Chapter 50: Defense Fortifications (1)

Seeing Xue Ru's surprised look, Fang Quanjue said strangely: "Commander Xue has an order to meet your needs as much as possible, anyway, these weapons and ammunition are useless, you can take them." ”

Xiang Wenbin's face was quite ugly, they were using simple weapons, and there was a serious shortage of ammunition, and they were fighting with the lives of soldiers, but there were a large number of weapons and ammunition here that were useless, and the anger in their hearts was not a star.

Wu Yuzhao's face was not very good, he was the deputy chief of staff of the group army, even if he was a descendant of the Central Army, he was short of ammunition, and said with a cold face: "Why don't you send it to the front line?" ”

Fang Quanjue also found that the attitude of these people was not good, and immediately said with a bitter face: "I can't help it, I'm just a quartermaster, I don't have any soldiers or generals, I just follow orders." The devil plane bombs every day, and it can't be sent at all, and there is no order, so I don't know where to send it? ”

Xue Ru was not angry, but surprised. This is the area occupied by the Japanese army right away, and this is an army's ammunition and materials, so isn't it left for the devils? didn't care about Fang Quanjue's dereliction of duty, and besides, this was the responsibility of the former enemy headquarters, why didn't he think about arranging the transport team and the baggage troops? She didn't know what Xue Yue was doing, so she said: "Director Fang, don't say anything, arrange for someone to transport all the weapons and ammunition to Kunshan, and notify the people of the Jiading Security Regiment to come." ”

There was no such order in the military department, and Fang Quanjue did not dare to carry it out: "I have to ask the headquarters for this, and I dare not decide on my humble position." ”

Wu Yuzhao asked in a low voice, "Captain Xue, why did you evacuate?" ”

Xue Ru was also angry: "The Japanese army has seized the surrounding places, can a security regiment in Jiading hold it?" If these things were not transported, they were left for the Japanese army, so they were all withdrawn to Kunshan to replenish the troops. ”

"This ......" Wu Yuzhao didn't dare to say, hesitated and said, "I ask the commander." ”

Xue Ru was also angry, there were so many weapons and ammunition here, but the front line was useless, at this time, he still thought like this, and said impatiently: "What is the request?" You are the deputy chief of staff, and you don't have the courage to make this decision on the spot? When is it? Indecisiveness, how did you get it? ”

Wu Yuzhao is not young, he is almost forty years old, and he was a little angry when Xue Ru said that this was indeed a dereliction of duty on the part of the General Staff, and he couldn't say why, so he had to say to the other party: "Don't you know who I am?" The devils are about to attack here and carry out the order. ”

As soon as he heard that the devil was going to attack here, Fang Quanjue was scared, and hurriedly stood upright: "Yes, I will arrange it immediately." ”

In the Jiading Middle School, Ji Min, the head of the 35th Regiment Security Regiment at the headquarters of the Temporary Snow Fox Brigade, stood there with a respectful face. They are a local security regiment, which is a temporary force composed of the police and the people, and it is reluctant to catch a thief and suppress a bandit, and to fight with the devil is to send him to death.

However, the chairman of the committee had an order that the security regiments in all localities should be unified and reorganized and brought under the unified command during the war, and Ji Min was a native of Jiading. This unit with a red silk scarf is really a ragtag army, with all military uniforms, but the weapons are very sophisticated, and the mental state is not like a defeated battle.

The military discipline is good, and he didn't look for trouble in Jiading. He can't afford to provoke these Central Army masters, he doesn't know what this female captain is looking for him, and he doesn't give face when he arranges meals in the restaurant. What is even more peculiar is that there is a captain rank, but he commands several colonels. He was also the colonel's regimental commander, and he did not dare to object, and received an order to come obediently.

According to what he knew, Xue Ru became more and more worried that the Japanese army ordered an attack on Shanghai, so that the command organs at all levels of the national army ignored the defense to the north. There is only one security regiment here, and as soon as the devils attack, they basically don't have to think about it, and they will be lost.

There is only one brigade of troops in Kunshan, and it is impossible to have so many troops in Shanghai, let alone this number of troops. Xue Ru had her own idea, she wanted to gather these troops to build a defensive line to buy time for the retreating army.

