I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

Tianjin is about 130 kilometers away from Beiping. Although the railway line was affected by the war and the trains stopped and stopped, it only took four hours to reach Tianjin.

There is no need for the friendly reminder of "Dear passengers and friends, the train has arrived at the terminal station Tianjin" on the radio. Although it is dark outside, the officers and soldiers all know that Tianjin has arrived, because the rumbling gunfire and intensive gunfire followed the train. As we got closer to Tianjin, it became clear that the atmosphere of war once again shrouded the minds of the officers and soldiers, and the enthusiasm of the officers and soldiers that had calmed down slightly heated up again. After all, the sound of guns and artillery was more refreshing than the alarm clock.

Under the night sky in Tianjin, lightning flashes and thunder rumbles, and many places are being caught in artillery fire and shell fire. It is obvious that fierce fighting is taking place.

The 918th Regiment and the 10th Artillery Regiment first arrived in Tianjin, followed by troops from Peiping to Tianjin. It was Feng Zhi'an who was drawn from his 37th Division to reinforce Zhang Zizhong's 38th Division. After all, there was no fighting in Peiping, but Tianjin Also turned upside down.

"Hello!" On the platform of the train station, a group of officers and soldiers of the 38th Division waited and greeted the 918th Regiment and the 10th Artillery Regiment. , A major general who is about forty years old.

"I am Li Wentian!" Major General introduced himself, "I am here to welcome you under the order of Master Zhang!"

Jiang Weiguo, Du Yuming and other officers hurriedly saluted Li Wentian: "Hi, Commander Li!" Li Wentian is the deputy commander of the 38th Division.

"Where's Mr. Zhang?" Jiang Weiguo asked.

"Mr. Zhang is on the front line commanding and supervising the battle!" Li Wentian replied while returning the salute. He smelled like gunpowder all over his body.

Jiang Weiguo and others couldn't help but greatly increased their respect for Zhang Zizhong.

Li Wentian looked stern and unsmiling, firstly he was a very serious person, and secondly because of the tension of the war.

"Everyone, let's make a long story short!" In a control room by the platform, Li Wentian spread out a map of Tianjin, "Five hours ago, our troops launched a full-scale attack on the Japanese army in the Tianjin area. There are two key points, one It is the Haiguang Temple located on the east side of the Sanli Guandao outside the old South City Gate. It is the headquarters of the Japanese North China Garrison. The second is the Japanese military airport located in Limingzhuang, the eastern suburb of the city. This airport is the only airport in the hands of the Japanese North China Garrison. , There are currently more than [-] aircraft parked.

In the attack on Haiguang Temple and Li Mingzhuang, all the officers and soldiers of our troops fought bloody battles, and the number of casualties exceeded 7000. However, the progress of the war was slow. First, the Japanese army was not weak. It has been operating in these two places for a long time or even more than a year, and has relatively complete and solid fortifications. Third, the Japanese army has strong firepower and sufficient ammunition. Therefore, although our officers and soldiers fought hard for more than five hours and paid a high price, they were unable to attack for a long time!"

Both Jiang Weiguo and Du Yuming nodded with serious expressions.

Jiang Weiguo asked: "Mr. Li, which of the two Japanese troops in Haiguang Temple and Li Mingzhuang is weaker?"

Li Wentian replied: "Li Mingzhuang is relatively weak.

First of all, the Japanese army at Haiguang Temple was about [-] to [-], and that of Li Mingzhuang was about [-]; secondly, Haiguang Temple was located at the junction of the city and there were many buildings around it. In the wilderness of the suburbs and the open terrain, the Japanese army only relied on trenches to resist our army's attack; thirdly, the Japanese artillery regiment and tank convoy participated in the battle at Haiguang Temple, and only the cavalry rushed to the rescue at Li Mingzhuang!"

Jiang Weiguo looked at Du Yuming, Sun Liren, Qi Xueqi, and Liao Yaoxiang: "I suggest concentrating our forces and attacking Li Mingzhuang first! First, we can defeat them one by one, defeating the spirit of the Japanese army and boosting the morale of our army; second, the Japanese army at Li Mingzhuang is weak and easier to fight; third, we can destroy If we lose Li Mingzhuang, it will be difficult for Japanese aircraft to gain a foothold in the pass. At daybreak, we can prevent Japanese aircraft from participating in the battle and let us have air supremacy. It will not be too late to clean up the Japanese headquarters at Haiguang Temple!"

