Chapter 126: The Great Retreat
The land warfare guided by the republican army is changing too quickly, this cold winter is very difficult for the Haisong army, coming out to move, the supply lines will be harassed by all kinds of harassment, not coming out to move, the cities taken before the snow are independent locations, and they will be taken down by the republican army in a big battle. If you want to fight against harassment, you are unfamiliar with the place, and in unfamiliar bad weather, you fight in small teams, and you are met one by one by the guerrillas of the Republican Army, and the traffic between the cities is cut off. The Republican Army's winter offensive was like a blizzard, which deeply froze Hai Song, who now had only 200,000 troops left to fight.
Beiliang was panicked, not only Beiliang, but also the Haisong legions from other regions were panicked by the extreme cold on the continent and the unique tactics of the Republican Army. On January 5, 1706, the arrows of five 10,000-ton battleships broke through the waves, and the huge cannons on the central axis hung a line of ice flutes under the cold wind as the battleships docked in the harbor, adding a bit of majesty to these steel monsters. As this large fleet arrived at the Hai Song South Asia region controller, His Excellency Chang Shengchong, feeling the chill in the northeast, Chang Shengchong frowned. The weather was cold, and through the glass windows hung with frost flowers, Chang Shengchong felt that the atmosphere on the street was also very cold, and the soldiers walked on the street trembling with their hands bowed and hunched backs. There is no shot of victory in his eyes. It is clear that this army here has not been able to defeat in recent times.
Chang Shengchong stepped into the brightly lit building in the center of Shenyang City, showing the highest certificate of the senate, and the soldiers at the door respectfully accepted Chang Shengchong's certificate, but with the completion of the certificate, Chang Shengchong waited in the cold wind for seven or eight minutes, and a female staff member walked upstairs with Chang Shengchong with an apologetic face.
"I'm sorry, Your Excellency, Commander Beiliang was in a bit of a hurry just now. So keep you waiting. The female intelligence officer explained softly, Chang Sheng raised his eyebrows, stopped in the aisle, and said, "What is the urgency, you want me to wait at the door?" Beiliang: If he encounters that thing once a month, I don't mind taking refuge outside the door. Such a foolish words came out of Chang Shengchong's mouth, and the pressure on this female intelligence officer was very great, and the momentum of the long-standing patriarch exuded from it, which was enough to knock this very intellectual woman who usually behaved in the air.
The female intelligence officer explained awkwardly. "This, hey, Elder Chang?" Chang Shengchong didn't pay attention to her at all, and strode forward directly.
Seeing Beiliang, Chang Shengchong understood why he had been waiting outside the door for a while, Beiliang was now wearing a steam uniform, his face was obviously wiped clean with water, and he looked normal, but his eyes were bloodshot, and there was a faint smell of wine on his body.
Seeing Chang Shengchong, Bei Liang squeezed out a smile on his face and said, "You are here." "Hmph" Chang Shengchong squirted the word from his nostrils, and then hooked back with his foot, and with a "pop" the door slammed shut (closed with his foot), and the closed door almost hit the bridge of the nose of the female intelligence officer who hurried over.
Bei Liang shouted hoarsely outside the door: "Li Man (the name of the female intelligence officer), you are busy with your go." ”
Sitting on the sofa with Erlang's legs crossed, Chang Shengchong said: "I didn't expect this place to be so cold, it will freeze you and collapse." Bei Liang smiled faintly, and Chang Shengchong said, "Is there any red wine?" The year should be at least seventy years. Seeing Beiliang's face stunned, Chang Shengchong said, "Don't tell me, you don't have it here?" If you eat alone, don't blame me for being unkind. ”
Wine is now a military item in the Northeast Battlefield because it is very high-calorie and warms the body. Of course, the wine that Bei Liang took out of the mahogany window was a high-end product, and it was impossible for a small soldier to taste it.
