Chapter 335: Preparations for the Northern Expedition
The Battle of Amiens is over, and so is the war in Europe.
But for Wang Hengyue in distant China, his war has just begun!
The victory of the cross-sea dragon attack and the change of hands in Qiongzhou made Wang Hengyue less troubled by attacks in the rear, so that he could devote all his energy to the Northern Expedition.
There are people in Beiyang who want to fight and some people who want peace, but in the sphere of influence of the military and political axe, there is only one voice:
War!
The five southwestern provinces, like a huge machine, began to turn, all manpower and material resources were mobilized, all for one purpose:
Northern expedition!
The war machine is on, and no one can stop it.
The propaganda machine was also in motion at the same time.
And the main person in charge of this work is Wang Hengyue's director of the chamberlain, Jiang Zhongzheng, director of the Propaganda Department!
All kinds of means were brought into full play by Chiang Kai-shek.
The newspapers published the significance of the Northern Expedition and the sacredness of the North; The streets and alleys are also talking about the upcoming Northern Expedition.
Once the enthusiasm of the people is completely mobilized, then even Wang Hengyue will not be able to stop it!
On August 10, 1918, Whampoa Military Academy!
This day is a day that must be remembered in Chinese history:
On this day, the National Socialist Party of China Army Non-commissioned Officer School, Navy Officer School, and Air Force Officer School opened at the same time!
The opening ceremony was placed at the Whampoa Military Academy.
Wang Hengyue, the leader of the National Socialist Party of China, the generalissimo of the Guangzhou Revolutionary Army and the president of the Whampoa Military Academy, appeared at the opening ceremony!
Looking at the young, proud, youthful faces below, Wang Hengyue's voice sounded in the ears of all the students:
"The military academy is the foundation of the army, and you are the foundation of the revolution! What is a revolution? In ancient times, it was according to heaven and man! In the present, it is a drastic means of achieving justice and restoring order!
Towering China, wars endlessly; The earthquake trembled, and the people were devastated! Violent revolution is the most drastic and necessary means. To restore the strength of China, even if our generation cannot succeed, there are still you and your descendants! As long as all the comrades of the whole party unite as one and work hard, the revolution will certainly succeed and a strong and prosperous country will surely emerge.
Young people are the foundation of the revolution, and the Whampoa Military Academy, the Navy Military Academy, and the Air Force Military Academy are the cradle for cultivating military and political talents for the revolution, and the backbone for building a revolutionary army, saving China from peril, and strengthening the Chinese nation!
On the road of revolution, people will die, and many people will die. When the revolution is truly victorious, I, you, I don't know how many people will be alive. But even if a person who lives in righteousness and his followers die, their faces have faded away. However, when people look up at the sky, they see that the sky is illuminated by the light they emit. This kind of person's voice and smile will always exist and will never fade. And, when they are about to leave this world, they have left behind many incarnations who will carry on their unfinished business and complete it.
I am my hope for you! ”
After speaking, Wang Hengyue raised his hand and saluted all the students with a military salute, and did not put it down for a long time
"Long live the revolution! Long live the Northern Expedition!! Long live the revolutionary army and political axe!! Long live the Generalissimo!! ”
The thunderous cheers rang out at this moment!
The future and hope of the nation will inevitably begin here:
The strength and growth of the country will inevitably start from these young students!
Liu Zhaocheng, Li Zongren; Wang Mingzhang, Bai Chongxi; Yang Sen and Yang Jie have both entered their respective command posts. The continuous flow of material resources began to be transported to the front line, and all the work was carried out in a busy and orderly manner.
The consuls general of various countries are also silently watching Guangzhou!
The logistics issue is the top priority, and Wang Hengyue has always been personally grasping it, and even Wang Hengyue jokingly made himself an official:
Minister of General Logistics of the Northern Expedition!
I didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
When the soldiers on the front line are fighting bloodily, he must not let the soldiers on the front line go hungry without food, and he must not let the soldiers on the front line suffer unnecessary losses without bullets!
His brother-in-law Ma Weiyi has become the busiest person!
Compared with his brother, Ma Weiyi looks very ordinary.
Ma Weizhong has always been a fierce general under Wang Hengyue, guarding Tibetan Province, and several times he encountered those rebels who were not dead, and he was always able to suppress them in one fell swoop with the power of thunder. There is even an additional nickname: "Horse Butcher".
But Ma Weiyi is much more obscure, and it seems that he only knows how to do his own thing well, and the rest of the sky has nothing to do with him.
