Chapter XXII
Since its inception, the Cadet Army has developed a bad habit. This habit, in the mouths of other friendly soldiers who are full of vinegar, is the face of the nouveau riche - the cadets never seem to worry about running out of ammunition, and always like to splash bullets as much as possible in battle. Therefore, some people say that the reason why the Cadet Army was able to win more and lose less in battles against Japan was because they had plenty of ammunition. Some people even said: If Lao Tzu is given the same treatment, Lao Tzu's team will be able to achieve such results.
In the case that almost all factions in the country were fighting against Japan, the results achieved by the Cadet Army were indeed too outstanding, so it seemed reasonable to attract some criticism.
This strange argument came into Ouyang Yun's ears, and Ouyang Yun's answer at that time was said to have been so angry that he vomited blood after hearing it from those who made such a statement. The young man is so arrogant! Humility is a virtue of the Chinese, could it be that because he returned from the United States, he forgot this virtue passed down from his ancestors?
Ouyang Yun's answer was really a bit annoying, and he laughed wildly at first: Ha Luha! Then he said: Whatever they say, Lao Tzu's team is full of ammunition, what's wrong? Brothers, if you make it hard, it is 10,000 bullets for the head of a devil, and Lao Tzu also thinks it is worth it! There's no way, we don't have anything else to learn from the army, and there is never a shortage of ammunition!
Ouyang Yun said such a thing, but it was a bit inconsistent with his current identity. How can you say that you are also a big party, how can you say that they are all influential figures in China, how can they be so superficial?
However, his own affairs are clear, and the reason why he did this is actually a last resort. After all, the Cadet Army is a local army, and the narrowness of the region is doomed to make it difficult to replenish soldiers. Therefore, every soldier is precious and should not be given up easily. Compared with small Japan, which has been strong in armament for more than 200 years, it is basically impossible for the Cadet Army to build an army comparable to it in just a few years, and to surpass it in terms of the quality of its soldiers. Perhaps, it is not difficult to simply organize an elite army of a few thousand people, such as wolf fangs and fox pupils, and gather the current strength of the army of scholars, but if you want to organize tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops of this level, Ouyang Yun sighed to himself. Since there is no way to surpass the quality of soldiers, let's supplement it in other aspects. Science and technology, sufficient ammunition, these have become the necessary reliance of the student army and the Japanese army. Exchanging ammunition for soldiers' lives, no matter what the starting point is, in Ouyang Yun's opinion, is worth it.
The vast majority of the officers and men who have come out of the Cadet Corps do not have the concept of saving ammunition, and once a war starts, it will really be as Ouyang Yun said, and this will make up for the weaknesses in such aspects as the quality of soldiers to a certain extent. Zhang Yishu was born in the school army, so he naturally inevitably contracted such a bad habit. Under his order, the soldiers of the third regiment rained bullets and immediately completely contained the momentum of the Japanese attack.
The warriors under the brave Emperor actually had a rout, which made Matsushita Kihide angry and embarrassed, and at the same time, it also made him start to re-examine the current situation - at this time, it was reflected that Matsushita Kihide was not familiar with military affairs, this guy who likes to talk more on paper, at this time he was not thinking about how to figure out the real situation on the battlefield, and make correct judgments based on this. Because of the sudden firepower superiority of the third regiment, he thought that there was a problem with the intelligence detected by the reconnaissance plane in the evening, and that this might be a trap set by the Chinese people, and that he had encountered an ambush set by the superior enemy forces. Therefore, after scolding his incompetent subordinates, he began to think about his own future. At the moment, he is no longer thinking about how to accomplish the work in one battle, but rather seeking merit but no fault - once a commander makes a wrong judgment about the situation on the battlefield, it will have extremely bad consequences. Matsushita Kihide made this mistake now, he was confused by the illusion of the three regiments, and did not continue to exert force, thus dragging the battle into a stalemate.
Because at this time, Inoue Lanji, who escaped by chance, sent a telegram to the wing with the radio he brought out, saying that he had been ambushed by superior enemy forces and that the artillery of his headquarters had been captured, and asked for the support of His Excellency the wing commander.
This telegram was like a bolt of lightning that immediately made Matsushita Kihide stupid. Inoue's brigade also encountered superior enemy forces, and it could not hold it with one and a half brigades of infantry, so how many enemies appeared there? With the quality of the imperial army, the people of China do not have more than three times the strength, so they don't want to take it easily. If there are about three regiments of the Chinese army there, then what's going on here? Could it be that the Chinese have abandoned the southeastern front and transferred all their troops here? Thinking of this, Matsushita Muxiu lost ground and felt for the first time that this wing captain was really not good! Rather than this, it is better to be a military attache in the Governor's Palace.
In order to allow the brothers to have a little more time to gather the team and a little more time to rest, so that they could have the physical strength to break away from the pursuit of the Japanese army, Zhang Yishu was already ready to make a little sacrifice. However, the development of the battle situation was beyond his expectations - a charge by Lu Daquanlian, coupled with a firepower burst that he carefully set up, not only immediately contained the offensive momentum of the Japanese army, but also caused the Japanese army to rout to a certain extent, which is really incredible.
