The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 159: Young God of War

Jiang said: "Yang Zhongxiang is indeed worthy of admiration. Soldiers should be like Yang Zhongxiang and serve the country with loyalty and bravery. As the saying goes, raising an army for a thousand days and using it for a while. Now that the enemy is attacking Jinling, you must follow Yang Zhongxiang's spirit as an example and defend Yuhuatai and Jinling to the end. !”

"Don't worry, principal, the students will live up to the principal's training and stick to Jinling!"

"Very good." Jiang nodded with satisfaction and said, "You must follow my instructions. In addition, I will also bring you a person. With this person's help, it may not be impossible to guard Yuhuatai."

"Principal, who is this person?" Sun Yuanliang asked curiously.

"Xia Yuan!"

As the Japanese army attacked Jinling across the board, various positions of the Jinling Guards were attacked by the Japanese army. Those who were lost were lost, and those who were captured were captured.

After the Battle of Jiangyin, Xia Yuan drove back to Jinling. He was then placed in Jinling City and had nothing to do for several days.

The Japanese army has not yet attacked Yuhuatai. At this time, everything is stable at Yuhuatai. Xia Yuan also took the time to go to Yuhuatai a few times. He expected that this would be the final hub in the defense battle of Jinling and could not be lost. Although he did not know who Chiang Kai-shek was. How to arrange it, and what kind of preparations he should make, he must prepare it in advance.

On this day, Convenient received a message from the Signal Corps, asking him to report to the 72nd Army Headquarters.

Xia Yuan thought, wasn't the commander of the 72nd Army Sun Yuanliang, a particularly famous escapee general and flying general? Later generations had mixed reviews of him, with some bragging and others blaming him.

Sun Yuanliang graduated from the first class of Huangpu and was a direct descendant of Huangpu. When he first joined the army, he fought very hard.Therefore, promotion is also very fast.

When the Northern Expedition began, Sun Yuanliang had already served as the commander of the First Regiment of the First Division, a direct descendant of Chiang Kai-shek.From the position held by Sun Yuanliang, it can also be seen that Jiang held him in high regard.But unexpectedly, Sun Yuanliang later fought what Chiang called the most humiliating battle in the history of the Northern Expedition.

On the battlefield in Jiangxi, the National Revolutionary Army abandoned its original plan because it underestimated the enemy and rushed forward to attack Sun Chuanfang in Jiangxi. It rashly attacked Nanchang. At first, the revolutionary army invaded Nanchang and succeeded by luck.

While everyone was celebrating, Sun Chuanfang's troops counterattacked overnight, causing the revolutionary army to be completely defeated.

At that time, Sun Yuanliang's First Regiment was stationed at Niuxing Station and served as a guard. When Sun Chuanfang's troops came over, Sun Yuanliang did not organize a counterattack. Instead, he abandoned the army and ran away. As a result, the Northern Expeditionary Army was completely defeated in Nanchang.

Compared with other Northern Expeditionary armies, Chiang's First Army not only failed to achieve any achievements, but suffered a major defeat. In order to prevent the morale of the army from drifting and calm the public's anger, Chiang had no choice but to punish Sun Yuanliang.Many people thought that Sun Yuanliang's future would end here.But everyone did not expect that Sun Yuanliang's military career did not stop there.

Before Sun Yuanliang went to Huangpu Military Academy, he also attended a preparatory class at Peking University. Among the first-year students in Huangpu, Sun Yuanliang's educational level was one of the best.

Moreover, he is also personable and often serves as a flag bearer in various military parades and is inspected by important figures.

In addition, Sun Yuanliang also has one of the greatest advantages, that is, he is loyal to Chiang Kai-shek.

Therefore, although Sun Yuanliang lost his official position, he was sent to the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School to study.After returning to China, Sun Yuanliang soon became the regiment commander. In 1931, he was promoted to the brigade commander of the First Brigade of the First Division of the Guard Army.

Of course, this person will not always run away.

During the Songhu Battle in 1932, Sun Yuanliang was the commander of the 259th Brigade. The battle he fought in Miaoxing Town, Shanghai, was rated as the first battle in which the Chinese army defeated the Japanese army.

This shows that Sun Yuanliang's military command ability is still very strong. The key is that he does not think about the overall situation, but himself.

During the Battle of Jinling, the Japanese army pressed on the border. He escaped alone without notifying the troops. He survived, but the troops suffered heavy losses because there was no one to command them.

However, President Jiang treated Sun Yuanliang extrajudicially, and Han Fuqu was beheaded for escaping. Sun Yuanliang escaped from the government several times but became more and more powerful.By the time of the Liberation War, Sun Yuanliang was already the lieutenant general commander of the 16th Corps.

