Chapter 144: On the battlefield

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A ship carrying a long whistle entered the dock at Xiaguan Pier in Nanjing. After the Japanese blocked the North China Sea, in the spring of 1932, the Shimonoseki Pier, like the Shanghai Beach Pier, became the busiest port under the control of the Nanjing National Government. Goods and passengers from the south to the north entered the port here. Now that the war in the north is intensifying, the entire pier has become more busy. Except for some speculative businessmen who are preparing to do the accident of Zhang Xueliang in the Northeast Army, a considerable part of the passengers are passionate young people who want to take the Jinpu Line Railway from Nanjing to the Northeast.
"Jean, trouble Jean ..."
"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, let the children pass ..."
When Jianglun was on the shore, a bunch of coolie haha ​​and rickshaw drivers surrounded them. Of course, there were also some businessmen's shopkeepers who crowded the pier, which was not too large, into the water.
Chai Chun and everyone went to the pier before bringing the only small suitcase, and stepped on the springboard steadily, ready to go ashore.
"Be careful"
The crowd was crowded, because a child in front was squeezed a bit, and immediately broke away from the father's hand behind him, and he was about to fall into the water.
Time and time later, Chai Chun's left foot slammed out, and her right foot was settled firmly on the springboard. The action was fast and steady, catching the child's clothes dangerously and dangerously, and dragging her up.
"Thank you benefactor, thank you, thank you."
Chai Chun smiled, signaled nothing, and watched the father and daughter go away. Judging from their clothes and the parcels they brought with them, the so-called countryman came to the beach to find something to do. It's a shame that the child is only five or six years old, but he is wandering on the beach with his father, struggling for a long-term dream of food and clothing. He couldn't help but think of the southwest, where not only did he once go to school for free, other children could sit in bright and bright classrooms when they were old. Compared to them, this child was almost a child in the village under the Nanjing government. The epitome of destiny is pathetic. "Old is nowhere to be taught, nothing is taught. All of this will one day change."
"really?"
Just after Chai Chun finished speaking, a girl next to him with a gift box looked at him with a smile. The girl is dressed as a female high school student under the typical National Government. She has a short student head, a small face, a fair complexion, and she has a fair skin. She has a good background at first glance. She had just seen Chai Chunli's rescue on the shore just now, and now she heard him speak a little special, and she was curious.
Chai Chun didn't reply. Although the girl was more beautiful than ordinary people, he was unwilling to touch, instead walking forward with the suitcase, and ushered in a rickshaw, and went straight to the city.
"You guys are really rude." The girl stamped her feet, not expecting to be boring.
The next day, on the Jinpu line bound for Tianjin, Chai Chun sat in a crude train compartment. Compared to the train he used to ride in the southwest, even his poor child felt a bit uncomfortable. In the southwest, although the train is not luxurious, it is much stronger than the train itself.
Thinking back to what the general manager said, Chai Chun was full of blood.
"... I have helped you many times and have no other ideas. I just want to see how far he can rely on his own strength after giving someone a chance or changing his destiny. To be honest, as long as I give an order, Your future will definitely be easier than others. But, I ca n’t do it. Just as I already had a lot of money and did n’t give you real money, in this world, many things have to be won by myself. And, In my position, it is almost impossible to give you any special care. What I can help you with is just to give you a chance. Just as when I met you in Kunming, I gave you a chance in despair. When your mother I have helped you when you have been wronged.
You are a very talented military person. You need to make your own way and give you two choices. You can go to the northeast or Sichuan. Only these two places can give you the opportunity to display your talents.
You can regard me as the chief commander, you can also be regarded as my benefactor, or call my elder brother, as long as you can contribute to this nation and make achievements, I will be proud of you. "
"I went to the Northeast. What the General Manager learned was that he should be a down-to-earth man and patriotism. I will use my blood to defend this nation and contribute to the nation's revival."
