Chapter 63 Preparing to meet the enemy

In the teaching building of the Women's Middle School, Zhang Xuewu was nervously assigning defense cores and tasks to each regiment. Outside the building, the soldiers piled up a large amount of earth to use for anti-cannons. Zhang Xuewu reminded Xu Guohui, Wang Chuang and Zhao Xinyu to master one-fifth of the reserve team in any case, because once the war breaks out, the three regiments under the triangular shaped division must be prepared to fight alone.

Regarding the core position of the Women's Middle School, Zhang Xuewu personally revised the defense plan formulated by the staff. Li Xinkai suggested demolishing a commercial street in front of the Women's Middle School to clear the shooting circle. When Zhang Xuewu found that the houses on the Commercial Street were not only very solid, but also the road was paved with bluestone slabs? This reminded Zhang Xuewu of a famous battle example in history when the Kuomintang and the Communist Party armies fought, so he immediately sent people to collect a large amount of soybeans.

For the east and west sides of the women's middle school, the terrain is cut into three layers, each with a large three-meter staircase. The second-line firepower point of the defenders is slightly five degrees higher than the first line, and the same is true for the third line. In this way, the firepower of the light and heavy machine guns on the second and third lines can be supported to the first line at the same time.

Zhang Tianpeng's artillery regiment naturally didn't have to worry about Zhang Xuewu. Zhang Tianpeng brought the officers and soldiers of the artillery regiment to bring more than a dozen car skins. After cutting, the closed artillery position was dug as a cover on the log. According to what Zhang Tianpeng said, at least one 150-pound bomb or a 105-mm grenade could be hit directly.

The defense system designed by Zhang Xuewu is perfect, but it doesn't leave him much time. Moreover, in the cold weather, a pickaxe often turns into a white dot. The dug pile of digging soil cannot even penetrate the machine gun. Although the army's 24-hour three shifts are very hard to work and excavate fortifications, Zhang Xuewu believes it is worth it. For example, the original design can withstand the double-man anti-aircraft holes that can withstand the hits of 100 mm heavy mortars can withstand the hits of 75 mm field guns, and the large anti-aircraft bunkers of squads and platoon-level can withstand the direct hits of 105 mm grenades on average. In some squads with much material and materials collected, their large bunkers were visually estimated by Zhang Xuewu that could even withstand the bombardment of 150 mm grenades.

Zhang Xuewu used the semi-covered excavation method of the fifty-meter traffic trench between the first line of defense and the second line of defense. Even if the first line of defense was lost, the Japanese army could not transport troops to the second line of defense connected to it through the traffic trench, and could only continue to attack with the firepower of the second and third lines.

Regarding twenty-seven of the 51 tanks commanded by Tang Ziqiang, who lacked spare parts and could not be repaired, Zhang Xuewu quoted the Japanese's move in Jinghai, burying most of the tanks underground, leaving only one turret, clearing the high and low firing boundaries nearby and pretending to act as a fixed fire point for first and second-line defense.

The remaining twenty-four chariots were formed into two assault companies, each twelve of them were used for emergency counterattacks, and the focus of artillery fire support for the entire division was Majiagou and Laohugou. The First Regiment and the Third Regiment used the favorable local terrain and terrain to water all the forward and side inclines, and even the reverse inclines. They persisted every day, making the ice surface mixed with snow thicker and thicker, and many areas were slid brightly.

Tang Yulin was furious about the newly-edition First Division digging fortifications everywhere in Chengde City to collect materials and even evacuate the people. Originally, the Chengde Security Commander had already collected 100,000 oceans and a few antiques and made it out. As a result, Zhang Xueliang stabbed him with a knife. What made him most angry was that Song Ziwen and He Yingqin were also igniting the fire!

On February 18, a whole mixed brigade of the Japanese army arrived in Jinzhou. This was the third time that the Japanese army had increased their troops to Jinzhou this month. The situation was tense, so Zhang Xueliang had to convene the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army here in Peiping. The generals of the Jin army made the final arrangements. When Tang Yulin arrived at the Shuncheng Palace, there was already a cloud of smoke in the south study.

Song Ziwen, with a solemn expression, immediately said: "Nanjing National Government and compatriots across the country are very concerned about the safety of Rehe. Please protect the country and the land. I will be responsible for the funds and equipment required, and we will contact Hanqing at any time."

