The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 178 Lose that mother

Although He Wei didn't know much about Cantonese, he still listened to a lot of Cantonese pop songs before time travel. The soldier who pointed a gun at him kept saying, "Get over it." It seems that this sentence means "You are who?

At that moment, He Wei felt that these soldiers were Cantonese troops. He Wei stood up with a smile, but the sergeant's reaction was even more intense and he put the rifle in his hand against He Wei's chest.

He Wei looked down and knew it was a Mauser short rifle. Then He Wei saw the writing on the receiver of the rifle, "Type [-] Rifle Made in Guangdong." Looking at the inscription, the gun's The model is ready to come out.

It is the Type 1930 rifle produced by the Guangdong Arsenal in [-]. This gun is the standard rifle of the Guangdong Army that was mass-produced when Chen Jitang was in charge of Guangdong. Its prototype is the Belgian FN[-] rifle. The Guangdong Arsenal introduced a full set of original factory drawings and original machinery and produced imitations. At the same time, it also purchased a large number of original factory rifles.

It is said that the performance of these rifles produced in Guangdong is close to that of the original factory and the output is extremely high. In the first year of imitation alone, more than [-] rifles were produced. Later, after the Guangdong Arsenal was returned to the central government, it stopped producing this type of rifle and switched to formal production. Rifles, it is said that the medium and formal rifles produced in Guangdong are also among the best among factories across the country, with excellent quality.

At this time, other soldiers rushed up and pointed their guns at He Wei. A light machine gunner also rushed over with a Czech light machine gun. He Wei repeated his old trick and looked at the light machine gun again. This Czech light machine gun The machine gun is not a copy produced by the Guangdong Arsenal, but an original Czech machine gun.

Every soldier wore a British steel helmet, the rifle was made in Guangdong, and the light machine gun was Czech. He Wei looked at the soldiers' badges again. The number written on them was the Army's Sixty-sixth Army, which is the Guangdong Army. He Wei also knew something about this unit. This unit had just withdrawn from the Songhu battlefield not long ago, and it was considered a strong army.

After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937, Yu Hanmou, who was in charge of Guangdong, reorganized the Guangdong Army into six armies (6-62 Army, 66 Army). Among them, the Sixty-sixth Army was affiliated with the 83th Division and the [-]th Division as well as an instructor. After the formation of the brigade, the army headed to Songhu to participate in the Songhu Battle, inflicting heavy losses on the Japanese army in Luodian and other places, and showing the prestige of the Cantonese army.

"Brothers, brothers, I am the battalion commander of the Central Army. I am stationed nearby. The Japanese are about to attack. I am here to contact the friendly forces nearby. Please don't misunderstand us. We are friendly forces, and we will fight the enemy together in the future. Please let us go, brothers, and take us to see your commanders."

He Wei said with a smile, but these soldiers of the [-]th Army did not buy He Wei's account. Ordinary soldiers had limited education. Most of them could only speak local dialects and dialects and could not understand the official Chinese at all.

These soldiers only thought that He Wei had some northern accent, but they didn't quite understand what He Wei was talking about. He Wei talked for a long time, but it was like talking like a chicken to a duck. Instead of easing the situation, it made the reaction of this group of Cantonese soldiers More intense.

"It's his grandma's fault. These Guangdong monkeys don't want to live anymore. They dare to point their guns at the battalion commander. Brothers, get the copycat."

When Yang Biao, the leader of the special agent platoon, saw He Wei being surrounded by a group of people pointing guns at him, he was furious. He jumped out of the car with the soldiers of the special agent platoon and rushed forward. The soldiers of the special agent platoon raised the flower traps in their hands. , speed machine and Belgian light machine gun, the soldiers in the machine gun squad even opened the tarpaulin of the car, condescendingly mounted the Suloton machine gun on the top of the truck, and aimed at the group of Guangdong soldiers.

For a time, the two sides were at war with each other, and everything in their hands was on fire.

The guys in the secret service platoon are all rare things, and they have enough troops to form a platoon. It is obviously not enough for a squad of the Cantonese army to face the secret service platoon. The leading sergeant squad leader also panicked when he saw the dark muzzle of the secret service platoon. While he started shouting loudly, calling on the officers and soldiers on both sides of the road to come over for help, he continued to shout to He Wei.

"What do you do? Just give me the command. Just give me the command."

He Wei understood this sentence. He was asking He Wei what he was doing and asked He Wei to report the password. However, He Wei did not know the password of their troops. He saw many Cantonese officers and soldiers emerging from the fields on both sides. , simply didn’t bother to answer him.

It is estimated that among the new officers and soldiers, there should be a few who are officers. Instead of arguing with these big soldiers who don't understand the language, it is better to ask the officers for questioning.

