After listening to the fat man's opinion, Zhou Wu nodded and said, "Brothers, I called the old army commander just now.
The commander promised that no matter how many men we recruited, he would provide additional weapons, ammunition and provisions.
The premise is that we hold this fortification for seven days, and buy some time for those troops who have not had time to withdraw from Shanghai. ” "Hold on for seven days, and we'll be done.
Now the big guys are all thinking of tricks, making full use of the advantages here, and giving the devil the maximum blow at the minimum cost. ” At this time, Sheng Pei, the head of the 396th regiment, suddenly raised his right hand, indicating that he had something to say.
Zhou Wu raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "Head Sheng, please speak." ” "Brigade seat, our 396th Regiment has just arrived, and I don't know the specific situation of this Changshu defense fortification, can I ask Chief of Staff Ding to give me a detailed introduction?"
It is no wonder that the brothers of the 396th Regiment, who worked hard to get out of the encirclement of devils, just arrived at the Independent Brigade at noon today, and naturally their eyes were black, and now they are really very anxious when they see that the situation is so tense.
As soon as Ding Ning heard that Sheng Pei didn't understand the situation, he immediately said: "Well, Commander Sheng just came to our independent brigade and doesn't know much about things here, so take this opportunity to give you a brief introduction to the situation of Changshu's national defense project." ” "The fortifications of Changshu were built along the bank of the river, and not far in front of it was a river more than 200 meters wide, with a depth of at least 10 meters, and the Japanese tanks could not swim over.
At present, except for two bridges in the southwest direction of the river, which are temporarily left to meet the Nationalist troops withdrawn from Shanghai, the rest of the river has been completely destroyed. ” "The fortifications were made of reinforced concrete, and were surrounded by eight trenches crisscrossing each other with a depth of up to two meters.
There are more than 100 light and dark bunkers inside, and the weapons in the bunkers are not fully equipped, but they can be drawn from the supply warehouse behind the fortifications. ” "By the way, Commander Liu, you are responsible for the defense of the front of the fortifications, are all the weapons in the bunker in place now" Ding Ning said this, and asked the fat man in charge of the front by the way.
"Report to the Chief of Staff, we have all the weapons in place and are ready to fight."
Although the fat man is a money fan, his military literacy is absolutely excellent.
After taking over the defensive task of the front of the man from the morning, he did not even eat lunch, and personally led people to fill up all the places in the pillbox that were not equipped with weapons and ammunition.
After a busy afternoon, the fat man received a notice of a meeting at the brigade headquarters, but he came running without even breathing, and now when he heard the chief of staff ask him about this, he seemed very confident, and he answered simply and neatly, without dragging his feet at all.
"Okay, Regiment Commander Liu has done a very good job, the other regiments have worked hard this evening, and they will seriously inspect the pillboxes in their defense areas, and if they are not equipped with weapons, they should be made up quickly.
Lao Xu, your quartermaster department may have to be on night duty. ” The old Xu of the Quartermaster Department nodded again and again, saying that there was no problem, he promised that in the future, the Quartermaster Department would be manned 24 hours a day, and the current war was approaching, and the consumption of ammunition at the front would definitely not be small, plus the military department still had a lot of supplies to replenish it, which was enough for them to be busy.
Ding Ning continued: "In addition to the light and dark bunkers in the Changshu defense fortifications, there is a 203 mm German-made Krupp cannon at the critical pass, two on the front and one on the left and right wings.
The shells are in the combat readiness warehouse at the back, but unfortunately there are not many ammunition in reserve, only 25 rounds per gun. ” "Lao Zhang, you lost a lot of artillery and mortars when you retreated from Luodian, and there were just a few 80-mm mountain guns in the combat readiness warehouse.
In addition, the Krupp artillery on the positions is also under the command of your howitzer battalion.
I've seen a lot of shells from that mountain artillery, but you have to save a little bit of this 203mm cannon. ” During this retreat, the howitzer battalion lost half of its artillery.
Now he has only three 100-mm howitzers on hand, and even more large and small mortars, with only a pitiful twenty-four left.
And most importantly, there are no shells for mortars in combat-ready warehouses, and there are not many shells left.
Zhang Ercheng counted that the existing artillery shells could shoot at most two salvos, and if he didn't replenish them, he could only change his career to become an infantryman.
Thinking of this, Zhang Ercheng couldn't help but speak: "There are not many shells left for the brigade, howitzers and mortars, if we don't replenish them, we only have those cannons in the fortifications available, and the rest of the artillery is estimated to be infantry." ” "Lao Zhang, don't worry about the problem of shells, the military department will ship them soon, and now what I'm worried about is that you have never operated a German Krupp cannon, so you can handle it when the time comes."
