Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

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Bingwei Zhang Zizhong

Li Guosheng's sudden rise in different time and space, and the situation of the melee in the Central Plains, compared with history, have also undergone earth-shaking changes. 9 Feng Yuxiang's army who occupied Hengshui and threatened the 25th Division of Dezhou directly became Sun Lianzhong, a famous anti-Japanese general in later generations.As for his command, the several generals stationed in Hengshui together, without exception, are all well-known veterans on the anti-Japanese battlefield in later generations.

The Sixth Division commanded by Zhang Zizhong under Feng Yuxiang, the 27th Division commanded by Gao Shuxun, and the Eighth Division commanded directly by Sun Lianzhong...

Three large-scale divisions under the jurisdiction of the Third Brigade and Ninth Regiment, plus the corresponding directly subordinate troops, totaled [-] troops. Under the command of Sun Lianzhong, they stationed in the Hengshui area...[

Compared with the large army gathered by Feng Yuxiang's troops in the Hengshui area, the same large army gathered in Dezhou City, Shandong Province.The original headquarters of the 25th Division, at this moment, has become the former enemy headquarters of the Ninth Army North Route Army.

Of course, at this moment, Li Guosheng, who was sitting in the meeting room of the command headquarters, didn't know his opponent this time. It just so happened that they had made great achievements on the anti-Japanese battlefield in later generations, and all of them were from several famous anti-Japanese generals of the Northwest Army.

Wang Guoli, Commander of the 25th Division, Luo Zhang, Commander of the Second Security Division, Luo Qiyuan, Commander of the Third Security Division, Chen Hong, Commander of the First Armored Battalion of the Armored Brigade, Liu Yunhui, Commander of the Second 105mm Howitzer Regiment of the Heavy Artillery Brigade...A dozen officers, large and small , directly surrounded by a huge combat sand table, and listened to the specific enemy situation introduced by Li Guosheng's adjutant Liu Shaoqing.

"Sirs, according to the latest information from the Intelligence Department, the enemy's total strength in Hengshui has exceeded 5. There are a total of three nine-regiment large-scale main divisions..."

"The three main divisions, and they are all the big establishment of the three brigades and nine regiments. Not surprisingly, the division commanders who lead these three divisions must be Feng Yuxiang's confidants..." The three brigades and nine regiments are so big It is rare to see such an organization in China.Of course, even if there were, they would all be regarded as the direct elites of the various warlords.Faced with Liu Shaoqing's introduction, Li Guosheng asked directly, wanting to know which officer in the entire Northwest Army is so worthy of Feng Yuxiang's trust and entrusted with such a heavy responsibility...

"The commander-in-chief of Feng Yuxiang's 20 troops is Sun Lianzhong. Among them, Sun Lianzhong personally served as the division commander of Feng Yuxiang's Eighth Division. As for the remaining two divisions, they are Zhang Zizhong's Sixth Division and Gao Shuxun's No.[-] Seventh Division... "Liu Shaoqing introduced with a blank face.

"Wait a minute, what are you talking about... The commander-in-chief of the Hengshui enemy army is Sun Lianzhong, and even Zhang Zizhong and Gao Shuxun are here..." Li Guosheng's face suddenly revealed a shocked expression, with an unbelievable expression on his face asked rhetorically.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief. It is said that all three of them, without exception, are the elite of Feng Yuxiang's so-called 'Five Tiger Generals, Thirteen Taibao'..." Liu Shaoqing replied.

Of course Li Guosheng knew the reputations of these three people: not only was it as the adjutant Liu Shaoqing said, these three people were the rare famous anti-Japanese generals in Feng Yuxiang's "Thirteen Taibao".What is even more commendable is that in the entire "Thirteen Taibao", these three people have left a great reputation in the history of China's Anti-Japanese War, which will make Li Guosheng of later generations admire...

Now, the famous anti-Japanese generals who have left illustrious military exploits in history have become their own enemies.Li Guosheng was shocked and astonished from the bottom of his heart.

However, after the shock, a look of deep worry appeared on Li Guosheng's face.

