Liu Lang, together with the future general of the Republic, met at the entrance of the village where the 386th Brigade was stationed, the tall and tall National Army Lieutenant General with thick eyebrows and a pair of glasses who looked rather bookish.
As soon as he saw Zhao Shoushan, the future general of the Republic burst out laughing. He first exchanged a military salute and then took the initiative to reach out and shake the hand of the main general of the Northwest Army.
Liu Lang smiled slightly. The reason why he sent a secret message yesterday to come to the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division to discuss matters was because he naturally knew that the national army lieutenant general in front of him who had been stationed in southern Shaanxi had close contacts with the red troops in northern Shaanxi. The famous "
"Xi'an Incident" also had its active role in fueling the flames. In fact, because of the tacit cooperation with the top leaders of the Red Party in the "Xi'an Incident", he was deeply infected by the Red Party. During the "Xi'an Incident", this person even reported to the highest level of the Red Party
The top management made a request to join the party.
However, due to the peaceful settlement of the "Xi'an Incident", Yang's 19th Route Army was reduced to the 38th Army. Zhao Shoushan was the commander of the 17th Division. He did not enter the liberated areas until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War and finally became the deputy commander of the Red Northwest Field Army.
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As a senior official of the Shaanxi Province of the future Republic, it was only natural that he should be so familiar with the future general who was one of the main persons in charge of the underground work of the Red Party.
However, in front of the colonel of the national army, the two of them had no taboos... It would be fine for the future general to know that he was a member of the Red Party, but the lieutenant general of the national army made no secret of it.
That showed that this man had no intention of hiding his admiration for the Red Party member who was also a member of the national army in front of him.
Of course, think about the past time and space, when this man passed through northern Shaanxi on his way back to Xi'an after the defeat of Niangziguan, he was received by Taizu and other high-ranking Red officials. He was even promoted to Commander of the 38th Army in the following year.
Under the arrangement of the army, the teaching brigade of the 38th Army was established and secretly trained more than 500 Red Party members. You can know that he was already disappointed with the bald principal who imprisoned the two generals Zhang and Yang. When the other invaders invaded and the country was in crisis, he did not
Raising an army to rebel was already the limit of his patience! And Liu Lang, the famous thorn in the side, was probably included in his circle of friends. This should also be a signal he sent out.
However, this signal came so simple and direct, even without the step of testing. This person is indeed the Shaanxi Lengwa who has a clear distinction between love and hate and a straightforward personality!
After the two generals shook hands and exchanged greetings, they collectively turned their attention to Liu Lang, who was standing aside and smiling.
"Brigadier Chen, the whole family doesn't say a word. Well, I didn't come here today to rekindle old friendship with you. It's because I received a heavy gift from Commander Liu, and I'm very good at it, so I won't come if I don't come!" Lieutenant General Zhao said directly.
said.
The future general smiled and said: "Mr. Zhao, each other, Commander Liu is a rich man, and I have benefited a lot, otherwise the three of us would not be able to get together before the war today. But, Master Zhao, you and I can't
You have to be careful and don't be fooled by Captain Liu. This gift is easy to accept, but I'm afraid this matter won't be easy to handle!"
"There, there, you two officers can rest assured. If you are not interested in what Liu Lang said, you can just take the gift and leave. How can I, a little colonel, take away the two officers?" Liu Lang was busy posing.
He waved his hand and replied.
The lieutenant general and major general laughed together. Let's not talk about anything else. They liked Liu Lang's cheerful personality, which was much younger than them. Of course, more importantly, Liu Lang used the two things he had experienced before.
The battle has shown that he is a patriotic soldier, and an extremely good patriotic soldier.
Based on this alone, although Liu Lang is not a general, the two generals have put him on the same level as themselves. Perhaps, in their hearts, Colonel Liu's future must be more than just a junior colonel!
The three of them returned to the small courtyard of the 386 Brigade headquarters while chatting and laughing. Under the quiet arrangements of the future general, the security guards in the small courtyard had extended the cordon 100 meters outward. Apart from the three of them, there was no one else. The joke was over, now
Naturally, we have to talk about business.
The three of them are all generals of an army. What they are talking about not only involves the lives of 20,000 people in their army, but also the success or failure of this battle. Everyone knows that Niangzi Pass cannot be lost, and Jindong
If it is lost, Taiyuan will be lost; if Taiyuan is lost, Shanxi will be lost.
Faced with the two generals' suddenly serious faces and bright eyes, Liu Lang did not panic. He slowly laid out the map of eastern Shanxi on the table and first asked a question: "Two officers, in your opinion, if the Japanese army
If they come to invade Jindong, how will they fight?"
The first person to speak was Shaanxi Lengwa Lieutenant General Zhao. He raised his thick eyebrows, put down his tea cup, and said with a strong Shaanxi accent: "If the Japanese invaders come, they will use the Niangziguan area as the main attack point, and the troops in our defense area have not yet been fully deployed.
