Chapter 7 Death Waltz (Part 2)
At this time, the density of generals in the small house in Dawangzhuang that was originally Cheng Jiaji's reception room can be said to be the highest in the entire Fifth War Zone. In this small house that is only 30 square meters, there are not only four major generals and two lieutenant generals, which makes people feel that there are too many Chinese generals.
If Lieutenant General Xu Zuyi was a new-style soldier with a gentlemanly demeanor in the West, the commander of the Pang Army next to him was a typical example of another image. Pang Bingxun, who was nearly 60 years old, not only did not have much military temperament, but also described the aging appearance of Qiaocui. If he had not been wearing a military uniform with a lieutenant general, no one would have associated such a figure as a farmer with a general who had been in the army for more than 40 years.
Several senior officers of the Third Legion and senior staff members of the Fifth War Zone with Xu Zuyi were surrounded by these two people. For a moment, this room that turned out to be a small landlord's study in the village was filled with stars.
However, the troops that these five or six generals can be directly under their command are the more than 100 staff members and more than 300 wounded personnel brought by Xu Zuyi and Pang Bingxun.
If these generals could make one thousand, even if one hundred, the burden on Cheng Jiaji would be much lighter.
Unfortunately, the general who lost the general was at least the previous soldier, but the general who lost the soldier was not only no longer a true general, but even a soldier could not be regarded as a soldier.
Several major generals from the Fifth War Zone in the room analyzed the current situation in Dawangzhuang and Linyi, and only one result was achieved. As long as the Cheng Jiaji detachment could defend until dawn, the reinforcements of the 59th Army arrived, the entire situation could be eliminated, otherwise it would only collapse completely.
Although these people came to Linyi with Cheng's detachment, no one really understood how practical combat effectiveness the Process Detachment, which looks like three new teams inside and outside, actually has.
"Brother Yan Mou, what is the combat effectiveness of the Cheng Jiaji Detachment? As the chief of staff of the war zone chief, you have led them north to this point, so you should have a clear idea, right?" Zhao Xingcai, the chief of staff of the Pang Army, saw that the two Shangguans were not spoken, and the others could not say anything, so he hurriedly asked this for his commander. Sure enough, his words not only made Pang Bingxun's eyes lit up, but also several other senior staff members from the war zone were waiting attentively to listen to Xu Zuyi's answer. Usually they ignored the combat effectiveness of a small lieutenant colonel and the troops he led. It must be that Cheng Jiaji and his troops were so important to them at this time. These generals who were only interested in the numbers above the army on weekdays had extraordinary interest in everything about the small regiment-level unit of the Cheng Jiaji Detachment.
"Does Cheng's detachment? The equipment is still very good. You have also seen that their two infantry battalions are also semi-mechanized. As far as the Gu brothers know, most of the soldiers of this detachment are veterans of Xia Weimin's unit and brothers separated from various troops of the Kuomintang army in the Nanjing battle. The combat effectiveness is still quite good. In addition, the number of Japanese teams will not be large, otherwise they will not be able to come here silently. Cheng's detachment should be able to support it until dawn."
To be honest, Xu Zuyi was not very clear about the combat effectiveness of the Cheng Jiaji detachment and whether it could last until dawn, but now he must appease these colleagues, so that's all he can say.
Of course, some people believed the Chief of Staff around him, and the generals who were full of fear were much less worried when he said this.
Pang Bingxun, who had not made any noise, had other ideas in his mind. He had just arrived for a day and sent someone to understand the details of Cheng Jiaji's detachment in private. The situation he had learned was much more detailed than Xu Zuyi who had been with this army.
Speaking of which, Pang Bingxun really had dealt with Xia Weimin during the Central Plains War. At that time, Pang Bingxun, commander-in-chief of the Second Route Army of the Anti-Chiang coalition, had several other local military units against Chiang, except for the Northwest Army, and Xia Weimin's division was among them.
He still knows some of Xia Weimin and Pang Bingxun. This person is from a professional class and is considered a strong man, but he seems a little weak in other aspects, especially in fear. This is already difficult to recover.
He knew that Cheng Jiaji was the only brother of the Hedong Lion in Xia Weimin's family. He was also a famous domineer in his hometown when he was at home. He thought that Cheng Jiaji was a tiger-like character. Xia Weimin put so many good guns and elite soldiers in the Cheng detachment, rather than sending the entire army to fight against Japan, it would be better to say that he was a guard for this young master.
Pang Bingxun believes that such a unit with a strong official and no battlefield experience, although the quality of the soldiers is good, it is still difficult to block the Japanese army. Moreover, the Japanese attack tonight was extremely fierce. In less than an hour and a half, the opponent launched two attacks. As an old soldier with forty years of military experience, he could tell from the density of the Japanese artillery fire that the Japanese were determined to attack. Can Cheng Jiaji detachment block the Japanese who seemed crazy outside the village, and persisted until the arrival of the 59th Army. Pang Bingxun was really unsure.
However, if Cheng Jiaji was to be replaced with a competent commander, Pang Bingxun dared not do so. After all, this army is neither under his command nor has anything to do with him. Even if it is replaced, it will not be better than now. Instead, it may cause a collapse on the whole line.
In short, Pang Bingxun is very unhappy about the situation of the battle.
Just as a group of generals were crowding in the hut to discuss the combat power of Cheng's detachment, Cheng Jiaji was going to the first truly manly dance in his life.
The battle at Qianzhuangkou had completely heated up. The remnants of the Chinese army of the two companies were mixed up with the Japanese. From time to time, people fell to this dance party playing the death waltz.
Although the Chinese army suffered heavy casualties, perhaps Cheng Jiaji's lead inspired these soldiers. Perhaps Cheng Jiaji had just increased the bid as long as Yu Juncai's reinforcements arrived, each soldier was thirty on the spot. The officers offered double rewards to make the veterans willing to buy their lives. Perhaps the veterans who retired from Nanjing were particularly jealous when they saw the ghosts and hated each other. Perhaps it was that the Chinese army's automatic firearms were mostly more than the Japanese, and perhaps these reasons were all. In short, although the two companies of the Cheng Detachment lost more than half of the losses, no one escaped the battle. The combat power they showed at this time was rare in the elites of the Central Army.
At this time, the figures of other guards were gone by Cheng Jiaji's side, and Ma Sanbao kept protecting his superiors.
Cheng Jiaji had already thrown away the pistol that had been completely bulleted. At this time, he was holding a Japanese 38th cap that he had just picked up from the ground and his guard platoon leader Ma Sanbao joined forces to deal with a Japanese soldier. Although it was two-on-one, the more crowded parties in the scene, they did not take advantage of it at all. If Ma Sanbao hadn't come in time to take care of Cheng Jiaji, who was already out of breath, I was afraid that this Japanese soldier would have inadvertently changed the current stalemate in the former Zhuangkou.
Fighting a bayonet is really a physical job, and it is even more torture for Cheng Jiaji, who lacks high-intensity training in this time and space and in the 21st century. However, this also has an advantage. When he returned to the social scene, he found that his dancing skills had improved significantly without realizing it. It seems that although the sport of sting is dangerous and tiring, it is not completely beneficial. At least it has a very significant effect on improving people's dancing skills. If you want to dance with Death, you must jump into the arms of Death. In this case, as long as the person does not die, how can you not increase your dancing skills greatly? This is also the reason why many soldiers in that era had much faster mastery of dancing skills than ordinary people. After all, these people have a good foundation in daily life.
Just when the Chinese army at Zhuangkou was about to be unable to hold on, Yu Juncai brought reinforcements to negotiate with him.
Chapter completed!