After walking through the mountains for about 40 minutes, in the mountains only 3,000 meters away from the dock, Tang Dao, accompanied by the major general brigade commander, walked into the rather simple farmhouse.
That is the temporary division headquarters of the 11th Division in Shipai Fortress!
It is said that Tang Dao was promoted quickly at a young age, but there is no comparison. Lieutenant General Hu is just as generous as Tang Dao. He served as the leader of the main regiment at the age of 25, the deputy division commander at the age of 30, and the division commander of the main division at the age of 33. He is not proud of anyone else.
Qualification to be proud of?
Tang Dao has gained a reputation since North China. When he came to visit, except for the commander of the theater, there were few people who did not go out to greet him. However, this one did not go out. Instead, the major general and brigade commander shouted outside the door, "Report to the division commander, Commander Tang."
After arriving!', a low roar came from the small war room, "Come in!"
Walking into the war room with two lanterns lit, I saw a resolute man wearing the uniform of an army lieutenant general with short hair sitting in front of the sand table, staring at the sand table. When he heard the two people coming in, there was no need to talk nonsense, but
Pointing to his side: "Sit!"
Tang Dao was not pretentious, so the one with Da Ma Jin Dao sat down on one side of the sand table.
Seeing Tang Dao's move, Lieutenant General Hu, who was originally expressionless, turned his mouth slightly and his face became much warmer.
"Commander Tang, I heard that you have achieved many victories in the North China battlefield. You are a rare brave and wise general in our Chinese army. This time you moved to central China and came to our Shipai Fortress. I wonder what you think of this battle!" The division commander surnamed Hu asked lightly.
road.
"Reporting to Commander Hu, in order to attack our Shipai Fortress, the Japanese army used hundreds of thousands of troops to harass our thousands-mile defense line in western Hubei. Regarding this kind of battle situation, Tang Dao thought about it, and perhaps he could only sum it up in one sentence: Although there is no success,
Be sure, Cheng Ren is indeed determined." Tang Dao replied loudly.
The teacher surnamed Hu raised his head and for the first time since Tang Dao entered the room, he looked squarely at the young leader of the special forces regiment in front of him.
He imagined how Tang Dao would answer this seemingly easy question he asked.
For Tang Dao to be able to reach his temporary division headquarters, he must first obtain the approval of his main brigade commander. This in itself shows that Tang Dao is not the kind of person whose reputation is hard to live up to, but is a capable person.
He admires such a person but would not necessarily refer to him as Humerus. The main reason may be that Tang Dao is even better than him. He became an army colonel at the age of 22 and has a better resume than him.
The young and energetic Army Lieutenant General would instinctively place Tang Dao as a competitor.
An outstanding young man, faced with such a not-so-difficult test question, is most likely to talk eloquently, express his views on the war situation, and gain the appreciation of his superiors.
If the city had been a little deeper, it might have restrained its sharpness, stopped at the superficial level, and said some unnutritious words about obeying orders.
Through these, the division commander surnamed Hu can basically determine the character of the young army colonel in front of him, and decide where to send him and his elite troops of the Sixth Army to the defense zone.
But Tang Dao unexpectedly only gave an answer expressing his determination. That was fine. The key was that these words were words he had hidden in his heart for a long time.
"Commander Tang, before such a big battle, you actually said that there was no guarantee of success and that would shake the morale of the army. Do you know what the consequences will be?" Commander Hu stared at Tang, his eyes full of coldness.
"As a soldier, Tang Dao cannot determine victory on the battlefield, but the only thing that can determine is whether this eight-foot-long man can live and die with this beautiful land. If Commander Hu thinks that I am shaking the morale of the army, then
Tang Dao also has nothing to say, please ask the superior to punish me and lead my troops to garrison at Gaojialing?" Tang Dao lowered his eyelids, but his eyes were directed at a high ground in the sand table where the 11th Division's military flag was planted.
