"I lost more than 10,000 good brothers all of a sudden. I feel a little uncomfortable because there are so many fewer people at once." Gao Jianwu, who was marching in a jeep, looked at the endless marching team outside and felt a little disappointed.
Even though it was impossible to tell due to the huge crowd, the departure of Chu Yunfei's attack group still made Gao Jianwu feel as if he had lost a piece of flesh.
"Lao Gao, I just want to discuss something with you. You see, Gui Province has always been a land of strong soldiers. The wolf soldiers of Gui Province are famous for their bravery and skill in fighting. Now that we have returned to China, it is imperative to expand the team. .
Now we have no shortage of weapons and equipment, and the logistics force still has a whole division of light weapons. We will expand it by another 30,000 people along the way, so there will not be a big problem with weapons and ammunition.
The main reason is that food supply is somewhat difficult. It is not easy to buy food everywhere now, let alone tens of thousands of us. "Ding Wei, who was sitting next to Gao Jianwu, said this.
"Yeah, I'm thinking about this too. After all, we are back now. It's not easy for us to bring them back abroad. After all, the Chinese and overseas Chinese have been working abroad for so many years, and a lot of their sense of identity is actually different from ours. .
But here we are all our own people. No matter which province we are in, we at least identify as one nation. "Gao Jianwu is also thinking about this issue.
"It's just that if we recruit new soldiers, I'm not very worried about the manpower. I'm mainly worried that our logistics won't be able to support it."
There are indeed many problems in fighting and expanding along the way. Weapons and ammunition are not a problem, there are always new seizures in every battle.
But food supply is really troublesome. After all, no matter how much food is captured in one place, it is impossible to transport it to follow the team.
The more people there are, the more complicated the logistics supply will be. After nearly a year of fighting in Nanyang, Gao Jianwu only got more than 400 trucks and more than 20 jeeps from the Allies.
In addition to towing cannons, these vehicles also carry various types of artillery shells and bullets collected from the Allies. After all, 1,000 rounds of 155 mm artillery shells are dozens of tons. Add in 2,000 rounds of 105 mm artillery shells and 5,000 rounds of 75 mm artillery shells. Now, Nearly 200 tons of transportation capacity were removed. Together with other weapons and ammunition, there was very little transportation capacity left for transporting food. At most, the entire army only transported about 40 tons of spare capacity.
Therefore, for long-distance marches, the main food supply is dry food that each soldier carries on his own back for 7 days.
Especially when he came back this time, there was no chance to gather the Allied forces. Taking advantage of the opportunity to annihilate the Southern Army's Saigon Headquarters, Gao Jianwu severely requested a wave of supplies, and used most of the transportation capacity to transport weapons and ammunition.
After all, this is an American-style weapon and ammunition that only needs one less. Gao Jianwu and the others will not get any replenishment before returning to the old base area.
"Lao Gao, it may be that your requirements have increased now, so I feel that this matter is a big problem. In fact, during the Long March, our situation was more dangerous, and replenishment was more difficult, but we still persisted along the way and expanded at the same time Move forward." Ding Wei said to Gao Jianwu with a smile.
"Our newly expanded troops can be armed with captured weapons and equipment. After all, we no longer need them to go into battle immediately. We just need them to be able to keep up with training along the way."
Gao Jianwu's eyes lit up. He had really thought it wrong. He wanted to equip and train them as elite troops from the beginning. In fact, under the current circumstances, it was not necessary at all, and there was no such condition.
But if we treat it as a supplementary regiment and a guerrilla force, then the current conditions are much better. Ding Wei is still an expert in this regard.
I am still a little out of touch with this era, especially after leading the expeditionary force for a long time. I feel that the army should be what it is now. In fact, a year ago, everyone did not even have a rifle. How could we have these guns now?
