The Shenwu Regiment went from south to north, and the route chosen was not very difficult. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoAlthough the mountains in this area are bullied, the overall altitude is not too high, and the tide river passes through it, and the valley area is relatively flat. However, even so, after on-the-spot investigation, the Tang Army still judged that it could not pass through mechanized troops, so the Shenwu Regiment carried out "mule and horse" for the first time in history.

The Eight Banners of the Beijing Camp and the Green Camp domesticated a large number of livestock for camel loading, and before breaking through the Xiaoqi Battalion, the Tang Army also captured a large number of war horses, and the Mongolian horse endurance was good, and it was not impossible to use it as a horse. The more than 700 soldiers of the Shenwu Regiment carried personal equipment, such as mortars and other slightly heavier equipment, which were transported by mules and horses.

Gubeikou Pass is one of the most complete passes in the defense system of the Great Wall of China, which consists of the Great Wall of the Northern Qi Dynasty and the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty. The west is the Great Wall of Wohu Mountain, the east is the Great Wall of Panlong Mountain, the mountain is steep, the cliff is steep, and the two mountains are tightly locked in the tide river. On the Great Wall line of more than 40 kilometers, there are 172 enemy towers, 14 chimney piers, and 16 passes; 3 Great Wall of Water Passes; 6 Sekijo; as well as three urn cities; There are also many guards, offices, and forts distributed on the periphery.

As the main pass, the Gubeikou Chengguan is only allowed to pass through one car and one ride, and is called the "Iron Gate Pass", and there is a water pass on the Chaohe River, which is called the "Water Gate Pass". The poet Tang Shunzhi of the Ming Dynasty said: "All cities are in the col of the mountain, and the crown mountain of this city is a bird's nest." At this point, it makes people think fiercely, and the sky is thousands of miles high. ”

Judging from the complex orientation of the city wall, the steep terrain and the peculiar armament, the Gubeikou Great Wall can be said to embody the essence of the ancient Chinese city defense system.

The most well-known battle in history here is the "Great Wall War of Resistance" in the 20th century, when the patriotic soldiers of the 17th Army broke out in a fierce battle with the Japanese invaders at Gubeikou. Defend the land and the people with a big blade and flesh and blood. In the end, the defeat of the Gubeikou War of Resistance made the Great Wall War of Resistance a failure. The Nanjing Nationalist Government was forced to sign the "Tanggu Agreement" with the Japanese, completely surrendering Rehe and Northeast China to others.

At that time, Xie Jinwu was a young officer under the command of General Guan Linzheng of the 25th Division of the 17th Army, and in 33 years he led his troops to fight a bloody battle in Gubeikou for three days, and he still has the scars poked by the Japanese with bayonets on his body. Today, Xie Jinwu led the Shenwu Regiment to Gubeikou again, revisiting the old place, and was full of emotion for a while.

"The equipment of the 25th Division back then couldn't even compare to the equipment of our Shenwu Regiment today, let alone mortars. Even if it's made in Hanyang and Zhongzheng, it's not one person, and the brothers are all wielding big blades to do it with little devils. Xie Jinwu sighed as he touched the pistol on his belt with one hand.

Liu Zhiyu, a military staff officer, said: "At that time, the country was in chaos, how could there be a stable and peaceful Republic of the Tang Dynasty now, there were not many serious factories at that time, and the warlords and politicians did not care about these things, alas, think about how good the Republic of China died." ”

He's a little younger. He was a small soldier in the youth army formed in the late stage of the Anti-Japanese War, and after the crossing, he received better military education and training. became a regimental staff officer.

Xie Jinwu said: "I'm not interested in the doctrine thing, just make the country good." Okay, those are just a dream of Nanke, and they don't have much to do with us now. Now our mission is to capture the Gubeikou Pass. ”

At this time, the scout came to report: "Regiment commander, we found the Qing army of assistants at Nantianmen, the scale is not large, about one or two hundred people, according to the fortifications, ask for instructions." ”

Nantianmen is a line of defense between Gubeikou and Miyun, which is not the Great Wall, but there are barracks. Xie Jinwu immediately ordered the Shenwu Regiment to carry out operations in Nantianmen, the terrain in this area is still flat, the Chaohe River flows here, and the Qing soldiers can defend according to the river, which is considered to have a certain advantage.

"To destroy this group of Qing soldiers, we still need to cross the river." Liu Zhiyu said with a little unhappiness. This is the only place to go to Gubeikou, they can't go all the way north and leave their back road to the Qing army, so here they must solve this Qing army.

Xie Jinwu said: "Take your time and eat one bite at a time." The width of the river here is not too wide, and we shelled the enemy's camp on the right bank of the river, and in addition to the troops who were armed, we cut down trees to make bridges across the river, and then attacked them under the cover of artillery. ”

There is nothing surprising about his method, it is the safest and easiest way. The Shenwu Regiment has an advantage in numbers and firepower compared to this Qing army, although Xie Jinwu does not have any engineering troops here, but it is not difficult to order his troops to cut down trees and build bridges.

