Chapter 202 Strategic Intent (I)

Gui Yongqing's meal was the most cost-effective meal in the history of the Republic of China. Zhang Xuewu also had twelve German three-type combat chariots in the Nanjing warehouse, and they were all divided by the Teaching Corps and the 74th Army. He also removed a total of forty 105 mm imitation German howitzers and thirty 75 mm imitation Krupp mountain field cannons from Zhang Xuewu.

Zhang Xuewu had previously stored a large amount of shells and landmines and other materials in Nanjing. Now it seems that these materials will play a huge role. Moreover, Zhang Xuewu did not want to use too many troops to defend the periphery of Nanjing, and repeatedly compete with the Japanese army for consumption.

Zhang Xuewu's strategic intention was to give up the outside line, build a large-scale fortification system in Qixia Mountain, build a large-scale fortification system in Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Zijin Mountain, defend along the Qinhuai River, blow off all bridges, and control all more than 50 AVIC ships downstream, and all two heavy artillery brigades were placed in Hu Zongnan's territory on the north bank. Hu Zongnan was grateful for Zhang Xuewu's ability to hand over the two heavy artillery brigades to him!

Hu Zongnan was the right clan of Chiang Kai-shek, just like Tang Enbo, but Hu Zongnan was not as good as Tang Enbo. The trust Zhang Xuewu gave him made Hu Zongnan feel a little flattered. Zhang Xuewu also held the Shangfang sword in his hand, so Hu Zongnan must guard these two heavy artillery brigades from any perspective. If these two brigades are lost, Hu Zongnan also knew that Chairman Jiang would not be able to spare him.

Zhang Xuewu's move was imitating the battle of Stalingrad. During the Soviet army's defense, the Soviet army placed heavy artillery troops on the side of the canal, leaving the German army under the Soviet artillery fire.

Zhang Xuewu's strategic arrangement is to use Nanjing city walls as the final defense line, and use the commanding heights of Zijin Mountain and Yuhuatai and other places to cooperate with the air force. As long as the Japanese army cannot control absolute air supremacy, the teaching corps on Zijin Mountain and Yuhuatai and the artillery of the 74th Army will let the Japanese army know what artillery attack is.

Zhang Xuewu stockpiled 300,000 75mm shells, 220,000 105mm shells, and 150,000 150mm high-explosive grenades in Nanjing. It can be said that these shells can blow the man back to his grandma's house.

However, what Zhang Xuewu is most concerned about is the fortifications in Zijin Mountain, Zhongshan Mausoleum, Qixia Mountain and other places. The People's Liberation Army in later generations can be regarded as the essence of civil fortifications. The civil fortifications built by the Volunteer Army on the Korean battlefield can withstand direct hits of heavy howitzers with a caliber of 152 mm can be called a miracle in military history.

Therefore, Zhang Xuewu used all the things that could be used in Nanjing. The 30,000 tons of cement and 2,000 tons of steel bars in Nanjing cement plant and steel mill were used. Every day the Japanese army delayed the attack on Nanjing, Nanjing's permanent fortifications were prepared more fully.

Zhang Xuewu intercepted at least 50,000 people from the scattered soldiers and small-established troops retreating through Nanjing. These people were sent to Jiangbei for training, and helmets, new military uniforms and weapons were distributed. More than 30,000 of them were all supplemented into the divisions guarding Nanjing. At this moment, Zhang Xuewu held a 220,000 army, which was 70,000 more than the more than 150,000 people in history. Moreover, the German-armed troops retreating to Nanjing in history had long lost German-armed replenishment. One soldier had only twenty bullets of replenishment, and most of the new soldiers fired a big knife or two grenades. Now the firepower of each division has been unprecedentedly improved. Not only has the support of heavy artillery and reserve forces from Jiangbei, but also the artillery fire support from artillery directly under the divisions.

About 200,000 simple mines imported and produced in Baotou were buried all over the mountains by engineers from two regiments, and there was not even a mine-branching project. This was a huge trouble after the war. However, Zhang Xuewu believed that even if the Japanese army outside Nanjing had to clear mines, it would probably take two weeks. These mines were buried for Zhang Xuewu to win the last time.

The Wulong Mountain Fortress on the flank of Qixia Mountain is a place where troops were built in Wanli in the Ming Dynasty. Later, it was built in large quantities in the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. Especially from 35 to 36 years, it was built on a large scale as a model fortification of the Wufu Line. The Yongbei Fortification was equipped with a closed fortress group of Yongbei trenches. Chiang Kai-shek inspected this place, and the Wufu Line was also imagined to be built on the General Mountain Fortress in Qixia Mountain and Wulong Mountain. However, what Chiang Kai-shek did not expect was that the officials below worked on it and built the Wufu Line on the map.

Zhang Xuewu made a very determined decision and completely gave up fighting for the outside position of Nanjing. So Zhang Xuewu began to arrange for the general retreat of Zhenjiang and Jiangyin fortresses. The two fortresses in Zhenjiang and Jiangyin have a total of 27 forts, 16 German-made 88mm semi-automatic high-level dual-purpose cannons, 22 German-made 150mm howitzers, 8 German-made Krupp 240mm caliber fortresses, and 152 naval cannons removed from old ships.

These large-caliber Krupp Fortress cannons are all treasures of grandfathers. Many cannons cannot even call out the specific model of Zhang Xuewu. At the end of 1919, the Beiyang government purchased the old German World War I artillery from Britain and France, and its power was quite shocking.

