"Okay, since there are no opinions, then it's decided." After saying this, Yue Weihan said again, "The regimental deputy and the battalion commander stayed, and the deputy battalion and battalion commander hurried back to reorganize the troops, in addition, the artillery battalion is short of manpower, and some soldiers can be transferred from the 5th and 6th battalions, and the 5th and 6th battalions must not be detained for any reason." ”

"Yes!"

Several battalion deputies of the original Baoshan Regiment and four battalion commanders of the two Sichuan Corps who had just been demoted to battalion deputies hurriedly stood up and immediately led the order to organize the troops.

"I left everyone behind for nothing else, I just want to work together and discuss how to defend Jiangpu Town." Yue Weihan's eyes swept over the faces of the three regiment deputies, including Liu Yi, Lu Xiufeng, and Li Yulin, as well as the four battalion commanders, including Cao Xinglong, Chi Chengfeng, Niu Dagen, and Zhang Zhongyi, and said, "The headquarters called, and the forward of the Guoqi detachment had captured Hexian yesterday afternoon. ”

This time, Yue Weihan did not say nonsense, the headquarters had indeed sent an urgent telegram, and the Guoqi detachment had indeed captured Hexian, and asked the Baoshan regiment to seize Jiangpu as soon as possible to ensure the safety of Pukou.

Yue Weihan said again: "Speaking of the Kunisaki detachment, everyone may be relatively unfamiliar, but everyone must have heard of the Sakagaki Division, right?" ”

The faces of several regiment deputies and battalion commanders immediately changed, ordinary [***] officers and soldiers may not know about the defeat of Xinkou, but among the middle and senior generals, the Sakagaki division is definitely notorious.

Liu Yi said: "Tuanza, the Sakagaki division is a veteran division of Xiao Yuben, it's not easy to mess with." ”

Cao Xinglong also said worriedly: "A mere Shito detachment is equipped with the 75 Mountain Artillery Wing, since the Kunisaki Detachment is the foundation of the veteran division, the firepower of the artillery wing will only be stronger, it may be the 105 Mountain Artillery, and it may even be equipped with 150 howitzers, if this is the case, then this battle is really not easy to fight." ”

"His grandma, what do you mean by not being able to fight? It's impossible to fight at all. Chi Chengfeng shouted, "Since the Kunisaki detachment is formed with the infantry brigade of the Sakagaki Division as the main body, it is by no means comparable to the last class troops like the Shigeto detachment, its strength is not to mention that there are ** thousand people, the strength is almost three times that of ours, and the difference in equipment is even greater, the little devil not only has a zero and five mountain artillery group, but also has planes in the sky to help the battle, how can this battle be fought?" ”

Yue Weihan said coldly: "Chi Chengfeng, then what do you say?" ”

Chi Chengfeng scratched his head and said: "If you want me to say, you can't defend it, you can just take the initiative to attack, and if you die, you can be regarded as worthy of this body and this salary." ”

"Fuck it." Yue Weihan scolded angrily, and said, "Do you still have any good ideas?" ”

Liu Yi thought for a while and said: "Tuanzao, the little devil's aviation is estimated not to throw precious heavy bombs on our heads, after all, Xiao Yue is only an island country and resources are in short supply, but, as Battalion Commander Cao said, the mountain artillery wing to which the Kunisaki detachment belongs is likely to be equipped with 105 mountain artillery, in this case, ordinary civil engineering fortifications will not be able to hold up." ”

"His grandmother." Chi Chengfeng scolded, "If you don't repair civil fortifications, what can you do, can you still conjure up a national defense fortress out of thin air?" ”

Liu Yi said: "Of course we can't build the fortress, but we can collect ash and build some masonry and mud fortifications as much as possible. ”

"Okay." Yue Weihan said happily, "Deputy Liu Tuan, you take the truck and set off now, and I will transfer you two more platoons, you don't have to worry about anything in the past two days, just collect the ashes, as much as you want." ”

"Yes!" Liu Yi stood up and saluted, then turned around and left.

After Liu Yi left, Cao Xinglong said again: "Tuanzao, Hexian is only more than 100 miles away from Jiangpu, since the Kunisaki detachment is the other half of the Sakagaki Division, the degree of mechanization is definitely not low, I wonder if we can hit Jiangpu tomorrow afternoon, is it too late to collect foreign ashes at this time?" Even if the fortifications are built, I am afraid that the ashes will not have time to solidify. ”

Yue Weihan's face suddenly became gloomy, and a trace of gloom appeared in his eyes.

To be honest, the problem that Cao Xinglong was worried about was very uncommon-sense, but there was no way, in the [***] team at that time, only a few officers who graduated from Whampoa knew how to build fortifications in depth, and the rest, even the middle and lower-level officers and even senior generals of the most elite 36th, 87th, and 88th divisions did not know what the concept of defense in depth was.

In the vast majority of cases, the vast majority of [***] officers will put their troops out of the line when building a defensive position, such a deployment has neither defensive depth, but also no flank protection, the army only needs to break through a little, the entire line of defense will collapse immediately, even if the army can not make a breakthrough from the front, but due to the lack of flank protection, only need to send a small force to make a roundabout flank attack, it will definitely be able to defeat the frontal [***].

