Zhou Weiguo and others had anticipated this, and the troops in the National Army's 5th Theater also made corresponding adjustments. Zhou Weiguo and the 40th and 59th Army were surrounded by Linyi, and a large number of trenches had been built near Linyi. At the same time, the 59th Army also
They also occupied the high ground near Linyi, Hongxia Mountain (fictional) where they were stationed before. Therefore, Linyi's position was divided into two parts, one part was the Hongxia Mountain position outside the 59th Army City, and the other part was Linyi County.
The special operations force led by Zhou Weiguo, as a mobile team, will temporarily help guard Linyi County during the day, and have confidential tasks at night.
After a while, the sound of planes over Linyi County became more and more obvious.
"Take cover!" the officers shouted to the soldiers to take cover.
"Bang~" The bomb fell, causing a burst of dust to fly on the position.
"Huh~bang~"
At this time, suddenly several black cloths were lifted off the walls of Linyi County, revealing dark gun barrels, 25 of them in total. The barrels were facing upwards, and behind the guns were soldiers operating machine guns.
Sparks shot out of the barrel.
Soon, a Japanese bomber was hit, emitting black smoke and falling in the distance.
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"Baga, why do Chinese people have anti-aircraft machine guns!" Seeing this, other Japanese bombers climbed up one after another. Even so, three more Japanese bombers were shot down from high altitude.
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"Yeah!" There was a burst of cheers in Linyi County. The soldiers were used to seeing Japanese bombers running rampant in the airspace of their motherland, and seeing countless compatriots and comrades dying under Japanese bombings. At that time, there was nothing they could do. But this time
At that time, they could also conduct air defense! They no longer had to be afraid of Japanese aircraft as before! And the machine gun was naturally a German-made MG34 machine gun provided by Zhou Weiguo. Although the 40th Army was a miscellaneous army, the entire army was still
There are some 7.92mm bullets. Zhou Weiguo will not take away these machine guns when the time comes. After all, they don’t have many points.
Soon, the Japanese bombardment came.
Another round of bombings.
Soldiers can voluntarily hide in gun-proof caves without being reminded by their superiors, so casualties are greatly reduced.
To the east and north of Linyi County, the Japanese troops formed the 3rd and 5th brigades to attack.
To the south of Linyi County, where the 59th Army was stationed, the Hongxia Mountain position was not attacked by the Japanese army. On the contrary, to the west of Linyi City, the Japanese 13th Division fiercely attacked, and the 16th Division fiercely attacked.
Hongxiashan position.
In Linyi alone, nearly 200,000 soldiers were fighting.
This does not include the troops of the National Army and the Japanese Army on the way.
Linyi is a place of chaos.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth War Zone of the National Army, Li Zongren, hoped to provide a center for the Japanese army to bloom, so he mobilized troops from two more group armies to support. The entire Xuzhou area was mobilized for the Battle of Linyi.
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Suqian Qingshan Village
"Deputy division commander, let me go!" A lieutenant colonel stood up and saluted, "I will definitely bring the division back safely!"
"Xinda, please sit down first." Fang Shengli waved his hand. At this time, he was already the deputy commander of the independent division and the commander of the first brigade.
"Bridge, I'll go!" A colonel stood up and said the same thing.
"Okay, you all sit down." Fang Shengli said helplessly, "Let Staff Li tell you."
Seeing this, Li Weimin immediately stood up, pointed on the map, and said, "At this time, the division and the 40th and 59th armies are in Linyi, and they are mixed into the 3rd and 5th brigade, the 13th division and the 16th division of the Japanese army.
Surrounded on all sides. At the same time, Commander Li Zongren, commander of the 5th Theater Command, has deployed Commander Yu Xuezhong's 3rd Group Army and Commander Deng Xihou's 22nd Group Army to support and simultaneously launch an attack from behind the Japanese, intending to annihilate the Japanese invaders outside Linyi. As for our independent division,
Although he has not been transferred, how can the division commander go to the battlefield while the soldiers are still at ease?"
"So, we have to send some troops to Linyi to support the division. However, because our division has been established for a short time, and there are not many veterans." Li Weimin said, "But the recruits have also seen blood. After all, the people in Suqian area
We have defeated all the bandits. Therefore, after discussing with the deputy division commander, I decided to send two regiments, which is two-thirds of our current strength, to support the division." At this time, Li Weimin was already
A growing combat staff officer with the rank of colonel.
"Commander Li, please tell the deputy division commander directly, which two regiments are going?" Gan Xinda said, Gan Xinda, lieutenant colonel, 20 years old, a graduate of the 10th Infantry Course of Huangpu Military Academy, now the 1st Brigade of the Independent Division
Acting leader of the second group.
"Yes, just say it." Zhang Xin stood up, but he was helpless. At this time, he was already the colonel commander. He had followed Zhou Weiguo in so many battles. The one he admired most was Zhou Weiguo. Although he was still a colonel at this time.
The commander of the regiment also knew that after all, the independent division had just put up an airs at this time. Compared with the empty brigade commander under his command, he preferred a regiment commander with real power. At this time, he was already the first brigade of the independent division.
The leader of a group.
"Although I am the commander of the third regiment, Commander Li, you cannot favor the first and second regiments." Yang Shu, the commander of the third regiment, stood up and said calmly.
"I won't be partial." Fang Shengli said quickly.
"So, the first regiment and the second regiment are going to Linyi to support the division this time." Li Weimin then said, "Order: Zhang Xin, the first regiment of the first brigade of the independent division, and Gan Xinda, the second regiment, will immediately lead their troops to Linyi to support
Master's seat."
"Yes!" Zhang Xin and Gan Xinda stood up, saluted, and then sat down again.
Fang Shengli looked at Yang Shu's face and felt helpless. Yang Shu was a veteran under his command. He had been promoted from battalion commander to deputy division commander and brigade commander in only about three months.
The deputy battalion commander was promoted to deputy regimental commander. It was only about 3 months until he was promoted to regimental commander. Yang Shu did not have a professional background, but he was a person who responded very quickly to situations, so he was favored by him.
He attached great importance to getting promoted so quickly. Then, Fang Shengli said, "The third regiment is responsible for recruiting new soldiers within one month. It must fill up the establishment. It doesn't matter if it exceeds. I will recruit as many as you can."
"Yes!" Yang Shu also knew Fang Shengli's character, so he accepted the order helplessly.
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March 21, 1938
A total of 8,000 people from the 1st Regiment and 2nd Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the Suqian Independent Division went north to support Linyi.
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March 21, 1938
The Japanese 3rd Division, the 6th Infantry Brigade of the 9th Division, the 18th Infantry Brigade, the 11th Division, the 101st Division and the Chongteng Detachment, a total of 100,000 troops, successively set off from Nanjing and Shanghai to attack the Linyi area
The Chinese army and the Chinese army supporting the Linyi area encircled the area.