Du Yuming and the others agreed: "Well, this is indeed the most reasonable!"

Jiang Weiguo looked at Li Wentian: "Mr. Li, what do you think?"

Li Wentian nodded: "I agree.

I immediately called Commander Zhang and asked him to turn his attack on Haiguang Temple into defense, contain the Japanese army, and then mobilize the main force of the troops to cooperate with you in taking down Li Mingzhuang!"

Jiang Weiguo laughed: "Which department of your division attacked Li Mingzhuang?"

Li Wentian said: "It is the 26th Independent Brigade and the 39th Independent Brigade. The two brigades originally had a total strength of about 8000 people, and it is estimated that there have been more than [-] casualties!"

"Enough!" Jiang Weiguo waved his hand, "Two brigades of [-] soldiers plus us, if you can't eat a mere [-] devils, it's ridiculous! Officer Li, please call Officer Zhang and ask him to suspend the attack. It’s enough to contain the devils at Haiguang Temple to avoid bloodshed, and after we kill Li Mingzhuang’s devils, we will cooperate with him to launch the final general attack on Haiguang Temple!”

Li Wentian showed a moved expression: "Okay, I'll do it right away.

Li Mingzhuang... I'm counting on you guys! "He saluted Jiang Weiguo and others.

"Leave it to us!" Jiang Weiguo, Du Yuming and other officers solemnly returned the salute.

At 7 o'clock in the morning on July 8, the 918th Regiment and the 10th Artillery Regiment went to Li Mingzhuang, the eastern suburb of Tianjin, to prepare for the battle. Colonel Li Zhiyuan, commander of the 38th Independent Brigade of the 26th Division, and Colonel Ruan Xuanwu, commander of the 39th Independent Brigade, came to greet them. The two colonels and brigade commanders both smelled of blood, their military uniforms were stained with blood, and both of them were hanged. Li Zhiyuan's head was wrapped with a bandage, and Ruan Xuanwu's left arm was hung around his neck with a bandage.

During the fierce battle, Li and Ruan took the lead and led the charge many times, so they were injured.

Seeing the arrival of Jiang Weiguo and others, Li Zhiyuan and Ruan Xuanwu were overjoyed: "Great! With your tanks and cannons, the battle will be much easier!"

After saluting each other, Du Yuming asked eagerly, "You two, how is the situation in Li Mingzhuang?"

Li Zhiyuan pointed to Li Mingzhuang in the flames: "The little devil has built a ring of fortifications around Li Mingzhuang Airport, equipped with many machine guns, grenade launchers, and mortars, and there are several infantry artillery and mountain artillery in the village to provide firepower. The little devil's cavalry team was cruising in the field around Zhuangzi, maneuvering and waiting for an opportunity to surprise our troops, posing a great threat to our flanks.

After three consecutive attacks, the devil cavalry team suddenly came out from behind my body, slashed and charged in the dark, disrupting the attacking formation of the brothers.

We wanted to destroy this cavalry, but the cavalry came and went like the wind, and it was night, and they took advantage of it and ran away, so we never got a chance to destroy them!"

Jiang Weiguo sighed in his heart when he heard that, more than 1200 Japanese troops were relying on simple trench fortifications in the open field (the main body of this Japanese army was more than 800 infantry soldiers from the First Battalion of the Second Wing, and more than 8000 people were building the airport. engineering soldiers, transporting supplies, etc.), some machine guns, mortars, infantry artillery, and a cavalry unit, which actually made more than [-] Chinese troops helpless. If this Japanese army uses this defensive tactic on the European battlefield, there will be three endings, one It was bombed by the enemy's bombers, the second was smashed by the enemy's artillery, and the third was crushed by the enemy's tanks.

The reason why the Chinese army is helpless, in the final analysis, is that the modernization level of the Chinese army's weapons and equipment is too low. Naturally, a tiger full of tooth decay cannot bite a hedgehog shrunk into a ball.

"How many cavalry are there in this cavalry team of the Japanese army?" Sun Liren asked.

"There used to be nearly 300 people, but we killed [-] to [-] people, and now there are more than [-]!" Ruan Xuanwu replied.

"Leave it to us!" Jiang Weiguo looked at Li Zhiyuan and Ruan Xuanwu, "We used heavy artillery and tanks to tear open the gap in the Japanese defense line, and your infantry troops rushed into Li Mingzhuang and swept the Japanese troops inside. As for the Japanese cavalry , also leave it to us to solve!"

