In just a few days, Hu Shoushan destroyed more than 300,000 elite troops of the national army. Although there are still more than 70,000 troops around Zhongxian County, the highest authorities are no longer willing to believe that the other party can stop the tenth army. We have an army, what can we rely on? Are you looking at the more than 50,000 homeless dogs? Or rely on the 48-door 75 Miss in the hands of the Zhongxian garrison?
It was only then that the highest authorities discovered that he really didn't have many troops to mobilize to guard the mountain city. There were only 100,000 troops left in such a large mountain city, and half of them were Sichuan troops with poor equipment. Even if he would All these troops were mobilized to Zhongxian County, but they could not stop the Japanese army. You must know that the 300,000 Japanese and puppet troops had completely changed their equipment with the help of the Sixth War Zone, and their weapons and equipment were no weaker than the elite troops in his hands.
Moreover, the training of the Japanese army is better than ours, their heavy firepower is stronger than ours, and they have an absolutely superior naval force to assist in the battle. If the Yamashiro Navy had not recklessly laid large-scale mines in the Yangtze River Channel, I am afraid that the Japanese Navy would have already They have reached the mountain city, but how long can they withstand only water mines?
The Naval Command is already organizing student suicide squads. All torpedo boat units are undergoing emergency maintenance, and small ships with slightly higher speeds are also being refitted. Torpedoes, mines, explosives, as long as they are usable, are all piled up. As long as the Japanese fleet arrives, In the waters of mountain cities, the navy will not hesitate to use its last bones and blood to pounce on the combined fleet, just like those predecessors half a century ago.
On March 21, the Japanese army arrived at the gate of Zhongxian County. Due to the hasty change of equipment, the Japanese offensive was more of a small-scale drill. But just like this, the Zhongxian defenders lost more than 5,000 people in just one day. Facing the Japanese With the huge artillery group, the defenders had almost no countermeasures except being bombed.
On the same day, a large-scale melee broke out between the two countries' aircraft fleets in the Zhongxian airspace. Compared with the last time, the scale of today's air battle was obviously much smaller. The number of aircraft fleets on both sides was just over two hundred, but the National Army's The quality has obviously dropped a lot, just like the biplane fighter made by Gui, which is obviously much larger. Before the replacement, the Air Force rarely used this thing to fight for air supremacy, but now? It is said that the Air Force has placed additional orders from Liuzhou.
At 88:56, in just two hours, both sides retreated to lick their wounds, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Yamashiro Air Force might not be able to hold on for much longer, and another large-scale battle would bring the Yamashiro Air Force back to its original shape.
In the past few days, the national army has been harassing the Japanese supply lines, almost cutting off the Japanese supply lines to Yichang. The highest authorities also believed that the Japanese might just let them go. After all, the Japanese had 300,000 on the front line. The daily consumption of the Japanese and puppet troops was appalling, and it was impossible to continue fighting without supplies.
But the headquarters did not expect that Anan Weiji would come out and change equipment on the spot, change equipment and seize equipment for his 300,000 troops, and then use the captured materials to continue advancing. He had no intention of stopping and just slowed down. The rhythm of the attack allowed the troops to take turns to rest, but everyone knew that the Japanese army was accumulating strength for a general attack on the mountain city.
On March 22, the supreme authorities were at a loss what to do and met with Comrade Hu Bicheng. After a simple consultation, General Li Yunlong, the temporary commander of the 68th Division that day, was appointed as the commander of the new First Army of the National Revolutionary Army and concurrently the commander of the First Army of the National Revolutionary Army. The deputy commander-in-chief of the Sixth War Zone led his troops to assist Zhongxian County.
The so-called newly formed First Army has the temporary 68th Division, the temporary 69th Division, the temporary 70th Division, and the temporary 71st Division, which is a Category A division.
Among them, the temporary 68th Division will be supplemented by some new recruits on the basis of the original number. The division commander will be Ding Wei, the former deputy commander of the temporary 68th Division, with the rank of Major General.
The temporary Sixty-ninth Division is based on the twelve infantry regiments mobilized from Qijiang County, supplemented by some retired Sichuan troops. The number of personnel and establishment is the same as the temporary Sixty-eighth Division, and the division commander is the original temporary number 1001. Kong Jie served as the regiment leader, with the rank of Major General of the Jin Dynasty.
