Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 769

Chapter 769: The young man who has gone through a thousand sailings

“Brother Jingshan, where did you get so much equipment?” Commander Zhang, who was so shocked by the rich Northeastern Army, couldn't help but be curious in the end.

“Hehe, as long as Brother Zhang gives up the LY battlefield, I will give you the equipment of an infantry regiment of the 59th Army on behalf of Commander Wu. How about it?” Tang Dao said with a smile.

The Northeast Army's secret arsenal located on the outskirts of Xuzhou is basically no longer necessary on the battlefield of the upcoming war. If the excess weapons are not sent out, they will become trophies of the Japanese.

At this point, Tang Daoke knows the direction of the war better than anyone else in this era. Naturally, he doesn't feel bad about selling Ye Tian, and he opens his mouth with a full regiment and equipment.

Of course, as for the existence of this arsenal, that is not a big secret that Tang Dao can tell, and it is still left to Comrade Lao Wu to decide.

“An infantry regiment?” Commander Zhang, who had seen a lot of people in the world, was also startled by Tang's open-mouthed generosity.

That must be a shock. When an infantry regiment is fully equipped, even if two people have one gun like the most miserable Sichuan army, there are only a few heavy machine guns, and hundreds of thousands of oceans can't reach the ground.

But what kind of person Commander Zhang was, he immediately knew that behind this was definitely the Northeastern Military Department, a big tycoon who had a secret arsenal. Looking at the whole country, only they who had dominated the Northeast for more than 20 years had the strength to spend so much.

As for whether Tang Dao could make the decision for Comrade Wu who was going to the theater headquarters, from the moment Commander Zhang received the telegram asking for help from Comrade Wu who was on his way to Xuzhou City, he knew that Tang Dao, the little regiment leader, was there. The weight in the heart of a lieutenant-general is not that of a nephew rather than a nephew.

Thinking about the battlefields they have experienced together, it is not difficult to understand. Whether they were trapped in the isolated city of Songjiang or the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, they were almost all desperate situations. The camaraderie tempered in such an environment is obvious. Very humanly understandable.

However, under the reflection of the close comrades-in-arms relationship formed by Comrade Tang Dao and Lao Wu fighting side by side, it is inevitable to think of the old brother who he has treated sincerely for many years, but at such an important moment, he finally chose to preserve his reputation and reputation. The Lieutenant General, whose status and thoughts were no longer as depressed as before, could not help but feel a little sad.

However, after Tang Dao took the initiative to open up the scars in his heart and let him face it, this kind of dejection and sadness suddenly disappeared from the heart-breaking pain every time he thought about it, and it just flashed through his thoughts.

"Okay! Our 59th Army is in need of this batch of equipment. I don't care whether you are bragging, Brother Tang. As long as you say this, I will not fight with Brother Jingshan for the must-defend city of LY!" Commander Zhang did not mean to be hypocritical at all. , I agreed immediately.

"Brother Zhang, why don't you refuse? For example, it's not easy for you to say favor to me. This favor is better for you to go to Commander Wu yourself. To use a common saying: You are not following the routine!" Tang Dao blinked. Eye.

"Haha! Although Jingshan lied to me about the merits on the battlefield, he still told me the truth after all. You can't be polite to anyone you want to be polite to, Brother Tang Dao. Otherwise, you will lose all your dignity. ” Commander Zhang couldn't help but laugh loudly.

“Hey! It's really not a good feeling to be seen through!” Tang Dao shook his head and sighed.

Commander Zhang laughed loudly again.

The hearty laughter spread out of the house, causing several of Commander Zhang's personal guards to look at each other. They were all former members of the 38th Division's guard battalion. It had been more than a month since they saw the old commander again, and they had never seen him so happy.

In my heart, I admire Tang Dao, the famous leader of the Four Elements Regiment. Not only can he become so familiar with the military commander in such a short period of time, but also let him be so open-minded. It is really extraordinary. figure.

However, it was not until they helped the drunken Commander Zhang away that they realized that they had underestimated a certain colonel.

Besides Tang Dao, there may be no one else who can single-handedly get the two major representatives of the Northwest Army and the Northeast Army drunk.

The northwest and northeastern regions of China are among the top three regions in China in terms of drinking style and amount of alcohol.

Then, two of the first three were all taken care of by Tang Dao himself.

You should know that during that period, several officers from the Liaison Office of the 67th Army came to propose a toast. Commander Tang Da did not refuse anyone who came, and the wine was drunk until the glass was dry.

Moreover, Tang Dao also went out to entertain the guards at the dinner table and toasted several glasses of wine. The guards were busy with their missions, so no one dared to drink, so they offered tea instead, but the head of Tang Dao drank three bowls of white wine in a row.