During the Battle of Huaihai, Sun Yuanliang ran in the right direction. Du Yuming became a prisoner, but Sun Yuanliang escaped in disguise and successfully ran to Nanjing.

Later, he followed Chiang Kai-shek to Treasure Island, away from the political ups and downs, and lived until he was 103 years old.

The name of this flying general is very popular. During the entire war of resistance against Japan, not many people who were flying generals could survive.

And in the battle to defend Jinling, what he did also made people grit their teeth.

Unexpectedly, he turned around and ran to the flying general's military headquarters so quickly.

Xia Yuan looked confused. The name of this flying general was not good. He would betray his own troops in the future.

On the way to report to the 72nd Army Headquarters, Xia Yuan recalled the general outline of the Battle of Jinling. He only remembered the general outline, and the details were not yet clear.

What is clear is that Jinling fell in less than half a month.

Sun Yuanliang returned to the military headquarters and called Zhu Chi, commander of the 262nd brigade, and Gao Zhisong, commander of the 264th brigade, to the military headquarters command post. He looked at his watch and paced back and forth.

This left Zhu Chi and Gao Zhisong scratching their heads as to what Sun Yuanliang was planning to do.

An adjutant appeared at the door with Xia Yuan, attracting the attention of several people. The adjutant said: "Military seat, Xia Yuan is here."

Xia Yuan's position as major is temporary, and he has no military position in the government.

Along the way, he participated in many battles and served as officers at various levels. Most of them were temporarily assigned by superior officers, but he did not have a military position.

Seeing Xia Yuan coming, Sun Yuanliang showed a smile on his face, waved to him, introduced Zhu Chi and Gao Zhisong to Xia Yuan, and then introduced them to them: "You should have heard of this, the famous God of War in Songhu , some people say that he is the nightmare of the Japanese, even the principal is full of praise for him, this time he insisted on Yuhuatai, the principal specifically named him, haha, good, very good."

Sun Yuanliang was happy to get this general. If he could hold Yuhuatai, he would have done a great job.

Therefore, Sun Yuanliang was particularly happy for Xia Yuan's arrival.

He had heard about this man's combat ability before. When he first heard about it, he was shocked. How could any soldier be able to fight one against a hundred? It was rare to fight one against ten. But this man not only managed to fight one against a hundred. , what is even more frightening is that it has increased ten times, according to the intelligence collected by the intelligence department on the battlefield.

After only holding on to the position of the 51st Division for one day, about [-] Japanese troops were wiped out. This was only the record of this God of War in one day. In the subsequent battles, he achieved quite astonishing results.

Sun Yuanliang was a first-year student in Huangpu and had studied in Japan, so he knew a lot about war.

Being able to do what Xia Yuan does is rare in the world, let alone in China.

You must know that the Japanese army's military power during this period was comparable to that of another country on the other side of the ocean, and the Japanese army's individual combat capabilities were among the best in the world.

Since the September [-]th Incident, the proportion of soldiers killed in action between China and Japan has been completely disproportionate.The Japanese army's individual combat capabilities far exceeded that of the Chinese army. Not only that, in terms of military strength, the Chinese army was also unilaterally crushed by the Japanese army.

Since the Battle of Songhu, although there have been many small victories, they have all been tragic victories.

Although the Japanese army suffered casualties, they were far less huge than the Chinese army's casualties. Most of them were caused by the Japanese army's fierce artillery fire and bombing. Secondly, the Japanese army's attack and the shooting ability of their soldiers were far better than those of the Chinese army. .

The overall strength of the national army is far inferior to that of the Japanese army.Since the Battle of Songhu and every battle with the Japanese army, the Chinese army has mostly fought with its superior force against the inferior force of the Japanese army. It has relied solely on its military strength to make up for the gap in weapons, equipment and firepower.

However, whether it is a victory or a defeat, the casualties paid by the national army are unimaginable.

To this day, the bodies of tens of thousands of people have not been recovered from the Songhu battlefield.

It is almost impossible to win a game with less and win more with less, or to fight with the Japanese. The gap is really too big.

However, someone did it, and did it quite outrageously. It can be said that Sun Yuanliang never imagined that during his entire military career, there was someone in the world who could actually achieve this level. It is completely enough to call him the God of War.

Zhu Chi and Gao Zhisong were also quite shocked. They had participated in the Battle of Songhu and naturally had some understanding of what happened on the battlefield.

We also know that a remarkable figure appeared on the Songhu battlefield.

Songhu God of War, what this man did, no one in the entire country could do it. The so-called God of War was given by the people of the country. Even the Red Party gave this God of War credit for his deeds. Highly affirmative, not only the top commander of the Red Party was full of praise for it, but the chairman of the committee was also full of praise for it.

After talking to him several times, everyone in the government praised him.

Not to mention going down.

