With the fall of Peiping, Liu Lang ordered the entire army to prepare and prepare for war at any time.
Regarding the expedition, Zhang Ruhao secretly telegraphed the Red Central Committee, and the Central Committee replied: This is a national war, and the entire Red Army is ready for the call of the people to rush to the anti-Japanese front line. You are a member of the Red Army. It is also the responsibility of all officers and soldiers to serve the country and be loyal to the people.
, I hope your ministry will achieve great results like the Great Wall again."
Liu Lang then issued a mobilization order for the entire regiment on behalf of the independent regiment headquarters.
In addition to the base garrison battalion left behind, the entire army, starting from regimental commander Liu Lang and below, each soldier brings with him "dried meat" that can last for seven days and two months, five kilograms of "fried rice" dry food, one kilogram of clean water for individual soldiers, and high-concentration sulfa drugs
Ten pieces, one field blanket, one pair of single shoes and one pair of cotton-padded shoes, two sets of single-layered clothes, and the cotton-padded clothes will be transported by the baggage company.
This time, Liu Lang's troops did not wear unique camouflage uniforms, but regular national army combat uniforms. Because this battle involved a total of 1 million people from both sides, the independent regiment of more than 3,000 people was like a sea in the sea.
The result of being dripping and maverick was not that he was praised for his handsome clothes, but that he was caught and bombed indiscriminately by the Japanese army.
There is a precedent for this. During the last counterattack in time and space, only the Guangxi army wore steel helmets and yellow military uniforms on the entire battlefield. Because the smoke bombs released by the Japanese army were mistaken for poison gas, the Guangxi army had never fought against the Japanese invaders.
The situation was chaotic. As a result, the target was too obvious and was used as a living target by the Japanese invaders. The casualties were heavy, and nearly 10,000 people died on the battlefield.
Wearing the uniforms of the National Army will not be mistaken by our own side, and at the same time, it will prevent the Japanese invaders from knowing the unit number immediately, which is more conducive to hiding themselves. The independent regiment re-made the latest models based on the uniforms of the National Army a few months ago and they are not special.
An independent "tactical vest", including leggings.
In addition to all supplies and equipment, the infantrymen carry a semi-automatic rifle, a three-sided military spur, 300 rounds of 6.5 mm caliber machine rifle bullets, 4 long-handled grenades, 2 grenades, a single engineer shovel, and a simple gas mask.
Deputy; sergeant, deputy squad leader, carrying a submachine gun, a three-pointed military bayonet, a standard saber, a pistol, 300 rounds of bullets, 4 grenades, an individual engineer shovel, and a simple gas mask; machine gun shooters, deputy,
Carry a machine gun and 500 rounds of bullets, a pistol, 50 rounds of bullets, 4 grenades each, an individual engineer shovel, and a simple gas mask; a rocket launcher shooter, carry an individual rocket launcher and 3 rocket launchers,
Each soldier has one pistol, 50 rounds of bullets, 4 grenades, one shovel each for individual engineers, and one pair of simple gas masks. Each infantry soldier has a load of more than 20 kilograms.
A lieutenant-level officer, a submachine gun, a pistol, 200 rounds of bullets, 2 grenades, a triangular spur and a standard saber, and a simple gas mask.
A school-level officer, a pistol, 100 rounds of bullets, 2 grenades, a triangular spur and a standard saber, a simple gas mask, and a piece of wild silk stab-proof clothing.
In addition to the necessary security personnel carrying infantry equipment, all other military services such as artillery, engineers, baggage troops, medical corps, and communications corps are equipped with pistols, 50 rounds of ammunition, and grenades, two triangular military spurs, and a three-sided military spur to reduce the load and carry professional equipment as much as possible.
Artillery battalion, carrying three companies of rocket launcher, mortar and mountain artillery, one platoon of reinforced infantry security, 300 strong men, equipped with ten twelve-barreled rocket launchers, six 75-caliber Bofors mountain guns, and 12 82-caliber mortars
Doors, 8 20mm twin anti-aircraft cannons.
In the special brigade, except for two people who were unable to participate in the battle due to physical reasons and stayed at the base, the rest of the seven teams under Yu Xiancheng, plus Mo Mao Mao and Shi Datou, all went out. The equipment was mainly based on all the equipment received half a year ago, and each team was equipped with individual radios.
One communicator and one piece of wild silk underwear for each person. The average weight per person of the special brigade is more than 30 kilograms.
In addition, each platoon-level unit is equipped with a newly developed infantry radio communicator and a telescope. Each company-level unit is equipped with an infantry radio communicator, a telescope, and a code book for national material storage locations.
In addition to the equipment provided by company-level units, each battalion-level unit is also equipped with a field radio station.
In addition, the entire army is assigned a steel helmet according to the number of people, and the baggage company is responsible for transporting it and collecting it before going into battle. The baggage company must carry dry food for the entire army in January, and bullets, grenades, artillery shells and other materials for the entire army to fight in February.
