Age of Rebirth

Chapter 730 Flesh and Flesh Shanhaiguan ([-])

Tang Qiuli rushed to the front line of Shanhaiguan, just in time to meet Feng Jiwu who was furious at his subordinates. The Feng Jiwu he knew was not like this at ordinary times, and he could keep calm at all times. On this point, several corps commanders of the independent division, such as Liu Tie Han, Tang Qiusheng, Li Honggang and others all have such qualities. Now, Feng Jiwu's performance is enough to show the intensity of the war, and this calm and calm person has also become hot-tempered.

Therefore, Tang Qiuli's few jokes were intended to ease the suffocating and tense atmosphere in the Shanhaiguan frontline headquarters. Just as Feng Jiwu was about to answer, there was a burst of screaming, from far to near, dozens of large-caliber rounds The cannon exploded around the command post, and the underground command post shook for a while, a pile of mud fell from the roof of the wooden shed, and the lantern on the pillar, after shaking violently a few times, fell to the ground, and the command post was dark.

A few special guards rushed to cover Tang Qiuli. Tang Qiuli's expression changed drastically, and he flew into a rage. He fired the guards angrily. A commander commanding more than 20 horses actually set up the headquarters so close to the front line He shouted loudly: "Feng Jiwu, have you forgotten the requirements of the division commanders for each unit commander? I will immediately remove you from your position!"

Feng Jiwu explained with a sly smile: "Master, it's not that dangerous. This is the heavy artillery brigade of the little devil. It was bombarding the depth of our position, but Tang Qiuli ignored him. He turned to the chief of staff Zhang Hansheng and said: "Staff Zhang Commander, that's what you did. Ask your commander to set up the headquarters within the range of the Japanese artillery fire. I will give you an hour to immediately place the Corps headquarters out of the range of the Japanese artillery fire!The safest place," Zhang Hansheng promised to run out. [

In the newly established corps headquarters, Tang Qiuli asked Feng Jiwu with lingering anger: "Tell me about the situation, do you really not have any mobile forces in your hands?" Feng Jiwu's face became serious, and he replied: " Commander, the troops have suffered serious casualties. So far, the loss of troops exceeds four brigades. You know, the Niangziguan Garrison Corps only has eight infantry brigades. I really can't afford such consumption. However, I still have three brigades in hand. The reserve team of the brigade has not been used and is ready to be used at the most critical time."

Tang Qiuli nodded, knowing that Feng Jiwu would never be at the end of his life, and it was really difficult for him. The positional blocking battle is a head-to-head battle, and there are not many tricks to play, especially when the two sides have assembled hundreds of thousands of troops. It takes hard work, firepower, troop strength, and the fighting will of the fighters. There is no falsehood, and it is often in this kind of battle that the soul of the troops can be brought out. On the battlefield, the fighters who can survive have a steely will, and the second-rate troops can become the main force.

Seeing that the division commander didn't respond, Feng Jiwu went on to say: "Is this the most important thing? In terms of infantry individual firepower, one of my brigades can fight head-on with a division of the little devil, and it can still take advantage. However, the Kwantung Army The second is the three-dimensional attack of the trinity of land, sea and air, especially the aircraft, which poses the greatest threat to the frontline positions. On the most numerous day, there were more than 200 aircraft bombing and strafing over our positions. A large part of the casualties of the soldiers were caused by this. .”

"Most of the anti-aircraft firepower is used to protect the supply line. At the front, there is only one air defense brigade. In addition, the Japanese warships are at sea, conducting continuous bombardment of the positions in the Suizhong area. The range of our artillery can not reach I realized that the pressure on the troops was too great. The most serious ones were the two heavy artillery brigades of the Kwantung Army that joined the battlefield the day before yesterday. They were equipped with hundreds of [-]mm heavy artillery. Two, the little devil really lost his money," Feng Jiwu said bitterly.

"Is there any difficulty?" After listening to Feng Jiwu's introduction, Tang Qiuli asked calmly. He instinctively felt that the situation was more serious than what Feng Jiwu said. , was at a disadvantage, which had never happened before in previous battles. The Kwantung Army's determination to open the Shanhai Pass southward passage was underestimated. Tang Qiuli, who had always emphasized the superiority of firepower, couldn't help but blame himself.

"Master, there is no more. Our regiment will never let a single soldier of the Kwantung Army step through the Shanhaiguan Pass, even if it is exhausted, it will not hesitate!" Feng Jiwu replied very simply, with a resolute light in his eyes, "Black Mountain The defense line [-] highland, at noon today, the frontier was occupied by the Japanese army. I am going to organize troops to take advantage of the advantage that the Japanese army lost the advantage of artillery firepower at night, and take back the position tonight. The entire defense line is in our hands. gone."