Just like that, the two representatives of the Northwest Army and the Northeast Army were both drunk by Tang Dao. How awesome is this? No wonder they dared to fight the Japanese in Sihang Warehouse, Songjiang City and Guangde Mountain Area!

There is a strange tradition in the Chinese army. For soldiers, wine is a symbol of courage, and a good drinker is one of the pronouns of bravery. Not to mention the quality of wine, it does not completely represent the character, but those who have good wine must have some kind of advantage. .

Tang Dao didn't have much contact with the guards of the 59th Army, but he gained their trust by relying on his good drinking capacity and excellent wine.

Of course, the reason why the two big guys got drunk in the end was because Tang Dao was good at drinking. That would not work. That would make the two lieutenant generals who had passed their forties happy.

This day may also be the happiest afternoon for Commander Zhang since the July 7th Incident.

It wasn't just that he opened his heart in front of his new little brother Tang Dao, it wasn't just that a big pie fell from the sky and he got an infantry regiment equipment for free, but that the problem that had troubled him for many days was unexpectedly solved by Tang Dao. Click through.

Even though he got the equipment of an infantry regiment for nothing, Commander Zhang still frowned after laughing and paced slowly in front of the big map.

At the invitation of Chief Li, he served as the commander of the reorganized old army. In the past month, he could not stop thinking about how to avenge his shame. As the Jinling defense battle in the southeast came to an end, a large area of fertile land in North China was lost. In 1938 With the arrival of New Year's Day, the Japanese army's intention to attack Xuzhou from north to south, an important city in China's north-south railway transportation hub, was already clear.

LYThis big city guarding the north of Xuzhou is the battlefield he has been looking for for a long time. The fifth division of the Japanese army that has already invaded Green Island wants to come south to Xuzhou, and that is the place they must pass through.

For this reason, Commander Zhang even sent his own special agent battalion to detect the terrain in the suburbs of LY a few days ago and asked the military staff to make city defense deployments. As soon as it was approved by the theater headquarters, the main force of the 59th Army stationed outside Xuzhou City set off. LY.

But he didn't expect to kill the dark horse of the 67th Army halfway and intercept the 59th Army.

Based on Commander Zhang's many years of experience in the army, he certainly knows that with the 67th Army's current strength of only more than 10,000 troops, it is sheer fantasy to block the Itagaki Division known as the Steel Army, let alone the Guangxi Wangbu who is stationed in Xuzhou. He would agree, even he himself feels guilty.

But Tang Dao just said that the 67th Army, which can recruit at least two infantry regiments and thousands of wounded, will return to nearly 30,000 troops. In addition, after it has replenished a large amount of arms, Songjiang will be able to defeat the Japanese Tenth Army. With the endorsement of the results of several days and nights, the possibility of the theater headquarters agreeing will be more than 90%.

Without the battlefield he carefully planned, he could only find another place.

Silently pacing in front of the map, Commander Zhang's eyes kept wandering around the map. Following the gradual convergence of several roads, Commander Zhang's eyes gradually stopped somewhere on the map, and his footsteps stopped moving. His eyes gradually burst into light, and he picked up his fingers. He moved a little harder on it: "Since Brother Jingshan has robbed the defense area that our 59th Army originally wanted, Brother Tang, what do you think of this place?"

“Ahem!” Tang Dao almost choked to death on his tea!

Is this the butterfly effect? He helped the 67th Army steal the LY that was supposed to be garrisoned by the 59th Army, but it turned out that this man wanted to get involved with the Northwest Army.

However, this also proves the strategic vision of this great army commander. The place he chose is an important place and a place that must be defended!

The place Commander Zhang chose this time was none other than Taierzhuang, the core area of the future Battle of Xuzhou!

No one can ignore this place, which is just a small dot on the map, even if it is not a city, but a large village belonging to Ludi.

But this village is not an ordinary village. The time when the village was built can even be traced back to the Tang Dynasty a thousand years ago. Due to the prosperity of water transportation, the village's superior geographical location became even more important. By the time of the last feudal dynasty, there was even a " The title given to "The No. 1 Village in the World".

Let's talk about the geographical location of Taierzhuang first. It is located in Ludi, but it is only tens of kilometers away from Xuzhou, the important city in northern Jiangsu. It is adjacent to Weishan Lake to the west, adjacent to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to the southwest, Longhai Road to the south, and Jinpu Road to the north. It has convenient water and land transportation. , can be regarded as the northeastern gateway of Xuzhou, an important strategic barrier guarding the throat of the canal. Not only does it have such an important geographical location, this village, which Qianlong gave the title of "The No. 1 Village in the World," has become a regional center since the Ming Dynasty. It even once stationed a third-rank military general and a fifth-rank garrison here. , Zhengliupin general judge, Zhengqipin general manager, Zhengbapin county magistrate, Zhengbapin foreign committee chief Qian, Zhengjiupin inspection envoy and other officials at all levels.