"Go ahead. As the most outstanding graduate of this year's Huaxia Military Academy, I have high expectations for you. As for your mother ... no matter what your future, even if you give your life for your ideals, I guarantee that she will live and drink forever. Worry. Go, self-improvement for men, aspirations to the Quartet, in times of trouble are exactly the opportunity for your young people. Whether it is to achieve your ideals, to defend this nation, or to get ahead, this is a great opportunity. "
Chai Chun clenched his fists. He believed he would be able to do it. The four years of military academy career have made him a lot of gains. Not only has he become the best infantry scientist in this class of graduates, but also in the final graduation simulation During the exercise, the first prize for outstanding students was awarded by President Cai himself.
Unconsciously, the train had arrived in Tianjin, got out of the train, and heard someone shouting behind him before leaving the station. However, it was not the beautiful girl who had met at the Shimonoseki dock.
"Is there anything wrong?" Maybe it was the encounter again that made Chai Chun less cold.
"How cold you are? You also went to Jinzhou to join the army?" The girl saw that he always looked cool and refused to say anything, and couldn't help but want to tease the young man in the new Zhongshan suit. Hee hee, I go to Jinzhou too. "
"Hello" Chai Chun still respects the young people who dared to go to Jinzhou during the battle.
"It's easy for you to talk, giggle, I'm scared to go to Jinzhou alone, or should you be with me?"
"Okay." Chai Chun nodded and agreed, and the young girl was right.
"Don't be cold, maybe I can save your life in the future."
Chai Chun smiled a little, always going to the battlefield to join the army. Isn't this girl cursing someone? But regardless of her, she helped her pick up the box and strode forward.
A few days later, Chai Chun took this curious baby and finally arrived in Jinzhou. He also figured out that this girl was named Hang Xihu, and it was a homophony of West Lake. She is actually the daughter of a medical family in Hangzhou. She is a girl studying and heard that the Northeast war will be resurrected. Together with a few classmates, she is preparing to run in the Northeast. As a result, several adults ran to the wharf and chased them back. Only this Hangzhou Lake, stepped aboard earlier, and came to the Northeast with a bold heart, ready to be a medical soldier.
In her words, women can't fight, but they can help men to fight. They have a family history and must be qualified as a medical soldier.
The two quickly joined the Northeast Army. Because Chai Chun was an outstanding graduate of the Huaxia Military Academy, he was naturally assigned to the instructor team, and together with other volunteer teachers of the Southwest Army, trained the recruits of the Northeast Army. Hangxi Lake also successfully entered the medical team and became a member of the Jinzhou Battlefield Hospital.
It was already February 5th, and the clouds of war in the Jinzhou area became denser.
With Jinzhou as the total forward, the entire defense line consists of three barriers. The striker is of course Jinzhou, and this is also the place to fight. Rather than being the center of the line of defense, Unicom Shanhaiguan, connected to Jinzhou in advance, the entire line of defense was reasonably built by the Northeast Army, and then stationed with heavy troops, completely blocking the western Liaoning corridor.
The Japanese army wanted to go south and face the Ning Jin defense line guarded by Zhang Xueliang's heavy soldiers. It would not even be possible to bypass it. Unless they bypassed Inner Mongolia, even if they detoured from Chaoyang to Rehe, they would be blocked by the Northeast Army. The heavily guarded line of defense is subject to the more complex terrain of western Liaoning. Since ancient times, it has been the boundary between the customs and the customs. Only when the Japanese captured the Jinzhou and opened the entire Ningjin defense line can they successfully advance to the Pingjin area.
Chai Chun came to the instructor training team for a few days. In addition to serving as the instructor company commander of the Northeast Army Recruit Company, he just happened to catch up with the instructor team's battlefield analysis meeting. Because there are many ‘volunteers’ from the Southwest Army, plus excellent students and instructors from other military schools in China, the entire instructor training team has reached the size of a battalion. Naturally, this battlefield analysis meeting was held privately by the 'volunteers' in the southwest.