"Old Ding, you are right to remind me. If this is the case, I will leave this matter to you. During this time in Guangxi Province, we can recruit and march at the same time. We will stay in every big city for three days." Now that I want to After understanding the key to this matter, Gao Jianwu immediately put it into practice. In his opinion, it would not be a big problem to recruit two to three thousand people in each city within three days.
After all, at this time, everyone is very poor, and being able to afford food is already a luxury for many people. For people with a larger family, becoming a soldier is not necessarily a bad thing.
According to the current reputation of the expeditionary force, after recovering the cities occupied by the Japs along the way, Gao Jianwu believes that there will still be more people who want to join the army, and there will be no need for too much mobilization.
"No problem, leave this matter to me." Ding Wei, a tool man who is good at telling the truth, agreed readily.
It's great to work with people like Gao Jianwu, because once everyone thinks it can be done, they will implement it immediately without hesitating and discussing the pros and cons for a long time.
On the one hand, this is due to Gao Jianwu's strong decision-making ability. On the other hand, it is also due to his broad vision. For many things, as long as he mentions a few points, he can immediately think of many useful supplements, thus turning this matter into a Very complete.
An impression of Gao Jianwu and Ding Wei is that they are still young people, but they are like weathered and have experienced many things. As long as this matter is mentioned, Gao Jianwu can make good deductions for many things that are still unpredictable.
The scarier thing is that everything Gao Jianwu deduced will become reality, which makes Ding Wei feel very amazing.
With Gao Jianwu's approval, Ding Wei put the matter of team expansion on his top priority agenda. From publicity, organization and registration to training and logistical support, Ding Wei quickly put together a complete plan and related relevant information. The team is established.
Sure enough, every time he conquered a city occupied by the little devils, Ding Weiwei was able to recruit a lot of people from it. Since Gao Jianwu personally directed the engineering operations, every time he occupied a warehouse, he rushed in immediately, so in terms of food, fuel, etc. A large amount of baggage and other items were seized, which was enough to supplement consumption.
The troops did not encounter food shortages at all, and with new battles, Japanese weapons and equipment began to be used on a large scale. Facing battles at the regiment level or even the brigade level, the main attack team used the little devil's 75mm field guns and mountain cannons to cope with it. .
After knocking down seven or eight cities starting from Nanhai Island, Gao Jianwu quickly accumulated 40 Type 41 mountain guns and more than 80 Type 92 infantry guns, and established 2 mountain gun battalions on top of the original artillery battalion. and 4 infantry artillery battalions as the main fire support artillery.
Although compared with the American products that I am used to, the little devil's things are a bit different, but these things are still very reliable when used to fight against the little devil.
After all, the current number has far exceeded the limit that the Japs can bear. Facing the Japs at the regiment level, Gao Jianwu came up to command two mountain artillery battalions to cover the firepower. In addition to each main battalion, he also brought a 92nd Infantry Artillery Battalion. As artillery support, how could the little devil withstand such fierce artillery fire?
Now almost every battle is an absolute crushing game, and there is no need for large-scale tactical interludes. Therefore, even though the weight of the Little Devil's 92 infantry cannon is much heavier than that of a mortar, it is still difficult for Gao Jianwu, who is pushing forward step by step. Said, these are not problems, when the strength is enough to crush, the upright one is the invincible teacher.
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Headquarters of the 23rd Army of the Yangcheng Imps.
Lieutenant General Takashi Sakai, the commander of the Japs, faced a group of generals of the 23rd Army with a serious expression.
"Gentlemen, China's Second Theater Expeditionary Force is coming with force. It has captured the Nanhai Island and Leizhou Peninsula controlled by our locust army. It has marched all the way eastward and has now advanced to the Wuyi area. Our 23rd Army is the elite of China. Our Southern Army has been fighting for many months, and according to statistics, more than 200,000 of the Southern Army’s locust troops have broken into pieces, which can be said to be a serious problem for the Locust Army.”
Lieutenant General Takashi Sakai did not continue the nonsense, but pointed the baton to the map and continued.
