Chapter 283: Strategic Ambush
Chairman Chiang has lost weight again, and his spirit is even weaker.
In his life, Chairman Chiang has had countless hardships, and the sufferings he has suffered are not humane to outsiders, but all the sufferings he has endured before are not as deep and serious as the sufferings he has suffered during this period.
At first, he thought it was a wonderful deal, but then it turned out that he was actually sitting on a crater that could erupt at any moment.
Now, Chairman Chiang was further horrified to find that he was not only sitting on the crater of a volcano that could erupt at any time, but also that there was an even more terrible volcano on top of his brain.
The volcano sitting under the ass is the Black God Army, and only the Black God Army can make the volcano truly erupt. In this matter, [***] can't make much waves.
Although he was extremely reluctant to admit it, the huge influence that the Black God Army had in the whole country was enough to make this matter develop into a catastrophe for him.
Therefore, it is for this reason that he has to swallow his anger and retreat step by step.
This was terrifying enough, but compared to the volcano on top of the brain melon, the Black God Army was nothing.
The volcano on top of the brain melon is said to be himself.
It is said that I did not enter the army for a long time, and it was indeed because I was not prepared at first, but now it is not.
In the report submitted by the National Research Institute, they concluded that the reason why the army did not enter the army was because there was a dispute at the top of the country.
It is said that many people in the military advocate a north-south advance, but they will not give up Shanghai, one of the reasons is that Xuzhou is already undefended, and the more important reason is that the people of China are scattered.
Once the mind is scattered, it is impossible to resist effectively, so this is an excellent opportunity.
The moment he saw this report, Chairman Chiang was almost paralyzed, and he did not have the slightest strength in his body.
If he really did this, then even if the Black God Army did not say anything, he would not be able to hide it, and the consequences would be ...... -- Chairman Chiang was suffering inhumanely, and the commander of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, General Matsui Ishone, was also uncomfortable, and his mouth was full of big blisters in a hurry.
The base camp is disputed and dragged on for a long time, but time waits for no one!
After a day's delay, the fortifications built in North China will be perfected.
Also, the green gauze tent is getting higher and higher, fighting against the Black God Army, and the danger to the imperial army is simply indescribable.
Matsui Ishone's temper is getting more and more irritable.
Today, Matsui Ishinemasa didn't know what to do, and the chief of staff, Mamoru Iinuma, walked in and said, "Your Excellency Commander, the order from the base camp has come down!" β
Matsui Ishine's spirits perked up, and he took the message and looked at it, his face turned from sunny to cloudy. After so many days of delay, the base camp still decided to abandon Shanghai, which is really stupid.
This time, the base camp did not give him a chance to assert himself, the order came from the highest, and it was extremely harsh, without the slightest room for flexibility.
-- Chairman Chiang has gone to heaven and does not need to live in a suite.
As soon as he learned the news of the advance of the Yue army, Chairman Chiang's heart began to contract, and when the news was received, all the troops had withdrawn from Shanghai, and Chairman Chiang was considered to have come back to life.
Bet won!
Every time at the most critical juncture, Chairman Jiang would show the strength of a gambler to make a desperate bet. Every time he won the bet, this time it was the same.
Chairman Jiang's face bloomed, and the people below also breathed a sigh of relief. These words are simply not human.
ββββLaiwu, Dazhangzhuang Town.
The map covered an entire north wall, and Liu Shuai stood silently in front of the map, his sharp gaze moving back and forth on the map.
The burden on Liu Shuai's shoulders is very heavy, and the entire Shandong battlefield must be picked up by him, and in the future, whether the whole battle is good or not, how well he fights in Shandong is very important.
Who could have imagined that half a year ago, the 129th Division had only more than 10,000 people, and ammunition was still scarce, let alone heavy weapons, but now, there are 80,000 regular troops under his command alone, plus local armed forces such as county brigades and district squads, which add up to more than 150,000.
Moreover, not only has the number of people increased, but the equipment has also been upgraded by several notches. At present, even the equipment of the county brigade is no worse than that of the original 129th Division.
When Liu Shuai was contemplating and thinking, Li Da, the chief of staff, walked in with Li Guangde.
Li Guangde is the head of the liaison office of the Black God Army stationed in the 129th Division.
When they came in, Liu Shuai didn't notice it at all, Li Da walked behind Liu Shuai and said in a low voice: "Division commander." β
Liu Shuai turned around.
