Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

Wanjialing Ambush

After Zhang Xueliang changed his banner in the Northeast, the entire Northeast Army carried out a major reorganization directly in accordance with the National Government's military establishment.As the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Army and the deputy commander-in-chief of the National Government's navy and army, Zhang Xueliang, of course, did not forget to promote a group of confidant generals who belonged entirely to him through this reorganization.

As a young man, many radical young officers with detailed ages in the army are undoubtedly rising stars in the army promoted by Zhang Xueliang.

Cao Guanghua, head of the First Field Artillery Regiment under the Northeast Army, was promoted to Colonel Artillery Regiment Commander when he was less than 30 years old.One crucial reason is that when Cao Guanghua was studying artillery in the military academy, he happened to be a classmate of Zhang Xueliang in the same class.Under such an opportunity, coupled with his unremitting support for Commander-in-Chief Zhang Xueliang, it became logical to be promoted to Colonel Commander.

Received an order from the commander-in-chief to go to war. Since the reorganization of the troops, he has always wanted to pass a real battle and fully demonstrate his worth in front of his subordinates. Without hesitation, he began to execute the order very cleanly. . [

The First Field Artillery Regiment under the Northeast Army, with a total of 36 75mm field artillery and thousands of shells, was ready to go after only five hours under the coordinated command of Cao Guanghua.

In the barracks of the [-]th Brigade of the Northeast Army outside Gaizhou City, a huge roar of cars spread faintly.Dozens of trucks dragging wild cannons slowly appeared at the gate of the barracks from far to near.

Looking at the military trucks that quickly stopped at the gate of the barracks, a series of large-caliber field guns.Liu Yifei, commander of the Tenth Brigade, had a pair of eyes.Suddenly there was a flash of light.Facing Cao Guanghua, the commander of the artillery regiment who hurriedly got off the driver's seat, he said excitedly: "Hello, Captain Cao... the wild artillery regiment is here. This battle will be much easier...>

Cao Guanghua smiled, because the two belonged to different systems, he said directly and formulaically: "Brigade Commander Liu is too much, we are all following orders...>

"Already ready, waiting for your arrival, Brother Cao... >

At this moment, although the smile on Liu Yifei's face did not change.However, Cao Guanghua's formulaic answer had already left such a gap in Liu Yifei's heart.

To be clear, among the generals at all levels of the Northeast Army.There has always been a huge gap between the officers of the young and strong faction and the veteran officers of the Zhang Zuolin period.The competition for fame and fortune between each other has never stopped. Even Zhang Xueliang, the commander-in-chief, has nothing to do with this situation.

And the brigade commander Liu Yifei and the regiment commander Cao Guanghua in front of him.Not surprisingly, the officers belonged to two factions.

In order to better cooperate with each other in the next possible battle.As a veteran of the army, Liu Yifei has put down his social status as much as possible and shown his goodwill.But.What Liu Yifei didn't expect was the kindness towards himself.The young Cao Guanghua turned a blind eye.

Under such circumstances, compared with Cao Guanghua, Liu Yifei, whose qualifications are many times older, of course, will not continue to put down his face and stick to other people's cold ass.

After he couldn't help but let out a cold snort in his heart, he no longer had the initial enthusiasm for Cao Guanghua, who had been continuously promoted by Zhang Xueliang and was completely a rising star in the army.Opened the mouth lightly.

"Captain Cao, in this case, give our department half an hour to prepare. After half an hour, we will start immediately. Follow the main railway line and approach Pulandian... >

The gap that quickly formed between the two, as far as it is concerned, will not have the slightest impact on the battle situation.However, if you think about it in depth, you will find that this barrier will have a devastating blow to the entire marching column, especially Cao Guanghua's field artillery regiment under certain circumstances.

An artillery regiment with almost no land combat capabilities, after being attacked.Once the cover of the infantry is lost, it is conceivable that this artillery regiment can only end in annihilation of the entire army.

Now, there is a gap between the two, which directly means that the two will not get effective cooperation in the next march.

Under such circumstances, the troops were suddenly attacked and fought on their own, which must have been the first reaction of this marching army.

The mighty marching army slowly appeared on the road from Gaizhou to Pulandian.The infantry was in front, and the artillery regiment dragged by cars was behind, slowly advancing towards Pulandian.

Wanjialing, the only way for reinforcements of the Northeast Army, and the headquarters of the 27th Division, under the strong request of the division commander Zhou Xingguo, were built directly less than one kilometer away from the road. It can be called this area, with the highest altitude on a mound of land.

