Chapter 226 The Bloody Land of the Battle of Nanjing (Part 1)

The fierce artillery fire of the Japanese army almost turned over the suburbs of Nanjing. The only temporary wavering was the 154th Division. The troops of the 156th Division defended Hewan, Datang, Hongcun, Jinshengcun and other positions along the Qinhuai River. The 154th Division and the 156th Division immediately deployed their troops to cooperate with the artillery fire to counterattack in front of the front line.

Faced with the resolute and fierce counterattack of the Chinese defenders, the Japanese army felt very uncomfortable in attacking all units, especially the fierce artillery fire of the Chinese team, which was not only no less than the Imperial Army in terms of the density and range of artillery fire, but also far surpassed the field heavy howitzers in the Imperial Army in terms of heavy howitzers.

It is because the performance of the Krupp 150mm heavy howitzers equipped by the Chinese team are too much more capable than the top, so the Japanese heavy howitzers can only provide extremely low precision and great large-scale artillery fire support.

The early morning of May 25, 1937 has become the largest bloody battle in modern Nanjing. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the Chinese and Japanese armies spoke different languages ​​and with different purposes, a life-and-death ultimate battle was launched around the capital of the great old Chinese empire.

Defending Nanjing is not a simple slogan by Zhang Xuewu. In fact, the slogan is very easy to shout, but it is very difficult to truly fulfill it.

However, Zhang Xuewu was very clear that the Chinese people at this moment had almost been forced into a desperate situation by the Japanese army. Nanjing is a symbol of China in this era. It is a huge blow to the loss of Nanjing's determination to persist in the war of resistance. At that time, the clowns from all walks of life will jump out restlessly and advocate their theory of resistance to the destruction of the country. Zhang Xuewu, the traitor, has always advocated the use of thunder to deal with it.

Looking at the artillery fire in the three aspects of Nanjing City, Zhang Xuewu felt great pressure. The phone ringing in the command center kept ringing, and the fighting staff who came and went quickly disappeared from the previous victory. The troops of the *** people were not tofu, and the *** units were not as elite as the first mechanized division temporary assembly of the Rehe Legion.

Although on the surface, all the troops guarding Nanjing were the 36th Division, the 87th Division, the 88th Division, the 74th Army, the 66th Army, the Teaching Corps, and the elite troops of the Gendarmerie.

However, Zhang Xuewu was very clear that except for the expansion of the teaching corps and the new and veterans of the three gendarmeries, the other units were remnants of the Songhu battlefield. Zhang Xuewu's generously funded artillery and weapons cannot replace experienced veterans and grassroots officers. Although these troops have been supplemented by a large number of soldiers, they can only be said to be in full force and cannot be compared with the previously trained elites.

The *** divisions are much stronger than the divisions that have been dominated by the remnants of Nanjing in history. Unfortunately, the uncontrollable nature of the butterfly effect is the uncontrollable nature of the butterfly effect. The *** division is not a pig's head, and only remembers to eat but not beat him. Zhang Xuewu remembers that in the Battle of Chengde, he slapped the Kwantung Army with a loud slap, which made the *** division lose face and almost caused the *** division to resign and the cabinet to fall.

Zhang Xuewu also thought about the specific reason, and the reason is very simple, that is, while you develop rapidly, your enemies are also working hard to develop. The biggest effect of these two simultaneous development is to offset each other's development momentum. In the end, the party with stronger overall strength in industry, finance, and the country will still have an overall advantage.

While Zhang Xuewu was using Zhou Ying's funds to grow and sell smoke, he bought a large amount of imported weapons in Baotou's industry, the *** was not idle, and was vigorously developing the army's military equipment for large-scale expansion. In 1937, the *** people had only two fully equipped heavy artillery brigades in China, but now there are nine heavy artillery brigades.

From mass production and deployment of new mountain artillery to new types of combat vehicles, armored vehicles, fighters, bombers, large-caliber artillery, anti-aircraft guns, machine guns, etc., the military force of the *** people expanded on a large scale in a very short period of time. Before the *** was launched to enter the national wartime financial system, the Japanese army only relied on plundering the three northeastern provinces, North Korea, Taiwan, and from its local population to provide resources to support these troops and reached the limit of its national strength. Therefore, *** could not wait to take the lead in provoking the war.

Zhang Xuewu now missed the Kwantung Army headquarters that he beaten in Chengde very much. At that time, he was able to beat the Kwantung Army headquarters to the point of being disguised. In fact, it was because its deployment was very appropriate, with sufficient troops, fierce light weapons firepower, sufficient ammunition reserves, and also had a very outstanding artillery unit.