"Haha! Commander Tang is indeed the leader of the anti-Japanese heroes. He actually spotted the trap I set up for the Japanese at a glance." Commander Hu gave a slight warning and suddenly laughed loudly.
Tang Dao's excellence was simply beyond the expectations of this proud lieutenant general. Not only was he resolute and low-key, his judgment of the battle situation was also first-rate.
Shipai Fortress is said to be defended by the entire 18th Army, but in fact the core positions belong to the defense area of the 11th Division. Another infantry division defends the two wings, and the furthest distance from the main position is 50 kilometers away.
To put it bluntly, Commander Hu is the supreme commander of Shipai Fortress.
This was the defense zone layout formed at the suggestion of the division commander surnamed Hu who spent several months inspecting the mountains after the 11th Division garrisoned Shipai when Yiling was about to fall a few months ago.
He believed that if the Japanese army wanted to attack Shipai, they would definitely adopt the tactic of breaking through the front and outflanking the two wings. The key to holding Shipai lay not only in the defense of the two wings and rear, but also in the front of the Shipai fortress.
If the Japanese army breaks through the front, no matter how good the defenses on the wings and rear are, the Battle of Shipai will be a huge defeat.
Therefore, under the weighing and scheduling of the war zone, the 11th Division, the elite infantry division of the third war zone, was finally placed on the core frontal battlefield of Shipai Fortress for defense. Among the many highlands of Shipai Fortress, the mountainous area of Gaojialing
, is the top priority in Shipai's frontal defense line.
If this area is broken through, the Japanese army will mount artillery on the top of the mountain, and the positions around Shipai will be under the threat of its firepower, and basically declare defeat.
Therefore, the division commander surnamed Hu, who was well aware of its importance, directly placed his temporary division headquarters behind Gaojialing, which meant that he wanted to coexist with this core position.
Tang Dao could actually see his deployment clearly at a glance. Although there were instructions from the military flags on the sand table, it was quite remarkable. How could Lieutenant General Hu be unhappy when there was such a strong general with superb tactical vision before the war?
The so-called competition means that you have to stay alive and win the battle first, right? In future wars, generals who are said to be 'as cunning as foxes and as fierce as tigers' will have extremely high wisdom.
Tang Dao stared at the small high ground on the sand table, but his heart was filled with waves.
Even if you don't show him this sand table, how could he, a little butterfly from the future, not know the importance of this small mountain range, Gaojialing?
On this mountain ridge, a Sino-Japanese war and even the largest hand-to-hand combat in the entire World War II broke out. Perhaps the rumored three hours of no gunfire was a bit exaggerated, but according to the descriptions of local villagers interviewed decades later, they
What I heard most were screams rather than the rumble of cannons from the past few days.
That can only show that the two warring parties are extremely close, so close that the artillery has lost its effect.
Moreover, the mountains here are steep, and when the distance is close, cold weapons are even more effective than hot weapons. From a high position, the distance of five or six meters can be reached in an instant, giving you no chance to pull the bolt and take aim again.
The Chinese army, which has been fighting hard for many days and is short of bullets, is very likely to adopt this method. The Japanese army has always advocated the so-called Bushido spirit. Faced with the bayonets that the Chinese soldiers were forced to raise, it is very likely that they hope to use hand-to-hand combat to defeat the Chinese soldiers' determination to resist.
This was also an opportunity for the largest hand-to-hand combat in the Anti-Japanese War. The Chinese soldiers had no retreat, and the Japanese were equally determined to advance or perish. Both sides were forced into a desperate situation.
Decades later, in order to rebuild the Anti-Japanese War Martyrs Memorial Park, the government dug out the remains of the martyrs from the weathered soil bags. After observing the dead bones, it was found that many of the bones were not fully developed and should belong to no more than 1677 people.
year old youth.
In that era of lack of food and clothing, most children aged sixteen or seventeen were not tall enough to carry a bayonet-mounted rifle.
