"Okay, since we all have no objections, it's settled." After saying this, Yue Weihan added, "The regimental deputy and battalion commander will stay, and the deputy battalions of each battalion will quickly go back to reorganize the troops. In addition, the artillery battalion is short of manpower.
Some soldiers from the 5th and 6th Battalions can be transferred, but the 5th and 6th Battalions are not allowed to detain people for any reason."
"yes!"
Several battalion lieutenants from the original Baoshan Regiment and two battalion commanders from the two Sichuan Regiment who had just been demoted to battalion deputy positions quickly stood up to attention and immediately took orders to organize the troops. During the war years, everyone lived a life of bloodshed on the tip of a knife.
No one knows whether they will survive tomorrow, so there is less to worry about, and downsizing and reorganization is relatively easy.
"I have nothing else to do with everyone here. I just want to work together to discuss how to defend Jiangpu Town." Yue Weihan glanced at Liu Yi, Lu Xiufeng, Li Yulin and other three regiment deputies, as well as Cao Xinglong, Chi Chengfeng, and Niu Dagen.
, Zhang Zhongyi and other four battalion commanders looked on their faces and said, "There is a call from the headquarters. The forwards of the Guoqi detachment have captured He County yesterday afternoon."
This time, Yue Weihan did not lie. The headquarters had indeed sent an urgent message, and the Guoqi detachment had indeed captured He County, and asked the Baoshan Regiment to seize Jiangpu as soon as possible to ensure the safety of Pukou.
Yue Weihan added: "You may be unfamiliar with the Kunozaki detachment, but you must have heard of the Sakagaki division, right?"
The expressions of several regiment deputy and battalion commanders immediately changed. Ordinary soldiers of the national army may not know about the defeat of Xinkou, but among middle and senior generals, the Sakagaki Division definitely has a notorious reputation.
Liu Yi said: "Tuanzhu, the Sakagaki Division is a long-established division in Japan and is not easy to mess with."
Cao Xinglong also said worriedly: "A mere Chongteng detachment is equipped with the 75th Mountain Artillery Regiment. Since the Guoqi Detachment is the foundation of the old division, the firepower of the attached artillery regiment will only be stronger. Maybe it will be the 105th Artillery Regiment."
The mountain artillery may even be equipped with 150 howitzers. If this is the case, then this battle will be really difficult to fight."
"Grandma, what do you mean it's hard to fight? It's because you can't fight at all." Chi Chengfeng yelled strangely, "Since the Kunisaki detachment is mainly composed of the infantry brigade of the Sakagaki Division, it is definitely not Shigeto.
The detachment is comparable to a low-level unit. Its strength is at least eight or nine thousand men. Its strength is almost three times that of ours. The difference in equipment is even greater. The little devils not only have 105 mountain artillery groups, but also have aircraft in the sky to assist in the battle. This battle
How else to fight?”
Yue Weihan said coldly: "Chi Chengfeng, what do you think we should do?"
Chi Chengfeng scratched his head and said: "If you ask me, you can't defend at all. You might as well take the initiative to attack. You will die wherever you hit. It doesn't matter who you die. It's worthy of the skin and the salary.
Already."
"What a fucking bullshit." Yue Weihan cursed angrily and said, "Do you guys have any good ideas?"
Liu Yi thought for a while and said: "Regiment, the little Japanese aviation force probably won't throw precious heavy bombs on our heads. After all, Japan is only an island country and resources are in short supply. However, as Battalion Commander Cao said, the Kunisaki Detachment
The mountain artillery regiment to which it belongs is probably equipped with 105 mountain artillery pieces. In this case, ordinary civil engineering works cannot hold up."
"His grandma," Chi Chengfeng scolded, "If we don't build civil engineering works, what else will we build? Is it possible that we can conjure a national defense fortress out of thin air?"
Liu Yidao: "Of course we can't build the fortress, but we can collect cement and build some masonry and concrete fortifications as much as possible. Without masonry and concrete fortifications as support, it is very unrealistic to block the Kunisaki detachment for a long time."
"Okay." Yue Weihan said happily, "Deputy Liu, take the truck and set off now. I will assign you two more platoons. Don't worry about anything these two days. Just collect the cement and take whatever you have."
"Yes!" Liu Yi stood at attention and saluted, then turned around and took the order.
After Liu Yi left, Cao Xinglong said again: "Regiment, Hexian is only more than a hundred miles away from Jiangpu. Since the Kunozaki detachment is the other half of the Sakagaki division, its mechanization level is definitely not low. Maybe tomorrow afternoon
Now that we can reach Jiangpu, is it too late to collect cement now? Even if we build fortifications, the cement may not have time to solidify."
Yue Weihan's face suddenly darkened, and a hint of gloom appeared in his eyes.
To be honest, the issue that Cao Xinglong was worried about was very common sense, but there was no way. Among the national army at that time, only a few officers who graduated from Huangpu knew how to build deep defense fortifications. The rest, even the most elite 36,87,
The middle and lower-level officers and even senior generals of the 88th Division did not know what the concept of defense in depth was.
In most cases, when building defensive positions, the vast majority of Chinese military officers will spread out their troops. Such a deployment has neither defensive depth nor flank protection. The Japanese army only needs to break through a little, and the entire defense line will be destroyed.