The three of them, facing the powerful little devils on the anti-Japanese battlefield, can rely on the poorly equipped Northwest Army and their own command ability to leave great military exploits in history.This is enough to explain one thing. The three people in front of them are veterans who have been battle-tested in the history of the Chinese Anti-Japanese War.

Can I, a rising star in the military, beat these three veterans?

In addition to the [-] troops commanded by the three, without exception, they are all the elite of Feng Yuxiang's elite.With a group of recruits who have only been trained and have not experienced actual combat, these elites of all battles go to battle. Will there be any changes in the entire combat process?

Thinking of this, Li Guosheng immediately fell into deep thought.However, after comparing the equipment and combat skills of the two armies.A trace of strong self-confidence followed closely behind, directly covering the worried expression on his face, and in the bottom of his heart, he encouraged himself with confidence.

"I'm a reborn man and a mid-level officer in the Republic. With so much cash, weapons, equipment and tactics in his hands, if he can't even deal with the Northwest Army, which is famous for its backward equipment, then living in this world, there is still What do you mean, what capital do you have to argue with the Japanese army...Sun Lianzhong, Zhang Zizhong, Gao Shuxun, aren’t they the famous anti-Japanese generals? Since rebirth, there are not many famous anti-Japanese generals who have been defeated by me. I don’t believe it. They have superhuman powers ..."

Then, under the puzzled eyes of all his subordinates, he continued to order confidently to Liu Shaoqing.

"Adjutant Liu, continue to introduce the enemy's deployment of troops..."

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief..." Liu Shaoqing pointed to several military points on the sand table and said [

"Longhua, the only town in the east of Hengshui, in front of Dezhou, directly stationed a division of Feng Yuxiang's department, that is, Zhang Zizhong's sixth division. The remaining two divisions were scattered in the city with Hengshui County as the center. In the barracks outside the city, with the Sixth Division stationed in Longhua, we will provide support to Zhang Zizhong's troops at any time..."

Facing the unobstructed deployment of enemy troops on the sand table.Especially after seeing the plain terrain between Longhua Town and Hengshui County on the sand table.A very familiar classic battle example directly came to Li Guosheng's mind.Facing all the subordinates, he said confidently.

"Zhang Zizhong's Sixth Division is independently stationed in Longhua Town... and Longhua Town is [-] kilometers away from Hengshui County. Even if it is attacked, it will take at least five hours for Sun Lianzhong to reinforce it...Five hours is enough We have deployed a huge pocket formation between the two places..."

"Commander-in-chief, what pocket formation, do you already have any good ideas..." Among the three division commanders, Wang Guoli was the oldest and most familiar with Li Guosheng.A sly look quickly flashed in his eyes, and he spoke bluntly.

Li Guosheng didn't hide anything. After nodding his head affirmatively, he said decisively: "Old Wang, you are right... I do have a good idea. It is very simple to say, just four words 'siege the city and fight for aid'..."

Facing the attack of Li Guosheng's three main divisions, Han Fuqu's [-]-strong army failed to hold on for half a month, and fled Shandong Province in embarrassment with a group of remnants and defeated generals... When Zhang Zizhong first received the battle report, Zhang Zizhong's The first feeling is that I can't believe the authenticity of the content of the telegram.

As things became more and more true, the remnants of Han Fuqu's troops really began to flee in Hebei, and the news of occupying the territory spread completely.Zhang Zizhong felt shocked when he followed closely, shocked by Li Guosheng's Ninth Army's combat effectiveness.

Of course, Zhang Zizhong, who claims that his subordinates have all experienced the Northern Expedition, is equally powerful in combat.While being shocked, I also want to 'touch' the Ninth Army, and compare whose army is more powerful.

And now, Zhang Zizhong finally ushered in an opportunity to lead troops to attack Dezhou and wipe out the Ninth Army stationed in the 25th Division of Dezhou.In order to fulfill this wish in my heart, without even thinking about it, I asked Sun Lianzhong for the task of main attack and vanguard...

The troops were stationed in Longhua Town, and in the blink of an eye, a week had passed.As all kinds of supplies have been dispatched one after another, the day to attack Texas is getting closer and closer.

