Rebirth of the National Marshal

The power of the 100mm mortar stunned all of them. Is this really a mortar? Even a medium-sized howitzer would have about the same explosive power as this.

"Commander, why didn't you take this thing out earlier? This is definitely a life-threatening thing. I can guarantee that the Japanese devils don't have artillery stronger than ours. If we have a bunch of this stuff, they will be killed for sure." Sun Desheng laughed and said, not at all the frustrated look he had just had. Don't mention how upset he was when he had to give those Type 92 infantry guns to the Central Army, it was like giving his wife away.

"If I had it earlier, I would have taken it out. Tell your people that this thing is absolutely confidential and must not be leaked out. If you feel you can't protect it, blow up the cannon immediately. Even if you can't blow up the cannon, you have to destroy the aiming device." It is better not to have things that are decades ahead of this era. What Mao Yuanshan fears most is that these things may change the course of history. It doesn't matter if he has these weapons, but if scientists from other countries get them and develop more powerful weapons, that would be troublesome.

"Don't worry, Commander. My brothers are reliable." When there were no artillery, Sun Desheng kept talking. But now that there were artillery, he had no time to deal with Commander Mao, and directly ordered his men to research new artillery.

"Reporting to the commander, the losses caused by the Japanese bombing have been counted. More than 100 of our people were killed and more than 70 were injured. We lost two Czech light machine guns and one Maxim heavy machine gun." After hearing the casualty figures, Mao Yuanshan waved his hand and asked him to leave. In fact, this was already a very good result. If there had not been such a dense anti-aircraft firepower network, the losses would have been at least ten times what they are now. Just look at the losses of the 12th Division of the Central Army over there, which were definitely ten times more than here.

It seems that we need to strengthen our own air defense firepower network.

Mao Yuanshan exchanged for another ten jeeps and immediately asked his subordinates to start modifying them.

I have everything I need now, except oil. I don't know where to get it. Even if the foreign companies in the capital exchange all their oil for me, it will not be enough.

If you were on the European battlefield, you could still plan to attack the enemy's oil depots, but the Japanese devils themselves are a relatively low-mechanized force, and their own army uses relatively little oil. It is simply nonsense for you to plan to attack them.

The situation at Maoyuan Mountain was immediately reported in the newspapers. This was the first time that the Chinese army used ground machine guns to shoot down a Japanese plane.

There have been such situations before, but we were lucky enough to be able to shoot down one plane. But here we actually shot down two planes, and our casualties were so low.

The people from the 12th Division of the Central Army came again this time, but it was not the chief of staff who came. After asking around, they learned that the chief of staff had died for his country. During the bombing just now, the chief of staff was killed by a bomb while trying to protect a wounded soldier.

"I am Liao Zhengyuan, the commander of the 12th Division of the Central Army." The commander of the 12th Division of the Central Army was a square-faced man, covered in black. It can be seen that he was also on the front line just now.

"Hello, sir! I'm Mao Yuanshan, the deputy commander of the Beijing Security Bureau." He is now a colonel, and anyone who comes out is much stronger than him.

"Thank you, Commander Mao, for the batch of Maxim heavy machine guns and these Type 92 infantry guns that you have given us. All of them will be given to you by the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs at a price. I know it's not easy for you to persist here. Our Central Army is doing relatively well all over the country, but we can't get involved in North China. If the Japanese hadn't invaded, they would not have let us in." Liao Zhengyuan's working style is basically the same as that of the chief of staff. No wonder the two of them can work together. These things are not given to you for free. As long as you accept the cost, it's fine. The money here is not much, right?

This batch of supplies was not a small amount, including dozens of Maxim heavy machine guns and dozens of infantry guns, including thousands of artillery shells, worth millions of dollars.

"Commander Mao, the losses of these two Japanese regiments are not small. I think they are going to fight hard today. If they can't get through our two defense zones today, the 13th Division of the Central Army will be here soon, and then we will be able to encircle them." Seeing that the Japanese attacks were beaten back again and again, Liao Zhengyuan was in a good mood.

"Commander Liao, in my humble opinion, our attack may not be a good idea. We should wait for the 13th Division to arrive and then continue to besiege them." Mao Yuanshan had a clear understanding of the combat effectiveness of the National Army. Even the combat effectiveness of his own security regiment was very clear to him. They suffered such heavy losses despite relying on powerful firepower defense. If they really rushed out of the trenches and had a field battle with the Japanese devils, the losses would be huge. They might even be defeated and the Japanese would just rush over.

Liao Zhengyuan looked a little embarrassed. The combat effectiveness of the Central Army was exaggerated a lot, but it was just so-so in a real fight. It was not much stronger than the Northwest Army, and the gap between it and the Japanese Army was huge. Judging from the current situation, it was not as good as Mao Yuanshan's security corps.

