Chapter 103: Blood stains mountains and rivers (5)

Zhang Xueliang admitted that he made a major mistake in the judgment during the Shenyang Incident, which was a major mistake that made him very upset. At that time, he unconditionally believed in his ally, thinking that his ally would not harm him. As a result, he and hundreds of thousands of Northeast Army soldiers became rootless Ping, and he was burdened with the terrible infamous of the Chinese people.

Now that He Yingqin, Song Ziwen and others are in Peking, plus Huang Fu, who just arrived, what did these people come to Peking for? Especially Huang Fu is said to be the chairman of the Peking Purchase Committee. What does it take to be sorted out in Beijing? The meaning is extremely obvious, so I will force him to force the palace to clean up the mess.

So Zhang Xueliang can only have one way to go, that is, fight the Japanese invaders to the end and take back Rehe! Otherwise, he would have to step down in disgrace.

After all, he is still his own relative! No one is reliable at the critical moment, only his cousin took over. Looking back on every request and action of Zhang Xuewu, Zhang Xueliang even thought that Zhang Xuewu could be pre-aware. Think carefully about where there might be pre-awareness? If there is, how could he put himself in a desperate situation without any advice?

Zhang Xueliang didn't know that the sacrifice of all the officers and soldiers of Shen Ke's 106th Division only bought Zhang Xuewu a day.

The well-trained Japanese Division A Division's peace-war conversion system will supplement the troops to travel to the journey for only two to three days. The same Chinese army will take at least seven to ten days. The tactical offensive and defensive conversion of the Japanese division level is astonishingly fast. More than 100,000 Japanese troops are camping in the snow and ice, which was not expected by the Japanese Army's Attack Command. Originally, this battle was intended to cooperate with diplomacy at the end of February to maintain a strong attitude towards the League of Nations. In fact, the battle preparations were to completely occupy the Rehe River and the passes along the Great Wall within three months, threaten the Pingjin area, and force the Chinese government to sign a city alliance.

However, the collapse of the Chinese army in Rehe made the entire Kwantung Army excited with his blood. From commander Wuto Shinyi to the division commander, brigade commander, corps commander and even soldiers below, they all saw the general trend of sweeping the Rehe River across the Great Wall. As long as they took down the gateway between Chengde, the Rehe River and Pingjin Hebei, the troops could enter the rest and stockpile the necessary combat materials, and after the spring was in the implementation of the second combat plan to attack the passes of the Great Wall and approach Pingjin.

But what embarrasses the Japanese army now is that they swept across the entire Rehe River in just over ten days, but in the end they were blocked by the forces of a Chinese division from Chengde?

The difficulty of camping in the snow and ice of more than 100,000 troops can naturally be imagined. Even though the Japanese army was well prepared, the Japanese army was caught off guard in the face of the severe cold in northern China. They were all short of cotton tents, spare cotton coats, shoes and hats, and heating stoves, so the Japanese army could only take a desperate bet on Chengde in order to end the Battle of Rehe and let the troops go to rest as soon as possible.

Zhang Xuewu in the combat command stood in front of the map and thought hard about the almost unscrupulous plan to retreat the enemy. After a long time of helplessness, he picked up the water cup and took a sip. He didn't drink the water. In amazement, the thin ice layer in the water cup broke, and a glass of water spilled Zhang Xuewu all over, and even flowed into Zhang Xuewu's collar. A chill made Zhang Xuewu fight several cold wars and jump and jump. Huang Tao, who was beside him, looked at Zhang Xuewu's actions in surprise.

Zhang Xuewu put down the water cup helplessly. He remembered that this cup of water had not been poured for long? In Rehe, a ghost place where only winds blow twice a year and six months each time, the cold wave in March is probably the coldest time before the beginning of spring in the year. He was still unable to withstand the severe cold in the basement. How good can Japan camp in the wild be? Even in later generations, the troops camping in the wild for a long time, non-combat reductions will be extremely amazing.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xuewu seemed to have added countless confidence in an instant. The silence before the war is just an illusion. The Japanese would definitely launch a fierce attack on Chengde with a very fierce offensive, because the Japanese could not hold on for too long in the ice and snow. Moreover, Zhang Xuewu remembered that in the relevant information disclosed by the Japanese General Staff Headquarters in later generations, the Kanto Army launched the Battle of Rehe was actually very hasty. 40% of the materials needed were transported to North Korea from the local area, and then transported to the front line by North Korea through Anton. The remaining 40% of the materials were seized from the Northeast Army's material reserves, and 20% were forcibly plundered and collected by the people in Northeast China. However, considering that in history, the Japanese army only mobilized two divisions and two independent mixed brigades, and the current force is twice that of history.

