"Reporting to the division commander, the vanguard troops have already exchanged fire with the enemy. The Japanese troops on the opposite side tried to go around the city to attack, but were blocked by our troops and were temporarily repulsed."
"Okay, I get it."
Wang Zongyao looked at the fortification in front of him. This was a defense fortification that had been built for several months. It could be said to be indestructible. During the Chinese New Year, Wang Zongyao did not waste any cement and rammed earth. He led his people to re-plan it on the spot.
defense zone.
"Does General Li Zongren have any instructions?"
"There are no instructions from Chief Li yet. Now let us stick to this place and leave a way out for the defenders in Xuzhou City."
"The back route, it's hard for me to guarantee that this back route can be held on. Come on, let's go to the vanguard to see how the fighting is going. By the way, let's find out which Japanese army is on the opposite side?"
The battlefield in Xuzhou has been prepared for such a long time, and the battle will finally begin today. Xuzhou is the center of defense, and everything must be ensured that Xuzhou City is not lost. Once Xuzhou City is lost, the Japanese strategic center will move forward, where Wang Zongyao is.
It's also difficult to keep.
"Boom boom boom!"
Before reaching the position, you can hear the sound of artillery fire. The Japanese artillery fires one after another. This is the suppression of industrial countries. Facing a low-level industrial country like Japan, China has no room to fight back.
"Master!"
Wang Zongyao came to the headquarters covered in dust. Everyone in the headquarters is busy now, and the regiment leader is arranging defenses. Since it has been prepared in advance, it is only necessary to mobilize people according to the situation.
"Commander Liu, how long has the shelling been going on now?"
"Since repulsing the enemy's first organized attack, we have been shelling for fifteen minutes."
"These little Japanese are really rich!"
As the saying goes, a cannon is worth ten thousand taels of gold when it fires. There were a few cannons in Wang Zongyao's previous regiment, but the shells for those cannons cost several hundred yuan. It was very distressing to fire one round, let alone fire for fifteen minutes continuously.
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"I guess the bombardment is about to stop. How many Japs did you fight off just now? Can I give you this treatment?"
"we do not know!"
The two men shouted at the top of their lungs. On a battlefield under heavy artillery fire, it was difficult to find many people with intact voices. After a battle, it was common for the voice to become hoarse.
"Pay attention to the casualties here. If you can't hold on anymore, I can mobilize the reserve team to go up!"
"No! I can hold on!"
Wang Zongyao patted Commander Liu on the shoulder, put on his helmet and went to the frontline trenches to observe the situation. In fact, he still didn't understand much about the Japanese offensive. Instead of listening to the battle report, it was better to actually see it.
"Master, please go back, it's too dangerous here."
"What's so dangerous about this? Isn't it just a matter of death? I have to go see for myself how the Japanese attack. Otherwise, I will command so many soldiers by myself. What if I lose? I have soldiers
Given my loyalty and life, I have the obligation and responsibility to lead them to victory!"
Wang Zongyao tightened his helmet and walked through the trench with his body low. Many soldiers were hiding in the anti-gun holes below to avoid the artillery fire, but there were still many soldiers observing the movements of the Japanese army. If the soldiers were not afraid of death, who could?
Those who are not afraid of death have to do this. Wang Zongyao is not afraid every time he fights, but it is useless to be afraid. The national crisis is at the forefront, not to mention that there is a chairman of the committee above his head.
"Our place is pretty good. At least we have Zhang Zizhong blocking the front. Without Zhang Zizhong who intercepted most of the Japanese troops, how could we have defended it?"
Wang Zongyao knew very well what was going on with General Zhang Zizhong. Do you think Zhang Zizhong was willing to give up Beijing? Later, after investigation, the Chairman also felt that this was the right thing to do, but he was not allowed to vindicate General Zhang Zizhong and punished the general.
.This undoubtedly confirmed General Zhang's charges. The purpose was to consume the motley army and maintain the central government's rule.
Zhang Zizhong led the 29th Army to fight in North China. Every time he encountered the Japanese army, he was sure to win a great victory, but he still could not take off the label of traitor. The nickname "Zhang Ni Zizhong" has now become popular throughout China. There is no other way to abandon Beijing.
The purpose was to preserve strength and confront the Japanese army. However, in this way, it gave other people the truth that Pang Bingxun was a villain and used rumors to kill General Zhang Zizhong. After General Zhang Zizhong evacuated from Peiping, he bravely killed the enemy many times.
To clarify his ambition, he was tricked by rumors by the old dog Pang Bingxun.
The whole country cursed Zhang Zizhong as a traitor. General Zhang was simply unable to defend himself. He could only rely on victory after victory to wash away his shame. It was domestic public opinion that drove General Zhang to death.
Only by dying in battle can the name of a traitor be cleared.
"Send a report to General Zhang. We are already at war with the Japanese army. Brother Wang, be careful. Send a report to Chief Li again. The Japanese army has arrived at Xuzhou City and the battle has begun!"
Wang Zongyao directly sent two telegrams, one to Li Zongren and the other to Zhang Zizhong. The 29th Army led by Zhang Zizhong fought bloody battles in North China, but Wang Zongyao was too aware of the suffering involved. The Nationalist Government did not recruit anyone, only one person.
Fire bullets. Although it is said that the army is getting bigger and bigger, the real backbone of the army cannot be replenished. I am afraid that in the end, even after the blood is drained, the 29th Army will really be finished.
"The Japs' artillery fire is quite fierce. Come on, let's go back to our headquarters. Now tell Commander Liu that as long as the Japs don't take the initiative to attack, we are not allowed to fire a single shot."
"Mr. Wang, aren't we just passively avoiding the war?"
"What the hell, just passively avoiding the war? You and those literati love to play with words. Wasn't Zhang Zizhong accused of being a traitor by a bunch of literati? Remember, this is not called passively avoiding the war. We are defeated.
If we lose again, do you think we still have the courage to launch an attack?"
We have lost too many battles, so many that we are used to losing battles, and so many that we dare not attack. How much poor foreign military aid has been given? Aren't all kinds of sea and road transportation still given to the upper class to transport other things? All this national power has been wasted.
of consumed.
On the transportation route in Chongqing, you can see that someone actually flew pianos over. On such an important aircraft transportation route, you are actually transporting pianos? Even though the Americans supported the Anti-Japanese War and killed hundreds of pilots on the hump route,
The practice of transporting such luxury goods is still commonplace.
"But we can't be so blatant, right?"
"Hmph, I'm just stalling for time. If we really want to fight the Japanese, how long do you think we can last? One day? Or two days?"
Wang Zongyao dragged over a soldier and pointed to the rags they were wearing to show to the adjutant next to him.
"Look, they are real people. Can you say they are soldiers when they look like this? You will think they are not, because they do not look like soldiers. But I think they are. Even though they are disheveled and unkempt, they are
But they are still soldiers, because they did not run away on the battlefield, they are already qualified. I just hope they can live, as long as they can live with a gun, it is better than throwing away the gun without doing anything!"