Eighty-eight Hunan Campaign IV
In the fierce battle on October 1, the enemy and us fought until it was dark, and the two sides launched a total of more than ten fierce charges. More than half of the positions have changed hands several times, and the offensive and defensive positions often change hands in an instant, which is a contest of strength between the two sides and a test of the spirit of the two armies. Due to the absence of a large number of GCD members and regimental members, the Kuomintang army's fighting will and spirit of sacrifice in this time and space were obviously inferior, and basically on par with the direct army. The two armies are also very close in terms of weaponry and training levels. The direct army had an advantage in the number of artillery, and the Kuomintang army had an advantage in mortars, machine guns, and submachine guns. In addition, there is not much difference in the number of the two armies; in addition to the four divisions of the Kuomintang army used to encircle Changsha, seven divisions of troops have been put into battle, while the direct line has Xiao Yaonan's three divisions and seven brigades in Hubei, the third division in Beiyang, and the three brigades transferred from Anhui, which is equivalent to the strength of nine divisions, but the local troops in Anhui and Hubei are not strong in combat effectiveness, and their personnel are not uniform, and the actual strength is not much different from that of the Kuomintang, but only has a slight advantage.
As soon as the day's operations were over, Luo Yaoguo immediately held a meeting at the front enemy's headquarters to summarize the battle situation of the first day, and at the same time plan for tomorrow's counterattack, in addition to listening to the suggestions of the generals on the front line.
"Today the enemy launched ten charges on all fronts, each time there was 20 minutes of artillery preparation, and according to the measurements of the reconnaissance battalion sound measurement company directly under the artillery headquarters, the enemy's artillery did not move the nest all day today." When Qian Dajun said this, there was a hint of excitement on his face. "Auxiliary, we have calculated the exact location of the enemy's artillery positions, and there will be absolutely no mistakes."
This is the data obtained after a full day of repeated sound measurements, and the conclusion is drawn after precise calculations, so naturally there will be no problem. According to the results of calculations, the artillery positions of the direct army were only 3 kilometers away from the forefront positions of the Kuomintang army.
"Fuwen, let's send someone to raid their artillery positions! There are at least 100 mountain cannons there! Wang Bao's Eighth Division had been bombarded for a day, and now he dreamed of having an artillery battalion, so as soon as he heard that the enemy's artillery position was actually right under his nose, he couldn't help but want to grab it.
An Sihua shook his head resolutely. "No, where is it so easy to break through a three-kilometer position? Let's use artillery bombardment, since we have calculated their location, we can solve them with artillery. "There is no such way of fighting in a European war, those 75mm mountain guns are not worth a few dollars at all, what stupid commander will use troops to rob them? Besides, did you grab it fast or did someone blow it up quickly?
"Fuwen, I also support my eldest brother's suggestion, such a good cannon, what a pity if it is broken? Let's go grab it! Li Shunen also supported Wang Bao's suggestion, he said: "Today's battle is the enemy pressing us to fight, so they have not built a strong defense line on their side, it should not be difficult to break through, and we can mobilize submachine gun commandos, our nine divisions can use at least 4,000 submachine guns, launch an assault together, three kilometers and twenty minutes to kill." ”
Four thousand submachine guns to launch a group charge? Hehe, this one sounds scary.
"Sihua, what do you think of this method? Let the death squad take advantage of the night to touch the enemy's nose, and after 3 minutes of rapid artillery fire, the whole army will assault, 4,000 submachine guns will take the lead, and then two divisions will follow up, as long as the enemy's artillery position is captured, everything will be fine. "Luo Yaoguo finally chose the cannon ruthlessly in the face of human life and artillery!
There are at least 100 mountain guns and about 200 mortars. The direct army deployed all the artillery in a centralized manner and used it in a centralized manner, but it did not play much role in the one-day battle, but the mortars and machine guns scattered on the Kuomintang side achieved great results. The Kuomintang army often used several civilian 13 heavy machine guns to set up on the top of the high ground, and opened heavy fire at a distance of 300 meters from the enemy. So the mortars that were adjusted to shoot the elements came to harvest the lives with a bang, and these hateful mortars were deployed on the back of the high ground, and the observers in the anti-artillery bunkers on the top of the high ground were used to direct the shooting, and the artillery of the direct army could not help them at all.
This is the damn anticline operation, the top of the mountain is the key "ridge" of the anticline operation, and the direct army and [***] are fighting around the ridge line all day today. The direct army that encountered this style of play for the first time was helpless for a while, and paid an extremely heavy price on the first day. So much so that Xiao Yaonan, who got the casualty report, trembled and picked up the phone in the command headquarters to ask Wu Dashuai, who was far away in Yanjing, to ask for his guilt.
"Yushuai, I can't help you, I'm guilty." Hearing Xiao Yaonan's trembling voice on the phone, Wu Peifu's heart chuckled! Oh, my God! Could it be that Xiao Yaonan's army was wiped out?