"It's strange, this devil's performance is a bit abnormal!" Zhang Yishu thought so, and couldn't help but wonder if the information obtained by the Corps in the early stage was wrong, this devil was not the so-called elite Japanese army at all, but just an ordinary reserve force. He didn't expect that this was because of the fact that the elite Japanese army had a thin commander, and his mind was so lively that he actually moved the idea of taking the opportunity to expand the results of the battle.
A flock of sheep led by a lion can defeat a flock of lions led by a sheep, and this truth is vividly demonstrated in the "Battle of the Fish Pond". When Matsushita Muxiu took care of one or the other and was at a loss, the outcome of this battle was actually doomed.
Zhang Yishu was a resolute person, and he immediately asked the communications staff officer to send a telegram to the division headquarters, informing them that he had successfully ambushed the Japanese troops in the "Yuchi" and that he had gained the upper hand, and asked them to immediately rush in the direction of "Xiaowokan" and strive to completely eat this devil.
The ambush of the first regiment was only five kilometers from the Nantou military camp and twelve kilometers from the "fish pond". The reason why Zhang Zhengyong chose to ambush in this place was that his strategic purpose was very clear, that is, he was worried that the first few regiments in front would not be able to bear the strength, so as to ruthlessly engage the little devils at the most critical time, so as to minimize the losses of the entire army.
Zhang Zhengyong's division headquarters moved with a regiment, and after receiving this telegram, Zhang Zhengyong thought about it for a short time, and then decided to follow Zhang Yishu's suggestion. A regiment of soldiers had been in the ambush position for several hours, and although it was still early to start the battle, many of the soldiers had already hoped for the stars and the moon and almost fell ill with lovesickness. When the soldiers heard that they were going to rush to the back of the little devil in front of them and strive to finish destroying this Japanese army, they didn't have to wait any longer, and they didn't rush to the back because they were about to march in a hurry, but they were so excited that they couldn't do it. The group gathered as fast as they could, and then marched along a mountain road that was not on the map, in the direction of Xiaowokan.
About a quarter of an hour after the troops left the city, Lin Xiaoyu's telegram arrived, saying that they had captured all the artillery of the Japanese artillery brigade and were now preparing to make a detour back to the assembly area, and asked the division headquarters to send a receiving unit as appropriate.
After reading this telegram, Zhang Zhengyong first scolded fiercely: "Nonsense! Then he laughed and scolded: "Lin Xiaoyu of the dog day, his courage is also a little bigger!" ”
Lin Xiaoyu's telegram came in time, considering that it would take much more time for him to bypass the "fish pond" and insert himself into the "small sleeper", Zhang Zhengyong changed his strategy, first sent a telegram to Lin Xiaoyu to deploy on the spot, and once again prepare for an ambush, and at the same time ordered the troops to change their route and turn to the "fish pond" to pounce.
Originally, if there were only one regiment and three regiments, Zhang Zhengyong didn't think that he could really take the Panasonic Wing, but now, after adding the second regiment and the captured artillery, he really took a look and considered how to take the Panasonic Wing. "His grandmother's, I didn't expect this devil to be so bearish, I knew that this was the case, I should have put a big bag in it!" Zhang Zhengyong thought so, and was a little dissatisfied with his previous somewhat conservative command.
Zhang Yishu led his troops to counterattack towards the Japanese army, and Xie Changan and others, who were resting in the back, couldn't help but be taken aback when they saw it: "What do the guys from the third regiment want to do?" ”
Zhang Yishu's orderly came running at this time, shouting from afar: "Commander Xie, our regiment commander led the team to counterattack, he asked me to bring a message to you, if the brothers of the fourth regiment still have the strength, then fight the devils together." ”
Facts have proved that Xie Changan's pre-war mobilization was still very successful. Although the soldiers of the 4th Regiment ran all over the mountains during the retreat, they did not take the opportunity to become deserters. In accordance with Xie Chang'an's order, they began to look for the regiment headquarters after releasing sheep all over the mountains, and then, after experiencing the horror of "Xiao Wokan", they finally found the organization in the "fish pond".
The soldiers of the fourth regiment came to report to Xie Changan one after another, and in just 20 minutes, about 300 people gathered around Xie Changan. Considering that the retreat was completely dispersed, and he missed the agreed meeting place of "Xiaowokan", Xie Changan was very satisfied with the fact that so many people could return in such a short period of time.
Zhang Yishu's orderly soldiers are a little bad, of course, maybe this is Zhang Yishu's idea, he opened his mouth and shouted, even if Xie Changan had the heart to follow the instructions of the division, but the soldiers under his command were aroused and refused to lose face in front of the brothers of other regiments.
"Lao Tzu has strength!"
"Tuanza, the little devil drove us so embarrassed just now, we have to get it back!"
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The soldiers of the fourth regiment were enthusiastic and shouted in a big voice. After Xie Changan climbed the high altitude to check the situation on the battlefield, he immediately ordered: "Brothers, the brothers of the third regiment are heroes, and the brothers of our fourth regiment are not bad breeds!" Let's go, follow me to kill the devil! ”
"Kill!" The soldiers of the fourth regiment shouted in unison, and then rushed into the battlefield after the third regiment.
(After coming back from Beijing, I didn't get better from the cold, and I was depressed...... Winter is terrible, and in this cold day, I can only try my best to ensure that I have a change every day)