At the end of August 1937, the Nationalist Army formed a prismatic quadrilateral defense zone between Wusong, Baoshan, Yuepu and Yangxing on the south bank of the Yangtze River to the north of Rozaobang.
On its right is the line from Wusong to Baoshan, blocking the westward advance of the Japanese ace 3rd Division.
The line from Yuepu to Yanghang is on the left, blocking the enemy's elite 11th Division from moving south.
The front line from Baoshan to Yuepu is to resist the enemies landing southward from Chuanshakou, Shidongkou and other places.
The line from Luodian to Liuhang is the central hub of the entire prismatic defense zone; it is bound to become the main battlefield of the entire Songhu Battle.
The Luodian area is a plain, close to the mouth of the Yangtze River, with loose soil and no natural barriers to rely on. The Nationalist army rushed into battle in a hurry and had no time to build fortifications. It also lacked heavy firepower, so they had to rely on their flesh and blood to withstand the superior firepower of the Japanese army, land, sea and air.
.As a result, the national army's first-line troops were reorganized into companies and battalions on the bloody battlefield, and then reinforcements were added to counterattack. Many battalions, regiments, and even divisions were beaten to nothing after being on the battlefield for a few days, which can be called a flesh-and-blood mill.
As we headed towards Marsh White, we saw the endless plains.
There are basically no mountains in the Songhu battlefield, and there are no dangers to defend. Such a large plain is most suitable for the deployment of the Japanese army's mechanized troops. The sea, land and air amphibious forces cooperate with each other. The Japanese army's military strength during this period is also top-notch in the world. In contrast, the country
Most of the people who join the army are farmers. They have never been on the battlefield. They have only experienced a few days of training and have not yet practiced live ammunition.
Take Xia Yuan's second platoon as an example. The entire second platoon of No. 40 people didn't even have a machine gun. They weren't even given grenades. They only had ten rounds of bullets and old sleeves with smooth rifling.
, don’t say that the Japanese army attacked as a platoon or as a squad, they couldn’t withstand it.
Each squad of the Japanese army is equipped with light machine guns and grenade launchers, and the quality of the individual soldiers is very high, and the shooting accuracy is very accurate. Most of their platoons are farmers and have dealt with dealers all their lives. Even after more than a month of training,
How high can the training results be?
The Japanese stood there motionless and let them shoot. It is estimated that none of the ten bullets could hit. The lack of live ammunition shooting is one reason, and the accuracy of the gun is another reason.
There are too many units like the Second Platoon in the entire national army.
There are more than 700,000 Nationalist troops in the Songhu battlefield. There are not many luxurious weapons and equipment. Especially the Sichuan army. They wear straw sandals when going out. Many people do not have guns. They go out of Sichuan with swords and spears. Even those who have guns
, the so-called gun is still a gun with black powder stuffed into the barrel.
The powerlessness of living in this era is truly revealed, as if a huge stone is pressing on Xia Yuan's heart.
There is really no way to do this, the gap is really too big.
The quality of soldiers, weapons and equipment, combat tactics, the minds of superior commanders, etc., all factors added together, the failure of the Songhu Battle is inevitable.
In the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, although the weapons and equipment of the Volunteer Army were inferior to those of the U.S. Army, the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea was a battlefield with war gods per capita. The quality of individual soldiers, tactics, and the command of superior commanders far exceeded those of the U.S. Army.
The US military has even replaced three commanders-in-chief of the United Nations Forces, but they cannot defeat the general.
After thinking about it, Xia Yuan felt that even if he became a battalion commander or a regiment commander, and could match the Japanese army in terms of tactical arrangements, but the quality of the soldiers was completely inferior to the Japanese army, it would be difficult to win the war unless he
He has a very high say in various group armies.
"There is Marsh Bai ahead, speed up." Zhao Shiguo, the second platoon leader, shouted.
Zhao Shiguo's presence in the second platoon is very low. He is a taciturn and inarticulate person, but he is very harsh during training and scolding them is a common thing, which feels very strange.
Xu Liu told Xia Yuan privately about Platoon Leader Zhao, "Platoon Leader Zhao is two brothers who joined the army. His younger brother died in a battle to cover a new recruit. The recruit was not well trained on weekdays and was killed on the battlefield.
They were frightened, so now Platoon Leader Zhao hates the untrained recruits very much. When they get to the battlefield, many people will lose their lives in vain to save them or try to help them."
