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The third regiment entered the position at 1:30 noon.

Compared to the frontal position, which had been bombarded indiscriminately by the Japanese for several days, the left-wing position fell into a strange silence. Only the dense sound of gunfire from the distance reminded the officers and soldiers of the third regiment who had just entered the battlefield.

This is a battlefield of blood and fire. Only by destroying the enemy can you save yourself and win.

The main position is manned by one battalion of soldiers, while soldiers from the other two battalions serve as reserves and assist in digging trenches and building fortifications.

The more than three miles of defense line suddenly became a scene of excitement. Dai Anlan personally led the regiment. Like other company and battalion level officers, he wore a standard steel helmet produced in Southwest China. This alone was better than the two Central Divisions of the Kuomintang. Even if

Chen Cheng's 18th Division is a direct force of Chiang Kai-shek, and it has not distributed helmets to all its members. The new helmets from the Southwest have proven to be quite effective in dealing with lethal weapons.[

"I moved faster, dug the trench deeper, and filled the sandbags more, which made me work harder."

Dai Anlan stood on the battlefield and shouted loudly. The long-term professional military training in the southwest performed perfectly at the moment of battle. In particular, the training on digging trenches and building fortifications was emphasized all year round.

Training has definitely come in handy now.

In the words of the recruit company platoon leaders who lectured the recruits: Don't expect to kill the enemy with one shot. Dig a hiding place first, hide in a safer trench, and carry out precise attacks on the enemy who attacks with two legs.

Shooting to kill is the right thing to do.

Like the right-wing position, half of the left-wing position has been dug up by the civilian workers Chen Cheng urgently recruited yesterday. Ordinary people also have methods, and they can resist the Japanese with hoes and hammers.

With the assistance of engineers from the Third Division who had arrived earlier, the civilians had already dug out half of the position. Based on this prototype, after the Southwest Army entered the position, they immediately took over to further dig and reinforce the position. Only one person could be seen.

The soldier swiped and took off the sapper from the backpack behind his back.

Shovel, two people work in teams, one soldier digs up a shovelful of soil from the trench quickly, and another soldier is responsible for opening the sack. The cooperation is very tacit, and from time to time a sandbag is filled. The southwest soldier, who is not weak in strength, lifts the shovel.

After a pause, the sack was lifted up into the trench and turned into a shooting bunker.

The staff officers sent by Chen Cheng to coordinate were also surprised when they saw it. Compared to the slow pace of the troops digging trenches, these southwestern soldiers seemed to be going crazy, using up their endless strength to construct positions quickly.

How did this staff officer know that soldiers from the southwest are much stronger than the Japanese? Not only are they provided with three meals a day, but they are nutritious meals prepared by military food experts, coupled with scientific and reasonable training subjects, intensity, and years of modern training.

Afterwards, this army was far from being comparable to the Central Division of the ** which had been reorganized by Britain and France and merely adopted Western training.

When Dai Anlan was checking a mortar emplacement, he saw Chief of Staff Gao Feng approaching from a distance and shouted, "Why are you here, Chief of Staff?"

"An Lan, let me see how the position is being constructed." Gao Feng walked along the way just now. The position was in full swing. Many soldiers were working and greeting the chief of staff with a smile. Southwest

The military style is that officers and soldiers are one family, except for some particularly formal

In this situation, there is no class gap between officers and soldiers. Just like Dai Anlan, long-term training with the regiment has made him very tanned. Many of the top trainees in the third regiment can get cigarettes from him. "Yes, I dug it."

Very good, the position construction level of the third regiment can represent the level of the third division."

Dai Anlan: "The Chief of Staff has commended us, but these are not enough. Our army lacks heavy artillery, and will lack the ability to counterattack when facing the Japanese medium and long-range artillery fire. We will be passively bombed. We still need to dig more anti-gun holes."

Gao Feng nodded, pointed to the ring formation in the distance and said, "The Japanese army has the advantage in terms of strength. This kind of ring position can be bypassed well. Combined with the ZH31 new machine gun, the killing effect on the enemy should be very good. Broad knife

We need to put more mines. The Japanese army got a lot of benefit from the Japanese army, and we have to teach them a bloody lesson here. Regarding the issue of anti-bombing holes, dig as many holes as you can. There is nothing we can do if we are pressed for time."

The circular position is different from the linear position. It is a defensive method adopted when facing an enemy with superior strength. The outermost periphery is the trench. In addition to the placement of individual soldiers, there are also some light and heavy machine guns. The deeper the inner layer, the more firepower.

The more powerful the configuration, the extremely limited number of machine gun bunkers and artillery positions made of quick-setting cement, ranging from mortars to 24-year-old infantry guns. The relatively dense heavy firepower configuration will cause heavy damage to the Japanese army in subsequent battles.