It turned out that there was no way, after all, weapons and ammunition are needed to fight, but some people are useless, I heard that Jiading has a military equipment, which made her immediately have an idea. said: "Commander Ji, gather your security regiment into the Snow Fox Brigade, enter Taicang, defend the direction of the Yangtze River, and prepare to fight against the Japanese army." ”

"Included in the Snow Fox Brigade?" Ji Min was stunned, what level is this brigade? He wanted to ask the Shanghai Security Command, but looking at Xue Ru's tone, he had to say: "We are just a security regiment, and we don't have all weapons, how can we fight?" ”

Xue Ru said: "From now on, you are the first regiment of the Snow Fox Brigade, and I will distribute weapons and military supplies to you, so get ready." ”

"Yes" When he heard that the weapons were given ammunition, it seemed that it was an order from the headquarters, so he had no choice but to agree. There is some chaos in the city of Jiading, the army plans to evacuate, plus the recruitment of migrant workers, the delivery of supplies, the news will unconsciously spread out. The Japanese were about to attack, so they hurriedly fled for their lives, and those who had money and did not have money began to flee in the direction of Kunshan and Taicang.

Xue Ru didn't care about this at all, and sent Lan Xunzhou to replace the deputy head of the first security regiment to assist Ji Min in commanding the army and preparing weapons. Lan Xunzhou didn't expect Xue Ru to be so bold and openly annex a security group. The 35th Regiment, which numbered more than 2,500 people, was scattered around and was concentrating to receive weapons and ammunition from Fang Huijue.

Since he promised to transport it to Kunshan, of course, the less scattered the left, the better, so he didn't care about it and distributed it according to the number. The officers and men of these security regiments were very happy, this was for the regular army weapons, ammunition, a water of medium and formal rifles, and quite a few machine guns, but there were no cannons. is to hold the position, so Xue Ru no longer refuses to protect the 35th Regiment, which is completely the configuration of the Central Army.

Since there is here, then all change their clothes, a security regiment has become the Central Army in the blink of an eye, and the Snow Fox Brigade has also changed its clothes. The happiest were the squadrons of the Sichuan Army, and some of them wore straw sandals. The day lasted until night, and the city of Jiading was almost empty.

Early the next morning, Xue Ru and Wu Yuzhao led the Snow Fox Brigade to escort a large number of vehicles and supplies to Kunshan, and Lan Xunzhou and Ji Min drove to Taicang with the 35th regiment.

Xue Ru rushed to Kunshan with his brigade and Xiang Wenbin and Wu Yuzhao, and the order he gave to Lan Xun Zhou was to establish a defensive line in Taicang, block the devils attacking west from the mouth of the Liuhe River, and ensure that the road from Jiading to Taicang was unblocked, and no retreat was allowed without an order.

Lan Xunzhou understood that Xue Ru wanted to ensure the safety of the distance from Taicang to Kunshan and leave a passage for the retreating army. So he entered Taicang as fast as he could.

As soon as they entered the city of Taicang, they immediately organized the Taicang security forces, including the police and the militia groups, and began to build positions, focusing on the south of Taicang to the bank of the Liuhe River.

Xue Ru knew that she couldn't change the decision of the war zone, and she couldn't change Chiang Kai-shek's decision, all she could do was to leave a passage here to ensure the retreat of the large army and reduce unnecessary casualties.

This arrangement of defense, only to find that the strength of the army is indeed small, there is only one more regiment in the direction of Taicang, not even two thousand people, although worried, but can only do their best.

From Jiading to Kunshan, it was only less than 200 miles, and when night fell, the Snow Fox Brigade entered Kunshan in the twilight. The 31st Brigade stationed in Kunshan was a unit of the 15th Division. They received an order for the Snow Fox Brigade of the Eighteenth Army to enter Kunshan to rest, so they did not stop it. vacate the Guandi Temple in the north of the city and give Xue Ru and them as a station.

But the vehicles that followed into the city startled the brigade commander Peng Yue. He also thought that since he was here to rest and replenish, it must be a unit that had fought about the same. How is it so neat? The uniforms were all new and there was plenty of ammunition, which made him very dissatisfied. The Central Army is different, and it is their miscellaneous army that is sent to the death and sticks to it.

Although the 15th Army is not a ragtag army, they are Tang Shengzhi's Hunan army, and they are not much better. Watching the well-equipped and neat army withdraw to the rear to rest, of course, it was uncomfortable in my heart. But such an army has a backstage, and it is also lukewarm.

He and Xiang Wenbin are old acquaintances, Xiang Wenbin is a Sichuan army, why did he go with the Snow Fox Brigade? Besides, Xiang Wenbin is the head of the regiment, which is even more strange. There were too many doubts in my heart, so I let these people go to their brigade headquarters. In terms of rank, Peng Yue must be a major general and brigade commander, and Wu Yuzhao is also very polite.

However, Xue Ru doesn't have these habits in officialdom, and she is still a little uncomfortable.

Peng Yue didn't know anything about this female captain who had a very low status, great power, and a very good reputation. Besides, Xue Yue got Xue Ru here to keep the passage, and he couldn't say it publicly, because he was suspected of running away in fear of battle and shaking the morale of the army, which was not conducive to the defense of the entire Shanghai.

