Chapter 274: Lao Tzu is the elite when he fights
"Tear!" The people at the scene couldn't help but gasp together.
Jin Zhao looked at everyone's reaction, and couldn't help but shake his head, since the outbreak of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the army has been invincible on the battlefield, and [***] defeated again and again! The cities of Beiping, Tianjin, Zhangjiakou and Datong fell successively. Even Lao Chiang, who gathered the country's elite in Shanghai, could only be forced to take a defensive position under the fierce offensive of the Yue army. The strength of the army has left a deep shadow in the hearts of the Chinese soldiers, as if the army is really invincible as those Japanese slaves boasted! Thinking of these Jin Zhao, he was even more determined to fight in Baoding, and only a great victory could sweep away the haze in the hearts of the Chinese generals.
"Total seat! The 6th Division of the Japanese Army is a permanent division of the Japanese Army, with a total strength of up to the 2nd Division (Sendai), which is known as the two strongest and most effective brigades in the Japanese Army. It has four infantry wings, plus four wings of artillery and cavalry, with a total strength of nearly 30,000 people! What's more, the army still has two divisions on the Pinghan line, the 14th and 20th divisions, and these two divisions are also permanent divisions of the army, and their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated. Wen Yingxing frowned and persuaded, Wen Yingxing was really worried that the young commander-in-chief would be hot-headed and make some wrong decisions. Although Jin Zhao's performance in the past few years has gradually conquered these proud generals of the Fujian army, Jin Zhao's age is here, and people can't help but worry.
Jin Zhao couldn't help but be speechless for a while, is Lao Tzu so untrustworthy? Lao Tzu is also thirty years old this year, and he has reached the age of establishment, but these old guys still treat themselves as a hairy boy! How unreasonable! Jin Zhao shook his head helplessly and said, "I know all this, but our army has a lot of troops in Baoding!" Our 26th Army is not alone.
Now around Baoding, in addition to the 26th Group Army of the Fujian Army, there are also Liu Zhi's Second Group Army and Shang Zhen's 20th Group Army. In order to defend Baoding, Lao Jiang deliberately assigned Guan Linzheng's 52nd Army to the Second Group Army, which greatly improved the strength of the Second Group.
"Even so, our army does not have an advantage, and in the face of the onslaught of the three divisions of the army, it is not easy for us to keep Baoding! It is really difficult to completely annihilate the 6th Division! Wen Yingxing still shook his head and said.
Jin Zhao thought about it carefully, and couldn't help but shake his head in disappointment, according to Jin Zhao's idea just now, use other [***] troops to block the 14th Division and the 20th Division of the Yue Army, and then concentrate the main force of the 26th Division to encircle and annihilate the 6th Division. But will the other troops be able to hold off the onslaught of the two divisions of the Japanese army? The Second Group Army, Sun Lianzhong's division, according to its performance in the Battle of Taierzhuang, should not be weak in combat effectiveness, but as a miscellaneous army, the weapons and equipment are really simple, Guan Linzheng's department is the central army of the lineage, and Guan Linzheng is also a fierce general, even so, the second group army can only block one division at most. And Shang Zhen's 20th Group Army, Shang Zhen's 32nd Army and Wan Fulin's 53rd Army, the 32nd Army has always been a strong force, but Wan Fulin's 53rd Army, which was born in the Northeast Military Department, is really untrustworthy. Can the Twentieth Army hold off an elite division? Obviously it's hard.
But Jin Zhao didn't mean to give up, sighed and said, "What I'm saying is that it's best to completely annihilate the Sixth Division, even if you can't completely annihilate the Sixth Division, it's okay to be able to defeat the Sixth Division!" I believe that with the combat effectiveness of our 26th Group Army, it can be done completely. ”
Seeing that Wen Yingxing fell into hesitation, Jin Zhao continued, "Gu Shoufu is arrogant! After occupying Zhuozhou, he went all the way south, and now he has hit the city of Baoding! After the 20th Division of the Chinese Army captured Fangshan, it still stopped at Fangshan to rest. The 14th Division, which was responsible for the two flanks of the 6th Division, stayed in Yixian for temporary recuperation, and the 1st remained in Gu'an for temporary recuperation. That is to say, the current Sixth Division is a lone army in depth, and now is a good opportunity to defeat the Sixth Division, once the other two divisions of the army go south and join the Sixth Division, it will be difficult for us to keep Baoding! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! The fighter plane is fleeting, and we can't hesitate anymore! Only by defeating the Sixth Division in one fell swoop can the battle situation on the Pinghan Front be completely stabilized. The General Staff immediately drew up an operational plan for the annihilation of most of the Sixth Division of the Chinese Army. ”
Looking at Jin Zhao's unquestionable tone, Wen Yingxing hesitated for a moment and said, "The 203rd Division has collapsed, if this battle fails, the 201st and 204th Divisions will be in danger!" In fact, when Lao Jiang ordered the formation of the 26th Group Army, the 201st Division and the 204th Division had been expanded into the 101st Army and the 102nd Army respectively, of which the 101st Army had Song Jiang as the commander and the 201st and 208th Divisions under its jurisdiction, and the 102nd Army had Wang Geng as the commander and the 204th and 209th Divisions under its jurisdiction. However, although the number has been expanded, the troops have not been expanded, and they are still the troops of the original two divisions, but these two divisions have been reorganized, and each division has 30,000 people, even if it is split into two divisions, it is not less than other divisions of the Central Army.
Listening to Wen Yingxing's words, the corners of Jin Zhao's mouth couldn't help twitching, and a distressed expression appeared on his face. After the 203rd Division arrived in Shanghai, it was immediately thrown into the melting pot of Luodian, when the battle for Luodian was at its most intense, the 203rd Division held on to Luodian for seven days and seven nights, inflicting great casualties on the attacking army, and finally because of heavy casualties, it was forced to withdraw from the position and be taken over by friendly forces. Jin Zhao knew that the 203rd Division had done its best, with more than 20,000 people in the division, and less than 10,000 were withdrawn in the end, and there were also thousands of lightly and seriously wounded, and even the division commander Lu Xingrong was seriously wounded. Before that, several divisions had been defeated, and the shortest time was that more than half of the divisions were killed or wounded in less than half a day, and they were forced to withdraw from the battlefield, so the performance of the 203rd Division was already quite good. But thinking of the tens of thousands of Fujian soldiers who died in Luodian, Jin Zhao couldn't help but feel a heartache in his heart.
Jin Zhao sighed slowly, and then said extremely firmly, "If you are afraid of losses and sacrifices, the Fujian army will not leave Fujian!" Now the whole country, the whole nation is already at a critical juncture of life and death, if we no longer hold the idea of preserving our strength, we can only sit back and wait to be slaves of the country! As long as you can defeat the Yue army and drive the little devils out of China, it will be worth the sacrifice! It is true that the 6th Division is the elite of the army, and Lao Tzu is the elite! Make a combat mission now! ”
"Yes!" Wen Yingxing replied with a serious face. (To be continued.) )