Rebirth of the Military Industry Power of the Anti-Japanese War

"Old Mao, this guy is too bold to brag. Do you really think we are all fools?" Mr. Peng shouted angrily after reading Hu Weidong's truthful report. Although he had conquered Changsha before, he only needed a little common sense.

Everyone can imagine that, as a provincial capital city, Hangzhou is much more difficult to fight than Changsha. Not only is the enemy strength it faces not of the same level, but the transportation in Hangzhou is more convenient, and the reinforcements of the national army are naturally faster, which further increases the difficulty of winning the battle.

The difficulty of the city, and more importantly, now is not the time for warlords to fight in a melee. The power that Chiang Kai-shek can mobilize is not even a little stronger than He Jian back then.

"Lao Peng, don't make the mistake of subjectivism. If the telegrams sent by the 15th Red Army were not watertight, they really have the possibility of capturing Hangzhou. They have 100,000 troops, thousands of machine guns, and more than 200 machine guns.

artillery (including mortars), and most of the soldiers are liberated veterans. Their strength is much stronger than here (at this time, the Red 1st and 4th Front Armies have joined forces, with a total strength of more than 100,000). And even the veterans

Even Peng and you think they can't capture Hangzhou, and Chiang Kai-shek will naturally think so, as there is an opportunity to take advantage of this..." Taizu said with a smile.

"It's not impossible to think about it like this. Damn it, if the battle report is true, then this kid is very lucky!" Mr. Peng couldn't help laughing and scolding.

"It's not just good luck. The bravery of the officers and men of the Fifteenth Army cannot be ignored. According to the telegram from the Fifteenth Army, the cumulative number of killed and disabled people has exceeded 30,000 since the army was launched. It has only been half a year.

Time! And this is without losing a single battle..." Taizu sighed.

But no matter what, the mood of the central leaders has improved greatly. This is not only because of the good news itself, but also because of the rapid development of the 15th Red Army, which can somewhat suppress Zhang Guotao's ambitions stemming from relying on his strong military strength. Although because of the adoption of Hu Weidong

As mentioned in the telegram of "replenishing prisoners as soon as they are captured" and "three checks on complaints", the strength of the Red Front Army at this time was nearly 30,000 (Note 1), which was much stronger than in history, but it was not as strong as the

Compared with the 4th Red Army with more than 80,000 people and better equipment, it is still significantly inferior. But now that there is a stronger 15th Red Army outside, Zhang Guotao may not be so bold.

As a result, Zhang Guotao did not dare to take action, and the Central Red Army did not have to hurriedly bring only part of its troops northward to avoid his murderous hands as in history, giving the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia base area a much better foundation than in history.

The only regret is that Zhang Guotao was still unwilling to go north with the Central Red Army because he was worried that his brutal suppression of counter-revolutionaries would be liquidated in the past, causing tens of thousands of commanders and fighters of the Fourth Front Army to sacrifice worthlessly on his wrong "southern" route.

Perhaps the coercive force of history came into play during this period. Zhang Guotao finally established a new Central Committee. In the end, it ended hastily due to the opposition of the Third International, the struggle of the Party Central Committee, and the reflection of the commanders and fighters of the Fourth Front Army after continuous setbacks.

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Even though he was thinking hard about the future of the Red Army and fighting resolutely with Zhang Guotao, the great man was still concerned about the 15th Red Army thousands of miles away. His suggestion was that Hu Weidong should withdraw from Hangzhou as soon as possible. After all, the traffic in the Shanghai-Nanjing-Hangzhou area was very difficult.

Conveniently, even if they engage in frenzied raids, they can only delay the enemy's reinforcements slightly. Although the 15th Red Army has strong troops, once it is surrounded by the superior strength of the national army, there will never be any good results. However, Hu Weidong tried to return the enemy's reinforcements in the city.

He couldn't help but linger in Hangzhou for a few more days because of the uncollected equipment and supplies. Fortunately, although he was greedy, he was still well prepared and took the lead in evacuating the supplies in the coastal area without being bombarded by the enemy fleet.