Such an order cannot be conveyed, it is only said that the Snow Fox Brigade retreated and repaired in Kunshan. Looking at Xue Ru's appearance, Peng Yue thought that those rumors on the battlefield might be bragging for them, a brigade of hundreds of people wants to eliminate a wing, that is bragging, who would believe it?

Every day, a large number of wounded soldiers retreat, and there are also disabled troops retreating, but troops like them, who do not even have the smell of gunpowder smoke retreating, must have a background, a background, and protection.

Judging from Peng Yue's salty and lukewarm attitude, Xue Ru also understood that she had handed over these issues to Wu Yuzhao, and he must have had a lot to discuss with the commander of the 15th Division. Xue Ru just learned about the situation.

Kunshan has a brigade, but only one regiment, the 15th Division has two brigades and four regiments, three of which defend Suzhou, and the military headquarters is also in Suzhou. It is said to be a brigade, but in fact, there is only one regiment under the command of Peng Yue.

Early the next morning, Xue Ru began to receive the security regiment that entered Kunshan, because it was to supplement the Snow Fox Brigade, there was only one establishment name, that is, the number of people in the regiment, and the regiment commander and battalion commander were temporary. After the handover, the temporary officer also left and returned to the Suzhou Security Brigade. This is a security group composed of Suzhou locals, and it has officially become a member of the Snow Fox Brigade.

Since it was not an integrated and organized army, Xue Ru was no longer polite, and scattered all these soldiers into his own brigade, so that the number of Snow Fox brigades increased.

This is the number of three battalions, totaling one and a half thousand people. For a day, the Snow Fox Brigade was reorganized, and nothing else was done. The reorganized Snow Fox Brigade has grown from 700 to more than 2,000 people.

Since Xue Yue doesn't give a regular number, Xue Ru also understands that if she doesn't have a regular number, she won't be controlled by others, and she can't be happy like this. Therefore, the Snow Fox Brigade is still the original establishment, with squadrons under the brigade, and then squads and detachments below.

Everyone understands that a squadron of the Snow Fox Brigade is actually the establishment of a company, with a total of nine squadrons, and with the addition of the original squadron, the total number of the brigade reaches 2,200 people. The brigade headquarters plus an guard squadron, eight other combat squadrons. The original officers were immediately promoted, their ranks did not change, but their positions all changed, and many sergeants and corporals were also squad leaders and detachment leaders.

Xue Ru appointed Xiang Wenbin as the deputy captain, Wu Yuzhao became the chief of staff, and Lan Xunzhou became the deputy head of the first regiment of the Snow Fox Brigade, also regarded as the chief of staff of the regiment, commanding the first regiment to garrison Taicang. There are weapons and ammunition brought from Jiading, and the troops are strong and strong.

Beginning the next day, the soldiers of these security regiments learned what the Snow Fox Brigade was, and the training methods were too cruel, which was the training method for the Yasukuni Army in the first place. Several squadron leaders were unceremoniously trained brutally.

The bullets that train every day make Peng Yue feel distressed! It's a fucking loser, so much ammo for training.

An army is an establishment of two or three divisions, and Jiading is the equipment of an army. This is the training method of grinding guns invented by Xue Ru, which teaches soldiers to work hard, what tactics are desperate.

In Kunshan Middle School, in the headquarters of the Snow Fox Brigade, Peng Yue sat in front of Xue Ru, and he received a telegram from the army commander, asking him to try his best to cooperate with the operation of the Snow Fox Brigade, which was an order from the former enemy headquarters of the group army. He didn't understand a little, this is a temporary retreat and recuperation, and there is no battle yet, what to cooperate with? Who is the Snow Fox Brigade fighting here?

Peng Yue came to see Xue Ru early in the morning, this young girl is not small, and even the army commander takes care of it personally. Besides, she commanded several colonels and lieutenant colonels as a captain, there must be a reason, and she, a major general, lowered her posture to see Xue Ru.

Looking at him, Xue Ru smiled: "Brigade Commander Peng, do you think there is a possibility of victory in the Battle of Shanghai?" ”

Peng Yue was stunned for a moment and said: "There are six or seven hundred thousand troops in Shanghai, and under the command of the chairman, of course they can hold Shanghai." ”

Xue Ru said noncommittally: "Brigade Commander Peng, needless to say, this kind of scene is needless to say, I believe you have a military mind, do you really think Shanghai can win?" ”

"This ......" Peng Yue couldn't say, the pessimistic thought was not his own, Shanghai had almost no possibility of victory, everyone knew it in their hearts. But he didn't understand why Xue Ru asked this, so he couldn't answer for a while.