"The 29th Army of the China Army is stationed at Xifengkou with a total of 60,000 people, which is a little troublesome." Nobuyoshi Muto frowned slightly when he read this chapter of information and said to himself.
But it's just a little troublesome. There are so many people in China. Muto Nobuyoshi, who is used to his opponents having an army and several divisions, actually doesn't pay much attention to the 60,000 people of the 29th Army.
Will the army in China, which failed in the melee between warlords and was absorbed by the even worse Northeastern Army, catch the eye of General Muto?
The 60,000 people of the 29th Army are not in the eyes of General Muto, let alone the small independent regiment. Even if there are three words "Central Army" hanging in front, when one glances at the independent regiment of 2,000 people stationed on the flank of Xifengkou 80
Luo Wenyu and General Muto directly ignored this information.
The reason why Muto Nobuyoshi didn't take this information to heart at all was very simple. First of all, he had no intention of attacking Luo Wenyu. The Xifengkou attack area was wider and suitable for the deployment of armored vehicles and tanks. Muto Nobuyoshi felt that that was what he wanted.
The main attack point, otherwise the Chinese would not have sent 60,000 people to garrison it; secondly, with a mere 2,000 people defending it, the Imperial Japanese Army sent a brigade to defeat them with just one charge.
It only took a week for Muto Nobuyoshi to defeat the opponent's army of more than 100,000 with 40,000 troops. He also built various fortifications to defend the army. No matter how serious and cautious he was, he still felt that he was invincible at this time.
feel.
The loneliness and defeat in Master Jin's works are invincible and lonely. At this time, Muto Nobuyoshi also felt lonely that he could not find an opponent in the world.
The invincible and lonely General Muto did not know that his neglect would cause tens of thousands of the elite and invincible Imperial Army of Japan to shed their blood on this section of the ancient Great Wall in China. Not only would the Imperial Japanese Army, which was invincible in Asia,
Jun Peng's head was broken and bloody, and the marshal's throne he had originally gained in exchange for victory in the past time and space was also far away from him.
Liu Lang also didn't know that the false information he handed out, which seemed to be false but was actually true, did not gain the attention of the commander of the Kwantung Army at all. To put it bluntly, it was ignored.
The result of ignoring it was that Liu Lang had three more days. The Japanese army should have marched into Luo Wenyu on the second day after the setback at Xifengkou, but it was delayed until the fifth day. It was this extra day.
3 days, a huge help to the independent group.
Hundreds of mules and horses, nearly a hundred carts, and a company of up to 700 people and strong men exhausted all their strength, spent 38 days, and traveled 3,300 miles to arrive.
An average of nearly 90 miles of high-intensity marching every day. Although there are mules, horses, camels, heavy objects, and mules and horses to ride on, this is also a huge test for the soldiers. All the large equipment and ammunition reserves of the independent regiment are available.
Baggage train.
In order to rush to build fortifications before the Japanese army attacked the Great Wall, Liu Lang lost almost all his large equipment and ammunition. If the Japanese army attacked three days in advance, would an independent regiment with only a small number of machine gun bullets and only one basic rifle bullet be able to withstand for a day?
Hard to say.
But the lonely General Muto gave Liu Lang three more days. In these three days, Liu Lang used steel plates transported across almost half of China to reinforce the fortifications in many important places. At the same time, they had already been connected
A stretch of tunnels was renovated by Liu Lang, and there were more than thirty exits around the entire mountain. Liu Lang, who had an extra 700 laborers, even had the spare capacity to build trench fortifications under the reverse slope. This was done by Liu Lang.
The worst-case scenario was that if the Japanese invaders went crazy and mobilized heavy troops to surround the entire Luo Wenyu Pass, such a prepared position would also be a hindrance to the Japanese troops who dared to outflank them.
If Liu Lang was still afraid of being cut off from his retreat before, he is no longer afraid. The nearly seven-kilometer mountain range actually looks like the word "口" without the bottom horizontal line. It faces the north on the front and has a wide gap on the back.
entrance, but if you say that you can blow up the chrysanthemums of the independent regiment by taking the back road and entering through the "mouth", then the Japanese invaders are thinking too much. The tunnels built on the mountains on both sides and the MG42 machine guns in the trench positions
It can beat the Japanese Imperial Army into dogs who bravely rushed into the semi-encirclement.