This is a serious danger. If the Japanese invaders attack one point with all their strength and fail at one point, the entire army will collapse. The Snow Flower Mountain in Jingxing County where our 12,000 troops are currently stationed is a place where the Japanese invaders must pass. Our troops have reported to the Second Theater Command.
We are determined to defend these important places and buy time for our army to reinforce."
Obviously, this idea came to him after many days of thinking, and it was definitely not something he thought of just when he came here.
Liu Lang and the future general looked at each other silently, with admiration on their faces. It was really this man's choice that required extraordinary courage.
Moreover, Liu Lang knew better that he didn't just talk the talk. In the past time and space, Lieutenant General Zhao and his Seventeenth Division did just that.
Where is Snowflake Mountain? This mountain is a rocky mountain between Niangziguan and Jingxing. It dominates the left side of the passage into Niangziguan. To the north of Snowflake Mountain, the Zhengtai Railway passes through the foot of the mountain. The Japanese army must conquer this distance from Niangziguan for the main battle.
In order to directly attack Niangziguan, the 17th Division can stop the invading Japanese invaders from a position fifteen kilometers away from Niangziguan. Naturally, as he said, it can help the 26th Route Army and the 26th Route Army who are still advancing towards Niangziguan and those who are still on the way.
Along the way, the 22nd Army, which was running on iron legs, was trying to buy time.
However, this choice is not so easy to make. People who have never experienced fighting with the Japanese army have no idea how fierce the Japanese artillery fire will be. Liu Lang and the independent regiment fought at the Great Wall. If there were no pre-established anti-slope tunnels,
, no matter how tenacious the soldier's will is, and how good the light weapons in his hands are, it is still a losing situation. When a 150-caliber heavy artillery shell comes down, an area of tens or even hundreds of square meters disappears into thin air, which is covered with steel plates and reinforced concrete.
The bunker that was built was blown into rubble even if it was hit directly.
You must know that the number of Chinese troops in Hebei now includes tens of thousands of remnants of the 29th Route Army, several divisions of Cheng Qian and Tang Enbo, two divisions of the 52nd Army of Guan Linzheng, and two divisions of Wu Keren's 67th Army.
The number of this division was several times that of Bunzaburo Kawagishi's Western Front Army, with more than 50,000 men. However, they were still retreating steadily and could not resist.
Is it because the morale of the military is weak and the soldiers are not brave enough? No, it is because there is a lack of heavy artillery that can compete with the Japanese army. As a permanent division of the Japanese invaders, the 20th Division's artillery regiment is equipped with artillery, in addition to mountain artillery and field artillery.
12 105-caliber howitzers. The 105-caliber howitzer, which weighs more than 2 tons, may not be as good as the 150-caliber artillery, but one shot will kill all humans and animals within a radius of dozens of meters. Simple field fortifications cannot resist it at all. And there are Japanese troops in the sky.
The bombers are aiding the evil, and a 250-pound or even 500-pound aerial bomb can even blow up a platoon or even a company's defensive position into a sea of flames.
Everyone in the world has seen the Chinese army being defeated again and again, but they have not seen the huge gap in heavy weapons between the two armies. Only Liu Lang, who returned to this time and space, knew how difficult it was for the Chinese soldiers to resist in the early stages of the war.
With their flesh and blood, they were resisting the Japanese aggressors' artillery fire. They resisted until the Japanese's logistical supplies were exhausted. Only then did the two armies have the opportunity to engage in close combat. Only then did the Chinese soldiers have the opportunity to shoot the few bullets in their rifles, and
With a gun and a bayonet shorter than the Japanese invaders' 38-gai, they fought back desperately against the enemy's blade.
That kind of bravery that is weak but never gives up is the last hope to ensure that the Chinese nation can continue to thrive on this land.
As for Snowflake Mountain, it is impossible to construct a reverse slope tunnel in a short time. Snowflake Mountain is not a dirt mountain near the Great Wall, but a stone mountain. The Japanese will not leave too much time to the 17th Division. In the past time and space,
The so-called fortifications at Snowflake Mountain and the important areas of Fululing that the 17th Division later defended were nothing more than fortifications built with sand and gravel packed in sacks.
Therefore, when the battle of Niangziguan was over, how many of the twelve thousand men of Zhao Shoushan's 17th Division, who had been invited to fight in Snow Flower Mountain, were left? Liu Lang couldn't bear to read that thrilling number.
Twenty-seven hundred people. The Shaanxi scholar in front of him led more than 10,000 people under his command to fight against the Japanese invaders for more than ten days and nights. Tens of thousands of Shaanxi Lengba fell on this bloody battlefield and failed to return home.
The numbers in history books are cold after all. But people are so vivid.
Liu Lang couldn't help but see blood in front of his eyes, the color of blood belonging to the 17th Division.