What does mean? This means that in this village, it was a department-level unit during the Ming Dynasty.

In the last feudal dynasty, even city walls were built.

Historical records record: The city was built next to the canal, 1.1 kilometers long from east to west and 1 kilometer wide from north to south. In the seventh year of Xianfeng (1857), a new brick wall was built on the old foundation. The bottom of the new city wall was an earth platform, the wall was 4 meters high, and crenels were built on top. The city wall slopes inward from the bottom edge up. The brick wall is built with adobe and is nearly 3 meters wide at the top. There are six city gates: the east gate is called Yangsheng, the west gate is called Taicheng Jiuzhi, the north gate is called Zhongzheng, the small north gate is called Chengen Zhanlu, the south gate is called Huidiji, and the small south gate is called Yingxiang. Each of the four east, west, south and north gates has a two-story gatehouse, about 7 meters high, with a watchtower on top and a passage below, which can accommodate large vehicles. The moat is 9 meters away from the city wall, 10 meters wide, 2 meters deep, and 5.7 kilometers in circumference.

By the Republic of China, there were 8 streets, 13 docks, 437 lanes, 5,000 households, and 20,000 houses in the ancient city.

Said to be a village, Taierzhuang is actually not much smaller than the ancient city of Songjiang. If you want to occupy Xuzhou, this is the place you must occupy.

Facts also proved that the top commanders of China and Japan were eyeing this place, and it eventually became the core battlefield with a total of 800,000 troops invested by both sides.

Surrounding this ancient city with a radius of only a few square kilometers, the Chinese army invested 300,000 troops in and around the ancient city for auxiliary defense and final general offensive, while the Japanese army also invested more than 100,000 troops for this purpose.

The Chinese army, which carefully planned this battle, was just a little short of it. If it weren't for the timid commander of the 20th Army who delayed the opportunity several times with an almost idiotic talent, the two Japanese detachments on the core battlefield would have been unable to survive. They escaped and almost allowed the Chinese army to complete the miracle of annihilating two brigade-level Japanese troops.

However, the territory here is not large, and it is enough to accommodate an infantry division. If a behemoth like the 59th Army is to shrink into the city for defense, the losses may be even more heavy due to the Japanese army's indiscriminate bombing from the sky to the ground. In Tang Dao's eyes, , is not the most suitable position for the 59th Army.

More importantly, from a psychological point of view, Tang Dao already knew that the 31st Division of the Second Group Army, led by another major general of the Northwest Army, would definitely hold on to this core area and severely inflict heavy damage on the siege Japanese army. The outcome of this battle was Glory is destined.

The choice made by Commander Zhang was not the most suitable for him, even though Tang Dao knew that the combat effectiveness of his unit was not weaker than that of the Northwest Army.

"Why, brother Tang, you are not optimistic about my choice?" Commander Zhang asked with an extremely sharp mind and a slight frown on his thick eyebrows. "If my guess is correct, this time the Japanese army will attack our Xuzhou with a north-south pincer attack. This must be the place where their northern and southern armies meet, and then they will use this place as a stronghold to organize their army to attack our Xuzhou."

"Brother Zhang, there is no doubt about your strategic vision. This place will be the core of the battle in Xuzhou. Our army and the Japanese army will inevitably shed all their blood inside and outside this city!" Tang Dao nodded solemnly.

“Then why, brother, are you hesitant to speak? Could it be that you are questioning the combat capabilities of our 59th Army?” Commander Zhang's face showed displeasure for the first time.

“Brother Zhang, don't get me wrong!” Tang Dao stood up and stood in front of the map. "The core of the battle is this city, but it only takes one infantry division to defend this city. What is more important is the battle on the periphery. Brother Zhang, how can your 59th Army be overqualified!"

"you say!"

"The Japanese nation is a lonely and stubborn nation. From the perspective of our Chinese nation with an extremely splendid civilization history, they are somewhat weird, but we have to admit that they have indeed done a good job in execution and details. "Tang Dao did not talk about the battlefield, but instead talked about the characteristics of the Japanese nation.

Commander Zhang did not interrupt. As a veteran who has been in the army for decades, he certainly knows what it means to truly know oneself and the enemy. It is not only knowing the strength, location and intentions of the opponent, but also knowing the opponent's personality characteristics. Otherwise, both sides must work hard to obtain the enemy before the battle. Who has any information about the name of the general in charge of the other side's troops?

Just like this war, before it even started, the intelligence department on the Chinese side was already operating at full capacity. Which generals would lead the Japanese army in the south? Who would be the Japanese army in the north? Japanese spies were flying all over the sky. In Xuzhou City alone, No less than ten genuine Japanese spies were captured, and even more traitors were found to have forgotten their origins and worked for the Japanese.

Both sides also know that in the face of the other party's all-pervasive intelligence agency, unit numbers and general names cannot be kept secret.

