Chapter 190: A New Mission
(Maopu Chinese) At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese army put down all the landing craft and rubber boats on the ship, and organized a large number of troops to rush to our position near the Longkai River again, there was originally an iron bridge on the Longkai River, which was designed and built by the Germans in those years, before the war, in order to prevent the Japanese army from attacking Jiujiang City from this direction, so specially sent engineering troops to prepare to blast and demolish this iron bridge, and now the Japanese army really intends to attack Jiujiang from this iron bridge, and the officers and men of our ** 26th Regiment organized the Japanese army to seize the iron bridge, Immediately on both sides of the Longkai River along the shore and the Japanese army launched a desperate fight, in an instant the gunfire was loud, shouting and killing deafening, in the fierce melee between the enemy and us, one of the Japanese landing troops took the opportunity to land, rushed to the Longkai River iron bridge, our first officers and soldiers and the Japanese army repeatedly fought until the dusk, and then because the Japanese reinforcements landed one after another to join the battle, the officers and soldiers of our ** 26th Regiment suffered heavy casualties and there was no brigade reinforcements to replenish, so they could only retreat to the east bank of the Longkai River while fighting, and the enemy and us formed a confrontation across the river.
Jiujiang City is already besieged on three sides at the moment, and there are only two ways to go in front of Zhang Fakui, one is to fight to the death with Okamura Ningji with all the cases, and the second way is to immediately retreat to the second line of positions and resist one by one, delaying the speed of the Japanese army's attack.
According to Zhang Fakui's thoughts, he had long wanted to withdraw to the second line, but Chiang Kai-shek gave a death order that he must resolutely hold on, which made Zhang Fakui feel a dilemma at this moment.
Chiang Kai-shek's death order for Zhang Fakui to defend Jiujiang was considered from the overall strategic situation of the Battle of Wuhan, and from this point of view, it was correct to hold Jiujiang City, but as for the specific defensive operations in this area of Jiujiang, Chiang Kai-shek's command strategy was not very clever.
Zhang Fakui has not followed the veteran for a year and a half, he knows what kind of temper he is, it is really difficult to make up his mind to retreat or stick to the death, he is worried that if he withdraws his troops at this time, Chiang Kai-shek will use him to sacrifice the flag, if he does not withdraw, the troops will be wiped out Jiujiang, I am afraid it will still be a loss, Zhang Fakui gritted his teeth after thinking about it, and smashed his fist on the table in front of him, "The battle has been fought to such a point, withdraw the fuck, Lao Tzu will be on top of it!" ”
On the night of 26 July, Zhang Fakui issued an order to all combat units of the Second Corps to retreat on all fronts at his corps headquarters, and all troops moved to the second-line positions west of Jiujiang City, such as Niutoushan, Jinguanqiao, and Shilishan, and abandoned Jiujiang City.
At about 9 o'clock in the evening, the headquarters of the 9th Division, the last remaining reserve in Jiujiang City, decided to use a battalion of reserves to carry out a night counterattack on the Japanese army, taking advantage of the unstable foothold of the Japanese troops landing on the west bank of the Longkai River, to resolutely annihilate them, and the time of action was set to start the attack at 11 o'clock that night.
When the night was approaching 11 o'clock, the assault team was preparing to set off, and the headquarters of the 9th Division suddenly received an order from Li Hanxun, the commander of the 64th Army, "Your division should start moving along Shilipu, Lianhua, and Saiyang at 2 o'clock tomorrow (27th), and the rearguard troops should not pass Shilipu before 5 o'clock tomorrow." ”
After receiving the order, Zhang Yanchuan, commander of the 9th Reserve Division, immediately ordered the 26th Regiment to cancel the counterattack that night, but still retained a part of the troops to launch a feint attack on the west bank of the Longkai River, covering the other troops to retreat westward and advance at night.
The main force of the reserve 9th Division withdrew from the Jiujiang City defense area before dawn on the 27th, so far, our ** troops abandoned all defensive positions on the first line of Jiujiang, and the Japanese army immediately attacked Jiujiang City and occupied most of Jiujiang City......
Since October 1938, the 27th year of the Republic of China, when China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression entered a stalemate stage, the Japanese army invading China had no choice but to adjust its policy of aggression against China and implement a strategy of political inducement to surrender to China supplemented by military strikes.
On September 14, 1939, the 106th Division of the Japanese Army, Nakai Ryotaro, took the lead in launching a diversion offensive and launched the first Battle of Changsha.
"Regiment Commander, what do you think Chairman Chiang, now that the Japanese army is gathering heavy troops to besiege Changsha, it doesn't matter if he doesn't send us up, but he wants to send us behind enemy lines to engage in guerrilla warfare at this critical time, isn't this pure nonsense?" Zhang Dali sat opposite Fu Zhiyong, rubbing his new leather boots, and nagging unwillingly.
"That's right, although we are still a regiment now, but our total combat strength is close to 2,500 people, counting the logistics troops and supplementary troops, we are almost on top of the strength of a brigade, no matter how we say it, we are also a meritorious reinforced regiment, this does not let us go to the battlefield to kill little devils, but let us go to the enemy-occupied area to drill ravines, I can't figure it out in my heart." Yu Hua also sorted out his military uniform on the side and added.