But Wang Hengyue knows how important he is!
In several wars, he has never been troubled by the shortage of materials, no matter how urgent and difficult, Ma Weiyi has always done his task well in an orderly manner.
You don't think he's important when he's there, but once he's gone, you know how much loss it will be to leave him.
Wang Hengyue once said half-jokingly and half-seriously:
"My brother-in-law Ma Weiyi, I won't change two divisions for me!"
"Deng Ximo!" Just as he was watching a cart of materials being loaded and transported, Wang Hengyue suddenly saw Deng Xia running by in a hurry not far away, and stopped him.
"Heng Shuai!" The heroic Deng Xia ran over at a trot.
"Where are you going in such a hurry?" Wang Hengyue said with a straight face.
"Report to Marshal Heng, my armored division has been pulled to the front line, I just reported the situation to the chief of the general staff, and now I am ready to return to the front line!"
Wang Hengyue nodded: "In the last battle, we dispatched a plausible 'armored car', but this is the first battle of your armored troops, give me a better fight!" ”
"Yes!" Deng Xia replied loudly.
Wang Hengyue groaned: "The Battle of Amiens has ended, this is a decisive battle to end the war in Europe, have you remembered the gains and losses of the use of armored vehicles in the Battle of Amiens?" ”
"Remember!" Deng Xia replied loudly.
It's still a little weird, though. Before the Battle of Amiens was even over, Heng Shuai had personally written a summary of the Battle of Amiens and sent it to the hands of senior officers, especially on the armored vehicles called "tanks" by Europeans.
Deng Xia clearly remembered that Heng Shuai wrote in the summary:
"Without the armoured forces, the Germans would not have been attacked so violently on the morning of August 8, and an uncontrollable panic had occurred. Seeing that neither rifles nor machine guns could stop the opposing tanks, the infantry felt powerless and either surrendered or fled
The Germans were quite willing to blame the cause of the defeat on armored vehicles. This excuse deserves to be reviewed, but it is not unreasonable that mental blows should be the goal of the battle
The war-weariness of the German officers and soldiers was very strong, and the sudden appearance of the armored vehicles provided them with a very good conditionIn most cases, the officers and soldiers thought that the imminent arrival of the armored vehicles could be regarded as a good excuse to stop the fighting, and their sense of responsibility would enable them to fight bravely in the face of the enemy's infantry, but after the appearance of the armored vehicles, they felt that they had a good reason to surrender!
On 8 August, the battle began to collapse the fighting capacity of the German army, especially on the reserve side. There was no hope that they would find enough strategic reserves to turn the tide in favor of the Germans
The war of the future has turned into an irresponsible gamble, and this is something that I believe will surely lose. For those German commanders, the fate of the German nation was too costly to gamble. So the war should be over.
The battle from August 8 to August 11 became the final battle."
Perhaps, Heng Shuai has a huge intelligence network café in Europe that he doesn't know
"Ximo, you give me a good listen." Wang Hengyue groaned: "The use of armored vehicles will be the first time on the domestic battlefield, and the effect of spiritual blow will be huge." We will not use armored forces on a large scale like the Battle of Amiens, but with the first battle of armored vehicles on the domestic battlefield, it will inevitably cause great psychological shock to the enemy, and at the same time break through the position, it will also play a role in breaking the enemy's military heart! ”
"Yes! Heng Shuai's gains and losses in the Amiens battle have been firmly remembered by me! ”
Wang Hengyue nodded: "Not only remember, but also learn and apply." This time, not only the armored forces, but also the planes will be on the field, and the Battle of Amiens has pointed out very well that the future war will no longer be the world of the army, but the army, navy and air force will be integrated. In this respect, our National Revolutionary Army is not lagging behind! ”
In the Battle of Amiens, the Allies dispatched a total of 2,684 artillery pieces, 511 tanks, 16 armored vehicles and about 1,000 aircraft.
Gone are the days when infantry alone, fought bravely.
Even if you have more machine guns, you may lose your ability to resist from all sides of the sea, land and air attacks. No matter how many soldiers you have, you will be defeated by the combined blows of armored vehicles and aircraft artillery.
Wang Hengyue's report is too timely.
With the progress of the times, with the end of the European war, the combat ideas of these [***] officers are also playing a major role, and the European war has brought them too much inspiration.
If you fall behind, you will be beaten, and this is an eternal truth.
Fortunately, as a bystander, they have learned too much and know too many new things on the battlefield!
(To be continued)