The principal waved his hand impatiently and said, "Speaking of which, you and I don't need to be so polite. Just say what you think."
Director Chen said sternly: "The humble opinion is that meritorious service must be rewarded, and it must be widely reported in publicity and newspapers. However, these rewards and commendations are not for Yan Laoxi, but directly to the 32nd Army on the front line..."
The principal's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he raised his palms and praised: "Wonderful! Isn't the Model Brigade now under the command of the 32nd Army? Shang Zheng was originally independent from the Jin Army and gave the reward to the 32nd Army. Presumably this Yan Laoxi can't say anything."
"Hehe... It's not that he can't say it, but it's hard to say it."
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These big guys from the Republic of China are scheming, and General Shang Zheng is in trouble.
"These people at the top are really dirty. We are still fighting against little Japan on the front line, but they are thinking about how to make a fuss about the victory that the soldiers bought with their blood and lives." General Shang Zheng said angrily at the headquarters.
How could he not know what these big guys were thinking? But now the ball has been thrown to me, especially when General He from the Peking Branch of the Military Commission personally called him to commend and praise him. He also praised himself as the pillar of the party and the country, which really made his face irritated. It hurts.
If my troops really achieved such a record, you can praise me all you want, but the problem is that the model brigade is only nominally under my command. Their record is obtained by themselves at the cost of their lives and bravery. Why don't you mention it at all? The rewards for the Model Brigade were all thrown here. Do you have the nerve to take them?
"Military seat, this reward of one hundred thousand oceans..." the chief of staff beside him said hesitantly.
It's not that he doesn't understand the twists and turns, but the 32nd Army is really scared of poverty. The reward of 100,000 oceans is not a small number. Being able to keep part of it can also solve part of the arrears of military pay, right?
"Send all the money to Zhao Changshu. We can't be blinded by this little money at this critical moment. You know, Zhao Changshu's model brigade can stand in front and help reduce the pressure on our 32nd Army? Changed It is Lao Huang's 139th Division that is guarding the main position in Lengkou. With our weapons and equipment, how many people will die in this battle? We cannot let the soldiers on the front line feel cold at this time."
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Now Zhao Changshu had no intention of paying attention to these clumsy people in the rear, because the Japanese army's attack used another tactic.
After losing most of the brigade in the failure of the first attack, Hattori Jiro already knew that his mixed 14th brigade was probably going to hit the wall this time.
So he could only put down his old face and ask the headquarters for tactical guidance.
But now the Japanese army cannot send support troops for a while, and it does not want to send sporadic support troops.
After the destruction of the Yoneyama Brigade and the harassment of the 14th Brigade by Chinese elite troops along the way to Lengkou, Lieutenant General Masaemon Sakamoto, commander of the Japanese 6th Division as the former enemy commander, felt that the Japanese army had been consolidated. The tactic of sending one out just to replenish one is no longer appropriate.
Just because he smelled an ominous meaning from the above two incidents, the Chinese army's previously dull and passive defensive tactics suddenly became more agile, and the combat effectiveness of this model brigade, which he had never heard of before, was also different from before. The performance of the Northeastern Army was quite different.
This shows what? In addition to the Model Brigade, will there be other unknown Chinese elite troops?
This made Sakamoto Masaemon feel a little vigilant.
It's not that he doesn't know the disadvantages of the refueling tactic, but the Northeastern troops he encountered before who had no fighting spirit, no matter what size of troops they sent, the enemy troops were defeated at the first touch.
Even a leading Japanese cavalry unit with only 128 cavalry frightened Tang Yulin, who had two brigades of 8,000 men, into abandoning the city and fleeing, creating a joke in the history of war.
This also caused the Japanese army, including him, to have great contempt for the Chinese army. They believed that as soon as the troops arrived at the foot of the Great Wall, the Chinese defenders on the Great Wall defense line would inevitably flee, so he sent the Mishan Brigade and Huncheng Brigade 14 will set off first.
But now it seems that he has taken it for granted, so he decided to wait until the main force of the 6th Division was replenished before going out in full force to conquer the Great Wall defense line in one fell swoop.
Having said this, some people may ask, why is the Japanese army's logistical supply so difficult? Doesn’t it mean that their materials and equipment are much better than the Chinese army?
In fact, as mentioned before, the Japanese army launched the September 18th Incident and launched the Battle of Jehol without domestic authorization. It was the unilateral military actions of the Japanese Kwantung Army, which resulted in Japan not being well prepared for war. The Kwantung Army was in the war. In the early stage, there was no domestic material support, so we had to use our own regular reserves.
The conventional reserves can only support a battle on the scale of a campaign. For example, the Battle of Rehe consumed more than half of the Kwantung Army's conventional reserves in the Northeast, and the smooth progress of the Battle of Rehe was beyond the expectations of the Kwantung Army headquarters, which led them to launch the Battle of the Great Wall in a short period of time.
Without controlling the Great Wall, the entire communication line of the Japanese army in Rehe would be exposed to the threat of the Chinese army. At the same time, Jehol Province itself lacked a strategic barrier to resist the counterattack of the Chinese army.
Therefore, if the Japanese army wants to occupy and rule Jehol for a long time, the Great Wall must be taken down, thereby threatening the Pingjin region, the economic and cultural center of northern China.
The Japanese army wants to firmly control the initiative in the war strategically. They have the final say whether to fight or not to fight, while China can only passively defend.
So at this time, Japan has to pinch its nose to support the Kwantung Army. You can't just throw back the bones you swallowed, right? Therefore, it was a fait accompli that Japan launched an aggressive war in Jehol and the Great Wall.
At this time, Japan's domestic war supplies were not fully in place, so the Japanese 6th and 8th Divisions, which were preparing to attack the Great Wall defense line, were still waiting for supplies.
Therefore, for the sake of safety, Sakamoto Masaemon ordered Hattori Jiro to just continue to launch diversionary attacks and wait for the arrival of the main force of the Japanese army.
The so-called diversionary attack is actually to continuously send troops to attack, but to retreat when encountering fierce resistance, sticking to the defenders like brown sugar, maintaining battlefield pressure on them, and preventing them from relaxing even a little bit. Dare not divide the troops to pursue.
Of course, before that, the tactical guidance that should be given still needs to be given, which is to send the air force to continuously bomb the main position of Lengkou Pass.
If Hattori Jiro had strictly followed Sakamoto Masaemon's orders at this time, perhaps the plan of annihilation carefully planned by Zhao Changshu and Zhou Wen would have been aborted.