The reinforcements of the Northeast Army had just set off from the Gaizhou barracks. The special operations brigade in charge of scouting the enemy's situation had already reported the situation of the enemy's troops and even their equipment to Zhou Xingguo verbatim. [

"An infantry brigade, a field artillery regiment, and dozens of military vehicles...>

"Now that the fish have been hooked, it's our turn to catch the net...>

Speaking of the upcoming battle, Chief of Staff Liu Qingwen's expression immediately became serious.Pointing to the topographic map of Wanjialing drawn by the staff department on the table, he introduced it.

"Master seat, according to the topographical map, the two exits of Wanjialing are located at the east and west ends. To ensure the safety of the battle, two companies of the guard battalion were deployed at the two exits to carry out the sealing task...>

"The division headquarters is directly under the sniper team, all lurking on both sides of the road, and are responsible for killing all the radio operators in the Northeast Army. Immediately, cut off the connection between these two troops and the General Headquarters of the Northeast Army...>

"The first battalion of the No.80 regiment. The third company of the guard battalion and the engineering battalion are responsible for destroying the field artillery regiment of the Northeast Army. Of course, the ultimate combat goal of these troops is not to wipe out the field artillery regiment, but to capture the opponent as much as possible All equipment and personnel…>

"The third company of the guard battalion ambushes at this position. Once the battle starts, it will immediately launch an assault. Cut off the communication between the enemy's artillery regiment and the infantry. The first battalion of the No. 80 regiment and the engineering battalion launched assaults from both sides of the battlefield, and quickly contacted the enemy artillery regiment. The officers and soldiers strangled together. With lightning speed, take down the field artillery regiment that Zhang Xueliang sent to our door first."

"As for the remaining five main battalions of our 27th Division, three mountain artillery battalions, and one field artillery regiment, we will go all out to deal with the [-]th Independent Brigade of the Northeast Army, and eat it in the shortest time...>

"Currently, all the participating troops are in place, just waiting for the fish to go online...>

"Well done...>

"Tell the brothers below, today's battle may be the last battle after we enter Liaodong. Of course, it is also a crucial battle. If you win this battle well, the entire Liaodong Peninsula will think about it without vigilance. Want us to keep the door open. So, for the battle at hand, we must win...>

"Yes, Master...>

Less than 10 minutes later, a telegram sent in the name of Ding Xichun reached Liu Yifei again.

"Traveler, Brigadier Ding's telegram...>

After receiving the telegram, a telegram written by Li Guosheng appeared directly in front of Liu Yifei.

"Order your troops to speed up the march and quickly move towards Pulandian...>

Facing the orders personally issued by the 'future direct subordinate', Liu Yifei dared not neglect.Facing the cavalry communicator who was waiting for the order, he decisively ordered: "Call back Brigadier Ding, and within five hours at the latest, my Eighth Brigade and the Field Artillery Regiment will arrive at the intended target...>

After finishing speaking, he continued to order to the chief of staff next to him: "Chief of staff, tell the troops to speed up the march. As for the surrounding scouts and pioneers, I will take them all back. This is still under the control of our Northeast Army, let's talk about it." , the troops of the Ninth Army in Liaodong are being dragged by Brigadier Ding's Eighth Brigade. No matter what, there is no danger on our march."

"Yes, Traveler...>

Because the artillery regiment is assisted by cars, it is impossible to affect the marching speed of the entire queue.As soon as Liu Yifei's order was issued, the marching speed of the troops increased by more than one-third.

Including the First Field Artillery Regiment, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Northeast Army rushed towards Pulandian with strides and panting.The Wanjialing ambush circle appeared in front of the Northeast Army unconsciously.

After several hours of rapid march, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Northeast Army were exhausted and out of breath.At this moment, in their minds, besides hurrying, they still hurry.They didn't realize or expect that a deep crisis had enveloped them. [

In the absence of any vanguard and reconnaissance troops, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Northeast Army, like headless chickens, crashed into the Wanjialing Valley recklessly.

Liu Yifei, commander of the Tenth Brigade, was sitting in the back seat of the jeep, leaning against the back seat as the body of the car kept shaking, feeling a little drowsy.

'Squeak...>

A sharp brake sound sounded directly from the base of the car.Before Liu Yifei could react from his drowsiness, under the action of inertia, Liu Yifei, the brigade commander, directly slammed into the front seat hard.

"Bastard, what car are you driving, don't you have eyes, why did you stop suddenly... >

"Traveler, there seems to be an accident ahead... >

"Something went wrong...>

"Brigade, forward troops report. The road is blocked by boulders. The troops cannot move forward until the road is cleared...>

"The road ahead is blocked... What's going on...>

But at this moment, because the road ahead was blocked, the mighty march of the Northeast Army had unknowingly gathered in the huge ambush circle prepared for them by Zhou Xingguo.

