6.5 Turrets

Jiangning Fortress has five forts: Dragon (Oolong Mountain), Tiger (Tiger Mountain), Lion (Lion Mountain), Ma (Ma'anshan) and Yu (Yuhuatai), all of which were left over from the late Qing Dynasty. Before the start www.biquge.info of the Anti-Japanese War, two modern fortress anti-aircraft batteries, Jiayi and Jiaduo, were added. The current commander of the fortress is Lieutenant General Shao Baichang, and Chief of Staff Cao Youyi.

The combat personnel of the two modern fortress antiaircraft batteries deployed by the Nanjing Government in the first and second modern fortresses were the student corps transferred from the cadre training class of the fortress section of the artillery school, and after participating in the Jiangyin Siege Campaign, these student troops were transferred to Nanjing and incorporated into the formation of the Jiangning District fortress. The commander of the station was Major Li Chengzhong, and there were also Taiwan officers, communications officers, ordnance officers, and special service chiefs, 130 student soldiers, 30 militiamen, and more than 170 people, including the cooking class, who used four Type 88 antiaircraft guns.

The Type 88 anti-aircraft gun has a caliber of 75mm and is made in Japan, and the fact that this anti-aircraft gun can be installed in the Jiangning Fortress is the credit of Japanese arms dealers.

A is built on Oolong Mountain. Wulong Mountain is located on the south bank of the Great River thirty miles northeast of Nanjing, close to the river. There is an oolong temple on the mountain, and there is an old fort on the top of another hill in the east of the temple, that is, the dragon platform. The four anti-aircraft guns of the first unit are all installed on the northeast side of the Wulong Temple, in the west of Longtai, on the one hand, they work together with Longtai to defend the river, and on the other hand, they work together with the second station of Jiatai to defend the river, which is the core firepower of the Jiangning fortress.

The Nanjing military ordered 20 Flak 18 anti-aircraft guns from Germany in early 1937, together with complete observation and communication equipment, all of which arrived along the Yangtze River and Wuhan fortresses before the outbreak of the Battle of Songhu, and 4 were deployed at each fortress.

Huang Haoran stood on the Longtai position, in front of him was Longtai's Yang Taichang, Yang Taichang is a white-haired old major, he has been a soldier in Longtai since the end of the Qing Dynasty, and he can be regarded as a veteran of the two dynasties, Yang Taichang has been in Longtai for more than 30 years, and finally promoted to the position of major and Taiwan chief. Although Director Yang does not have much culture, his demeanor is elegant and dignified, and he is worthy of being the "little king" in Oolong Mountain.

The news of Huang Haoran's assumption of office has spread all over the garrison near Nanjing City overnight, and these soldiers are still obviously biased towards Huang Haoran between Tang Shengzhi and Huang Haoran, after all, those who serve as soldiers are willing to follow the "victorious general".

Huang Haoran's experience and prestige gained from fighting monsters in Songhu have been reflected in Nanjing......

"Commander Huang! You came to Wulong Mountain early in the morning to inspect it, and we, the officers and men guarding the fort, are really very encouraged! ”

"Director Yang, you're welcome! Now is the critical moment of survival, there is no need to say the scene, you can take me to see Longtai! ”

"Yes! Commander Huang, please! ”

Huang Haoran followed behind Yang Taichang to visit the entire Longtai, Jiangning Fortress and Nanjing's important barrier, as long as these forts are not lost, the Japanese boats will not be able to enter the waters of the Yangtze River in Nanjing, why do the Japanese come in small boats? Thanks to the Navy's action to close the Yangtze River, a large number of shipwrecks prevented the Japanese large-tonnage ships from entering the Yangtze River, and the small boats that could escape were powerless in front of these guns in the Jiangning Fortress.

Although Huang Haoran disagrees with the practice of losing all the precious naval warships, at this moment, he is enjoying the dividends brought by the total destruction of the navy.

The river is surging, as if telling the helplessness of the navy, Huang Haoran looked at the rolling Yangtze River with the telescope in his hand, and sighed in his heart......

The artillery of Longtai is too old, Huang Haoran brought 6 90mm caliber mountain guns to Wulongshan Fort this time, these guns were poured out of the warehouse of the Ministry of Military Affairs, Huang Haoran hoped that his back would not be stabbed by the Japanese army, so he made a lot of effort to block the Yangtze River.

Navy torpedo boats on the river in the distance are laying mines, which are also part of Huang Haoran's plan to blockade the Yangtze River.

"Commander Yang, we are now in great need of artillery, so we can only take out these 6 guns, and I hope that the brothers in the fort will make good use of them!"

Director Yang hurriedly stepped forward, clasped his fists and said:

"Commander Huang is serious, it is the responsibility of us soldiers to protect our family and defend the country, and if you can treat us hundreds of people like this, the brothers are already very content!"

"What other difficulties are there that are not? Say it all, I'm here to solve your problem today. ”

"Commander Huang, we just lack some artillery here, because it is an old battery, so the facilities are quite complete, a and a second are new batteries, and there are many new soldiers, take the first position of A as an example, when the station was stationed on August 20, the gun emplacements were only installed, and there was nothing such as the observation and command post, shelter, ammunition depot, barracks, etc. It's just a barren mountain. An ancient temple with four cannons. The officers and soldiers could only live in the ancient temple of Oolong. Ten days later, a barracks construction team was sent from above, and dozens of tents were built at the foot of the mountain as barracks for the fort. There is a shortage of ammunition in rice and flour, and it is really hard....."