Soon after Fu Zhiyong and his troops left Jiujiang and arrived in Wuhan, they moved to Yueyang, Hunan and other places with the military organs stationed in Wuhan, and continued to transfer to Chongqing in mid-November 1938. Thanks to the continuous intensive training of Fu Zhiyong and several other veterans of the Central Military Police Teaching Corps who had been strictly trained by German instructors, the overall combat effectiveness of the new regiment has risen by more than one grade.
Fu Zhiyong and other officers who led the team were also promoted to the first rank by virtue of their exploits in the Battle of Xingang, and all of them were awarded a second-class medal by the Central Military Commission, Zhang Weidong and other officers at and above the battalion level and colonel were awarded the first-class second-class medal of the army, navy and air force, and the officers and soldiers below the rank of captain were all awarded the second-class medal of the navy, land and air force, Fu Zhiyong is now a major general and regiment commander, and Zhang Dali, Yu Hua, Zhang Weidong and others have also been promoted to lieutenant colonel and battalion commander. Liao Peng was promoted to the rank of colonel.
Although Zhang Dali, Yu Hua and others were only soldiers or non-commissioned officers before, but after the promotion of the new regiment, their military ranks have long been officers, and with the military rank promoted by Xingang this time, they will have the current rank.
"I said you two don't talk nonsense, now our troops have gone through ten months of rearmament and training, and the combat effectiveness of the troops is in the hands of the ace German armament rearmament division of the first class, and we also have the strength to fight, if we are directly thrown into the frontal battlefield like this, as some work that ordinary troops can do, don't you think it's a bit overkill? Besides, as the old saying goes, the soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, and now the little devils have mobilized heavy troops to besiege my Changsha town, their rear and supply lines must be very empty, if we can intersperse at this time to attack the transport troops of the little devils along the way, then the little devils on the frontal battlefield will not last much time, there is no food and grass materials, Lao Tzu watched him beat Changsha with a fart, and hit the snake and hit seven inches, don't you understand this truth? Fu Zhiyong put down the document he was looking at in his hand, glared at the two of them and reprimanded him angrily.
"Uh......" Zhang Dali and Yu Hua saw that Fu Zhiyong's tone was wrong, and immediately closed their mouths obediently, not daring to complain anymore.
"The head of the regiment is right, we either don't do it, if we want to do it, we have to do it to make the little devil the most uncomfortable, as soon as the gun goes off, the little devil must cry dad and call mother, hehe......" Liao Peng happened to walk in at this time, and said with a smile before he entered the house.
"Deputy Commander!" Zhang Dali and Yu Hua immediately stood up and shouted.
"Let's all sit down, there are no outsiders here, so you don't need to be so polite." Liao Peng patted Yu Hua's shoulder and said with a smile to the two.
"Huh...... During this period of training, it is almost a reflex. Zhang Dali scratched his head with a smile and sat back and said.
"Haha......" Fu Zhiyong and the others all laughed when they heard this.
During the nearly ten months of training, Fu Zhiyong was strictly in accordance with the standard requirements of German instructors, whether it was training or resting, you must have a strict sense of superiority and superiority, whether it is your direct superior or not, you must salute when you see a high-ranking commander, this is not just a form and habit, but a kind of respect for a soldier, especially those of them who have fought desperately and bloodily with little devils, and it is also an honor that they exchange their blood and lives for.
"Regiment Commander, what do you think of the order issued by Shangfeng this time?" After Liao Peng sat down next to Fu Zhiyong, he didn't talk nonsense, but asked bluntly.
"I've been thinking about this for half a day, it's nonsense to say that I'm not worried, I'm not afraid of fighting with little devils on the frontal battlefield, but this time it's going deep behind enemy lines, if we don't be careful, we will have the possibility of annihilation at any time, and there is no chance of retreat." Fu Zhiyong picked up the water cup on the table and took a sip of water, his face slowly calmed down, and he said to Liao Peng with concern.
"Yes, fighting behind enemy lines, it would be strange if there was this experience, in the past, we were chasing the back of the enemy's ass and running all over the mountain, hitting everywhere in the rear, but now it is not good against the little devils...... This battle is not a level at all. Liao Peng also sighed softly and said a little melancholy.
"Okay, experience is out, if we don't take this step, then there will never be experience available, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and when the time comes, be more careful to see the move." Fu Zhiyong rubbed his forehead and said casually.
"I just thought of a solution, but I don't know if it's okay or not." Liao Peng suddenly said with a pun on Fu Zhiyong at this time.
"Oh? What's the solution, let's hear it. As soon as Fu Zhiyong heard Liao Peng say that he thought of a solution, his whole person was shocked, and he immediately looked up at him and asked.
Now Fu Zhiyong lacks nothing, he wants people, guns, and all the salaries and materials. But there is a lack of methods, because only this is the most important thing that can determine the life and death of a unit, and the commander's command ability is determined by the way of doing things, and the whole army will be wiped out if the wrong way and method are used......
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