War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 580 I only want the Xinkou position! (Thanks to '笨笨的探探' for the 500 reward)

"Committee."

Jinling.

Inside the government office, a desk lamp was on in the office, and a man in a long gown was sleeping at his desk.

Beside this man, a man in a Zhongshan suit called out softly, "Commissioner, battle report from the Second War Zone."

"Yeah." He lay on the table and responded in a half-awake manner.

"217 lost..."

"Xu Chaoyang of the 217th Regiment led 6000 men to defend the Xinkou defense line. In the first battle, his general, Yu Minghao, was killed. When they retreated from Xinkou, there were less than 217 men left in the 2000th Regiment."

The bald head on the table suddenly raised his head, and he was still sleepy when he looked up at the person next to him, but the disbelief in his expression was so clear.

He was the one who knew the entire battle plan of the Second War Zone. Wei Lihuang had once reported the entire battle plan of the Second War Zone to him. He also specially asked the people of the "Operation Department" to analyze it step by step. The conclusion given by the "Operation Department" was "If this plan succeeds, the 217 myth will no longer exist!" This was not about the 217 unit, but the reputation that Xu Chaoyang had worked hard to build over the years.

But his response was: "Isn't this better? Killing two birds with one stone!" His iconic Fenghua accent showed his pettiness, but from the perspective of the entire historical development, every step he took seemed to be the pinnacle that a 'human' could achieve at that time!
If the vision that transcends time is banned and all modern people are forced to go back to that era, how many people would really be better than him?
However, this idea changed not long after SH started fighting. Waves of news about soldiers being defeated after just a few days were sent to Nanjing. All the trump cards in his hand, which the warlords were reluctant to use on a normal day, were taken out in this battle... but they still couldn't fill this big hole!
Now hearing that Xu Chaoyang, the only man who had achieved top results in the SH battlefield, was defeated, regardless of whether he is still one of them, the feeling of loneliness from the bottom of my heart will only gradually increase.

His thought at the time was: "Is there no one who can beat them?"

"Do we have to drag them down?"

"Can't there be a figure like a god of war who can stand out and crush them?"

This was the most difficult period in the country, so difficult that he did not continue to say a word, nor did he listen to his subordinates report on the situation in the Second War Zone. He turned around and left the office with a walking stick.

He wanted a peaceful night, even just one night.

Family.

He entered the bathroom naked, turned on the water to maximum, and stood in front of the mirror alone...crying.

He wanted to win, he really wanted to win, but he couldn't stand in front of the public like a child and shout, "I beg you, can't you just win this once!"

He could only cry in frustration, and... didn't dare let anyone hear him.

……

Early in the morning, Dong Qiwu's 218th Brigade finally arrived at Xinkou, but looking at the passage that was only a few hundred meters wide and the steep mountain, Dong Qiwu really had no idea where to start.

Xu Chaoyang was too good at choosing positions. He did not choose the 100-meter passage at the foot of the mountain at all. The entire army's positions were all chosen on the sloping hillside. Now that the Japanese occupied that position, they only needed two squadrons to guard the entire road tightly. If there were not enough armored troops, how could they get through!
"Prepare for a strong attack!" He couldn't imagine what it was like when the entire 217th Army was defending here. No wonder the 2nd Mixed Brigade couldn't take Xinkou no matter what they did. It was not until the four mixed brigades joined forces that this place was lost...

"Brigade Commander!" Dong Qiwu's men stared at him with wide eyes. Anyone with a little battlefield experience would know what price it would cost to attack Xinkou by force.

"Get the artillery ready!"

"This is an order!"

"Yes!"

Yan Laoxizi's Jinsui Army was the best-equipped unit among the local armed forces. All the soldiers under his command carried the Jin-made Type 96 rifle, which was an imitation of the Type rifle; and the Jin-made Type pistol, also known as the big-eyed box, was an imitation of the Mauser C; in addition, they also had the Jin-made Type submachine gun, which was the Shanxi version of the Chicago typewriter, and the equipment method was that each infantry squad was equipped with two submachine guns!
and also!

Yes, there is more!

They also had the Shanxi-made Type 26 light machine gun, which was an imitation of the ZB, with one machine gun per squad; and the Shanxi-made Type heavy machine gun, which was an imitation of the Type , with four machine guns per battalion.

Each battalion is also equipped with a mortar platoon. Each mortar platoon is equipped with two 75mm or 83mm mortars. Although this type of mortar is far inferior to the 82mm mortar of the Jinling Arsenal, how many local troops can afford mortars?
In addition, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army also had artillery units from 21 to 29 regiments as a battery battalion, each regiment had three artillery battalions, equipped with 32 Shanxi-made Type 13 75mm mountain guns, which were imitations of the Japanese Type 41 mountain guns; a battalion under the 22nd and 23rd artillery regiments was even equipped with ten 88mm field guns, imitations of the Swiss Soloton 88mm field guns;

There is also a little story here. After this type of cannon fell into our hands, we found that it was impossible to fire rapidly. Often after firing a dozen shells, the barrel would bend and deform. This also proves the level of local casting in the country at that time (Dagu was a national arsenal, not a local one, and belonged to the Beiyang Fleet of the Qing Dynasty).

严老西子还有一个炮连专门配备了105毫米山炮16门，一个炮连配备了150毫米榴弹炮两门，105山炮仿的苏罗通105mm山炮，150榴弹炮仿的是克虏伯sFH13。不过150mm的大口径榴弹炮只有两门试验品。

But even so, which local armed force could compare with the equipment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army?
From rifles to machine guns, from light machine guns to heavy machine guns, from mortars to mountain cannons, field cannons, and howitzers, from small caliber to large caliber, they have it all!

It can be said that the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was the most powerful local armed force after the demise of the Northeast Army!

Otherwise, why would Yan Laoxizi fight against the Japanese?

tom!
tom!
tom!
The moment Dong Qiwu turned his head to look behind him, he saw that the direction of Xin County was once again caught in a barrage of artillery fire. Last night, the location of Xin County had been bombarded for nearly an hour, a full hour!
Fu Zuoyi has already put himself in the most dangerous place in Xinzhou. The 217th Army has almost been defeated by him. Now it's the Jinsui Army. Can you be cowardly? Wouldn't that make the heroes of the world laugh at you?

Dong Qiwu took the big-eyed box in his hand, turned around and shouted: "I order the 218st Regiment of the th Brigade to engage the enemy head-on and draw fire. The nd Regiment will go around the mountain and organize flanking fire. All submachine guns of the st and nd Regiments will be left behind to form a death squad, go around the mountain and head straight to Xinkou to engage in close combat with the enemy!"

"Before sunset today, no matter how great the losses are, no matter how many people die, I only want the Xinkou position!"

"rush……"

　Thanks to '笨笨的探探' for the 500 yuan reward. Thank you very much.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)