If it were Liu Lang half a year ago, he might have swallowed it in one gulp. Wouldn’t he want the free money to go to waste? But Liu Lang, who has been dealing with the big guys in the division for half a year, has become more and more familiar with the bureaucrats of the Republic of China.
Well aware of the pros and cons of factional crushing.
Commander-in-Chief Zhang's pastry looks delicious, but it is difficult to spit it out after swallowing it, even if he really appreciates the patriotism of Liu Lang's independent regiment. But Liu Lang knows that once the money is taken
, and passed it to his immediate superior, I am afraid that it will not be so easy for him to survive in the Second Division in the future.
What's more, Liu Lang also knows that Commander Zhang will be dismissed from his post at the end of this month due to the fall of Rehe. If he gets too close to him at this time, in the war in the next few months, the Independent Regiment will definitely be unlucky, and it will be a big disaster.
mold.
Not because of the enemy, but because of our own people.
It's cruel and ridiculous, but this is the reality, in the Republic of China where there are many factions.
"Commander, Commander Huang has already replenished my independent regiment with supplies and military pay before coming here. Now that the military situation is urgent, it is better to leave it to the brothers who need it more!" Liu Lang declined wisely and politely, and then asked weakly.
Sentence: "However, Commander, I wonder if the commendation can be replaced by something else?"
"Oh? Tell me about it." Zhang Xueliang's eyes flashed, but his face was still warm.
"I hope that our regiment can choose its own combat position." Liu Lang said directly.
"Oh? Keep talking." Zhang Xueliang's eyes flashed and he looked at Liu Lang again.
This request is not particularly strange, but it is quite courageous. To be precise, it is very big.
This was the first time that Zhang Xueliang heard a young colonel ask him to choose his own combat position.
There are two types of people like this: either they are extremely talented and confident in military affairs, or they are so stupid that they don't know how much they weigh.
However, Zhang Xueliang hoped that Liu Lang would be the former.
After all, what he has to face now is the nearly 40,000 well-equipped Kwantung Army and 30,000 puppet troops. Even if he has 200,000 troops at hand, he knows his own affairs, the huge gap in equipment and the different intentions of his subordinates.
Zhang Xueliang has almost turned gray with worry during this period. A Central Corps-level unit with fairly good equipment can be considered a good combat capability.
"Commander, I believe that the fall of Rehe is inevitable. Our army should use the Great Wall as a line and rely on the dangerous terrain to hold on. If the Japanese army breaks through the Great Wall defense line, our vast plains in the Pingjin area will be unable to withstand the power of Japanese tanks and aircraft. Only then can we
It's a real disaster." Liu Lang said, pointing to three huge red lines on the map pointing to Rehe.
In fact, in the past, this was also the strategy of Commander-in-Chief Zhang. Three months ago, Zhang Xueliang ordered the formation of a position construction committee, which not only guided the construction of two lines of defense in Rehe, but also guided the construction of the more than 400 miles of the Great Wall.
Fortifications were also built along the line.
However, the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. It is very difficult to excavate the hard soil in the cold and freezing north. The position construction committee has provided a lot of high-end talents, but talents do not mean having tools. The lack of tools not only fails to
The two lines of defense in Rehe were completed, and even the third line of defense, the Great Wall, was perfunctory.
When the war broke out, the simple fortifications built were naturally unable to withstand the Japanese troops with aircraft on top and tanks and artillery on the bottom. It was inevitable that they would retreat with heavy casualties.
"Bold, the war is imminent, and you gave up, so shaking the morale of the army, what is your intention?" Zhang Xueliang raised his thick eyebrows and asked sternly.
"Commander, since the members of our independent regiment galloped for thirteen days and nights from Xi'an to Peiping with light armor, they are determined to die. Even if they are defeated, our independent regiment will never retreat even half a step. The Japanese aggressors want to cross our defense line.
, we can only step over the corpses of 2,000 members of our independent regiment, Liu Lang’s heart, please let the commander know clearly." Liu Lang responded resolutely.