"... The Japanese army gathered heavily around Jinzhou and obviously wanted to do their best. The strength of the three divisions, although they didn't seem to be much, don't forget that the Northeast Army stationed in the Jinzhou area of ​​the Ningjin defense line was only 100,000. Once The 100,000 Northeast Army cannot stop the Japanese troops of the three divisions, so retreat will become inevitable. "
At the analysis meeting, an older officer was doing a simple analysis. When Chai Chun just arrived, it was his turn to speak, but he didn't speak. When he first arrived, he didn't fully understand the situation. He decided to listen to other people. Say. Hearing someone nearby said that he knew that officer was Wang Gongliang, who was said to be the former Southwest active-duty officer with the highest military rank in Northeast China.
"Although the Northeast Army has different strengths and weaknesses, is it possible to gather elite troops to intersect the enemy in a deep and indirect way during positional battles?" An instructor asked.
Wang Gongliang shook his head, raised his baton, and gestured on the map behind him. "Large depth interspersed with circuitous tactics. It is indeed effective against such attacking enemies. Moreover, it is easy to form a large corps surrounding the large corps during World War I. However, do n’t forget that even if you do n’t consider the combat effectiveness of the Northeast Army, even without sending airpower, even if you send a few divisions to detour, you can only be found by the enemy ’s reconnaissance plane, and then calmly mobilize the troops to stop, Finally, it was surrounded and annihilated by the dominant Japanese army. It was not easy for the war regiment to surround the regiment to appear in the Jinzhou area. "
"So, is the headline of the Ning Jin defense line at risk?"
Wang Gongliang nodded, "The worst of the Northeast Army is the Air Force, while the Japanese Army has concentrated a large number of fighters. At this point, the Northeast Army is destined to lose money. This is one of the reasons why we use air defense facilities as the focus of defense line construction. But I heard Mr. Zhang sent a group of anti-aircraft guns and volunteer artillery this time, which may be able to counter the Japanese bombing slightly. In the past few months, the defense line around Jinzhou can be said to have been very strong. Whether it can be held or not, only one thing is decided. That is the fighting will of the Northeast Army. "
Wang Gongliang is the deputy captain of the instructor team. He is responsible for managing the volunteer officers of the Southwest Army. Of course, this is also a respect for the Southwest.
Before coming, Chai Chun had repeatedly discussed the upcoming war in Jinzhou with everyone in the military academy. For this position offensive and defensive battle, the most discussed topic was how to keep the defense line.
Thinking of this, he asked, "Report, I have questions" "Eh? What's new, what's it called?" "Chai Chun, the 21st Military Academy of China."
"You are Chai Chun? That Chai Chun, who has the first place in admissions and the first place in graduation. I am a few years older than you. I think it is your senior, let's say, what's wrong with you." Wang Gongliang, the senior, was quite surprised. Unexpectedly, such excellent army seedlings also came.
Chai Chun: "I think the Jinzhou area can be defended. The Japanese obviously can't wait. They are afraid that the time will be longer. The whole Jinzhou area will be repaired to be almost permanent.
You have also seen the recent weather. The whole of Jinzhou is freezing. However, the Japanese launched an attack at this time, apparently thinking that the Northeast Army's combat effectiveness was low and it could break through the defense line in one fell swoop.
I personally think that the biggest problem is not in Jinzhou, but in the customs. As we all know, the Japanese navy is very powerful, and the entire northern China is almost their own front yard. If the Japanese army's attack in Jinzhou is frustrated, then they will definitely launch a landing war to conquer the Northeast Army's rear from the sea and counter-encircle the 200,000 Northeast Army. "
"The Northeast Army has several divisions stationed at the front line of Shanhaiguan. Ning Yuan also has a large number of Northeast Army troops. Followed by the 18th Division of the KMT, the Japanese army will not have such courage? I think they will still attack on the front. . Complemented by the superior air force and artillery forces, the elite Army Division broke through the Northeast Army's defense line. "
Everyone expressed their opinions. Now war is about to start, but there are many variables. It is mainly the anti-Japanese war will and combat effectiveness of the Northeast Army. Before the war began, the officers of the Southwest Army's teaching team were generally not optimistic. Wang Gongliang didn't speak, and other instructors expressed their opinions. They basically thought that the defense line was not very good. Sooner or later, they would be broken by the Japanese army with an advantageous force and then head south. Wang Gongliang's meaning is a little more conservative, thinking that it depends on the resistance of the Northeast Army. After all, the line of defense is dead, and people are alive.