After taking a few sips and feeling the cold on his body get rid of it, Chang Sheng raised his head and said: "This thing is good, drink two cups in winter to invigorate the blood." But if you use it to dispel sorrows, you don't need it. Put down the empty glass Chang Shengchong looked at Beiliang and said: "The patriarch is the overall situation, we are the first, this rule, everyone must pay attention to it, no one can challenge, even the patriarch can not violate, the case of the first generation of patriarchs of the lonely family is very educational for my juniors." (Note: The first generation of the Patriarch of the Lonely Hai Song Dynasty once tried to lead the army to storm the Senate, but was completely frozen by the Senate, but he still maintained his status as a senator and enjoyed the privileges of the senator.) )
Bei Liang smiled kindly at this friend's words, and at this time, Chang Sheng Chong turned his words around, and said with a hint of ridicule in his eyes: "So, I will confiscate the wine in your cabinet." Don't look at me, I'm protecting the health of an elder. ”
Bei Liang smiled reluctantly and said, "Chang Shengchong, this office will be yours soon." Chang Shengchong waved his hand and said, "The wine is mine, and the office is still yours." Bei Liang had a strange look on his face. At this time, Chang Shengchong said: "Isn't it that 50,000 people died, and 100,000 people were reduced by various types of injuries and diseases." Even if the twelve armies in the northeast are completely wiped out, the Senate will give priority to getting you out. What is the big picture, we are the big picture. ”
Bei Liang muttered something in his mouth, and Chang Shengchong said, "What, what do you think?" Bei Liang sighed and said, "In this battle, I am not capable enough. Chang Shengchong suddenly retorted: "What is called your lack of ability, you are facing a peerless famous general, in this era, the generals of the Ming Empire fell into the hands of that person, you led the troops from his hands for so long, who can do it in this era?" It's not that you don't have enough power, it's that you don't have enough power in your hands. Everyone believes in you, why did you give up on your own. ”
Bei Liang's face was a little stunned. Chang Shengchong continued: "You are familiar with this place in Northeast Asia, only you have fought with Ren Di, and the Senate has no intention of changing generals. Then Chang Shengchong ignored Beiliang's surprise with a helpless look, and took out a crumpled envelope from his pocket, which read SSS Secrets.
But when Bei Liang read this document, the look of surprise on his face became more and more serious, and the expression on his face became more and more heavy. After reading it, he raised his head and said to Chang Shengchong woodenly: "Isn't it a bit too much to do this?" ”
Chang Shengchong smiled confidently: "It's not a big deal at all. On the contrary, it is very rowed. Bei Liang said with a strange smile: "With the army that originally planned to occupy the entire East Asian continent to rob the Northeast Asian continent, how can it be that what you said seems to be a no-loss deal." ”
Chang Shengchong poured himself another glass of wine and said: "The reason why we elders can rule the world is because of our advanced strategic vision. You might as well take a look at the information brought by our ancestors and see how the newly formed state on the East Asian continent will develop once it gains the upper hand after the war with the superpowers? ”
Bei Liang lowered his head and recalled the time and space history of the first generation of patriarchs, and then said with some uncertainty: "Would you say that the Republic of China has risen rapidly after winning the war with us, and then after decades of development, it will gradually return to the middle of this world?" ”
Chang Shengchong snapped his fingers and said, "That's right, so don't let them feel like they're winning." The army of millions we prepared before was originally to grab a piece of the market, and now this army of millions is to cut off the threat of competition for the next 50 years. They cannot be given victory, occupy a fertile and difficult to defend land on the East Asian continent, and contain their development in the north. Hold them back, this move can affect for hundreds of years. So much so that they are threatened both on land and at sea. In addition, as long as our blockade lasts long enough, the longer it drags on, when they are exhausted by our short-term ambitions, they will gradually get acquainted with each other and actively integrate into our economic system. ”
Looking at the stunned Beiliang, Chang Shengchong smiled and said, "This battle is the one that determines the world pattern. Bei Liang continued to flip through the documents and said: "The patriarch will let me shrink the defensive line, but now the Changchun generation of heavy snow has closed the road, and many materials and weapons are impassable" Chang Shengchong said: "Then just give up the baggage and heavy weapons and withdraw the people." Our battle should not be fought against them in winter. ”
When Bei Liang heard this, the piece of paper in his hand suddenly trembled, this courage is big enough.
Three days later, on the 8th of January, in the headquarters of the Republican Army, a telegraph operator immediately took out the code and ran to Ren Di and others after receiving a message, shouting: "The enemy has retreated, and the Changchun generation has begun to retreat." ”
Ren Di's gaze returned from the sand table, picked up the telegram from the front line and read it carefully twice. An hour later, telegrams came one after another, and all kinds of signs showed that Hai Song was really retreating, retreating from the Changchun generation.
Just when the headquarters was cheering, pacing and thinking carefully, the map of the northeast plain in the Changchun area appeared in Ren Di's mind, and the location of the enemy and our forces immediately appeared, and then the firepower of each unit and the full strength of the troops.
"Send a telegram to Jang Youhyuk and ask him to entrust all the heavy firepower to me, remember all that can be towed away." Ren Di's new order cut through the noisy command center, and the entire command headquarters instantly settled down, and the staff officer Wang Tao asked: "Sir, what are you doing?" Ren Di said: "The other side wants to leave, can I let them go with peace of mind?" "War tactics is a textbook that has been taught a hundred times, but it is better to practice once on the spot, and ten times to drill than to fight once. It would be a pity not to seize the time to study in such a situation.