Zhou Wu thought to himself that the artillery under Zhang Ercheng usually used artillery below 100 mm, and he had never been in contact with such a large-caliber fortress gun, so he had some doubts about this.
"Brigade seat, don't worry about this, we have studied the German Krupp cannon for a long time, I don't think it's a big problem, it's just that there are too few shells of this caliber in the warehouse, otherwise I must try a few cannons to see how powerful they are."
Obviously, Zhang Ercheng was full of confidence in operating the German Krupp cannon.
Zhou Wu saw that Zhang Ercheng said that there was no problem, and his heart relaxed, since the experts who knew most about artillery in the independent brigade said so, then what else was there to question.
After hearing this, Sheng Pei, the commander of the 396th Regiment, immediately asked Zhou Wu for advice, asking his brothers to defend the front of the position and strengthen the defensive force of the first regiment.
The plan discussed by Zhou Wu and Ding Ning was to use the newly incorporated troops as a mobile force alone.
What is called a mobile unit, to put it bluntly, it is a fire brigade.
If you can't stand in any direction on the position, throw them wherever you want.
Now when he heard that the 396th Regiment took the initiative to ask Ying to guard the front of the position, Zhou Wu felt very happy, it was rare for these Northeast men to be so bold and righteous, and dare to go to the most dangerous place.
Zhou Wu said: "In view of the fact that the 396th Regiment joined the defensive position of the First Regiment, I decided to draw a team of 500 people in the frontal direction, under the command of Wang Ding, as a mobile reserve for our independent brigade. ” In addition, considering the large number of Japanese troops who came to attack, the strength of the two sides was about 3:1.
Although we have strong fortifications to rely on, it is difficult to predict whether the independent brigade will be able to hold its position for seven days under the large-scale attack of the devils. ” "So, I discussed a plan with Chief of Staff Ding, everyone will see if it will work" Speaking of this, Zhou Wu glanced at everyone.
As soon as these words came out, the officers below all pricked up their ears, wanting to hear what kind of combat plan Zhou Wu and Ding Ning had studied.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this plan is to take the initiative of our independent brigade to strike before the Japanese army has stabilized its position, strike first, and take them by surprise.
In this way, it can not only disrupt the offensive deployment of the devils, but also kill and injure a large number of the enemy's living forces, and finally achieve the goal of holding the position for seven days. ” As soon as the operational plan for taking the initiative was proposed, the officers below immediately began to discuss it.
Some say it's practical, others say it's too risky.
Originally, the personnel guarding the fortifications were overstretched, and if they were to allocate some troops to attack the devils, they might not be able to take care of both ends at that time.
The fat man is not optimistic about this combat plan.
He finally got the support of 800 people from the 396 regiment, and as a result, he had to transfer out 500 people, which made the fat man extremely unhappy, and it was more uncomfortable than cutting meat, so when he heard that Zhou Wu proposed an initiative to attack and preemptively strike combat plan, he was the first to object.
Several other officers echoed the fat man's opinion, believing that it was too risky to be cost-effective.
At this time, Wang Ding opened his mouth and said: "I think this initiative and preemptive combat plan is very feasible. ” "We can buy some respite by blindly hulling in the fortifications, but it will not be too long.
As soon as the weather improves, the devil's planes will come and bomb, and even if we use reinforced concrete to build fortifications, they won't last long. ” "I heard that in order to capture the positions of the national army, the little devils openly used poison gas, which is expressly prohibited by the international community.
If the devils can't take us for a long time, will they use poison gas to make it clear, hiding in the fortifications will not guarantee our safety, let alone let us hold our positions for seven days. ” "And if the devils bypass our fortifications and open an opening from the 11th Division in the west of Changshu, then the situation of our independent brigade will be miserable, and the devils will be dumplings in minutes."
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Wang Ding is not very old, but his analysis of the entire battlefield situation is very vicious, in a word.
After listening to Wang Ding's analysis, Zhou Wu felt very interesting, and when he saw that he suddenly stopped talking, he hurriedly motioned for him to continue.
Seeing Zhou Wu's wink, Wang Ding continued: "The comprehensive strength of the Japanese army is higher than that of the national army, and even several grades higher, which we must admit.
But they also have units that are relatively weak in combat, such as baggage units that transport supplies, and garrison troops that guard logistics warehouses. ” "The combat effectiveness of these troops is not as strong as our independent brigade, if we take the initiative to attack, we can strike from here and catch him off guard.
In this way, at least the pace of the devil's attack can be delayed, and the goal of holding the fortifications for seven days can be achieved. ” t1706231537: