Anti-Japanese heroic righteousness

Seeing Jiang Haoran's words are so terrific, but anyone with a little discernment dare not say anything even if they have different opinions. If they continue to speak, they will become the kind of person that Jiang Haoran said "disturbed the morale of the army".

But it's not that everyone can't understand Jiang Haoran's difficulties. An army composed entirely of recruits can't quickly form combat effectiveness without good basic cadres.

Of course, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the basic cadres of the Qingyi Army are all bad. After all, they basically came out of the battlefield or military academy. Organize elite troops to serve as grassroots cadres in the future, but the crux of the problem lies in whether they can understand Jiang Haoran's fighting spirit and fighting intentions.

There is nothing to say about Jiang Haoran's commanding ability, but if the troops cannot execute orders well, no matter how perfect the commanding ability is, it will be greatly reduced, especially in this life-and-death battle. The adjustment can make the troops more comfortable and cohesive. In fact, there is nothing wrong with it, but, to put it bluntly, it is still the same sentence, "It's too ugly to eat."

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The next morning, at around 40 o'clock, on the east bank of the Nujiang River, the joint headquarters of the New Third Division and the New Fifth Division of the No.[-] Group Army.

There was rumble of guns and guns outside, radio stations and telephones in the headquarters kept ringing, and staff officers and generals shuttled back and forth, all with serious expressions and hurried steps.

Su Peng, Lieutenant General of the New Third Division, is leading a group of staff officers around a huge combat sand table to analyze the battle situation.

Their attack was carried out almost simultaneously with the expeditionary force. The day before yesterday afternoon, the troops launched an attack on the Japanese army on the east bank of the Nujiang River. Under the powerful firepower provided by hundreds of heavy artillery pieces and dozens of helicopters, they had already torn apart the west bank yesterday afternoon. For the defense line of the Japanese army, all the troops of the two divisions crossed the river last night. Starting early this morning, the troops of the two divisions launched an attack on the enemy's Songshan defense line.

The strategic position of Songshan is very important. It guards the traffic throat from the west of Yunnan to the east bank of the Nujiang River.It is close to the Huitong Bridge of the Nujiang River, facing a deep valley in the front, with a big slope on the back, and mountains on the left and right. It stands abruptly on the west bank of the Nujiang River. It is shaped like a natural bridgehead.Basically, it can be said that Songshan holds the initiative of the entire offensive force in western Yunnan. It can attack when advancing, and defend when retreating. It also forms horns with Tengchong and Longling, echoing each other.

If the Songshan Mountains are not overcome and the Yunnan-Burma Highway is impassable, let alone the troops advancing to northern Myanmar, even the No. 70 First Army and the First Group Army that counterattacked Longling and Tengchong will be greatly restricted. After a long time, they will face the plight of shortage of supplies. Even if they occupy Tengchong and Longling, it will be difficult to hold on, and it is entirely possible to lose them again.

"Damn it, this devil is evil." Liu Dakun, the commander of the New Fifth Division, strode into the headquarters covered in smoke and dust, and started shouting at the door. His voice was so loud that he immediately became the focus of everyone in the headquarters. .

Su Peng put down the command stick in his hand, hurried up to meet him, and said anxiously: "Liu Dazhu, what's the matter, what's the devil's trick?"

Liu Dakun took off his military cap and threw it on the table, picked up the teacup on the table and poured the whole cup of tea into his mouth, wiped his mouth, and said angrily: "Damn it, my two regiments touched the Gunlongpo position from the left and right wings , almost reached the mountainside, there was no movement in the little devil's position, I thought the little devil had run away, but just approached the devil's front position, the little devil seemed to emerge from the ground, Immediately, bullets poured down, and from the cracks in the rocks and the bushes, countless firepower points suddenly appeared. The guy swept away, and he had no power to fight back. He beat my two forward battalions to half. The most embarrassing thing is that I didn't even see a hair on the little devil."

"What? According to what you say, the little devil has already hollowed out Gunlongpo, and all the firepower is under the ground?" Su Peng asked in surprise.

"I think this is probably the case. Judging from the situation, it seems to be similar to the defense line of our 331 base. Maybe the little devil found inspiration from our 331 base and has already managed Songshan into an underground fortress group." Liu Dakun said bitterly. .

They didn't know that when Jiang Haoran first built the 331 base, he still found inspiration from Songshan. In other words, it was not the little devil who learned from Jiang Haoran, but Jiang Haoran who learned from the little devil.

Historically, after the Japanese army stationed on the west bank of the Nujiang River, they took Songshan as the strategic goal of a trinity of garrison center, offensive stronghold and defensive support point, and began to build positions.After the defeat in the Pacific War, Japanese military strategists foresaw that Matsuyama’s role as an important support point to support the defense system of western Yunnan and northern Myanmar was prominently the first, so they planned to build Matsuyama into a permanent defense fortress.The 15th Division of the 56th Military Order of the Burmese Front Army dispatched an engineering unit and forcibly recruited more than 1670 civilians from western Yunnan, Myanmar, India and other places in China to work day and night.

After the fortifications were completed, in order to keep it completely secret, the Japanese army secretly executed all the civilian husbands they had captured under the pretext of being vaccinated, and burned their bodies to bury them.

The fortifications are mainly defensive, and the positions in the middle of Songshan are reinforced and expanded.By May 1944, on the eve of the expeditionary force's counter-offensive, the quasi-fortress defensive position system in the Songshan area was completed, and seven formations were organized in Gunlongpo, Dayakou, Songshan, Xiaosongshan, Dazhai, Huangjiashuijing, Huangtupo, and Malutang. There are four stronghold groups, each centered on several of the strongest mother forts, surrounded by several sub-forts, there are more than 5 sub-mother forts in total, and the forts serve as side defenses for each other.

The interior of Songshan Fortress is extremely complicated. The fortress is a bunker, which is generally constructed in three floors, which is roughly equivalent to three floors buried in the mountain.The upper layer is used for shooting, the middle layer is used as a shelter or ammunition and grain storage, and the lower layer is dug into inclined tunnels, connecting all the fortresses, and there are a large number of garrison holes, so that soldiers can quickly reach various forward positions.

The fort is covered with a large number of logs, arranged in rows, with four or five layers, and several layers of 30 mm thick steel plates are laid on it, covering a soil layer of nearly one meter.

Large gasoline barrels filled with sand and gravel are placed around the fortress, arranged in three layers, several layers of steel plates are added between the barrels, and the outside of the barrels is covered with a layer of soil. When the bomb hits directly, don't even think about moving it, and you can't even feel any huge vibration inside.Between the three floors of the fortress, two or three floors of logs were laid, even if the upper floor collapsed, it would not be affected.

At the same time, there are cobweb-shaped communication trenches all over the periphery of the fortress to connect the main positions, and even the infantry artillery can be moved.There are also a large number of cave-like shelters dug on the side walls of the traffic trench, and a large number of foxholes are connected.There are two or three iron wire nets outside some strongholds, with a depth of 4 meters.

With the completion of the fortress group, the entire Songshan Mountain is almost hollowed out, resembling a large ant nest, with underground transportation network extending in all directions, electric lights and water supply.Because of its good camouflage, it is difficult to detect and destroy whether it is in the air or on land.