Chapter 517: Meat Grinder
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There was an earth-shattering bang on the battlefield, shaking the entire Luoyang City, and Wu Peifu's headquarters, which had been evacuated to the south, was all shaken by the headquarters of Wu Peifu, which was five kilometers away from Luoyang City.
"Damn, what's going on," Wu Peifu roared loudly. He was always a little uneasy. You must know that the plan he formulated this time was to rely on the thick walls of Luoyang City and the terrain of the battleground to block the footsteps of the First Group Army from moving south. In the entire Luoyang City, Wu Peifu concentrated 50,000 people to defend the city, all of whom were veterans of Beiyang, not those recruits who had just entered the battlefield. It can also be seen from here that although Wu Peifu withdrew from Luoyang, he still attaches great importance to Luoyang City. At this time, Wu Peifu had an army of 200,000 in his hands, including 100,000 recruits, and among the remaining troops, the 30,000 people who belonged to his Wu Peifu's close descendants were the most elite, and they were internally called the Tiger Guards. The other 70,000 people are also elite veterans of the Fifth Town of Beiyang. And the person in charge of defending the city was the 50,000 men drawn from the veteran troops.
"Report to Yushuai, news came from the headquarters in the city that the Northeast Army dispatched a death squad with a new secret weapon. The entire city wall has been blown down by more than ten meters, and the two soldiers have already touched and are fighting repeatedly at the gap. The combat staff officer said with a cold sweat on his face.
"What" Wu Peifu exclaimed: "New weapons? Damn, where did the Northeast get so many new weapons. Do they except for heavy artillery. And new weapons on the battlefield? Wu Peifu's face became extremely gloomy, if a ten-meter gap could appear in the city wall, how much explosive power would be needed. But if it can appear first, it can appear second. In this way, the threat of the entire Luoyang City wall to the Northeast Army was not as great as he thought. Under these circumstances, if Wu Peifu continued to carry out the original battle plan, I am afraid that the 50,000 veteran troops in Luoyang City would be killed by the national defense forces that attacked the city.
Although the First Group Army of the National Defense Army claims to have 300,000 people, Wu Peifu knows that there are only 100,000 elite troops among them, which is about the same as the elite soldiers of the Beiyang Army that Wu Peifu controls. The Wehrmacht has such a well-known elite of a hundred battles as the First Army, and Wu Peifu also has the elite pro-guard army known as the 22nd Army of the Wehrmacht. The forces between the two sides are half a pound and eight taels. If you really want to fight, it is not yet known who will kill the deer. In addition, he Wu Peifu is famous all over the world, and he is quite conceited in his heart, and Hu Jingyi was only a small regiment commander under Chen Shufan, the overseer of Beiyang Shanxi before, and now even if he commands hundreds of thousands of troops, he is still not taken into account by him, so he will formulate the plan to use the Luoyang city wall to weaken the spirit of the national defense army, and then concentrate his forces to launch an attack to completely defeat the enemy in front of him, and at worst drive him back to the other side of the Yellow River. Wu Peifu thought that his plan was very suitable, so he would let the national defense army easily attack Luoyang City.
But now, because of the Wehrmacht's mysterious weapons, his battle plan has come to naught. Naturally, I was angry.
"Yushuai, what should we do now? With the 50,000 elite troops of the Fifth Town, it may be difficult to resist the attack of the 300,000 Wehrmacht. Now that we have lost the city wall as a barrier, we no longer have the slightest advantage in Luoyang City. The combat staff officer said in a deep voice.
"Ben Shuai knows. Do you have any good advice? Wu Peifu said. His carefully crafted plan had been disrupted, making his whole mind a little messy, and now he needed to listen to the advice of others and then come up with a new battle plan. He, Wu Peifu, is not something that can be defeated by this small setback.
"Yu Shuai, I think we have no more than two options now, the first is to rely on Luoyang City to concentrate on fighting the enemy to the death, after all, although the gap between the two sides' forces is large, but the combat effectiveness is not much different, and we occupy the geographical advantage of Luoyang City. Once the two sides are entangled in Luoyang City, we can fight street battles with the Northeast Army, we are familiar with the terrain, and we have some transformation in the city, so we have an advantage in this battle. But the disadvantage is that no matter whether we win or lose, we will lose a lot, which is very unfavorable for the next battle. The second is to withdraw from Luoyang City, temporarily stop fighting with the Wehrmacht, and look for fighters in the process of the Wehrmacht moving south. The disadvantage is to allow the Wehrmacht to enter the hinterland of Henan. Our internal regime will be destroyed, and the battlefield of the future may not have the advantage of the terrain of the present. Also, the war will drag on, and we will not be able to get out for a while. After all, it is Wu Peifu's operational staff officer who has been single-handedly raised, and he has a very good set of views on war. …,
Wu Peifu nodded, his eyebrows full of solemnity.
