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spn Chapter 177 Massacre Part 2 (Second update on Sunday)

"Reporting to the chief, the main situations include the following.

After fighting all night, the Baoding defenders repelled multiple attacks by the Japanese 57th Regiment. Dai Anlan of the Third Regiment took command, and Wang Jun, commander of the First Regiment, personally led his team to fight the enemy with bayonets. Currently, Baoding is safe and sound.

According to the latest battle situation, the 3rd and 4th Divisions had just finished their ten-minute breakfast break ten minutes ago and have continued on the road. The current marching distance is 38 kilometers and they are expected to arrive at the scheduled combat position in Baoding on time tomorrow.

As for the Kuomintang army, the two main divisions and the original two railway garrison divisions have also set off. The march is in basically good condition. Although it is very hard, it still completed the planned march plan."[

"Well, that's good. I'm going to the office now. You guys prepare the report. I'll take a look at it in detail later."

After drinking some soy milk, Zhang Shusheng rushed to the office. First, he read the latest situation on the Tianjin-Beijing battlefield, and then dealt with some urgent issues in the Southwest. Major economic and military matters required his personal signature before they could be approved.

Even if he was as strong as Zhang Shusheng, and with the cooperation of Lu Yunyan and Mao Yunxian who went to work early, it still took him an hour and a half to process these important documents.

"Xian Yun, go and call Director Zhou Duanzheng of the Logistics Department."

Zhang Shusheng remembered that he had something important to tell Zhou Duanzheng, so he asked Mao Yun to inform him first. He closed the door and sat back in the office chair. Lu Yunyan then massaged him considerately. He still had a day's work to do, and he was really not the boss.

"Be careful, the fighting in the north is so fierce, it would be great if we could transport more tanks and armored vehicles." When Lu Yunyan heard her husband looking for Zhou Duanzheng, she also guessed that it was related to logistics supplies, and whispered while giving the man a massage.

"It's useless. The weight of the tank determines its transportation difficulty. Nowadays, except for the southwest, China's railway transportation is mainly concentrated in the central, eastern and northern parts. It is too difficult to transport these heavy equipment from the southwest to the north." Zhang Shusheng

Why don't you want to transport some tanks to the north, but even ultra-light tanks may not be able to be transported by air. Currently, there are still problems with the weight and load-bearing capacity of the mountain-moving transport aircraft. We need to wait until the medium-sized strategic transport aircraft is released in two or three years before we can transport light tanks.

Armored fighting vehicle.

Judging from the current southwest region, the direction from Sichuan to Chongqing is definitely northward by land, and the railway has not been built. The Beijing-Hankou Railway has been going north, but transporting tanks from Bashu to Wuhan through the Yangtze River is another big problem. More

Not to mention taking a boat from Guangdong to Nanjing to board the train, even Tianjin is occupied, and the Jinpu line can only be disembarked halfway. By the time the tanks arrive in Peiping, the war is probably over. Moreover, Beijing

The Han Line and the half-broken Jinpu Railway are the Nanjing government's most important northbound transportation channels. Allocating some transportation capacity to the Zhengtai Railway and the Beijing-Hankou Railway to supply southwest transportation is already the maximum permission of the Chairman. I want to free it up.

Allowing tanks to pass would literally cost the Chairman's life. There is definitely no hope of a large-scale attack. It depends on whether a group of light tanks can be transported northward before the general attack.

"Commander, you are looking for me."

"Sit down, I came to you mainly to ask about artillery transportation." Zhang Shusheng recalled the logistics report a few days ago. The report also contained relevant data on the artillery going north. However, now that the Beijing-Hankow Line has been temporarily cut off, he couldn't help but feel

People are a little worried, "Now there is a problem in the direction of Baoding. Is there a problem with the transportation of artillery and medicine?"

"Commander, in the past two months, we have basically completed the task of transporting division and regiment artillery for four divisions. The "medicine" has guaranteed two bases. If Baoding is finalized, we will complete the follow-up supply of a total of 500 guns.

The transportation mission of artillery, as well as the average battlefield "drug" reserve of three to four bases per artillery. Air supply transportation is not included, and may be used to supplement artillery consumption later."

The figures Zhou Duanzheng mentioned were not set by the Logistics Department, but were calculated by logistics experts and military staff after reporting the transportation capacity from southwest to north to the military headquarters. It is very simple to transport without planes, which is a waste of transportation capacity.

It can transport artillery, and one plane can carry several tons of artillery, which is more efficient than transporting artillery.

"This will give us 1,000 guns, and three to four base guns."

Zhang Shusheng nodded and was not surprised by this number. Due to proper design, Southwest's artillery is actually very easy to disassemble and transport. Except for several heavy artillery with a caliber above 155, it can be disassembled and assembled quickly. In this way, the artillery can be transported to Wuhan and boarded.

