"Siring officers, you may not know that although the staff department only stayed at Guojialing for a day and a half, it seems that it has already fought all the battles in this life.
As soon as the 234th Regiment entered the battle on the first day, the Japanese heavy artillery began to bombard our position. Upon seeing this, our liaison officer also began to call for artillery support, and the two sides began an artillery battle.
Then the Japanese planes also came to assist in the battle, and the liaison officer immediately called the Liantai Flying Brigade for reinforcements. On the ground, tens of thousands of troops fought to the death, and in the sky, nearly a hundred aircraft were bloody. Fighters were shot down and crashed, and pilots continued to fly.
Skydiving, I have never seen anything like that in my life."
Although Guo Huai's description was only a few sentences, everyone could already imagine how tragic the battle was at that time. The two sides were fighting desperately on a position of more than ten square kilometers. Fighters roared in the sky, heavy artillery bombarded the ground, and tens of thousands of soldiers
Holding a rifle and gritting his teeth, he fought like a wild animal amidst the roar of machine guns. You don't need to see how tragic that scene is to know.
The surrounding atmosphere became extremely heavy. Li Tiejun took a deep breath and patted Guo Huai's shoulder gently, "Lao Guo, thank you for your hard work."
"The staff is not miserable." Guo Huai shook his head: "Compared to those brothers who died in the war, the staff is lucky enough to be able to save this small life."
Looking at Guo Huai, who looked a little sluggish, Li Tiejun waved his hand: "Okay, you have been tired for several days, so go down and rest."
"yes!"
After Guo Huai led the soldiers of the 234th Regiment down, Sun Lianzhong sighed: "I didn't expect the fighting at Guojialing to be so brutal. No wonder Tang Huaiyuan, Gao Hongming and others repeatedly urged us to step up preparations and shorten the counterattack time as soon as possible.
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Pang Bingxun touched his bald head with little hair left and said: "According to this method of fighting, although our casualties will be huge, the Japanese casualties will certainly not be small. If we can really annihilate a thousand Japs every day, we will really kill them."
In a month or two, the little devil will feel uncomfortable."
"Just dream."
Sun Lianzhong interrupted his thoughts without politeness.
"Aren't you stupid, won't you run away once you find that you can't take advantage? I bet that Neji Okamura must have noticed our strategic intention of encircling the point to provide reinforcements. The reason why he still jumped in is because he thinks
He can only defeat us. Once he senses the danger, he will definitely run away as soon as possible, so brother Gengchen, don’t think about waiting until Gao Hongming and the others fight with the little devil until both sides are injured, and then take advantage of it."
Pang Bingxun was not angry when he was ridiculed by Sun Lianzhong in person. Instead, he touched his bald head and laughed: "That's what I, Old Pang, said. Don't you have to listen to Commander He on what to do? Anyway, Old Pang, my Forty Army is just that.
Seven to eight thousand people fought to bring them down."
"Here we go again." Everyone secretly rolled their eyes.
It's just that no one can do anything about Pang Bingxun, an old man who doesn't have enough knowledge and desires. He doesn't even want to be an official anymore, so what can you do to him?
After quarreling with everyone, Pang Bingxun asked He Yingqin with a smile: "Sir, Mr. He, Tang Huaiyuan and Gao Hongming have been urging us to send troops as soon as possible to encircle the Japanese army in Zhongtiao Mountain. I wonder what your plans are."
This time He Yingqin did not do Tai Chi, but said calmly: "As for the counterattack, I have already said that as long as you are ready, you can do it at any time. Now I want to ask you, are you all ready?"
This light sentence made everyone hesitate.
Counterattack is not a simple matter. It will cause big problems if it is too early or too late. Moreover, after these years of war, the national army generals have a very clear understanding of the Japanese army's combat effectiveness.
From the July 7th Incident to the present, when the Japanese army formulates combat plans, the comparison of the strength of the two sides is usually calculated as 5:1, which means that one brigade is usually used to deal with two regiments or one brigade of the Chinese army.
In fact, this is indeed the case. In the real history of the Anti-Japanese War, you can often see scenes of a Japanese regiment chasing a National Army division everywhere.
Nowadays, the Japanese army has 100,000 troops in Zhongtiao Mountain. According to the comparison of previous military strength, the national army must invest at least 500,000 troops to be able to fight. Even with Gao Hongming, the Eighth Route Army and the Third Army,
The situation has improved, but if we want to be sure of victory, we must invest at least 300,000 troops.
This has almost included all the troops in the first theater of war. If they are defeated again, this matter will be too big. Otherwise, the entire Central Plains war situation will quickly deteriorate, and no one can bear this responsibility.
Li Tiejun hesitated for a moment and then said: "I think... this matter needs to be discussed in the long run.
Now that the Japanese army is at its peak, if we launch a counterattack rashly, it would be easy to win, but if we lose, the First Theater Zone will no longer have the power to fight back."
Even Sun Lianzhong also said: "Brother Yu Wu is right. The war in Zhongtiao Mountain is still at a stalemate. It is good that we can invest one regiment every day. As for the all-out counterattack, it is better to consider the long term."
Seeing that all the people still had a wait-and-see attitude, Guo Huaichen couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Even Pang Bingxun, Sun Lianzhong and other great generals in the Northwest Army in the past were all trying to preserve their strength. Everyone is like this. This country still has
Is there hope?
Although he despises this phenomenon extremely, as the chief of staff, he can only have a name in name only, and the only thing he can do is to be mute.
What the generals in the First Theater of War did not know was that the intensity of the current Zhongtiao Mountain battlefield was actually far more intense than they imagined. Especially in the fight for air supremacy, the two sides were even more furious.
In the three days from May 20th to 23rd, the two sides dispatched more than 500 aircraft sorties and conducted no less than six large-scale air battles.
In these three days of air combat, the Liantai Flying Group lost a total of 23 P47 fighters, which meant that two entire squadrons were wiped out.
The Japanese army was even worse. Under the strict orders of Okamura Neiji, the Third Flying Group spent almost all its money on a desperate posture. As a result, the Japanese army lost as many as 251 aircraft.
It was these three days of fierce fighting that almost wiped out all the air power of the entire Third Flying Group.
When Neji Okamura, who was far away in Peiping, heard that the Third Aviation Group was almost completely wiped out, he was stunned for more than ten minutes and then a mouthful of blood spurted out on the spot. Ichiro Miyamoto was so frightened that he quickly called a doctor.
After an emergency examination by the doctor, Ichiro Miyamoto was informed that the commander was suffering from anger and needed to recover for a period of time. During this period, he must remember not to experience great joy or sorrow again, otherwise the consequences would be dire.