If they are still alive, maybe they will be like those old people sitting under the old trees by the Shipai River, basking in the sun, drinking tea, and bragging to their old friends: In that battle back then, I defeated 5 people in a row.
A little devil...
It's a pity that they have died in the battlefield. If there is an afterlife, they may be able to sit in the classroom, read the text aloud, and study and play carefree.
Tang Dao still remembers what later generations said about this battle: "Those teenagers who have not grown up yet exchanged their future for the future of all teenagers!"
In the past, the battle to defend Shipai was a victory, but the victory came extremely tragically. Just for Shipai, which was located in the core position, the 18th Army suffered more than 10,000 casualties. If the peripheral battlefields were included, the casualties would be even greater.
Although the Japanese army also suffered heavy losses in this battle, leaving more than 10,000 corpses on the Shipai battlefield, and including those on the periphery, the total casualties exceeded 20,000, but this was not enough, far from it.
Tang Dao's eyes became more determined as he stared at Gaojialing.
This time, the Japanese had to shed more blood.
The mountains and rivers in Yiling are beautiful, and Wushan is among the most beautiful mountains and rivers in the Yangtze River system. But what is missing here is azalea, the kind of wild flower that blooms all over the mountains and dyes the entire mountain red during the flowering season. If it is nourished with the blood of the Japanese, it will definitely be
It will grow well.
"Gaojialing is impossible to give to you. Our troops have deployed defenses here for more than two months. The officers and soldiers are already familiar with the terrain here, and the fortifications have been gradually improved. As soon as your four-line regiment arrives, I will let them give it up.
Damn it, then my brothers in the 11th Division must not call me a teacher with a lump in his head!" The teacher surnamed Hu looked at Tang Dao and stared at the Gaojialing Highlands, but he shook his head and answered Tang Dao very directly.
"What Chief Hu and other officers mean is to deploy defenses layer by layer to gradually wear down the Japanese army!" Tang Dao asked, looking at the marks on the high ground on the sand table.
"Yes, after several months of topographic inspection of the defense zone and analysis of the direction of the Japanese attack on the Fifth Theater Zone's defense line in western Hubei, I judged that the Japanese army's intention was to encircle our Shipai Fortress and break through the key point of Shipai frontally, but other directions are also important.
Isamu Yokoyama is also a rare brave general in the Japanese army. He doesn’t just plan to bloom in the center, he also wants to bloom everywhere." The teacher surnamed Hu nodded.
"Then our regiment can defend the battlefield on the right side of Shipai." Tang Dao saw that this man had made up his mind to use the main force of the 11th Division to defend the front battlefield of Shipai.
A piece of high ground five kilometers away.
The words "Qianniuling" are written there. If Tang Dao's memory is correct, it was a battlefield as fierce as Gaojialing in the Battle of Shipai. The 18th Division of the 18th Army also fought a bloody battle there until the end.
The entire division lost combat effectiveness.
"That's Master Luo's territory. If you want to seize this battle glory, you have to tell him yourself. Hu is not capable." Seeing that Tang Dao's eyes were vicious and focused on Qianniuling, he kept controlling the conversation.
The teacher surnamed Hu who took the initiative showed a wry smile for the first time.
Qianniuling is the most important area of the right wing defense zone. If it is captured, the right wing of the Shipai center defense zone will be completely opened.
However, the reason why he smiled bitterly was not because Tang Dao had a good tactical vision, but because Commander Luo of the 18th Division was perhaps one of the people the proud general was least willing to offend in the third theater.
In this era, China has no shortage of talented people or brave generals. Since the July 7th Incident, among the hundreds of generals who died on the battlefield, which one is not brave?
But this Commander Luo is not only brave, but also ruthless. He is known as the most ruthless man in the Third War Zone.
