Chapter 3 Chapter 3 The most exciting battle (3)

rely on nothing Wang Yaowu, a native of Tai'an, Shandong, graduated from the third phase of Whampoa, and was then the commander of the 74th Army. During the period of the Republic of China, military academies were everywhere, and warriors were everywhere. If you want to make a name for yourself in the army, you have to have some unique skills. The so-called "shrimp has the way of shrimp, and crab has the way of crab". For example, some people rely on their seniority. They have been revolutionaries since a certain year, or they worked for Prime Minister Sun and his elders in a certain year.Another example is that some people rely on their connections, which faction they vote for, and the faction they vote for becomes powerful.No matter how bad it is, you can still rely on luck: the bullets always miss you, but they are aimed at your boss's head...

But Wang Yaowu didn't rely on anything, he was promoted all the way, only relying on military merit. Of course, the more realistic problem is that even if he wants to rely on it, it will be difficult.You know, it doesn't matter if Wang Yaowu has qualifications or no qualifications, and if he wants relationships, it doesn't matter. He is just a Whampoa third-term student. Among the Whampoa students, the first term of high school will crush people to death, how many of the first and second phases of Whampoa are still slowly climbing below, how can you do it if you don’t work hard and work hard!

During the civil war, Wang Yaowu was once surrounded by the Red Army in Yihuang, Jiangxi.Chiang Kai-shek sent an order to abandon the city and leave, but he has been guarding the city for a whole month without being breached by the Red Army, which is almost a military miracle. Chiang Kai-shek was also very curious, so he summoned him specially and asked him why he didn't break out of the siege even if he was ordered, and what he thought at the time. Wang Yaowu answered honestly: "If you surround yourself like that, you won't be able to break out at all! Rather than go out of the city and die, it's better to stay in the city to the end. Moreover, Yichang is a strategic point, and it is difficult to regain it after it falls, so I went down. A determination that would rather die than give up."

Before the summoning, Wang Yaowu was just a regiment commander, but after the summoning, he became the brigade commander. Of course being able to work hard is not the only advantage of Wang Yaowu, because the spirit of Huangpu is almost the spirit of hard work, everyone is working hard, so he has to know something else. It should be said that Wang Yaowu's ability to govern the army and command is also very prominent among Huangpu students. The brigade Chiang Kai-shek gave him was actually a supplementary brigade. Its combat effectiveness was average, but after Wang Yaowu became the brigade commander, it suddenly became more powerful.

From the Battle of Songhu, Wang Yaowu became attached to the newly established Seventy-Fourth Army, and has been inseparable from this army since then until he won the great victory in Wanjialing. In the training and training of the 74th Army, Wang Yaowu upholds one purpose: good discipline, capable of fighting, not afraid of death, and obeying commands. This can be seen from the first game of Shanggao.If there is no strict battlefield discipline, it is really difficult to not retreat or run under that kind of high-intensity artillery strikes and psychological deterrence. The firepower of the 74th Army is so fierce, but in fact, only one regiment is arranged on the defensive front of each division, which can be seen from the concealment and ingenious setting of its positions and firepower points.

There were four regiments in one division, and Wang Yaowu came to a wheel battle. This regiment couldn't take it anymore, so he sent another regiment up immediately, so as to maintain ample and free use of troops. draw closer The 34th Division was rushed. On March 22, the reason why they attacked so fiercely was that they had already suffered losses from the 74th Army when they were approaching Shanggao. They were about to cross the river.Because they encountered second- and third-rate troops such as the Hunan Army and the Sichuan Army along the way, and they retreated as soon as they were hit, the Japanese officers and soldiers began to dance around, and they didn't know their last names.

The 74th Army ambushing around suddenly opened fire. That was the first time they felt the strong firepower of the Chinese army: a brigade was wiped out on the spot, and the attached mountain artillery brigade was also attacked. Many mountain artillery were blown up. There was a lot of fuss. Lieutenant General He Mao, the head of the 34th Division, underestimated the enemy, and put the field hospital and the supply unit in front, but he was beaten up one by one, and he was furious. What kind of skill is it to engage in a sneak attack? If you have the ability to face-to-face duel. Now we are face to face, but the situation does not seem to be getting better. A division and special forces are attacking, and even the opponent's regiment can do nothing, which was unimaginable before.

But the head of the Dahe division still refused to go back home.Like a red-eyed gambler, he continued to bet wildly, completely forgetting to check whether the two "arms" around him were still there, and whether he had gone deep alone. Since the artillery was not enough, the 34th Division simply asked the air team to increase the number of dispatches and replace the shelling with air strikes.Veterans of the 74th Army who had experienced the Battle of Songhu said that the number of Japanese aircraft seen at Shanggao was the most they had seen after the Battle of Songhu. Wang Yaowu then adopted a counterattack method, repeatedly launching attacks, making the positions of the two sides criss-crossed, with me in you, and you in me. In this way, the Japanese planes had no choice but to suspend the bombing.

