708. Footsteps of war
More than half a month after the end of the Xi'an Incident, Jiang broke his word and became fat. Not only was Zhang Xueliang detained, but he also had to be handed over to a military court for trial. Because of this, the boundary of Xi'an has not calmed down, but has become more and more noisy.
On January 8, 1937, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China had completely lost confidence in Chiang's "personality" and was forced to publish again the "Telegram for the Call for a Peaceful Cessation of the Civil War", urging Chiang to fulfill his promise and order the cessation of the attack on Xi'an.
Bai Shujie was also very blind to Jiang someone's hooligan style, so he issued a telegram, "severely condemning" Jiang for forgetting his identity and becoming an out-and-out little deflated three, turning a head of state into a ruffian hooligan who talks like a fart.
Not to mention, Jiang someone, who was born as a hooligan, still obeys this set. After being scolded by the whole country, a negotiation team was finally dispatched to Xi'an to start the first round of negotiations on "building an anti-Japanese united front."
Because Bai Shujie understands very well that the little devil is about to start a big war, the first thing to do now is to stabilize the backyard. For this reason, the Kwantung Army Command of the little devil formulated the "Outline of the 1937 Kwantung Army Public Security and Rectification Plan" to step up the "crusade" against the anti-Japanese forces in the northeast.
"Comrade Zhao Yiman, in order to stabilize the rear, the little devil is about to launch a new round of crusade against the anti-Japanese forces in Manchuria." Bai Shujie himself was not good at coming forward to say anything, so he brought Zhao Yiman over and said, "You should know the radio codes of some troops, hurry up and send them a telegram." ”
"The scale of this round of the little devil's big crusade is unprecedented, the determination is huge, and the destructive power is unprecedented. It is hoped that the anti-Japanese coalition forces will be able to judge the hour and size up the situation, formulate a thorough anti-encirclement and suppression plan as soon as possible, and reduce the losses to a minimum. ”
Recently, Zhao Yiman has slowly begun to have an in-depth understanding of the Rehe Front, and has a new evaluation of Bai Shujie's ability.
Now that she suddenly heard the news, she thought that it was definitely not groundless, so she hoped to get more clear information: "Can you be sure that the little devil is going to carry out a big crusade, can you determine a time frame?" ”
Bai Shujie nodded solemnly: "The little devil is mobilizing troops, and the war preparation materials are also being concentrated. According to the information I have, the little devils have concentrated more than 40,000 troops, and they should start a new round of the 'law and order rectification plan' in early February, and at the same time launch operations against the anti-Japanese forces in South Manchuria and North Manchuria. ”
On April 16, 1937, the meeting of the four ministers of foreign affairs, land, sea and Tibet decided on the "Strategy for Implementing China" and the "Guidelines for North China".
At dinner time on April 25, 1937, Xiao Lamei suddenly came to Bai Shujie's war room and said: "Sister Er Ya called, the Tianjin garrison army of the little devil has begun to exercise near Tianjin, Beiping and Tongxian. And many hooliganism tactics were used to deliberately provoke the local garrison. ”
Bai Shujie naturally understood what was going on: "This is the little devil looking for an excuse to stir up trouble, let them closely monitor the enemy's movements, and report any situation immediately." ”
On June 25, 1937, Yang Erya once again sent a summary of the enemy situation: "In the past week, the Japanese army has been holding night exercises in the area of Lugou Bridge. Yesterday afternoon, a squad of Japanese cavalry even asked to pass through the city of Wanping, but was blocked by the garrison, and the two sides were deadlocked for an afternoon. ”
On July 5, 1937, Bai Shujie issued the No. 1 battle order of the new year: "Zhang Erzhuofangshan Independent Regiment: Order your unit to follow the plan formulated a year ago, before three o'clock in the morning of the 8th, two Type 92 105mm field cannons will use night cover to covertly enter the Qiujiagou position north of Wangzuo Town, and enter the combat state at the same time!" ”
"I hope you will once again verify the distance between the open land east of Shunzhi Gate in Wanping City and the commanding height northeast of Shunzhi Gate - Shagang. In front of the city gate is the enemy's impact area, and the sand gang is the enemy's artillery position, so don't take it lightly. ”
"After the battle was launched, a heavy artillery bombarded the enemy charging outside the Shunzhi Gate, and a heavy artillery destroyed the enemy's artillery position. It should be reminded that due to the suddenness of the start of the battle and the relationship between time, there was no test launch in this battle, and it must be the first shot. ”
"Therefore, your artillery guides must carry radio stations in advance to lurk near the bombing area and closely monitor the enemy's every move. As soon as the enemy fires the first shell, immediately fight back, destroy the enemy's artillery positions and blow up the charging enemy troops! ”
"Immediately after the battle, he retreated, hiding the cannon in the dense forest on the west side of Zhanggezhuang. In addition to leaving the guards, the artillery immediately entered the town of Wang Zuo to hide, waiting for the next order. Sue all the brothers who participated in the war, this battle is not allowed to be defeated, otherwise military law will be engaged! ”
When he received Bai Shujie's order, Zhang Er, the head of the Fangshan Independent Regiment, was stunned in a very spacious courtyard in Wang Zuozhen. It was purchased for 2,500 oceans a year ago, and the signboard of "Qianlong Trading Company" was hung on the outside.
As for whether Zhang Erxuan has applied for a business license and whether he will pay taxes according to the regulations, this is unquestionable. Anyway, now that the realm is in chaos, no one seems to care.