In other words, in more than 20 days, Liu Lang almost turned Luo Wenyu Pass into a small fortress, capable of launching attacks both internally and externally. Even the artillery battery included two Bofors mountain guns and more than twenty Type 82s.
Liu Lang put all the mortars into the artillery tunnel.
Liu Lang also placed his regiment headquarters in an underground tunnel behind the mountain in the front position. The tunnel was dug more than four meters deep and was covered with steel plates, logs and a thick layer of soil. Not to mention explosive packs, it was a real navigation.
Even with a one-tenth-thousandth chance of bombing it, it wouldn't be able to explode.
Here, it is definitely much stronger than the greenhouse regiment headquarters hiding in the so-called safe zone several miles away. The Japanese cannons cannot blow up the reverse slope tunnel, and there is no problem in blasting across the mountains to the plains several miles away. In addition to being able to quickly
There is no other use in running away.
What's more, for a fat man from Sichuan Province in the south, the cold in the north is really poisonous. The fear of cold is simply something buried in the genes. Even if Liu Lang's nerves are still tempered thousands of times, the sharp blade of the future republic will still be strong.
I feel like my sleep these days is really terrible.
It has to be said that since the underground tunnels were created, no soldiers are willing to live in wooden houses on the ground anymore. The temperature in the complete underground tunnels is much higher than the low temperature on the surface where water often drips and turns into ice. At least, put the rainproof cloth on the hay.
A bunk bed, wrapped in soft quilts, there is no biting cold wind blowing in from the cracks in the wood, and it is more or less possible to have a good sleep.
Of course, the most important thing is not to build a more complete fortification system, but to have all the ammunition reserves of the independent regiment plus two months of rations.
Without these, the combat effectiveness of the independent regiment would be reduced by more than half.
Decades later, whenever historians of the Chinese and Japanese armies mentioned the first major battle of the Independence Regiment, they would without exception criticize Nobuyoshi Muto, thinking that if he had not underestimated the independence
The existence of the independent regiment, the intensity of the Japanese artillery fire and the far superior number of people were enough to attack Luo Wenyu when the independent regiment was not fully prepared and the ammunition storage was insufficient.
However, Muto Nobuyoshi not only ignored it, but even after encountering the stubborn resistance of the 29th Route Army at Xifengkou and suffering heavy losses, he continued to attack in anger. It was only three days later that he thought he should trouble Luo Wenyu, who had a weak defender.
What is even more shocking is that Muto Nobuyoshi made another stupid move and rejected the proposal of Nishi Yiichi, the commander of the 8th Division, and sent a telegram to the Kwantung Army Field Headquarters 150 miles away, believing that Luo Wenyu was only a regiment of 2,000 men.
While stationed, the main force should continue to attack Xifengkou to contain the main force of the 29th Army. Sending a brigade of more than 7,000 people and two artillery brigades would be enough to capture Luo Wenyu.
As a result, the poor 4th Brigade became the victim of a seemingly reasonable military order issued by Commander Nobuyoshi Muto, and became one of the countless shining achievements of the fully prepared independent regiment.
Of course, military historians did not just put Liu Lang on the highest podium in history. They also criticized Liu Lang. They believed that Liu Lang's advance alone left all the heavy equipment and ammunition far behind.
What follows is also an extremely stupid act.
If the Japanese commander is not dazzled by the continuous victory, he only needs to send more than 10,000 elite Japanese troops, supplemented by the heavy artillery such as the tank brigade, heavy artillery brigade and artillery wing, which lacks ammunition.
It is difficult for an independent regiment to hold on for more than a day, even if their fortifications are perfectly constructed, so complete that even the most demanding military experts cannot find any faults.
If the independent regiment's baggage company fails to arrive as scheduled due to accidents on the way, even if the Japanese army only dispatches the 4th brigade, the independent regiment will suffer heavy losses. Even if the independent regiment with serious personnel losses receives its baggage in the future,
It will no longer be able to withstand the heavy siege behind the Japanese army.
Unfortunately, there is no if in the world.
The arrival of Liu Lang, a little butterfly, finally changed the traces of history, and the intelligence he deliberately released was better than the Japanese army in the past, when Luo Wenyu's defenders were only one battalion.
Both sides made enough mistakes, but taking advantage of the time difference, Liu Lang had time to make up for his mistakes, but the Japanese side was still immersed in the dream of continuing to advance and taking the rich Pingjin and Tianjin into its arms.