Rebirth of the National Marshal

After receiving Xie Tianhua's report, Mao Yuanshan's reaction was to immediately send a car to pull 20 infantry guns to Xie Tianhua. Mao Yuanshan also gave Xie Tianhua an order that the loss of the artillery did not matter, the key was to protect the artillery. What we lack the least now is artillery, and what we lack the most is artillery.

Xie Tianhua had nothing to say about Mao Yuanshan's attitude. After all, it was your family fortune that was at stake. As long as you had money, you could fight the war the way you wanted. So in the subsequent artillery battles, Xie Tianhua ordered the artillery to fire three bursts of fire fiercely, and then all the artillery immediately dropped their artillery and retreated. The result was that the artillery losses were very serious, but the blow to the enemy was also very fierce, because the enemy had no idea how many artillery pieces you had.

The Japanese were often very happy when they destroyed an artillery position of the Security Corps, but before they could be happy for five minutes, shells would fall down like a torrential rain. At this time, they would be very puzzled as to how many artillery pieces the Security Corps had.

Just like this morning, the Security Regiment's three infantry guns began to bombard the Japanese positions. After each gun fired about six shells, all the soldiers retreated.

The Japanese immediately dispatched four infantry guns to bombard the positions of the Security Corps. As a result, they blew up all three infantry guns of the Security Corps. But just as the Japanese were packing up their artillery and preparing to move, more than a dozen infantry guns launched a blanket bombing on their positions. No one was spared, including the four infantry guns and 80 artillerymen.

After two days of similar battles, the Security Corps lost nearly 70 infantry guns, and the Japanese army also lost 50 infantry guns and thousands of artillerymen. All the infantry guns of the Japanese 15th Division were destroyed here, while the Security Corps only lost less than 70 artillerymen. You know, these 100 infantry guns were worth more than 29 million silver dollars. The people of the th Army were really heartbroken to see the way the Security Corps played.

When Xie Tianhua reported this data to Mao Yanshan, Mao Yuanshan did not show any surprise. Isn't it just 70 infantry guns? Converted to 1500 yuan per gun, 150 merit points. You should know that if you blow up a Japanese infantry gun plus his artillery, you can get 1300 merit points, which can be exchanged for seven infantry guns. Even elementary school students can do this math problem.

But it was not the case in the eyes of the soldiers of the 29th Army. Their way of calculation was different. In their eyes, this one artillery piece was worth nearly 70 oceans, and 140 artillery pieces were worth million oceans. They were gone in just two days of fighting?

This is Mao Yuanshan's tactic. Don't care about the loss of equipment. If I have 105 heavy artillery now, of course I will fight against the Japanese. But I don't have it now, and my artillery technology is not as good as theirs, so I have to take shortcuts.

The Japanese devils have long scolded the head of the military intelligence department. How did he get so many Japanese infantry guns? If they were from other countries, they might have bought them, but now they are all from our country. Our country's arms control is still very strict, and those businessmen dare not sell them to the Chinese for the sake of huge profits.

In the past, the most we would have done was to reorganize these merchants, but now the two countries are at war, and the enemy used our country's weapons to blow our artillery to pieces. Now most of the artillery of the 4th Division has been lost, and it will take another half a month to wait for new artillery to be shipped from the country.

In the past, when there was no war, some artillery could be transferred from other troops. But now, cannons are absolutely in short supply. Not only the 4th Division, but all the troops in North China are short of artillery. Even if they are transported from the Kwantung Army in the northeast, it will take more than a week. On the battlefield, opportunities for battle are fleeting, and no one knows what will happen in a week.

Xie Tianhua strictly followed Mao Yuanshan's orders and only used artillery shells to deal with the Japanese devils. He never took the initiative to attack because Mao Yuanshan also told Xie Tianhua that if we fight hand-to-hand, we will definitely suffer the loss. Even if it is a street fight, we are not very confident. Although our weapons are relatively advanced, our training time is short, which has always been a shortcoming. So what we need now is to accumulate experience, engage in small-scale battles every day, and let the soldiers take turns to face the Japanese devils.

Xie Tianhua had never fought a war like this before. In the morning, he called up the artillery to fire a wave of fire at the Japanese positions. They didn't need too many, just three or four hundred shells to plow the Japanese positions like farmland. Then the artillery began to retreat, because the enemy's artillery might attack our artillery positions. Of course, there were basically no attacks in the past few days because the enemy's artillery had been completely lost.

Next, the snipers will occupy advantageous positions and attack any Japanese soldiers who dare to show up. If they find more than three Japanese soldiers, at least three light machine guns and one heavy machine gun will start to attack them. Bullets will be fired without cost until you are killed.

The Japanese have also launched a squadron-scale attack in the past few days, which is about two to three hundred people. But as soon as these people came out, a sky full of free artillery shells came over, most of which were infantry artillery mixed with some mortars and grenade launchers. Once the heavy machine guns on their side were set up, there would immediately be more than three heavy machine guns on the opposite side firing at you.