Li Dadao: "Teacher, Xiao Li has something to tell you." β
Liu Shuai nodded at Li Guangde and greeted, "Xiao Li, you're here." β
[***] people are young enough, but the people of the Black God Army are even younger, Li Guangde is only twenty-two years old this year, he said: "Commander, we have someone here, please come over." β
Liu Shuai was very curious, he asked, "Xiao Li, what is the matter with inviting me over?" β
Unexpectedly, Li Guangde shook his head and said, "Commander, I don't know what is going on." After a pause, he explained: "They sent some things, which must be kept absolutely secret and must not be leaked." β
Liu Shuai was even more curious, he said, "Let's go, let's take a look." β
The liaison office was not far away, less than a hundred meters from the division headquarters. When they arrived, the liaison office was heavily guarded inside and out.
Entering the courtyard, Li Guangde introduced Liu Shuai to a young man and said, "Wang Ding, this is Master Liu." β
The young man named Wang Ding gave Liu Shuai a military salute and said, "Senior Commander Liu." β
Raising his hand to return a military salute, Liu Shuai asked, "Xiao Wang, what good things did you bring?" So mysterious. β
Wang Ding took out a letter from his coat pocket, handed it to Liu Shuai, and said, "Senior Commander Liu, this is a letter from Director Deng to you." β
After taking the letter and opening it, Liu Shuai's expression became solemn. After reading it, Liu Shuai put the letter away and said, "Xiao Wang, take me to see it." β
Wang Ding led Liu Shuai into the east wing.
There was no one in the room, and there were several long wooden boxes piled up.
Wang Ding opened a long box, Liu Shuai was stunned when he saw it, the contents of the box were iron pipes that were one meter long, but obviously, this would never be as simple as iron pipes.
After looking at it, Liu Shuai asked, "Xiao Wang, is this thing a bazooka?" Can it hit tanks? β
Wang Ding said: "Senior Commander Liu, please send someone to clear a place, and I will show you." β
Really curious, Liu Shuai nodded and said, "Okay." β
Liu Shuai went out and explained a few words to Li Da, the chief of staff.
At this time, Wang Ding personally moved a long box of words out, and then went to another room and moved out a small box of rockets.
A small box contains six rockets.
Loading the two boxes into the car, Wang Ding personally escorted the car and drove to the west of the town.
Five miles out of the town, there is a barren beach, which has now been completely blocked. The soldiers in charge of the guard were all 300 meters away from the shooting range, and they all stood solemnly with their backs to the shooting range.
Wang Ding had already prepared, and he ordered two 30-millimeter-thick steel plates to be removed from the car and fixed on the ground. After that, he retreated to a distance of 100 meters, half-squatted on the ground, and carried the bazooka on his left shoulder.
As Wang Ding pulled the trigger, he suddenly saw a fierce smoke spraying out from the tail of the bazooka, and in an instant, the three-kilogram body of the projectile dragged a long tail depression, drew a gentle arc in the air, and flew towards the steel plate 100 meters away.
Right in the bull's-eye.
Looking at the big hole exposed in the center of the steel plate, Liu Shuai couldn't help but clench his hands tightly.
Liu Shuai was a great expert, and he immediately fully recognized the great significance of this new weapon.
Fighting with the little devils, now there is no shortage of ammunition, and the most difficult thing is how to deal with the tanks of the little devils. In the past, the only way they could deal with tanks was mines, but the limitations of mines against tanks were too great. Well, now with this bazooka, the tank of the little devil is the target.
In the house just now, there were almost hundreds of such bazookas, which was enough.
At this time, Wang Ding came over and said to Liu Shuai: "Division Commander Liu, the bazooka can not only hit tanks, but also fire grenades. β
Holding Wang Ding's hand, Liu Shuai said: "Okay, good, thank you so much!" β
Wang Ding said: "Senior Commander Liu, the bazooka must not be seen by the devils, as long as they see the bazooka, they can immediately imitate it." β
Liu Shuai nodded.
-- On 3 July, a military conference was held in Dazhangzhuang Town, attended by all regiment commanders.
The 129th Division was organized under the jurisdiction of two brigades, each of which had two regiments, but now, the brigade commander is actually the army commander, and the regiment commander is naturally the division commander.
However, in order to take into account Chairman Jiang's feelings, and more importantly, to hide his strength, the establishment is still the same as the original, and there is no change.
On the rostrum, Liu Shuai was in the center, Deputy Division Commander Xu Shuai sat on the right, and Chief of Staff Ni Zhiliang sat on the left.