At this time, the area is highly forested, and it is not too difficult to obtain timber. It's just that they don't have any chainsaws in their hands, they are all multi-purpose military shovels, and this kind of military artifact that has been handed down is naturally a must-have in the Tang Army. There are also some straight saws, but not too many. Although it is not easy to cut down trees that are too thick, and the efficiency is not high, as Xie Jinwu said, this section of the river is not wide, and the narrowest place is not even twenty meters, and the water is not deep, so it is completely possible to make a bridge that can pass through a large army in a few hours. They are not armored soldiers, they are all two-legged infantry, and with mule-horse carts, they will not crush the bridge.

The 81-mm mortars were unloaded from the wagons, and the artillerymen dug positions on the side of the river, the river bank was straight, and the targets were fixed, so the artillery positions were not arranged in a W-shaped staggered shape, which was also considered that the other side did not have artillery, so what was pursued was to line up and output large firepower.

Because the 105 howitzer could not be brought into the mountain, the largest caliber artillery brought by Xie Jinwu this time was an 81 mm mortar, and he adjusted the establishment before entering the mountain, temporarily equipping the machine gun company of the third battalion with 10 81 mm mortars, and abandoning the rocket launcher and heavy machine gun to strengthen his offensive firepower. Of course, if you change to ordinary infantry to operate mortars, the effect may not be as professional as the soldiers of the machine gun company, after all, the training subjects of the Tang Army pay more attention to the familiarity of fire support units in the versatility of equipment.

So at this time, Xie Jinwu arranged a total of 16 81mm mortars on the shore, which was enough to cover the Qing army camp in Nantianmen, and there were also a few 60mm mortars, but the range was short, only about 1400 meters, so they were not arranged.

As soon as Xie Jinwu gave the order, the artillery of the Shenwu Regiment began to shell. Just now, the Qing army had already discovered the situation on this side of the riverbank, and there was a slight commotion, and when the shells fell directly into the barracks, the Qing army exploded.

"The Tang people are calling, the Tang people are calling!" The Qing soldiers naturally knew who they were facing, Gubeikou Town had already received the news that the capital was occupied and the emperor's whereabouts were unknown, and an order was also sent from Admiral Changqing, asking the garrison of Nantianmen to strengthen its guard and defense.

To be honest, in fact, the Tang army itself was not very satisfied with the power of the 81-mm mortar, but more than a dozen shells smashed into the Qing army barracks, although the casualties were not many, but still made the Qing army greatly frightened. Their daily training was lax, and they had not trained how to fight against the enemy's artillery fire, and after being stunned by the artillery fire of the Shenwu Regiment, there were even cases where some people opened the camp gate and fled.

Xie Jinwu couldn't help but smile and said, "It seems that there is no need for too much trouble." ”

The Qing army officers in this battalion couldn't restrain their soldiers, although he also wanted to resist, but his soldiers were really too thoughtful and independent, so they didn't want to bird him at this time, and fled directly from the camp. This officer could only cry out in vain at this time, and he himself had no way to cross the river to attack the Tang army, and the Tang army had obviously begun to build bridges, and once they rushed over, then he would be finished.

There was no choice, this Qing army officer could only flee north with his henchmen, and with the organizational ability of the green battalion, it was basically impossible to think about gathering again after being dispersed.

After a short time, the bridge was erected, and the Shenwu Regiment got an empty battalion, except for some Qing soldiers who were killed and wounded by the explosion, most of the garrison green battalions had fled. Xie Jinwu immediately ordered the prisoners to be taken in and burned down the Nantianmen barracks. The fortification had no value to him, so it made more sense to destroy it than to keep it.

The Nantianmen Gate was pulled, and the road to Gubeikou was cleared.

At this time, Staff Officer Liu Zhiyu was still a little regretful, and said: "Actually, if we have inland river ships, it would be good if we could directly break through the water gate pass along the Chaohe River to the north." Of course, it would have been easier if helicopters had been sent from above to provide air support to us. The terrain was not good, we could only walk step by step, and we could not even use heavy artillery, so we fought carefully. ”

Xie Jinwu's mentality was good, he smiled: "How much rice is there to cook and how much rice, if the terrain here is open, I'm afraid it won't be our turn to do anything with the Shenwu Regiment, just let the Tiger Regiment come over and fight." Regiment Commander Ju has made everyone jealous of his achievements these days, and we soldiers can't pick and choose the fat and the thin, fight hard, and don't fight hard and hard. ”

Liu Zhiyu said with a smile: "Commander, why are you like a political commissar and an old man, there is nothing to say about this political level." ”

Xie Jinwu said again: "Speaking of which, although we have traveled all the way to a very hard time, the difficulty of the battle in Gubeikou is actually limited, and Changqing has no firepower in his hands that can effectively kill us, there are some artillery pieces here, but we just pay attention to some." And the green battalions in Gubeikou Town are all in the south of the pass, we are mainly fighting the barracks rather than the walls of Gubeikou, although it is expected that the resistance of the Qing army may not be very weak, but our Shenwu regiment is not a soft persimmon, it can fight a tough battle! (To be continued.) )