Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Although the beginning of autumn in Xuzhou in September, there are still autumn tigers. It is very hot at noon and very cool in the middle of the night.But no matter how cold it is, it can't hide the murderous aura all over the sky. Zhang Zongchang and his Zhilu allied forces are coming towards Xuzhou mightily with the murderous aura bursting out from time to time.The First Army of the Youth Army and the Frontier Defense Army received orders not to allow active attacks, and Jiang Fangzhen, the new chief of staff of the Xuzhou Front Enemy General Headquarters, came with this order.

"Brother Baili, it's good that you're here, it's good that you're here, with you here, our army will surely win!" Xu Shuzheng used to work in the Army Department, and had a certain friendship with Jiang Fangzhen, who was the principal of Baoding .

"Brother Youzheng, you are joking. With you as a wise man here, my trip here is actually unnecessary, but General Counselor Bai said that he wanted to teach Fengjun a profound lesson, so I had no choice but to come here with a thick skin." Jiang Fangzhen After these years The experience of speaking has become more and more appropriate.

"Brother Baili was joking, but I just don't know what the lesson is?" The little unhappiness in Xu Shuzheng's heart immediately dissipated after Jiang Fangzhen said this, and at the same time, he became very interested in the content of the lesson Jiang Fangzhen mentioned. .

Jiang Fangzhen nodded, and took a fortification map from the staff behind him: "Specifically, it is like this, like this..."

After listening to Jiang Fangzhen's explanation, Xu Shuzheng couldn't help sighing: "The German guy is indeed an expert in military affairs. He can think of this kind of gameplay. Now it's all right. Zhang Zongchang has nothing to fear even if he doubles his army." Commander Tao, you can follow the method suggested by Chief of Staff Chiang..."

On September 9, the Zhi-Shandong Allied Forces arrived at the front line of Xiaoliuquan and Qingshanquan Town. On this 11-kilometer-wide front, Tao Zhiyue's direct descendant, the First Division of the Youth Army, was ordered to fight the Zhi-Shandong Allied Forces here. The army can be regarded as a meritorious army in the civil war, and more importantly, a group of officers who have rotated back from Europe have just added to this army.As for the current division commander of this unit, Zhang Zizhong, the division commander of the 4.7th Division of the Expeditionary Army known for his good defense in the European battlefield, served as the division commander of Wang Zhenyu's starting unit, which can be regarded as the greatest praise and trust for Zhang Zizhong, a non-direct descendant.

Throwing a peach in return for a favor, Zhang Zizhong naturally unceremoniously took down the task of guarding the first line of defense.Strictly speaking, it is very dangerous to put only 4700 troops on the 5000-meter defense line, of which there are only 9000 combatants, and it is very dangerous to face the frontal attack of nearly 20 enemy troops.

So when the scouts of the Zhi-Shandong coalition reported the results of the investigation, Zhang Zongchang touched his bald head in disbelief, and then piled his head down. Shi Congbin and the army commanders said: "These southern barbarians are brave enough Still stupid enough? I don’t know how to fight anymore, and I won’t send only such a few people to fight, what is this not to do to death?”

After reading the report, Shi Congbin shook his head in puzzlement and said, "Brother, we don't understand the reasoning of this anymore. It stands to reason that their youth army wouldn't be so stupid, otherwise how did they take down such a large area in the south? Could it be a fraud?"

"What's wrong with this?" Zhang Zongchang walked back and forth quickly with his hands behind his back and asked back and forth, "From the perspective of the terrain, as long as this place is taken down, the rest will be the Yellow River, which is not too sad. I can’t see any fraud at all. And according to the information provided by Japanese friends, the entire Xuzhou enemy army adds up to less than 10 people, which is less than half of ours. In the face of absolute strength, I don’t believe it. What other tricks can the Southern Manzi play?"

Since he was talking to himself, no one dared to come out to raise objections. Zhang Zongchang, who has always been a famous general, slapped his thigh and said: "Give me some troops, and I will let these southern barbarians who feel good about themselves today." See what a real war is, what a real man is! Go and invite the Japanese consultants, and let the youth army know what heavy artillery is later..."

The thing that Zhang Zongchang valued was the Meiji 38-style 150mm field howitzer sent by the Japanese. This kind of gun can tell how powerful it is just by looking at its caliber.The shell alone weighs 36 kilograms and has a range of almost 6000 meters.When I showed Zhang Zongchang the test shot, Zhang Zongchang was very happy for a while, and felt that Little Japan even took out such enough things to give to himself, which is really enough for friends.However, what Zhang Zongchang may not know is that this kind of gun is not good or bad. At least it has become obsolete in the Japanese army. The range of [-] km will definitely suffer a lot in real cannon shooting.Think about it, it's enough for someone casually, and you can't hurt him even if you try your best, how can you fight this battle?Therefore, the performance of this kind of artillery for suppressing shooting was already outdated by the time of the Second World War, and its production had already been discontinued. appear on the battlefield.

