Chapter 4: Beidaying and the 7th Brigade ()

When he returned to the camp, Zhang Xuewu took out Wang Tiehan's big green horse and rode on the horse and made a full circle in Beidaying. Originally, there was a rule that the leader would get off the horse and stop the car in Beidaying. However, Zhang Xuewu was the cousin of the deputy commander, so naturally no one would go to find the unhappy one.

If you look at it from a bird's eye, you will find that the entire camp of Beidaying is square, with a side length of about two trunks and more than two meters. There are two soil enclosures built around the camp, and they are covered with artemisia in summer. This can be parallel to two people.

There are dry trenches about one meter deep and three meters wide on both sides of the earth enclosure. There is a checkpoint for passage in the middle of each side of the wall, and a guard post is located near the gate.

As the main road of Beidaying, there is a guard room built in the south gate. Zhang Xuewu observed that a platoon of troops was stationed here, and there were two opposite guard booths outside the gate, standing guard day and night, patrolling.

After returning to the regiment headquarters, because Wang Tiehan was taken away by the brigade commander and the regiment deputy returned to his hometown to visit relatives, Zhang Xuewu, the chief of staff, became the actual commander of the 620th Regiment.

Standing in front of the sand table in the war room of the regiment headquarters, Zhang Xuewu and Li Xinkai, Wang Chuang, Zhao Xinyu, Xu Guohui, Zhang Tianpeng and others were carefully studying the terrain of Beidaying.

Beidaying is about ten miles south of Shenyang City, about twenty miles east of Dongdaying, about three hundred meters west of South Manchuria Railway, and less than five hundred meters south of Wenguantun Station.

Outside the north and south gates, there are family residential areas and Yingshi Street, restaurants, grocery shops, barber shops, and regular markets. In the middle of the camp is a large playground, which is a place for each regiment to practice daily. On the north side is a brigade headquarters in the middle, on the east side is a brigade company, on the west side is the 621 regiment, on the east side is four barracks, on the east side, on the east side, on the 620 regiment occupies three, and on the southeast corner is one occupied by the sergeant.

There are the same four barracks outside the eastern wall, with the 619th Regiment occupying three, and one in the southeast corner is occupied by the infantry research team. A row of barracks behind the brigade are: machinery repair shop, ammunition depot, stables, haystacks, toilets, etc.

Outside the east and west barracks and the fences, except for the toilets, there are vegetable fields. There are horseshoe-shaped tree-shaped roads on the edge of the playground and in front of the camp. The ancient trees are towering, with lush branches and leaves. The road is about three meters wide, so you can travel to the four-way column. Only the road in front of the Nandamen Passenger Department is because of the screen wall and no trees are planted.

Overall, if the Beidaying was attacked by an organized surprise by the Japanese army, even if the defenders rose up to resist, they would not be able to defend effectively in such a wide terrain. Zhang Xuewu remembered that the Japanese army attacked Fengtian City and Beidaying on the night of September 18, the 29th Japanese Infantry Regiment and the 2nd Independent Guard Infantry Battalion, which were equipped with a field artillery squadron.

During the attack, Seishiro Itagaki not only dispatched the Fifth Battalion of the Independent Guard Infantry to participate in the attack on the Beidaying, but also transferred an armored train equipped with 210mm naval artillery from the Lushun Kanto Army Headquarters to the near Beidaying for assistance. Of course, the two fortress cannons placed in the Yamato Hotel also played a huge deterrent role.

Zhang Xuewu was pacing repeatedly in front of the sand table, and a bold plan was born in his mind!

Zhang Xuewu looked around Li Xinkai and others and said, "On the night of September 18th, our Northeast Army Chief of Staff Rong Zhen celebrated his 80th birthday. Officers above the regiment will attend. I believe the Japanese are also very clear. So once the Japanese attacked my Beida Camp that night, Li Xinkai, you will immediately lead your battalion to cut off all contacts with Peking except the brigade headquarters. If possible, Chief Rong Zhen will temporarily control it. After completing this task, your battalion will quickly penetrate into the Yamato Hotel at the end of the South Street and knock out the Japanese heavy artillery for me."