“Our army has set up the first defensive front in Wuyi, with the 104th Division as the core, relying on Tanjiang Guifeng and other important places to set up defensive positions to block and weaken the enemy layer by layer.
The second line of defense is based on the 51st Division and the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade along the Fopan City area as the preset battlefield.
The third line of defense is based on the 38th Division and the 8th Independent Mixed Brigade in the urban area of Yangcheng as the preset battlefield.
The 22nd Independent Mixed Brigade and the 23rd Independent Mixed Brigade, as surprise troops, sneaked into the mountains on the west bank of Tanjiang River from the north and south respectively to ambush. When the enemy's leading troops enter Shuangshui and other places, they must attack to the death. They must be the first to attack. The troops were annihilated in the Shuangshui area, dampening their morale. "
"It is believed that this enemy is well-equipped, especially with a lot of artillery. The position must be equipped with anti-artillery measures. It is not suitable to gather heavy troops. The main force should stay in the city to fight in the streets, with the aim of killing a large number of enemies as the top priority!"
Listening to the deployment of Lieutenant General Takashi Sakai, they are basically based on street fighting. The division commanders and brigade commanders present here all have pale faces and stern expressions. As high-ranking generals of the little devils, what they did in Annan with the expeditionary force group These little devils all heard about what he did.
The beating was really brutal.
It is said that almost no one survives a street fight.
Seeing everyone's pale faces, Lieutenant General Sakai Takashi knew what these people were thinking, but now he had no other choice except this method.
Whether it is artillery or air, the 23rd Army currently does not have the strength to confront its opponents. Only through bloody phenomena is there a glimmer of hope.
"You don't have to worry that what happened in Annan will happen again here, because after all, they have more of their own people. From now on, we will close the city gates and not allow anyone to enter or exit. All cities have implemented curfews and no one is allowed to enter or exit!"
Lieutenant General Sakai Takashi said with a stern look.
"Gentlemen, the time has come to dedicate your lives to the empire and to be loyal to His Majesty. We, the 23rd Army, would rather be broken into pieces than we will drag the expeditionary army on the road together!"
Gao Jianwu finally met the little devil.
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"Ding, the 22nd Independent Mixed Brigade and the 23rd Independent Mixed Brigade will arrive at Shuangshui in 8 hours, with more than 16,000 troops..." On the march, there are still 6 kilometers away from Shuangshui. Gao Jianwu received new intelligence information after hours.
After reading this information, Gao Jianwu showed a strange look on his face, because this time was too coincidental.
Apparently the little devil had some ideas this time.
According to the current march plan, the first attack group will arrive at Shuangshui in 6 hours. If Gao Jianwu had not received this information, the first attack group might have suffered a big loss due to being caught off guard.
After all, the first attack group, which had not yet established a stable foothold at that time, suddenly attacked against the numerically superior Japs.
There is no problem in launching defense on the spot, but since the artillery advantage cannot be used, it is difficult to control the casualties in the battle.
In large-scale infantry field battles, the first attack group whose light and heavy machine guns have been replaced by Japanese weapons basically only has the advantage of rifles. After all, after close combat, mortars and 92 infantry guns have no effect.
The kid's wishful thinking was so obvious that Gao Jianwu thought about it with his eyes closed and decided to slow down the marching speed of the first attack group so that the first attack group and the third and fourth attack groups would arrive at Shuangshui almost at the same time.
Since the little devil wanted to have an encounter, Gao Jianwu might as well give the little devil a surprise.
Ding Wei of the 1st Attack Group received the order. Although he did not understand it, he carried out the order without hesitation and asked the troops to slow down.
Because he knew that Gao Jianwu would never let anything go.
Gao Jianwu quickly responded to the message prompted by the system, but as another telegram message came over, Gao Jianwu fell into deep thought. He thought for three minutes before conveying the message to the attack group. commander.
All of a sudden, veterans like Ding Wei became excited.
Every one's eyes were about to spit out fire. The little devil was so imbecile that he actually coerced the people of the entire city to use him as hostages to fight in the streets.