Of course, before Tang Dao came, he had conducted an investigation on the generals who defended the core area of Shipai. The reason why the 18th Army is known as the direct descendant of the commander surnamed Chen in the third theater and even the cornerstone of the civil engineering department all depends on the two 18th Army.
Main infantry division.
It doesn't matter that many officers of the two infantry divisions, the 11th Division and the 18th Division, were from Huangpu. The distinctive personality imprinted by the two division commanders on these two infantry divisions is what they are most proud of.
Whatever the tone of the military chief is, the department will have the same temperament as its chief officer.
Such as the influence of the Tang Sword on the Four Elements Regiment. In addition to their bravery and sacrifice, the officers and soldiers of the Four Elements Regiment also fought in a manner that did not follow the rules. As long as they could kill the Japanese, there were endless unconventional tactics. When the Japanese army fought with the Four Elements Regiment, they finally
This head is as big as a bucket. From platoons, companies to battalions, there is no trace of the tactics.
Another example is the influence of the division commander surnamed Hu on the 11th Division. The 11th Division is both offensive and defensive. In several battles, they relied on this characteristic to retreat unscathed when the friendly forces collapsed. Otherwise, they would not have been able to defend the frontal position of Shipai Fortress.
on their heads.
Because, the 18th Division of the 18th Army has a famous ruthless commander!
Luo has two brothers who will become famous all over the world in the future. His younger brother Luo Guangbin is a famous writer. His article "Red Rock" is famous throughout China. Although his elder brother Luo Guangwen's name contains the word "文", he is an out-and-out writer.
He was a military general and an anti-Japanese hero with great achievements. He once invented a "big killer" in hand-to-hand combat, which frightened the Japanese army and gave him the nickname: Cold-faced King of Hell!
Tang Dao once said this in a stabbing training class of the Four Elements Regiment Teaching Brigade: "The easiest way to kill people on the battlefield is to kill with firearms, such as artillery and strafing. As long as the distance is long, in addition to high tension and heartbeat disorders,
, there is no big fear.
The most frightening and brain-destroying moment for killing people on the battlefield is when you stab the downed enemy with a dagger! At this moment, you feel the blade bluntly brushing his ribs and piercing into the body, and the opponent's dying eyes change from
Begging to the point of helpless despair, his hot breathing gradually stops, and in the end all you feel is the calmness after the explosion in your own head.
A soldier's fear of killing is only once, and subsequent repetitions will bring him an increasingly diluted indifference to life."
However, this passage is not original to Tang Dao, but comes from the cold-faced Master Luo, the King of Hell.
Luo Guangwen was famous for his strict military discipline, which included the "Five Kills" principle: Anyone who eats, drinks, whores and gambles will be killed! Anyone who seizes people's property will be killed! Anyone who embezzles and accepts bribes will be killed! Anyone who rapes women will be killed! Anyone who disturbs the people without reason will be killed!
He was so strict in running the army, which was rare in the Kuomintang army which was full of factions and corruption. Even the famous generals Xue, Hu and Huang were in awe of him.
If you say you are only ruthless to your own people, it is at best called being "unfriendly". Master Luo is even more ruthless to the Japanese.
The Battle of Luodian in the Battle of Songhu was known as the "Mill of Flesh and Blood". At that time, Luo Guangwen led his 83rd Regiment to fight repeatedly with the Japanese army on a bridge by the river at the west end of Luodian. They fought fiercely day and night for several days. The regiment suffered heavy losses.
The fourth company and the seventh company were all killed in the battle, and no one survived.
At the end of October, the Japanese army captured the Nanxiang area of Shanghai. The 18th Army urgently mobilized the 42nd Brigade for reinforcements. The reconnaissance company, engineer company, heavy machine gun company, and mortar company directly under the Luo Guangwen Brigade formed a reserve team to reinforce the defenders. During the battle, the enemy and we carried out
There were many bloody and cruel hand-to-hand battles. It was also during this battle that Luo Guangwen invented a field dagger that can be called a "big killer" in hand-to-hand combat: Luo Xiaodao.
