Lao Jiang was very familiar with Xie Jinyuan and Hu Lian, asked some parents about the situation, and pulled the friendship between teachers and students, and finally the two of them each received a note of 5,000 yuan, which was not a check, but it was better than a check.

As soon as Xu Ming told Li Yunheng about it, Xie Jinyuan was straightforward and complained: "Junzuo, you really shouldn't say this, it's useless to spread it out and offend people." ”

Xu Ming looked at Hu Lian, Hu Lian shook his head, "Military seat, Li Baobing is a veteran in the military world, and he attaches great importance to face, if you go to persuade him, or report to the commission, it's useless." But since you have told the committee about this, it is better to go there to check it out, and then submit a report to the chairman, whether he Li Yunheng listens or not is none of our business, and you have also fulfilled your responsibility. When he was done, he immediately left Madang and did not wade into the troubled waters again. ”

Xu Ming was very unwilling, "Since you know that there is a problem there, why don't you solve it?" ”

Hu Lian persuaded bitterly: "Junzuo, we have a lot of problems in China, everyone knows about it, and even knows how to solve it, but whoever says that he suffers a loss, and whoever does it is unlucky." Yang Changqing was in a high position and power, and he made great contributions to the chairman, but he was also killed in the end. ”

Yang Changqing is the word of Yang Yongtai, he is the leader of the "Department of Political Science", known as the chief think tank of the old Chiang, Chiang Kai-shek from a warlord covering an area of two or three provinces to the head of China, the policy and strategy he implemented, is Yang Yongtai suggested, but in the end he died of assassination.

The reason for the assassination is confusing, but there is one certainty, he died because he offended too many people, Hu Lian gave this example, or persuaded Xu Ming not to take care of the matter, the enemy took it, and it was not good for him.

Xu Ming thought about it, but still rejected their suggestion, "Zhongmin, Boyu, I know that you two are thinking about me, but I still have to do my best." The reason why the Japanese invaded our country and why China is so backward is because we have many problems, and we only care about ourselves if we don't solve them. ”

Although Hu Lian has only been dating Xu Ming for a few days, he already has a complete understanding of his character and conduct, Xu Ming is a genius in military affairs and an idiot in politics.

"Military seat, how to expand the troops?"

The Military Command Department has issued the establishment of the 26th Army, which belongs to the first type of army, under the jurisdiction of the 107th Division, the 108th Division, and the newly formed 18th Division. Speaking of the number of the 26th Army, it was originally Xiao Zhichu's department, but after the Battle of Anqing, the Military Commission believed that Xu Yuanquan's 10th Army was passive and avoided the war, and gave the number of the 10th Army to Xiao Zhichu, and the vacant 26th Army number was given to Xu Ming.

The three divisions, the three infantry regiments of the 107 must be divided into one for each division, the engineers, baggage, communications, etc. are all divided into three, each division controls the number of about 11,000, and has three infantry regiments and supplementary regiments under its jurisdiction, and the personnel arrangements should give full consideration to the complementarity of personality and ability.

The problem is artillery, there are 12 Swede-made Bofors and 12 Japanese-made Quadruple on hand, which can only be made into 2 artillery battalions, and if they are divided into 3, each division will only have 8 artillery pieces, and there must be a division that is a mixed type, which will bring difficulties to the maintenance and logistics of the artillery unit. Besides, if it is assigned to the division, the military department will have no artillery units directly under it, but if it is not given to the division, the firepower of each division will be too poor, and Xu Ming rejected this idea without thinking about it.

Xu Ming decided to find Yu Feipeng, the head of the Ministry of Munitions, who was Yu Jishi's uncle and had been in charge of military supplies and logistics at the central level.

The problem was solved surprisingly smoothly, Yu Feipeng not only supplied 12 American-made Type 1 75-cm howitzers to the 26th Army, but also gave Xu Ming 8 American-made 1A1 105-mm howitzers. These two types of artillery were purchased by Song Ziwen in the United States last time, and the payment still came from Xu Ming, who also spent his own money for his own use.

Although the Type 1 75 mm howitzer is a howitzer, it is very light, only more than 600 kilograms, which can be divided into several parts and manually transported, the weight is lighter than that of Bofors, and the power is greater than that of the Quadruple, of course, if it is from the disadvantages, he is heavier than the Quadruple and less powerful than Boris. All three guns had their own advantages and disadvantages.

The 1A1 105 mm howitzer is not a full-fledged artillery, although it is an improved version of the Type 1, but the failure rate is on the high side, and the trajectory is unstable when fired, but for the ** who is extremely lacking in artillery, it can't be so much, and 100 units were ordered from the United States.

Generally speaking, the military command department and the various departments of the military and political department are relatively friendly to Xu Ming, from the promotion of military ranks, to the supply of equipment, and the replenishment of soldiers, they have given considerable care, and the fundamental reason for this care is because of the continuous victory of the troops.

A few days later, Xu Ming was about to go to Madang, and when he was leaving, it was the summer heat and the heat wave was rolling.

"Zhongmin Boyu, the 26th Army depends on the two of you, and the training of recruits must be paid close attention to, maybe there will be another war after 1 month."

Hu Lian and Xie Jinyuan glanced at each other, their eyes were full of worry, not about the training of the troops, but about their commander. Xie Jinyuan and Hu Liandian have been soldiers for a long time, and the training of the troops can be dealt with. And Xu Ming's personality makes them worry that people who are too upright will not be able to eat in military and political affairs, and this kind of character will definitely cause trouble in Madang.

