At seven o'clock in the morning on February 29, the twenty-seventh year of the Republic of China
Su Rui led the 300 Brigade to finally defeat the 11th Regiment of the Japanese Fifth Division, occupy Liujia Lake, and open the passage to Linyi County.
A staff officer jumped up and down and ran into Pang Bingxun's regiment headquarters and shouted loudly: "Military seat, military seat, we are saved... we are saved! Reinforcements are coming!"
"Bang!"
A chair tripped over and fell to the ground. Pang Bingxun suddenly stood up, stared at the staff and asked: "Really, which army is coming? Who is the leader of the army?"
The staff officer swallowed his saliva and said in his eyes: "The military seat is the 300th Brigade. I heard that the commander leading the team was a colonel named Su, and the staff department has never heard of it."
"Colonel named Su, commander of the 300 Brigade?"
There was a trace of doubt in Pang Bingxun's eyes. I had never heard of this Three Hundred Brigade before. Where did it come from?
But this is not the point. The point now is that the reinforcements have arrived. It can be seen that the theater headquarters has not abandoned them. This is the most important thing.
Thinking of this, Pang Bingxun waved his hand and said, "Let's go together to meet our reinforcements."
When Pang Bingxun led everyone out, he was greeted by a group of black soldiers who looked like monkeys. If he hadn't seen everyone holding weapons in their hands, Pang Bingxun would have thought that the people coming over were a group of people who had just returned from plowing the fields.
farmer.
"What...what's going on?" Pang Bingxun's mouth grinned like a hippopotamus.
While Pang was in a daze, a medium-sized clay figurine in the leader saluted him loudly and said loudly: "Report to Commander Pang, Su Rui, commander of the 300th Brigade of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, on the order of the commander of the theater.
Come for reinforcements, please give me instructions!"
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Twenty minutes later, Su Rui, who had hurriedly changed into a new military uniform, sat in Pang Bingxun's headquarters, drank the boiled water brought by the orderly, and breathed a long sigh of relief.
Pang Bingxun sat next to Su Rui and said gratefully to Su Rui: "Oh, brother Zhongxin, I will never forget your life-saving grace this time. I will definitely help you if you need anything in the future!"
Su Rui looked at the gray-haired old man in front of him who was already in his sixties, and sighed secretly in his heart. Who would have thought that this general who fought the Japanese to the death in Linyi would defect to the Japanese and become a Japanese soldier a few years later.
Although the situation at that time was helpless, it was indeed a loss in terms of integrity.
Putting down the teacup, Su Rui said with a smile: "Commander Pang, thank you very much. You and I both belong to the National Army's combat series. We should help each other. There is no need to say whether we are grateful or not. Besides, the one you really want to thank should be Chief Li."
.If Chief Li hadn’t urgently ordered our troops to quickly reinforce Linyi and sent a train to help our troops get to Linyi, how could our troops have ended it for you so quickly?”
Pang Bingxun said with gratitude in his eyes: "Brother Zhongxin's words make sense. I am very grateful for Chief Li's kindness."
Having said this, Pang Bingxun's eyes showed gratitude. This was not because Pang Bingxun was acting, but because he showed his true feelings.
Before the Battle of Xuzhou, Pang Bingxun's Third Army was in danger of being disbanded. Chairman Chiang's direct troops were around him. Like hungry wolves, they were waiting for the Third Army to be disbanded. The Central Army relied on annexation
These miscellaneous troops came to expand themselves, but Pang Bingxun is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he still has skills in dealing with this situation. If you want to withdraw the troops, I will turn on the power to resist the Japanese. You can't call me Pang Bingxun for not resisting the Japanese, right?
Chairman Chiang had no choice but to send him to the Fifth War Zone, but only four regiments were designated. The Third Army had five regiments, and each regiment was full. If one regiment was to be merged, where would it go? It could not be merged.
, the only option is to disband. Pang Bingxun was so angry that he really wanted to cry. I have already come to the front line to fight against the Japanese, and I still suffer from this cowardice.
In the end, Chief Li gave him a hand. At that time, Xun had two things that needed to be solved. The first was weapons and equipment. Although the third regiment was organized as a legion, it actually only had five infantry regiments, about 13,000.
people, 8,000 rifles, 900 pistols, 60 heavy machine guns, 600 light machine guns, 60 mortars, four mountain cannons, and 300 horses. This is the entire army's possessions. And Commissar Chiang Kai-shek
The commander also needs to merge one of his regiments. If not merged, it will be disbanded. Otherwise, the troops' food and salary will be stopped.
Chief Li immediately wrote an order to Shi Hualong, Director of the Fifth Theater Military Depot, asking Director Shi to try his best to replenish Pang's army's ammunition and equipment. At the same time, he hung up the phone and called Bai Chongxi, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Wuhan Command, and told General Pang's difficulties.
, asked him to immediately seek instructions from Chairman Chiang to withdraw the orders of the Military and Political Department and maintain the status quo of the Third Army. The Military and Political Department quickly replied and said that, following the Chairman's order, the Pang Department would maintain the status quo for the time being.
To be honest, Pang Bingxun had been tossed around in warlord melees for most of his life, and he had never met a commander who was as considerate to his subordinates as Chief Li. At that time, he burst into tears on the spot, grabbed Chief Li's hand and held it.
open.