Seeing that everyone below was not in high spirits, Zhang Xueliang stood up and encouraged everyone: "The Japanese invaders are rampant invading our country. This time, we should swear to guard Rehe and prepare for a counterattack, and be ashamed of the Xue Shenyang Incident."

Then Zhang Xueliang stood in front of the huge map of the Nanshu Room and said with a baton: "Each division entered the defense area according to my previous deployment and excavated fortifications to build defense lines. Song Zheyuan's troops of the 29th Army moved to Gubeikou. The Nanjing government decided that the 17th Army stationed in Pingjin as the general reserve team."

As soon as Zhang Xueliang finished speaking, Song Zheyuan said coldly: "Our army is not in a complete range of personnel and insufficient weapons, so it is not enough to take on the defense of the front line of Gubeikou. Please Commander-in-Chief Zhang choose another wise man!"

Faced with Song Zheyuan's open disobedience, Zhang Xueliang pressed his anger with a cold face and said, "I send He Zhuguo to support you!"

Song Zheyuan snorted coldly and said, "I believe that a defeated general is not!"

Zhang Xueliang slapped the baton on the map and said sternly: "Will you have enough troops if you annex the various divisions of the Volunteer Army? If your Northwest Army does not obey the orders, I can't accommodate you gods, so you can leave our military defense zone tomorrow. I personally explain to the Chairman that Vice Chairman Feng's troops are useless."

Song Zheyuan was stunned immediately, his face turned red and could not tell the difference, because everyone present looked at him with strange eyes. Song Zheyuan naturally knew that he was Feng Yuxiang's old subordinate. Now Feng Yuxiang shouted the loudest in Nanjing's anti-Japanese war, and he was grabbed by someone at this moment. At this time, Song Zheyuan realized that he was still too far from challenging Zhang Xueliang, so he could only sit back on the chair silently without saying a word.

Song and Zhang only talked about some high-sounding situations but did not make any strategic decisions. Tang Yulin was very angry and had no choice but to express his determination to "swear to deal with the Japanese invaders and not give up a single inch of the country!"

After the meeting, Song Zheyuan cursed the local words that no one could hear clearly. Tang Yulin also said indignantly: "Why don't a bunch of turtle calves who are slutty to provide military pay and firearms to the Rehe army? Is this an anti-Japanese war? There is no one to beat the Japanese?"

Wan Fulin, who was standing beside him, sighed, "Who said it was no, you and I don't have it? Look at the little bastard stationed in Chengde. The day before yesterday, He Yingqin, the arms and ammunition of the forty car, will be given priority. He is a double-profile, Xiao Liuzi's playmate and cousin, and Lao Jiang's favorite student, just a few days ago? He took him to Lao Jiang to the side of the country? This is a fucking rebellion! The old coach is still right and the little turtle calf. As a result, you see, the major general is also stable and the equipment made by Yishui Prussia."

Tang Yulin glanced at Wan Fulin and cursed: "Get out of here, I want to use me as a cannon, pretend to be me! If you have the ability, you can find Xiao Liuzi yourself!"

After saying that, Tang Yulin left Wan Fulin and walked away with a swagger. Wan Fulin, who was standing there, was so angry that his face turned ashen!

On February 19th, when Zhang Zuoxiang heard that Zhang Zuoxiang had just arrived in Chengde, Zhang Xuewu had not had time to meet Zhang Zuoxiang, Zhang Xueliang's assistant coach, but unexpectedly received an invitation from Rehe Provincial Chairman Tang Yulin, Tang Yulin's tenth concubine to celebrate her birthday?

Zhang Xuewu general threw the invitation to the ground, paced back and forth and kicked it hard. The three northeastern provinces had fallen under the Japanese invaders, and 30 million people were in dire straits. Now the Japanese army was heading against the gate of Rehe. As the chairman of Rehe Province, Tang Yulin was still in the mood to celebrate his birthday to the Tenth Princess?

Looking back on history, because Tang Yulin was deficient in military pay, the top and the other side were separated from each other. The entire regiment and brigade of the Tang Army Regiment defected to the Japanese and Zhang Haipeng, Zhang Xuewu was so angry that he was furious. Facing Li Mingtang who picked up the invitation, he said, "No one is allowed to pick up wherever he put it, so that everyone can step on it!"
Chapter completed!