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Chapter 112: Arriving at Nanjing City (new book, please watch)
There is a reason for the sudden silence of these generals. The reason why the little devils advanced so smoothly and reached Nanjing from Shanghai in a short time is certainly due to the strong combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, but more importantly, the national army itself Got yourself into a trap.
Why do you say that? Because when the national army withdrew from the Songhu battlefield, they ran all the way and plummeted thousands of miles, so that the "Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou defense fortifications" were lost before they were used. It is really embarrassing!
The "Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Defense Fortifications", also known as the "Wu Fu Xicheng Defense Line", is the most important defense fortification built by the Nationalist Government to protect the city of Nanjing. The defense fortifications are divided into three parts. One is the positions in the Beijing-Shanghai area: the first position is located from Wujiang County to Fushan Town, and the second position is located from Wuxi to Jiangyin Xicheng line. An intermediate position was set up between the two positions on the line from Guishan to Meicun, and the rear position was set up on the line from Shizhuang to Changzhou.
The second is the positions in the Shanghai-Hangzhou region: the first position is located from Zhapu to Jiashan (Zhajia Line), the second position is from Suzhou to Jiaxing (Sujia Line), and flanking positions are also constructed in the coastal area between the two positions.
The third is the Nanjing area position: the main positions are arranged along the lines of Longtan, Qixia Mountain, Qinglong Mountain, Cangbo Gate, Dasheng Pass, Shangxinhe, Xiaguan and Yanziji, forming a closed ring position.
This defense fortification was designed by the Fortress Group of the General Staff Headquarters in 1933. There are front-line positions and reserve positions in the position. It is equipped with shooting, observation, communication, transportation, camouflage, bunkers, obstacles and other equipment. It is equipped with light machine guns, heavy machine guns, and combat anti-aircraft guns. The fortifications are the main body and form a ring defense system. The building materials are mainly reinforced concrete, and natural obstacles are used as much as possible, supplemented by artificial obstacles to form permanent fortifications.
Starting in 1934, the Military Commission successively dispatched the 36th Division, the 57th Division, the 87th Division, the 88th Division, the 1st Independent Engineer Regiment, the Engineer School Training Team, and the Military Police Regiment to build it in phases.
This national defense fortification is a huge project, and it was not completely completed before the outbreak of the all-out war of resistance.
Although the project has not yet been completed, if used properly, it can still effectively kill the enemy and slow down the enemy's attack speed! Squatting in a concrete fortification is much better than being piled on the beach in Shanghai and eating shells!
To talk about how awesome this line of defense is, according to war history records, after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Japanese army attacked the reinforced concrete machine gun fortifications of the National Army in Cangzhou and Liuguanzhuang. As a result, these defense fortifications withstood the Japanese heavy artillery bombardment for three days without moving. So, by This can be inferred that the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou defense line should be maintained longer.
Even if we can only fight for a week or two, it will be enough. With so much time, the residents of Nanjing can naturally retreat more, and the subsequent tragedy will not happen.
As a result, the Chinese army was defeated in the Battle of Songhu. Almost all the elites of the Chinese army were defeated. The government did not organize troops to enter the fortifications to rely on solid fortifications to defend themselves! These defense lines built with huge sums of money, known as the "Oriental Maginot", ended up being in vain!
And why doesn¡¯t it work?
The memoirs of Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi and Liu Fei all pointed out one reason: no key! It turns out that after the fortification was completed, all the keys were given to the local security chief for safekeeping. When the war broke out, these people were not soldiers and escaped without a trace.
??Okay, this reason is really weird enough. Are there any countries in the world that do not leave soldiers to guard and guard the defense fortifications after they are built? How to hand over keys to civilians for safekeeping?
Even if there are such and such reasons, even if there is no key, does your military and Ministry of National Defense have no spare key to such an important building?
When the defeat of the Songhu Battle before the Battle of Nanjing was determined, no one among the senior generals of the national army thought that there was a defense line here? Didn't you think about sending people to the fortifications in advance to observe the cleaning and prepare for the troops to move in?
As a result, the national army was defeated from Songhu, and few people knew that there was such a strong line of defense. It was really ridiculous.
¡° If troops could be stationed in the fortification in advance at that time, they could not only respond to our defeated troops and reduce casualties, but also effectively prevent the Japanese army¡¯s progress.
Of course, there is no point in saying this. In short, the position was lost. When I remembered this line of defense afterwards, it was already too late, and this was the last thing the generals in the headquarters wanted to mention.
