Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

688 Chief Gu Arrives in Person

The mountains in southern Zhejiang have always been the best isolation zone between the 89th Army and the Japanese invaders in the Hangzhou area.

This mountain range stretches for hundreds of miles, and has been there since the last failed attack by the Japanese invaders.

A small part of the mountains from Hangzhou to Wenzhou in the south is still in the hands of the Japanese, and many fortresses have been built there.

Most of the mountains and rivers in the south were in the hands of Ye Qingshan's 89th Army.

During this period of more than six months, the 89th Army was expanding its forces and preparing for war, while the construction team formed by Ye Qingshan was also growing in size.

In this era, life is not easy for ordinary people, and many people cannot even make ends meet.

This led to countless young and strong people willing to join the construction team under the name of the Ye family, not only because they could have enough food to eat, but also because they could earn a lot of money.

Under such circumstances, the Ye family's construction team could not be cancelled, and its scale even grew larger.

In fact, it is an alternative form of work-for-relief.

These construction teams composed of young and strong people can be seen everywhere.

Whether it was building roads, airports, air-raid shelters, fortification bunkers, or even factories for transportation, they were all involved.

Thus, tens of thousands of young and strong men from the construction team, who were provided with full meals every day, spent more than half a year in the northern mountains.

Relying on the mountain terrain, solid and permanent fortifications were built.

These permanent fortifications made of reinforced concrete are extremely strong and can easily withstand heavy artillery bombardment.

From then on, a gap was created between the Japanese-occupied areas in southern Zhejiang and northern Zhejiang.

The Japanese naturally knew that the 89th Army was repairing the fortifications here.

They also knew that the fortifications built by the 89th Army in these mountains were not easy to break through.

This time, if the situation was not urgent, it would be unlikely for the old Japanese soldier Nishio Hisazo to allow the Japanese divisions in the Songhu and Hangzhou areas to move south.

Cangyun Mountain, a defense node on the northern defense line of the 89th Army, is located on the only way from Hangzhou to the south.

The 89th Army has a company stationed here, guarding the top of the hill.

Boom boom boom!

At this moment, the soldiers of the 89th Army squatting in the underground fortifications, listening to the bursts of artillery fire overhead, sat leisurely on the ground smoking.

The Japanese artillery bombardment occasionally shook off some dirt, which fell on the soldiers' heads.

This immediately caused a burst of curses from the soldiers in the tunnel.

Soon the shelling ended.

"Huh? The Japanese bombardment was ten minutes shorter than yesterday."

Soon, the shelling stopped and the veterans in the tunnel were immediately discovered.

"The Japanese only bombarded for a short while? Who are they looking down on?

If they have the guts, they can continue to bombard.

If the devils can destroy our fortifications, I will obey them."

An old soldier nearby exhaled a puff of smoke and sneered with a look of disdain.

One boss immediately laughed and said, "Haha, do you really think the Japanese artillery shells are free?

The Japanese today are no longer the same as they were two years ago, and they have also become stingy.

The bombardment time of this large-caliber heavy artillery has been shortened by more than half.

Besides, no matter how many shells the Japanese bombard us with, it will be useless.”

Just as the veterans were chatting, a platoon leader leaned in and shouted, "Okay, stop chatting.

Get out, the devils are coming."

After hearing what the platoon leader said, the veterans in the tunnel became even happier.

They all took a quick puff of their cigarettes, threw away the butts, then bent down and left the tunnel, entering the bunkers and ground fortifications.

Aiming at the Japanese soldiers climbing up the mountain from the bottom of the mountain, they shot wildly.

Half a day later, the attacking Japanese soldiers left behind twenty or thirty corpses and were driven back, while the defending veterans did not lose a single person.

Relying on its strong defensive fortifications, this national army company could easily block the continuous attacks of a battalion of the Japanese devils.

The Japanese 45th Division, which was heading south, encountered obstacles in several directions of attack.

It was like hitting a stone wall, paying a heavy price but unable to move forward an inch.

"Zhou Xinghai, I can only give you two regiments in the north, no more troops.

You must hold off the attack from the Japanese division heading south.

Correct.

According to the information we have received so far, there is only one 45th Division of the Japanese army heading south from Hangzhou, and no other Japanese troops have been found.

However, it cannot be ruled out that the Japanese will continue to send additional troops southward.

In short, it doesn’t matter whether one or two Japanese divisions move south.

I want only one result.

That is, never allow any Japanese to break through your defense line and appear in the area south of Quzhou.

Okay, as long as you can promise it."

Snapped!

Ye Qingshan hung up the phone.

This time, Ye Qingshan arranged Zhou Xinghai to the northern mountain defense line, responsible for blocking the Japanese troops trying to move south.

Although, Zhou Xinghai only had two regiments of garrison troops in the northern mountainous area at that time.

But both regiments are very strong in combat, and one regiment of the 89th Army has more than people.

Coupled with a solid defense line and sufficient firepower, there will be no problem in holding the northern mountains for a period of time.

Although, at this time, Ye Qingshan still had nearly 50,000 troops under his command.

But Ye Qingshan had no intention of transferring troops to the northern mountainous areas.

Ye Qingshan will use these troops to go south to counterattack Guangdong Province.

That is the ultimate goal of his counterattack.

"Commander, Chief Gu is here."

As soon as Ye Qingshan hung up the phone, Xiao Wusheng came in and reported to Ye Qingshan.

"Oh? Commander Gu is here?"

Ye Qingshan was also surprised.

"Yes, my great Commander Ye, I, Gu, have come to visit you in person.

Why, you don't welcome me?"

As soon as Ye Qingshan finished speaking, Gu Zhutong's smiling voice came from outside the commander's office.

The young warrior made way, and Gu Zhutong, wearing a neat military uniform and holding a pair of white gloves, strode into Ye Qingshan's headquarters.

When Ye Qingshan saw Gu Zhutong in person, he also greeted him with a smile.

"Commander Gu, aren't you in the Nanping area?

Why did you suddenly come to me?"

Ye Qingshan shook hands with Gu Zhutong and asked with a smile.

After the last defense battle in southern Zhejiang, Ye Qingshan rescued Gu Zhutong's direct troops, and the relationship between the two became good.

Later, after Ye Qingshan resigned as commander-in-chief of the Third War Zone, the position returned to him after Gu Zhutong recovered from his injury.

At this moment, Gu Zhutong is still nominally Ye Qingshan's immediate superior, and Ye Qingshan's 42nd Army Group is still under the command of the Third War Zone Headquarters.

However, the two men now had the same military rank, both second-level generals.

"Commander Ye, you just came back from the United States and you've caused such a big fuss.

Now, the entire northern Jiangxi and southern Zhejiang are in chaos.

Why can't I, the theater commander, come here in person? "

Ye Qingshan naturally knew what Gu Zhutong was talking about, and replied with a chuckle: "Commander Gu, I have already reported to you that I will mobilize troops to northern Jiangxi.

Didn’t even the High Command agree to it?”