The Japanese army has not yet taken the initiative to attack, and the national army has not yet counterattacked.
What happened last night has been reported to the Japanese Central and North China Headquarters. The order from the command is that the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade, the 5th Independent Mixed Brigade, as well as the 16th Division and the remnants of the 13th Division will not be involved for the time being.
Chinese army fighting.
The atmosphere is strange and depressing.
The city wall to the west of Linyi County
Zhou Weiguo and others stood on the city wall, looking at the Japanese positions with binoculars.
"Why is it so quiet?" Pang Bingxun asked while watching.
"I don't know, but the little devil must be up to something bad." Zhou Weiguo said immediately.
"Forget it, let people watch. Brother Weiguo, you also have a good rest~" Pang Bingxun said with a smile. At this time, the pressure on his 40th Army was greatly reduced, and he breathed a sigh of relief. Moreover, the 3rd Army and the 22nd Army
The group army had already arrived at the outskirts of Linyi.
Zhou Weiguo nodded, then got off the city wall and went back to rest.
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"Commander! Linyi is 20 miles ahead!" A soldier saluted and said to a spirited general of the national army.
"Okay, move forward at full speed!" the national army general said immediately.
"yes!"
"Tongxuan, you lead the 12th Army to surround the Japanese army south of Linyi County. Liangmin, you lead the 56th Army to the west of Linyi County. Zhang Zhen, you lead the 51st Army to the north of Linyi. Fulin, you lead the 55th Army
When we go to the east of Linyi, we must surround the Japanese army." said the national army general.
"Yes! Commander!"
The general of the national army who issued the order was the commander of the 3rd Group Army. Yu Xuezhong, courtesy name Xiaohou, was a native of Yujiazhuang, Xiaomenjia Town, Penglai County, Shandong Province. He was an anti-Japanese patriotic general, a second-level general of the Army, and a famous Northeastern Army soldier.
A general who participated in the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Taierzhuang, and the Defense of Wuhan during the Anti-Japanese War, and made great achievements. After the founding of New China, Yu Xuezhong worked hard and actively participated in the construction of New China in his youth. 1952
In December 1954, he was appointed as a member of the Hebei Provincial People's Government. In August 1954, he was elected as a representative of the first National People's Congress; in September, he was appointed as a member of the National Defense Commission. In February 1955, he was appointed as a member of the Hebei Provincial People's Committee and the Hebei Provincial Sports Director
Chairman of the Committee. In 1956, he was elected as a member of the Third Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang. Therefore, the word patriotic is not out of the ordinary when applied to him.
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On the other side, the 22nd Group Army has also arrived near Linyi. At the same time, according to the intelligence returned from the battlefield, it is stationed on the front lines of Mengyin, Yishui, and Juxian. Because the news that the Japanese 13th Division was crippled has spread to the country.
Therefore, the mission of the 22nd Army also changed, from supporting Linyi to preventing the Japanese army from escaping.
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The weird atmosphere was broken by the attack of the 3rd Army.
After the 3rd Group Army arrived at its destination, it quickly built a position and launched an attack on the surrounding Japanese army. Although the Japanese army was surrounded and attacked from both sides, except for Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army, Pang Bingxun's 40th Army was basically unable to cause any damage to the Japanese.
The damage was too great. If Zhou Weiguo and others hadn't crippled the 13th Division, Pang Bingxun would have led his team to retreat at this time.
Therefore, the Japanese 16th Division, surrounded by enemies from both sides, broke out to the east in an attempt to gather with the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade. Although it was attacked from both sides, the Japanese 16th Division, also a Category A division, experienced the Songhu
He had rich combat experience in the Battle of Nanjing and the Battle of Nanjing, and he did not suffer many casualties during the breakout process.
Moreover, due to the increase in Chinese troops in Linyi at this time, the Japanese army called for air support, and the bombers caused great damage to the Kuomintang troops.
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At this time, the Japanese army on the Linyi battlefield received an order from the general headquarters to delay the Chinese army in Linyi.
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Joint Headquarters of the Japanese 3rd Mixed Brigade and the 16th Division
"Your Excellency, Division Commander!" Sasaki was very excited when he saw Nakajima Kinsogo. After all, Sasaki once served under Nakajima Kinsogo and captured Nanjing.
"Sasaki." Nakajima Jin nodded to me and said, "Now Sasaki-kun is a lieutenant general like me."
"Your Excellency, the Division Commander, deserves the award. Now that our two departments are united to fight against the enemy, Your Excellency, the Division Commander, should take priority." Sasaki said.
"Yes." Nakajima Jin nodded to Go. Although he didn't have much expectations for the command, after all, Sasaki Toichi was his former subordinate. If his former subordinate were to command him, he would never know how.
Comfortably, "Then I'm not polite. Now, my 16th Division and your 3rd Mixed Brigade have been surrounded by the Chinese army. However, don't worry, the order given to us by the headquarters is to delay. We are
If there are reinforcements, when our reinforcements arrive, it will be time for us to counterattack."
"Your Excellency, the division commander, is right." Sasaki said.
"Nakajima-kun," Ogisu Rihei stood up, bowed to Nakajima Jin, and said, "I'm begging you."