"Okay!" Li Zhiyuan and Ruan Xuanwu nodded together, "Let's reorganize the troops immediately!"

The 918th Regiment and the 10th Artillery Regiment began to train and adjust their firepower configuration. Dozens of heavy artillery were aimed at a point on the edge of Li Mingzhuang. The 2nd Armored Battalion opened the way in front of the mechanized infantry. With more than 26 infantry, Li Zhiyuan and Ruan Xuanwu once again took the lead and led the charge to ensure that they were defeated in one fell swoop. The 39st Armored Battalion was on the two wings of the main attacking force, waiting for work, waiting for the Japanese cavalry to come and die.

At 10:500 in the morning, following Peng Mengji's order: "Let go!" Li Mingzhuang suddenly went crazy amidst the earth-shattering artillery fire, and dozens of heavy artillery launched an overwhelming bombardment on the predetermined breakthrough point. In just 200 minutes, hundreds of large-caliber and expensive shells landed on a place with a width of less than [-] meters and a depth of less than [-] meters, blowing up the area the size of a palm. The world was turned upside down, and amidst the lightning and thunder, the three or four hundred Japanese troops in that area were all smashed to pieces in the thunderstorm. The trenches were blown into scorched earth, the fortifications were blown into the sky, and they were completely razed to the ground.

Li Zhiyuan, Ruan Xuanwu and other officers and soldiers of the 38th Division were all envious and amazed by such fierce and powerful artillery fire: "The Central Army really deserves to be the Central Army. It's so fucking rich! If only we had such a powerful artillery , where would it take such a big deal!"

Jiang Weiguo was lying in his luxury limited edition No. [-] tank, and he was deeply enjoyable and heartbroken after seeing it: "Damn! After such a meal of shells, at least [-] dollars will be gone!"

After the shelling, Hu Xianqun, the commander of the 2nd Armored Battalion, picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted loudly: "Give it to me! Chop the devil!"

Chapter 132 Fighting Again (2)

Amidst the deafening roar of tanks and the shouts of killing in Chinese, the 2nd Armored Battalion galloped and charged, and the officers and soldiers of the 38th Division, whose morale was boosted, also roared and launched an attack. Shine like hemp.

Crushing the scorched earth that was scorching hot and smoking, the 2nd Armored Battalion rushed into Li Mingzhuang through the gap opened by the artillery group, and the following thousands of infantry rushed into the village like a flood.

Amidst howls in Japanese, Li Mingzhuang's Japanese army launched a desperate resistance, and the two armies fighting hand-to-hand immediately formed a melee.

At this time, the officers and soldiers of the 38th Division, including Li Zhiyuan and Ruan Xuanwu, were even more envious and amazed at the "luxury" of the Central Army. After the melee, they had to wield bayonets or broadswords to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army when they had to carry rifle bullets that were less than their fingers. ), while the officers and soldiers of the 38th Regiment were "extremely luxurious". Needless to say, the armored soldiers driving tanks and armored vehicles directly shot the Japanese army with machine guns. After more than a hundred rounds, and after the bullets in the rifles or submachine guns were exhausted, the infantry of the 38th regiment did not use bayonets, but took out the Mauser shell pistols at their waists, and yelled and shouted at each other while facing each other with pistols. The Japanese army rushing forward with bayonets pulled the trigger, and did not give the Japanese army a chance to give full play to their advantages in hand-to-hand combat. They shot one by one, and did not really raise their bayonets to start hand-to-hand combat until the bullets in the pistols were finished.

However, most of the infantry of the 918th regiment had no chance to use bayonets, because rifles, pistols, and enough bullets could already deal with the Japanese troops around them.

"Submachine guns and grenades, street fighting gold does not change", this is the conclusion drawn by the German army after the Battle of Stalingrad. Street fighting", but this level of firepower is also the most luxurious in the country, and it is stronger than the Japanese army.

"The Japanese cavalry is coming!" Zhao Zhihua, who led the 1st Armored Battalion to patrol the flanks of the main attacking force, shouted through the intercom. "The whole battalion is ready to fight! The Japanese cavalry is at Xiaowangzhuang in the southeast! Turn on the lights! Charge with all your might!"