The two sides continued to fight for two days, and on March 24, the fight reached the most tragic stage, with corpses lying everywhere on the mountain and below, and the grass and trees were red.Wang Yaowu personally led the army's special agent battalion to respond, and then repelled the Japanese army. No strength, hit this point, everyone has no strength. As if a gust of cold wind was blowing, Dahe woke up suddenly, and he found himself in a small area of ​​only tens of square kilometers, surrounded by banners and flags, all of which were Chinese troops, and many of them did not go into battle, just like watching monkeys looked at him the same way.

Surrounded! Now no one has a deeper understanding of Luo Zhuoying's "magnet tactics" than Da He: the more you suck, the closer you get, the closer you get tighter, you can't move forward, you can't escape. Dahe hurriedly sent an urgent telegram to the Ministry of Garden in Wuhan, requesting reinforcements. After receiving the telegram, Sonobu was in a hurry and ordered the two "arms" to move quickly, not to hit others, but to drag the broken body back. The 20th Brigade broke through the defense line of the Northeast Army and ran up to Gaolai without being greeted by the Yuanbu, but encountered another army sent by Wang Yaowu on the way.

There was a blockade in the front and chasing troops in the back. This "mash-up force" ran into the same bad luck as the 34th Division. When crossing the river, more than a dozen ferries were sunk, and the boats were full of officers and soldiers... The 20th Brigade could not be rescued, and the 33rd Division, which had already returned home, was too late to be rescued. As a result, the 34th Division began to encounter difficulties in providing supplies. Not only did they need airdrops of food and bombs, but they also had to throw some shoes along with them. Take off the socks, otherwise you will have to walk barefoot. It is impossible to have sunny days every day. If it is cloudy and rainy, the plane will not be able to come.At this time, many Japanese officers and soldiers were terrified of fear. They were afraid of being attacked, and they were also worried that they would have no food or shoes tomorrow. Going on like this is a dead end, Dahe decides not to wait for reinforcements, and breaks out on his own. full run On March 27, just after the 33rd Division made a retreat, Luo Zhuoying's general attack order came down.The Hunan Army and Sichuan Army who had been watching from the sidelines all day were ordered to rush out with the 74th Army. It was a thunderstorm night, but a miracle was at hand. In the dark night, everyone was comparing speed. The Chinese army judged who ran fast, and they could get more prisoners and trophies. The artillery unit of the 33rd Division used to be the most ostentatious unit, but it has become a real dead thing in this field—the cannon is too heavy to be dragged away in time. If you can't take it away, it will be destroyed.After working for a while, it was too late when I wanted to slip away. As a result, the artillery became infantry and was wiped out. The head of the Dahe division ran with the main force. Along the way, many small troops were besieged and unable to retreat. They were all sending telegrams to him for help, and some wanted to kneel down to the division head. Dahe could send troops to rescue him, but the problem is that if this is the case, the speed will slow down.Can that stop?Of course not, so let you talk about flowers, I can only take care of myself. Every small army in despair received a reply from Dahe: "Hurry up and catch up with the main force." collapsed.I can keep up with you, but I still want you to save me? If you want to say it's strange, it's really no wonder Dahe, he is a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and he can't protect himself.Along the way, Chinese troops jumped out everywhere to pursue them. At this time, the 34th Division had already lost the power to fight back due to the lack of food and ammunition. As a result, more and more wounded soldiers were stretched out. kilometers long. The 34th Division was nearly wiped out, and Dahe escaped with a group of wounded and remnants of defeated generals.He should be grateful to the 33rd Division, without the support of this division, it would be difficult to escape with his wings. The 33rd Division got rid of their companions, but they themselves were severely attacked by the 74th Army. After returning to the station, all their faces were ashen, as if they had escaped from hell.It was originally said that they were going to participate in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain. After this catastrophe, the 33rd Division's trip to the north could only fail. After the war, there were more than 3,000 corpses of the Japanese soldiers who were too late to take away, and 72 people were captured alive, which was the largest number of prisoners in previous battles. Until the 1980s, some Japanese soldiers who participated in the battle of Shanggao revisited the old place.When recalling the scene back then, they still looked uneasy, thinking that the miserable situation could not be described in words. The failure of the battle at Shanggao caused the cowhide of Sonobe's "short-cut assault" to burst with a "poof". The Seventy-Fourth Army was awarded the No. 1 Martial Arts Award after the Shanggao Conference The Japanese High Command immediately removed its commander of the 11th Army on the grounds of improper command. However, no matter who is the commander of the 11th Army, he has to put a note on his desk, that is, there is Tang Enbo in Jiangbei and Wang Yaowu in Jiangnan. During the Anti-Japanese War, the Battle of Shanggao was one of the few battles in China where the Japanese army could be defeated with nearly equal forces. He Yingqin was well-informed, and he praised it as "the most exciting battle" without hesitation.Before the start of this battle, there were still disagreements on who to choose as the strategic army. After this battle, everyone expected it—of course, it was the 74th Army. No matter how hard a fist is, it can't resist a punching sandbag.Although Luo Zhuoying's "magnet tactics" are exquisite, his success depends on the 74th Army in the final analysis. This is an irreplaceable value of a strategic army.