"Bang bang bang...>

"Gunshots, where did the gunshots come from...>

However, what Liu Yifei didn't expect was that just after the order was issued, there was a series of sharp shells whistling.It has been followed, and it appeared very abruptly in the mountains and sky of the battlefield...>

At this moment, if Liu Yifei didn't know that he was being attacked, then his brigade commander would be in vain.

After quickly scanning the surrounding terrain that is very suitable for ambushes, he still had a calm face a few minutes ago.Suddenly it became pale.Facing the terrified chief of staff beside him, he subconsciously exclaimed: "Not good. It's shelling...>

The sound of shell explosions sounded, and the road that was densely packed with soldiers of the Northeast Army was immediately submerged by sudden violent artillery fire.Pieces of soldiers of the Northeast Army had already turned into corpses before they could react from the shock.The Northeast Army, which escaped the first round of shelling, also fell into chaos with a look of horror, and began to run around in the shellfire, trying to find a place to avoid the shellfire.

However, their actions not only failed to save their lives, but instead attracted intensive machine gun fire on both sides of the valley.

Under the protection and swarming of guards, Liu Yifei, the brigade commander who quickly hid in a blind spot under shelling, looked pale and looked at his subordinates, almost when they were massacred.The first company of the guard battalion, which quickly attacked, was like a sharp knife that cut iron like mud, slamming into the joint between the infantry and artillery of the Northeast Army.

At the same time, the first battalion of the No.80 regiment, the engineer battalion, has thousands of elites.Before the artillerymen of the Northeast Army could react from the shock, they rushed out of the hidden position quickly.

Facing the ubiquitous bullets on both sides of the road, facing the thousands of Ninth Army elites rushing towards us with murderous looks on their faces.The more than 1000 Northeast Army artillery with almost no combat effectiveness began to collapse without even blocking a round of the Ninth Army's charge.

And it was only at this moment that Liu Yifei, who had reacted from the sudden ambush, gradually recognized the situation on the battlefield in the report of his subordinates.

"Brigade, the artillery is the commander-in-chief's darling. Look, do you want to send troops to support it...>

"Support? We are overwhelmed by such intense artillery fire. How can we have the troops to support the artillery regiment...>

After quickly scanning the situation of the ambush battlefield through the binoculars, he decisively ordered: "Don't worry about the artillery behind you, except for things, I will take care of it...>

"Order the vanguard troops to rush forward quickly and make a breakthrough at the entrance of the valley...>

"Order the follow-up troops to abandon all food and supplies, and under the cover of light and heavy firepower, quickly assemble to the brigade headquarters and prepare to break through...>

"In addition, order the communication company to quickly report the situation of our department being ambushed to the headquarters by radio...>

Orders were issued one after another, and the several combat staff gathered around him disappeared in front of him immediately.

Listening to the continuous sound of guns and gunshots in the valley... Liu Yifei, the commander of the [-]th brigade, looked forward to waiting for the good news.One bad news after another, like snowflakes, kept falling in front of him.

"Reporting to the brigade, the communication company reported that the battle had just begun, and the radio operators under the communication company were heavily attacked by the enemy, and all of them were killed. The only few radio stations in the brigade, without exception, were all devastated... >

"Reporting to the brigade, although the enemy has only deployed one company at the valley entrance, the firepower of this company is extremely strong. Without heavy weapons to provide fire support, it is impossible for the forward troops to open a breakthrough at the valley entrance...>

"Report to the brigade, the road between us and the artillery regiment has been cut off by the enemy. The artillery regiment has been defeated under the enemy's rapid attack...>

"Brigade, the enemy's interception artillery fire is too fierce, and the troops can't gather at the brigade headquarters at all...>

At this moment, a report that made Liu Yifei most desperate sounded: "Brigade, the enemy, the enemy surrounding us has begun to attack...>

The pale Liu Yifei quickly raised his binoculars and began to pay attention to the situation on the battlefield...>

It was still violent artillery fire just now, but at this moment, it has been divided into two.The dense shells directly blasted two fire zones on the road, dividing the entire Tenth Brigade into three.At the same time, two unstoppable enemy attacking troops are rushing out of the position, and along the two fire zones, they quickly complete the division and encirclement of their tenth brigade...>

Because the entire assault distance was too short, in the blink of an eye, more than 6000 officers and soldiers participating in the entire Tenth Brigade were divided into two.More importantly: due to terrain reasons, the Northeast Army, which was divided and surrounded by the 27th Division at the bottom of the valley, was completely within the range of the 27th Division's firepower.