January of the twenty-seventh year of the Republic of China
The smell of blood in the sky over Nanjing has not yet dissipated, and the Japanese army's eyes and troops are pointed at Shandong. On January 4, Ningyang, Yanzhou, Qufu, and Mengyin fell, and the Japanese army's forwards were directed at Wenshang and Jining. In just one month,
One and a half Japanese divisions swept across Qilu. Faced with the danger that the Longhai Line might be cut off by the Japanese at any time, Chiang Kai-shek and the Military Commission called Han Fuju one after another and ordered him to defend Shandong.
Even Zong Ren, the commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone, put down his posture and said in an almost pleading tone in his telegram to Han Fuju: "My brother has governed Lu for seven years, and his love for the beautiful rivers and mountains of Lu Province and the docile people is even greater than that of my brother."
Deep." "Please give me your full support on the canal line and hold on to Hanji." He also informed Deng Xihou that Sun Zhen and his troops had already sent reinforcements near Zouxian.
However, Han Fuju was determined to retreat to preserve his strength and was not moved at all. He led his troops to retreat to Shanxian, Chengwu, and Caoxian in western Lu before stopping. This retreat lasted several days.
Within a short period of time, they retreated five hundred miles and handed over a large area of Qilu's mountains and rivers to the Japanese army.
Because Han Fuju retreated without fighting, allowing the Japanese army to easily capture Shandong, the entire Anti-Japanese War situation suddenly became critical. Once the Japanese army occupied Shandong, they could directly attack Xuzhou. However, the commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone, Li Zongren, only had a few Guangxi troops stationed north of Xuzhou.
The Japanese army is in danger of rushing straight into Xuzhou at any time, attacking from the north and the south, and the entire North China and East China war situation is in danger.
Shandong has fallen! Jinpu is in danger!
At the critical juncture, Chairman Chiang held a meeting in Kaifeng on January 9th. At the meeting, he captured Han Fuju and used his head to establish his authority. This move greatly stimulated the national army generals and made them fight in the future.
I no longer dare to look forward and backward like that.
With the success of Beijing, Shanghai, and Shandong, the Japanese base camp turned its greedy eyes to Xuzhou, an important town in the ancient Central Plains. Xuzhou is located at the intersection of the Jinpu Line and the Longhai Line, China's two major railway arteries, and is the hub for the east-west, north-south travel of the China Railway.
, has always been a battleground for military strategists.
The Japanese army aimed at Xuzhou with a very clear intention, which was to open up Jinpu Road and eliminate the threat from the right when they advance to Wuhan in the future. Then they would go west from Longhai Road, cut off the Pinghan Line, capture Wuhan in one fell swoop, and have a showdown with Chiang Kai-shek. The Japanese's wishful thinking
The fiddle made a loud noise. The success of this move was like striking while the iron was hot, and dealt a fatal blow to the government headed by Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, completely defeating Chairman Chiang's will to resist and surrendering to the Japanese.
The Japanese also have a profound understanding of the words of Sun Tzu, the originator of Chinese military science thousands of years ago: to conquer the enemy without fighting. To say the least, even if the stubborn Chiang Kai-shek does not surrender and loses Wuhan, it means that he will be driven into
In the mountains of the southwest, the Nationalist Government will also be reduced to a local political power in China. How much authority does Chiang Kai-shek's regime really have at that time? There are many semi-independent regimes in China. Chiang Kai-shek is the focus of warlords in various provinces. He must step down.
It can gain enthusiastic support in all provinces. When the time comes, it will be easy for the Japanese to start over again and support a new regime built under the wings of the Japanese.
However, this wish of the Japanese was not so easy to realize. The commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone, Li Zongren, mobilized hundreds of thousands of heavy troops to gather in Xuzhou.
Just as Li Zongren was mobilizing heavy troops to prepare for a decisive battle with the Japanese invaders, Su Rui was also stepping up preparations for the war in Xinxi County.
He is familiar with history and knows very well that when the Battle of Xuzhou is going on, the strength of the national army is very tight. There is no reason why the theater commander should not see a unit like the 300 Brigade, which means that he will be involved in the Battle of Xuzhou at any time.
inside.
It's easier to say that in other battlefields, if you were thrown into the center of the whirlpool like Taierzhuang, you wouldn't know how you would die if you didn't have any ability to protect yourself.
Xinxi County is a very ordinary small county, with a population of less than 100,000. The entire county has only one street, which is less than a mile from the street to the end of the street.
Various opium dens, bars, restaurants and people from the Sanjiu Exchange gathered on this street. Today, a black car drove up this street and stopped in front of a hotel.
A national army officer wearing a woolen uniform stepped out of the car.
After these officers got out of the car, they walked towards the entrance of the hotel. If anyone pays attention, they will find that these officers who got off were closely following a young colonel.
This young colonel is Su Ruisu. He, Bai Jingran, Li Yifeng, and Lin Shiqian came here today to greet someone, a person introduced by Bai Jingran.