It's no wonder that a person who is usually taciturn and not good at words will show the completely opposite side during training. He is forced to have no choice but to hate the fact that iron cannot be transformed into steel.
"The more you train, the more chances you have to survive on the battlefield. This is absolutely true."
Xia Yuan was quite emotional.
We arrived at Zhubai, a large village located on the plains. The houses in the village were all made of earth, and some were brick structures. Some of the houses were blown up. The village was empty, not a single person could be seen, and everything in the house was empty.
Since we moved, there aren't many things we can use.
After everyone entered the village, they began to search for valuables from house to house. Wherever there were valuables, they took away all the valuables from home when they fled.
"There's not even food in the tank, just some flour residue." Xu Liu came to Xia Yuan's side and said: "The platoon leader asked our third class to watch the end of the village. Old man Wang is fucking planning an escape route.
, I want to go to the platoon leader and ask our third squad to watch the village head, so that even if they run away, they won't run away so easily."
"That's not necessary." Xia Yuan stopped Xu Liu's behavior and said, "They want to run away, but you can't stop them. Just let them run away."
"How can this be done? If you are a deserter, you will be cast aside if you are discovered." Xu Liu said: "Being cast aside is the lightest thing. You may be shot. We are riding in bullock carts, trains, and
Trucks, walking, it took a week to get here, you think they can walk back."
Xia Yuan rummaged through the room, collected useful things, and said: "Ignore these, tie these cloths to your legs."
"Xia Yuan, you are the deputy platoon leader of the platoon, and you came out of the same place with them. Don't you miss them? They will most likely die if they leave like this."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Xu Liu doesn't want to give up yet. His prestige in the class is not as high as Xia Yuan's. If Xia Yuan stops him, it is still possible to convince them.
"Squad leader, you have to understand that everyone has their own ambitions, and their minds are not on the battlefield. Even if they are on the battlefield, they will become a burden to us."
Xia Yuan finally stopped what he was doing and turned to look at Xu Liu.
"But people will change." Xu Liu said: "I didn't want to go to the battlefield before, but there is no way. The country is in danger. If we don't go, the country will die."
Xia Yuan suddenly remembered what Pei Shanshan said, one generation has its own mission, and this generation shoulders the responsibility of protecting the homeland and the country. There are soldiers in the national army, but there are more
Those are the people who have faith.
A true brave man never complains about his environment.
Xia Yuan said helplessly: "Their idea is that if people don't serve themselves, they will be destroyed." Squad leader, you think you can wake them up with the slogan of defending the home and the country. Your idea is too naive. They have suffered oppression and exploitation by the landlords.
.Squad leader, do you know how the people from the receiving unit treated us on the way to the barracks?"
Xu Liu looked at Xia Yuan in confusion.
"More than a hundred of us walked out of the village, and only nine of us were left in the barracks. They didn't give us food or even a sip of water. If it hadn't rained during our break, we would have
If you lie down on the ground and drink the water from the ground, maybe the nine people who will come will be fewer."
"Tell me, when they are treated like this, how do you convince them to use their hard-earned lives to protect those who oppress them and oppress them?"
"People are not saints, they are just farmers. Even if they are kind-hearted, they are not kind to this extent."
Xia Yuan's words were sonorous and powerful, hitting Xu Liu's body like a hammer. Xu Liu stood there in silence for a long time.
"Squad leader, you voluntarily joined the army, but they did not. The people who really need to be protected are them, not the landlords and rich people." Xia Yuan patted Xu Liu's shoulder and sighed helplessly.
This world is such a pain in the ass.
Is it wrong to defend the country? Yes, only when there is a country, there is a home.
But protecting the country also protects those who bully him. Old Man Wang has his own ideas and is a bit selfish. He really can't do it if he uses his own life to protect the landlords and wealthy people who bully him.
arrive.
Monkey's relatives were killed by the landlord Lao Cai.
Xu Liu thought for a long time and figured it out. He sighed helplessly: "Is there no other way?"
"Yes, tell the platoon leader." Xia Yuan said, "Deserts will be shot, and the platoon leader will not tolerate them."
"and you......"
"I, everyone has his own destiny. Sometimes in life, there must be fate."
Xia Yuan thought about his past self, who also loved to get into trouble, but now, after experiencing so many wars, he looked at life and death indifferently, but also took it very seriously. He didn't know what was wrong with him now.
