Shang Zhen and the others only rested for two days, and Liu Chengyi's 337th Brigade began marching again. However, before they had marched ten miles, Liu Chengyi ordered his troops to start building simple fortifications on the mountains and hills.
And just when the soldiers complained that they couldn't even find a shovel to repair the fortifications, they heard the rumble of artillery in front.
It had been eight years since I entered the pass from outside the pass. They were all veterans who had fought countless battles. When I heard the sound of the artillery, I knew it was from the Japanese Type 92 infantry cannon.
A new war is imminent!
This time, Shang Zhen became the commander of the guard company and "hanged around" at the brigade headquarters every day. Finally, he no longer was blind to the elephant, and he had a clearer understanding of the entire battlefield situation.
The Battle of Taierzhuang was the first major victory achieved by the Chinese army since the war of resistance on the frontal battlefield. The Japanese casualties reached more than 10,000.
Just like when Shang Zhen and others participated in the war, the Japanese troops who first invaded Taierzhuang were surrounded by Chinese troops in Taierzhuang. The Japanese troops who did not want to be captured simply pulled grenades and blew themselves up. Some hundreds of people threw them at each other. Grenades.
This is how the so-called Taierzhuang victory came about.
But the problem is that the Taierzhuang battle was only a local battle in the Japanese army's attack on Xuzhou.
When the national army won the victory in Taierzhuang, the news of the victory spread throughout the country, and it was reported in various newspapers. This really gave us Chinese people a sigh of relief!
But the problem is that the Chinese army won the battle in Taierzhuang, but did not pursue the remnants of the Japanese army who participated in the Taierzhuang battle. This gave the Japanese army a chance to breathe. After the Japanese army was reinforced by troops transported from Japan, Of course it will make a comeback!
How is it possible that comrades have forgotten to work hard before the revolution has succeeded?
This is like a young man and a young girl having sex. The young man says, oh, she and I are so good. It was our first kiss, and we both kissed!
But this partner is just a prelude to marriage. You have to marry someone into the bridal chamber, and then the bride gives birth to a baby in ten months and passes on the family line to your husband. This is called stabilization.
What's the point of just kissing me on the mouth?
So just a few days after winning the battle of Taierzhuang, the Chinese army went on the defensive again, and the 51st Army of the Northeast Army, where Liu Chengyi's 337th Brigade was located, could only establish a line of defense in the northeast of Taierzhuang to defend Taierzhuang and Xuzhou. Come.
But this time is too hasty, and the Northeast Army, which was once known as a strong force among the miscellaneous armies in various places, has become a thing of yesterday!
Before the war of aggression against China began, the three northeastern provinces had the strongest heavy industry and could build aircraft, tanks, artillery, and even an aircraft carrier!
However, following the September 18th Incident, the Northeast Army finally abandoned their hometown and entered the pass.
In the first few years, the Northeast Army's camels were bigger than horses, and they still had a few cannons. However, with the gradual deepening of the all-out war of resistance, the little wealth that the Northeast Army brought into the pass has been exhausted!
Just imagine, the soldiers wanted to build simple fortifications on the front line and couldn't even find a shovel, let alone other supplies!
But nowadays, all the Chinese armies are holding the same flag in the fight against Japan, but when a war actually breaks out, it will really be up to them to calculate their own petty scores.
Your Gui army is short of weapons and its soldiers have been beaten badly. Can you expect the Hunan army to control you?
Your Northwest Army troops have been crippled and have insufficient weapons and ammunition. Can you command the Northeast Army to control you?
Your Northeastern Army has a battalion full of wounded soldiers. Can you expect the Central Army to provide you with help?
There are some instances of mutual help on an individual basis, but overall, they all talk about resisting Japan, but in reality they restrain each other.
Take the Taierzhuang War as an example. In the early and middle stages of the Taierzhuang War, it was mainly composed of miscellaneous troops. It was a bloody battle without retreat, but as for the Central Army behind Taierzhuang, they did not move.
First of all, they definitely don’t want to help you. If they help you and you win, who gets the credit?
Secondly, the troops in the front fought the Japanese army and both sides suffered losses. The troops in the back were able to clean up the mess. The spoils are all mine!
So now the Northeast Army wants to build fortifications. If there are troops from other factions around, you ask me to borrow some shovels. Do you think you can borrow them?
"Uncle Wang, do you think we need to dig some fortifications?" Chen Hanwen outside the brigade headquarters asked in a very unsightly manner.
"Are you good at digging with your hands? Are you good at collapse with your fart? If you can collapse a fortification with your fart, I will treat you to eat soybeans and drink cold water every day!" Mr. Wang angrily scolded Chen Hanwen.
Chen Hanwen, who had suffered an unreasonable disaster, was disappointed, while the soldiers nearby suppressed laughter when they saw how much damage Old Man Wang had done to others, especially those in the former guard company.