Li Xinkai nodded cautiously, Zhang Xuewu turned to Wang Chuang and said, "Your battalion will bring out all the American mines in stock, form a minefield along the south side. Be careful to do it tomorrow night. Send a platoon to carry the group headquarters' mobile radio station to Sanchakou. If the Japanese take action that night, they will completely blow up the Man-iron exchange lane at Sanchakou."

Wang Chuang hesitated after hearing the order and said, "She is the seat, we have never tried to make a thunder on this night. It is definitely difficult to accurately draw this thunder on the map in a hurry!"

Zhang Xuewu waved his hand and said, "No need to leave a mine-burning map. After Japan stepped on a landmine, it will definitely use segment artillery fire to cover and clear the mine-burning area."

Zhang Xuewu looked at Zhao Xinyu, and Xu Guohui said word by word: "Once the war begins, you two battalions will hold the 619th Regiment and the 621st Regiment on my left. Whoever does not fight the Japanese will be greeted directly. If you die, I will be my fault!"

Before Zhang Xuewu could make arrangements, Zhang Tianpeng stared at the sand table and said, "My mission is to suppress the Japanese after receiving the fire, and then move towards the Dongling after shooting the cannonballs?"

Zhang Xuewu nodded slightly surprised and ordered: "You should pay attention to the Japanese surprise attack on Dongling. Dongling has the shells you need, but they don't have cannons. I can't mobilize shells for you now. You can shoot as much as our Beida camp!"

After the secret meeting ended, Zhang Tianpeng did not leave. After the excuse of waiting for everyone else to leave, he lit a cigarette for Zhang Xuewu: "Shenzhen, you are the cousin of the deputy commander, but you are having too much fun, right? Cut off all the communications from other people to contact Peking? This is to use the emperor to command the princes! Brother, I want to pay my life to pay for you to leave. You are really sure that the Japanese dare to have such a big appetite? You must know that our hundreds of thousands of Northeast Army are not cotton bags, and anyone who wants to pinch them can pinch them."

Zhang Xuewu took a deep breath and threw almost the entire cigarette on the ground and said, "Our Northeast Army is in the middle of Nanjing, Russians and Japanese. Since we are soldiers, we must be prepared to die generously for the country at any time. The country, family and country, and our roots are in the Northeast. Without a country, where can we have a home? Let's prepare! The Japanese should not do anything, otherwise we will not be polite. As soldiers, put down their weapons and do not resist when they humiliate the enemy. What kind of soldier is that? A seven-foot man in military uniform is in front of the enemy, shooting out the last bullet and bleeding the last drop of blood! Otherwise, the first thing that is to be ashamed of our military uniform! I'm even more sorry for the people who support us on weekdays!"

Zhang Tianpeng gave Zhang Xuewu a neat military salute with a serious expression, and then turned around and left.

After Zhang Tianpeng left, Zhang Xuewu found the organization table of the Seventh Brigade of the Republic of China in Wang Tiehan's secret cabinet. The Seventh Brigade was an elite national defense brigade adapted from the former Northeast Army Guard Brigade and was organized by the Third Infantry Regiment. The brigade directly under the cavalry company, heavy mortar company, communication company, and spy company.

The regiment's direct heavy machine gun company has twelve Maxim heavy machine guns; the light mortar company has six light mortars at 82 caliber, and the flat-fire gun company has four flat-fire guns at 37 caliber.

Each battalion has four fully-organized infantry companies, each with twelve Czech light machine guns, 120 Czech rifles, two grenade launchers, and one grenade per squad. The entire company actually has about 150 officers and soldiers, divided into three platoons, four squads in each squad. Each squad has ten to twelve soldiers, one squad leader of the squad, one squad leader of the squad, two corporal deputy squad leader, two corporal, four corporal, and eight corporal.

After watching the establishment of the Seventh Brigade, Zhang Xuewu's heart fell slightly into his stomach!
Chapter completed!