But it doesn’t matter, first of all, the battlefield is now in the North China Plain, and the transportation depends on the railway, and looking at the whole of China, it is really rare to see a cannon with the same power that has a longer range than this, so the above two weaknesses have never been exposed.And Zhang Zongchang naturally regarded this weapon as his trump card. Not only did he form a heavy artillery brigade separately according to the requirements of the Japanese consultants, but he also hired a large number of retired Japanese artillerymen to directly act as gunners.After all, artillery is a technical branch, not the kind of cannon fodder that can be used by sending a gun to a suit of military uniforms. Here, the two technologies of indirect sight and sound measurement alone cannot be trained and mastered in a short period of time.And what Zhang Zongchang, who was only a brigade commander in the Fengjun two months ago, lacked most was time, so when he was busy squandering his power to marry No. Zhang Zongchang naturally nodded in agreement with the idea and method of building a heavy artillery brigade.From his point of view, the Japanese put so much effort into supporting him and were closer than his own father, so there was nothing to worry about.

And Japan has made great efforts this time. After being disappointed with the Beiyang warlords, the temple government authorized the Guandong Prefecture Governor's Mansion to directly support Zhang Zuolin's entry into the customs.And Fengjun's performance obviously made the Japanese very satisfied. It actually expanded to 70 troops in just two months, and it logically kicked off the prelude to the Southern Expedition.

This is precisely what the Japanese are most satisfied with. To be honest, it would be a lie to say that the amazing performance of the Southern China Army in Europe did not touch the nerves of the Japanese at all.It is said that Japanese high-level officials held three consecutive imperial meetings in order to reassess the actual combat effectiveness of the Chinese army, but in the end they failed to draw an accurate conclusion.But then the Chinese will obviously have to give full play to their national advantages of being good at infighting, and no matter what the result is, it will be a kind of weakening for China as a whole.

However, the Japanese high-level hopes that in such a civil war, it would be better if Southern China would perish just like the Southern Song Dynasty in history.So they spent a lot of money on Feng Jun, not only paying the unpaid balance of Xiyuan's loan to Zhang Zuolin.Even through the imperial army stationed in Qingdao, they provided enough ammunition to arm hundreds of thousands to Zhang Zongchang, the number one tiger general of the Feng family who rose to fame in this war.

The Japanese have always been careful and careful. Supporting Zhang Zongchang is definitely not for nothing. First, Zhang Zongchang is the vanguard of attacking Southern China, so it is absolutely necessary to make it strong.Second, the special high school has a very good evaluation of Zhang Zongchang, who is very ambitious and easy to control. Such a person is definitely the biggest hidden danger for Zhang Zuolin on his way to unify China.In other words, the Japanese side will never allow China to complete the reunification, because this will affect their mainland policy of the Great Japanese Empire and the future of the empire.Their wishful thinking is very simple. First rely on Zhang Zuolin's wolf-like Fengjun to wipe out the Southern China government whose steel production faintly exceeds that of the Great Japanese Empire. One is divided into three, so that China will return to the Three Kingdoms era, and it will be much easier for Japan to encroach on such a China. . .

The Japanese over there are thinking of wishful thinking, and Zhang Zongchang here is also dreaming about the dream of entering Nanjing. He has found out clearly that the south today is very rich, and occupying any province can be worth several Shandong provinces. up.These messages further strengthened Zhang Zongchang's determination to go south in a big way. In his opinion, no matter how Sun Liechen attacked Henan, he wanted to go south to make a fortune. As for the future, let's talk about going south to make a fortune.

The famous "Battle of Shuangquan" in history is about to start. At ten o'clock in the morning, the cannon fodder arranged by Zhang Zongchang the day before, all four infantry brigades and two cavalry brigades are in place.The 3 horses themselves are composed of soil fertilizers and outlaws, and Zhang Zongchang also promised them that after breaking through the defense line, those who survived will be rewarded with 30 yuan.This move immediately aroused the morale of these soldiers, which made Zhang Zongchang very satisfied.Zhang Zongchang originally planned to invest more attacking troops, but the entire front line is so fast, no matter how many troops there are, there is only such a wide supply area, there is no need to swarm up and let others sweep.

Here is an additional point to emphasize that the Zhishan coalition's style of play seems simple, but in fact it is very fierce and effective.The fighting in this era is basically European style, there is no way, everyone is a student taught by the Germans.Therefore, building a position to fight is a must for positional warfare. Zhang Zongchang found a good way for this, that is, the infantry attack first and concentrate on the breakthrough. broke through.

So Zhang Zongchang is only stupid on the outside, but he is a very scheming person in essence. This style of play was successfully used in the war between Poland and the Soviet Union. Very effective.The first enemy Zhang Zongchang defeated with this tactic was Wu Peifu, known as China's Ludendorff. In Qinghe and Shangqiu, this tactic was exerted great power by him.So this time in Xuzhou, what will happen?