If it collapsed immediately, even if the Japanese army could not make a breakthrough from the front, due to the lack of flank protection of the Chinese army, they only needed to send a small force to attack in a roundabout way, and they would definitely be able to defeat the Chinese army on the front.
This is also an important reason for the overwhelming defeat of the Chinese army on the Songhu battlefield and the North China battlefield. From the commander of the group army to the company and platoon leader, the military quality of the Chinese army is really unflattering.
For example, the 48th Army, the ace army of the Guangxi Army, despite the indiscriminate bombing by Japanese aircraft and intensive strafing of a large amount of light and heavy firepower, actually still organized a death-defying charge in a dense formation. As a result, more than 10,000 death squads were killed in the battle, followed by
More than 30,000 troops were defeated by the Japanese army in one fell swoop!
Frankly speaking, the officers and soldiers of the Gui Army are really good.
More than 10,000 death squads, facing the indiscriminate bombing by Japanese aircraft and intensive strafing by hundreds of light and heavy machine guns, saw their comrades and comrades lying dead in a pool of blood. They knew that if they pushed forward, it would still be death, but they were stunned.
Didn't take half a step back, and truly managed to die on the way to charge even if it means death? How heroic and heroic is that?
However, the military quality of the generals of the Gui Army, especially the senior generals, is really beyond praise. Otherwise, they would have issued such a stupid order and asked more than 10,000 warriors who were truly not afraid of death to line up in a dense formation to die!
Even if a death-defying charge is necessary, it cannot be done in daylight, let alone in such a dense formation, just to be brave? Do those indomitable Guangxi heroes still need to rely on the strength of numbers to be brave?
?
The generals of the Gui Army are not of good quality, and the generals of the Central Army are not much better either.
It was still the Battle of Xinkou. The Central Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army gathered on the front line of Xinkou as many as thirty divisions. However, the ones directly engaging the Banyuan Division were only a few forward divisions. The rest of the Central Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army
What are the senior generals of the main division doing? They neither ordered to build a defense in depth nor thought of protecting the flanks, they just got together to argue.
The result? As a result, Sakayuan, an old Japanese soldier, sent out a small force and captured Niangziguan, which had an empty defense, in a roundabout way. The weak flanks of Xinkou were completely exposed to the Japanese front. The main force of Sakayuan's division
Then with a fierce attack from the front, more than 30 divisions of the Central Army and Shanxi-Sui Army collapsed in one fell swoop.
Otherwise, if you think about it, if more than thirty divisions built defense fortifications in the wild, how deep would they be?
In addition, Xinkou is close to Taiyuan, with Taiyuan Arsenal as the backing, so there is no need to worry about ammunition supply. As long as a few divisions are separated to protect the two wings, no matter how hard the old devil Sakayuan fights, he will only have half a division in his hands.
Fight one division at a time and crush all the fortifications of the Central Army and the more than 30 divisions of the Shanxi-Sui Army. Just dream!
Thinking of this, Yue Weihan felt that he could not delay any longer. It would be useless to sharpen his weapons before the battle. He must immediately explain to the main officers under his command what defense in depth is and the importance of defense in depth in the field. He immediately waved to several regimental deputies.
, the battalion commander walked up to him, then pulled out his bayonet and started to explain while drawing on the dirt.
"To be honest, now is really not the time for class, but I must instill in you the two concepts of defense in depth and flank protection. It doesn't matter whether you understand it or not, but you must remember it! You must do exactly what I say.
Do it! This matter is related to the life and death of the more than 3,000 officers and soldiers of our regiment, and it is also related to the life and death of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and soldiers of the National Army and the 700,000 refugees in Nanjing. Which is more important, you can weigh it yourself."
The expressions of the two regiment deputy and four battalion commanders immediately became serious.
Yue Weihan quickly drew a simple fortification layout diagram on the dirt, and said to the two regiment deputy and three battalion commanders: "You all read carefully. This is a defense sketch. The key lies in eight words: defense in depth."
, echelon layout! On the front, only one battalion of troops can be placed at most, and this battalion cannot be placed in one word..."
"His grandma." Chi Chengfeng scolded his mother, "If you don't say it outright, what kind of defense is that?"
"Fuck you!" Yue Weihan retorted honestly and politely, "Let me tell you Chi Chengfeng, our opponent is not the Red Army with swords and spears in hand, let alone the disorganized and greedy Beiyang Army.
But the Japanese elite are well-equipped and well-trained. If they still use the same old style of fighting, they will die without knowing how they died."
Seeing Yue Weihan getting angry, Chi Chengfeng quickly lowered his head and did not dare to say anything anymore.
Yue Weihan snorted lightly and added: "For the frontal defense battalion, at most one company should be deployed in the forward position, and there are two remaining companies. One will build the second line of defense and be responsible for protecting the two wings, and the other will build the third line of defense and serve as a reserve.
Team."
Regiment deputy Lu Xiufeng said: "Regiment leader, I know how to protect the flanks. What's the use of leaving a company's reserve team behind?"
"That's a good question." Yue Weihan said, "Defending blindly is not a real defense. A real defense should be to defend while attacking. This company is left as a reserve team to launch a counterattack at night to regain the position. During the day,
The Japanese army has planes in the sky and artillery on the ground, and we can't defeat them. But at night, the Japanese planes can't fly, and the artillerymen have to catch them blind. At this time, if we start a night battle, the Japanese soldiers may not be able to defeat us."