On the Korean battlefield, too many people died. People who were chatting one second, disappeared when a shell hit the next second, as if they had never been there. The fragility of life is just that string of
The numbers are cold, but the greatness of life is that they rolled under the enemy's tank with the explosive bag, pressed their chests against the blasting tubes, and blocked the enemy's eye-catching sight with their chests.
The contradiction between before and after made Xia Yuan become conflicted.
It is useless to do ideological and political work for Mr. Wang and others. The current national situation is such that there is no way.
"Hurry up and search for things, monitor. Maybe after tonight, there will only be a few people left."
Xia Yuan knew that Scholar and Niu Hai would not leave, but the same could not be said for others.
"Let's go, let's go, let's all go, this way we can save our lives." Xu Liu also looked down on it and sighed, grabbed a stool and put it under his butt, tied the rope to his leg, stood up and stood on the ground
I stepped on it and felt much better.
The rumbling sound attracted Xu Liu again. He walked to the yard and saw Xia Yuan, who was also looking into the distance.
"How do you feel?" Xu Liu asked.
"Japanese artillery."
"Do you know much about the Japanese? I haven't heard you say that before."
"Do you still need to understand this? Our platoon doesn't even have a grenade, only ten rounds of bullets, and the rifling in the magazine has been smoothed. It is estimated that it may be a thousand miles away. How can the situation of other troops be better?
, if we can really defeat the Japanese, we will not mobilize troops from our land."
Xia Yuan's words made Xu Liu feel justified again.
Xu Liu said with emotion: "There is no way, the army is too poor, and we are used as cannon fodder again, alas."
Xu Liu's emotion made Xia Yuan a little curious: "Are you willing to be cannon fodder?"
"What can you do if you don't want to give in? This is an order from a superior. The consequences of disobeying orders are poisoning. You also saw it in the recruit camp. The wounds from the poisoning were rotten and smelly, and they died miserably."
Xia Yuan felt that Xu Liu was particularly interesting. He obeyed because he cherished his life, but he died because of national calamity.
"Be prepared, maybe the platoon leader will reprimand us tomorrow."
"well."
In a room on the west side, Old Man Wang and his monkey are groping around here.
"Old man Wang, there is nothing valuable anywhere." Houzui opened the cupboard, feeling a smell of bad luck coming to his face. He stretched out his hand to fan in front of his face, then closed the cupboard and muttered.
"Look carefully, there will always be something you have forgotten."
Old man Wang held the gun and rummaged through the boxes and cabinets to find them. Many of them were discarded tattered clothes, casually thrown on the ground.
Five people walked in outside the door, some from the next village.
"How is the situation?" one of them asked.
"What else can we do? Just like that, let's just run to the west. See if there are any clothes on the ground. Wear one with you when you run. Take off your military uniforms. Just don't let anyone find out that we are deserters."
Old Man Wang thought very comprehensively and knew very well that if he was discovered as a deserter, he would most likely be shot. The best way was to change his clothes, take off his worn-out military uniform, put on these people and run away.
The clothes I left behind.
"Old man Wang has thought about it very carefully, and we all have to think of a way."
These few people thought about it and figured it out. They felt that they needed transportation and food on their way to escape. The best way was to search these houses to see if there was anything valuable or food that anyone had left behind.
"It's a pity that the platoon leader has taken over the brick house in the middle of the village. It belongs to grandma. It must be the house where the landlord lives. There may be something good in it."
"How about we follow over now and take a look."
Old Man Wang listened to their conversation and said: "No, you have to call the squad leader and the others if you want to go, so that we all have an excuse. But tonight is about our escape, so we don't want to call the squad leader and the others."
After listening to what Old Man Wang said, everyone thought it was reasonable and stopped thinking about the brick house in the middle of the village.
"You guys go look for it again and hide the clothes you find. You will use them tonight." Old Man Wang waved his hand and motioned for them to go quickly.
"Old man Wang, have you found anything good?"
One of them said cheerfully.
"What do you mean, do I have to tell you if I haven't found anything good?" Old Man Wang asked him.
"No, we are in a group now. We must help each other on the way to escape in order to survive. If you find something good, you have to share it with everyone." The man said with a sly smile.
"That's right, Old Man Wang, you were the one who told us about the escape. Are you unwilling to share the good things you found with all of us?"