The baggage company will be equipped with 250 three-buoy vehicles, the artillery battalion will be equipped with 80 three-buoy vehicles, the engineering company will be equipped with 20 three-buoy vehicles, the field hospital will be equipped with 30 three-buoy vehicles, the regiment communications platoon will be equipped with 10 three-buoy vehicles, and the regiment headquarters will be equipped with 250 three-buoy vehicles.
The Guard Platoon Regiment Headquarters is equipped with 15 Three-Bungee vehicles, the 1st Infantry Battalion is equipped with 110 Three-Bungee vehicles, the suicide battalion is equipped with 70 Three-Bungee vehicles, the Bayonet Battalion is equipped with 70 Three-Bungee vehicles, and the Panshi Battalion is equipped with 70 Three-Bungee vehicles.
Two squadrons of the Blue Army, with 420 people accompanying the army, are equipped with 50 three-wheelers, and the remaining 35 three-wheelers are used by the army's military supplies office for procurement of supplies, maintenance and deployment.
The Munitions Department, in addition to two platoons of 90 logistics support personnel, including cooks, accompanying the army, and 30 skilled workers of various types, are responsible for the maintenance of vehicles, guns, artillery and other weapons and equipment.
As the munitions unit of the entire regiment, the Munitions Department is responsible for preparing all supplies within a week.
Liu Lang knew that if nothing unexpected happened, the expedition would begin this month.
The bald commander must have adopted some of Mr. Jiang Baili's opinions, which was to increase troops in Songhu, attract the Japanese invaders to gather in the southeast, and change the direction of the Japanese invasion from north to south to east to west, in order to facilitate long-term operations.
The national war is about to begin.
In the north of China, more than 100,000 Japanese troops have swept across Pingjin and the Chinese army is retreating. However, China has quietly turned all the elite forces it can mobilize to the southeast.
Blood has enveloped the sky over China's economic center.
Behind Songhu, since it is the capital, China cannot lose.
In early August, the war in the north continued to rage. Already aware that this was not a local battle but a national war, the Chinese High Command followed the National Defense Plan A and the army concentrated its forces to prepare to annihilate the 3,000 Japanese marines in Shanghai. The navy blocked the entire Jiangyin
Annihilate the Japanese Yangtze River Fleet. However, due to leaks of secrets, the Japanese Yangtze River Fleet fled from the Yangtze Estuary in a hurry.
If the Chinese army does nothing, it will not stop. When the war has started in North China, it will never tolerate the presence of the Japanese Marine Corps in Shanghai. Moreover, since the war has begun, the Chinese army cannot enter Shanghai as stipulated after the January 28th Incident.
From the Chinese point of view, the regulations on the area are naturally invalid. On August 13, the Chinese army secretly stationed at Hongqiao Airport killed the Japanese captain Isamu Oyama who came to conduct reconnaissance. This was for the "August 13th" Incident.
Driven by the nationwide wave of resistance against Japan, the national government issued the "Declaration of Self-Defense and Anti-Japanese War" the next day, declaring that "China will never give up any part of its territory. In the event of aggression, it can only respond by exercising its natural right of self-defense." August 14
, the local Ninth Army of the Chinese Army, under the command of Commander-in-Chief General Zhang Zhizhong, commanded three German weapon divisions to start a general offensive, and the Chinese Air Force also went to Shanghai to coordinate operations.
On August 14, the morning after the Battle of Songhu broke out, the armies of both sides had not yet engaged in large-scale fighting. Neither army expected that on this day, the air force would occupy the leading role on the battlefield.
According to the combat plan drawn up by the Japanese side, the mission of the Japanese naval aviation is to conduct a large-scale surprise attack on the Chinese Air Force on the first day of the war, striving to achieve a preemptive strike effect. At midnight on the 13th, Hasegawa Kiyoshi issued an order to the naval aviation under his command:
The battle orders came out in the early morning of the 14th: the Second Air Force air raids on Nanjing, Guangde, and Hangzhou Airports; the Kanoya Air Force of the First United Air Force air raids on Nanchang Airport; the Eighth, Tenth Battle Groups and the First Mine Squadron air raids
Shanghai Hongqiao Airport; First Air Force and Kisarazu Air Force are on standby as reserves.
At dawn on the 14th, a huge low-pressure airflow moved over the sea surface of the southeastern coast of China. The sky was windy and rainy, and the wind speed reached 22 meters per second. Due to the severe weather conditions, at 5:30 in the morning, Hasegawa Kiyoshi ordered
: Wait for the weather to improve before launching into the air for combat operations.
Although the Japanese side has learned that the Chinese Air Force has urgently transferred most of its combat aircraft to the southeastern coastal areas, at least in the local airspace of Songhu, there is no obvious superiority or inferiority in the air force between the Chinese and Japanese militaries, but the Japanese army still did not
Take the Chinese Air Force seriously.
They generally believe that the Chinese Air Force's aircraft models are old and limited in number, and they are reluctant to use them for shopping. Moreover, the Chinese Air Force's pilots have insufficient combat experience and do not have the guts to fight the Japanese with live ammunition. They can only use sudden attacks to defeat the Chinese Air Force's combat aircraft.
If the planes are destroyed in the hangars or on the runways of several airports along the southeast coast, the Chinese Air Force is basically wiped out.