One week after returning from the Martyrs Cemetery.
The whole group of the Four Elements Group is basically working hard.
But instead of fighting, everyone turned into construction workers. Each battalion and company performed their own duties, some were responsible for internal construction, and some were building fortifications everywhere.
In addition to going out for morning exercises to practice military postures and formations, the one thousand recruits who were recruited spent the rest of the time just like the veterans, wielding tools such as shovels, hoes, and saws, either building wooden houses, digging trenches, or building fortifications.
According to the estimates of Tang Dao and other four-line regiments, although the Japanese troops were beaten in eastern Shanxi, their eyes were still mainly on the big city where the theater headquarters is currently located, thinking that the Chinese troops hiding in the mountains were just scabies.
, as long as the main force of the Chinese army in Jin Province is dealt with, those small fish and shrimps cannot be exterminated at any time.
In the short term, the Japanese army will not launch a large-scale attack on the Taihang Mountains with heavy troops.
In fact, the Japanese army also chose this way in the past.
However, that is not to say that the Japanese think that the Chinese troops hiding in the mountains do not pose a threat to them. After all, there are tens of thousands of them. From time to time, they beat, smash, and rob the Japanese military transport teams active on the transportation lines. Japan's North China Front
The head is as big as a bucket.
That's because their strategy has been determined. They must fully occupy Jin Province and use it as a springboard to attack Shaanxi Province, which is already considered the hinterland of China. Once they occupy Shaanxi Province, the Japanese army can use the Guanzhong Plain as a garrison area and march west toward Hetao.
, to the southwest it can threaten Sichuan Province, and to the south it can pass through northwest Hubei and the East China Front to join forces with the two lakes.
The Japanese Army Base Camp's wishful thinking was pretty good. According to their plan, in at least one year, the entire territory of China could be captured by them.
Tactics must serve strategy. It is under this general policy that the main force of the Japanese army has been focusing on the main force in the second theater, while temporarily selectively ignoring the tens of thousands of troops in the mountainous areas.
By the time the 921st Division developed rapidly and even had its own munitions factory, and had already left Taihang and entered the plains of Hebei Province to launch frequent attacks on the Japanese army, the Japanese army came to their senses, but it was already too late.
At that time, if they wanted to enter the Taihang Mountains, it would not be easy to do so at the infantry brigade level, let alone at the infantry brigade level.
The famous "Battle of Dakouzi Cave" not only saw the Japanese army deploy more than 5,000 troops into the mountain, but it also took advantage of the absence of the main force of the 921st Division.
What was the result? More than 5,000 Japanese troops forced their way out after being knocked down, and one-tenth of them died in battle.
At that time, the 80th Army Group's troops in Dakouzidong only had a defense group with no more than 2,000 troops. Less than 100 of its members died in the battle. It was considered a classic mountain defense battle.
Therefore, Tang Dao's requirements for the various fortifications built in the early stage are not too high, as long as they can withstand heavy machine gun and grenade bombardment.
Tang Dao planned to wait until there was a lime factory before rebuilding various fortifications, which were basically reinforced concrete structures. Not to mention heavy machine gun grenades, not even the 70mm infantry cannon and the 75mm mountain cannon could break through.
As for heavy aerial bombs and large-caliber artillery shells, Tang Dao cannot turn the entire Dakouzidong area into an iron wall except for a few key locations, right? If they have the ability, the Japanese will use the 2,000 kilogram 105 howitzer
He was carried into the mountains and blown up to death, and I admitted it.
Of course, Tang Dao still put forward strict requirements for air raid shelters, requiring each infantry company to have its own air raid shelter.
Because the topography of Dakouzi Cave is unique, the peaks are almost straight and there are very few flat areas. Basically, each company's station is in the valley. If a valley is bombed by a large 500-pound aerial bomb, it will be forced by the mountains on both sides.
The power of the air wave will be doubled compared to that on the plain.
