Chapter 60: Fighting Wits and Courage
Wuhan, Xingying.
In the afternoon, on a rare sunny day, Chairman Chiang actually fell asleep in a rocking chair.
When Mrs. Jiang quietly walked to the side, she found that Chairman Jiang was still holding a declaration in his hand, and when she looked at the layout again, it was "Battlefield Notes: No. 4" that war correspondent Zhao Xinyi was serializing.
The name Zhao Xinyi is now the same as Yue Weihan and the Baoshan Tuan, and everyone in China knows and knows it, and the declaration has become the most influential newspaper in China because of her serialization of the war notes, and even the influence of the central newspaper is far from being comparable to the declaration.
As if hearing footsteps, Chairman Jiang suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Madam, are you here?" ”
Madame Chiang gently draped her coat over Chairman Chiang and said, "Darling, it's time for you to issue a New Year's proclamation." ”
"yes, it's New Year's, it's time to make a proclamation." Chairman Jiang said it, but he didn't mean to get up.
Madame Jiang said softly: "Darling, are you still worried about the safety of hundreds of thousands of refugees in Nanjing?" Tang Shenzhi has just sent a telegram saying that more than 300,000 refugees have been safely transferred to Jiangbei, and at this rate, at most, in another 10 days, all the people in Nanjing will be able to move to Jiangbei. ”
Chairman Jiang was still silent, but he thought in his heart, yes, in ten days, all the refugees in Nanjing City will be transferred to Jiangbei, but my dozen or so ace divisions should almost be exhausted.
Seeing that Chairman Jiang still didn't mean to get up, Mrs. Jiang thought for a while and said, "Darling, are you still worried about the safety of Yue Weihan's Baoshan Regiment?" No one knows the specific situation of the Baoshan Regiment now, but from the battlefield account of the reporter who declared it, we can still feel that the Baoshan Regiment should still be able to hold out ......."
"Don't mention the Baoshan Group to me, let alone Yue Weihan!" Chairman Jiang suddenly got up and said angrily, "I don't want to listen! ”
After speaking, Chairman Jiang got up and walked away quickly, but Mrs. Jiang was left there in a daze: What happened to Darling today?
………… Southern suburb of Gangpo, headquarters of the Kunisaki detachment.
Major General Noboru Kunisaki is holding a military review meeting to review the gains and losses in the five days since the war with the Baoshan Regiment.
The chief of staff of the detachment, Yasuda Daisa, said: "Through five days of fierce fighting, we have enough understanding of the Baoshan regiment, we must admit that this Baoshan regiment is indeed the most tenacious Chinese army we have ever seen, we have an absolute superiority in artillery, as well as an absolute superiority in infantry, and even an aviation team and a tank detachment to help in the battle, but we have never been able to quickly defeat the opponent, the tenacity of this army is really much beyond my expectations!" ”
Wing Commander Yamada Osaya of the 11th Wing said: "This Baoshan regiment is especially good at night battles!" During the day, we managed to seize the position, but at night, the Chinese army was able to recapture the position with a counterattack, and the repeated changes of position not only delayed the offensive of the imperial army, but also seriously dampened the spirit of the imperial army. ”
The commander of the 21st Wing, Nagashima Daisa, said disapprovingly: "I think the reason why the imperial army has not completely defeated the Baoshan regiment until now is entirely because the other party has built a large number of permanent fortifications with masonry and cement structures in advance!" However, most of the enemy's permanent fortifications had now been captured by the Imperial Army, and the enemy's living forces had been reduced to a small area supported by a few large pillboxes, and it was only a matter of time before they were destroyed. ”
Tsukino Daisa, the commander of the 3rd Mountain Artillery Wing of Reading Force, said very unceremoniously: "I think we made a tactical mistake at the beginning, we should not be too entangled with the enemy in Jiangpu, but should send a small force to attack Pukou, once Pukou is conquered by the imperial army, the opposite branch of the army will immediately be discouraged, and then abandon the Yonggu fortifications and flee, so where will we suffer the current losses?" There will be no embarrassing situation today! ”
"Tsukino-kun!" Kunizaki Noboru reminded unhappily, "The order issued by the Fang Sijun Headquarters is to quickly annihilate the elite Baoshan Regiment of China in order to seriously deal a blow to the determination of the main force in Nanjing City to resist, instead of letting us capture Pukou and strengthen the determination of the main force in Nanjing City to resist. ”
After saying this, Kunizaki Noboru said coldly: "What's more, with the bravery of the Baoshan regiment, do you think that if the imperial army captures Pukou, they will have a floating military spirit and flee immediately?" Immature! Amusing! ”
"Hello!" Tsukino Daisa suddenly got up and lowered his head, and spun and gathered his feet to stand upright.
"Alright." Noboru Kunisaki waved his hand and motioned for Tsukino to sit down again.
Major General Kunisaki Noboru waved his hand again, and a staff officer from the headquarters walked in with a stack of documents and handed out a copy to each of the attendees, and Major General Kunisaki Noboru himself also took a copy and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the special high section of the empire's intelligence agency has provided us with a very valuable piece of information!" ”
………… Ten miles away, the headquarters of the Baoshan Regiment.
Zhao Xinyi once again took out the red notebook she treasured and began her battlefield notes.
The battlefield is said to be the 5th day (New Year's Day of the 27th year of the Republic of China).
The situation is already quite serious, and after the 2nd and 1st battalions, the positions of the 4th battalion have also been lost today.
At present, the officers and men of the whole regiment have been compressed by the army in a narrow area with a depth of no more than 500 meters, and they are in danger!
