Chapter 464 The difference between the Chinese and Japanese armies (please vote for me at the beginning of the month!)
The battlefield is not a football match!
If the game is not going well and you cannot change the players, you can change the head coach.
If you change well, changing people is like changing a knife. The effect is immediate. If you don't change well, you will slip into the abyss even faster.
However, it is taboo to change generals on the battlefield, not to mention that the Japanese army changed generals on the spot for the purpose of needing someone to take the blame. The original intention was problematic, and of course it would not have any beneficial effect on the battlefield in front of them.
Knowing that their commander had lost command, the frontline Japanese commanders at all levels were naturally shocked and angry.
Let’s not talk about the daily issues of lining up. You can say that human beings are cold profit creatures, or you can say that they are emotional animals. After getting along for a long time, we don’t say how strong the emotions are, but you are more or less familiar with their temperament and at least know how to behave.
Naturally, they would be unhappy if they were suddenly replaced by the chief of staff of the brigade who was far away from them like majors and lieutenants to give orders.
More importantly, the rabbit dies and the fox is sad, the boss has fallen, and the war situation has not gone smoothly. Will there be a settlement after the war? This is a question that officers at all levels of the 45th Infantry Regiment have to consider in advance.
Once you have too many ideas, you will naturally not work so hard on the battlefield.
As for the Chinese defenders' defense line, it was because of the continuous addition of fresh troops, especially the addition of the Sixing Battalion, which defeated the Japanese flank attacking troops in hand-to-hand combat, and used a burst of artillery to blow up the heart-wrenching hills with fireworks.
Afterwards, morale was boosted.
The situation was completely stabilized, and the four infantry squadrons deployed by the Japanese army to the front line also temporarily retreated under the continuous sound of sirens on the battlefield.
As soon as the Japanese troops retreated, Major Stingy, who had been fighting side by side with the officers and soldiers on the front line with a gun in hand, explained the security matters and lay down directly.
It's not that he was injured, it was that he was tired from life.
However, no one looked down upon him, whether it was his two company commanders or Lei Xiong and Gong Shaoxun who came to look for him in the dark.
Only those who have been commanders know the pressure on this army major who slumped in the trench after a battle.
Compared with ordinary officers and soldiers, what he bears on his shoulders is not only his personal life and death, nor even the life and death of thousands of people here, but the lives of more than 3,000 people in the entire advance group.
If the 36th Infantry Brigade is allowed to break through here and engage in a flanking attack with the rather tenacious 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade, no matter how clever Tang Dao is, the entire advance group will be wiped out.
Everyone was shocked by Tang Dao's shocking plan days in advance, but in fact, the blocking position here was the most important part in completing this shocking plan.
Fortunately, Major Stingy and Major Scar, who had died in battle, lived up to Tang Dao's expectations, and they did it.
However, for Major Stingy, the current top commander on the defense line, facing the almost never-ending attacks of thousands of Japanese invaders for more than two hours, this is very difficult for a commander who has to shoulder such a heavy responsibility and have to fight on the front line.
It is definitely a double test of spiritual will and physical body.
He couldn't even die easily.
Moreover, as the commander of the guard battalion, Major Stingy rarely leaves the division headquarters. He basically follows the direct command of the division commander. It is rare for him to be in charge of his own affairs like this.
Especially after Scar Zhao, whose personality was obviously stronger than his comrades, died heroically in battle, the life and death of the two guard battalions plus the fire support company supported by the guard battalion fell entirely on the introverted army major.
Lei Xiong looked at his colleagues who were gasping for air, his unruly eyes full of respect.
Although he doesn't look down on "miscellaneous fish" like the 67th Army and the 43rd Army like many Central Army officers, Lei Xiong is definitely proud. His pride comes from his equipment, his strength, and the fact that he and his brothers are on the battlefield.
Performance.
As proud as Lei Xiong, he rarely looked at a person with such respect. Even Colonel Xie Jinyuan, before he showed his unparalleled fighting spirit and military talent on the Songhu battlefield, he was limited to courtesy among his colleagues.
But Lei Xiong left his respect to the major of the 107th Division Guard Battalion in front of him.
What he respects is not that Major Stingy has completed his combat mission.
The combat mission assigned to this unit by Tang Dao was actually completed half an hour ago when the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade's defense line was opened and the cavalry rushed into the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade's position.
If Major Stingy is ruthless enough, he can use the "strong man's wrist-cutting" trick at the moment when the hilly ground falls.
One unit was left to block the enemy, and the main force abandoned all heavy equipment, even the seriously wounded, and moved towards the main force led by Tang Dao with only light equipment. Even if the remaining unit could only block the Japanese army for ten minutes, he
There is more than 70% chance of survival.
This move is already familiar to many commanders, and they describe it as "sacrificing a small amount of sacrifice in exchange for the survival of the main force, so as to achieve another victory in the future!"
As long as the main force is not severely damaged, the commander who uses this trick will not be punished, and may even gain the reputation of an iron-blooded army.
Yes! Abandoning the few and retaining the many sounds like an extremely wise decision on the part of the commander. Behind the small cruelty is the true great wisdom.
However, who has paid attention to those officers and soldiers who stayed behind because of military orders and so-called righteousness? They died in battle, and the title they won was just the name of "abandoned son". On the contrary, most people will remember what they did.
Commanders who act in cold blood will be praised for their decision.