Only air raid shelters are the best place to avoid air waves.
The only way to deal with air raids is to use air raid shelters, which is naturally a bad idea, but currently Tang Dao can only use this method.
To defend against air attacks, the best tactic is of course air-to-air. It is unrealistic to think about it with heels. Until now, China has completely lost air supremacy, let alone the north. Even in a large-scale battle like the Battle of Xuzhou, China
Fighter planes almost didn't appear either.
The central strategy is to deploy a large number of anti-aircraft guns, but the Fourth Army does not have this capability now or even for a long time in the future.
At present, Cheng Tietsou's 2nd Artillery Battery only has two 20mm machine guns, and the rest are all anti-aircraft machine guns. Once the Japanese aircraft hide in the sky and drop bombs at an altitude of 1,200 meters, no matter how many anti-aircraft machine guns they have, they are just a decoration.
In the future, it will be very rare for a military factory led by Teacher Xiao He to be able to manufacture pistols, rifles, submachine guns, machine guns and even small-caliber artillery once it has the equipment.
Tang Dao is just a special soldier. He is familiar with all kinds of individual weapons, but that doesn't mean that he can still have the design drawings of anti-aircraft guns or self-propelled howitzers in his head.
What's more, even if there is one, can it be made with the crude machine tools and steel materials of this era?
Everything must conform to the characteristics of this era.
Of course Tang Dao knew what the best anti-aircraft anti-aircraft gun of this era was, but even if he had the money, there would be no place to buy it! It was in the hands of the Germans.
The lack of air defense power was also the biggest headache for Tang Dao in Dakouzidong's entire defense system. Therefore, before he had a clue, he simply ordered all company-level troops to use stupid methods to dig deep holes!
If the Japanese planes are really coming and cannot be hit, then why not hide?
Houses and supplies were destroyed by bombing, but they can still be rebuilt, and they can be snatched back from the Japanese infantry, but if the people are gone, they are really gone.
Fortunately, the mountains in Dakouzidong are really hard enough. The caves blasted and excavated with explosives can be used as air raid shelters without much work. Unless the Japanese army has super incendiary bombs like the United States in the future, they will really hide them in the mountains.
There is nothing you can do about the stone cave under the rock.
Tang Dao had a hunch that the Japanese army might not engage in large-scale warfare and large-scale infantry attacks for a while, but with the next attack on the Japanese army's communication lines, the Japanese North China Front Army Headquarters, which had been simmering for a long time, would definitely use bombers to carry out the attack.
revenge.
Especially the indoor shroud guy, who was happily waiting for promotion! The direct battle losses in Jindong exceeded 4,000, and the senior Japanese army officials who didn't like him at least turned their backs on him.
What's more, there is still the defensive battle of Taierzhuang that is in full swing!
Commander Wu sent a telegram to Tang Dao yesterday, saying that the fight at Taierzhuang was too hard at the moment. An infantry division with tens of thousands of people suffered nearly half of its casualties in just three days.
The infantry division commander of the Northwest Army who placed his headquarters in Zhuangzi was so tough that he couldn't help crying and asking his superiors for reinforcements.
In fact, in the past three days, the Shonai forward position has changed hands five times. The Japanese army occupied it during the day, and at night, battalion commander-level officers would lead death squads to recapture it. The defeated Japanese army quickly covered it with artillery shells.
If you are not a person who has experienced it, you cannot know the horror of it.
In the past time and space, Tang Dao only knew from the data that after a bloody battle, corpses were scattered all over the village. The corpses of Chinese and Japanese officers and soldiers were staggered across the battlefield, and no one was there to collect them.
It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s that I don’t need it!
Because the next covering bombardment will arrive soon.
The corpses were blown into bloody powder and scattered on the loess walls of this Dazhuangzi in northern Jiangsu, gradually turning yellow into red.
Just as a Japanese pilot who flew over Taierzhuang described in his diary: From the sky, the battlefield looked like an oil painting composed of two main colors: yellow and black!