The Japanese devils here also felt something was wrong. In the most recent attack, seventy to eighty people died and they didn't advance even one meter. And they also felt that the firepower of the 12th Division of the Central Army had increased so much.

They were very familiar with the Central Army's light weapons. Although the Maxim heavy machine guns were much more numerous than those of other local miscellaneous troops, they were not that many. Now there was basically a heavy machine gun at a distance of fifty to sixty meters.

Moreover, momentum is very important in fighting a war. At the beginning, the morale of the Japanese was much higher than that of the Chinese army, because the Chinese army they had met before would flee at the sight of them. Even if there were a few temporary resistances, they would be defeated quickly. But today is completely different.

These Chinese people actually became more and more courageous as the battle went on. What dealt the most blow to their morale were the two planes that flew down with black smoke. In the past, they could always attack wherever the planes of the Empire of Japan went, but today these planes did not achieve much results and were actually shot down directly.

Takeshita Shun had a gloomy face. He had already shot a squadron leader in his tent, but this could not solve the problem of the failed attack.

In just one day from yesterday to now, more than 2000 brave soldiers of the Empire of Japan have died.

This was unimaginable before. In front of them was only a division of the Central Army, plus a security group. Even if the number of people was more than 20,000, it was still disproportionate to their own army. If a fight really broke out, their own army would definitely crush them.

At this time, Takeshita Shun was really regretful. He made one wrong step after another. When he first defeated the 33rd Division of the Northwest Army, he should have commanded the entire army to press forward and rush out from that breakthrough point. He didn't expect that now that the security regiment had replaced the 33rd Division of the Northwest Army, it would be even more difficult to deal with and even harder to fight back.

When the North China Garrison Command formulated the combat plan, the more than 8000 Japanese soldiers from these two regiments were also taken into account. Now that the soldiers of these two regiments are trapped here, naturally the offensive from Tianjin has begun to suffer setbacks.

The 29th Division of the 37th Army had already held the most dangerous line of defense in Tianjin after suffering 3000 casualties. The last thing the Japanese devils wanted to fight was a stalemate, because they wanted a quick victory, but the current situation on the battlefield was to drag them into a positional battle.

The turning point all happened the next afternoon, when the Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Kaga arrived off the coast of Tianjin.

Dozens of fighter planes took off and launched a massive bombing on the Kuomintang positions in Tianjin, killing and injuring more than 6000 people.

The Japanese army took the opportunity to launch an attack, causing the coastal defense line to completely retreat.

The 29st Division of the 131th Army fought a bloody battle with the 109th Division of the Japanese Army, and none of the more than 6000 people in the division were spared. Then the Japanese army carried out a large-scale massacre of the people in the occupied areas. According to incomplete statistics, more than 5000 civilians were massacred.

Because the First Regiment in the capital area did not pass on the news that Mao Yuanshan shot Japanese civilians, the Japanese generals in the Tianjin area were unable to restrain their soldiers.

Wang Bing, chief of staff of the Beijing Security Command, ordered 500 Japanese civilians to be escorted to the south city wall and shot.

This action shocked the whole world. You know, the Japanese devils would not kill people in front of reporters. Although everyone knew it, they were not so blatant. The killing ordered by Mao Yuanshan was in public, including people from embassies of various countries and ordinary people in Beijing.

The central government has also explicitly condemned this behavior, saying that it would give the enemy an excuse and that it should not be done.

But our Young Master Mao doesn't care about this. This is what he said in a phone call with reporters: If the Japanese dare to kill the Chinese, I dare to kill the Japanese. We are all the same people. There is no need for me to be so afraid of you. On the battlefield, bullets have no eyes. It is normal for you to kill me or for me to kill you. But if you want to organize the massacre of civilians, I will oppose you.

Our Young Master Mao's remarks spread across the country, and all the Chinese people took to the streets. For them, after so many years, China finally had such a general. Although he was not a very good speaker, what he said was very much in line with what we ordinary people wanted.

There were a few people in the central government who wanted to criticize him, but when they saw that the people wanted to defend him, they shut up.

European and American countries also came out to condemn this behavior, but Young Master Mao said it in one sentence: Is it a greater crime that the Japanese killed 5000 people, or is it a greater crime that I killed 500 people?

You European and American countries actually say that you are civilized countries. Please be fair when judging issues. I don’t ask you to give me fairness. I will seek fairness myself. Please shut up.

In addition to severe diplomatic protests, Japan also immediately issued an order to the garrison troops in North China not to massacre Chinese people at will.

Mao Yuanshan also did a good thing despite the great disapproval of the world, giving the Chinese people an extra layer of protection. Although it is gone and no one knows how useful it was, it is much better to have it than not to have it.

The central government already had its own ideas about the deteriorating situation in North China, which was to abandon Tianjin and withdraw the entire army to the capital.

According to Young Master Mao, this is an idea that couldn't be worse.