Chapter 54: A Different Great Wall of Resistance

  Yang Feng didn't have time to bother with Elena's affairs, so he stuffed her into the company and instructed Ye Xuan to take care of this guy. That night, he crossed back and, as usual, took a water route directly to Tianjin. He still called in American troops through Jensen to escort him. It was during the process of unloading and loading that Yang Feng learned about the situation on the front lines.

  This is a completely different Great Wall War, Guan Linzheng actually defended the Gubeikou and did not suffer heavy losses as in history, nor was he hospitalized, and then Du Yuming gathered the remaining troops to retreat to Nantianmen.

  The reason is Yang Feng's big gun.

  The Northeast Army performed as badly as ever, and the Young Master's division did well at first, but unfortunately, after losing their morale, they revealed their true form and bid farewell to the 25th Division without warning. After the Japanese army occupied their position, they worked hard to move their mountain guns up there, and then fired at the 25th Division from a height. Originally, this was the main reason for the heavy casualties of the 25th Division, but this time, the Japanese army's good pre-war intelligence work turned into a disaster, and their artillery became the live target of Guan Linzheng. The suddenly appearing American M1-type howitzer used its range to directly flatten the opponent, far surpassing any Japanese artillery.

  However, the 25th Division's artillery, which lacked anti-aircraft weapons, suffered heavy losses in subsequent air raids, with at least half of them being destroyed. Guan Linzheng had to hide the big guns, after all, they were lent by the 29th Army and he couldn't afford to lose them all. But this was already enough, as the Japanese army lost its advantage over the 25th Division in terms of light weapons without artillery support. The two sides are still fighting fiercely at Gubeikou, and at least when Yang Feng knew about the situation, Gubeikou was still in the hands of the 25th Division.

  If the battle of Gubeikou can only be said to have made little progress for the Japanese army, then at Xifengkou it can only be said that blood flowed like a river. Compared with history, the 29th Army, which had more than doubled its firepower, relied on its geographical advantages and really won a big victory.

  Because of the outstanding Wang Changhai team outside the pass, they withstood the Japanese army for three days, giving Song Zheyuan enough time to set up defenses. When the Japanese army truly attacked Xifengkou, all that greeted them was a storm of bullets. The light weapons were completely suppressed by the terrifying firing speed of 100 MG13s, which killed the Japanese soldiers like flies. The artillery was also completely suppressed, whether it was the Type 41 mountain gun or the Type 38 field gun, their range was no match for the M1 mortar. Although the artillery technology of the 29th Army was somewhat inferior, the advantage in range made up for this. The artillery bombardment blew the Japanese to kingdom come.

  Especially on this battlefield, the Japanese aircraft suffered heavy losses for the first time. The sudden appearance of Browning M2 large-caliber machine guns and white phosphorus bullets caused the Japanese planes to lose six aircraft in the first round of bombing. It is worth noting that there were only sixty Japanese planes participating in the Battle of the Great Wall, and the loss of one-tenth immediately made them more sober. Effective anti-aircraft protection also allowed the artillery of the 29th Army to fight more comfortably.

  This was not the most troublesome for the Japanese army, what they couldn't bear was the mortar, these mortars that were scattered throughout each regiment of the 29th Army, not only did their range completely suppress the Japanese mortars, but their firepower density also far exceeded theirs. Song Zheyuan, who had stockpiled 5,000 rounds of ammunition, didn't hesitate to use them at all, and the mortars assigned to each regiment even started playing with cannon fire interdiction.

  On the first day of the battle, the Japanese army left more than 400 corpses at Xifengkou, while the 29th Army suffered less than 200 casualties. So far, the Japanese losses at Xifengkou have approached one regiment, and such a result has shocked the whole country, even Westerners are amazed.

  "Yang, your 29th Army kicked the Japanese in the butt." Daniel said with a smile to Yang Feng.

  Yang Feng smiled and shrugged, he was very clear that such a situation could not last for too long. The logistical supply capacity of the Japanese army was fundamentally not comparable to that of the Chinese army. The 29th Army would eventually run out of M1 shells and Browning bullets, but the Japanese did not need to worry about this point. Even if their artillery ran out of ammunition, they could be replenished quickly. However, for the Chinese army, it was likely that only bullets and mortar shells could be replenished, and in the end, they would have to return to relying on human lives to fill the gap.

  The only hope now is that such losses will make the Japanese worried and provide some favorable conditions for future ceasefire negotiations.

  After returning to Beiping, Yang Feng still put the goods in the warehouse of Chan Shenyang Hang, and then called Tong Lin Ge, who was left behind in Zhangjiakou, to send soldiers by train to transport all the grain to Zhangjiakou.

  Tong Lin Ge personally came, in addition to a battalion of soldiers, also brought the Chahar provincial government, for this batch of grain payment reward, gold, silver coins, high-end medicine, antiques, and even some precious animal skins. A large part of these were donated by Chahar merchants, they knew that without the Sixth Army Corps blocking Doolun, Zhangjiakou's safety would not be guaranteed, gritting their teeth to support these bandits, at least they are more reliable than the Northeastern Army.

  "Ah, Tong Da Ge, look at this and see what a waste it is for you all." Yang Feng said with a lingering attachment as he stroked a piece of purple sable fur.

  These leather goods include not only sable fur but also bear skin and tiger skin, which are good things that are not easy to take back home, but selling them here is still a good deal.

  "Yang, don't say such polite words. The 29th Army is now proud and confident thanks to you!" Tong Lin Ge said with a smile. This time in Beiping, the civilians along the way, as long as they saw the flag of the 29th Army, not one of them didn't give a thumbs up. This made their vanity soar, the soldiers' chests were puffed out high, and when they saw the Northeastern Army, they had to look up to them.

  "Everywhere, everywhere, it's all the brothers who fought with their lives, I just did a little bit of effort."

  "Yang brothers, there is another batch of antiques here, let by Sun Quanyuan to hand over to you, take a look at how much they are worth, he wants to exchange them all for mortars." Tong Lin added, lifting out several wooden boxes.

  Everything in here is valuable, Yang Feng doesn't need an antique dealer to see that the value is extraordinary, just those pearls and jade are dazzling him, not to mention there are also several gemstone-made fruits, I estimate that if this box is taken abroad for auction, it can be exchanged for all his investments over this period of time.

  Of course, he is also very clear that these things are not easy to get rid of. In fact, the antiques he had previously acquired were only sold in a small part, after all, many of them belong to cultural relics. Although using cultural relics to exchange for foreign money, he has no psychological burden at all. To be honest, China is ruined by these things that are useless except for being good-looking and have no use for the country or nation. If he were a national leader, now if a foreigner told him that they could give him an F-22 fighter jet in exchange for the Simu Wu Ding cauldron, he would agree without hesitation. If it's not enough, he can also throw in the Four Sheep Square Zun wine vessel.

  But the key issue is that this thing can't be taken out, of course he doesn't mind smuggling it out, but he's not short of money to spend for now, so there's no need to take such a risk.

  Forget it, among the things Sun Dianying has, there are some that can be sold directly, and selling them for tens of millions should be easy. If not, just give him a hundred or so rocket launchers, anyway, it's just a cost of tens of millions.

  Thanks to book friend PiaoDang's Dead Spirit for the reward. The night shift is over and there will be another chapter tonight.