Under the stage, sitting sat Li Da, chief of staff, Zhang Hao, director of the Political Training Office, Song Renqiang, deputy director, Wang Hongkun, commander of the 385th Brigade, Wang Weizhou, deputy brigade commander, Geng Biao, chief of staff, Su Jingcheng, director of the Political Training Office, Chen Xilian, commander of the 769th Regiment, Zhang Caigan, commander of the 770th Regiment, Chen Geng, commander of the 386th Brigade, Chen Zaidao, deputy brigade commander, Li Jukui, chief of staff, Wang Xinting, director of the Political Training Office, Xu Shenji, commander of the 711th Regiment, Ye Chenghuan, commander of the 722nd Regiment, and Zhang Xianyue, head of the teaching regiment directly under the division.
Everyone is here, Liu Shuai: "Comrades, let's see, how should this battle be fought?" β
These bits, all of whom have been tempered by life and death in the Long March, are all real warriors, when have they brought so many soldiers, and how can they have such sophisticated weapons and sufficient ammunition? So, they were all full of confidence, just waiting for the little devil to come.
"Kill the little devil, you will give the order, the division commander!" Everyone asked for battle.
Liu Shuai's eyes fell on Chen Geng, the commander of the 386th Brigade, and he said with a smile: "Chen Geng, you can talk about it." β
Chen Geng said: "Division Commander, now that we have enough strength, in this battle, I think we should learn from the Black God Army." β
Silently, Liu Shuai asked, "Tell me, what are we going to learn from the Black God Army?" β
Chen Geng said: "In the face of two large-scale attacks by the Kuomintang and the Yue Army, I think the key to victory is that the Black God Army makes the enemy dare not divide his troops. β
"Smack, smack, smack." Liu Shuai raised his hand and slapped it lightly three times, and praised: "Comrades, Chen Geng has got to the point." After a pause, he continued: "Our combat mission this time is strategic, and victory does not lie in how many enemies are destroyed, but in making the enemy dare not divide his forces. To be specific, it is at least necessary to ensure that the army does not dare to operate with a force of brigade or regiment size. β
The benefits of making the enemy dare not divide their forces are not difficult to understand. First of all, the people of Shandong will suffer less from the scourge of little devils; Secondly, their activities are naturally much more relaxed.
Liu Shuai continued: "The reason why I made this deal with Chiang Kai-shek was to completely control North China in order to seize the materials in North China. If we dare not divide our troops, we will not be able to effectively control North China, and we will not be able to use North China's materials to invade us. Although they are much more advanced than us, they are a small country after all, and they cannot withstand attrition, and as long as this strategic goal is achieved, then they will not be able to persevere. β
Everyone's eyes began to shine, and the little devils were defeated, at least the whole of Shandong would become a revolutionary base area, and by that time, it would be really wide.
Subsequently, everyone began to work together to study how to play the best effect.
When he studied how to deal with the little devil's tank, Xu Shuai smiled: "Don't bother with this." β
Everyone looked at Xu Shuai in surprise, the biggest headache for the big guy is the little devil's tank, such a turtle shell is really not easy to get, whether it is blown up with mines or hit with war defense artillery, the effect is not very good.
At this time, Liu Shuai said: "Comrade Xiang is right, now I say that my Wang Ba shell is paper paste for us, don't worry about this." β
Although I don't know what reason made Wang Ba's shell turn into paper paste, since the two division commanders said so, they didn't run, and everyone's interest was even higher.
In the end, it was agreed to divide the troops into two routes, with Liu Shuai commanding the 385th Brigade and the troops directly under the division in Luxi, and Xu Shuai commanding the 386th Brigade to Ludong.
-- Heavy rain is like a note.
Matsui's face was ten times darker than the leaden sky, and he cursed in his heart at the fools who were far away in Tokyo, because their delay had put the army in great difficulty.
Under normal circumstances, it is not the rainy season that does not have much effect, but now it is not a normal situation.
The train is not thinking about it, and it can't be counted on at all, let alone thinking about it in the near future, even in the foreseeable future.
The empire's steel production was already seriously insufficient, and after the start of preparations for war, although it tried to reduce civilian use, there was still a huge shortage, and it was necessary to import a large amount of it from overseas every year.
These thousands of kilometers of railways, if you expect to bring in tracks from within the empire for reconstruction, it is simply unrealistic.