Director Yang hesitated, but still said what was in his heart, Huang Haoran knew that this was also his good reputation that played a role, if Tang Shengzhi or Luo Zhuoying were replaced to check, the old director would only dare to sing in a high-pitched voice, shouting to overcome all difficulties.

Huang Haoran glanced at the first one from the telescope, the officers and soldiers stationed in the first one were still attentive, the four cannons were well hidden, and the dragon platform was only a mile away from the first one, and now Huang Haoran was stunned with the telescope and couldn't see the situation of the new fort clearly, but Huang Haoran also noticed that the ancient temple of Oolong that Director Yang said was no longer there.

"Why didn't you see the Oolong Ancient Temple? Am I looking at the wrong mountain? ”

Huang Haoran subconsciously asked.

Director Yang was worried that Huang Haoran would not believe his words, so he hurriedly defended himself:

"The barracks construction team sent from above demolished the Oolong Temple, saying that the goal was too obvious. It is easy to attract bombing by Japanese planes. ”

Such considerations are also justified, but they ...... It's a pity that this ancient temple ......"

It's because of the Japanese, these little devils have ruined how many good things in our China! Now, in order to prevent them from coming to Nanjing to harm the people, the Chinese army can only attack their own cultural relics! All these sins must be counted on the heads of these little Japan!

"I will ask the sappers to build some hidden caves and trench bunkers for the two new forts of A and A, I can't do anything about the barracks, the little devil is not far from Nanjing, and the sappers still have many tasks, but the logistics must be solved, I will allocate you a batch of rice noodles and cooking oil and cannonballs, and it will be delivered tomorrow at the latest! A and a second will first give 10,000 catties of rice noodles, 1,000 catties of cooking oil and 2,000 rounds of 88 cannonballs, and the rest of the fort's forts will also refer to this standard! ”

"Commander Xie Huang! We fort soldiers don't say anything, we must kill more devils and repay the commander! ”

Director Yang "snapped" a stand, and then gave Huang Haoran a standard military salute, there seemed to be tears in his eyes, he knew that the chief was treating their brothers so well now that they wanted their group of people to die for the country, but Director Yang still thanked the newly appointed deputy commander of Nanjing City Defense from the bottom of his heart.

The previous commanders were not even willing to do these things for their soldiers, and the officers and soldiers on the fort have always felt very aggrieved!

What are the brothers staying in this place where birds don't? Isn't it in response to the anti-Japanese declaration of the highest authorities? But everyone is anti-Japanese, why is there a thin and thick? The teaching corps in Nanjing City received double salaries and full allowances, while they, the artillery soldiers, had to worry about rice and ammunition!

It's fucking unfair!

Huang Haoran came to Wulong Mountain on the first day of his tenure, and the newly appointed deputy commander of Nanjing's urban defense made them feel like they were raising their eyebrows!

So Director Yang is now determined to give his life to this Deputy Commander Huang!

Not for anything else! Just for this respect!

Huang Haoran also returned a military salute immediately, he felt that all Chinese soldiers who resisted Japan were respectable, after all, this was a business of pinning their heads to the waistband of their trousers!

"Commander Yang, I think there are some problems with the command system of your fortress fort, which is very unfavorable to the coordination in wartime, I plan to add the Dragon and Tiger General Station on top of Longtai, Hutai, A1, and A2, so that it is easy to coordinate and cooperate and blockade the river, what do you think?"

"Commander Huang! Your idea is too good, Longtai, Hutai, Jiayi, Jiaertai are close to the Nanjing River, and the rest of the batteries are farther away, and their respective tasks and missions are also different. ”

What Director Yang said now is no longer entirely a manifestation of gratitude to Huang Haoran, Huang Haoran's suggestion directly points to the current weakness of Jiangning Fortress, and it is also the plan that Director Yang suggested to Shangfeng several times.

Huang Haoran's kindness made Director Yang very excited!

It seems that this "victorious general" does have two brushes!

"This was originally the method proposed by the officers and soldiers of your battery, and I insisted that it was my own idea, which was really unavoidable, all in order to pass the formation of orders as soon as possible, in the face of military affairs, what is my Huang Haoran's face!"

"Commander Huang! I'm sorry for you! ”

The tears in Yang Taichang's eye sockets finally dripped down......

Huang Haoran was also a little moved, but now is not the time to be moved, he still has something to say:

"What good advice does Director Yang have for the commander of this main station? I hope to give you advice......"

Director Yang wiped a handful of tears and replied loudly:

"Colonel Huang Yongcheng can be the chief director, and Major Zhao Xun can be the adjutant!"

Huang Haoran had already guessed this answer, and he looked through some documents of Jiangning Fortress overnight, which contained letters from the officers and soldiers of the fort to their superiors, and the candidates mentioned in the letter were also these two people, but Huang Haoran did not appreciate Huang Yongcheng and Zhao Xun very much.

In his memory, the Wulong Mountain Fort was abandoned, and Huang Haoran didn't want this ending now, so he planned to use a new commander, and Huang Haoran saw that Commander Yang was still a practical person, so he moved his mind to promote him.

Now Huang Haoran is the deputy commander of Nanjing's urban defense, and he is also the military director, and the officers below the major general of the Nanjing garrison, promotion and dismissal are all matters within his purview, so let Director Yang be the chief director of this Dragon and Tiger General Station, Huang Haoran definitely has this power!

"Director Yang, I plan to use you as the chief director of this Dragon and Tiger General Station, what do you think?"

Huang Haoran's words suddenly asked Director Yang!

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