Zhang Zizhong, with a vigorous and high-spirited face, was standing at the headquarters, listening to his subordinates report the latest situation of the brigades.An intern staff officer in the division headquarters who had just been recruited from the school rushed in quickly, with a frightened expression on his face, like a bereaved dog.Regardless of the surprised gazes of all the officers in the headquarters, he stammered and exclaimed directly...

"Master, something has happened... the enemy... outside the town, no, it's the outskirts of the barracks, there are a lot of enemies..."

"Bastard, have you forgotten what I usually teach you? Soldiers, don't forget, you are no longer students, but soldiers. You are in a panic, what is the matter, what is it, report immediately ..." If it is a real soldier under his command, if he behaves like this, he will definitely be dealt with by Zhang Zizhong under the military law.However, it is clear that the person standing in front of him is a trainee staff officer who has just been recruited from the school and has not yet fully adapted to military life.Zhang Zizhong's livid face immediately relaxed a lot.However, even so, he still pulled his face and growled with dissatisfaction.

"Yes, Master..."

"The situation is like this. The peripheral reconnaissance force has just reported that since dawn, there have been signs of unknown military activity around us. As time goes by, more and more troops have gathered around us, directly outside the barracks Form a loose encirclement. At the same time, the number of enemy troops outside the encirclement is still increasing..."

"In the face of the enemy's situation, our reconnaissance troops deployed on the periphery did not dare to neglect, and immediately dispatched small-scale troops to attack. So far, the reconnaissance troops on the periphery have made a clear investigation: the army that surrounds us is exactly the target of our army's attack this time. The Ninth Army under "Chairman Li" of Shandong Province."

"What are you talking about, Li Guosheng's Ninth Army surrounded us... How is it possible? As far as I know, the enemy in Dezhou opposite has only one division. Where did they get so many troops..." Zhang Zizhong, who was still calm just now , Unknowingly, his face showed a shocked and incredible expression, and asked in a deep voice.

How many things can an intern staff officer know.Faced with Zhang Zizhong's angry rhetorical question, he was blushed immediately, not knowing how to answer.And at this moment, the Chief of Staff opened his mouth to make a relief.

"Master, I think we'd better go outside the town to see for ourselves, to learn about the specific enemy situation...I asked a trainee staff officer here, and I couldn't ask anything at all..."

"The chief of staff is right...what are you doing in a daze, all regiment commanders, return to the station immediately, and take control of the troops. Three brigade commanders, go out of town with me. I want to see if this Li Guosheng is really a 'sarcasm' With Dou Chengbing's ability, he secretly deployed so many troops around us in such a short period of time, and surrounded us with [-] troops..." Zhang Zizhong ordered with a look of enlightenment when he awakened the dreamer.

"A [-]-strong army... Division seat, directly in front of the barracks, at least one division of the Ninth Army has assembled. It seems that the situation is worse than what we heard..." Standing on the watchtower hastily erected by the troops, the division commander Zhang Zizhong Before he had time to raise the binoculars, the commander of the first brigade under him had already let out an exclamation...

Looking in the direction of the brigade commander's finger, on the wilderness about [-] kilometers away from the barracks, just as the brigade commander said, there are densely packed troops, at least tens of thousands of troops.Of course, these troops did not stay in place, but spread out in battalion units, wielding engineering shovels, and worked hard to dig fortifications in front of the positions. [

If the Ninth Army wants to besiege and wipe out its [-] elite men, digging fortifications is a process that must go through.Therefore, the situation in the telescope did not move Zhang Zizhong too much.However, behind the tens of thousands of troops, a scene directly made Zhang Zizhong's face change from red to white in the blink of an eye, and then turned livid...

"This is the artillery group of the Ninth Army that Han Fuqu said..." Looking at three kilometers away, one after another, with the black hole muzzles raised high, they are neatly placed on the battlefield, and the field artillery regiment is directly under the second security division. , a huge artillery position composed of three mountain artillery battalions.Zhang Zizhong took a deep breath and couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

Zhang Zizhong's exclamation immediately attracted the attention of the three brigade commanders.Outside the barracks, in terms of the number and caliber of artillery fire, the artillery group of the Second Security Division was several times that of his own.The faces of all the officers who boarded the watchtower also turned pale at the same time.