, it is relatively easy to go north.

Neither the Kuomintang nor the Japanese army would have thought that Zhang Shusheng, who was far away in the southwest, would have the ambition to transport 1,000 artillery pieces northward. This was simply unprecedented.

The main reason why the military was asked to transport more artillery north was to form a comprehensive firepower advantage over the Japanese army. After the air force has the advantage of suppression, the Japanese army will lose more combat effectiveness when faced with the suppression of air and ground firepower. It is necessary to

I know, this trip to the north

The main artillery is 105mm field artillery. Although transportation is a little troublesome and slow (it takes at least four months to make logistical preparations), once this kind of artillery forms a cluster advantage, the Japanese army will be attacked whether they are attacking or defending.

A devastating disaster.

The blast power of a 105mm cannon is already the same as that of advanced foreign 122mm artillery. If hundreds of such artillery can be gathered together (1,000 artillery pieces cannot all be 105mm, there are also a considerable number of 88mm anti-aircraft guns and 70m

M's 24-year-old infantry gun (mortars are not included.), like the bears in the north and the heroes on the European battlefield, then the Japanese devils, who have never suffered large-scale or even super-large-scale artillery attacks, will enjoy

An extraordinary artillery fire disaster occurred.

This is why Zhang Shusheng decided to stand firm outside Peiping City to hold back the Japanese troops. While sending engineers to intensify inspections of the Taitai Railway and the Beijing-Hankow Railway, he continued to transport more heavy weapons northward. Not to mention anything else, just locomotives and carriages, the southwest was

Shipped a lot of goods from Wuhan.

Four months is enough time for Southwest to accumulate strength.

Especially when tanks are temporarily unable to move north in batches, transporting large quantities of artillery northward will be the wisest choice. Moreover, due to subsequent strategic considerations, the artillery northward plan will continue, even if the Tianjin-Beijing battlefield ends.[

Therefore, Zhang Shusheng especially ordered that when the war was not very urgent, artillery should focus on support and suppression as much as possible. After a large group of artillery was in place, it would inflict absolute heavy damage to the Japanese army.

Zhou Duanzheng knew that the commander-in-chief must be concerned about the issue of Baoding, so he also said by the way, "Because our southwest team is mainly fighting in Baoding this time, after negotiating with the Kuomintang, we have obtained more transportation rights. Probably later today,

We will have a batch of 3,000 submachine guns and 600,000 pistols. The submachine guns will be urgently transported to Baoding. The railway from Baoding to Zhengding has Baoding's First Regiment and a Guojun B Division stationed behind it. The Chinese ** Team

The damage is minimal.

In this way, under the attack of a Japanese division, our defenders will not be at a great disadvantage. In addition, we have also prepared an airdrop plan. Several sorties of the -31 mountain-moving transport aircraft will take off from Taiyuan North Airport at noon.

, airdropped a batch of food, medicine, and pistols and medicine. Because a bayonet battle broke out in Baoding, the military headquarters just issued an order in accordance with your instructions last night, and in order to minimize casualties, airlifted this batch of pistols."

Zhang Shusheng kept nodding as he listened. Southwest's long-term practice of concentrating its troops and streamlining administration was very correct. For example, although the number of main divisions was only ten, their equipment was good. Especially at this critical moment, Southwest, which has effective air transportation means, would not be able to do anything.

A large number of pistols and submachine guns were transported to the front line without hesitation.

Yes, Southwest can guarantee the consumption of submachine guns and other automatic weapons for four divisions, but Southwest is flexible and can focus on ensuring key battles. The method can guarantee nearly 60,000 people for four divisions, but it can guarantee the emergency consumption of 2 to 3,000 people.

It is absolutely necessary for the soldiers to start fighting with the Japanese army, but after having strengthened their morale and trained the soldiers,

Under the premise of actual combat stabbing, airlifting a large number of pistols is also an effective emergency method to reduce soldier casualties. Let the defense troops of two regiments (two battalions on the position) risk their lives to fight with the Japanese army for bayonets. It is better to transport thousands of pistols over there.

A pistol. Weapons can be remade. If one more soldier dies that could have survived, it will be a big loss.

This is what Zhang Shusheng learned from later generations. The whole world scolds Americans for being stupid, thick and rich. In fact, under normal circumstances, it is appropriate to minimize the casualties of combat troops. The war needs to be fought, and the soldiers should not be in the field.

Chinese cabbage.

It is foreseeable that Baoding will face a desperate attack by a division of Japanese troops, and with the addition of 3,000 submachine guns and close combat pistols, it will not only be able to better defend the position, but also greatly reduce casualties.