Ren Di's mobilization order was issued, and the entire republican army was immediately mobilized, and 2,000 sleds were organized All rocket artillery, recoilless guns, and mortars, with the sleds sliding on the ice and snow, were quickly mobilized and concentrated in the six divisions under Ren Di's jurisdiction, and for a time the republican army was on the front line of 150,000 troops, and all the heavy firepower was concentrated here in Ren Di. Although these guns were too small in front of the real guns of one or two tons in World War II, the number was very considerable at this time. The fighters were fleeting, and according to Ren Di's orders, the firepower was quickly distributed to the various combat units.
At this time, Hai Song's troops were also retreating with difficulty, and the four group armies were marching in the snow. And from the Shenyang generation, three group armies emerged to carry out the response.
Historically, this is the first time that Hai Song has made such a large-scale turn after suffering a defeat. And this retreat did not fail to maintain the image of a good retreater, and Ren Di did not show mercy at all. Six divisions were immediately ordered to send off the Haisong army with firepower. This retreat almost turned into a rout. Of course, a large number of Haisong soldiers who lost their guns in the snow during the evacuation process were more like fleeing for their lives.
Ren Di, who quickly concentrated his forces and firepower, first aimed at the two group armies of Hai Song that were ordered to block the attack, and these two group armies were 50 kilometers long to protect the flank of Hai Song's retreating troops. However, these defenses are simple. Ren Di's troops spun rapidly across the ground, facing the 60,000-strong defensive force. The offensive began.
As a result, it was attacked by the imposing Republican Army, and tens of thousands of troops launched a charge in stragglers and trapezoidal groups. The rocket launchers in the sky dragged out pillars of smoke to obscure the sky, and in the formation of the soldiers charging, you can even see sleds dragging recoilless guns to charge. On this fifty-kilometer front, there are almost twenty such dragged recoilless guns for each kilometer. The republican army, which accompanied the charge, kept at least eighty, 60 or 80 caliber heavy mortars per kilometer. In addition, there were twelve 107 rocket launchers pulled by two hundred sleds as battlefield support. This firepower is the most unprecedented firepower of the Republican Army since the operation in the northeast. With so much firepower used in unison, the natural effect is outstanding.
When the sled stops, it turns slightly to the gun erected on the sled and opens fire quickly, and the trajectory of the direct shot corresponds to the arc trajectory of the high altitude, and the attack is carried out in front of it. The front of the troops was unstoppable, the heavy machine guns were shattered, and the mortar positions were immediately smashed by fierce return fire. On the snow, the Republican Army showed an unsurpassed assault force. Explosive flames continued to sweep through the resistance zone where the infantry advanced. The soldiers of the Republican Army had only one goal at this time, and that was to run and assault.
Multiple nodes of the Haisong Legion defending on the spot were broken through at the same time and chiseled through. 60,000 troops were cut into seven or eight sections on the spot. Sixty thousand troops were cut off on the Great Plains front in a width of fifty kilometers. After the Republican Vanguard Assault completed the assault, the reserve troops followed by the charge quickly followed, and quickly covered the fire in the sled maneuvering fire cluster, that is, the rocket artillery unit, so that the front cut by the assault did not know the situation of the other fronts due to the multi-point breakthrough, and the Republican Army on both sides, these armies had a feeling that they were surrounded, and they collapsed one by one under the blow of rocket artillery, and began to rout in a large area. Within an hour the two armies were completely scattered. However, this kind of unified and joint breakthrough operation only forced to shrink the forces of the Haisong army after all the Haisong troops on this blocking front were exhausted. After all, the two legs of a man are not tracks, and a horse is not as good as a diesel engine in the snow.
Even this was very terrifying, when the two armies in the west were scattered by the Republican Army, the retreating troops of Hai Song suddenly panicked, and as the deserters of the two blocking troops began to disperse and flee. If only the Republican Army could have a pursuing force at this time. These 80,000 people could not escape back to Shenyang.
The news that the blocking forces were vulnerable and collapsed directly. Beiliang soon received it. His face was blue and purple. Chang Shengchong patted it lightly, and Bei Liang said: "It's okay, if you don't retreat now, such a pursuit is likely to completely destroy the last theater of your front-line troops." Now it's just an early end. ”
Bei Liang said: "Don't entertain me, this is my mistake." Chang Shengchong shook his head and said: "It's not your mistake, it seems that the other side is stronger than I imagined, and you can use the sled car to play the effect of a big depth strategy." ”