Last night, the 4th Battalion organized a death squad to launch a counterattack, but failed to recapture the position again, the army learned the lessons of the previous night battle defeats, strengthened its vigilance, and the night battle killer we relied on for survival is losing its original power! I don't understand military affairs, but I know that the Baoshan regiment has now reached its final moment!
Maybe...... This will be the last one I will ever send out!
If this is really the last battlefield note I issued, if all the officers and men of the Baoshan Regiment really sacrificed their lives for the country, I hope that all Chinese who read this story will not be sad, let alone despair, the Baoshan Regiment is gone, more Baoshan regiments will emerge, the commander of Yue Weihan will be killed, and more Yue Weihan will appear on the battlefield of resistance.
The Republic of China will not perish, and the great and ancient Chinese nation will not perish, long live the Chinese nation!
After writing the last sentence, when Zhao Xinyi was about to close the notebook, the sound of chaotic footsteps suddenly sounded from behind her, and when she looked back quickly, she saw that Yue Weihan had walked in surrounded by confidential secretary Liu Xin and guard Tang Dashan.
"Remembering?" Yue Weihan saw the notebook in Zhao Xinyi's hand at a glance, and then couldn't help but snatch it away.
"The situation is critical...... The last battlefield story? No, reporter Zhao, you are too pessimistic. After reading the Chronicles, Yue Weihan smiled and handed the notebook back to Zhao Xinyi, saying, "Reporter Zhao, I solemnly assure you that this will never be the last battlefield chronicle in your life, and it will never be the last night we will fight side by side!" ”
Zhao Xinyi said: "Commander Yue, although I don't know much about military affairs, I can see it......"
Before Zhao Xinyi finished speaking, Yue Weihan interrupted her and said, "Reporter Zhao, sometimes your eyes will deceive you!" ”
"My eyes will deceive me?" Zhao Xinyi couldn't help frowning, and said in confusion, "I don't quite understand." ”
"You don't have to understand, or tomorrow, you will." Yue Weihan said indifferently, "I just came this time to tell you that from today onwards, all data and information related to military aspects can no longer appear in your records, but you can interview my soldiers and tell every Chinese their battle stories." ”
………… Ten miles away, the headquarters of the Kunisaki detachment.
Major General Kunizaki Noboru raised the information in his hand and said: "This is the reliable information that the intelligence elites of the special high class have summarized based on the analysis of the massive content published in all the Chinese-language newspapers in the Shanghai Public Concession in recent days. ”
"The information provided by this intelligence is completely consistent with the situation on the battlefield and our inferences!"
"That is, the three infantry battalions deployed in front of the Baoshan Regiment have been basically defeated by the imperial army, and most of their permanent fortification groups have been captured by the imperial army!"
"Now, the remnants of the Baoshan Regiment have been compressed by the imperial army into a narrow area with a width of no more than 400 meters and a depth of no more than 500 meters. At six o'clock tomorrow morning, the 3rd Mountain Artillery Wing of Reading Force will begin shelling, and at seven o'clock, the 11th Wing and the 21st Wing will launch a general attack at the same time, clearing out the remnants of the enemy in one fell swoop! ”
………… At five o'clock in the morning, the headquarters of the Baoshan regiment.
Yue Weihan was convening a military meeting for officers above the battalion commander level.
"If nothing else, the Kunisaki detachment will definitely launch a general attack this morning!" Yue Weihan paused, and then said, "According to the offensive practice of the Japanese army in the past few days, their artillery will start shelling at about six o'clock, and at about seven o'clock, their infantry will be guided by tanks to launch a final attack on our position!" ”
"How important is the battle of Ming, I believe I don't need to say more, if we win, we will be able to buy at least ten more days for the hundreds of thousands of fathers and villagers in Nanjing to evacuate, if the battle is defeated, then our regiment will be the end of the annihilation of the whole army, and the names of everyone here and me will be engraved on the Chinese martyrs' monument!"
A light-hearted laugh rang out in the conference room on the ground floor.
When the battle came to this, the regimental deputies and battalion commanders here really didn't care about life and death.
Yue Weihan looked around with burning eyes, and said, "The key to today's battle is to seize time!" ”
"Dagen, your Seventy-Five Mountain Artillery Reinforcement Company has endured until today, and it is time to show your face, at five fifty, your Mountain Artillery Company will start artillery preparations on time." Yue Weihan paused, pointed to the map and said, "Plough here, here, and here, the three most likely assembly places of the Japanese army, with artillery fire, and make sure that every inch of ground is plowed twice!" ”
"Yes!" Niu Dagen got up suddenly, and suddenly agreed, "Tuanza, you can rest assured." ”
"Li Yulin, your 5th battalion has been eating, sleeping, and eating for many days, and your spirit should be sufficient, right?"
"It's long enough!" Li Yulin, deputy of the regiment and commander of the 5th Battalion, stood up suddenly and replied sharply, "As long as the regimental seat sends a word, our 5th Battalion will go and fight with the little devils." ”
"I don't want you to fight hard, I want you to go to the artillery position of the little devil!" Yue Weihan slapped the map heavily and shouted, "Li Yulin, you show Lao Tzu carefully, the little devil is very cunning, according to the battlefield observation in the past few days, their artillery positions are not built in a centralized manner, but are built in three different directions, at least two kilometers apart from each other!" ”
"Your 5th battalion should take advantage of the short gap when the little devil was suddenly shelled and had not yet reacted, interspersed from the left as fast as possible, and then quickly divided into three ways, remember, at all costs, even if the entire battalion is all wiped out, you have to end the devil's three artillery positions for Lao Tzu, do you hear clearly?"
"No problem!" Li Yulin saluted suddenly, "Don't worry, Tuanzao." ”
"Okay, adjourn!" Yue Weihan waved his hand and said coldly, "Let's all go back and prepare!" ”
(To be continued)