Yellow, I know it is loess. Most of the houses in rural China are made of this material. But I once wondered, what is black? Is it the smoke traces after artillery fire? If that was the case, the Chinese people inside should have died long ago.
, where is the need for the Imperial Army Air Force to take action?
Later, I learned from Mr. Sang Mu that in just three days, the imperial infantry suffered 3,000 battle losses there. And based on the ratio of the imperial infantry’s battle losses to the Chinese, the Chinese’s battle losses were naturally much higher than the 3,000 soldiers.
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The lives of nearly ten thousand people were lost in this manor with an area of only 0.5 square kilometers.
At that moment, knowing the origin of so many black things, I felt chilled to the bone!
To be honest, that is one of the answers I least want to know in my life!
Commander Wu, who received the Northwest Army's request for reinforcements, could no longer hold back and planned to send an infantry regiment for reinforcements.
He knew that the battle in Taierzhuang would be bloody again, but Tang Dao knew even more that the general in the village would definitely hold on.
The Japanese army, which had suffered heavy losses, was now like a madman. It would not retreat unless it completely killed its opponent. This would also stimulate the Chinese defenders in Shonai to burst out with more powerful energy.
At this time, the Chinese and Japanese armies on the Taierzhuang battlefield were like two boxers in a boxing ring. Regardless of their own injuries, they just punched their opponents hard, hoping to kill them first.
At this time, whoever suddenly appears to participate in this battle will change the bloody and crazy balance of power, which may cause one of the opposing parties to suddenly wake up.
No matter how awake the Chinese infantry division is, it is useless. Behind it is the Xuzhou base camp. There is no way to retreat and they can only carry it to death.
However, the Japanese generals of the two infantry brigades are very likely to want to retreat. They still have more than 10,000 people. If they want to escape, they will be protected by aircraft and artillery. The 63rd Army and the 59th Army alone will
Forty thousand people probably wouldn't be able to surround them.
They must continue to fight to the death in the flesh-and-blood mill of Taierzhuang and reduce their strength to a minimum. Only in this way can they complete the final encirclement of them and eat them before the Japanese reinforcements arrive.
"It's just that I'm too fond of Commander Chi and the others." Commander Wu's telegram did not express it completely.
But Tang Dao already knew that his old superior finally accepted his suggestion.
Cruel? If we let this Japanese army escape, we would be cruel to the soldiers of the Northwest Army who had been defending Taierzhuang for several days.
In the past time and space, they crippled these two infantry brigades with a battle loss ratio of 1:1, creating the most glorious record on the Chinese battlefield since the Battle of Songhu, and in one fell swoop pushed the Chinese people's anti-war sentiment to the highest point.
This time, they will definitely go to a higher level. As long as they are still as tough as before, they only need to hold on for five more days. When the Japanese army has been consumed to the last drop of blood, the 30,000-strong army will rush forward.
Will give them any chance.
Cannons with few shells on the ground can't save them, and planes in the sky can't save them. All that awaits them is death.
Two infantry corps and one infantry division swallowed up two infantry brigades with a total strength of 20,000 people. This achievement will definitely increase the anti-war sentiment of the people across the country, and all the surrenderers and fence-sitters will lose their voices!
As one of the battle commanders, indoor shroud man, don't even think about the issue of promotion or not. Whether he can secure his current position is two different things.
If the Four Elements Group makes another fuss on the traffic line at this time, it will undoubtedly hand a copy of Playboy to an old bachelor who has been single for thirty years, and he must not scream!
Moreover, through the intelligence coming from the 921st Division, the Japanese intelligence personnel were not vegetarians. The top brass of the Japanese North China Front already knew that the Four Troops Regiment had arrived in the Taihang Mountains, and they even knew the general area of the station.
However, there were no reconnaissance planes flying over the Dakouzidong area during this period! Either the Japanese North China Front Army Headquarters still didn't pay much attention to an infantry regiment; or the battle in Xuzhou was raging,
Its Army Aviation Corps really couldn't spare more manpower.