Although everyone was very angry about such appalling atrocities, no one could find a solution for a while.
"Order the 5th Attack Group and the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Tank Group to speed up and arrive at Shuangshui at the same time as the 1st, 3rd and 4th Attack Groups. The Expeditionary Force Group Headquarters will immediately move forward to command the 1st Attack Group. The remaining battalions of the 6th Attack Group, the 6th Attack Group and the Tank Group protected the logistics and artillery groups, and the newly formed 7th Attack Group delayed and slowly advanced." Faced with the little devil's frenzied tactics of locking down the city and street fighting, after ten minutes, Gao Jianwu The second order was issued.
"Order the First Battalion of the Heshan Air Force Group to arrive at the clouds in the Shuangshui airspace in 7 hours and be ready for attack!"
This series of orders contained Gao Jianwu's endless anger.
Obviously, Gao Jianwu had already issued a killing order in his mind for the two brigades of the Little Japanese, and was ready to kill all of them without leaving a single one.
After all, keeping such an inhuman little devil would be a disaster.
But Gao Jianwu also knew that even if these two brigades were completely annihilated, there would be no big change in the urban street fighting that followed. The main force of the 23rd Army of the Little Devils was now huddled in the city, mingling with the common people. There is basically no other way to think of except clearing houses one by one.
This kind of urban street fighting is not only a huge harm to the expeditionary force group. For the local people, there were even more casualties.
The little devil doesn't have much humanity at all. Once the street fighting started, facing the pressure of death, these little devils went crazy one by one. The first to suffer are the common people.
After all, this is not like Annan, where the city is not surrounded by walls and most people can run away.
Now the little devil has implemented curfew and blockade policies. It is difficult for a person to escape now. So Annan's tactics are completely unfeasible here.
At the beginning of the battle, Gao Jianwu put this matter behind his mind for the time being. After all, the Japs had already dispatched two brigades to prepare for a sneak attack, and he had to plan carefully to keep them all behind.
Thinking of this, Gao Jianwu closed his eyes and slowly turned his mind to the topographic map of Shuangshui.
The high-definition three-dimensional map provided by the system shows the entire area of more than ten kilometers around Shuangshui. Looking at the criss-crossing roads in the picture and the surrounding mountainous areas, Gao Jianwu thought from his perspective and gradually drew in his mind the possible trajectory of the Japs.
Thinking from his opponent's perspective, Gao Jianwu gradually figured out the little devil's plan. It has to be said that the commander of the Little Devil still has some tactical ability. According to this tactical arrangement, if there is no system prompt.
They really have a slight chance of success. After all, there are many mountains and dense forests in that area. If the little devils travel day and night, it is very possible to avoid the eyes and ears of the expeditionary force group.
This tactic was originally a specialty of Gao Jianwu and the others. Unexpectedly, the little devil also wanted to do something similar this time.
Gao Jianwu figured out his opponent's thoughts and gradually outlined on the map the mountainous areas where the Japs were lurking. By carefully calculating the distance and time, Gao Jianwu re-formulated a combat plan, and then distributed the plan to each unit through the radio.
Various attack groups that received new orders from Gao Jianwu. He followed the new orders without any doubt and rushed to his fighting position.
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Eighth Route Headquarters.
Border headquarters.
After receiving the latest information about the expeditionary force cluster, everyone slapped the table and became furious.
But anger doesn't solve anything.
After they calmed down and brainstormed, they finally came up with a solution that was not a solution.
On the one hand, he ordered underground workers to collect relevant evidence and prepare to announce to the world the despicable atrocities of the little devils.
On the other hand, this information was provided to the Allied Forces Command in the theater, requesting the Allied Forces Command to issue the most severe warning against the crazy actions of the little devil.