This is also an important reason for the defeat of the [***] troops on the Songhu battlefield and the North China battlefield, from the commander of the group army to the company platoon commander, the military quality of each one is really flattering.

For example, the 48th Army, the ace army of the Gui army, under the wanton and indiscriminate bombing of the planes of the Yue army and the intensive strafing of a large number of light and heavy firepower, still organized a death charge in a dense formation, with the result that more than 10,000 death squads were all killed, and the more than 30,000 troops that followed were crushed by the Yue army in one fell swoop!

Judging from the heart, the vast number of officers and men of the Gui Army are really good.

More than 10,000 death squads, in the face of the indiscriminate bombardment of the military planes and the intensive strafing of hundreds of light and heavy machine guns, witnessed their comrades-in-arms and robes falling in a pool of blood, knowing that if they rushed forward, it would still be just a dead word, but they were stunned that they did not take half a step back, and really did not die on the way to the charge.

However, the military quality of the generals of the Gui army, especially the senior generals, is really not flattering, otherwise they would have issued such a stupid order, and even let more than 10,000 warriors who are really not afraid of death line up in a dense formation to send them to death! Even if it is necessary to dare to charge, then you can't rush in the daytime, let alone rush in such a dense formation, just to strengthen your courage? Do those Guangxi iron men who stand up to the sky still need to rely on the strength of the people to be courageous?

The quality of the generals of the Gui Army is not good, and the generals of the Central Army are not much stronger.

Or the Battle of Xinkou, there are as many as 30 divisions of the Central Army and the Jin Sui Army gathered on the Xinkou front, but there are actually only a few forward divisions that are engaged in the fire with the Banyuan Division, and what are the senior generals of the rest of the Central Army and the main division of the Jin Sui Army doing? They didn't order a defense-in-depth, they didn't think to protect the flanks, so they got together as fucking as they could.

The result? As a result, the old devil Sakagaki sent a small force, and took the Niangzi Pass with empty defense in a detour, and the weakness of Xinkou's flank was completely exposed to the front of the army, and the main force of the Sakagaki division attacked from the front, and more than 30 divisions of the Central Army and the Jin Sui Army collapsed at once.

Otherwise, if you think about it, how deep would it be if more than 30 divisions built fortifications in the field?

In addition, Xinkou is close to Taiyuan, with the Taiyuan Arsenal as the backing, there is no need to worry about ammunition supply, as long as a few divisions are divided to protect the two wings, Sakagaki, the old devil, can fight again, and only half of the division in his hand is the strength of the division, one division after another, if you want to crush the fortifications of more than 30 divisions of the Central Army and the Jin Sui Army, dream of it!

Thinking of this, Yue Weihan felt that he couldn't delay any longer, sharpening his guns in battle, not being happy, and he had to immediately explain to his main officers what defense in depth was, and the important surname of defense in depth in field battles, and immediately beckoned a few regiment deputies and battalion commanders to come in front of him, and then pulled out his bayonet and explained while drawing on the dirt floor.

"Honestly, it's not the time for class, but I have to instill in you the concepts of defense in depth and flank protection, it doesn't matter if you understand it or not, but you must remember it! Be sure to do exactly what I say! This matter has a bearing on the life and death of the more than 3,000 officers and men of our regiment, and even more on the life and death of the more than 100,000 [***] officers and soldiers and more than 700,000 refugees in Nanjing. ”

The expressions of the two regimental lieutenants and the four battalion commanders immediately became serious.

Yue Weihan quickly drew a simple fortification configuration diagram on the dirt floor, and said to the two regiment deputies and the three battalion commanders: "You have all read carefully, this is a defense sketch, and the key lies in eight words: defense in depth, echelon arrangement!" On the front, at most, the strength of one battalion can be placed, and this battalion cannot be laid out in one word......"

"His grandmother." Chi Chengfeng scolded his mother, "If you don't put it away, what kind of defense is that?" ”

"Fuck you!" Yue Weihan also scolded back honestly and unceremoniously, "Let me tell you Chi Chengfeng, our opponent is not the Red Army with a big sword and spear in hand, let alone the Beiyang Army with a weak military spirit and greed for life and fear of death, but a well-equipped and well-trained elite of the Yue Army. ”

Seeing that Yue Weihan was furious, Chi Chengfeng quickly lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything more.

Yue Weihan snorted lightly, and said: "This battalion for frontal defense has a maximum of one company in the forward position, and there are two companies left, one to build the second line of defense and be responsible for protecting the two wings, and the other to build the third line of defense and act as a reserve. ”

Lu Xiufeng, deputy of the regiment, said: "Tuanzao, I know how to protect the flanks, what is the use of leaving a company's reserves?" ”

"That's a good question." Yue Weihan said, "Blindly defending is by no means a real defense, the real defense should be an offensive in defense, leaving this company as a reserve, in order to launch a counterattack at night to recapture the position, during the day, the army has planes in the sky, there are artillery on the ground, we can't do them, but at night, the devil's plane can't fly, and the artillery has to catch blind, at this time, the night battle, the little devil may not be able to beat us." ”

(To be continued)