Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Xue Yue, the head of the 61st regiment, was not from a serious youth army. He was originally a member of the old Cantonese army.During the War to Protect the Nation, according to the secret agreement between the National Socialist Party and the Revolutionary Party, the Cantonese Army was required to hand over the defense area in northern Guangdong to Fujian in exchange for arms support from the Youth Army.Xue Yue, who was a second lieutenant of the Guangdong Army at the time, did not want to leave his hometown in Guangzhou, so he left the Guangdong Army and returned to Shaoguan on his own initiative.Then Xue Yue was recruited into the Youth Army by the Guards Brigade, which was upgraded from a brigade to a division. Due to the lack of officers at that time, Xue Yue, who had not experienced the Xiangxi Military Academy, was exceptionally appointed as the lieutenant platoon leader.Then there was an accident, I don't know which kind-hearted person actually recommended Xue Yue (actually Wang Zhenyu himself) in front of the commander-in-chief.In short, after that, Xue Yue began to rise steadily. He was sent to the Wuhan Senior Officer Crash Course for a month and was awarded the rank of major. Then he was added to the European Military Observer Corps and promoted to lieutenant colonel.Then he served as the colonel and head of the 61st Regiment of the Sixth Division of the Expeditionary Army. It took only one year from a second lieutenant to a colonel. Such a promotion speed can be regarded as a rocket ride.

Fortunately, there are still a group of officers like Xue Yue in the expeditionary force, so it doesn't seem so obtrusive.

Unlike the traditional young army officers, Xue Yue still retained the tradition of the old Cantonese army officers commanding from the front, after all, he had only joined the team for less than a year.In the traditional youth army, the position of commanders above the regiment level is required to be at the back. The purpose of this military order is to protect senior officers and avoid the occurrence of military affairs caused by the death of senior officers in combat. The tragedy of the troop rout.

Xue Yue is in the command post of the third battalion at the moment, and his binoculars are in the direction of bunkers 184 and 185.

The German offensive was very fierce. After a large area of ​​infantry was knocked down, their soldiers fell down or found shelter with very standard movements.Then the grenade flew over, but it was a pity that this thing had no lethality against the reinforced concrete bunker.At this time, the German army can only wait for the artillery to support again, but now it is World War I, not World War II, and the so-called infantry coordination cannot be achieved. Report the position of the enemy army, and then the shells hit the enemy's firepower point with great precision, but it doesn't matter, the Germans have a way of the Germans, and they soon approached the No. 20 bunker with more than 185 casualties, and then fired the grenade from Hole plugged in.With a bang, the bunker was blown up to the sky, and all the Chinese soldiers in a squad inside were martyred.

This method seemed to be very effective, but soon the German army called for a strike for their reckless behavior. The surrounding firepower points of 184 and 186 fired at the German army at a crazy angle. More than 40 brave German soldiers were killed. Killed, the German army had to withdraw temporarily.

Zhao Yanbin, Ma Wenyuan, and Xia Liqiu who were guarding the No. 184 bunker looked at the ruined No. 20 bunker 185 meters away, feeling very sad.Everyone began to cheer up and pay close attention to the movement direction of the German infantry. In short, these Germans will not be allowed to approach the bunker again to carry out blasting.

The German artillery was finally summoned by the infantry. Xia Liqiu felt the whole earth tremble again. The squad leader Shi Jinrong sat in the bunker without saying a word and opened a can of fish. Then he took a piece of fish with his hands and chewed it slowly. He got up, as if the enemy outside had nothing to do with him, while the other soldiers continued to pray that their bunker would not be hit by German artillery fire.

The bombardment by the artillery temporarily called by the German infantry lasted only 5 minutes, because the German artillery was out of ammunition.Moreover, this is only the firepower of the two divisions showing their power, and there are no other heavy artillery, so after the shelling stopped, the German soldiers were extremely disappointed to find that those damn bunkers were still pouring machine gun bullets towards themselves without money. .

For a whole afternoon, in front of Bunker No. 184, nearly 184 German corpses were densely piled up.And compared with other bunkers, Bunker No. 184 is not a little bit lucky. From the outside, it can be seen that there are holes around the shooting hole by the bullets fired back by the Germans, but no bullet was successfully fired into the bunker.Therefore, there were no casualties among the ten soldiers in the squad. At this time, Xue Yue issued a secret order to retreat, because not far from No. 186, bunkers No. 187 and No. 184 had been blasted by the Germans with grenades. No. [-] has also lost its support point now, and the result of continuing to defend it is likely to be overthrown by the German army in the same way at the next point in time.Since the order to stick to it is fifteen days, every soldier is extremely precious to Xue Yue now.

