Fuchikou Fortress is part of the fortress group of Tianjia Town.

The fortress of Tianjia Town is in a dangerous terrain, it is connected by mountains and rivers, lakes, Huangni Lake in the east, Makou Lake in the west, and there are hills three or four miles wide and six or seven miles long in the middle. To the north of the hill is the Songshan Heights, the highlands stretch for more than 10 miles, the relative height is only three or four hundred meters, but it is very steep, and the dense vegetation is sometimes exposed with gray-brown rocks, which is the support of the north of the fortress.

It is known as "the first gateway of Wuhan" and "the key to the Chujiang River", and the terrain is dangerous.

At the beginning of 1938, the Nationalist Government Headquarters set up the "Tianjiazhen Fortress Headquarters" in Tianjia Town, with artillery units and an infantry garrison battalion.

The core of the Tianjiazhen fortress group is the Tianjiazhen fortress, which is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, but the Fuchikou fortress and the Banbishan fortress on the south bank are also important.

The entire fortress group, with these three fortresses as the core, are each other's horns, no matter which fortress is lost, it will have a very negative impact on the other two fortresses.

Don't think about it, the core of the defense is the fortress of Tianjiazhen, which was also confirmed by the opening of the Battle of Wuhan later, followed by Fuchikou, and finally Banbishan.

To be honest, there is a reason why the fortress of Fuchikou fell in history, because the division commander changed too quickly.

At the time of the Battle of Songhu, the division commander was Zhu Yaohua, and now it is Xiao Wenduo, who is still studying in Wuhan, and Li Fangchen, who escaped in history, will take over at this time.

In this way, the division headquarters did not have a unified opinion on how to defend Fuchikou.

Looking at the quarrelsome division, Leng Jie was really helpless, how could he defend the Fuchikou Fortress like this?

"Captain Leng, don't you think it's a little incredible? In the face of a fortress, there is no unified defensive plan. After the division headquarters meeting in Fuchi Town, Qiu Xingxiang called Leng Jie.

This meeting was attended by two brigade commanders and the commanders of the four main regiments, not to mention the two regiments under the brigade commander's command, but in fact this brigade commander was somewhat redundant.

This brigade commander Leng Jie didn't know either, and he hadn't heard of it anyway, so he was either killed in battle in history, or he was unknown.

Leng Jie is not familiar with him, and Qiu Xingxiang is also an arrogant lord, which makes the brigade commander a little embarrassed.

Qiu Xingxiang is arrogant, but in the war, he still admires Leng Jie, after all, he is from a siege like Nanjing, and he can't do it without any ability.

"As expected, the same was true of the previous Battle of Nanjing." Leng Jie is not surprised, but he has a bottom on how to defend.

Seeing Leng Jie's expression that was not too worried, Qiu Xingxiang couldn't help asking, "Seeing that Regiment Leader Leng is so confident, does Regiment Leader Leng have a good defense idea?" ”

"Brigade Commander Qiu, is this going to be a better candidate?" Leng Jie looked at each other with a smile.

"It's not a test, it's just a discussion with each other." Qiu Xingxiang said.

"There are good ideas." With a good idea, Leng Jie naturally wouldn't hide it, and looked around, "What does Brigade Commander Qiu think about the next Japanese attack?" ”

"Next, the Japanese army will definitely go up the river and attack Wuhan, but I don't know how big the scale is!" Now that Japan has not officially announced its plan to attack Wuhan, Qiu Xingxiang naturally does not know.

However, the Japanese army has been actively preparing, and has gathered a lot of troops in Wuhu and Nanjing, which is obvious, so it is not difficult to guess, but the specific number is not known.

Leng Jie sighed in his heart, the scale of the next Wuhan battle was a general battle in which the armies of both sides combined to invest millions of dollars, involving many provinces.

The end of this battle is regarded in the history books as a situation in which the Japanese army entered a strategic stalemate from a strategic offensive during the War of Resistance Against Japan.

"Then does Brigade Commander Qiu think he can win?" Leng Jie asked again.

"Yes!" Qiu Xingxiang is also a little lacking in confidence.

"There's no need for Brigade Commander Qiu to hide, this upcoming big battle will definitely not be won, it's just how long it lasts." Leng Jie shook his head.

"Commander Leng's words are too long for the Japanese army's anger and destroy the prestige of our army! And we're talking about how to defend the fortress of Toikeguchi and do a good job of defending yourself. Qiu Xingxiang was a little unhappy.

Although a unified battle plan was not drawn up at the meeting just now, the defensive positions of each regiment were decided.

The 107th Regiment was responsible for the defense of the outer Jilong Mountain, the 108th Regiment was responsible for the defense of Zhupo Mountain, and the other two regiments and divisional units were responsible for the defense of other peripheral positions and core positions.

Jilong Mountain is located in the south of Zhupo Mountain, the core position of Fuchikou, with Zhupo Lake on the west side of Jilong Mountain, mountains on the east, and the highway leading to Yangxin County from Ruichang County to the south of the mountain.

Don't look at Jilong Mountain as a peripheral position, but it is very important for the core position of Fuchikou - Zhupo Mountain and Fuchi Town.

It can be said that as long as the Jilong Mountain is guarded, the pressure on the fortress of Fuchikou will be much less.

Leng Jie's 108th Regiment is responsible for defending the position north of Zhupo Mountain, that is, the position along the river, which is undoubtedly the most dangerous position, because it has to suffer not only from the attack of the Japanese army, but also from the attack of naval guns, and the pressure is not small.

"Then let's talk about defending Tomikeguchi!" Leng Jie didn't argue, "How does Brigade Commander Qiu think it should be defended?" ”

"Naturally, it is to rely on the terrain to build fortifications, with mines, pillboxes and trenches as the core, to resist on the periphery and reduce the pressure on the main position." Qiu Xingxiang said without thinking about it.

"I don't think it's useful." Leng Jie shook his head and said, "How long does Brigade Commander Qiu think our so-called fortifications can last under the shelling of the Japanese army's land, sea and air fire?" For example, those bunkers.

The Jilong Mountain defended by Brigade Commander Qiu may not be bombarded by the Japanese naval guns, but the position of Zhu Po Mountain is.

These bunkers and forts in Zhu Po Mountain are all fortifications built many years ago, and although they have been repaired in the past two years, their defensive capabilities are not strong. It can protect against shells within 100 mm, but it can't protect against heavy artillery, and the Japanese have plenty of shells, and these surface fortifications will undoubtedly become the priority targets of Japanese artillery fire. ”

Qiu Xingxiang didn't know how to refute it, because he knew the gap between the Chinese and Japanese armies in artillery fire. The Japanese army used that old-fashioned tactic to capture a quarter of China's land.

"Then what is Captain Leng's trick?" Qiu Xingxiang also wanted to see what Leng Jie was capable of.

"It's not a clever move, but there will be a way to weaken the Japanese artillery superiority. That is to build the fortifications underground, with each high ground as the core, and build a huge underground tunnel system.

No matter how powerful the Japanese artillery fire was, it could not penetrate a meter or two, or even deeper.

Even if the Japanese were able to capture the high ground with artillery fire, our soldiers did not suffer much. At night, our soldiers came out of the ground, attacked the Japanese and recaptured the surface positions.

Moreover, as long as the Japanese army captures too much high ground, the logistics of its front-line troops will be easily cut off by us, and then it will be a turtle in an urn. ”