Nakajima Jin smiled half-heartedly at Wu, and then responded, "Well, you're welcome." The 16th Division and the 13th Division have always had some competition, but now, what he knows is that a mutiny occurred in the 13th Division, and
Ying Xiao, commonly known as Ying Xiao, has lost his combat effectiveness after bombing the camp. However, he did not expect that Ogisu Ripei was still alive and still in the 3rd mixed brigade. "However, Ogisu-kun, your 13th Division,
What happened?"
When someone asked, Ogisu Rihei's face instantly became unsightly.
Sato Ichiro stood up, then sighed and said, "General, let me explain it to you."
"Then please, Sato-kun," Nakajima Jin said to me.
"On the night of March 21, the wartime arsenal of the 13th Division was bombed. It was suspected that it was done by the special forces of the Chinese army. But there is no evidence yet." Ichiro Sato said, "Then, in the soldiers' camp, someone opened fire
The gun killed a soldier, which led to distrust among the soldiers and to no one, which led to the roar of the camp."
"So, who shot the first soldier?" Nakajima asked.
"It is suspected to be a Chinese spy! Or a Chinese special operations force!" Sato Ichiro said, "General, in Linyi, if you include the 13th Division, our Imperial Army of the Empire of Japan has been reduced to nearly 80,000 people.
The 5th Division, the 10th Division, and now the 13th Division."
"Tasikani." Nakajima Jinchao Wu nodded and said, "The casualties are indeed horrific. Since the beginning of the war, our Imperial Japanese Army has never suffered such heavy casualties."
"The 5th Division, the 10th Division and the 13th Division all have one thing in common, that is, the arsenal was bombed during the war. If it is a coincidence that the arsenal of one division was bombed, then the bombing of the arsenal of the two divisions
, where are the three divisions?" Ichiro Sato continued his analysis.
"What a terrifying enemy." Nakajima Jinchao smiled and said, "Please continue, Sato-kun."
"A few days ago, I received advice from a friend in the North China Command, who told me that there is a terrible opponent in Linyi." Ichiro Sato said with a serious expression, "This person's name is Zhou Weiguo, and he is now in Suqian.
Commander of the independent division."
"Suqian?" Nakajima Jinchaowu was confused.
"Hi." Sato Ichiro nodded, "It's not far from Linyi. And Zhou Weiguo, like me, once studied at the Berlin Military Academy in Germany, and can be regarded as my junior student. However, according to my friends, Zhou Weiguo
This person has mastered the essence of special operations. He has a flexible mind and broad thinking, and is a very good commander. He once defended the Qixia Mountain position and the Guanghuamen position in the battle of Nanjing, and blocked many warriors of the Japanese Empire."
"Qixia Mountain? Guanghua Gate!" Nakajima Jin Chaowu said in a low tone, and then said with a ferocious smile, "That's true, it's not like enemies don't get together."
"According to the intelligence sent back by the empire's spies in China, China's top leader attaches great importance to this person. He once said that even if the 59th Army and the 40th Army are all disabled, Zhou Weiguo must be protected." Ichiro Sato said calmly.
He said, "It is not difficult to see Zhou Weiguo's talent."
"kindness."
"Then, the last incident about the ransom of the remains of the warriors, the signature on the telegram was the National Revolutionary Army Independent Division, which is obviously the independent division of Zhou Weiguo." Sato Ichiro said, "The most important thing is that Zhou Weiguo is proficient in Japanese, so
, our position is nothing in front of him."
"So I speculate that whether it was the failure of the 5th Division, the 10th Division, or now the 13th Division, they all have something to do with Zhou Weiguo."
"Yes." Nakajima Jin nodded to Wu and said, "Send a report to the headquarters immediately to put Zhou Weiguo on the assassination list."
"Hi."
"So, what do Sato-kun think of the current situation?" Nakajima Jin said to me.
"The current command's request to us is to delay, so that the follow-up troops can defeat the Chinese troops surrounding us." Ichiro Sato replied, "Then, our on-site defense is the best way."
Nakajima Jin nodded towards me, then smiled and said, "Sato-kun, do you have any intention to come to the 16th Division?"
On the side, Sasaki Toichi said dissatisfiedly, "Your Excellency, Division Commander~"
For a moment, the Japanese military headquarters burst into laughter.
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Zhou Weiguo didn't know at this time that his behavior had been analyzed so thoroughly. For him, what he had to think about was how to kill more Japanese. However, according to the current situation, this person outside Linyi City now
You devil, you can't escape.
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Rizhao, a prefecture-level city in Shandong Province, is located on the coast of the Yellow Sea, on the southeastern flank of the Shandong Peninsula. It faces Japan and South Korea across the Yellow Sea to the east, Linyi to the west, Qingdao and Weifang to the north, and Lianyungang of Jiangsu Province to the south. In early 1938, it was
The Japanese 5th Division captured it and was subsequently guarded by Japanese troops. It served as one of the ports for Japan to land in China.
On a certain pier in Rizhao, ships kept stopping, and groups of soldiers stepped off, bringing with them novelties.
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March 23, 1938
Ju County, Rizhao, Shandong
Gunshots rang out at dawn, and for a moment, the shouts of killing shook the sky, and countless Japanese troops charged towards the small county town of Juxian.
