Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

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In the Wanjialing ambush, Zhou Xingguo's 27th Division quickly captured the Tenth Brigade of the Northeast Army with lightning speed. шwщ Subsequently, the entire army was quickly divided into three: the division headquarters was directly under the engineer battalion, and the guard battalion, under their own command, escorted all the prisoners of war and captured supplies, and retreated towards Dalian. The 27th regiment under the 80th division approached Gaizhou. The 27st Regiment under the 81th Division approached Zhuanghe.

Zhou Xingguo, the commander of the 27th Division, led all the prisoners of war and supplies, and returned to Dalian.Because the Eighth and Tenth Brigades of the Northeast Army were destroyed one after another, Gaizhou and Zhuanghe, which were empty of troops, fell into the hands of Zhou Xingguo without any meaningful resistance.

A total of one main regiment was stationed in Dalian and Lushunkou, and two main regiments were stationed in Gaizhou and Zhuanghe, two strategically important places.The strength of a main division in hand seems to be very large.However, after they were truly dispersed throughout the Liaodong City Peninsula, Commander Zhou Xingguo suddenly felt that the troops in his hands were stretched.

Although I know that there are not many Northeast Army garrisons left in Liaodong, I just need to work harder.The strategic belts including Yingkou and Dandong will all fall into their own hands.However, due to lack of troops, Zhou Xingguo had to stop his offensive pace, switch from offensive to defensive, and control the already occupied Liaodong Peninsula. [

"Master, according to the latest information from the Special Operations Brigade, the Northeast Army duli No. 11 brigade and duli No. 12 brigade are rapidly approaching Yingkou and Dandong in an attempt to strengthen the military defense of the two places and block our army's offensive pace. In two days at the latest, Dandong and Yingkou will become strategic military locations where heavy troops from the Northeast Army are stationed." Chief of Staff Liu Qingwen reported.

"Seeing the fat in my mouth just fly away like this, I am also very unwilling. However, we have so many troops in our hands. Do you want me to conjure up troops and rush to attack the two places in front of the Northeast Army? Chief of Staff , I can't help it..." Mr. Zhou Xingguo said with a depressed face.

"Division seat. Do you think it is possible for the commander-in-chief to send some reinforcements to us... A division, no, as long as two infantry regiments, the 80th and 81st regiments we spared, can occupy these two strategic locations, further To expand the results of our 27th Division's expedition to Liaodong..." Chief of Staff Liu Qingwen asked resentfully.

The division commander, Zhou Xingguo, shook his head helplessly, and said, "I asked a long time ago. The commander-in-chief can't do anything about it. Although the total strength of my Ninth Army has reached six main divisions. However, these six main divisions There are all missions, and there is no way to dispatch them in a short period of time. Therefore, we can only watch the two places be occupied by the Northeast Army..."

Afterwards, Zhou Xingguo seemed to think of something, and continued to speak: "Of course, the commander-in-chief is not without orders: the commander-in-chief asked us to quickly eliminate all enemies in the occupied area and truly complete the control of the Liaodong Peninsula. Then, we will be transferred from our 27th Division A part of the veterans and officers' deputies are reorganized for all prisoners of war."

"The idea of ​​the commander-in-chief is to defend the Liaodong Peninsula. We must have at least two main divisions. All the prisoners of war, plus some recruits recruited locally, will be reorganized into three infantry regiments. That is, one main division. As for this It won’t take long for the appointment of officers above the division level. The commander-in-chief will issue it..."

Compared with Zhou Xingguo's helplessness, Li Guosheng, the commander-in-chief far away in Jinan, Shandong.Chief of Staff Jiang Baili was also depressed.The Liaodong battlefield started, and Lunan and Luxi had to guard against the Nanjing Central Government Army, Yan Xishan's Jinsui Army, and Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army respectively.Commander-in-Chief Li Guosheng, like Zhou Xingguo, was also troubled by the shortage of troops.

Of course, while the military strength was stretched, public opinion attacks from all sides, especially the Nanjing central "government" public opinion attacks, all rushed to Li Guosheng, a new "warlord", which made Li Guosheng miserable.

Looking at the telegram from the Nanjing central "government" in his hand, a mocking smile flashed across Li Guosheng's face, and he said, "This old Jiang really does not miss any chance to attack my Ninth Army."

