readx;

Chapter 1374 Rebuild the steel defense line

Changshu, located in the southeast of Jiangsu, adjacent to Taicang in the east, less than 100 kilometers away from Shanghai, Kunshan and Suzhou in the south, Wuxi and Jiangyin in the west, the golden waterway of the Yangtze River in the north, across the river from Nantong, and Zhangjiagang in the northwest, is an important strategic place leading from Nanjing to Shanghai. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The northern section of the Wufu Line defense fortification group in Changshu starts from Fushan in the northwest direction, winds all the way, connects with more than a dozen rivers and lakes, and finally builds to the edge of Kuncheng Lake; The southern section was built from Kuncheng Lake to Yangcheng Lake.

The Jiangnan region has a dense water network, with a river almost every mile or two, and it is extremely difficult to build large-scale defense fortifications in such a place.

No, Gu Changfeng and other generals of the 24th Army and the 16th Division, together with Colonel Wang Yu, commander of the 1st Engineer Division, and Lieutenant Colonel Teng Yi, deputy division commander, stood by Luoxing Port on the north shore of Kuncheng Lake, looking at the water in a section of defense fortifications near the lake that seemed to never be able to be drained, and shook their heads again and again.

Wang Yu, like An Yi, also graduated from the Huangpu Fourth Engineer Section, but he belongs to the cadets of the First Engineer District. On the eve of the Northern Expedition, Wang Yu was assigned to enter the engineer battalion of a division of the First Army, and went north to fight with the army, after Wang Bailing led his troops to defeat in Nanchang, Wang Yu was seriously wounded, almost half paralyzed, and returned to the army after recuperating in the rear hospital for a year, and then participated in the bloody battle of Longtan, and was thrown into the hospital after being seriously injured. Witnessing all kinds of strange phenomena in the first division, and then seeing the officers and soldiers of the *** division near the hospital bed, almost every day there will be a boss to visit, Wang Yu admired An Jiajun, resigned from the first division after recovering from his injury, and then applied for the old Nanchang non-commissioned officer school in white, because of his solid engineering skills, rapid progress, he was retained by the school when he graduated, and stayed in the school as an instructor. When the Syrian Engineer Command was established, Wang Yu entered the grassroots troops, successively served as company commander, battalion commander, and regiment commander, and after the engineering unit was dismantled, Wang Yu returned to the military academy again and served as an instructor of the engineering section of the Syrian Non-commissioned Officer School, until the Engineer Command was restored, and Wang Yu, who had profound engineering skills and a lot of research on mechanization, was appointed as the commander of the first division.

"The most important thing to do well in building national defense fortifications in such an area with a dense water network is to do a good job of waterproofing and seepage prevention. However, throughout this section of the defense fortifications, most of them were not paid attention to during construction, and over the years, many places were connected to underground rivers, resulting in the situation of inexhaustible groundwater pumping. Wang Yu pointed to the spectacular scene of more than a dozen pumping machines spitting water into Kuncheng Lake and explained.

"And how did you deal with it? Now that the war has broken out in Shanghai, perhaps it will soon become the main battlefield, and the construction of defense fortifications must be carried out as soon as possible. ”

Major General Xie Chi, deputy commander of the 24th Army, asked.

"We're making a last-ditch effort, and if we can't do it, we can only choose a place to rebuild it. However......" Wang Yu hesitated, but still mustered up the courage to say: "It is very difficult to carry out construction in such a water network area, and I still think that there is little chance that these defense fortifications can come in handy." ”

Gu Changfeng was crossing his waist, looking at the scenery of the fishing sails on Kuncheng Lake, sighing at the picturesque scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, and turned his head in surprise when he heard this: "Senior Commander Wang, what do you think of the current battle situation?" ”

Wang Yu organized his thoughts, asked the guards to bring a few pieces of chalk, and then squatted on the cement floor in front of him to roughly draw the terrain of the Yangtze River Delta region, and then pointed to a few of the key points and talked eloquently:

"Now our 24th Army and 26th Army have a total of four divisions, stationed in the Yangtze River Delta region, and can respond to the battle in Shanghai at any time, plus the central government has ordered the new Second Army to go north to Xuzhou to return to its original defensive area, and the various armies of the Central Army that were previously assembled in North China have also turned to the Shanghai area, so that the Yangtze River Delta region will become the main location for the squadron to fight with the first team.

