Chapter Ninety-Five: The Fall of Madang

If Zhang Ziwen can't solve trouble, then there is only a meeting, and it is better for many people to think than to think about it alone.

"Rao Xiangyun notified the platoon commanders of each company to hold a meeting, and at the same time sent someone to notify Wu Zijian and Lao Shen to come over."

After a while, the backbone of the third battalion put down the work of building wooden houses and came to Guanmiao.

"Now we have three problems, but there are two problems for us to solve ourselves, the first one ............"

After Zhang Ziwen explained the importance of the radio station, the third battalion decided to buy it through gritted teeth.

"The second thing, the backbone of the Third Company, everyone will put forward their opinions first."

Ma Xiaobao was the first to stand up and recommend the old pole to be the commander of the third company, whether it is qualifications and military exploits, the old pole is enough, the previous time was because of the constraints of Wan Shijiong, otherwise Zhang Ziwen would definitely let the old pole serve as the commander of the first company.

"Agreed~"

The voice of agreement sounded frequently, the old pole didn't do anything some time ago, and was watched by the two brothers sent by Ma Xiaobao to have been receiving a teacher's literacy education, and now it is barely possible to write a battle summary, but there is no problem at all in understanding the battle order, and Zhang Ziwen has tried it several times on his own.

"Then let's discuss the appointment of platoon commanders in each squad.................."

After some discussion, before Shen Qiyu and Wu Zijian arrived, the backbone of the third battalion was finally raised, with the old pole as the company commander, the first platoon commander Li Yusheng, the second platoon commander Zhu Qian, and the third platoon commander He Yicheng.

"Xiaowen, what's the matter? We were all called here in such a hurry. ”

As soon as Shen Qiyu entered the door, he asked about the situation, and Wu Zijian looked around.

"You're too shabby, why don't you live in the village and come to this place?"

Zhang Ziwen glanced sideways at Wu Zijian, this person and Wang Jingyuan have seen too many snobs, Zhang Ziwen repeated Zhang Qing's letter.

"Look, who are you sending?"

"The tobacco factory is a matter of thousands of brothers, and this person must be a reliable person."

After Shen Qiyu finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Ziwen again, only there were many veterans in Zhang Ziwen's camp, there were many people who participated in the investment, and there were many people who believed in it.

"Don't look at me, now everyone can't leave, training training, learning learning."

The Third Battalion has finally gained a little bit of a shape now, and if a backbone is suddenly withdrawn now, the situation of the Third Battalion will change the current good state.

When the two saw the idea of not being able to fight the old man of the original 613 regiment of the third battalion, they had no choice but to ponder bitterly.

"I'll go!"

Zhang Ziwen heard a lot in Shen Qiyu's words, but he still couldn't understand why Shen Qiyu chose to go back by himself.

"Adjournment~"

The people in the three battalions were all gone, and Wu Zijian also returned to his Shijiahan first, leaving only Zhang Ziwen and Shen Qiyu.

"Say, if you can't convince me, then don't think about going back, or the security team will be a big deal, and I'll send two brothers back casually."

Zhang Ziwen lit a cigarette and waited to hear Shen Qiyu's explanation.

"My reason is that I'm afraid of death, do you believe it?"

When Zhang Ziwen heard this sentence, the cigarette in his hand almost fell to the ground, and he came down from Jiangyin all the way down from Jiangyin, but he didn't expect Shen Qiyu to give him an explanation that he was afraid of death.

"I know you don't believe it, but from the moment I first saw Long Long, who is your nephew, and your sister-in-law's happy eyes, I had the idea of taking off this military uniform.

I shouldn't be like this in the face of national crisis, but in the past few months, I have not been concentrating at all, and my mind is full of dragons. If you and Qingman have a child, maybe you will understand, I'll go back first.

The security team trains important people, and the new recruits who are replenished also need to be trained, so I will contact Division Commander Dai and find a way to get a recruitment office for the 103rd Division and go back to do things cheaply. ”

Zhang Ziwen was silent, and waited until the cigarette burned his hand before he reacted.

"Who will be the commander of the second battalion when you leave, and what about the old brothers in the past?"

At the beginning, there were more than a dozen veterans of the 613 Regiment who were assigned to the second battalion, and there was no one to take care of them when Shen Qiyu left.

"Now there are more than a dozen brothers, at least a squad leader, you don't have to worry about this, it's okay to put them in the second battalion to take care of them, you just need to pay more attention to them at ordinary times, you also have the list, you don't need me to teach you."

Shen Qiyu's departure is like a knife to Zhang Ziwen's heart, he has been with Shen Qiyu for more than a year in the army, and Shen Qiyu can always pay attention when something happens, which can be described as a teacher, friend and brother.

Now Shen Qiyu chose to withdraw from the front line, and the reason really couldn't be stopped by Zhang Ziwen, so he could only let him leave.