They wanted to laugh because it was really damaging for Wang Lao Mao to curse, but they had to hold it in because they were afraid of getting angry. After all, Wang Lao Mao was now the deputy company commander of their company.
Mr. Wang was in a bad mood.
Originally, he was quite happy to find a large army, but Shang Zhen only reminded him a few words and he understood that it was not the right time for them to return to the army.
The Japanese army began to counterattack again. The victory of Taierzhuang has become history, and the 337th Brigade and the 51st Army began to resist the Japanese attack. Isn't this still a positional battle?
What is positional warfare? That is to guard a position. You cannot retreat without orders from above. Even if you die, you will die on the position!
This kind of battle is what Shang Zhen and his gang are trying their best to avoid.
But this time it was good. When they came back, they rescued Fatty Wang and met the brigade commander Liu Chengyi, but Liu Chengyi directly made Shang Zhen the commander of the guard company!
What does the security company do? That is to specifically protect the brigade commander and officers at all levels in the brigade headquarters.
The brigade headquarters is involved in a battle. Who needs to hold on to the defense? If there is a charge, who needs to charge? Of course it's their security company. They can't just let a major general and brigade commander bring the chief of staff to the front line with a stick, right?
If that were the case, their casualties would be huge!
Originally, Mr. Wang was happy when he was drinking yesterday, but he still had a bit of luck in his heart, thinking that the Japanese might not counterattack so quickly, and even if the Japanese counterattacked, they might not be able to reach the brigade headquarters.
But today, he heard the sound of the Japanese Type 92 infantry cannon.
Only then did he realize that the battle was not far away from people like him, and it could start anytime and anywhere!
Liu Chengyi was promoted to major general and brigade commander, which is not a small official position. For example, Wang Xiaodan, who had just joined them not long ago, said, the brigade headquarters is where officials stay, can it be their turn to fight here?
At that time, Old Man Wang only scolded Wang Xiaodan because there were people from the original guard company, "You know nothing!"
What Mr. Wang wants to say is, why the hell have you never seen a senior official? A major general and a brigade commander are senior?
I know that when the commander of the Northeast Army was covering the large troops withdrawing from the Battle of Songhu, he let the Japanese invaders fight him into the river!
It is estimated that the body has not been fished out yet, and of course there is no need to fish it out. It has probably rotted away long ago, and only the skeleton is left soaking in the water!
"That Fatty Wang really deserves a thousand cuts!" Mr. Wang lit up a cigarette again, but he didn't forget to scold Wang Qingfeng.
"Uncle Wang, did your family offend you again? I think you two were fine without drinking yesterday?" Ma Erhuzi asked from the side.
Yesterday while drinking, Ma Erhuzi saw that Wang Qingfeng and Wang Laomao drank together. Not only did they become brothers in life and death, they were not far away from wearing a pair of crotchless pants.
Both of them have the surname Wang. One said, "Oh, I can't write two kings in one sentence!" The other said, "Yes, you are absolutely right, we are still from the same family!"
But what happened today? Old Uncle Wang fell out after just one night.
"Anyone who drinks well with him is a god of plague. Being with him is bound to be bad!" Wang Lao Mao cursed.
Mr. Wang's logic is very simple. If they didn't encounter Wang Qingfeng being captured by the Japanese army, they would not rescue him. Maybe they would not be able to encounter the large army.
If you can't meet the big troops, you don't have to join the guard company. If you don't join the guard company, you don't have to block the brigade commander's gun.
Every wrong has its owner, and every debt has its owner. Didn't all this start when I met Wang Qingfeng?
Ma Erhuzi didn't understand the underlying meaning of what Mr. Wang was saying, but when he saw that Mr. Wang was twitching his face again, he finally said no more. He was also afraid of being scolded.
But at this moment, Li Qingfeng ran over from the brigade headquarters, pouting.
After he saw Wang Lao Mao, he hesitated to speak.
"If you have something to say, you have to fart!" Mr. Wang said angrily.
"Uncle Wang, no, deputy company commander, just now I saw an officer told our company commander that he wanted to borrow our gun." Li Qingfeng reported.
"What kind of gun can I borrow? If you can, just go and steal it from the Japanese!" Wang Laomao said angrily.
"The Japanese don't have the gun they want. I heard they want to borrow our twenty-gun gun." Li Qingfeng said very unhappy.
The soldiers looked at Qingfeng Li's unhappy little face and understood.
No wonder Li Qingfeng was unhappy. Li Qingfeng also had a twenty-gun box cannon hanging on his body. Naturally, they had snatched it back from the Central Army this time.
"You want our twenty rings? What a fucking dream!" Wang Laomao was really not happy, but at this moment, a thought suddenly came out of his heart, and he said again: "Actually, it's also It’s not impossible!”
"Ah?" Li Qingfeng never expected that Mr. Wang would agree, and he was dumbfounded for a moment.
(End of chapter)