The losses were too heavy, but the one who made the greater contribution was Su Yu, an outstanding military strategist who was famous for his large-scale battles, annihilation battles, and especially continuous battles in later generations...

On June 25, 1935, Su Yu commanded an advancing division of more than 30,000 men to set up an ambush north of Hangzhou and annihilate the first batch of national troops heading south. Although there were only three to four thousand men in one brigade, it was a good start for the next battle.

On the same day, the advancing division once again defeated a miscellaneous division and captured most of the enemy troops. Due to the continuous defeats on the front line, Chiang Kai-shek did not dare to urge front line reinforcements. Instead, he ordered them to build fortifications on the spot and wait for subsequent reinforcements until the number of troops exceeded 30,000.

They were about to advance southward in a group. As expected, Su Yu was a little embarrassed to say this, but he was keenly aware of another fighter. If Lao Jiang did this, the national army's Hangbei cluster was safe, but the speed of going south was slow.

The army slowed down and could not reach Hangzhou within a few days, so Su Yu boldly left a small number of troops to serve as suspects. He immediately led the advancing division south to join the main force of the 15th Red Army, and took over with the support of Hu Weidong

The command of the entire army was directed at Liu Zhi, who anxiously led his entire army to the north for rescue after learning of the fall of Hangzhou...

Although Liu Zhi had a fatal weakness, he still understood that he was easily attacked when crossing the river. Therefore, he specifically asked the Military Commission for cover from the air force. However, he did not expect that Su Yu would ignore the threat of the air force and gather 100,000 soldiers.

The army launched a fierce attack on his troops who had just crossed halfway. Due to the fall of Jianqiao Aviation School and Jianqiao Airport, the Kuomintang Air Force suffered a huge blow. Chiang Kai-shek's ability to send two groups of aircraft at once was already the limit.

As the Red Fifteenth Army's field formation was widely dispersed, the national army's bombers could only kill less than a thousand people even if they lost all their bombs, while fighter jets had to dive to low altitudes to effectively kill the enemy. In the Red Fifteenth Army,

After suffering certain losses under the attack of anti-aircraft firepower, they suddenly became timid and failed to provide much support to Liu Zhi's troops...

It is worth mentioning that the 15th Red Army seized some 20mm-caliber anti-aircraft cannons after capturing Jianqiao Aviation School, which greatly enhanced the air defense capabilities of the troops. Hu Weidong, a master gunner, finally had a use when enemy planes attacked.

On the ground, basically a few bursts of fire can bring down an aircraft. Although the rest of the artillery is still far behind in technology, they also performed well under Hu Weidong's advanced air defense tactics, and they shot down an aircraft in just ten minutes.

Seven enemy planes were shot down, and the Chinese pilots were so frightened that they fled in their planes.

Without the cover of the air force, Liu Zhi's regiment suddenly became meat on the chopping block. At this time, Liu Zhi, who still couldn't think of a way to deal with the fierce artillery fire and roundabouts of the 15th Red Army, could only watch his subordinates trapped in Jiangbei being slaughtered.

, when he saw that the troops he urged to cross the river in an emergency were easily defeated by the Red Army, he quickly lost his fighting spirit and fled south in embarrassment with the remaining troops who had not yet had time to cross the river. This move depleted the morale of the national army in the north of the Yangtze River.

.In less than an hour, the Jiangbei Nationalist Army completely stopped resisting. The 15th Red Army killed and captured nearly 70,000 Nationalist troops at a relatively small cost of less than 8,000 casualties...

Note 1: There is no accurate data on how many troops the front army had when the four front armies joined forces in history. We can only confirm that it is no less than 10,000 and no more than 30,000. In this book, the most commonly used number is 10,000.

Five thousand people, coupled with the effect of "replenishing prisoners as soon as they are captured" and complaining education (not only increases the conversion efficiency of prisoners of war, but also reduces the number of deserters.), it is normal to reach more than 20,000 people at this time. After all, the fourth crossing of Chishui begins.

The army has never lost any battles. When it is always victorious, the effect of these methods is terrible.

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