However, these are not within Lei Xiong's values. Why is he willing to be Tang Dao, a rocket-like alien? It's not because of how radiant Tang Dao is on the battlefield, but because Tang Dao is so brilliant.
The spiritual core of "don't abandon, don't give up" has been shown countless times by Dao.
Tang Dao may not be the best commander, but he can definitely be the most trustworthy brother, so Lei Xiong is willing to risk his own life and that of all his brothers, that's it.
The guard battalion major who collapsed on the ground was the kind of person Lei Xiong admired the most. He chose to let some of the people retreat, but it was not the so-called 'strong men cut off their wrists', but to let the main force cover the weaker ones.
Those who retreated were the wounded, the medical team, and the new recruits.
"Don't disturb me, let me take a few breaths!" The guard battalion commander, who could hardly find some peace with his eyes closed, felt a little unhappy when someone tapped him on the shoulder and called him.
When he opened his eyes, he saw that they were two old acquaintances.
"Brother Lei, Brother Gong, thank you so much for coming to our aid, otherwise" Major Stingy saw Lei Xiong and Gong Shaoxun and quickly struggled to sit up.
"Have a rest. Brother Zhou and the brothers have worked hard. Come on, have a cigarette!" Lei Xiong stretched out his hand to stop Major Stingy from standing up to greet him. He handed him a cigarette and sat down on him.
The person next to me said carelessly: "Don't tell me, running all the way here has spared me from doing the splits. I need to take a breather!"
Gong Shaoxun is a smart man. When he saw Lei Xiong's appearance, he knew that he was taking care of the tired old stingy Zhou's physical strength. What's more, this is a battlefield and the trenches are not deep enough. Standing bent over is much more strenuous than sitting down.
, smiled slightly at that moment, and regardless of the image of a major as a cavalry battalion commander, he sat with two army majors in a trench full of blood and mud.
"You two are here, and I can finally relax a little bit!" Seeing his two colleagues acting like this, Major Stingy's eyes flashed with gratitude, but his face also felt much more relaxed. "Captain Lei, what military orders did you bring Commander Tang? I
Lao Zhou and his brothers all obeyed their orders. Even though Lao Zhao is gone, his two companies and I also made the decision for them."
This means giving up the power of command.
Although Lei Xiong is a major with the same military rank, everyone knows that Lei Xiong is Tang Dao's most trusted deputy. As long as Tang Dao is away, Lei Xiong will take over the highest command, and Lei Xiong also has a very strong command.
He is talented, and all the majors are also very convinced of him.
Since Lei Xiong is here, of course he is the first commander.
But unexpectedly, Lei Xiong grinned, with a smile on his rough black face, "Let's go in a hurry. The battalion commander didn't give me any orders. He just told me and battalion commanders Gong, Zhao and Zhou.
Chang Geng is familiar with the layout of the blocking positions, so let us obey the orders of you two."
He turned his head and looked at Gong Shaoxun, "Brother Gong, is that what the battalion commander said?"
Gong Shaoxun really wanted to punch Lei Xiong in the face, who seemed to be smiling brightly but was actually a very fake person. This was completely nonsense, okay? Tang Dao clearly said before leaving: "You make your own decision based on the battlefield situation.
If the battalion commanders Zhao and Zhou offer assistance, then Lei Xiong will serve as the first commander of this position until I arrive with my troops!"
After all, Tang Dao was still a little worried about the command ability of the two guard battalion commanders. After all, they were not the commanders of the front-line field troops. They rarely had the experience of confronting the Japanese army with trench fortifications. Lei Xiong had fought bloody battles on the Songhu battlefield for three months.
The major who was born as an infantry company commander is naturally more experienced than the two of them.
But Gong Shaoxun wisely did not do this. Firstly, he knew that Lei Xiong was paying tribute to the two guard battalions in this way; secondly, he knew that he could not defeat the black iron tower in front of him.
In the past, I had only heard that Major Lei Xiong was the most brave among the three armies, and Tang Dao was the only one in the entire army. Just now, he saw the style of Lieutenant Lei of the Great Battalion with his own eyes in a hand-to-hand battle between the Sihang Battalion and the flanking Japanese army.
One man killed four Japanese infantrymen by himself, so much so that when the entire Japanese army retreated, no one dared to confront him again. Such ferocity made even Gong Shaoxun, who had personally killed five Japanese cavalrymen, feel chills running down his spine.
He wasn't even sure if he was qualified to fight with this guy when he was mounted on a war horse. He would probably lose most of the time.
Naturally, I could only nod and agree with Lei Xiong who faked the military order: "Since this is the case, Battalion Commander Zhao has died for his country. Battalion Commander Zhou, you are the supreme commander here. Battalion Commander Lei and I are under your command!"
"Does Chief Tang really say that?" Stingy old Zhou's eyes sparkled with excitement.
He was not excited because he had the right to command, but because it was recognition of their commanding abilities and recognition of the combat effectiveness of the two guard battalions.
Lei Xiong and Gong Shaoxun, one was a major of the Central Army and the other was the commander of the cavalry battalion directly under the military headquarters. They both surpassed him in terms of qualifications and abilities.
Letting the two of them accept his command is Tang Dao's greatest compliment to their two guard battalions.
This is the most stark contrast between the Chinese and Japanese armies at this moment.
The top commander of one side was deprived of his command power, but the other side gave up in good faith.
Although there is still a huge disparity in military strength, the Japanese army no longer has the overwhelming advantage it had before.
