mesbooks Chapter 273: Shock from Gui Yongqing
Chapter 273: Shock from Gui Yongqing
273 The Shock from Gui Yongqing
At the Zijin Mountain position, Zhou Xinghai and his 1st Militia Division had arrived at Zijin Mountain three days ago.
Meet up with the teaching corps.
At this time, the Teaching Corps had just finished a month of hard fighting to defend Purple Mountain.
There are about 3,000 people left in the team.
This is because Ye Qingshan had replenished their troops last time.
There are less than a thousand veterans who actually served in the training corps.
If Zhou Xinghai and his men did not come up to support, the 3,000 troops of the Teaching Corps would definitely not be able to withstand the Japanese's general attack after they replenished their ammunition.
The arrival of more than 10,000 men from Zhou Xinghai's First Militia Division greatly shocked the commander-in-chief, Gui Yongqing.
He didn't expect that at this point in the war, there would still be more than 10,000 people in the city to support them.
Gui Yongqing always thought that all the national troops in Nanjing City were about to be wiped out.
Moreover, what shocked Gui Yongqing was not Zhou Xinghai's more than 10,000 people.
And the weapons and equipment they brought with them.
"Damn it, this militia doesn't even have a number, and isn't even a ragtag army.
Their weapons and equipment are better than those of our ace troops.
I just saw that their American heavy machine guns are really useful.
It’s better than our German heavy machine guns.
The firepower was frightening.”
After Crazy Qiu rushed back to the Anti-Slope Command Post, he told Gui Yongqing what he saw at Zhou Xinghai's 1st Militia Division.
After Zhou Xinghai led his troops to support Zijin Mountain.
Gui Yongqing discussed with them and redivided the defensive positions on Zijin Mountain.
The remaining 3,000-odd people of the Teaching Corps were mainly responsible for defending the main position of Zijin Mountain and several small positions around it.
Zhou Xinghai defended seven or eight positions of varying sizes on the left side.
Because these small positions on the left are their only passage to Guanghua Gate.
It is obvious that the task that Gui Yongqing gave to Zhou Xinghai's 1st Militia Division was to guard the passage between Purple Mountain and Jinling City.
Captain Gui also had a hunch.
After the old Japanese soldier Matsui Iwane launches a new attack, the focus of the Japanese attack will most likely be on their Purple Mountain.
They fought alone before because they had no other choice.
Previously, there was a shortage of troops in Jinling City, so Ye Qingshan and his men had to retreat into the city, cutting off contact with the Zijin Training Corps.
But things are different now.
With more than 10,000 troops, they have the confidence to defend the passage to Jinling City.
It must also be defended.
Otherwise, if they had to fight alone again, Captain Gui felt that it would be impossible for Zijin Mountain to hold out for much longer.
Gui Yongqing also laughed when he heard Crazy Qiu's envious tone: "I just contacted Commander Sun.
He told me that these militiamen were trained by Ye Qingshan in the city.
Ye Qingshan purchased a batch of sophisticated weapons from the Americans, which were said to be worth up to 20 million US dollars.
You know the concept.
This amount of money is enough for us to arm dozens of divisions.
When I heard Master Sun say this before, I thought he was exaggerating.
No matter how rich the Ye family is, they cannot come up with 20 million US dollars.
It was not until I saw the weapons and equipment that this militia division brought up the mountain that I felt that what Commander Sun said might be right.
Later, Commander Sun sent a telegram to tell me secretly that Ye Qingshan used the loan from the Americans.
This can be explained.
I really don’t understand how Ye Qingshan tricked the Americans into providing him with so much loans.
Can't the Americans do charity?"
As he spoke, Gui Yongqing shook his head. He really couldn't figure it out.
In fact, Ye Qingshan actually only spent 5 million US dollars, not as much as the 20 million US dollars that Master Sun and others had said.
The 20 million US dollars was just an estimate made by Master Sun and his team privately.
Who told them to use the price that the Americans offered for selling arms abroad?
But Ye Qingshan purchased at cost price, so the difference of several times is completely normal.
It really cannot be said that Sun Yuanliang and his team’s estimates were wrong.
Because, if it were purchased based on quotation, it would be worth almost 20 million US dollars.
If that were the case, Ye Qingshan would not have purchased too many rifles, and instead focused on purchasing heavy weapons such as submachine guns, heavy machine guns, mortars, etc.
Therefore, this resulted in the situation that even Captain Gui, who was once the commander of the National Army's ace army, was...
I was also shocked when I saw the weapons and equipment of Zhou Xinghai’s 1st Militia Division.
"I wonder if Ye Qingshan is the illegitimate son of a certain American consortium boss?"
Crazy Qiu whispered, expressing a guess he had been thinking about for a long time.
"You, stop imagining that."
After hearing this, Gui Yongqing was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. What the hell was going on?
“But it’s good to have such a well-armed troop on our flank.
We have enough confidence to defend Purple Mountain."
Gui Yongqing was quite happy about the arrival of Zhou Xinghai's 1st Militia Division.
Finally, someone came to share the huge pressure with them.
Moreover, Gui Yongqing did not tell Crazy Qiu that in his opinion, this army was actually Ye Qingshan’s private army.
Otherwise, how could he get Ye Qingshan's luxurious equipment?
But he also knew that the situation in Jinling City was complicated at this time.
The formation of these militia divisions is probably a stopgap measure, and they will inevitably have to be reorganized after the war.
It's not his turn to worry about this kind of thing, let the top brass of the headquarters worry about it.
"Also, when I came back, that Zhou Hai waved his hand and directly sent us 15 of those American heavy machine guns.
Twenty 60mm mortars and a lot of shells.
Damn, he is so generous. I feel embarrassed.
We had no choice but to leave behind a dozen veterans who were familiar with the situation at Purple Mountain to guide them."
Crazy Qiu drank up half a kettle of water and continued.
In fact, Ye Qingshan had already sent people to deliver a batch of supplies of ammunition to the Teaching Corps.
But most of the weapons and ammunition sent were German.
After all, the equipment used by the Teaching Corps is mainly German.
If you give them too many American weapons, they won't be able to use them for long.
Zhou Xinghai gave them this batch purely to bring the two sides closer together.
“I’ve seen that 60mm mortar, and it’s really useful.
It's just the right time to make up for the lack of firepower on our side."
Gui Yongqing was also very satisfied with the 60mm mortar.
"By the way, what are Commander Zhou and his men doing?"
Gui Yongqing asked curiously.
"Hey, Captain, you're asking the right question.
I need to have a serious talk with you.
Now, Zhou Xinghai and more than 10,000 of them are frantically digging tunnels at position No. 7.
You didn't see it.
The tunnel they dug was wide and deep, and they reinforced it with steel plates and door panels they brought from the city.
In three days, more than 10,000 people dug out a large section of Position No. 7 and the surrounding mountains.
I was stunned when I saw it. ”
When Crazy Qiu talked about this, he was even more eloquent.
“They did the right thing.”
After hearing this, Gui Yongqing nodded repeatedly, expressing his appreciation for Zhou Xinghai's crazy behavior of digging tunnels.