Luo Guangwen studied in the Japanese Military Academy and was familiar with the Japanese Bushido spirit. He admired their superb stabbing and slashing skills and studied them. Therefore, in this actual battle, Luo Guangwen focused on the characteristics of the Japanese invaders and started from 29
Inspired by the actual combat effects of the Army Sword Team, after repeated research and practice, a field dagger, Luo Xiao Dao, was created.
This kind of dagger is relatively small, only 15 centimeters long. It is usually inserted into the leggings of soldiers. It is very inconspicuous and does not hinder the march. When it comes to close-quarters combat, Luo Xiaodao plays a great role.
At first, everyone used bayonets to fight the enemy. You must know that the Chinese army is not as good as the Japanese in terms of bayonets, even the brave and capable officers and soldiers of the 80th Group. Our victory was mainly based on numbers and courage.
When the Chinese soldiers tried their best to fight the Japanese in hand-to-hand combat, and if neither side could kill the other, the fight ended in a draw, and finally both threw away their bayonets and started fighting each other with their bare hands, Luo Xiaodao came into use. Luo Guangwen's soldiers suddenly changed from
He pulled out Luo's knife from his leggings and stabbed it into the devil's stomach with a bang! This way, the devil's life was basically wiped out in an instant.
And the most outrageous thing this ruthless man did was that after he deployed the tactics during the battle, he would hand over the command to the deputy division commander and chief of staff, but he himself went to the front line and picked up a machine gun to shoot at the Japanese. It was like this
Division Commander, please tell me whether the officers and soldiers of the 18th Division fought bravely to take the lead and often fought to the death.
Therefore, when the Japanese army faced the 18th Army, they were even willing to fight against the 11th Division, but were unwilling to provoke guys like the 18th Division who were willing to risk their lives at every turn.
In Qianniuling in time and space, the 18th Division did this again.
At that time, the Japanese 217th Regiment and the 218th Regiment, a total of more than 3,000 people, attacked our position fiercely. Facing a powerful enemy, Luo Guangwen made an astonishing decision: this Japanese army must be completely annihilated. And annihilation is almost impossible.
The task was completed. But Luo Guangwen, who has always been famous for his ruthlessness, did this.
This battle was also a desperate one. Division Commander Luo Guangwen came to the front line to command and supervise the battle. He ordered: Those who retreat will die! No one is allowed to retreat without an order, and these Japs must be killed at any cost!
The fighting between the two sides was extremely fierce, and the Japanese suffered heavy casualties, forcing the Japanese 231st Regiment, which was besieging the left wing of the 11th Division, to withdraw to assist the right wing, greatly relieving the pressure on the 11th Division.
The battle at Qianniuling dealt a devastating blow to the Japanese troops who attacked Shipai Fortress. Nearly 3,000 bodies were left on the scene. However, the 18th Division also suffered heavy losses and basically lost its combat effectiveness after the war. It had to withdraw to the second line for rest and recuperation.
However, after this battle, the 18th Division once again made a name for itself, so much so that in the subsequent Battle of Xuefeng Mountain, the already weakened Japanese army fled after hearing the name of the 18th Division.
Just put your head on your trouser pocket and do it! Some of Mr. Luo's qualities are somewhat similar to Wang Xiaoqiang's.
Seeing that Tang Dao didn't say anything, knowing that Tang Dao didn't dare to provoke his colleague easily, the teacher surnamed Hu also apologized slightly. After all, Tang Dao led the four-line group all the way from North China, and he was so eager to fight, where did he want to go?
No, it wouldn't work even if I thought about it. You can't be like this as a human being. I immediately promised: "Commander Tang, if you choose, even if it's not my 18th Army's defense area, I can go and talk to Commander Chen or Commander Li."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a smile on Tang Dao's face, and his heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly figured it out.
It's broken. This is because Tang Dao was deceived.