"I heard that people from the Special Intelligence Department have recently investigated several cases of people trying to get involved in military supplies. You have to be more careful. No matter who it is, even if you are just suspicious, no matter how high the position is, you should report to the Special Intelligence Department.

, whoever dares to get his hands on such important military supplies will be punished with an additional three levels of punishment."

Zhang Shusheng once again reiterated the already clear and iron-clad logistics regulations.

"Baga, one regiment actually failed to capture a single position."

When the commander of the fifth division, Yanagawa Heisuke, finally led the main force of the fifth division to the outskirts of Baoding, he almost jumped out of anger. As one of the newly promoted lieutenant general division commanders in the empire, Yanagawa Heisuke had a deep imperial feeling.

The brand of the * is based on Bushido, and it is the duty to be loyal to the emperor and expand the territory of the empire.

This attack plan was not so much proposed by Shirakawa Yoshinori as it was jointly proposed by Yanagawa Heisuke and Shirakawa Yoshinori. Their original ideas were almost identical.

Yanagawa Heisuke felt deeply angry about the performance of the 6th Division, and unanimously believed that if his 5th Division arrived in China first and was responsible for attacking Langfang, it would definitely be able to capture the Langfang position, gain the initiative for the empire, and ensure a complete victory for the empire.

Occupy Beijing and Tianjin, then move north to encircle and annihilate the Ningjin defense line to lay a decisive foundation.

He regretted not being able to fight the Chinese Southwest Army, which was rumored to be a force capable of overpowering the Empire's main division. However, in order to cut off the Chinese supply lines and end the battle early, Yanagawa Heisuke gave up.

He came up with the idea of ​​​​a frontal attack and took the initiative to ask for a battle and attack Baoding.

However, the facts always disappoint the Japanese.

Last night, Yanagawa Heisuke, who was marching overnight, received a call back from the Japanese 57th Regiment attacking Baoding. It was said that the Chinese defensive firepower was fierce, but the 57th Regiment was organizing a brave attack.

At that time, he did not take this telegram at ease, thinking that if a regiment attacked a Chinese regiment's position, no matter how difficult the process was, it should not be a problem in the end.

As a result, what he saw was that the 57th Infantry Regiment suffered heavy losses, with casualties reaching six to seven hundred, which meant that the combat attrition reached one-sixth.

For Yanagawa Heisuke, this is a very scary number. You must know that the attack is only one night, and the opponent only has one regiment. Under the premise that it is impossible to put them all on the position, one or two battalions have to kill so many people at night.

There are many imperial soldiers, unless the defensive position is not the Chinese army, but the German army.

"The Empire can win even in front of the Germans, let alone the Chinese." Yanagawa Heisuke thought this way, and then met Konoe Mato, the commander of the 57th Regiment.

"Baga, you are a disgrace to the Imperial Guards. After one night of fighting, not only did you fail to capture the central position, but you also suffered heavy casualties on the Imperial Guards..."

As soon as they met, Yanagawa Heisuke yelled at Konoe Mato, which made the captain feel ashamed and even more aggrieved.[

After a long time, Yanagawa Heisuke was tired of scolding, and then he said, "Hai, my subordinate, I have the latest situation report. According to the imperial agent's verification, the Chinese army on the opposite side is not one regiment, but two regiments, and, they

Not Chiang Kai-shek’s backward army, but the Southwest elite regiment of the Chinese.”

"The main force of the Chinese people?" Yanagawa Heisuke calmed down his anger slightly after hearing this, and a lot of doubts arose in his heart. Although he never looked down on the Chinese, he still knew that the two Chinese people

The Southwest Regiment has at least six to eight thousand troops. This is completely inconsistent with the original intelligence. From yesterday to today, did this regiment fall from the sky?

What he didn't know was that he had guessed correctly, and a regiment from the Chinese Army did fall from the sky.

"How is the combat effectiveness of the Chinese? Is it the same as the rumors of other imperial troops?" This is what Yanagawa Heisuke is most concerned about.

"The Chinese have very strong fighting power. They have some automatic weapons and pistols. Last night, my troops broke through the position several times, but they were shamefully repelled by them with submachine guns and pistols.

But the most important thing is that they also have a kind of lighting that far exceeds our imperial equipment. Both in terms of flight time and lighting effect, it is much better than ours. The new machine gun used by the Chinese in Langfang, "shoot"

The speed is very terrifying, several times faster than the Empire's Type 92 heavy machine gun, and the time it takes for one shot to illuminate can completely suppress a small group of Imperial soldiers."

"Do they have a lot of submachine guns?" Yanagawa Heisuke asked with a tight frown.

"No, there are actually not many submachine guns. There are about two or three in a platoon."

"Yoshi, it's true"
To be continued...