Chiang Kai-shek had always regarded Zhang Xuewu as a signboard to show off, but now that Zhang Xuewu led his troops to defend Chengde, Chiang Kai-shek certainly understood in his heart that if it wasn't for his own telegram, I am afraid that Zhang Xuewu's department would have retreated to the front line of the Great Wall.

Although Chiang Kai-shek was very satisfied with Zhang Xuewu's implementation of the military order without any discount, he was also very angry that Zhang Xuewu did not know how to be flexible and did not know how to avoid the important and light, but there was still a trace of joy in addition to the anger, that is, Zhang Xuewu's second son could be useful.

The National Revolutionary Army has been in the army for many years, and there are many generals who keep shouting that they are fierce and successful, but there is only a lack of Zhang Xuewu, who is down-to-earth and willing to work without fear of life and death, and Chiang Kai-shek has always disliked boastful talk.

At this moment, Chiang Kai-shek is very contradictory, because on the one hand, he does not want to lose the strong force of the new first division, on the other hand, he wants to lose Chengde, because only the loss of Chengde means the complete defeat of Zhang Hanqing, and the logical reduction of the feudal domain is his delay, but Chiang Kai-shek also has his own bottom line, the new first division must be saved, and the other is that the first division can only be used, the three divisions of Xu Tingyao's 17th Army are all elite, and the losses of the counterattack will be quite large, and the repulsion of the inevitable army may not be big. But it is not difficult to deal with the new first division that is trapped and defending Chengde? What's more, Zhang Xuewu is Zhang Hanqing's cousin, how can Zhang Hanqing not do his best?

Rumble! Boom! Shells fell on the positions of the Chinese defenders on the side ridges of Majiagou in Chengde, and the commander of the 8th Brigade, who had lost his surname, Enbe and Ichiro, ordered the two infantry wings to attack the Chinese defenders' positions in an all-out way under the cover of the divisional field artillery wing.

Soon after the offensive began, Kazuichiro Enbe discovered his previous mistake, which was that the left and right flank positions of the Chinese defenders were actually multiple defensive lines, so even if the Chinese defenders drew troops from the left flank to strengthen the right flank, it would have little effect on the overall defensive posture.

It's just that this result was discovered after Enbe and Ichiro paid at least 300 casualties, and after the annoyed Enbe and Ichiro issued a full-scale attack, they were surprised to find that the opposing Chinese defenders were not only equipped with artillery countermeasures in response, but also had a large number of machine guns and a complete garrison system? The shelling of the field artillery wing does not seem to have had much effect?

Maxine heavy machine guns, Czech light machine guns, and mortars have become a nightmare for the Yue army, and the most helpless thing for the Yue army is that the defenders have poured a lot of water on all the places they can think of before their position, and it is obviously an impossible task to attack the enemy position on the ice, and in desperation, Enbe and Ichiro can only temporarily stop the attack.

Kazuichiro Enbe returned to the division headquarters to report to His Excellency the division commander that the forward attack had been blocked, only to find that the atmosphere in the division command post was very strange? What are the staff officers talking in whispers? Could it be that the news of the setback of his own attack has already reached the division headquarters?

The second attack was a whole brigade, three lieutenants and a young lieutenant, I'm afraid not to say that the entire 10th Division, and even all the participating troops since the Battle of Rehe, have not suffered so many casualties, right? These damn Chinese troops!

Enbe and Ichiro calmly came to the head of the Hirose Shousuke Division, who was frowning and seemed to be thinking about something, and snapped and said, "I'm sorry!" Your Excellency, Division Commander, our army's attack on the front line of the Majiagou side ridge has been blocked, and we ask for heavy artillery, combat vehicles, and aircraft to help in the battle! ”

Wearing a tweed coat and holding a water glass, Hirose Shousuke stood up and looked at his fierce general's subordinates and said, "How big is the loss?" ”

Kazuichiro Enbe took a deep breath and bowed slightly: "At least a thousand people have been killed in battle, and there are still 500 light and serious wounded. ”

Hirose Shousuke's originally small triangular eyes couldn't help but widen a little after Kazuichiro Enabe reported the casualties, and the skin on Hirose Shousuke's face twitched uncontrollably a few times, but quickly returned to normal: "According to intelligence, Tang Yulin's three brigades have all collapsed, and there should only be one division of the new First Division of the National Axe, but they have the counterattack firepower of at least one artillery regiment, so the Chinese defenders in Chengde are likely to be an army, not a division." ”

Hirose Shousuke's words made Enbe Kazuichiro slightly stunned, and Hirose Shousuke immediately changed his tone: "The casualties are indeed not small, but this also proves that we really met our opponents, didn't they?" The honor of the emperor [***] people is to be obtained through battle and blood, although our losses are very large, but it is said that the commander of the Matsuki Naoliang Division is not only a matter of heavy casualties, the commander of the Hiramatsu Heroic Brigade was killed by a cannon! ”

Hirose Shousuke's last two sentences were said in a low voice, but it still made Enbe and Ichiro stunned, I heard that his old classmate was not very likable and spoke very meanly, and the hero of Hiramatsu could have been promoted to lieutenant general on the first day of the attack on Chengde? Madobe and Ichiro are also full of bitterness and unbearable.

Kazuhiro Yuanbe, who was still worried about his face, breathed a long sigh of relief at the moment, in fact, no matter who he is, he has a subconscious way of comparison, and he will feel extremely annoyed when he loses heavily, but suddenly he realizes that there are people around him who are even more unlucky than me, and the loss is heavier? It seems that my mood will be much better at this moment.

Anyway, the Eighth Brigade that was hit head-on compared to the 27th Brigade that put all the brigade commanders in, the loss of a brigade is minimal, there is no most unlucky, only more unlucky!

Just when Kazuichiro Enbe thought that no one would pay attention to him, Shousuke Hirose suddenly turned around and said, "Enbe-kun, please come and see the standard of making this sand table?" This was made on the basis of a map mapped by the Ministry of War in 1921 when the trip to Panchina was planned. ”

Yuanbu Kazuichiro nodded and looked at it seriously for a while and said: "The side ridge of Majiagou that I commanded to attack is basically in this shape, as for the topography of Laohugou and Seng Guanfeng, the Ministry has not investigated it on the spot, so it is not good to express opinions." ”

Hirose Shousuke hummed, and used the baton to a little Chengde: "Zhong [***] is very smart, they gave up half of Chengde to shrink their forces and use the three support points of Tiger Ditch, Majiagou Side Ridge, and Seng Guanfeng to hold Chengde, and now our army has failed to attack Majiagou Side Ridge, and the front [***] has been prepared for defense, and the normal tactics of attacking the enemy's support point will receive unexpected results, but the middle [***] garrison fortifications are very complete, and the sense of resistance is also very tenacious, The newly formed 1st Division is one of the few German armament units in Nanjing, and the base is the Guards Brigade of the Northeast Army, so we must defeat this unit in order to shock the Nanjing side and the Northeast Army system. ”

Kazuichiro Enbe took a deep breath and looked at the division commander Hirose Shousuke and said, "What is Your Excellency the division commander going to do?" ”