While Zhang Xuewu arranged for the forced evacuation of the people in Nanjing, he rushed to Yanziji with all officers of the division or above. A heavy artillery regiment of the National Government was stationed here. Historically, the National Government only equipped only one heavy artillery regiment, the famous 10th Artillery Regiment. The colonel leader Peng Mengji, whose courtesy name was Mingxi, was from Wuchang, Hubei. He graduated from the Department of Literature of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou. Later, he entered the fifth phase of artillery department of the Whampoa Military Academy. He graduated in the same year and entered the *** Field Artillery School for further studies.

However, under the influence of Zhang Xuewu, the National Government had organized three heavy artillery regiments, the 11th Artillery Regiment and the 12th Artillery Regiment. However, these two regiments have been moved to Wuhan. Chiang Kai-shek left the 10th Artillery Regiment, which is best equipped with 36 German-made 32 times the caliber and 30 times the caliber, in Nanjing.

Zhang Xuewu also arranged it in Yanziji. One was to echo the two heavy artillery brigades on the north bank to prevent the defenders from being attacked from both sides. The second was to provide firepower support to the entire battlefield of Wulong Mountain Fortress and Qixia Mountain Fortress. The sixteen German-made 88mm high-level dual-purpose cannons removed from Zhenjiang and Jiangyin were also deployed in Yanziji. Peng Mengji was appointed as the commander of Yanziji by Zhang Xuewu. The army used the 41st Division Yanziji to garrison and construct fortifications.

On the way to Yanziji, Zhang Xuewu held a very formal on-site deployment office meeting, and planned to use the 48th Division to guard the Wulong Mountain Fortress, the second brigade of the 159th Division, one to guard the Baguazhou, and the other to guard the Jiangxinzhou, the 103rd Division of the Gui Yongqing Division, the 160th Division of the 160th Division to guard the Qixia Mountain Fortress, and the 51st Division of the 74th Army Yu Jishi, the 57th Division to guard the Gujiaying, Yangjiazhuang, Dashishan, and Liuzhuang. Relying on the geographical advantages of the Qinhuai River branch, fortifications were built, and the 58th Division to build a second-line position at Guanghuamen.

The 154th Division and the 156th Division guarded Hewan, Datang, Hongcun, Jinsheng Village and other Qinhuai River, blasted all bridges and defended them from the river. The 87th Division was located in Juhuatai to build fortifications, the 88th Division was located in Yuhuatai to build fortifications, the 36th Division entered Zhongshan Mausoleum, and garrisoned along Zijin Mountain.

The tentatively organized mechanized division was stationed along Weixingcun Railway Station, with the 112th Division of the tutoring corps, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd regiments of the military police. The reorganized tentatively organized brigades were the general reserve team.

Zhang Xuewu's troops were all convinced. The most difficult gap to defend was held back by the direct line of the Rehe Legion. What else do you have to say? Besides, Zhang Xuewu added troops and weapons and equipment to everyone. In Ye Zhao's words, if anyone is fucked, he wouldn't say that he is good to others, he just needs to ask for scolding him.

Zhang Xuewu's ferry ships that were completely destroyed and sunk by Tang Shengzhi in history were concentrated in the Pukou Wharf area for concealment, and placed the only 49 BF-109fs left by the fighter brigade and the 52 Hawks from the Sixth and Seventh Destroyer brigades in the Air Force at Dingshan Field Airport in Jiangbei. He gave up his peripheral positions and used support grounds to cooperate with the mobile troops to continuously implement counterattack tactics. Zhang Xuewu is easy to use in Chengde, but Chengde's urban area is relatively small, while Nanjing's city walls are relatively large in depth. Compared with Zhang Xuewu, he has greater room for play.

In the positions built along Zijin Mountain, Yuhuatai, Wulong Mountain, and Qinhuai River, Zhang Xuewu launched an assault construction of 200,000 young and strong laborers in Nanjing. He first retreated the elderly, women, and children, and carried out the evacuation in batches in a planned manner. During the evacuation, Hu Zongnan was responsible for organizing and providing necessary food and security guards. Zhang Xuewu, a wandering soldier who was dressed in Nanjing and had a disheveled military discipline, issued a death order, intercepted and incorporated, and placed them in Confucius Temple for dressing and reorganization training. If any disobedient, he would rectify the law on the spot.

When hundreds of soldiers were executed, the military disciplines of various units of the Songhu combat troops passing by Nanjing suddenly improved greatly. Some troops even concentrated on washing their faces, and even the broken military uniforms had to be worn neatly. Those who lack buttons had to be tied to death. Regardless of whether they were from a unit or not, they had to retreat in an orderly manner. Because when entering the Nanjing area, they could only see Chinese Air Force fighter jets painted with blue sky and white sun emblems on the wings. The Japanese army launched several challenges to Nanjing's so-called absolute air defense circle, and without exception, they were beaten to smoke and run around everywhere. When the people realized that the behavior of the army aviation troops and the naval aviation troops was of no use, it boosted morale to the Chinese defenders, so the Japanese army also stopped the air strikes on Nanjing.

Killing without blinking has become the most typical impression that Zhang Xuewu gave to each department of ***. No matter who you are, what Zhang Xuewu stipulates is the prescribed boundary. If you pass the boundary, you will kill you without any discussion. If you can't figure it out, you will be reincarnated in the next life and learn to be smarter.
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