At the innermost level, there is the 31-year-old anti-aircraft gun regarded as a treasure by Chen Jun. It is an old habit in the southwest that when encountering a scientific and technological breakthrough year, a large number of new weapons will be researched and finalized.

Anti-aircraft artillery is one of them. Compared with this new anti-aircraft artillery, which is almost a secret weapon, the rocket launcher that has been issued to every squad has become an individual weapon.

"A lot of broad-sword mines have been buried, enough for them to eat a pot." Dai Anlan raised his telescope, and there were constant battles in the position of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army in the distance. After each batch of shelling, the Japanese army would

Launched a charge. Several times, the armored vehicles with the sun flag on them almost rushed into the trench positions of the 18th Division, but were killed by several Japanese soldiers who were not afraid of death and "suicided" with hand grenades tied together.

The attack was blown up.

Subsequently, the central position fell into repeated offensive and defensive battles.

"The movements of the Japanese army are somewhat contradictory." Gao Feng put down his telescope. The offensive and defensive momentum in the intermediate position a few miles away was far less fierce than a few days ago. The Japanese army seemed more like a probing attack, torturing the tenth

The nerves of the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Division. "In the battles of the past few days, the Japanese army took advantage of the remaining power of occupying Tianjin in the first battle and madly attacked the positions of the 19th Division, causing the 19th Division to be almost defeated. But now, they seem to be in no rush to break through the Langfang defense line."

Dai Anlan frowned slightly, "Isn't it possible that the Japanese army wanted to bypass the flank and raid Peiping?"

"Probably not. Chiang Kai-shek is already planning the Tianjin-Beijing battle. If the Japanese army crosses Langfang and does not eliminate us, then their logistics support line will be completely cut off. Perhaps after the Japanese army divides its forces, it can rely on one or one and a half divisions to cope with the two armies.

The wounded ** division and us were absolutely unable to withstand the subsequent battle support troops arriving, thus forming a large encirclement situation. I don’t think the Japanese commander-in-chief would do this." Gao Feng analyzed calmly, if

He was the staff officer responsible for the formulation of combat plans for the Japanese army, and would not submit such a combat plan to the commander. However, Dai Anlan's idea made sense. After all, the Japanese army had always been known for its madness.

"Chief of Staff Gao, you have reminded me. Chiang Kai-shek's movement of troops and generals may have been learned by the Japanese army." Dai Anlan frowned slightly, the blockade may really be dragged into the battle stage. However, **get ready.

Is it ready? Is Chiang Kai-shek ready? "The Japanese army probably wants to complete its success in one battle" [

"It's not clear yet. The division commander and I both want to defend the left wing position first and wait for opportunities to support the positions of the other two armies. At this time, the Chinese people cannot watch the Chinese people be completely defeated." Gao Feng

He took a deep breath, looked around the position again, and then ordered the division staff to stay on the position while he returned to the headquarters behind to discuss the military situation with Chen Jun.

Tianjin, a large house in the late Qing Dynasty. This is the headquarters of the Tianjin-Beijing Campaign, the headquarters of the Tianjin Expedition Army, and the command center of the Commander-in-Chief of the Tianjin Expedition Army, Yoshinori Shirakawa.

"Report"

The conference room filled with Japanese generals suddenly heard the voice of the combat staff reporting on the military situation.

"Nian" is sitting at the top, and the general wearing the uniform of a Japanese general said unhurriedly, this is a very old Japanese general, Shirakawa Yoshinori, as an army general in the Taisho era, he once served as the commander of the Kwantung Army

Official, Minister of War, and commander-in-chief of the Tianjin Expeditionary Force this time, can be regarded as a heavyweight in the Japanese army.

"Our attack on the frontal battlefield encountered stubborn resistance from the Chinese Army Corps. It was confirmed by the front-line offensive brigade that the Chinese Army Corps opposite was no longer the 19th Division of Nanjing, but the formation of the Chinese Army Commander Chen Cheng.

The complete 18th Division. In addition, according to intelligence, the Chinese have noticed our combat intentions and placed the greatly weakened 19th Division on the right wing, and placed a regiment of the Southwest Army on the left wing.

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Shirakawa Yoshinori did not speak, and the generals sitting at attention below did not dare to speak.

"Yo Xi, the Southwest Army has finally appeared." Shirakawa Yoshinori nodded slightly. From the moment the two parties started negotiating, the military department had already obtained the information. From them, they took advantage of Taiyuan and rushed to Peiping. They were all under Japanese spies and bribed Chinese.

Under the gaze of the traitors, "The troops in the southwest are not terrible. We will capture them to prove the strength of the Imperial Army. What the conservative British Army cannot do, our Empire of Japan will do."