"However, according to the evolution of the current war situation, our air force has an absolute advantage, and the army has four divisions of our Anjia Army, and if the mechanized troops of the new Second Army are added to help in the battle, it will be a matter of time before the Japanese navy and army in Shanghai are completely annihilated. Perhaps before this, the Japanese army can bomb our army from a long distance through its battleships, cruisers and other warships, and from the perspective of the effective range of 20 kilometers of naval guns, large-caliber naval guns pose a great threat to our army, and casualties are inevitable, but now with the blockage of the main channel of the Yangtze River, the Japanese army has greatly improved its play, and the combat power of the Japanese army has been weakened a lot. On the other hand, our army is well-equipped, and its large-caliber artillery can completely cover the surface of the Huangpu River, and if it were not for the fear of opposition from the foreign powers, we could destroy the Japanese fleet all over the Huangpu River at any time. However, even if our army does not use heavy artillery, as long as we are willing to spend the cost, by the end of this month at the latest, the Japanese army in Shanghai will basically be finished.

"In this case, the Japanese army broke through the Shanghai area, and then through the railway and highway, the strategic plan of attacking our capital Nanjing must not be completed, and we can only find ways in other places, and the successful preservation of Shanghai has also made our carefully built Wufu line and other national defense fortifications useless."

Wang Yu's opinion, listening to Gu Changfeng nodded again and again, Chief of Staff Liang Zhenyu was also thoughtful, squatted and used chalk to complete the coastline from northern Jiangsu to northern Fujian, and then pointed to the map and asked: "Division Commander Wang, then where do you think the Japanese army is likely to launch an offensive from?" ”

"Anything is possible!"

Wang Yu was stunned when he saw everyone, and then said: "As the commander said, the Japanese army has the world's third-largest navy, occupying maritime superiority, and our country's long coastline can become the target of the Japanese army at any time. Judging from this stretch of coastline alone, from north to south, there are nearly 100 locations suitable for the landing of troops, such as Haizhou Bay, Biandan Bay, Hangzhou Bay, Liwan Bay, Taizhou Bay, and Wenzhou Bay. ”

Gu Changfeng also squatted down, and drew clear gear lines with red chalk in six places west of Lianyungang, from Hangzhou Bay to Xiangshan Port, and from Xiangshan Port to Taizhou Bay: "Most of these areas have national defense fortifications, will the Japanese army choose these places to break through?" ”

Wang Yu smiled bitterly: "Commander, you have also seen the situation of the Wufu line, do you say that such a fortification can withstand the test of a big war?" In the past few days, I have heard that many officials and businessmen have been arrested in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and many of them are relatives of high-ranking officials in Nanjing's military and political circles. This is only the situation of the Wufu line, if other national defense fortifications are also the same as the Wufu line, flashy, symbolic more than practical, then we can be said to be fortified everywhere, everywhere loopholes. ”

"Not bad!"

Gu Changfeng thought deeply: "It seems that we have to tell the commander about these situations and let him prepare more." However, under the current circumstances, there is still a risk of Shanghai falling, so the Wufu line still needs to be repaired, but the current futile situation must be changed. My opinion is this, since we can't use our brains underground, then we don't have to go to great lengths to pump water, just use the original fortification group as an underground drainage ditch, let's cover the water with prefabricated slabs, and then use the foundation of the defense fortifications to build a two- or three-story structure with reinforced concrete, and build the defense fortifications by building a bunker community.

"Let's not seek to be big and complete, as long as it is practical, every 100 meters away a group of fortresses with strategic depth, so calculated, the defensive area of more than 40 kilometers in the northern section of the Wufu line only needs more than 400 fortresses, these fortresses are staggered, forming a three-dimensional firepower strike point, we can build a connecting channel, you can easily send troops to support, and the power is no worse than this kind of dull defense fortifications.

With such preparations, even if the Japanese army does not attack from this line in the future, we can also rebuild it, add doors, windows and exterior wall decorations, and use it as real estate developed by Jiangnan Group, and sell it to the outside world. ”

"Wonderful, wonderful!" Wang Yu's eyes lit up, and he praised loudly, and then nodded again and again: "Then when we are building, we must pay equal attention to practicality and appearance, so that we can sell it at a good price in the future." ”

Gu Changfeng said with a smile: "That's right, but I have to remind you that the windows are all open to the west, and the east has to be made of thick reinforced concrete, and at least it has to resist the long-term bombardment of 150mm heavy artillery." In the future, this can also be used as a sales gimmick. ”

When the military headquarters of the 24th Army and the headquarters of the 16th Division heard this, they laughed loudly together.

