division has been basically achieved, and all units suffered heavy casualties, General Xue ordered all units to withdraw from the battle!

At this point, the Battle of Wanjialing ended, with a total of 14,000 Japanese invaders annihilated and more than 300 captured!

In the past, the Chinese army had tried its best and commanded bravely and fearlessly, but it was really not lucky enough to encircle and annihilate the division headquarters of the 106th Division.

But in this era, Tang Dao has arrived, and luck, this illusory thing, is no longer on the side of the Japanese army.

"Then I will send electricity to the war zone immediately and lead our army back to the battlefield!" Comrade Lao Guo was also decisive. Knowing that what Tang Dao said was very reasonable, he would not waste the opportunity easily.

If the 43rd Army wins again, it is by no means a fantasy to be upgraded to a group army. Comrade Lao Guo also has great ambitions.

Tang Dao smiled slightly and did not make any further suggestions.

In terms of playing tricks, Comrade Lao Guo can get rid of this young boy dozens of blocks away. He can come up with more than ten reasons for how he wants to go back, especially in this kind of war.

What he had to do was to take the 43rd Army to the battlefield closest to the 106th Division Headquarters and completely block the last way out for the Japanese division commander who fled in a hurry.

“What about you? The mission of escorting the Western Observation Group has been completed. Do you want to return to the northern battlefield immediately?” Comrade Lao Guo blinked.

The meaning is self-explanatory!

"How could Tang Dao miss such a big battle!" Tang Dao's eyes were filled with fighting intent.

"Haha! I knew you wouldn't let go of this opportunity to **** a kid. You are now the colonel of my security department! You just don't have military pay!" Lao Guo laughed.

The middle-aged uncle's face was rosy, no longer pale as before, and his serious illness caused by the poisonous gas seemed to be getting better.

It seems that penicillin has been saved again!

Tang Dao, who was standing straight, also smiled brightly!

I just don't know if Comrade Lao Guo, who has a generous heart, will beat his eldest nephew after he knows what he is thinking.

Chapter end

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