Tang Shengzhi, as the commander-in-chief of the Nanjing Garrison, naturally understood the truth and did not want to make the already low morale generals even more discouraged because of this matter. He immediately changed the subject and said: "You Qing, brother, how is our army's arrangement? , how long can it last?¡±
"After strengthening our Nanjing guard force, there are 15 divisions totaling more than 100,000 people. According to the scheduled plan, Xu Yuanquan's thirdThe two divisions of the 2nd Corps defend the front line from Longtan east of Nanjing to the vicinity of Tangshan. Two divisions of Ye Zhao's 66th Army defended the front line from Tangshan to the east of Chunhua Town. Yu Jishi's two divisions of the 74th Army defended the area from Chunhua Town to Banqiao Town and Jiangxinzhou. "
Then Luo Zhuoying continued: "Wang Jingjiu's 71st Army, Deng Longguang's 83rd Army's 156th Division, 103rd Division, and 112th Division defend Donglan. Sun Yuanliang's 72nd Army is located in the Zhonghua Gate, Yuhuatai, and Huangshan Mountain areas in the south of the city. Song Xilian's The 78th Army is located in the Mufu Mountain, Xiaguan, Hepingmen and Xuanwu Lake areas in the north of the city. Gui Yongqing's teaching corps is located in the area from Zhongshan Gate in the east of the city to Xuanwu Lake. The two military police regiments of Xiaoshan Order are located in the west of the city. Chouhu, Qingliangshan, and Caochangmen areas have all arrived at their scheduled locations, but"
Tang Shengzhi immediately said in a deep voice: "Nothing, just say it!"
"However, there is still a lack of a force to maintain public order in the city. Since the Japanese army arrived at the outer positions, the city has been in chaos. The people and the defeated troops have become a mess. There are even Japanese and puppet spies causing trouble, which has seriously affected the morale of the troops. It also affected the war ahead.¡±
¡°Aren¡¯t there security police in the city?¡±
"The police only work on ordinary people. In the city, there are not only ordinary people, but also a large number of refugees, wounded and defeated soldiers who have been removed from the battlefield. These people are trapped among the refugees and are extremely difficult to manage. The police use them to There is no other way!" Luo Zhuoying said solemnly.
"Can a regiment be transferred from the reserve to maintain order?" Lieutenant General Xu Yuanquan, commander of the 2nd Army, asked.
"No, we don't have many troops to defend the city, and even fewer reserves. We can't mobilize many troops at all. Besides, the city of Nanjing is so big, and a regiment of thousands of people will not be effective at all!" Luo Zhuoying replied road.
"Yes, although many people have been evacuated from the city, there are still hundreds of thousands of people. If there are fewer people, it will be impossible to manage it!" Tang Shengzhi said.
At this moment, a major staff officer hurriedly walked in from outside and said: "Report, the 72nd Army outside the city just called and said that a unit claiming to be the 67th Army's independent brigade requested to enter the city!"
"Hasn't the 67th Army been transferred to Wuhan for rest and recuperation? How could it appear in Nanjing?" Tang Shengzhi said with a frown.
"Isn't it a kid pretending to be a kid?"
"possible!"
The deputy commander-in-chief Luo Zhuoying suddenly lit up and asked immediately: "You are talking about the 67th Army Independent Brigade, right?"
¡°That¡¯s what the phone call said!¡±
"Then ask them again if their brigade commander is named Li Guoyao. If so, let them into the city and ask Li Guoyao to report here in person!"
"yes!"
After the major staff officer left, Tang Shengzhi frowned and asked, "Brother You Qing, does he know what kind of independent brigade this is?"
"Well, do you still remember the young man who killed Moritake Tanabe, the chief of staff of the Japanese Tenth Army, and the commander of the Japanese Shanghai Expeditionary Force and the Prince of the Japanese Royal Family?" Luo Zhuoying said.
"Oh, I remembered it. Two days ago, the Ministry of Military Affairs issued an order to commend the young man, expand the rear detachment of the 67th Army into an independent brigade, put it under the command of the 67th Army, and promoted the young man to major general and brigade commander. ! Could it be that this army has arrived in Nanjing City!" Liu Xing said with a surprised look on his face.
Luo Zhuoying nodded and said: "I think it's 80% correct. I'm afraid there is no one in the country who dares to impersonate the name Li Guoyao!"
"I heard that Li Guoyao is not yet thirty years old. A thirty-year-old major general, he is the only one in the country!"
¡°Young man, there is smoke coming out of the ancestral grave, you are in great luck!¡±
"Didn't we say two days ago that the young man had died on the front line in Suzhou? Why did he suddenly return to Nanjing?"
"So what if this independent brigade comes? It is said that the Ministry of Military Affairs just gave them a blank check. There are no actual soldiers or equipment, so it will be useless if they come!"
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