"Lanling, what's wrong?" Wu Peifu fixed his mind and asked, "The rebel party defeated you?" ”
"Not yet, it's just that your old Third Division has suffered more than half of the casualties, Jade Master, I can't stop you!" Listening to Xiao Yaonan's words, Wu Peifu breathed a sigh of relief. Ci can't be in charge of the troops, the Third Division was originally used to fight tough battles and hard battles, it doesn't matter how many more people die, as long as the battle can be won, it will be recruited later. In these years, where there is territory, there is the ocean, and where there is the ocean, there are soldiers.
"Lanling, it doesn't matter, I don't blame you, we can still recruit if the troops are lost, I Wu Peifu can't do anything else, the training of soldiers thinks that it is the first in the world, as long as we pass this hurdle, I will not do anything else in the next two years, train the troops well, train millions of elite soldiers, I don't believe in fighting the unpeaceful party and the bandits surnamed Zhang!" Speaking of the surname Zhang, Wu Peifu simply gritted his teeth. Hehe, now the elite soldiers surnamed Zhang are abusing Wu Ziyu's soldiers in Shanhaiguan.
In the second Zhifeng War in history, Feng Yuxiang's defection was a key factor, but it is undeniable that Wu Peifu was also defeated before this. Even on the most critical front line of Shanhaiguan, it was pressed and beaten by the Feng army. In another time and space, the first and third armies of the "Zhenwei Army" commanded by Zhang Xueliang stormed the positions of the direct army on the front line of Shanhaiguan from September 29, and the Feng army, under the cover of a large number of superior artillery, went forward and launched a fierce attack for more than ten consecutive days without fear of sacrifice, and seized a large number of strategic points. In fact, the Fengjun did not fight without Guo Songling, Young Master Zhang was not the material to lead the troops, and Zhang Laoshuai's ordinary green forest heroes were not the masters who could fight regular wars, but Guo Songling and a group of Lu Da officers still had some ability.
In addition to the two protagonists of the Kuomintang and the direct warlords, there were also some guys who watched white operas in the battle on October 1. Zhao Hengti took his four great kings to the city tower of Changsha Beiguan and watched the battle for a day. The Laodao River battlefield is less than 10 kilometers away from Changsha Beiguan, and with the 6x telescope and the height of Changsha Beiguan, Zhao Hengti can roughly see the situation on the battlefield. Of course, that's because the five of them are all experts, and if they are ordinary people, they can't understand it.
"Ladies and gentlemen, have you seen it, Wu Dashuai's reinforcements have caused chaos and the party has suffered heavy casualties, and in three days at most, our siege of Changsha can be lifted." Zhao Hengti put down the binoculars, didn't care about the soreness of his arms, and began to blow up. "We in Hunan Province have made great contributions to the annihilation of the chaotic party this time, and it seems that the unpopular situation of our long-term split in Hunan can be changed immediately, and what we have to prepare next is how to better cooperate with ......."
"Shuai, there are no outsiders here." Tang Shengzhi's cold voice suddenly interrupted Zhao Hengti's speech. Tang Shengzhi continued: "Dashuai, I think Wu Dashuai is going to plant it this time, there are so many shells today, and such a fierce charge can't hit the Laodao River, and listening to the sound of guns, the Kuomintang side has not weakened, but the attack of the direct army is weaker than one time." Moreover, the progress of the Kuomintang in Jiangxi is also very rapid, and General Cai Huchen (Cai Chenxun, the governor of Jiangxi) is afraid that he will not be able to stand it for a few days. Shouldn't we consider casting for another name? ”
"Meng Xiao! Yushuai sent troops all the way to save us in Hunan, how could you say such a thing! I have decided to launch a counterattack from inside the city early tomorrow morning, and we and the direct army will attack inside and outside, and we must defeat the rebels! Do you understand? "Zhao Hengti has no way out, Tang Shengzhi defected to the Kuomintang, there is always a division commander, maybe there are 100,000 or 200,000 foreign money to get. He, Zhao Hengti, is now an overseer, is there an overseer on the Kuomintang side? People call it the chairman of the national political axe, and the chairman of Hunan is Granny Tan. He Zhao Hengti could only sit on the cold bench in the past.
"Humble duty understands!" Ye Kaixin was the only one who understood, and the other three people all looked at each other, and no one understood.
"You guys!" Zhao Hengti looked at the three division commanders who were speechless, stomped his feet and said, "Do you think that the Kuomintang has entered the city, and you can still be the same as before?" The division commander of the Kuomintang is not the same thing as your current division commander, and the division commander of other people is the same as those division commanders in Japan and Germany, he is in charge of affairs, and he can't do anything! Do you still want to eat empty? Still want to deduct military salaries? Still want to extort the common people? Do you want to have so many benefits? ”
"But, it's not right for us to do what we're doing now." The person who said this was He Yaozu, the commander of the first division under Zhao Hengti. "We have been doing wrong things in the past, and now we have done the wrong things, and we are full, and we have a division commander to do it, and we have not done enough to go home and enjoy happiness in this life. But Dashuai, we will always follow you to the end, if the direct army can defeat the Kuomintang, we will still support you as the marshal, otherwise forget it, right? We have already talked to Tan Gong about this. ”
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