Even if the north-south is successful, the materials for the construction of the railway can be transported from Manchuria, and it is not possible to complete it in a short period of time.
Now, the only possibility is that the war goes smoothly and the whole of North China is quickly occupied, and then it is possible to rebuild the railway, but this is also unrealistic.
Railways can't be counted on, and roads are even more disturbing.
The people of China dug the main roads into large potholes, and now when the rainy season comes, the big pits become big rivers.
It's hard for people to walk, and the convoy that transports foster care, especially heavy artillery, is ten points slower than a snail.
The difficulties are not only these, the 300,000 troops carrying almost 200,000 tons of ammunition, if this is blown up by the Chinese people, the consequences will ...... Therefore, the air force is now doing nothing else, flying around in the sky all day long, guarding against the surprise attack of the planes of the chinas.
The 300,000 imperial army should have been rampant in the land of China, making the people of China tremble under the military authority of the empire, but now it's good, let alone rampant, it's not allowed, that's not okay, it's almost the same as being a grandson.
Aggrieved!
The old devil looked up to the sky and sighed.
After entering Shandong, the sky finally cleared.
Although the roads in Shandong are more damaged and the pace of progress is slower, the clear sky will always make people's mood brighter.
Shandong, from this moment on, is the land of the Great Empire.
The armored command car stopped, Matsui Ishine got down, turned around, looked in the direction of Nanjing and Shanghai, his eyes were cold, he believed that he would soon lead the army back again.
-- Three miles east of Zhulou Village, two hundred meters to the right of the dirt road, there is a willow forest.
This willow forest is very old, and many of the willow trees have roots that are more than a meter in diameter, and the dry and cracked bark is like a wrinkle on the face of an old man.
In the body of a large willow tree, Liu Hongyuan and Jiang Chaowen were intently observing the rapid march of the devil soldiers on the dirt road through the cracks in the bark.
Liu Hongyuan and Jiang Chaowen watched while recording something in the small book in their hands from time to time.
When the devil was over, there was a sudden silence between heaven and earth.
Liu Hongyuan and Jiang Chaowen came down from the ladder.
This big willow tree, not only the body of the tree has been hollowed out, but the roots of the tree have also been hollowed out, turning into a secret room.
There was a small table in the secret room, on which was a field radio, and Liu Hongyuan and Jiang Chaowen sat at the table and began to check the recorded data.
Soon, after the data was checked, Liu Hongyuan began to send reports, reporting the number of devils, the number of tanks and combat vehicles, their marching speed, and the relative positions of the communication squadron, supplies, artillery teams, and other arms.
-- The county seat of Jinxiang, 18 miles southeast and 800 meters away from the main road, was busy nervously in a cornfield with slightly higher ground.
Here is the command post of the former enemy.
This former enemy command post was built not on the ground, but underground. On the top of the head of the command post, the crops are no different from those in other places.
Liu Shuai stood at the observation mouth with his hands behind his back, staring at the road not far away.
This time it's a tiger's mouth.
On the right and rear of Jinxiang County is the main army of the Yue Army, and on the left is the three divisions that are advancing to Heze and then preparing to occupy the entire northern part of Lubei, and they are going to be here to completely annihilate a wing of the Yue Army.
At this time, Li Da, the chief of staff, walked up to Liu Shuai and said, "Division commander, the devil has arrived at Wangjiaji, and there are still twenty miles away from here." β
Nodding, Liu Shuai asked, "Li Da, what do you think?" β
Li Da smiled, and he said lightly: "Master, do you still need to watch this?" Where have we fought such a battle? If we don't play well, then we'll all have to go home. β
Liu Shuai also smiled, indeed, he had never fought this kind of battle.
Whether the battle is good or not, the hard indicators are nothing more than three points, one is the strength of troops, the second is combat effectiveness, and the last is intelligence.
A devil wing is no more than 4,000 people at most, and they have an overwhelming advantage in strength and combat effectiveness, not to mention an ambush, which has an even greater advantage.
As for intelligence, that's even more fantastic advantage.
Within a radius of 100 miles, there are 16 main observation points and 54 observation points. Each main observation point is equipped with a field radio station, and the main observation point and the sub-observation point are connected by telephone.
Under such an arrangement, they would immediately know any troop movement of the army.
And, more importantly, they knew exactly where the road was easy to walk, where the road was not easy to walk, and how much time it would take for the army to come from which direction.
So, although this is a tooth extraction, there is almost no danger.
(To be continued)