The two of them condensed their thousands of words into one sentence, "Thousands of miles, take care." ”

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Xu Ming didn't know that he was doing a thankless job, but the battle of Madang in history was a laughing stock.

The degree of laughter is outstanding even in the entire history of World War II. The Madang blockade line was a project of resistance that China had high hopes for, and it took a year and millions of fiat dollars, which was more than the Wufu line and the Xicheng line.

The river surface of Madang is very narrow, and the Chinese side has arranged three layers of blocking lines. The bottom is made of lead wire to form a large net, the willow branches and stones are paved inside, accompanied by cement solidification, put into the bottom of the river section by section, closely connected with the lead wire castor rope, the upstream is pulled by an iron anchor, and the downstream is driven into the bottom of the river with a wooden pile.

The middle layer was placed in galleons and barges with large iron anchors and large rocks, solidified with cement, and sunk into the channel. The top level is a mine that blocks the advance of enemy ships.

In order to prevent the Japanese ships from clearing mines, batteries were built in the mountains near the river, and fairly concealed and strong fortifications were constructed. In order to prevent the Japanese from landing and attacking the rear of the battery, ** on the section of less than 150 miles from Xiangkou to Hukou, 4 corps and 3 Marine Corps brigades (responsible for the operation of the battery, for the battalion formation) were placed.

This kind of defensive arrangement is solid enough, ** boasted at the time that the Madang blockade line could block the Japanese army for 1 month, which is still their more conservative estimate, the commander-in-chief of the Madang front line at that time, Li Yunheng, the commander of the 16th Army, believed that the Madang fortress was enough to support 3 months!

As a result, after 3 days of support, Madang was lost, and the Japanese army used only one wing of troops!

There are many reasons for the failure of the Battle of Madang, such as Li Yunheng's command mistakes, absurd affairs, and Xue Weiying, the commander of the 67th Division, who delayed the fighter plane and feared the enemy like a tiger, but no matter what the reason, the result was that the Chinese side lost the fortress second only to Tianjiazhen, and greatly increased the prestige of the Japanese army and hit the morale of the army.

Xu Ming and several guards, together with Li Zhitong, senior staff member of the Military Commission, Zheng Daoyi, senior auditor of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and more than 10 other people, took a train from Hankou to Jiujiang, and then transferred to Madang.

Li Yunheng is not there, since he set up a "Anti-Japanese Military and Political University", he is not addicted, and he has set up an anti-Japanese war training class, personally giving classes to big and small minds in various places, and he is very busy all day long.

"Commander Xu, there is the Changshan Fort." Li Yunheng was not there, and an adjutant received him, on the incense, and pointed to the opposite fort and said.

The Changshan Fort was built by dismantling the guns on the warship, blocking the river with 47 mm naval guns, and there were 8 Japanese Type 38 75 mm field guns on the depression, with a base number of ammunition in reserve, and around the battery, there was an infantry battalion responsible for defending.

Xu Ming saw the problem and asked: "Xiangshan is the highest, if the Japanese army sneaks up and occupies it, how can it be good to establish an artillery position in Xiangshan and suppress our army's battery?" ”

The adjutant showed a look of disbelief on his face and said, "No, there is a brigade of the Jiang Defense Army and a battalion of ours here." ”

Xu Ming snorted, "The two forces are not unified with each other, one is the navy, which listens to the Hukou Fortress Headquarters hundreds of miles away, and the other is the army, which listens to the 16th Army. Can it be harmonized? ”

The follow-up troops camped in a village dozens of miles away, Xu Ming felt speechless after hearing this, the battle tended to be tense, and the troops were not on the front line and entered a wartime state, but put on a mode of recuperation.

Walking towards Xiangshan, it was a shore fortification, Xu Ming looked at it, and finally knew how the battle of Madang in history was humiliating. In such a heavy place, there are only a few trenches, and two layers of barbed wire are scattered together, not to mention stopping the modern Japanese army, I am afraid that even the Japanese 500 years ago could not stop it! Inside the rudimentary fortifications, a few lazy soldiers hid inside.

Xiangshan and Changshan are each other's horns, Xu Ming finally saw the steel reinforced cement fortifications in Changshan, and in the defensive zone, there were a total of eight heavy machine gun bunkers, which were under the command of Bao Changyi, the chief of the Second Jiangfang Corps.

"Why don't you build more?" Xu Ming asked.

"The main thing is that there is not enough money and not enough manpower." Brigade Deputy Du Longji replied cautiously on the side. ”

Xu Ming is not a simple military officer, he has been a big boss for several years, and he is still the honorary chairman of the cement factory in Jiujiang, he said coldly: "To build this fortification, 30,000 yuan is enough, and if you work for 100 hours, it will be about the same, which is related to the safety of the fort and the fortress, why is no one in charge?" ”

This battery is under the jurisdiction of the navy, but the bunker belongs to the army to defend it, Xu Ming knows that it is not the fault of the navy, they are not responsible for the construction of fortifications.

The biggest problem now is that there is no one in charge, I just asked, the navy is not responsible, the army is not responsible, and the river defense committee is not responsible.

After seeing the completion of the project and checking the readiness of the front-line troops, Xu Ming finally became angry, "... Officers, there is no duty system, the chief officer goes to run a training course, and the adjutant is competent? Soldiers, the training is loose, it looks like they haven't eaten enough, there are not enough places, are they eating empty salaries? Troops, don't do combat drills, stay in the house, and do nothing..."The direct words made the group of people next to them look at each other.

Late at night, Li Yunheng came back full of wine and food, and when he heard that Xu Ming did not give face at all, he was furious