At 184 o'clock in the afternoon, the last bullet in the heavy machine gun was fired, and under the leadership of the squad leader Sergeant Shi Jinrong, the whole squad opened the door of the bunker and started running frantically towards the battalion headquarters.The German army that had just been repulsed did not retreat too far. They were organizing the sixth wave of death squads to deliver grenades.Now they discovered the attempt of the Chinese defenders in bunker No. [-], so they shot. The two unlucky comrades in arms were knocked down by the Germans unceremoniously, and others rushed to drag them.This is also required by the military regulations. You can surrender, but you must never abandon your comrades who were wounded on the battlefield, otherwise you will face a military trial.In the end, the largest of the two soldiers failed to save him, and the German's bullet penetrated his lungs from the back. . .

The same battle was going on in the defensive positions of the 62nd, 63rd, and 64th regiments. For a whole day, the German army suffered 4000 casualties, but only advanced less than 50 meters. Thinking about it, it was an extremely frustrating result. .Lieutenant Colonel Effenberg's troops suffered more than 40% casualties. According to the order of the German Army Staff, he was allowed to rotate. He immediately rode to find his division commander. He had to tell the division commander some of his thoughts.And when Marshal Hindenburg saw the front-line battle report in the headquarters in Nancy, the expression on his face became very exciting, which is unimaginable.In such a small area, the imperial army paid 4000 casualties and failed to take it down after such a large-scale bombardment. What is the situation?Field Marshal Hindenburg was so angry that he blew his beard and was about to leave violently.

When did the Chinese become so capable of fighting?Marshal Hindenburg remembers very clearly that 16 years ago, Marshal Waldsee, the old man, easily defeated 10,000+ regular troops of the Qing Empire plus a million boxers with only [-] coalition troops.How many years has it been since the Chinese, the sick men of East Asia, dare to wrestle with the elite of the empire in Europe?

In Paris, a reception was being held, where diplomats and politicians from the Allied Powers, including Britain, France and Italy, were enjoying the best Bordeaux dry red while exchanging views on the war.It is worth noting that although the southern national government had a diplomatic department, it did not set up foreign agencies. Therefore, Hu Weide, the minister of the Beiyang government in France, attended the reception on behalf of China.Because of the fact that the Nationalist government sent troops to Europe, the Chinese diplomats stationed in France have also become valuable.However, today's reception is obviously not a friendly gathering. From the beginning of the gathering, French Prime Minister Clemenceau very unceremoniously raised the most sincere protest to our Minister Hu Weide, protesting that the damn Chinese army did not earnestly fulfill the coalition's mission. obligation.Now it's all right, the poor French army was thrown directly in front of the fierce German and was beaten up.And all of this was caused by the incompetence of the squadron. Poor Minister Hu Weide could only endure Clemenceau's roar with a livid face without saying a word.

The Japanese diplomats attending the meeting sneered while holding their wine glasses. It seemed that it was a very pleasant thing to see the Chinese make a fool of themselves, but not every Japanese was like this. Nagata Tieshan, a military attache at the Japanese Embassy in Denmark Holding the wine glass in one hand, he held the frame of the glasses to his nose with the other hand.

And less than two meters away from Nagata, British Prime Minister Lloyd George was talking with Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Terauchi's special envoy Koki Hirota enthusiastically.This is also a characteristic of Japanese diplomacy in this period. Masaki Terauchi, who was born in the military, became the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan. This determines that it is impossible for Masaki Terauchi to discuss many major foreign affairs in person.So the special envoy shouldered the mission that originally belonged to the foreign minister.

"Mr. Hirota, it seems that the Chinese army is indeed not as reliable as your country's army. I still hope that your country can send troops to Europe to beat up the Germans with us. As for funding and equipment, we can talk about it." ” Prime Minister Lloyd George now looks like a human trafficker, hiring troops who can shed blood for the British Empire.

Hirota Koki nodded and said: "Of course the Imperial Japanese Army is more reliable than the inferior Chinese army. They are warriors who defeated Russia, but this matter is not a trivial matter. I can't express my position here. I can only ask the imperial government. Now it seems , The weapons and loans your country spent on the Chinese people are wasted, this really makes us, friends of your country, feel sad."

Nagata Tieshan could understand English, and he frowned subconsciously after hearing the conversation between Lloyd George and Hirota Koki.

Having been in Europe for several years, Nagata Tieshan, a rational faction, knows much more about the combat effectiveness of the German army than the domestic guys who are self-confident and sitting on the sky.

I'm not kidding, as far as the Imperial Japanese Army is concerned, the navy may still come and beat up the Germans, but if it's the army, then it's just to come here to beat up.So this time the performance of the Chinese is not surprising, and the imperial army may not be much better.In the final analysis, the war between the great powers is still about industrial capabilities!