"It was well said before the start of the war: the central "government" must remain silent throughout the battle. Now, seeing that our Ninth Army is short of troops, it is also in order to completely pull Zhang Xueliang's hundreds of thousands of Northeast Army into his camp. , gave my Ninth Army a fatal blow through the Northeast Army. They turned their faces immediately and started attacking us from all directions..."

Chief of Staff Jiang Baili seemed to be familiar with these things, smiled, and said: "Commander-in-Chief: There are no eternal friends or eternal interests in politics. Facing the temptation of hundreds of thousands of Northeast Army in the hands of Zhang Xueliang It is not too much for Lao Jiang to make such a choice. However, fortunately, my Ninth Army's reputation was earned on the battlefield, and the Lao Jiang's Central Army hoarded in the Xuzhou area, because I was afraid of defending one of the main divisions in Zaozhuang , I dare not take a step forward for the time being. Otherwise, our Ninth Army will face two-front battles, or even three-front, four-front battles..."

Li Guosheng nodded noncommittally, and said with a smile: "Chief of Staff, I just think this change is too fast. It seems that I, Li Guosheng, will never be able to catch up with Lao Jiang in terms of political conspiracy..."

After finishing speaking, a sharp edge quickly flashed from Li Guosheng's eyes.The topic changed, and he continued to speak: "However, there is a good saying. In the face of real strength, any conspiracy will become vulnerable. As long as our Ninth Army becomes strong enough, Luo Qiyuan who is stationed in Zaozhuang can defend this strategy The important place. Lao Jiang's tentacles will never be able to touch our Shandong Province..."

"The commander-in-chief is right. There is only one outcome of any political conspiracy, and that is strength determines everything..." Chief of Staff Jiang Baili agreed.

At this moment, it is not just the Nanjing central "government".Yan Xishan's Jinsui Army and Feng Yuxiang's Northeast Army suffered heavy losses in front of the Ninth Army.After learning that the Ninth Army had attacked Liaodong, and had fought with the Northeast Army, it had eliminated two main brigades of the Northeast Army. 'After the news, they also started to move.

In the eyes of these two warlords: Facing the crazy counterattack of the hundreds of thousands of troops under Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army, the Ninth Army with limited strength will definitely mobilize heavy troops.Go to the Liaodong battlefield, ready to meet the possible counterattack launched by Zhang Xueliang's troops.

Once the Ninth Army moves its troops.The number of troops defending in one's own direction will drop sharply.In this case.Do you have a chance to jump up and bite the Ninth Army?While recovering part of the losses from the Ninth Army, he also washed away the humiliation he suffered in front of the Ninth Army.

Especially after hearing the news that the Ninth Army had turned against the Nanjing central "government", this impulse and idea immediately came to the minds of these two warlords.

Without any discussion, a large number of Jinsui Army and Northeast Army troops began to approach the Shandong border at almost the same time. [

For a time, there were two main divisions under the Nanjing Central Government and three main divisions of the Jinsui Army.The two main divisions of the Northwest Army.Like a group of wolves smelling blood, quietly lurking on the border of Shandong Province, ready to attack the Ninth Army at any time.

Faced with such a situation, Li Guosheng, who was already stretched out in terms of troops, had to issue a combat order to the troops to "defend on the spot".By sticking to the border, the Ninth Army was provided with a period of time for troop reorganization.Let the Ninth Army reorganize and add at least three main combat divisions.

Shangqiu in Henan and Hengshui in Hebei.There are two main divisions of the Ninth Army stationed respectively.Although the corresponding Jinsui Army and Northwest Army occupy a certain number of troops.However, this troop advantage immediately offset each other in the face of the equipment advantage possessed by the Ninth Army.

In addition, the Ninth Army has a large number of fighter planes cruising over the heads of the Jinsui Army and the Northwest Army every day.Even if the two warlord troops came with resentment, they did not dare to make the slightest move in front of the Ninth Army.cause dissatisfaction.

However, compared with the two warlord forces.The Central Army of the Nationalist Government, which claims to be invincible in the world, is much more arrogant.certainly.This kind of arrogance was beyond Li Guosheng's expectation.

It was Luo Qiyuan's Third Security Division that defended the south of Shandong, because they had to defend the two important military towns of Zaozhuang and Linyi.The defense is directly opposite the Central Army of the Xuzhou Nationalist Government, that is, Luo Qiyuan's headquarters in Zaozhuang. There are only two infantry regiments and one artillery regiment.