No wonder Pang Bingxun's eyes show gratitude when he hears Chief Li's name now.
Su Rui smiled and stopped mentioning this issue. He changed the subject and said, "Sir Pang, now that our armies have joined forces, we still need your instructions on how to proceed with the next battle."
Pang Bingxun smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Zhongxin is too modest. Brother, I have already suffered more than half of my casualties. I just hope that I can defend Linyi and everything will be fine. There is no battle plan. Brother Zhongxin should arrange this kind of thing."
"this……"
Su Rui hesitated for a moment. In terms of military rank and position, Pang Bingxun was the lieutenant general commander, and he was the colonel brigade commander. In terms of seniority, he spent more time as a soldier than he spent eating. How could he dare to treat this veteran Jiang
If you point fingers and spread the word, you won't be gossiped about.
While Su Rui was hesitating, Liang Zhi on the side winked at Su Rui, signaling him to agree quickly. Although Su Rui didn't understand the reason, he was sure that Liang Zhi would not harm him, so he hesitated and clicked.
He nodded and said: "In that case, the department will temporarily take over."
"Well, that's right." When Pang Bingxun saw Su Rui agreeing, he encouraged: "Brother Zhongxin, don't worry, I will follow your lead this time. Who in the Third Army dares to disobey your orders without your speaking?
Brother, I won’t be able to spare him for the first time.”
"This is a injustice to my brother." Su Rui asked, "How many troops are left in Commander Pang's command?"
Pang Bingxun frowned and thought for a while, "Damn, after a few days of fighting, more than half of our brothers were killed or wounded. Now there are only about 6,000 people in the entire army who can hold a gun."
"Six thousand people?" Su Rui frowned and calculated. His 300 brigade originally numbered nearly 7,000 people. Apart from the guard camp, artillery camp, firepower camp, and supply camp, including the supplementary regiment,
The army has about three regiments with about 5,000 people. After the fierce battle early this morning, there are now more than 4,300 people in his three regiments.
In other words, if he and Pang Bingxun unite, the combat force will be about 10,000, but they will have to deal with 16,000 to 7,000 Japanese and puppet coalition forces outside the city. This is indeed a bit difficult.
Thinking of this, Su Rui did not make an easy decision, but said to Pang Bingxun: "Sir Pang, the Third Army has been fighting for several days, and the troops must be very tired. How about this, you can move from the Empress Temple in the west of the city to Daling
Just leave the first-line defense to us. The third army will only defend the east area of the city. Do you think this is okay?"
When Pang Bingxun heard this, he was moved in his heart. This loyal brother was really a kind man. The line from Niangniang Temple to Daling was the focus of the Japanese attack. By doing this, Su Rui was attracting firepower to himself.
He held Suri's hand tightly with gratitude, not knowing what to say.
Seeing Pang Bingxun's excited look, Su Rui smiled slightly and said: "Okay, Commander Pang, don't be polite. Let's quickly order the troops to change defenses, otherwise Japanese planes will come to bomb in a while."
"That's right... let's change defense quickly."
While Su Rui and Pang Bingxun were busy changing defenses, Seishiro Sakagaki, the commander of the Japanese Fifth Division, was furious at Sasaki Fifth Chief.
"You idiot, a regiment with nearly 2,000 puppet troops can't even stand Liujiahu. You have simply insulted the reputation of the Imperial Army of Japan. Why didn't you perform a caesarean section on the spot to thank the Emperor? Why don't you come back?"
What to do?"
At this time, both sides of Sasaki Go's face opposite Seishiro Sakagaki were covered with palm prints, which were all rewarded to him by Sakagaki in anger. Sasaki Go lowered his head and said disobediently: "Your Excellency, division commander, this
The Huchina Army is very tenacious in fighting. They are equipped with a lot of automatic weapons and are covered by heavy artillery. And what about us? The 11th Regiment, which only has rifles and machine guns, can't even see the shadow of a reinforcement. The division
Your Excellency, Commander, if the battle is fought like this, according to the Chinese people, it is a non-war crime!"
"Haha... I don't see that you are quite knowledgeable about Chinese culture."
However, Seishiro Sakagaki was very angry at Sasaki Gosaku, "According to you, I should be responsible for the defeat this morning?"
"Don't dare!" Sasaki Wu bowed again, "I just want to ask the division commander, Your Excellency, to give the 11th Regiment a chance to charge as the first echelon and plant our regiment flag on
On the Chinese Army’s position!”
"Okay, I wish I knew what you were thinking. Your team should go down and rest as soon as possible!"
Seishiro Sakagaki waved his hand impatiently and motioned for him to go down. In response to Sasaki Go's "bold words", Sakagaki treated him as a loud fart and let it go. He only had less than one brigade of troops left.
You still want to plant the alliance flag on the Chinese side, isn't Goya Sasaki too good at dreaming?
More than an hour passed quickly, and it was not until 8:35 in the morning that all units of the Fifth Division arrived at the offensive position.
Six Type 92 heavy bombers and eight Type 93 twin-engine light bombers belonging to the 3rd Flying Division flew over Linyi at the same time and began their routine work.
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