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"Your Excellency, General, are we going to change the established battle plan?" A Japanese officer wearing a colonel uniform stood up and said. In a conference room full of at least major generals, this officer seemed very abrupt. But

It is precisely this that makes people have to pay attention to him.

"Colonel Ishihara, don't worry. According to the established combat goals, these two Chinese divisions are within our grasp. However, the situation has changed. According to intelligence, Nanjing, China, is mobilizing about a dozen divisions to prepare for support.

Tianjin-Beijing battlefield. As a result, our combat plan must be modified." Shirakawa Yoshinori is extremely fond of Army Colonel Ishihara Kanji who has made extraordinary achievements in the Northeast, let alone his involvement in the Northeast Incident.

As the main planner of the Kwantung Army, he is also highly appreciated by me. This secondment of the Tianjin Expeditionary Army is based on his understanding of the Chinese Army, and secondly, he wants to improve it. If the war is going to happen,

Fortunately, the colonel will be promoted soon. And Ishihara Kanji did not disappoint him and helped him screen and revise the combat plan formulated by the dispatched army staff.

In the original plan, after testing the true strength of Chiang Kai-shek's reorganized modern divisions, a devastating blow would be carried out to the 19th Division. It would be best to capture them. If not, this organization would have to be eliminated to severely defeat the Chinese.

the will to resist.

However, the results of the initial battle did not meet expectations.

The Japanese military headquarters measured the combat power of the Northeastern Army. They believed that the Northeastern Army's 100,000-strong army could not stop the Japanese army of three divisions. How could the two Japanese Central Divisions stop it?

As a result, when the Tianjin garrison commander Wang Dingding was defeated by the Anti-Japanese War and the two divisions of the 19th Route Army rushed to Tianjin to rescue him, the Japanese army took a step forward to fortify Langfang. It was this central division that blocked the Japanese advance troops.

In the case of a division, although it suffered a heavy defeat, the 18th Division attached to it was always able to support it in time. The equipment and combat effectiveness of these two central divisions were stronger than those of the Northeast Army.

Yes, their fighting will was not bad either. On the second day of the war, the commander of a regiment of the 19th Division died on the front line.

Originally, on the third day of the blocking battle, the Japanese army had a chance to annihilate the 19th Division in one fell swoop. However, at this time, the news came that Chiang Kai-shek was mobilizing troops to prepare for a decisive battle with the Empire in the Tianjin and Beijing areas, and the pace of the attack was suspended.

"We must ensure that at least one division is eaten and one remnant is left behind. This way we can ensure that we weaken the elite strength of the Chinese ** Corps, but do not beat the Chinese ** Corps so badly that the three divisions will be defeated.

The * troops were in a stalemate with nearly 100,000 Chiang Kai-shek’s battle troops.”

This is the combat goal set by Shirakawa Yoshinori

After the appearance of the Southwest China Army, which claimed to be able to defeat the British and French armies, the military headquarters sent a strange instruction to eliminate this vanguard group.

Shirakawa Yoshinori was originally planning to go around from the flanks and surround the 18th Division that was held back by the attacking troops. A frontal attack was likely to result in a rout. The appearance of the third regiment itself had already blocked the path of the outflanking plan.

And the military department's order happened to be so timely.

As a result, the priority combat goal of the Tianjin Expeditionary Force changed from the elimination of at least one of China's main divisions to the complete elimination of the Southwest Anti-Japanese Vanguard Regiment.

After the meeting, Ishihara Wanji was left alone by Shirakawa Yoshinori.

"Do you think we should advance quickly like we did in the Northeast, and form an established fact of occupying Peiping like we occupied various cities in the Northeast?" Shirakawa Yoshi was sitting on a captured Qing Dynasty Taishi chair, observing.

"Li Duanduan Begging for Poems" is said to be the original work of Tang Bohu. "Chinese culture is really profound and profound, but unfortunately, in the words of their ancestors, they are not afraid of danger in times of peace."[

"Hai, my subordinates don't dare to think too much, but they still believe that the top priority is to eliminate the main force of the Chinese Army, form a pincer attack on the Ningjin defense line, and completely pacify the area north of Pingjin." Ishihara Wanji and Shirakawa Yoshi.

They are almost the same. They have all worked in China for a long time and are all China experts.

Shirakawa Yoshinori shook his head, "Ishihara-kun, you are an imperial general with a limited future, and your future achievements are not mine. Our generation is getting old after all, and the future cause of co-prosperity in Greater East Asia still requires your efforts.

You have to remember that the Tianjin-Beijing area is different from the Northeast. If the Northeast is lost, Mr. Chiang in Nanjing will not feel too distressed. Because the Northeast is Zhang Xueliang's world and he is the loser of Chiang Kai-shek. However, the Tianjin-Beijing area is different.

From here, the empire can easily threaten North China, Central China, Inner Mongolia and other places."
To be continued...