Soon, Cantonese officers and soldiers on both sides gathered around, and the leader was indeed an officer with the rank of captain.

"Brother, do you speak official Chinese? I am the battalion commander of the Nanjing Military Police Headquarters City Defense Special Battalion. Don't get me wrong. This is my ID. Please take me to see your superiors."

He Wei said with a smile, and took out his ID and handed it to the captain. The captain seemed to understand what He Wei was talking about, and took the ID from He Wei vigilantly. He Wei also took the opportunity to get closer. Go forward and observe the badge of this captain officer.

The number marked on the captain's badge is the Special Agent Company of the Sixty-sixth Army of the Army. He Wei thought that this should be a unit directly under the Sixty-sixth Army. Units such as Special Agent Company, Special Agent Battalion, and Special Agent Platoon are generally It was a security mission for headquarters at all levels. In other words, the headquarters of the Sixty-sixth Army was probably nearby. I was lucky enough to bump into the headquarters of the Guangdong Army.

After the captain took He Wei's ID, he carefully checked He Wei and the ID photo. Finally, he said in extremely non-standard Mandarin: "Hello, sir, are you from the Central Army and came from the city?"

He Wei nodded: "Our unit is originally the Nanjing City Defense Special Agent Battalion. We were ordered to move the defense to the Tangshan Artillery School, which is nearby. Now we are out to contact the nearby friendly forces. I just happened to bump into your Guangdong brothers. Brothers, it's best if you can Take us to see your commander, and when the Japanese come over, we must fight side by side."

"Lower the gun."

The captain ordered the Cantonese soldiers behind him in Cantonese to put down their guns, and He Wei also told Yang Biao's spy platoon to put away their guns.

The captain was very vigilant. Although he held his ID and ordered his subordinates to put down their guns, He Wei saw this guy quietly loading the pistol on his waist. Obviously, he was still on guard against himself.

"Sir, you come with me, but you can only go by yourself. These people of yours can only wait here."

said the captain.

"I say you are too ignorant. You guys have been surrounding us for so long, and you are almost done with long guns and short cannons. Our battalion commander is a major. You, a captain, don't go too far. I can't Let me tell you, you are all blind, our battalion commander is a nationally famous Anti-Japanese War hero, you should stop showing off here."

Obviously, this group of Guangdong soldiers did not know He Wei, a famous anti-Japanese war hero. He Wei had no reaction to this. With the information and media communication capabilities of this era, even the most basic soldiers with low cultural literacy could recognize him at will. It is simply impossible to do it yourself. But Yang Biao got angry and ridiculed the Guangdong captain. The captain was good at cultivating qi. He just glanced at Yang Biao and then turned his attention to He Wei.

"No problem, you can get in my car. Let's go by car. Yang Biao, you take the brothers to rest where they are and have a good time with the Guangdong brothers. I'll be back as soon as I go."

He Wei waved to Yang Biao and agreed to the Guangdong Captain's request. Therefore, the aggrieved Yang Biao led the soldiers from the special agent platoon to stay in place to guard the vehicle. He Wei sat in the co-pilot, and the Guangdong Captain led two Guangdong soldiers. The soldier sat in the back seat as the car passed the roadblock and continued straight along the road.

Less than a kilometer away, we encountered another roadblock sentry. After the Mercedes-Benz SUV stopped, another Guangdong soldier came up to investigate.

"Password, password."

A Guangdong soldier carrying a Cantonese-made [-]-year-old rifle came up and asked for the password. Immediately, the captain sitting in the back row also loudly replied: "Duan Na Ma."

After saying "thrownama", the car was quickly relieved, but this too shocking password shocked He Wei. What he meant by "thrownama" was actually to extend his sincere greetings to the other person's mother, and cnm, x Your mother is the same, but these Cantonese guys actually use swear words as their military command, which is quite unique.

Soon, under the guidance of the captain, the car moved forward and passed several checkpoints. After passing a checkpoint, the captain had to give the command to lose his mother once, which made He Wei amused.

The car drove through several checkpoints and then drove off the highway. It continued to speed through the fields on both sides of the highway. More and more Guangdong soldiers appeared in the fields. First there were scattered tents and foxholes, and later They are company and platoon level fox trenches and communication trenches.

Later, what He Wei saw were the field positions of entire battalions and entire companies, as well as heavy machine guns, mortars and other support firearms that appeared from time to time. A large number of Guangdong soldiers carrying various operating equipment and materials were stepping up the construction of field fortifications.

From the looks of it, He Wei estimated that the [-]th Army should have received the order to guard Tangshan. There were no decent defense fortifications nearby. There were fields and hills everywhere, and there were no ready-made concealment facilities. They could only rely on soldiers. They were built when manpower came. Speaking of which, a considerable number of bunkers and other defense fortifications were built in the Zijin Mountain and Xiaoling Guards where He Wei was stationed, as well as in Chunhua and other areas outside Nanjing. However, they were just bare here. It was just pitiful that this To help the Guangdong soldiers, all fortifications and bunkers had to be built by themselves.