Two infantry regiments and one artillery regiment, how could the proud central government army pay attention to them.Coupled with the two central armies from Anhui and other provinces, they have no experience in fighting the Ninth Army at all.Just after getting some information about the garrison of the Ninth Army in Zaozhuang, one of the division commanders had the idea of ​​attacking Zaozhuang and taking Lunan for meritorious service.

The joint headquarters of the two main divisions of the Jinan Central Army and two major generals gathered together to discuss the information just issued by the intelligence department and the next deployment of the troops.

"Mr. Wu, our military strength is more than three times that of the Zaozhuang defenders. As for the artillery regiment in the opponent's hand, in my opinion, it is all fake. You know, one infantry division of our Central Army is equipped with one Shanpao Battalion, a small local warlord, can it surpass our Central Army in terms of equipment?"

"So, in my opinion, this artillery regiment is at most a mixed-brand artillery regiment composed of some mortars and some captured Japanese mountain guns. I can confidently say that such an artillery regiment is definitely not our army. The opponents of the two mountain artillery battalions..." Shen Qimin, the commander of the [-]th Division of the Central Army who wanted to attack Zaozhuang, said arrogantly.

Compared with Shen Qimin's arrogance, Wu Jiamin, the commander of the [-]th Division, was born in the Whampoa Military Academy and received formal military education, so he was much calmer when encountering problems.He waved his hand and said, "Brigade Commander Shen, if you dispatch troops without an order, don't you worry about the commander-in-chief's enforcement of military laws... You know, what the commander-in-chief is most afraid of is the general's private deployment of troops..."

Shen Qimin smiled, did not give up this idea because of this, and continued to speak: "Mr. Wu, think about the other units under my Central Army. Without exception, all of them have made meritorious service on the battlefield, and they are the next promotion for themselves. Accumulate military exploits. Just the two of us were dispatched to the city of Xuzhou. There were no battles to fight. I can be sure that once the Great War in the Central Plains is over, we who have not made any military exploits will continue to be assigned by the commander-in-chief. In the position of division commander Work all your life and never get promoted."

"Brother Wu, you are also from the Whampoa Military Academy. Looking at the classmates back then, many of them have been promoted to army commanders, and even the commander-in-chief of the group army. As for you, you are still swinging in the position of division commander. Don't you want to be promoted based on your military exploits? Are you jealous? Is it?" Net doesn't skip words.

Seeing that Wu Jiamin seemed to have wavered in his thoughts, Shen Qimin's eyes lit up, and he drew a huge pie for Wu Jiamin again.Encourage Wu Jiamin to send troops with him.

"Brother Wu, according to the information issued by the headquarters, the Ninth Army on the opposite side has reached the point where its strength is stretched. Except for Zaozhuang, which stands in front of us, there is no longer any established army that can threaten us in the entire south of Shandong. As long as we Can take Zaozhuang quickly. Do you know what this means? It means that the entire southern Shandong, the southern Shandong area that the commander-in-chief has wanted for a long time, will open to us without reservation, let us march..."

"Occupy the entire Lunan..."

The pie was indeed huge.The commander-in-chief Lao Jiang's hatred for the Shandong Ninth Army is very clear to all senior officers of the Central Army.To seize Lunan from the Ninth Army, to a certain extent, he helped the commander-in-chief wash away the humiliation he had repeatedly received from Li Guosheng and avenged the commander-in-chief.

Wu Jiamin can be sure.Once this goal is achieved, with this huge military exploits, he will definitely be favored by the commander-in-chief.Being favored by the commander-in-chief means that he will have more opportunities for promotion in the next round of reorganization of the Central Army.

Thinking of this, Wu Jiamin, who was still calm just now, suddenly became moved.

In my mind, I also quickly started to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the whole battle for myself and the probability of success...

Because Wu Jiamin was born in Whampoa Military Academy.As a result, he had blind trust in the Central Army created by Lao Jiang himself.In his eyes, all local warlords in the country, including the Ninth Army, cannot be opponents of the Central Army.As for the reason why the Ninth Army was able to win several local wars.It was all because of Li Guosheng's good luck.