After Zhang Ziwen waited for Shen Qiyu to leave, he sent letters to Wu Fatzi and Zhang Qing respectively, bought the radio, and the security team waited for Shen Qiyu to go back to solve the problem.

Ten days later, Shen Qiyu left the 103rd Division and served as the major director of the 103rd Division's military recruitment office, stationed in Huangping.

In Madang, east of Macheng, a major event occurred, Madang Fortress was designed by German and Soviet military advisers to prevent the Japanese army from advancing westward from the Yangtze River, and built a barrage-type blocking line, only in the south of the Yangtze River, and set up forts, pillboxes, etc. on the peaks on both sides of the river, and built permanent fortifications.

Arrange 3 mine defense lines on the water surface, set up more than 30 artificial reefs, sink more than 50 ships, lay nearly 2,000 mines, and at the same time configure the 16th Luo to defend Madang, and the second corps of the fortress garrison to defend the fortress, which costs a lot of money, but is also very strong.

After the Japanese Botian detachment captured Anqing, the Sixth Division also successively captured Huaining and Qianshan, and the Japanese army had invaded the eastern Hubei area.

On 20 June, Chiang Kai-shek held a meeting with the commanders of the General Command and resolved to block the enemy from Wuhan and defend Wuhan without fighting in Wuhan.

As early as June 16, the troops of the Potian detachment had already pointed to the front of Madang Fortress, and finally had to retreat to safety due to the strong firepower of Madang Fortress and the lack of reinforcements.

During this period, the Potian detachment tried to attack many times, and on June 22, the Potian detachment found out the deployment of the national army.

In addition, the 11th Brigade of the Japanese Third Fleet came to the aid and launched a formal attack on Madang Fortress on the 22nd, in a vain attempt to open the gate of Wuhan waterway.

I never thought that the soldiers of the national army would not hesitate to fight back the Japanese army, which is the value of the high construction price of Madang Fortress at the beginning.

Seeing that the Japanese could not take advantage of the river, they switched to attacking by land and were also repulsed.

The Japanese had no choice but to return to the river, shelling the fortress and clearing the mines on the river. Yes, although Madang Fortress is unusually strong, there are always mediocre people who will jump out and destroy it.

In order to show his determination to resist Japan, Li Yunheng, commander of the 16th Army, who was then the commander of the Madang Hukou Fortress, removed the adjutants of various units for a two-week study at the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, and on the 24th, he asked all officers above the rank of captain to attend the ceremony.

At this time, it was only three hours before the previous attack of the Japanese army, and the captain of the fortress garrison refused this act and continued to hold the fortress.

In the early morning of the 24th, the Japanese army got accurate news that they had infiltrated the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University.

The Botian Detachment, the 106th Division, and the 11th Brigade rushed to Madang at the same time, and at the same time dispatched a large number of planes to bomb them, blowing up the two ammunition depots of Xiangshan and Xiangkou, and the flames soared into the sky.

At dawn, the Japanese army rushed straight to Madang Fortress, and the national army was like a plate of scattered sand without the main officer, and was broken through by the Japanese army.

Madang Fortress had been subjected to many air raids by the Japanese army, and the soldiers were tired, and after a long time without the support of the 16th Army, they could only resist to the death, and repelled the Japanese attacks four times.

Chiang Kai-shek personally called to commend him, and at the same time ordered Bai Chongxi to send troops for reinforcements.

Bai Chongxi knew the importance of Madang, and ordered the 167th Division to rush to Madang to rescue, but he didn't expect the self-righteous Li Yunheng to faint again, and privately telegraphed Xue Weiying, the commander of the 167th Division, to take a small road to avoid the Japanese army, because the 167th Division was the Central Army, and despised Bai Chongxi's Guijun was born and obeyed the order to take the small road, until the fall of Madang Fortress, the 167th Division was still going around in circles in the mountains.

On the afternoon of the 25th, the Japanese reinforcements arrived again, and attacked the Madang Fortress one after another, from the 22nd to the 25th, the Japanese launched more than ten attacks on the Madang Fortress and was still as strong as ever, the angry Japanese army actually released poison gas, and a squadron of the defenders was almost all killed by the poison gas, and Madang fell.

When Xue Weiying arrived, Ma Dang had already planted the sun flag and regretted not doing it at the beginning. When Chiang Kai-shek heard that Madang had fallen, he threw the cup angrily and ordered the 16th Army to recapture Madang Fortress.

Madang Fortress could have fallen if it weren't for the poison gas released by the Japanese army, although the Central Army had elite weapons, but a series of more than 20 attacks failed to recover Madang Fortress, and finally Li Yunheng was dismissed, Xue Weiying was shot for delaying the fighter plane, and was the second Huangpu student to be shot.