After the four of them entered the hotel, the waiter immediately came over and served them tea attentively, and asked them what they wanted to eat. In the end, Su Rui sent them out on the grounds that they were not in a hurry to order.
After pouring everyone a cup of tea, Su Rui smiled and said to Bai Jingran: "Old Bai, I only knew that you were good at leading troops, but I didn't know which military academy you graduated from?"
Li Yifeng on the side also gossiped: "Yes, Old Bai, we all know that your ability to lead troops is very good. We have seen the changes in the supplementary regiment these days. Those new recruits half a month ago were even divided into left and right."
I don’t know, but now they all look good. As long as they see blood again, they will be a group of good soldiers."
"That's right, I haven't seen many officers who graduated from Huangpu Military Academy and Central Military Academy, and their performance is much worse than yours. Old Bai, tell us where did you learn this skill?
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Over the past few days, in addition to recruiting about a thousand new soldiers in Zhaojia Town, the Three Hundred Brigade has also recruited two thousand new soldiers in Xinxi County and nearby Detian County. In this way, the total number of the Three Hundred Brigade has reached
There are about 5,000 people, several hundred more than the original establishment.
But even so, Su Rui still felt that the force was too weak. In addition to ordering the continued recruitment, he also urged Bai Jingran to train these new recruits as soon as possible.
However, Bai Jingran is indeed capable. He trained these new recruits to a certain level within half a month. This surprised Su Rui and made him even more curious about his origins.
Seeing the curious looks cast by the three heads, Bai Jingran smiled bitterly and said: "It seems that you won't let me have an easy time if I don't confess today. In fact, it doesn't matter. I am neither a graduate of Huangpu nor a graduate of the Central Military Academy."
Student, I am a graduate of the infantry department of the Berlin Military Academy in Germany in the 20th year of the Republic of China. The friend I introduced today graduated from the same school as me, but he graduated from the staff major and was not in the same department as me.
That’s all.”
"Hey, my darlings are all great people!"
Su Rui's mouth grinned like a hippopotamus, and it took him a while to return to normal. Su Rui knew very well that there were many military academies in this era, and there were many famous military academies, such as West Point Military Academy in the United States, Whampoa Military Academy in China, and the Soviet Union
Frunze Military Academy, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the UK, etc.
But Su Rui always believes that the most famous one is the Berlin Military Academy in Germany, especially the students who graduated from their staff major are the best staff officers in the world. During World War II, Germany was able to make the whole world a chicken.
Goutiao, their excellent staff accounted for at least one-third of the credit.
Now that Su Rui has more people, a bigger structure, and more things to do, there is an even greater need for an excellent chief of staff to help him handle many things in the army and formulate the army's combat plans. Originally, he was a subordinate of Yibai.
Jingran, but Bai Jingran declined without hesitation.
According to Bai Jingran, he is okay for training troops or commanding troops to fight, but when it comes to being a staff officer, he is at the amateur level.
For this reason, under Su Rui's coercion, he wanted Su Rui to recommend someone, a former classmate of his, and now, Bai Jingran's classmate walked in from the door of the tavern.
Wearing a black Chinese tunic suit, bronze skin, and an expressionless face, this middle-aged man in his late forties presented himself as someone who should avoid strangers.
As soon as Bai Jingran saw the person coming, he enthusiastically introduced everyone: "Come on, come on... Everyone, let me introduce you. This is my old classmate at the Berlin Military Academy in Germany, Liang Zhi and Liang Ziran, the former First Army Commander.
The division's major staff officer was injured during the Central Plains War, and he stayed at home to recuperate. This time I finally got him out of the mountain. Also, don't be surprised, brother Ziran was hit by shrapnel during the Central Plains War.
He was hit in the face, and the expression on his face has been like this ever since."
As soon as he saw the visitor, Su Rui's first impression was that this guy had such a cold face. He didn't know why he thought he had any opinions on him. After listening to Bai Jingran's introduction, he realized that this guy had a relationship with the German man in history.
It was the same experience for Guderian, the father of German armored soldiers, who had his facial nerves removed by a single slice, and his facial expression could never change.
"Haha... It would be great if Brother Ziran could come. I can take a breather when you come. You don't know, I've been very busy these days. Come on, come on, please sit down!"
Su Rui politely invited Liang Zhi to his seat and sat down. Li Yifeng and Lin Shiqian on the side also greeted Liang Zhi one after another. This is their future chief of staff, so they must not offend him, otherwise
In the future, if he flicks his fingers like this when formulating a battle plan, they will have to travel hundreds of miles in vain. That would be such an injustice.
Liang Zhi was not polite and nodded to the people next to him. He moved the corner of his mouth slightly before sitting down. But his expression seemed to Su Rui and others that it would be better if he didn't smile. But when he smiled, his expression was too shabby.
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After everyone sat down, Su Rui summoned the waiter and asked him to start serving the dishes. Everyone drank in the tavern for more than an hour, and then the feast came to an end.
At this point, the Three Hundred Brigade under Su Rui finally had a qualified chief of staff...
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