Amidst the thunderous sound of horseshoes, more than 300 Japanese cavalry were galloping towards them, but they were soon shocked to find that it was a "mechanized cavalry" rushing towards them.

More than 1 tanks and armored vehicles from the 200st Armored Battalion roared towards Xiaowangzhuang, southeast of Limingzhuang. Each tank and armored vehicle turned on its headlights, illuminating the area hundreds of meters in front of the convoy like daylight, making it even more difficult for them to rush over. The Japanese cavalry had nowhere to hide.

Originally, the hundreds of cavalry of the Japanese army took advantage of their mobility to harass and attack the infantry units of the 38th Division, which lacked heavy weapons, did not have much ammunition, and had weak firepower, in the dark. , The Japanese cavalry, who swaggered for most of the night, had their good luck, and also ushered in the end.

Flying sand and rocks, iron wheels rolling, horseshoes rumbling.

Cavalry against armored soldiers, horses against tanks, the outcome can be imagined.

Although the commander of this Japanese cavalry unit was a die-hard militarist like most of the middle and lower ranks of the Japanese army at this time, he had no fear when he saw the armored troops of the Chinese army roaring like a group of steel tigers , held up his saber, hissed and howled "Long live His Majesty the Emperor" and led the team to charge on horseback, but there was no melee scene between cavalry groups and tank groups on the battlefield. The master had more brains, and saw a group of monsters with huge bodies, shocking movements, billowing green smoke, and beams of light rushing towards him. Most of the horses in the Japanese cavalry were frightened, and then turned around and galloped wildly, neighing and hoofing.

From the very beginning of the battle, the tanks of the national army chased and killed the cavalry group of the Japanese army. The tank shells fell on the cavalry group of the Japanese army with flying fire and meteors. Fleeing in all directions like crazy, tanks and machine guns fired hundreds of scorching "fire whips", "pumping" the Japanese cavalry one after another.

Some Japanese cavalrymen and their horses were blown to pieces by shells or turned into hornet's nests by locust-like bullets; The owner's body was dragged to a bloody mess. Some Japanese cavalrymen were beaten to death on horses. Trampled and trampled to death alive, fell to the ground and rolled, howling ghosts and wolves.

More than 300 Japanese cavalry were killed by the 1st Armored Battalion in half an hour. Except for [-] or [-] escaped fish who escaped desperately, nearly [-] Japanese cavalry were killed between Li Mingzhuang and Xiaowangzhuang. on the field in between.

Blood flowed across the field, human blood and horse blood intersected, corpses were scattered, human corpses and horse corpses intertwined, more than a dozen uninjured oriental horses that had lost their owners stood blankly on the battlefield, and some wounded horses fell down. Hissing and wailing in the pool of blood, and some Japanese cavalry who were injured and survived also fell to the ground and wailed.

"The ghost cavalry will follow the old rules!" Jiang Weiguo picked up the walkie-talkie and ordered, "As for the oriental horses, those who are not injured or those who can be cured are kept, and those who cannot be cured are killed, and they are loaded into the cart with the dead ones!" Although horse meat is unpalatable, it is still meat anyway.

After giving this order, Jiang Weiguo looked at Li Mingzhuang who was in blood.

The Japanese army's defense line in Li Mingzhuang has been completely broken through. The national army with four times the number of the Japanese army is engaged in a scuffle with the Japanese army in the dilapidated Li Mingzhuang.

At this time, Jiang Weiguo saw an extremely huge and extremely dazzling fireball suddenly blooming on the Li Mingzhuang Airport, accompanied by several thunderous explosions.

"What's going on?" Jiang Weiguo was curious.

Hu Xianqun, the commander of the 2nd Armored Battalion, answered through the intercom: "The Japanese army blew up the oil depot next to the airport, and also blew up and burned the planes on the airport and in the hangar!"

Jiang Weiguo paused. The Japanese army was destroying their own weapons and equipment, including the thirty or so planes at the airport. Although it was a pity, it also proved that the Japanese army knew that the end was coming.

Destroying one's own weapons and equipment must be done at the last moment.

"Battalion Commander Jiang!" A bloody lieutenant colonel ran over panting. It was Ma Furong, commander of the 26th Regiment of the 676th Independent Brigade. Under the control of the 26th Brigade, we will leave it to us to complete the finishing work of eliminating those devil soldiers in Zhuangzi, so go to Haiguang Temple to reinforce them!"