This was the only position that Feng Jiwu's corps lost during the five-day cruel blocking battle. What I saw was the battalion commander's bloody corpse, lying in a deep pit, holding a Somi submachine gun tightly in his hand, a main battalion with more than 800 people, only less than 400 people left, They were still holding on in the trenches that had become ruins and full of pits. Just in time for the Japanese army to launch a new attack, 24 members of the law enforcement team immediately went into battle. In the end, only seven people returned to their orders. The rest were lying in three or three On the seven high grounds.

After Feng Jiwu listened to the report, he didn't speak for a long time. He personally issued the order to execute the execution order on the battalion commander, and slowly tore it into pieces. The sea breeze and the sound of the rumbling guns floated into the distance, and their eyes followed the drifting pieces of paper for a long time. The seven law enforcement officers standing aside saw a layer of tears welling up in the eyes of the commander, solemnly lowered their heads, and then, He insisted on going down to the infantry company, so he went to the battalion on the [-] Highland in Heishan. After that, Feng Jiwu never saw them come back.

These words, Feng Jiwu will not say to the teacher, but he will never forget the battlefield situation described by the seven law enforcement members when they came back. He glanced at the thoughtful Tang Qiuli again, and Feng Jiwu said hesitantly : "If you give me two more artillery brigades and one air defense brigade, then I will be more sure." He didn't know if it was a difficult request for the division commander. The Tianjin side also fought fiercely. Are mobile forces available?

"No problem, I approve your request. By the morning of the day after tomorrow at the latest, [-] field infantry brigades, four artillery brigades, six cavalry brigades, and two air defense brigades will rush to the front line of Shanhaiguan. The cavalry brigade will appear in front of you tomorrow morning. With so many troops, is it enough? Also, all the aircraft of the aviation team are concentrated in your direction," Tang Qiuli said calmly.

Feng Jiwu jumped up from the cannon box and almost hit the low ceiling of the headquarters, his eyes widened and he shouted: "What? Commander, where did you get so many troops?" "Why, too many? I transferred to Tianjin Part of it?" Tang Qiuli said half-jokingly, and Feng Jiwu was very happy, God, there are two hundred thousand troops, more than 3000 artillery pieces, and more than 3 cavalry, when the time comes, give the little devil a full-scale counterattack , beat the Kwantung Army back to Jinzhou all at once, and let out the bad breath in my heart.

Feng Jiwu is going to use the reserve team in his hand to strengthen all important defensive areas. A large number of reinforcements are coming, so he is afraid of little devils. After a day of fierce fighting, the Japanese army stopped in the evening. In front of the position, the corpses of Kwantung Army soldiers, On the muddy river beach covered with six river banks, the river water has turned reddish, and the strong smell of blood and gunpowder smoke is suffocating.

The soldiers of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps got out of the mud, spit out the mud in their mouths, and took advantage of the rare gap to repair the invisible fortifications. This was their repeated action for five days, firing cannons. The hole was collapsed, dug again, the trench was flattened, and repaired again, there were too many comrades who fell beside them, their nerves were numb, and in their eyes, there were only little devils in khaki military uniforms, who kept spraying, The soil flowers aroused by guns and bombs.

As night fell and the fierce battle of the day ended, the cooking team delivered meals. The food was good, with delicious broth, white steamed buns, and hot broth, which warmed their hearts, and their limbs were full of vitality. Life seemed to return to the body, sighed contentedly, leaned tiredly on the wet soil of the trench, closed his eyes, and remembered the time when the Jingxing Pass was drilled, and after the overwhelming artillery fire, he rushed up to clean the battlefield. What kind of scene was that? , Now, it's the little devil's artillery fire, the soldiers thought angrily, but all the soldiers are convinced that the commander must be thinking of a way, when will the troops of the independent division suffer from the little devil's artillery?It's only for frying their shit.

At the regiment headquarters, Feng Jiwu convened a combat meeting for all commanders above the brigade commander level of the participating troops. When these brigade commanders came in covered in gunpowder smoke, they suddenly saw that the division commander was sitting in a corner, smiling, Watching them come in admiringly, there was another burst of surprise and joy. For these brigade commanders, the teacher is not often seen. It was only once or twice, and now, the division commander is here. For the brigade commanders who have been under tremendous pressure from the Kwantung Army these days, it is the greatest encouragement. The atmosphere of the meeting is different.

Feng Jiwu and Sun Zhenbang asked the teacher to sit in front, Tang Qiuli waved his hands with a smile and said, "I'll come with my ears today, and I won't say anything. Don't try to be lazy." Brigadier commanders, please report the casualties of the troops. Tang Qiuli noticed that the most casualties were the brigades of Feng Jiwu's Niangziguan garrison regiment, the brigades of Sun Zhenbang's regiment and the six brigades of Dingbian. The casualties were much smaller.

Feng Jiwu was fighting as his main force. After this battle, the Niangziguan Garrison Corps might be seriously injured. The six newly formed brigades in Dingbian should be assigned to Feng Jiwu Corps, Tang Qiuli secretly thought.

(To be continued)