In addition, the weapons and equipment of the Guangdong army are also very unique. The rifle is a Type [-] rifle made in Guangdong, the light machine gun is an imported Czech light machine gun, and the heavy machine gun is a Hotchkiss made in France. The heavy machine gun, and the mortar is actually equipped with the [-]-year-old [-]mm mortar produced by the Central Jinling Arsenal. This kind of mixed-match weapon combination is quite interesting.

Under the guidance of the captain, the off-road vehicle drove staggeringly in the wilderness for about twenty minutes. Finally, it stopped outside a small forest. He Wei got out of the car and let the captain lead him into the small forest. , He Wei saw a standard field command post that had been constructed. There were about two platoons of soldiers on guard around it, and a large number of communications soldiers were running with phones and radios, running phone lines, and setting up wired and wireless communications. net.

"Sir, please wait here for a moment. I'll go in and make a report."

The captain saluted He Wei, and He Wei nodded. The captain turned and walked into the command post to report. After about two minutes, the captain walked out and nodded to He Wei, who then strode into the command post.

As soon as he entered the command post, He Wei saw a lieutenant general with a very Cantonese-like appearance. The captain introduced He Wei: "Sir, this is Lieutenant General Ye Zhao of the [-]th Army of our Army."

Ye Zhao, it turns out that this person is Ye Zhao?

Ye Zhao, whose original name was Gengpan and nicknamed Boxin, was from Shuimei Village, Chuangang, Xinxing County.

When Ye Zhao was a boy, he studied in Mingde Primary School in his village. In the first year of the Republic of China, he was admitted to the fifth class of the Guangzhou Army Primary School and promoted to the Hankou Junior Military Academy. He graduated from the sixth class of the Baoding Military Academy in 1919. After graduation, he served as a trainee platoon leader under the Beiyang warlord Wu Peifu. In 1921, he returned to Guangdong and served as a company commander under Chen Jiongming. long. In July 1923, he served as a trainer of the Sixth Garrison Command of the Fourth Army of the Guangdong Army.

In 1927, he served as the acting commander of the [-]rd Regiment of the [-]th Army Division on Hainan Island, and was later promoted to the commander of the [-]rd Regiment.

On May 1929, 5, a large-scale melee broke out between the warlords of Guangdong and Guangxi. At this time, he served as the commander of the second regiment of the first brigade of the first division of the Eighth Route Army, led his troops to Nanxiong, and was later promoted to the first commander of the 17th Division. Commander of the 1932th Brigade. In 1933, he served as the commander of the Second Division of the First Army of the Army, and in [-], he concurrently served as the director of the Political Training Office of the Second Division.

Later, he followed Yu Hanmou, commander of the Army's First Army, to lead his Second Division in southern Jiangxi.

In June 1936, Chen Jitang raised troops in Guangzhou and rebelled against Kaishen. Ye and Yu Han sought to attach themselves to the Nanjing government and led their troops back to Guangdong to drive away Chen Jitang. They also participated in the reorganization of the Guangdong troops. In August of the same year, they successively served as commanders of the 6th Division. In the same year, he was promoted to Army Lieutenant General.

In July 1937, he was appointed commander of the 7th Army and commander of the [-]th Division. After the Battle of Songhu broke out, Guangdong led the [-]th Division and the Teaching Brigade to participate in the Battle of Songhu. After the battle, he led the [-]th The Sixteenth Army retreated to the outskirts of Nanjing and was incorporated into the battle order of the Nanjing Garrison.

What impressed He Wei deeply about Ye Zhao was not his seniority, but his performance and encounters in the historical battle to defend Nanjing.

Many information from later generations stated that the Cantonese army broke out of the heavy siege of the Japanese army in a frontal breakthrough during the Battle of Nanjing, and even far surpassed the Central Army troops defending the city. However, in He Wei's view, the fact is That was not the case. It was true that the Guangdong army took the initiative to break through from the front, but the result was far from satisfactory.

The final result of the Guangdong Army's frontal attack and breakout was that the two armies were completely dispersed. In the end, only more than [-] people were accommodated, while the main force of more than [-] people were captured by the Japanese army and died tragically at the hands of the Japanese army. This point can be proved by the first-hand information of the Japanese army read by He Wei later.

Of course, even this result was due to the fact that the Cantonese army was not facing the main force of the Japanese attack. Not only did the Cantonese army that broke through completely collapse, but a large number of senior generals were killed. Among them, the most bizarre encounter was that of He Wei The Ye Zhao in front of me.

(End of this chapter)