Chai Chun: "I have an almost certain intuition. In this battle, the Northeast Army will definitely not retreat without fighting. Instead, it will die in Jinzhou. Although I have just been here for a few days, the atmosphere of the Northeast Army has given me a kind of The feeling of death battle in the end. Especially some high-ranking troops are not as swaying as before the warlord melee. In the southwest, listening to the military academy instructor, General Zhang Xueliang was already replacing a group of officers with a determined will to fight the war. Generally speaking, I think the Northeast Army will perform differently this time. "
Wang Gongliang nodded. "Yeah, the whole country is watching. Zhang Xueliang is determined to fight the dead. At this time, whoever is not good enough to resist the war is the national sinner. Even Zhang Xueliang must be careful of the people."
"Time will create heroes." Chai Chun said with almost certainty that even though the Northeast Army will have some people who are afraid of the dead or are not good enough to resist the war, more people will be forced by the current situation to die in Jinzhou, maybe Will become a fact.
"I hope so." Wang Gongliang said something about the upcoming war, and finally said a more important thing. "In the morning combat meeting, General Zhang Xueliang mentioned the instructor team and recruits. If there is The instructors of the Instructor Team want to go to the front line, and now they can report to the following front-line Northeast Army companies as the company deputy or platoon leader. It ’s okay not to go now, and if the battle is not going well, you should take the recruits directly to the battlefield. Preparation. "
Many instructors have talked about it, and some people have decided to take up the post of deputy company. After all, this way they can go to the battlefield earlier. After all, Chai Chun came late, and in the end, he stayed in the instructor team to continue to train recruits, because some instructors went to the first-line company, and there were too many recruits to fight against Japan. Zhang Xueliang was an unstoppable visitor, which resulted in the training of instructors. Seriously enough, he will serve directly as the commander-in-chief of a recruit camp.
In the next half month, the Japanese did not launch an attack, but continued to mobilize troops from the rear, and more and more Japanese fighter planes were flying over the Jinzhou defense line. Chai Chun hastened every day, and trained a recruit camp under his own hands.
What made him feel relieved was that these recruits were almost all anti-Japanese youths who joined the army. They were full of blood and had already conducted half a month of military exercises and shooting before he took over. All he needed to do was in the next half month. Here, teach them more. The training effect also made him very satisfied. The only problem was that he was worried about the performance of these recruits after entering the battlefield.
He knows that this is not the southwest, and there will not be so much time to train the military skills of various categories of recruits. He just specifically asked everyone to do a few things.
The first is the prohibition of orders. All recruits who violate this first rule are all subject to military law. Of course, military law is not to kill people, but to let the other party be covered. At first, some people were still not convinced by the new recruit battalion commander, but gradually, when some troublesome recruits cried out and asked to be driven away, the recruits finally became more obedient. For these people who want to serve the country, being taken away is even crueler than being beaten with a military stick.
Then, Chai Chun carried out almost wasteful shooting training. Every day, soldiers did not order their shooting training without softening their hands and pain in their shoulders. At this time, the Northeast Army had no shortage of bullets, and he had no scruples. The same as shooting training is the grenade throwing training. This is also very strict. Every day the soldiers practice to consolidate the shooting. In the afternoon, they are training frantically to throw grenades. In addition to these two killing skills, he also picked out in the recruit barracks. A batch of training stabs, most of these brute recruits, carrying a large number of knives that he has deliberately sold, is more murderous than using a bayonet.
Finally, he paid special attention to training recruits to guard against artillery and to defend the enemy from firing. In general, the time is too short, and the training is also compact and efficient. What he has to do is grab any remaining time and learn a little more before these recruits enter the battlefield.
On February 24, 1932, the long-prepared Japanese army finally launched an attack. The fighters and division artillery of the Air Force were the first to be prestigious. The entire sky of Jinzhou was shrouded in rumbling gunfire and the scream of the fighters. The Japanese heavy artillery shells and aerial bombs began to rain down and smashed outside Jinzhou City. Sturdy defense line.
The war finally began again. ()