The temporary 70th Division is headed by Lieutenant General Zhang Zhonglin, the commander of the 58th Division who is recuperating in the mountain city, as the division commander. It is composed of recovered officers and soldiers mobilized from various hospitals as the backbone, supplemented by a small number of new recruits. The positions are also human.
The temporary 71st Division is composed of the military police and policemen of the mountain city. The division commander is Major General Qiu Qingquan, the former counselor of the Military Commission's Attendant's Office. The number of personnel is 30,000.
Four Category A divisions, a newly formed army of more than 60,000 people, still occupy the designation of the First Army. It can be seen that the highest authorities have great hopes for this army, but in fact, the so-called newly formed First County includes Li Yunlong's temporary 68th Division is composed of troops that have never experienced a major war. In fact, no one knows their combat effectiveness.
The previous series of battles had also consumed a large amount of supplies that the Ministry of Military Affairs had hoarded in the mountain city. It was not a big problem to equip tens of thousands of troops, but ammunition could not be replenished in a short time, especially since the Japanese army blocked the outside of the mountain city. Due to the traffic situation, the arsenal's production was intermittent. How could there be so much ammunition to replenish Li Yunlong.
Even the weapons of these divisions are not very good. Rifles have more than a dozen calibers, and machine guns have seven or eight calibers. The 75mm mountain cannon requires a constant caliber of shells. The 117mm artillery has less than ten shells per gun, no matter how large it is. There is not a single artillery piece of caliber left.
Just when Li Yunlong was about to forcefully lead his army to set off, Wang Yue, who had finished his work at Changi Military Port, flashed over. He had no choice but to rely on eating raw fish to replenish energy. He needed to find a place to rest for a few days. He didn't want to I encountered this as soon as I came here.
Wang Yue had secretly brought a large number of weapons from the Libi Kingdom here and kept them secretly, so even if he did not return to the Libi Country, he could still support Li Yunlong. In times of crisis, he did not care whether he could pay on the spot, but allowed the other party to delay The payment was not without cost, and after exchanging views with the highest authorities and northern Shaanxi, an agreement was quickly reached.
1. The Shancheng Government promises to pay the price in kind + cash within six months after receiving the goods.
2. Shaanxi North will provide guarantee for the financial security of this transaction.
3. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the Shancheng government and northern Shaanxi will send Li Yonglong to lead the new First Army to station in Japan for a period of thirty years.
4. The Umbrella Company promises to provide a batch of weapons to the mountain city government within 24 hours, as follows:
1. Soviet-made M1910 122mm howitzer, 400 pieces.
2. Soviet-made M1910 122mm howitzer shells, 100,000 rounds.
3. 7 Italian-made m1934 75mm mountain guns.
4. Italian-made m1934 75mm mountain gun shells.
5. 24 B-4 m1931 203mm heavy howitzers.
6. 10,000 rounds of B-4 m1931 203mm grenade.
7. 160 F-10 type 1902/30 76.2mm field guns.
8. 20,000 rounds of F-10 type 1902/30 76.2mm field gun shells.
9. 5898 French m1937 50mm grenade launchers.
10. 20,000 Italian-made Carcano m1891 rifles.
11. 1.5 million rounds of Italian-made 6.5mm bullets.
12. Mosin Nagant rifle m1891 rifle.
13. 6,690 Deggarev DP28 light machine guns.
14.Maxim heavy machine gun 6409 pieces
100 million rounds of 15.7.62mm rifle ammunition.
16. 103 Soviet-made M1938 120mm mortars.
17. 9,000 rounds of Soviet-made 120mm mortar shells.
18. 2 million high-explosive grenades with wooden handles.
38 amphibious reconnaissance tanks and 69 vehicles.
20. 240 Valentine infantry tanks.
21.bA-10 armored vehicles 160 units
22. 700 Taisho 11-year-old 37mm level-firing infantry guns.
23. 50,000 rounds of Taisho 11-year-old 37mm level-firing infantry cannon.
24. 100 umbrella-made trainer aircraft.
25. 200 US-made P-39 fighter jets.
26. 100 US-made B-25 bombers.
With these weapons, the highest authorities can not only equip the newly formed First Army, but also quickly arm a group of new soldiers, finally preventing the mountain city defenses from "running naked".
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