"No problem! Jiangnan Group moved quickly, our division just settled in the Wufu line, they acquired three brick factories nearby, and then saw that the production capacity was insufficient, and transported machinery and equipment to produce high-quality red bricks overnight, and opened four brick factories in a row. As long as the heavens are beautiful, I am confident that this fortress group will be built within two months! Wang Yu said with confidence.

"Commander, commander urgent!"

Colonel Gao Yunlin, chief of the communications department of the 24th Army, rode in a big leopard off-road vehicle, came at a gallop, and after stopping in front of the crowd, he pushed the car door and rushed down, sending the telegram to Gu Changfeng.

Gu Changfeng nodded after reading it: "The commander asked me to transfer Min Jing, who was sent to Zhitang Town, to Taicang first with the 39th Division, and to deal with the battle in Shanghai nearby. At the same time, the commander also asked me to transfer Xu Yifan's special service regiment to Nanxiang, and General An Jin, commander of the special forces of the whole army, had already arrived ahead of schedule to set up the Shanghai Special Operations Former Enemy Command in Nanxiang, and Xu Yifan's special service regiment would be temporarily under the command of the Special Operations Command Headquarters, together with the Special Service Regiment directly under the Route Army, the Special Service Regiment directly under the 26th Army, and the Special Service Regiment directly under the New Second Army, so as to launch special operations against the enemy in Shanghai in a unified manner.

"This urban special operation is a comprehensive assessment to test the training results of our army's special forces and a series of special operations theories, and the commander said that if we can take Shanghai in one fell swoop without mobilizing our 24 th Army and 26 th Army, then our special forces building will be regarded as a preliminary success, on the contrary, we still have a long way to go, and we will continue to improve through continuous exploration and improvement, until one day we can cope with similar tests alone."

"Huh!?"

Major General Wang Xulun, commander of the 16th Division, quit: "Commander, don't we have nothing to do in the 16th Division?" Changshu is still nearly 100 kilometers away from Shanghai, and when we go into battle, the daylilies will be cold, which will seriously dampen the enthusiasm of the soldiers to serve the country and kill the enemy! ”

"Haha!"

Gu Changfeng pointed at Wang Xulun and laughed: "Wang Huzi, I see that you have itchy hands, and you want to find a little *** to open meat, right?" Don't worry, you have something to do, the commander said, the hundreds of thousands of refugees evacuated from Shanghai will soon be from Taicang to Changshu, let's seize the time first, cooperate with the brothers of the 1st Engineer Division, build a large number of shantytowns that can withstand the invasion of strong winds and rains, ensure that the refugees do not sleep in the wilderness, and then resettle the refugees separately. Those who are willing to move to the interior will be arranged by our army to board ships in Zhangjiagang, and the Jiangnan Group has mobilized hundreds of passenger and cargo ships to be responsible for picking up people. ”

"No, let's take care of this kind of thing?" Wang Xulun had a bitter gourd face.

Gu Changfeng's face sank: "Wang Huzi, this is an order!" Don't look at you as I brought it out, if you don't work hard, Lao Tzu will beat you up. The commander said: Based on the information fed back from the meteorological observation points set up by the Jiangnan Group in various coastal areas, a new wave of typhoons will pass through within a very short period of time, and in the next few days, strong winds will blow and torrential rain will pour down in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai. If we don't settle the refugees properly, I don't know how many people will die in this typhoon. Since we, the Anjia Army, claim to be the people's soldiers, and have always attached the most importance to the construction of the military and civilian conditions, how can we sit idly by and watch the people suffer? ”

Wang Xulun's face was solemn, and he stood up and saluted: "Yes, I promise to complete the task!" ”

Gu Changfeng said to Wang Yu, commander of the 1st Engineer Division: "Commander Wang, you have to give up building national defense fortifications for the time being, the typhoon doesn't know when it will land, we have to hurry up and repair some shantytowns first, otherwise once the storm comes, we will not be able to do anything." ”

"Yes!"

Wang Yu also solemnly saluted Gu Changfeng.