At that time, once the newspaper published it, it quickly became popular all over the country, and it also set off a wave of waves in the military.

The Battle of Songhu was very difficult. Too many people died. The Japanese were so powerful that many soldiers were afraid of them, and there were even many deserters.

This is beyond doubt.

However, the appearance of Songhu God of War changed the situation in the army in one fell swoop. Even ordinary soldiers talked about Songhu God of War, and no one knew about it.In order to boost morale, some teams often used the Songhu God of War as their nickname, calling on all soldiers to learn from the Songhu God of War. Facing the Japanese army, they remained calm in the face of danger and defeated the majority of the Japanese army with a small number of troops.

Since then, batch after batch of lone heroes have indeed appeared. Although their records are not as terrifying as Songhu God of War, they can still be regarded as powerful.

However, everyone knows Songhu War God, but no one knows who Songhu War God is.

People only remembered his name, but not his appearance or name.

Now seeing Songhu War God with their own eyes, so young, really surprised Zhu Chi and Gao Zhisong.

I feel quite excited inside.

If Songhu God of War joins, it's really hard to say whether the battle will be won or lost.

Xia Yuan exchanged a few pleasantries with the three of them and then said: "Military seat, I don't know the meaning of going up to the peak."

"We'll talk about this later, you, I have my own arrangements." Sun Yuanliang said with a smile, and then led the three people to the map. He imitated Jiang's tone in front of the map and told the three people about the current severe situation and The terrain of Yuhuatai assigned combat missions to Zhu Chi and Gao Zhisong respectively, and finally said to them: "If you fail to complete the mission and lose Yuhuatai, come to me with your head."

The task of the two is to defend Yuhuatai.

Xia Yuan's task is even more difficult.

"The Japanese army has been fighting all the way and their morale is high. I need you to lower their morale and take the lead. There is no one more suitable than you."

Sun Yuanliang said: "I will give you a battalion of troops to block the Japanese attack. You must not let them go. If you can destroy a large number of Japanese troops, that would be great."

Sun Yuanliang had already thought of taking the lead on the way here.

This is a good fighter. If you let him stay in the rear and use it as a trump card, let Zhu Chi and Gao Zhisong go up first, and then finally pull out the trump card and hit the Japanese army hard, the effect will be good.

However, at this time, the Japanese army advanced all the way from Songhu to Jinling. It could be said that they were advancing with great success, and their morale was extremely high. Let Zhu Chi and Gao Zhisong frustrate the Japanese army's vigor. Facing the Japanese army with high morale, they wanted to truly achieve the effect of defeating the Japanese army's vigor. , it is estimated that huge casualties will be incurred.

The Songhu God of War is famous for defeating the Japanese army's superior force with a small number of troops.

This has been tested in the Songhu battlefield, there is no doubt about it, and it has been published in detail in newspapers.

Moreover, in the Battle of Jiangyin, one battalion held off the Japanese army for a whole day and wiped out more than 1000 Japanese soldiers. Although the entire army was destroyed in the end, it set a model for all the troops, which all generals who stood firm in their positions could learn from. With a small number of troops, they defeated the superior Japanese troops.

If everyone can do this, then there is no need to worry about victory.

Jiangyin was a test for Xia Yuan and also allowed the generals in the government to see Xia Yuan's abilities.

There is absolutely no problem in leading battalion-level troops in combat.

Sun Yuanliang could have given Xia Yuan a regiment, but that would not have the effect of defeating the Japanese army's superior force with a small number of troops.

There are more than [-] people in a battalion, no more, no less, just right.

After leaving the military headquarters, Xia Yuan, Zhu Chi and Gao Zhisong stood at the door. Zhu Chi smiled and said to Xia Yuan: "This is our first meeting, and we will fight side by side in the future."

Xia Yuan looked at the sky in the distance and said, "Let me give you a warning. The little Japanese devils are coming fiercely. I have to dampen their spirit."

Gao Zhisong said: "If you have any difficulties, tell us if we can support you, we will definitely provide more support, machine guns and mortars, feel free to ask for them."

Xia Yuan is equivalent to their forward position. If the forward position is captured, then it will be their turn.

Zhu Chi and Gao Zhisong will do their best to help Xia Yuan.

Xia Yuan thought for a moment: "Give me more grenades, those are easy to use."

Zhu Chi asked: "Do you want a machine gun?"

Xia Yuan shook his head: "Forget it, the Japs' flat-fire artillery and machine guns are all accurate. No matter how many machine guns there are, they are not enough for the little Japs. It is better to use hand grenades. The little Japs rush up and hit them hard with grenades."

"Okay, then I'll give you fifty boxes of grenades." Zhu Chi said.

"I will also give you fifty boxes, a total of one hundred boxes." Gao Zhisong agreed.

(End of this chapter)