At the same time, someone wrote an impassioned and passionate statement, explaining the whole story and consequences of the incident in sharp words, and finally pointed out to the point: If the 23rd Army is determined to carry out this atrocity, Then the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army cannot guarantee the life safety of any citizen of the country, whether military or civilian, and it is not limited to mainland China, including any country on the island, is in the process of liquidation!
When Gao Jianwu commanded the expeditionary force group and prepared to eat the two brigades of the 23rd Army of the Little Devils with all his strength, several major centers in the land of China that received the news were boiling at the same time.
An unprecedented storm is coming!
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A small day base.
"Stupid Sakai Takashi!" Tojo Chicken, who received the tactical arrangements of the 23rd Army, said with a gloomy face to several senior staff members who had been summoned urgently.
"This idiot will bring us all down, and the Empire will suffer huge losses because of this."
"Your Excellency, the Allies must not be able to grasp this matter, let alone provide evidence to the China side. Now the war has been greatly detrimental to our empire. The imperial capital has been bombed repeatedly by the Allies. Once this matter is grasped, the Allies will The empire will not be able to bear such losses if the bombing is even more unrestricted!" A senior staff member suggested.
Although they all know that the war itself is cruel and inhumane, there are still some bottom lines after all. If these most basic bottom lines are broken now, their casualties will no longer be just soldiers, but the casualties of the entire empire will increase geometrically. , and may even subjugate the country and exterminate the species!
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The recent huge defeats in the two major battlefields of Nanyang and the Pacific have given the base camp the idea of retreating.
In the latest discussion at the base camp, some staff members have proposed a plan to withdraw from the border and strive to secure a peace agreement between Taiwan and outside the border. After all, Gao Jianwu's expeditionary force group is so evil that there is almost no way to stop them unless a front army is gathered together.
Only by forming a heavy force group of two to three hundred thousand and gathering the main force such as air force and heavy artillery to besiege it can we win. At present, this plan is almost impossible to realize, because it means giving up a large amount of acquired land in a high-risk battle.
Rather than this, it would be better to withdraw gracefully. At least this way, the strength can be preserved. The opponents the empire faces now are not just the expeditionary force cluster, and even the most terrifying opponent is not the expeditionary force cluster.
Now that Sakai Takashi has done something like this, aren't all escape routes blocked? !
That's why Tojo chick is so angry.
But he also knew that now was not the time to just be angry, but also to come up with solutions.
This matter cannot be allowed to ferment.
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"What? The base camp asked us to change our tactics and not to anger China and the Allies by taking hostages?" After Lieutenant General Takashi Sakai received the latest instructions from the base camp, he almost exploded. How could he continue to fight with such blind command?
"Yes, Your Excellency Commander, the base camp requires that if the 23rd Army cannot defeat the enemy with regular tactics, it can now retreat to the Hong Kong and Kowloon areas." The intelligence officer lowered his head and replied.
In fact, a large section of the intelligence he received pointed to Takashi Sakai, but it was impossible for him to read it out completely in the report. Instead, he used the most concise words to express the meaning of the base camp clearly.
Even so, Sakai Takashi couldn't stand it anymore.
I saw him walking around the conference room, his face flushed, and he looked like he had been tortured. As a senior general in charge of one aspect, Takashi Sakai naturally had his own pride. The base camp reprimanded him mercilessly. It was an unbearable shame for him.
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Although Sakai Takashi had briefly thought about the issues that the base camp was worried about, he thought it was no big deal. As long as he could win, everything was acceptable.
They have done many excessive things, so what now? It's not like there's nothing you can do about them. Sakai Takashi firmly believes that what cannot be obtained on the battlefield cannot be obtained outside the battlefield.
However, this time the base camp did not stand on his side, but reprimanded him in a very stern tone. Sakai Takashi had to consider the attitude of the base camp, after all, he would leave with a piece of paper order.
Sakai Takashi thought about it and decided to try it in Wuyi first. He would not be able to accept his fate, and now the arrow was on the string and had to be fired. As one of the traditional arts of the little devil, Sakai Takashi is also a master of the three flavors.
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