But doing or not doing is the basis of success or failure.

“The plan of the Japanese with such a national character to attack from the north and the south has been taking shape for at least half a month. Even if our army guesses it, they will definitely carry it out with their own strength. That will be our chance.” Tang Dao said.

“You keep talking!” Commander Zhang's eyes flashed, as if he had caught some inspiration from Tang Dao's words, but it suddenly flashed away again and there was nothing.

"Then our army will defend the south of Xuzhou, using the natural dangers of the Huaihe River as the boundary to prevent the Japanese troops from the south from advancing, while the Japanese troops from the north will strictly implement their strategic goals, even if they go deep alone," Tang Dao said with a smile.

“I understand!” Commander Zhang clapped his hands.

"What you mean is that by rejecting the south and attacking the north, the Japanese want to use their two knives, one in the south and one in the north, to cut up our army like a cake and eat it. Then we will turn the southern defense line into an iron wall to prevent them from cutting in. There is only one If we cut it in with a knife, we, the big cake in the eyes of the Japanese army, can actually swallow the Japanese knife. "

"That's right! Brother Zhang, no matter where you are stationed, just remember one thing, hold on to your defense line, always pay attention to the core battle in Taierzhuang, and when the time comes, proactively ask for help in advance to participate in the encirclement and annihilation. I believe that Chief Li will definitely choose to trust you." Tang Dao said seriously.

This can also be regarded as Tang Dao's efforts to make up for the big bug of the 20th Legion in time and space. The general named Tang didn't even believe that the Chinese army could be so awesome until the victory. He reacted against the main force of more than 20,000 Japanese troops. Otherwise, why would his tens of thousands of troops come so slowly, giving the main force of the Japanese army time to hide in the county seat of Ze County 20 kilometers away and wait for reinforcements?

If the 59th Army with strong fighting spirit comes, plus the 67th Army that quietly comes over, and the two infantry armies are attacking from the left and the right, if the two detachments of the 10th Division and the 5th Division can still After escaping, Tang Dao really said that they were the chosen ones.

"Haha! No wonder Jingshan loves his brother so much. Sure enough, he is a great talent!" Commander Zhang, who was awakened by Tang Dao's words, laughed and patted Tang Dao's shoulder hard. "With your proposal, Chief Li will help you get military pay without betraying my old face."

"Brother, keep a low profile. Don't say what I say in front of Commander Li. Our Four Lines Regiment has just finished a few battles and the soldiers haven't been replenished yet. I don't want to gain credit from the officers!" Tang Dao waved his hand hurriedly. , try to distance yourself.

He knew very well that Commander Li came here to take charge of the army with the intention of successfully defeating the Japanese invaders, but he also had a small intention of using this battle to take a step forward.

If it were known that Tang Dao had such ability and a telegram came over, let alone Tang Dao, a young colonel, it would be difficult to disobey military orders even if the colonel was turned into a general.

That was a first-level general who commanded hundreds of thousands of troops. The King of Sichuan Province who had died of illness was only a second-level general!

"I didn't know until you told me, but now I know that Jingshan is rushing to garrison LY. It's probably your suggestion, brother!" Commander Zhang ignored Tang Dao's little thoughts and glanced at him while laughing. A glance at a certain colonel who was 'cautious'. "The merit is the result of the attack. For the sake of brotherhood, I will help you, including when you pass through Yu Province. I will also edit a letter for you to hand over to Mingxuan. But tonight, you have to have a good drink with me. "My capacity for drinking is not very good. I can still handle one or two kilograms of liquor. Brother, you still have to be aware of this, so as not to say that I am bullying you."

Tang Dao

"Is it really okay for a big brother to bully others like this?" Tang Dao felt aggrieved for a long time before answering with difficulty.

"This is a drinking contest between Sichuan Province and the Northwest and Northeast. Brother, you can't embarrass the elders in your hometown, and you can't be cowardly!" Commander Zhang, who had completely relaxed his mind, had a childlike innocence, and turned a drinking game into a drinking contest between several provinces. high.

Perhaps this is the real interesting person.

After thousands of sailings, I'm still a young man when I come back!

Comrade Lao Wu, who was waiting to return from the theater headquarters, sat down at the wine table and watched his old friend take a sip of Lao Di and Tang Dao Gan wine. Before he even drank, his face began to turn red.

If you are seeking death on the battlefield, he can persuade you!

But in a wine shop, this really doesn't work!

Comrade Wu, who has already maxed out his experience points, just wants to escape this "battlefield" where he must lose. But obviously, the famous saying "Don't be afraid of opponents who are like gods, but teammates who are like pigs" applies to both ancient and modern times.

ps: I suddenly like this chapter title. The general who is willing to sacrifice his life for the country finally becomes a young man! It's still a big chapter of 5,500 words!

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