Chapter 175: Soil Bun Tactics, Take the Initiative
On December 8, Li Lanchi Wanyi led 6,000 men into the city of Nanjing and took the initiative to join the defense of Nanjing. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Xiaolu is very happy, these thousands of people are very combative, a little trimming, combat effectiveness can be relied on.
On this day, Xiaolu gathered all the commanders and explained the plan of the battle to everyone. In the first stage, the fortifications outside the city held back the enemy. Because the new fortifications have depth and elasticity, which is conducive to the shelter of our army, it can reduce the losses of our army. The purpose of this phase is to delay and wear down the enemy. This phase lasts about 3 to 7 days.
The second stage, the street fighting phase. At the first stage, officers and soldiers responsible for street fighting rested, trained and exercised. After the start of the second pass, put the devil into Nanjing and take advantage of the city's favorable terrain to kill the enemy. This phase lasts from 7 to 14 days.
The third stage is the iterative stage. At this time, the enemy had already suffered a large number of casualties, and the troops that had been guarding the fortifications outside the city carried out a local counteroffensive, demanding that some of the devils who had entered Nanjing be annihilated first, and then the positions taken by the devils should be snatched back, and the tug-of-war was repeated.
The fourth stage, retreat. Our aim is to consume the enemy, not to annihilate it, so that after the strategic objective has been achieved, our troops retreat at the right time. There are two specific retreat routes, the first is to cross the river by boat to Jiangbei. Second, if the devils occupy the Yangtze River, they will break through to the southern mountains.
The above battle strategy is required to be conveyed to every soldier. Each soldier is required to fight bravely, destroy the enemy, and save himself. I, Lu Xiaoming, will lead everyone to rush out.
On December 9, the Battle of Nanjing began. Because of the arrival of the trail, it was three days later than the great war in history.
On this day, Lao Jiang left Nanjing and went to Lushan.
It was also on this day that a Politburo meeting was held in northern Shaanxi and it was decided that Wang Ming would be in charge of the work of the Yangtze River Bureau.
On December 9, the Battle of Nanjing began.
Xie Chengrui is the commander of the Second Regiment of the First Brigade of the Teaching Corps and is an international student. He studied at the French Military Academy, and in October 1927 he entered the Sino-French University of Lyon, France, to study the army, graduating in January 1930.
He learned a set of European tactics, but he was severely criticized by Xiaolu. French military thought was criticized as worthless. The two debated, and Koji used the Japanese style of play against his French style of play, and the result was a great victory for the Japanese style of play.
Xie Chengrui had no choice but to agree to Xiaolu's style of play, and said that if it didn't work, he would change back to the French tactics.
This time, he met the enemy in the direction of Qixia, where there was no position, but a large number of explosives were planted on the railways and roads, and at ten o'clock in the morning, a large force of the enemy army arrived along the roads and railways.
The few reconnaissance units in front were sloppy and arrogant, but the trains on the railroad were very slow, and they were at the same speed as the infantry. On the train were cannons, tanks, ammunition and other baggage, and a large number of soldiers sat on the baggage.
When all the devil troops entered the section where the explosives were buried, Xie Chengrui ordered the blasting.
The amount of explosives blasted this time was huge and technologically advanced. Xiaolu didn't expect that this one seemed to have electricity**, for this, Xie Chengrui laughed at Xiaolu fiercely, and finally got some face back.
Hearing the order, everyone pressed their ears together, and a veteran pressed a button, and the road and railway exploded together, and the kilometer-long section exploded together. After a long time, the explosions stopped.
Almost all the teams on the road were bombed, killed and wounded. The entire train on the railway was blown away, the soldiers on the train were killed and wounded, and the baggage on the train flew to the ground.
The veteran looked at the explosion, stunned, and did not move.
A soldier pulled him, and then he knew that he was lying down, and scolded: "Your sister! You can all cover your ears, Lao Tzu works with both hands, how to cover your ears! ”
One soldier said, "If you don't want to, I'll come." You give me the detonator. ”
The veteran said, "Get out of you." Isn't that what Lao Tzu can hear? ”
Xie Chengrui was not in the mood to listen to their jokes, he was thinking that this student of the history department of Northeastern University had a fairly effective tactic. Actually, it's nothing, isn't it just that explosives are used a lot? Isn't it just a little more killed in one explosion?
Xie Chengrui ordered: "Fire!" ”
Everyone took advantage of the devil's panic and shot bravely. Historically, the Anti-Japanese Federation bombed trains in the Northeast and then killed all the devils in the carriages. For Xie Chengrui's regular army, this will still be fought.
A small number of devils were killed, and most of the remaining devils were injured, and because of too much explosives, many people were shocked and fainted, and some were thrown up and fell into a faint. A lot of people don't know where their weapons are.
Xie Chengrui's troops were slightly fired back, and by the time some devils began to fight back, Xie Chengrui had already ordered his troops to charge.
This time the fight was very good, and only the devils in the last few carriages of the first train ran away, and the others were all wiped out.
At the end of the battle, the reserves all ran out and cleaned up the battlefield. Hurry up and pull away a few cannons and carry the shells.
With this victory, many soldiers who wanted to sneak away and desert stopped running. Who will run after winning the battle? Many people took advantage of the opportunity to clean up the battlefield and searched the pockets of Japanese clothes, looking for things and loot.
Two and a half hours later, the scouts, who had reconnoitred the enemy, received news that a small force of the enemy was not far from the place and that it would be there in twenty minutes.
Xie Chengrui ordered: "Blow up the remaining cannons." Retreat, return to the Purple Mountain position, and prepare for battle. ”
Explosions were heard again on the train tracks. Xie Chengrui is very experienced in blasting artillery.
A group of men and horses retreated, walked for half an hour, and returned to the Purple Mountain position with their baggage. When he returned to the position, he found that about a company of soldiers had been lost, and Xie Chengrui had become accustomed to the soldiers escaping, so he retreated the troops. As long as it doesn't cause trouble and doesn't affect the situation of the battle. Later, it is not known whether these people were deserters or died in battle.
Xie Chengrui reported the news to Xiaolu on the phone. Xiaolu said: "In the future, you will know that my soil bun tactics are very powerful." You estimate the number of dead and wounded. ”
Xie Chengrui waited for the battle, but he entered the position and waited for a day, but the enemy's large army had not yet come up.
As a result of the reconnaissance, the enemy's troops on the train were too aggressive and went deep alone. A few small units followed, all of which were lightly armed, so there was no attack.
The damage from the enemy's explosion this time was too great.
Subsequently, Xiao Lu immediately asked the staff officer to write a battle report No. 1, which was clearly telegraphed to the whole country: "War Report No. 1: Under the leadership of Colonel Xie Chengrui, the first division of our army used two tons of explosives to blow up a group of infantry and a train of Japanese devils in Dongqixia, Nanjing, killing thousands of Japanese devils, and a large number of artillery ammunition was blown up and damaged. There were no casualties on our side, and the details of the enemy's casualties are being verified. We salute Colonel Xie Chengrui and his heroic troops! ”
Win the first battle!
In the case of successive defeats in the Battle of Songhu, this complete victory was a great boost to the morale of the rear.
However, many people are used to failure and are a little incredulous about this overly good news.
Afterwards, summarizing the news and intelligence from all sides, Xiaolu knew that the enemy had received the news that a large number of troops had left Nanjing, and thought that even if Nanjing was not an empty city, there were few defenders, so he was very careless.
The devils immediately realized that they had misjudged and began to pay attention to Nanjing, and surrounded Nanjing as in history.