Chapter Seventy-Three: A Life with Dignity
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Standing beside the roadside armored car in a thick fur coat, as if he was unsightly, the commander of the Eighth Division of the Chinese Army, Xi Yiyi, who had just received the map handed over by the staff officer, was blown by a strong wind, and the map flew into the sky.
Xiyi glanced at the trooping troops beside him, there was a stove in the armored car but there was still a thick layer of frost, the only thing that made him feel warm was the thick wool mat, a small piece of dark red on the snow-white wool piece destroyed the overall beauty, it is said that this precious wool mat is the heirloom of a family of Zhina, for the subordinates of the third brigade of the infantry under Xiyi to kill the whole family of the Zhina people, Xiyi Yi Yi enjoyed the daughter and daughter-in-law of the family of the family on this wool mat, The bloodstain was left by the suicide of one of the women, which also made Xi Yiyi extremely annoyed, and ordered the two women to be stripped naked and splashed with water to freeze to death, and then the corpses were hung on the big tree at the head of the village to set an example, this is the end of not cooperating with the imperial army! Xiyi is not ashamed of his evil deeds, but proud? often proudly showing off, and even writing it into his memoirs, many years later, Nishiichi was annoyed by his stupid behavior.
Soon, the people who went to chase the map returned in vain, looking at the Oshima staff officer who returned empty-handed, the tall Nishiichi sighed helplessly: "Compared with the enemy of the imperial army, it has changed from the anti-Manchu army in China to bad weather and roads, why can't the people of China repair their roads?" Don't they know the important surname of the road? Maybe there's no money, right? What is the use of such poor mountains and bad waters? ”
Standing on the side and stomping his feet, Oshima Nakasa smiled and said, "Your Excellency the division commander, you don't know anything, it's not that you don't have money?" Rehe's income from opium alone amounted to 70 to 80 million oceans, almost equal to the commercial turnover of the four countries, but all this income went into the pockets of local military and political dignitaries. ”
Nishiyi waved his hand to Oshima Nakasa: "Get in the car with me!" Although such an enemy is not worthy of respect and admiration, to be honest, I like it very much! ”
In the midst of a burst of laughter, Oshima boarded the armored car of the division commander under the envious gaze of his colleagues, which was already a paradise for trucks leaking on all sides.
Also struggling in the wind and snow is not only the left wing commanded by Nishiyiyi, the right wing commanded by Itamoto Masaemon is also fighting against the cold, the attack of the army seems to have turned into a march, the collapse of the [***] team in the Rehe made the army greatly unexpected, a large number of materials hoarded in Jinzhou waiting to be transported to Chaoyang, the materials have not yet arrived in Chaoyang when the news has been captured Chifeng, the materials are directly transported to Chengde, the only [***] garrison.
Dressed in a fur coat, Itamoto Masaemon looked at the snow dust rising from the sky and asked the combat staff officer beside him, "Where is the 10th Division now?" Does the head of the assistant division of Kotoshi Hirose have a call? ”
The combat staff officer on the side, who was so cold that his speech was a little unfluent, saluted and said, "The last telegram was sent nine hours ago, and it is on its way to Chengde. ”
Itamoto Masaemon nodded and said, "The order is sent every ten minutes, be sure to get in touch with the 10th Division, and ask them to go all out to seize Chengde and end the Battle of Rehe with glory!" ”
The left and right flanks of Itamoto Masaemon and Nishiichi completely abandoned the 16th Division's Pumu Division, which was in the center, and sent the 10th Division's Hirose Shousuke Division and the 14th Division's Nakamura Shinsho Division, respectively, intending to take advantage of the new defeat and dispersion of the Naka[***] team to seize the Chengde Shosho Martial Arts.
It can be said that not only the two left and right wing commanders of Itamoto Masaemon and Nishiichi are secretly competing, but even the commanders of the subordinate divisions are also secretly competing, this is the first time that the army has fought in a large corps since World War I, and the generals who captured Lushun are already old and twilight, and the military headquarters and the staff headquarters need fresh blood.
The performance in this operation is particularly crucial, and the cooperation between the divisions on the left and right flanks of the army has become an empty word, and whoever can win Chengde first means who can get the biggest prize in this battle!
Just when the 10th Division and the 14th Division of the Army went straight to Chengde in the starry night, Zhang Xuewu unexpectedly received two armored trains that had not yet left at Chengde Station, and the armored trains recorded by the Northeast Army of the East and West did have 17 different models and functional uses, the most of which were improvised armed transport trains, and the basic way of formation was to hang a gun truck with sandbags and armor plates in front of the tractor and the tail car, the gun and the tractor had no armor protection, and an unmanned truck was added in the front to prevent mine blasting. Protects the towing nose located in the middle.
The relatively small number of transport alert dual-purpose trains is basically close to the concept of European light armored trains, which are even loaded with tank armored vehicles so that they can provide rotating fire for self-defense, or Renault FT-17 light tanks converted into railway patrol cars attached to the front of the train, equipped with roadblock clearance shovels and mine detonators, but compared to the Soviet-German heavy armored trains, these armored trains equipped by the Northeast Army seem to be too rudimentary.
However, it was better than nothing, especially since both armoured trains were equipped with twin locomotives and two 75-mm guns, a semi-enclosed anti-aircraft gun position on the rear pallet with a 20-mm Swedish "Amennon" anti-aircraft gun, and a Renault FT-17 light tank in the tail as a circumferential fire point.
Zhang Xuewu's headquarters in the girls' middle school was only less than 200 meters away from the railway line, so the two armored trains were stopped near the school to camouflage and prepare to serve as Zhang Xuewu's mobile command post.
After checking the condition of the armored train, Zhang Xuewu looked at Li Xinkai, who seemed worried, and smiled: "What are you afraid of?" There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and the water is naturally straight to the bridge! The soldiers will block, and the water will come to the earth! ”
Li Xinkai glanced at Huang Tao, who was climbing up and down in the armored train, and said to Zhang Xuewu: "Division, at present, there is only one lone army left in Rehe, our new first division, and I am afraid that the Nanjing political axe side does not know that the battle situation is far more serious than they expected, and our new first division is blocked here and defends to the death, and the army is sharp, this is simply feeding the wolf!" ”
Zhang Xuewu took a deep breath and said: "In 1927, the cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshiichi Tanaka convened the Oriental Conference and formulated the "Outline of China Policy". The core of this is to first separate Manchu and Mongolia from China, and then use Manchu and Mongolia as a base to further expand into Chinese mainland. After the meeting, Tanaka put forward a program of aggression and expansion in his recital to Emperor Komoto, "If you want to conquer China, you must first conquer Manchuria, and if you want to conquer the world, you must first conquer China," thus pushing the mainland policy of foreign aggression to a new stage. He said that the invasion of my Rehe was just a step in his long-planned strategy, and that he was not just launching an invasion, but that their ultimate goal was to destroy our China and our nation! If we still want to leave a clear sky for future generations, so that they (they) can live with dignity, we must resist to the death today, even if every inch of mountains and rivers is turned into an inch of flesh and blood, even if it is a scorched earth, countless casualties will be spared! ”
Li Xinkai was slightly stunned and said: "Even if you win, I'm afraid it's a miserable victory, what's the point?" ”
Zhang Xuewu patted Li Xinkai's shoulder and said, "In order to live with dignity, everything is worth it!" ”