However, all of this is not the most important. The most important thing is the Japanese army's strategic and tactical mistakes. In addition, the defeat of the Northeast Army's troops in the early stage of the Battle of Rehe made the Japanese army become arrogant. Moreover, compared with the people who obtained a large amount of materials, precious metals, weapons and ammunition from the three northeastern provinces in history, Zhang Xuewu's desperate resistance in the Beidaying left the people empty-handed. Several artillery production lines from the three northeastern provinces that were used by the top in history have been the latest heavy artillery production line purchased at that time, and all of them were brought to Baotou by Zhang Xuewu.

The Japanese army fought at Rehe lacked basic preparations for attack, and even the Japanese troops were not fully prepared for the cold clothing. Moreover, the Japanese army made several major mistakes in strategy and tactics. In addition, the special paratroopers assault team attacked the Japanese army's Chaoyang logistics supply base and Jinzhou Xijiao Airport. The troops showed signs of reinforcement from the Great Wall Pass, so Zhang Xuewu was trapped in the lonely city and won a great victory in a defensive battle.

After the *** people were beaten, they naturally had to replace their army equipment to a certain extent based on the characteristics of the Rehe Legion. In history, in 1937, the Japanese chariot troops were mostly assigned to the division level at the brigade level, and were assigned to the independent mixed brigade team at the squadron level.

The 8th Division of the Japanese Army in Rehe was severely damaged by Zhang Xuewu's tank cluster's short attack, and its field artillery corps were completely destroyed. This battle example was repeatedly studied by the Japanese General Staff Headquarters after the war. The Japanese tactical staff were surprised to find that if they controlled the railway line, they would use chariot troops to concentrate on breaking through the enemy's defense line in plains or hilly areas, and then quickly assault to the enemy's back and forth, which could quickly disintegrate the enemy's resistance and divide the enemy's units, which was conducive to the division and annihilation of the enemy's live forces.

In addition, the Japanese staff also discovered that large-scale concentrated use of combat vehicles can play a decisive and crucial role in battles above the scale of the battle.

This was not until after the Battle of Nomenkan in 1939. Faced with Soviet tanks, fierce artillery fire and ground-air cooperation, the *** personnel suddenly realized the importance of concentrated use of tanks and artillery.

However, the tanks of the *** people are still a little worse after all. Speed, defense and firepower are three crucial elements of tanks. The *** people's most outstanding comprehensive performance in history. In addition to the so-called apocalyptic armistice model, it is the Type 95 light tank. The most outstanding thing about the Type 95 light tank is just the speed. Compared with the jackal light tanks equipped by the Rehe Legion, the Type 95 light tanks equipped by the Japanese army are not the opponent of the jackal.

The huge changes in history and the accumulation of butterfly effect made Zhang Xuewu feel very helpless, that is, your strength is increasing, the enemy's strength is also increasing, and history has largely deviated from the original track, which also made Zhang Xuewu lose his most important reliance.

The Japanese army's siege on the east, south and west sides of Nanjing made Zhang Xuewu extremely nervous. In fact, Zhang Xuewu was not afraid or worried in the face of the fierce attacks of the people. What Zhang Xuewu was most worried about was the Xuzhou direction. According to recent intelligence, the Chinese dispatched troops had been established on the *** side, and the two fronts under the North China and Central China were subordinated to the two fronts. The main force drew elite divisions to attack the Longhai front line. The Yellow River natural danger did not have much obstacles to the Japanese army.

What Zhang Xuewu was worried about was that Han Fuju of Shandong was really abandoned the city like a historically common general. In this way, once the Shandong capital Jinan loses, the Zhongzhang team can only defend Xuzhou with all their might, because Xuzhou has always been a gateway to the Central Plains. Once Xuzhou falls into the hands of the Japanese invaders, defending Nanjing will also lose its meaning.

Moreover, the Japanese army will invade along the western section of Longhai Road and completely cut off Pinghan Road. Then, facing the Japanese army with a strong edge, Wuhan appeared at the strategic coordinates of the Japanese army. In order to prevent the Japanese army from invading Wuhan quickly, the Chinese team was given time to rest and rest. The only remaining way was to dig the Yellow River and cause a large area of ​​yellow spills, and use water instead of soldiers.

There are actually many sayings about digging the embankment in the Gardenkou, but Zhang Xuewu remembers that according to the relevant documents of later generations, the strategy proposed was General Farkenhosen, the head of the German Affairs Advisory Group. General Farkenhosen predicted the deployment of the total force and strategic and tactical policies of the Japanese invasion of China in his military state address to the Supreme Military Commission of the National Government, as well as corresponding countermeasures, etc. In this consultation, General Farkenhosen suggested that once the Japanese army captured Xuzhou, the National Government should dig the Yellow River embankment, delay the attack of the Japanese army with flooding floods, and take advantage of the flood to find fighter jets to annihilate a part of the advancing Japanese army.

If Xuzhou is lost as in history, then digging the Yellow River with water as a soldier will only become the only best choice for the National Government. War is actually initiated by the rulers' group in order to seek greater fame and fortune. The war itself has nothing justice or injustice.
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