Luoyang City. The Wehrmacht opened the gap. After the two sides engaged in hand-to-hand combat, a white-knuckle battle immediately began. The 1st Regiment of the Wehrmacht, since its formation, has never been the most advanced in armament of the Wehrmacht. In addition, the Western Military Region advanced westward, and the First Regiment moved to the northwest, and later sat in Shaanxi, facing units with backward domestic weapons and equipment, so naturally there was no need for those weapons and equipment with super firepower. With the formation of the First Group Army, the vitality of the field troops has been strengthened, and the proportion of light and heavy machine guns in the troops has increased, but there is still a considerable gap between them and the units of the Southeast Military Region. Therefore, the name of the first regiment was made, and they were very good at white-knuckle combat. In addition, Qian Yansheng, the founder of the First Regiment, was a military commander who liked hand-to-hand combat. Naturally, the training of the soldiers under his command in white-knuckle combat is strict. The result was that as soon as the two sides came into contact, the bayonets were shining, and most of the large number of people who fell were Beiyang soldiers. In the first regiment, the proportion of broadswords is very high, after all, the first regiment has fought in the Ganning area, and it has supplemented many men in the northwest who are good at playing with knives. All these have intensified the ferocity of the Wehrmacht, and the Beiyang Army, which is responsible for plugging the gap, has fallen into bad luck. This contact suffered a big loss, and the blood-spurting heads were like gourds rolling on the ground, shocking people's hearts.
IDF soldiers march back to back in small groups of three, supporting each other in their attacks and defending each other. It was with this sharp tactic that the Wehrmacht soldiers rushed into the gap when the Beiyang reinforcements were constantly rushing over.
Da Da Da -
Breaking into the gap, the Wehrmacht soldiers quickly occupied the favorable terrain, the light machine guns were erected, and the dense tongues of fire cleared a space, and then the heavy machine guns in the rear followed, occupying this area as a point of fire.
Boom, boom, boom
The Beiyang artillery finally couldn't bear to open fire. There was a wave of blood all over the gap.
Wehrmacht heavy artillery positions. Zhang Yujun's face was full of excitement. This young man, who had spent time in the western United States and had a bit of cowboy style, waved his big hand and shouted: "The enemy artillery has appeared, lock him for me, kill him......" With Zhang Yujun's shout, twelve of the heavy artillery pieces began to turn around, changing the target from covering the attack of the soldiers to locking on the enemy artillery.
Boom, boom, boom
In the black night sky, the shells of heavy artillery rushed into Luoyang City like meteors. Soon, there were fierce explosions in the city, and the artillery fire of the Beiyang Army weakened. But the gunfire continued. The Wehrmacht's heavy artillery positions were set up outside the range of the Beiyang artillery, because there was no heavy artillery in the Beiyang. The Wehrmacht is clearly bullying Wu Peifu.
Divisional headquarters of the 1st Division of the Wehrmacht. Lu Qian, the commander of the First Division, looked at the telegram in his hand with a wry smile on his face. Previously, the order of the group army headquarters was that the 1st Division was in command of this siege operation, and in order to prevent Wu Peifu from having any other conspiracy, the 1st Division should attack cautiously. But now the telegram from the army commander Qian Yansheng asked him to lead the first division to rush into Luoyang City and bring back the head of the Luoyang guard. This made Lu Qian embarrassed. But this dilemma did not last long, and the order of the Wehrmacht headquarters was conveyed to intensify the offensive and take advantage of the darkness to expand the results of the battle.
The commander of the 1st Division breathed a sigh of relief and immediately ordered the 1st Brigade to widen the gap in the wall and expand the scope of the attack. At the same time, the second brigade was ordered to prepare, and all the units under the division headquarters were also prepared, with hundreds of thousands of troops of the group army sitting in the back, there was really no need for him to stay in the reserve.
Boom, boom, boom
The explosion of high-explosive gunpowder packs continued to sound under the city wall, and the city wall with a thickness of more than ten meters collapsed section by section. The F-FDTL's point of attack is no longer confined to a single gap. More and more troops on both sides are locked in a strangulation.
Headquarters of the First Army.
"Report to the commander, news has come from the front that our army has captured the northern city wall, and the battlefield has been transferred from outside the city to the city." Front-line observers return. …,
"How is the enemy resistance in the city?" Hu Jingyi asked with concern. To be honest, he didn't expect that this siege would be so smooth, and the wall of Luoyang City of more than ten meters would be easily breached. When he heard the loud noise on the battlefield, Hu Jingyi was speechless for a few seconds after getting the news. But after the shock, Hu Jingyi's heart immediately came alive. He ordered the 1st Division to immediately intensify its offensive and expand its gains.
"The enemy resisted fiercely. However, telegrams came from the brigades and regiments on the front line, and the troops were steadily advancing. ”
"Great," Zhou Bo was overjoyed.
"Commander, why don't I lead the first army into the city, this is a good opportunity to take Luoyang City in one fell swoop." Qian Yansheng said excitedly.
"No, order the 20th Division of the Eighth Army to march into Luoyang City, and the First Army will stay here," Hu Jingyi glanced at Qian Yansheng and said. As the most famous unit of the Wehrmacht, the First Division has more than 30,000 troops, and there is no need to let the remaining elite of the First Army enter the city. Moreover, the war went so smoothly that Hu Jingyi became more and more sober-minded and cautious.
"Commander......" Qian Yansheng said with some dissatisfaction.
"You are the chief of staff of the First Army, and it is better for you to stay here in your own job." Hu Jingyi said without letting go at all.
"Yes, old money, you stay here. Judging from the current situation, the city should not be the trump card force in Wu Peifu's hands. Besides, the 1st Division is our old unit, and we should believe in their combat effectiveness. Zhou Bo persuaded.
Seeing Hu Jingyi's resolute expression, Qian Yansheng knew that there was no way to change his mind, so he could only nod his head and perform his duties as chief of staff with peace of mind. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )……,