Tang Tuanzuo, who has always planned for a rainy day, prefers the latter.
In fact, a certain general commander who was being speculated by Tang Dao read the information on the Four Lines Regiment placed on his desk at least twice, and even called a senior staff officer from the staff department to order him to discuss military and military matters.
In terms of intelligence, focus on the Four Lines Group.
For a commander at the theater level to pay so much attention to a small Chinese infantry regiment was news that shocked many officers in Japan's North China Front Army Headquarters.
Of course, this small infantry regiment that caused surprise to the Japanese North China Front Army Headquarters will break into their sight again in the near future.
But at that time, the commander-in-chief, a certain general who was already quite far-sighted, had packed up his bedroll and left the house with great honor.
The battlefield in North China, which was originally in great shape, was filled with great success, but only half a year later, poison spots were everywhere.
Especially for the Army Aviation, more fighter planes were lost than in the southeastern battlefield. The key is that the Chinese did not have a single fighter plane in North China.
As the supreme commander of the North China Front, if this guy doesn’t get out, who will?
It is said that those with ability will occupy it, and those without ability and connections will want to occupy it more. There are many young and old waiting to sit in this position.
Of course, this is all for later.
At this time, Tang Dao and the Four Elements Group were focused on construction.
But this time, not only the original 3,000 people of the Si Xing Regiment, but also more than 6,000 people from Licheng were transferred.
Instead of throwing more than 6,000 people into mountainous areas and mountain villages to grab the little land, the Four-Hand Group resettled them all in mountainous towns.
Instead of building regular houses for everyone, they sent out an engineering company to help them build triangular wooden sheds in the style of a field camp, which quickly solved the problem of shelter and sleep for everyone.
As for meals, except for the first two days when building a wooden shed, it was free. Later, it was announced that work would be exchanged for food or money.
To put it bluntly, it means letting people work to obtain daily necessities.
People who have experienced the war particularly cherish the hard-won stability, and no one dares to speak out against it and say that the Four Elements Group is exploiting their labor force.
The reason is very simple. Apart from working for the Four Elements Group, they have no way to survive in this mountainous area. Survival is their first priority.
What's more, the remuneration given by the Si Xing Tuan is not low. It is higher than the remuneration in the county. Not only does everyone have to pay for food per day, but they earn one pound of grain per day, which is equivalent to about 0.1 ocean in current currency. It is enough to support an adult working part-time.
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Except for children under 12 years old and senior citizens over 60 years old, there are about 5,000 people helping the Si Xing Tuan.
The relatively generous remuneration of the Si Xing Tuan also attracted farmers from surrounding villages to work as part-time workers for a few days to earn some food to supplement their families. At its peak, the total number of people working in various locations of the Si Xing Tuan reached more than 13,000
people.
The originally extremely simple settlement gradually took shape deep in the Taihang Mountains with the hard work of more than 10,000 people!
Not counting the temporary barracks built, the total mileage of field trenches dug along the perimeter of the station reaches 20,000 meters, 23 air-raid shelters that can accommodate 200 people, and 35 semi-permanent fortifications located at the throat of the main road for soldiers.
There are more than 40 tunnels with a depth of 2 meters used for transportation between various fortifications!
With these, the Fourth Line Regiment has initially acquired the ability to withstand an infantry brigade-level Japanese infantry attack, and has also initially acquired the ability to "avoid". At least it will not be able to face a group of medium-sized bombers composed of more than a dozen aircraft and can only watch helplessly.
Exploded.
In other words, even if the Japanese North China Front wanted to attack him and the 921st Division at this time, if idiots like the 108th Division came, they would be killed.
At this point, Tang Dao's heart was completely in his stomach.
His eyes have already turned to North Jiangsu.
As long as the war is over as expected, he will have to go to the old man in Shanxi to fool him!