Jiang Weiguo nodded: "Okay!" He felt that his army was like a fire brigade, but he really made the best use of it.

"Brothers! Let's go! Let's go to Haiguang Temple! Go to the lair of the little devil!" Following Jiang Weiguo's high-spirited order, the 918th Regiment and the 10th Artillery Regiment withdrew from Li Mingzhuang, which was still in fierce battle, and drove towards Haiguang Temple .

"The enemy is in Haiguang Temple!" Du Yuming yelled sharply, "Let's go!" Jiang Weiguo felt that Du Yuming's words seemed familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

Haiguang Temple is located on the east side of the Sanli official road outside the Old Nancheng Gate of Tianjin. It was originally built by Lan Li, the general soldier of Tianjin in the early Qing Dynasty. The location of the headquarters of the "Qing Dynasty/China Garrison Army" of the Japanese army is the lair where the Japanese army launched various aggressive plots and infiltration activities in the customs area of ​​China.

After more than 30 years of operation, this Buddhist pure land has long been a fortress of awe-inspiring military. Therefore, although Zhang Zizhong personally led the 38th Division's main force of 5000 troops to attack in turn (the actual total strength of the 38th Division is actually 2.9 people), In addition, more than 5000 people from the Tianjin Security Corps assisted in the battle, and thousands of young and middle-aged residents of Tianjin volunteered to help. However, the troops continued to attack for more than seven hours and suffered [-] casualties, but they were still unable to surpass the thunder pool.

The 38th Division can’t move Haiguang Temple. It’s not that the troops are passively avoiding the battle or the officers and soldiers are greedy for life and fear of death. In fact, the tenacious will of the 38th Division’s brave fighting spirit is not even comparable to that of the Central Army. This is naturally the division commander Zhang Zizhong Leading by example, you must know that since the September 38th Incident, Zhang Zizhong's mantra has been the word "death", and he has also personally fulfilled his oath. The reason why the [-]th Division has fought hard for more than seven hours is not enough The goal, of course, is that the Japanese army has perfect fortifications, fierce firepower, and adequate preparations.

"Second son!" The former enemy headquarters of the 38th Division is located in a private house that is only 700 meters away from Haiguang Temple and has been turned into ruins. After Jiang Weiguo arrived, Zhang Zizhong, who saw Jiang Weiguo, immediately walked up with joy.

"Hello, Mr. Zhang!" Jiang Weiguo stood at attention and saluted.

Zhang Zizhong returned the salute and waved his hand: "The military situation is on fire, let's not waste time!" He looked at Jiang Weiguo with relief, "It's good that you come! Although the brothers are full of blood to serve the country, flesh and blood are no match for the hail of bullets! Alas!" He sighed bitterly.

Jiang Weiguo looked at Zhang Zizhong with more and more respect. Zhang Zizhong was covered in mud and blood, his eyes were red, his expression was haggard, and his complexion was haggard.

Although Zhang Zizhong's military training was extremely strict and he was nicknamed "Zhang Papi", in fact he was a man with an iron face and a soft heart, who loved soldiers like a son.

Seeing his subordinates rushing forward one after another, falling into the firepower net of the Japanese army one after another, how could Zhang Zizhong not feel like a knife was twisting his heart.

"Mr. Zhang, you reorganize your troops immediately. We will launch a joint attack immediately. First, our artillery units will cover the Japanese-occupied areas with artillery fire, and then our armored units will open the way to charge. The infantry units of both sides will follow closely behind. Tear apart the Japanese defense line!" Jiang Weiguo said.

"Good! Good!" Zhang Zizhong nodded again and again, and then he looked at Li Wentian, "Chanxuan (Li Wentian's name), you immediately organize elite troops to serve as commandos, and then gather all the heavy weapons and hand them over to the commandos. In the next attack, one hit will break!"

"Don't worry, teacher! It will be done within half an hour!" Li Wentian accepted the order solemnly.

Jiang Weiguo has also begun to dispatch troops and generals.

"Concentrate the cannons! Cover Haiguang Temple with artillery fire for 10 minutes!" He ordered loudly.

After several actual battles, Jiang Weiguo has become more and more aware of the important role of artillery in war. "No wonder Jin Sanpang claimed in the 21st century that 'modern warfare is artillery warfare'. You really deserve the title of 'God of War'!" Jiang Weiguo sighed.