If your position is relatively concealed and you think you can save your life, you are very wrong. The two heavy machine guns on the opposite side will be here immediately. If the 2 bullet hits a person's waist, it will tear the person into two pieces directly. Even if it hits the arm and leg, your arm and leg will be finished and will be blown off. Moreover, after the bullet hits a person, the impact force can kill several people behind. Even if you are hiding behind a wall, the bullet can still penetrate the wall.

The losses on Xie Tianhua's side can almost be said to be negligible, but as in previous wars, the consumption of ammunition was astonishing. More than 20 trucks were transporting artillery shells and bullets here day and night to allow them to fight like this.

Trucks brought in various shells and bullets and then transported the wounded of the 29th Army back. In the past few days, the 29th Army had suffered heavy casualties. More than half of the 38th Division was damaged and had already withdrawn to rest. The newly formed 132nd Division of General Zhao Dengyu was resisting.

At present, the battle situation in Tianjin is still in a state of chaos. The Japanese headquarters decided that the 1st and 2nd Regiments would withdraw to Tianjin as soon as possible. The Japanese high-ranking officials have also seen that the encirclement has been formed. If they lose the mobile force of the 1st and 2nd Regiments, then China can free up three divisions of the Central Army to approach Tianjin. At that time, the pressure faced by the Japanese army in Tianjin will be even greater, so the 1st and 2nd Infantry Regiments must not be lost.

For the Chinese side, if the first and second infantry companies retreated to Tianjin, the three Central Army divisions would have done nothing, wasting half a month, and would also bring great pressure to the Tianjin defenders. If they followed the Japanese army to Tianjin, it would cause a decisive battle in the Tianjin area! This was definitely not what the Chinese side thought, because the Japanese army came from afar, and of course they hoped to have a decisive battle. For the Chinese defenders, we are fighting at our doorstep, we have no time limit, and we fight how we can win.

On March 3, the Central Military and Political Department dispatched more than 1 people from the 3rd Division of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army to Hebei for reinforcement. This also happened in later history. Of course, at that time, because the 9000th Army retreated too quickly, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army had received the order to retreat from the 29th Army before it left the province, so naturally there was no need to go. The situation now is completely different from later generations. Now the Chinese army and the Japanese army have already fought a mess, and there is no sign of retreat at all.

In the old world, the 29th Army lacked medical staff and artillery, and even had no supplies of all kinds. They certainly had no way to fight the Japanese army in North China. But now it is different. Not only have they received military pay from the central government, but they have also bought hundreds of large and small artillery pieces from Mao Yuanshan, and they have no shortage of all kinds of bullets and ammunition. Back then, they could have fought the Japanese devils on the Great Wall, let alone now.

Our Young Master Mao also happily looked at the history he influenced. At that time, the Chinese army in North China was completely defeated without even a year of resistance. Now, the weapons and ammunition sold from his hands are worth tens of millions of silver dollars. We dare not say that all of these weapons and ammunition were used on the Japanese, but at least half of them are no problem. Let alone other things, just look at the 29th Army. More than 29 Japanese died at the hands of the 29th Army in the past few days, while the 2th Army only lost more than 14 people. Some people say that the combat loss ratio is 18, and they dare to brag about it, but you must know that it was originally . Thanks to the weapons and ammunition of our Young Master Mao, the number has been reduced by half.

The fighting in Tianjin was fierce, but nothing happened in Chenjia Town where our young master Mao was. We haven't heard even a single gunshot in the past few days. But we can't say we didn't hear any, because those were the new recruits practicing their marksmanship.

However, after the order of the North China Garrison Army was issued, Mao Yuanshan also knew that our leisurely days were over. The Japanese changed their strategy and no longer fought us to the death around the capital. They wanted to support Tianjin. Not to mention that even if they wanted to go to support us, even if they went back to celebrate the New Year, we could not let them pass.

The encirclement was shrinking day by day. Except for Mao Yuanshan's troops, which did not need to advance, the two divisions of the 29th Army and the three divisions of the Central Army were advancing every day, compressing the activity space of the two Japanese regiments in order to finally annihilate them and then prepare two divisions of troops to support Tianjin.

Both China and Japan have their own calculations and have made good plans. The root of the problem lies in whether these two infantry companies can run back.

"Commander, the 36th Division of the Central Army is no more than 5k away from us."

"Commander, the 29rd Division of the 133th Army is no more than 2k away from us."

"Report to the commander, according to our inference, the two Japanese infantry regiments are already around us, and they really have chosen us as their breakout target." The combat staff's words surprised Mao Yuanshan. Although our young master Mao shouted loudly, he was actually worried about facing the enemies of these two regiments. After all, most of us are new recruits.

"Come on, damn it! Order the patrol troops to set off." Our Young Master Mao couldn't afford to be intimidated in front of his subordinates. He immediately ordered the patrol troops, which were converted from guerrilla vehicles, to set off and find the exact location of the Japanese devils.