Zhang Xuewu pulled the map and seemed to see the weakness of the Japanese army, that is, the Japanese's material reserves were seriously insufficient. The reason for dispatching large troops was to oppress China with a stunning momentum and to defeat the troops without fighting. The Chenyang Incident himself transported away most of the Northeast Army's materials reserves in Shenyang, and the rest were burned and destroyed. Therefore, there must be a very huge gap in the Japanese army's material reserves.

Zhang Xuewu's hand followed Chengde, Chifeng, Chaoyang, and finally stopped in Jinzhou. The Kwantung Army air force that frequently bombed Chengde in the past few days seemed to have gathered in Jinzhou, the Japanese army's front command and the material distribution center!

Zhang Xuewu drew a circle in Jinzhou with a pen, then rubbed his numb hands and looked at Huang Tao who was chewing the dried sweet potatoes and said, "Where did it come from?"

Huang Tao was slightly stunned, looked at the sweet potato with tooth marks in his hand and said, "You! Huang Fei'er, the director of the Secret Electricity Office, left it to you before leaving, a large bag! It was dried by their girls for you, saying that you always need to eat something when you stay up late, and it seems that there are more than ten kilograms of oil tea noodles."

"Why don't I know?" Zhang Xuewu was very surprised. He didn't know what he gave him at all?

Huang Tao smiled and said, "You drove away everyone crying and you deserve it. But then again, the oil tea noodles fried by our Director Huang are so fragrant! The heat is just right!"

Zhang Xuewu waved his hand and said, "The oil tea noodles are sent to the field hospital for the wounded to drink. I don't have any American almond chocolate and Swiss gummies given by President Song last time. I took them all to give some to the doctor. They can't be tired anymore. The battle will only become more and more tragic. I still count on them!"

Huang Tao nodded and was about to leave, Zhang Xuewu stretched out and said, "Give me two dried sweet potatoes!"

Huang Tao took out his pocket with a little helplessness, took out two pieces and placed them on the table and said, "The taste is OK. It is said that it was covered with honey, but it is just too hard!"

After Huang Tao left, Zhang Xuewu hesitated and went to the secret room and said, "Send a report! Falcon attacks!"

The Japanese did not give Zhang Xuewu enough time to strengthen the fortifications, because the Japanese's own situation was already extremely difficult. It seemed that more than 100,000 troops were so majestic at the city. However, if we consider the food, drink, housing, heating, combat-related weapons, ammunition, and medicines, etc., what kind of transportation would this be? The mountainous roads of the Rehe River are rugged and inconvenient, and the railway has been damaged due to many wars and has not yet been opened to traffic. The Japanese's supply can naturally be imagined.

Sure enough, at dusk on March 9, two field heavy howitzer artillery corps under the Japanese heavy artillery brigade began to carry out fierce artillery bombardment on the front lines of Sengguanfeng and Majiagou.

The power of this shelling is different from those of the 75mm mountain field cannons. This is the real 150mm field howitzer. Boom! Boom! Every shell drops will make the earth tremble slightly. The huge explosion sound and the smoke column that rushed up dozens of meters high, making people intuitively experience the horror of modern warfare.

The Meiji 38-Year-One 150mm field howitzer can be said to be a complete old antique. In 1911, the performance of the old antique equipped with the Japanese Army was completely behind. Even with a full caliber of twelve times, the cannonballs can only be fired to a distance of less than six kilometers. The weight of more than two tons of self-weight is a lightweight player for a field howitzer with a caliber of 150mm, but this is also the maximum limit of the Mitsubishi Type 89 artillery tractor.
Chapter completed!