Liu Lang knew that he had hit on Zhang Xueliang's sore point before. He had already lost the three eastern provinces and was accused of being a national sinner. So even though he knew he couldn't defend Rehe, he still had to go all out. If he didn't really fight
In one scene, he was really going to be criticized by thousands of people.
This was also the time and space in history that Zhang Xueliang knew that he could use the Great Wall defense line to inflict maximum damage on the Japanese army, but Zhang Xueliang still stubbornly divided his army of 100,000 into three groups to fight hard against the Japanese army. The result was naturally a defeat. The whole province of Rehe surrendered in just half a month.
The whole territory fell, and Zhang Xueliang had to take the blame and resign.
Facing the somewhat angry young marshal, Liu Lang's only option was to express his determination. Otherwise, the Independent Regiment, which had offended its supreme leader, would definitely have a hard time in the past month. The possibility of going to the Chifeng front line to be cannon fodder also greatly increased.
Sure enough, after hearing that Liu Lang did not explain, but only responded to his anger with determination to die, Zhang Xueliang's raised eyebrows slowly softened.
The young colonel in front of him was not only brave, but his judgment was surprisingly consistent with his own. This was the main reason why Zhang Xueliang suppressed his anger.
Many times, not only men and women have to have the same views, but also men and men.
At least so far, Liu Lang's military temperament is in line with Marshal Zhang's aesthetics.
"Okay, it's good to have such determination. If you want to defend the Great Wall defense line, which areas will you focus on defending?" Zhang Xueliang asked suddenly.
"My subordinates believe that Xifengkou, Luo Wenyu, Gubeikou, Nantianmen, Xinglong, Lengkou, Jielingkou and Yiyuankou should be the key points of attack by the Japanese army." Liu Lang followed the 400 with his finger.
The Great Wall leads to important passes one by one.
In the past historical time and space, the Japanese army attacked these pass with heavy troops, which was known as the Great Wall War of Resistance in history. Liu Lang, who is familiar with military history, naturally has no trouble talking about it. Of course, Zhang Xueliang also deployed heavy troops at most of these passes.
Crucially, even though he had been dismissed from his post before the Great Wall War, no one could deny his contribution in the Great Wall War.
Zhang Xueliang followed the movement of Liu Lang's fingers, and his eyes flashed. Except for a few points that were not included in his defensive system, Liu Lang was surprisingly similar to what he expected.
"Then where is the battlefield you want to choose?"
"Here." Liu Lang firmly pointed his finger at a location on the map.
"Luo Wenyu?" Zhang Xueliang frowned.
Less than 100 miles away from Xifengkou, where the Great Wall turns from west to east and turns south, the mountains are extremely steep and narrow roads are crisscrossed. It is really not the best place to march, especially for the Japanese army with tanks.
That was the reason why Zhang Xueliang did not regard this place as a key attack direction for the Japanese army. In Zhang Xueliang's view, only one battalion was needed to garrison there.
Zhang Xueliang didn't know, but Liu Lang knew.
Although the terrain of Luo Wenyu is rugged, the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties when encountering the Chinese army's vigorous resistance at Xifengkou, so they came up with the idea of threatening the main pass of Xifengkou. If Luo Wenyu was breached, the Japanese army could not only threaten Xifengkou from the southwest
, you can also drive south to Zunhua, and the Chinese army deployed in the Pingdong area will be cut off. In that case, the Chinese army's defense line in North China will inevitably collapse.
Especially after the then commander of the 8th Division of the Japanese Army learned that Luo Wenyu was not heavily guarded, he sent two brigades of puppet troops, the 4th Brigade and the 8th Cavalry Regiment, totaling nearly 20,000 people, to attack Luo Wenyu, and even sent
More than 20 aircraft took turns bombing.
Song Zheyuan, commander of the 29th Army who detected the Japanese movement, sent a total of 20,000 people from two divisions and three regiments to reinforce Luo Wenyu. Both sides suffered heavy casualties in bloody battles for several days, and Luo Wenyu was able to hold on.