After its expansion a year ago, the Fangshan Independent Regiment now has a guard company, a reconnaissance company, an artillery battalion, a machine gun battalion, a cavalry battalion, and an infantry battalion, with a total number of 3,398 personnel and a supplementary brigade of 520 people.
Among them, the artillery battalion has 75 mountain artillery companies under its jurisdiction, equipped with 9 Type 41 75mm mountain guns; 75 field artillery company, equipped with 9 Type 41 75mm mounted guns; 105 heavy artillery battery, armed with 92 Type 105 cannons. There is also a support link. The battalion has 906 people.
In order to realize the "unclear" combat order of the boss in Chengde, Zhang Erxuan took his own communication platoon and reconnaissance company, and has been living in Wang Zuozhen for half a year.
Seven days ago, two heavy artillery pieces had been made out of the secret camp in the mountains, and the troops now hidden in the surrounding area near Wangzuo Town were the two Type 92 105 cannons of the heavy artillery company.
Just because of these two babies, that's a lot of old nose! Because he did not dare to move during the day, it took four nights to move to the predetermined position.
Du Guangming, commander of the artillery battalion, personally led a support platoon, and their daily task was to camouflage the cannon with tree branches, and to ensure that there were fresh branches at all times, so that others could see the two big trees, and they must not be seen to be two cannons.
In order to ensure safety, Zhang Erxuan specially dispatched a light machine gun company to deploy on the periphery of the heavy artillery. 48 light machine guns were divided into 24 groups, centered on heavy artillery positions, with a defensive radius of 600 meters.
"Brothers, the boss's telegram is coming, you all take a look, anyway, Lao Tzu is getting more and more confused!"
At ten o'clock in the evening of July 6, 1937, Zhang Erxuan held a pre-war analysis meeting, and the artillery battalion commander Du Guangming, the guard company commander Wu Mingjie, the reconnaissance company commander Temur, and the light machine gun company commander Nong Xingjiang were all found.
"Temur, it's up to you now!" Zhang Er was stunned and pointed directly: "In Wanping City, aren't you the soldiers of the 219th Regiment of the 110th Brigade of the 37th Division of the 29th Army?" Did your reconnaissance company figure it out, who does the boss want to fight? ”
"Commander, the situation is indeed very bad!" Temur nodded: "Commander-in-Chief of Chengde, since you want us to bomb the open space east of Wanping Shunzhi Gate, it means that we want to fight the little devils." ”
"Since the 29th Army gave Fengtai to the little devils, it has been lively over there recently! The little devils conduct drills near Wanping City every day, and at the beginning it was still in broad daylight, but now they simply start the exercises in the middle of the night. ”
"As far as my opinion is concerned, since the commander-in-chief wants us to prepare for battle in the early morning, it means that the boss thinks that the little devil has changed from day to night exercises, just to make the defenders of Wanping City accustomed to it, and then paralyze carelessness. At that time, the little devil will attack suddenly, and Wanping City will be over! ”
Speaking of this, Temur suddenly stopped, and then took out a sketch from his bosom and spread it out, and then said mysteriously: "I think the commander-in-chief is simply a god!" You see, this is a temporary map of the enemy's situation that I drew after my reconnaissance last night. ”
"See, this place is Shagang. My dear, yesterday at about four o'clock in the afternoon, the little devil set up a small barracks near there. There was a squad of devils inside, and two 75 mountain guns. ”
"And guess what? Fuck, the little devil Shozo Kawabe, the commander of the infantry brigade of the North China Garrison Army, and the wing commander of the 1st Infantry Wing, Mutaguchi Ryoya, are all working here! ”
"Shagang is 1,300 meters northeast of Wanping City, and the commander-in-chief asked us to blow up those two cannons, which is probably an incidental problem. The most important thing is that as soon as our heavy artillery fires to ensure that the error is within 30 meters, Kawabe Shozo and Mutaguchi Lian will definitely be blown to pieces! ”
"Regiment commander, buddy, if we kill a brigade commander with a cannon fire, and we also have a wing commander, do you say, will Lao Tzu go down in history?"
The artillery battalion commander Du Guangming suddenly asked: "Boy, have you fucking figured it out, is this information true?" ”
"That's wrong!" Temur roared in a low voice: "Lao Tzu personally went to the juvenile reconnaissance platoon to understand the situation, the dog leftovers, dysentery, slugs, a few of their little guys, re-dressed into the original little Huazi, have been hanging around Wanping City for more than two months. ”
"The weather has been hot for more than 20 days, and these people in their junior reconnaissance platoon are called Hanako, and they sleep in the sand gang at night. Yesterday at noon, the little devils came over to a class and drove them all away! Because these little devils have become old acquaintances in that realm, the little devils don't care much. ”
Zhang Er nodded stunned: "It seems that the boss in Chengde has a lot of things that he hasn't said clearly." However, now that there is this opportunity, Lao Tzu cannot let it go. It doesn't matter who he is, Du Guangming, you remember: use a cannon to fire shells continuously, and blow up Shagang to Lao Tzu! ”
Du Guangming also nodded and said: "Since there is such important information, regiment commander, I will specially send an artillery guide group over, and bring the walkie-talkie transferred from the headquarters to guide the bombardment of the two guns." And the camera we captured from the bandit Wang Ermei also brought over and filmed the entire battle scene! ”
Zhang Erstunned immediately agreed: "You are right, concentrate two cannons to bombard Shagang!" As long as their command and commander are killed, the little devils should not be able to attack Wanping City, and it will become a trivial! Remember one rule: be sure to wait for the little devil to fire! ”
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.