Of course, this is not the thing that scares all the senior officers of the Sixth Division, including Zhang Zizhong...

Looking around, in the other three directions of the barracks, without exception, there were tens of thousands of elite members of the Ninth Army.As for the artillery group that makes these officers feel the creepiest and most worried, there is one in every direction without exception.

"There are more than 5 large-caliber mountain runners in the front, back, left, and right. How is it possible? How can the Ninth Army have so many artillery pieces. Impossible, absolutely impossible. The artillery deployed by Li Guosheng around us must be fake. The false artillery positions that deter us..." Zhang Zizhong, who was pale and pale, finally recovered from his astonishment after a full [-] minutes.Facing the subordinates behind him, he encouraged himself to comfort himself.

However, what he didn't expect was that.Less than 5 minutes after his encouragement ended, an artillery show launched by the Ninth Army directly shattered the last bit of luck remaining in the hearts of these officers.

When Zhang Zizhong and a group of officers boarded the watchtower to observe the enemy's situation around them.About three kilometers away from Zhang Zizhong's barracks, Li Guosheng, commander-in-chief of the Ninth Army's North Route Army Temporary Front Enemy Headquarters and North Route Army Commander-in-Chief, also held a telescope and looked at the Sixth Division barracks of Zhang Zizhong's army with an admiring expression...

"This Zhang Zizhong is indeed a battle-tested veteran. An ordinary barracks is even more tightly arranged than a battlefield. Fortunately, I did not choose to carry out a sneak attack, otherwise, the troops participating in the sneak attack would definitely suffer heavy losses... "Li Guosheng said to himself.

Then, facing Liu Shaoqing behind him, he asked, "Adjutant Liu, brother's combat troops, have you completed deployment..."

"Commander-in-chief, according to the order, the three main divisions have all been deployed... The Second Security Division launched an attack from the front of the barracks, which is the direction where the former enemy headquarters is located. As for the other three directions, the three regiments under the Third Security Division , carrying a large number of 'scarecrows' for defense..."

"The mountain artillery fleet under the three main divisions, and the second 105 howitzer regiment of heavy artillery. According to the order, they were deployed on the four sides of Zhang Zizhong's barracks to provide effective artillery support for the attacking troops... So far, all the offensive troops have been in full motion. It's in place, and I'll wait for you, Commander-in-Chief, to issue the final attack order..." Liu Shaoqing replied with a serious face.

"Good job... Wang Guoli's 25th Division, is it in place..." Li Guosheng nodded in satisfaction, followed closely, and continued to ask.

"The 25th Division under Commander Wang, armed with more than [-] mortars of various calibers, had bypassed Longhua Town five hours ago and headed for the scheduled ambush position... According to the latest radio contact between the headquarters and Commander Wang It shows that the troops have completely entered the ambush battlefield and are setting up the battlefield-..." Liu Shaoqing replied right after.

"Okay, if that's the case, then let's give Sun Lianzhong and the others a good 'siege and aid'. However, before the actual aid begins, we must first let Zhang Zizhong in the encirclement understand that after being encircled by my Ninth Army, stay behind. There are only two ways for him to go: one is to disarm and surrender...the other is to die in battle..." Li Guosheng said proudly.

"Commander-in-Chief, what do you mean?" Liu Shaoqing asked.

"It's very simple. Let Zhang Zizhong in the encirclement show an artillery show first. Let them know the true strength of our Ninth Army, scare them, and severely hit their morale..." Li Guosheng ordered decisively.

"Commander-in-Chief, I understand that I will immediately issue orders to each artillery group..." Liu Shaoqing replied understandingly.

"Well, tell the four artillery groups to prepare for 5 minutes of artillery fire. After the shelling is over, stop immediately and see the opponent's reaction..." Li Guosheng nodded and ordered. .