Therefore, in the face of Master Shen Qimin's analysis of the Zaozhuang garrison just now, he did not express any doubts. [

The two main divisions of the Central Army.Take Zaozhuang, which is defended by only two infantry regiments and a miscellaneous artillery regiment.If you can't win yet.Then my teacher will be in vain.

After thinking for less than half a minute, Commander Wu Jiamin was full of confidence in this military operation.Facing Shen Qimin who was full of expectation.He said directly: "Master Shen, I agree to attack Zaozhuang together and help the commander-in-chief take down the entire southern Shandong area..."

Compared with the intelligence forces of the central "government" in Nanjing, it is because Li Guosheng attaches great importance to intelligence forces, coupled with the continuous investment of a lot of money every month.The intelligence tentacles of the Intelligence Department under the Ninth Army have already extended to every unit under the Central Army.

The two division commanders of Xuzhou City had just made a decision to attack Zaozhuang, and a piece of information related to this appeared in the hands of Mr. Luo Qiyuan of the Third Security Division.

About [-] kilometers away from Zaozhuang, Jinling Temple, as the only way for Xuzhou to go to Zaozhuang, has always been stationed with a main battalion and a cavalry platoon under Luo Qiyuan's department.

When Luo Qiyuan received the information, he gave Guo Qi, the battalion commander of the main battalion who stood out from the defense line, a new combat order: "After a fatal blow to the invading central army, wait for the opportunity to retreat..."

In order to prevent the forward troops from being ambushed by the mountains, which the Ninth Army is best at, the two division commanders, Shen Qiming and Wu Jiaming, placed directly at the front of the troops with four infantry companies, a mortar company, and a heavy machine gun company. A reinforced battalion with 800 troops.For the follow-up main force, kill and open a safe passage to Zaozhuang.

The forward reinforced battalion, which was about two kilometers away from the follow-up troops, did not disappoint the two division commanders. With an unstoppable offensive posture, they quickly "broke through" the infantry platoon deployed by Guo Qi on the border and invaded the territory of Shandong Province.

A river valley one kilometer away from Jinling Temple, because of the perennial river erosion.One side of the road is a tidal flat area without any hidden objects, and the other side is covered with shrubs and thatch as tall as a person.There are hardly any commanding heights in the two-kilometer-long river valley.

In the eyes of outsiders, this open area was not suitable for ambushes at all, and it was unexpectedly selected by Guo Qi.

In the words of Battalion Commander Guo Qi: If you want to fight an ambush that surprises the enemy, you must combine Qi and Zheng.And in this open area that is not suitable for ambushes at all, it is the wonderful use of the word "odd" to ambush the enemy.

In the bushes less than 100 meters away from the road, there is a long trench that is completely parallel to the road and passes through a hidden long trench, hidden in thick thatch.Of course, hundreds of officers and soldiers under Guo Qi's command also hid in this trench, waiting for the arrival of the forward troops of the Central Army.

Hundreds of officers and soldiers, with one heart hanging, waited for the start of the battle.The forward battalion of the Central Army has already begun to enter this river valley.

As Battalion Commander Guo Qi said, facing this valley with a sweeping view, there is no commanding height at all.The battalion commander of the forward battalion of the Central Army did not expect that there were already hundreds of black hole gun barrels aimed at him silently on the side of the road.

"Battalion Commander, these Central Army really don't have any doubts about Hegu... Such a neat queue is in front of us, isn't it waiting to be slaughtered by us?"The first battalion temporary headquarters, deputy battalion commander Chang Song said with a sigh of relief.

Battalion Commander Guo Qi showed a natural smile on his face, and said: "This is for sure, except for ourselves, no one else would have thought that we would fight an ambush here... tell Brothers, don't save me ammunition for a while, give me all the weapons to fight hard..."

In a blink of an eye, the forward battalion of the Central Army, which was arranged in three rows and stretched for 300 meters, had all entered the ambush circle.

In the ambush position, Guo Qi's department had 18 mortars, 9 heavy machine guns, 30 light machine guns, more than [-] submachine guns, and more than [-] rifles.The densely packed barrels lined up in a row, waiting for the order to attack.

"Da da da..." Battalion Commander Guo Qi personally manipulated a light machine gun that spewed out flames, and hundreds of black hole barrels spewed hot bullets at the same time.In the blink of an eye, more than a thousand rounds of bullets shot into the dense formation of the Central Army's forward battalion with a breath of death.To be continued.

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