War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 555: Clay Pot Bunker and Sichuan Army
The pottery jar-shaped bunker is a special bunker developed by Li Jue, a subordinate of General Xue during the Wanjialing Victory. He used the hard soil of Jinguan Bridge and trees to build a two-meter-thick pottery jar-shaped bunker. This pottery jar-shaped bunker has a large belly and a small mouth, and the trench is two meters deep. When shooting, people do not need to stick their heads out, and they can retract into the jar when defending, which is very safe.

If you have to explain it in detail, this thing is a bit like a bunker. In short, it is a defensive fortification built by utilizing the geographical environment around Wuhan, but it is practical!

How practical is it?
After the victory at Wanjialing, the retreat from Wuhan was completed. The Japanese actually attacked the position themselves and came up to check what had caused them such heavy casualties!

And this thing, or something similar to a pottery jar-shaped shelter, actually allowed Wang Tianhao, who was the regiment commander, to force the Japanese artillery positions out in front of his eyes, and he managed to tinker with it nearly a year in advance.

The only difference between this thing and the pottery jar-shaped shelter is that Li Jue has cement, but Wang Tianhao doesn't. But this guy has a trick...

"Come on, step on it harder, step on it harder!"

"Put the loose soil on top and tamp it down tightly. Don't let the damn artillery explode and cause it to collapse again and bury us all!"

"People from the first battalion, go chop down some trees and throw them into the cave to reinforce and support it..."

"Second Battalion, keep digging in and make sure every bunker is connected."

Until now, Wang Tianhao didn't know that what he dug was called a pottery jar-shaped shelter. He felt that he had dug a bunker on the battlefield. At least all the soldiers could be put in the bunker and would not be bombarded.

"Third Battalion, help carry the soil out. Also, when the battle comes, there will be other tasks assigned to you. Everyone, work harder. Let's do the work before the Japanese attack, so that we can have an easier time tomorrow!"

The battlefield was in full swing, and Wang Tianhao also joined in the busy work. At this moment, just as they were busy, a slight noise suddenly came from the direction of the Japanese's previous attack - boom!

It was like a grenade exploded...

……

"report!"

A soldier rushed into the 217th Brigade's command post and said, "Brigade Commander, our 716th Regiment launched a harassment attack on the enemy's frontier outposts. We had already evacuated when the enemy's support arrived, and are now withdrawing from the enemy's frontier outposts behind the 2nd Brigade. Our regiment commander said, please rest assured, as long as the Xinkou Campaign is still going on and as long as the 217th Brigade is still holding its position, the enemy won't be able to get a good night's sleep, unless..."

"There's no need to say anything more. No exceptions. Everyone must come back alive!"

Xu Chaoyang was not made of iron. He could not bear to hear any words like this. At this point, even though he knew Yu Minghao was gone, he still felt as if this person was still there. Except for being a little dazed occasionally, he could not feel any sadness.

"Yes!"

The soldier smiled.

Xu Chaoyang picked up the unpacked Japanese cigarettes on the table and glanced forward: "Here!"

The boy was quite smart. He immediately raised his head and shouted with a smile, "Thank you, Brigade Commander!" Then he turned around and left.

Song Shilun attacked the devils, but Han Xianchu still had no news...

Xu Chaoyang lowered his head and looked at the map on the table again. His eyes were full of the deployment of both sides and the dispatch of the entire army.

"report!"

"The military rations from Taiyuan have been transported to Xin County!" Yang Jingyu waved at the soldiers under his command. In Xu Chaoyang's ears, this meant that before he withdrew, the soldiers at least would not have to fight on an empty stomach.

But the oil lamps in the room were all turned on, so Xu Chaoyang raised his head and asked Yang Jingyu: "How was the consumption of bullets on the battlefield this morning?"

"We have calculated that if the Japanese continue to launch attacks of this scale in the next few days, our people will be able to hold out for a full seven days."

Seven days.

After seven days of defense with enough food and water and ammunition, Xu Chaoyang finally felt a little relieved. Before going to Tianjin, he had been living from hand to mouth, and there were not many times when he could feel so at ease.

"Old Yang, you go to sleep for a while and take over for me in the second half of the night."

Yang Jingyu, however, sat at the table and said with a wry smile: "Nonsense, Haozi is also my brother."

At that moment, the two men sat facing each other in silence in the command post. Only the smiles of heroes appreciating each other were left, and in those smiles, the tenderness that the grown men tried their best to hide.

……

Niangziguan.

When Deng Xihou arrived with his troops, he deliberately looked back at the densely packed crowd behind him. These people did not look like they were here to fight. The rifles were all made in Sichuan, Chengdu, and Hanyang, which were considered good weapons here. As for machine guns, a division had at most a dozen, and some divisions did not even have one. According to the Kuomintang's organization at the time, a division was at least equipped with 72 heavy machine guns and 324 light machine guns, which were all fixed numbers. The Sichuan Army, on the other hand, felt it was too embarrassing, so the commander of the 372 Brigade bought dozens of light machine guns with his own money, and the commander of the 727th Regiment also bought two.

This is also the reason why the Sichuan Army went to the Battle of Xuzhou and fought to the death. Because the commander-in-chief of the Battle of Xuzhou, Li Zongren, had no one else available, so he opened the Kuomintang’s arsenal to these Sichuan Army and let them take whatever they wanted!

So what was the standard configuration of the Sichuan Army at that time?

It was very simple, consisting of two sets of clothes, a pair of leggings, a bamboo hat, a two-foot-wide straw mat, a two-jin quilt, two pairs of straw sandals, a set of bowls and chopsticks, and a bamboo backpack to carry these things.

They have no guns, no cannons, no bullets, no food, and they are treated like beggars everywhere.

But even so, the number of Dechuan warriors still reached 350 million!
Do you know why Sichuan girls are so hot-tempered?

Because most of the men of marriageable age have died, they can only support the entire Shuzhong by themselves;
Do you know why there is always praise for the Sichuan Army when it is mentioned online?

Because after fighting this battle, only a few Sichuan troops were able to return.

The men of Sichuan, except for being trapped in the Shudao Mountain, have never been stumped by anything in their lives. Although they were unwilling to contribute in the civil war between the two Lius, when it came to the anti-Japanese battlefield, they really gave their all. From SH to Shanxi, from Sichuan to Yunnan, their figures could be seen all over the country and on both sides of the Yellow River.

Even so, in 1948, Brother Diary still telegraphed Deng Xihou to collect shi of military rations and able-bodied men!
Where else does he have?
At that time, could Marquis Deng Xi watch these old, weak and sick people in Shu take up their guns again?

Only then did he submit his resignation.

The leader of the 22nd Sichuan Army Group, who had fought in the battle of Tengxian County with more than 3,000 people killed and no one surrendered, was forced to step down. This was the first day he had stepped into the battlefield in Shanxi...

(End of this chapter)