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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 2577 The Problem of Building Fortifications

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    The suggestion of Ge Zhenzhuang, Director of the General Staff Office of the Independent Division, is quite tempting. If the border campaign in the northeast and northwest is launched as soon as possible, Sun Zhenbang's regiment can withdraw from the battlefield in advance and go to the Siping and Shuangliao front lines in Western Manchuria. Arrive an hour early, and the scenery  The Zhanqi troops suffered much less losses. Moreover, when Sun Zhenbang's regiment arrived in Western Manchuria, the more than 400,000 Kwantung Army soldiers who retreated from Western Manchuria had no chance of escaping!

    Tang Qiuli was silent again. For a long time, he shook his head and said, "No need, let's proceed according to the planned plan. The battle on the northeastern border involves solving the problem of the last heavy group of the Kwantung Army. It cannot be completed without the direct troops.  Launch an attack in a hurry before the battle is deployed, otherwise it will not be conducive to the next action!" After a pause, he added: "I believe in Jing Zhanqi, and I believe in all the officers and soldiers of the Ximan Interceptor Corps!"

    When the division commander's call back arrived in the hands of Jingjing Zhanqi, he breathed a big sigh of relief and said to Chief of Staff Wang Xujiang: "Chief of Staff, please call back the division commander immediately and inform all the troops. Although we have a small number of troops, we have  The aviation fleet provides round-the-clock air fire support. If the little devil wants to attack our position, he needs a good mouth!"

    Immediately, Jing Zhanqi sighed again, "Chief of Staff, hold the Siping to Shuangliao blocking line for five days and five nights. This job is not easy to do. The division commander told me that we must be mentally prepared to lose half of our troops.  But we can¡¯t fight like this. We, Jing Zhanqi, have no right to sacrifice the lives of so many soldiers. We call back to the division commander and the Western Manchurian Interceptor Corps, and strive to complete the mission of blocking the Kwantung Army in Western Manchuria for five days and five nights with minimal casualties! "

    As soon as he finished speaking, a staff officer quickly ran up to him.  "Reporting to the brigade commander, I received a telegram from Brigadier Xu of the Second Brigade. The Second Brigade is already on fire with the leading troops of the Kwantung Army!"

    "Did Brigadier Xu say in the telegram how many troops the Kwantung Army's vanguard force has?" Jing Zhanqi asked.

    The staff officer replied: "Brigadier Xu said that there are at least two regiments. Now, a regiment of the second brigade is in a fierce battle with the Kwantung Army!"

    Jing Zhanqi thought for a while and said: "Convey my order. The second brigade will attack immediately. We must wipe out these little devils in the shortest possible time. The heavy artillery can be used, as well as the attached tank regiments."  . Use the momentum of more than two brigades, and then quickly return to defense!"

    "Brigadier, what do you mean?" Chief of Staff Wang Xujiang didn't quite understand and asked doubtfully.

    Jing Zhanqi took a deep breath and said: "We have few troops. The Japs' vanguard troops are also not many. If we eat them in one clean bite, it will at least have the following benefits, which will make the Kwantung Army commanders in this direction  , mistakenly thought that we deployed heavy troops on the front line of Shuangliao, and the firepower was fierce, and we were well prepared!"

    "In this way, the commander of the Little Devils will have doubts. He will adjust his troops and be fully prepared before launching an attack. Invisibly, he will buy a few hours for the second brigade. Chief of Staff, don't  Forget, the Second Brigade is the same as us. On the one hand, it needs to capture Shuangliao, and on the other hand, it needs to build blocking fortifications. A few hours are precious, not only for the Second Brigade, but also for all our troops!"

    "Brigadier, this is a modern version of the empty city strategy!" Wang Xujiang nodded repeatedly and praised it.

    "The empty city strategy!" Jing Zhanqi smiled bitterly, "Chief of Staff, if I have more than a dozen brigades now, who would be talking about the empty city strategy? There is no way around it. Try to delay the Kwantung Army's attack!"

    As soon as he finished speaking, fierce gunfire came from the direction of Siping behind him, and a group of attacks on Siping began. As soon as they took action, there was a fierce bombardment. Large-caliber artillery shells continued to fall in the ring fortifications outside Siping.  The fortifications made of reinforced concrete exploded into pieces and flew everywhere.

    In the direction of Shuangliao, Major General Xu Tingzhi, commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 29th Corps, who received the order from Jing Zhanqi, was slightly stunned, frowned, and rolled his eyes a few times, obviously digesting the order, and then  , then smiled. An officer who could serve as the commander of the field brigade of the independent division was a simple figure. Xu Tingzhi instantly understood the meaning of Jing Zhanqi's order.

    Since he wanted to build momentum, Xu Tingzhi was not polite. Not only did he put all the remaining two regiments of the second brigade into battle, but even a regiment of the temporarily assigned third brigade also went into the attack on the two regiments of the Kwantung Army.  In the middle, more than 20,000 people surrounded them in separate groups. The heavy artillery regiment also began to bombard, pouring out large-caliber shells continuously. Dozens of tank engines roared and rushed towards the Kwantung Army soldiers.

    Such a formation frightened more than 3,000 Kwantung Army soldiers from two regiments. They retreated all the way from Western Manchuria. When they ran here, they never expected to be blocked by the Independent Division. These Chinese soldiers came from  Falling from the sky?

    Thousands of Kwantung Army soldiers from two regiments were found to be capturedAfter the siege, he immediately turned around and ran back along the original road, but how could he run faster than the artillery shells and tanks? In less than an hour, less than 20 kilometers away from Shuangliao, he was eaten by Xu Tingzhi, leaving only  Less than a hundred people were killed, but they managed to escape and ran back to report the news!

    A small battle of annihilation was fought neatly, but Xu Tingzhi, the commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 29th Corps, was not excited at all. He knew very well that the Kwantung Army soldiers in the brigade were still behind, and the next step was to brutally block them.  At the beginning of the battle, "order the troops to return to defense immediately and seize the time to build fortifications!" he issued the order.

    The small-scale annihilation battle in the western part of Shuangliao, in the battle between the Independent Division and the Kwantung Army in the Western Manchuria area with more than a million soldiers, was like an inconspicuous small wave, and was quickly submerged in the whirlpool of the battlefield. However, precisely because of  This battle of annihilation subtly changed the course of the West Manchurian blockade.

    However, the current commander of the Second Brigade, Major General Xu Tingzhi, had no intention of thinking about this. He was annoyed by building fortifications. The geological conditions in the Western Manchuria area were the same for both warring parties. Kwantung Army soldiers  The same is true for the soldiers of the independent division who are troubled by the inability to build strong fortifications.

    In the black soil mixed with fine sand, it took only a few engineering shovels to dig out a single soldier bunker. Several adjacent soldiers worked for more than ten minutes, and a simple trench took shape. However, this  The fortifications will be blown up if they can't withstand a few shells.

    What worries Xu Tingzhi is not the Shuangliao town he is attacking. In that big place, there is only a garrison squadron and a police station of the Kwantung Army. He has sent a battalion of troops. He just received a report that they have penetrated into the center of the town.  To encircle and annihilate the Kwantung Army holding strongholds, it would take less than an hour to end the battle.

    However, the geological conditions of Shuangliao made Xu Tingzhi very worried. In addition to troops and firepower, the most important thing in the interception battle was fortifications. With strong fortifications, the casualties of the soldiers would be reduced to a minimum.  What's the point of a head-on blocking battle without complete and solid fortifications?

    "But look at this bear place. You can't even find a stone as big as a fist. There are so many flat fields and very few mature trees. If you dig deeper, you'll probably be able to dig out water! Damn it!  "Yes!" Xu Tingzhi cursed irritably.

    Colonel Xiao Chenggen, the chief of staff of the second brigade, looked at the brigade commander's irritable expression and became anxious. With such fortifications, the Kwantung Army's artillerymen would be flattened by a shell. Even if the shells could not kill them, they would still be destroyed.  Buried alive in soil, the fortifications were the biggest problem and weakness of the Second Brigade.

    Xu Tingzhi and Xiao Chenggen walked to several places in a row, and the situation was similar. They followed his words. At the headquarters of the regiment, dozens of soldiers wanted to dig an underground shelter, but they had not dug four or five meters.  Deep in the ground, clear spring water emerged from the ground. Xu Ting was so angry that he gave the regiment leader a hard lesson, but the problem was still not solved.

    Xiao Chenggen thought for a while and said: "Brigadier Commander, this is not the solution. We can only demolish private houses, use the wood from private houses, strengthen the fortifications, build shelters and anti-blast holes, won't most of Shuangliao fall into our hands?"

    Xu Tingzhi's eyes lit up, he held out his thumb and said: "Sure! You still have more clever ideas, so just do it like this. Immediately order the troops to carry wood in Shuangliao Town. Don't talk nonsense to the people. We don't have time to delay. Everything is over.  Let¡¯s talk about the battle later!¡±

    Seeing that the brigade commander had adopted his opinion, Xiao Chenggen was not happy at all and reminded: "Brigade commander, please think about it again. It is against discipline to demolish houses without the consent of local residents.  The crime is not small enough to warrant a military court. If the division commander knows about it, can he spare us? "

    Xu Tingzhi waved his hand and said: "What are you afraid of? Extraordinary measures must be taken in emergency times. We are not using the people's wood in vain. We ordered the staff office to register in detail the use of the people's wood. No household will be left behind. When the war is over  After that, we will compensate according to the price. At worst, our Second Brigade will not leave and help the people rebuild the demolished houses. I can't watch my soldiers lose their lives because the fortifications are not strong. The division commander can also understand!  "

    Major General Xu Tingzhi, commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 29th Corps, was troubled by the construction of fortifications. He even risked violating discipline and forcibly requisitioned wood from the residents of Shuangliao Town.  The next bloody battle will increase the insurance factor.

    In Gilgalang, about 40 kilometers away from Shuangliao, a small Mongolian village on the edge of the Horqin Sandy Land, the largest courtyard in the village has become the Kwantung Army's Western Manchuria area.  The temporary headquarters of the Fifteenth Army is located.

    At this time, sitting around a table with one leg missing, a dozen senior officers of the 15th Army who were dusty with life looked at them with pale faces, and they were also made like little devils.It looks like the commander of the ground forces - Lieutenant General Jiudao.

    (To be continued)
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