On the school field of the Tiger Ben Regiment.

After completing the awarding of the flag to the Dragon Soul Special Operations Brigade, Yang Jing ordered the troops to be disbanded.

In the following time, he and Long Yun, Bi Yuntao, Chen Lin, Rake Er and others separately trained special operations brigades and conventional troops.

Just when Yang Jing and others were training diligently and preparing for war in Hefei, the entire battle situation underwent earth-shattering changes.

After the New Year, the Japanese army in North China suddenly split up and crossed the Yellow River to the south.

Han Fuqu, the then chairman of Shandong Province, who had 80,000 troops, was indeed like in history, in order to preserve his strength, he fled without a fight in the face of the invading Japanese army, and easily gave up the natural danger of the Yellow River.

With almost no effort, the Japanese army occupied the provincial capital Jinan.

After that, the Japanese soldiers were divided into two routes, and the reorganized 5th Division went east to Zibo and Weifang along the Jiaozhou Railway.

In the end, it jointly invaded Qingdao with the marines who had landed in advance.

After succeeding, the units of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army waved their troops from Weifang, Qingdao and other places to the south, and advanced all the way to Rizhao and Linyi.

The 10th Division of the Japanese Army and other units moved south along the Jinpu Railway, and after breaking through the natural danger of Mount Tai, they connected Tai'an, Qufu and other important towns in Luzhong, and marched hand in hand with the 5th Division and other units, in an attempt to take Tengxian, join Taierzhuang, and open the gateway to Xuzhou.

Realizing that the situation was not right, the Nationalist Government immediately set up the Fifth Theater of Operations, with General Li Delin as the commander-in-chief and General Bai Jiansheng as the deputy commander-in-chief, commanding more than 500,000 troops to resist the Japanese attack.

For a time, the land of Qilu was full of smoke and war.

Although the Fifth Theater has an absolute superiority in troops, it cannot be compared with the Japanese army in terms of weaponry and equipment, or the quality of its soldiers.

Therefore, although the officers and men of all units rose up to resist and fought bloodily, they only delayed the pace of the Japanese army's advance.

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At the same time, after nearly two months of rest and replenishment, several divisions and regiments that had been disabled by the Tiger Regiment were also restored to a state of full strength.

In order to cope with the Japanese army in North China, it was also decided to send troops to cross the river to the north, along the Jinpu Railway and the Japanese army in North China to attack Xuzhou.

At that time, the commander of the Japanese army in Central China, Shunroku Hatata, had just taken office and took over the position of Matsui Ishone, so he immediately ordered the 16th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Nanjing at that time to cross the river and go north as the vanguard to capture Chuzhou.

Open the way for the Japanese army in North China to move north and occupy an advance base.

At the same time, the 13th Division crossed the river from Zhenjiang and captured Yangzhou.

The two Japanese armies, with more than 50,000 troops, crossed the Yangtze River one after another with the cooperation and assistance of the navy and air force.

Fierce attacks were launched on Chuzhou, Yangzhou and other places.

As a result, the already critical situation of the Fifth War Zone was even worse.

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It must be mentioned that after the evacuation of the Tiger Ben Regiment from Yangzhou, Yangzhou has actually become an empty city.

Therefore, the Japanese 13th Division easily took Yangzhou City with almost no soldiers. and then continue to advance to Tianchang, Gaudi, Jinhu, and Xuyi.

On the other hand, Chuzhou (then Chuxian), as an important station of the Tianjin-Pudong railway line, its strategic position is not unimportant.

Once the Japanese army takes Chuzhou, it can move north along the Jinpu railway line to capture Mingguang and Fuyang, and then directly threaten Suxian and Xuzhou.

Therefore, General Hu Shoushan received a death order, personally led the 1st Army to defend the city, and launched an unprecedented battle with the 16th Division of the Japanese Army in the Chuzhou area.

The 1st Army under Hu Shoushan, as the most elite unit of the Central Army, was given plenty of time to rest and replenish after the Battle of Songhu, and its combat effectiveness had returned to its peak.

Not only were they well-equipped and well-trained, but they were also only a lot more powerful than Nakajima's 16th Division.

If it is really a one-man battle, it is really not so easy for Nakajima Imasayo's 16th Division to defeat Hu Shoushan's division.

However, the Japanese army had absolute air supremacy, and fighters and bombers continued to bomb the positions of the 1st Army.

Due to the lack of anti-aircraft weapons, Hu Shoushan's unit had no way to take the Japanese fighters and bombers.

He can only let him hover arrogantly above his head, drop bombs, and strafe.

After three days and three nights of bloody fighting, Hu Shoushan's unit suffered heavy losses under the combined attack of the Japanese army's powerful ground and air firepower.

If it weren't for General Hu Shoushan receiving the death order, I am afraid that he would have led his troops to abandon and evacuate.

This battle really can't be fought, it's completely piled up with human lives!

If you fall behind, you will be beaten, and this battle is vividly displayed!

Chuzhou was in an emergency, and the 11th Group Army, which had just been turned into the command of the Fifth Theater, was ordered to rush to the aid of the 31st Army and the 51st Army along the Tianjin-Pudong Railway.

At this time, the Tiger Bentuan, which was resting in Hefei, also received a telegraphic order from the Ministry of Military Affairs and the chairman himself.

The content is basically the same, they all ordered Yang Jing to lead the Tiger Ben regiment, leave Hefei, and secretly go north to Xuzhou to stand by.

The reason is very simple, General Li Delin, commander-in-chief of the Fifth Theater of Operations, personally asked the chairman of the committee to ask for the Tiger Regiment, the trump card unit.

At that time, although Yang Jing had been training recruits, he was also always paying attention to the changes in the battle situation in various places.

It was learned that Nakajima Imago's 16th Division was fighting fiercely with General Hu Shoushan's 1st Army and other units in Chuzhou, and the battle was inseparable.

Therefore, Yang Jing decided to lead the guard company and the Dragon Soul Special Operations Brigade to make a detour to Chuzhou to see if there was a chance to take advantage of it, and if so, it would definitely be able to inflict heavy damage on the 16th Division.

If you can't find an opportunity, simply harass it, so that it can't attack Chuzhou with all its strength, and then go north to Xuzhou along the Jinpu Road.

After all, the Dragon Soul Special Operations Brigade has been secretly training in his hands for so long, and as a sharp blade, it is time to unsheath.

Therefore, Yang Jing ordered Ma Haifeng, chief of staff, and Wang Dali, deputy head of the regiment, to lead the main force of the Huben regiment to the north from Hefei and rush to Xuzhou to stand by.

"Tuanzao, this time you only have a small force of the special combat team in your hands, be careful! We are waiting for you in Xuzhou! On the occasion of separation, Ma Haifeng couldn't help but instruct Yang Jing.

Yang Jing smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, this time I will mainly temper the special operations team and improve their actual combat experience and overall combat effectiveness!"

It's not stupid enough to fight hard with weak soldiers and devils!

But you, now the battle situation in Shandong is critical, if I receive a combat mission before I arrive in Xuzhou, you must remember to be careful!

The North China Plain, with its flat horses, is very conducive to the operation of the Japanese army's motorized troops.

Moreover, the 5th, 10th, and 14th divisions are all one of the 17 most elite divisions of the Japanese army, and their combat effectiveness is very strong, which must not be underestimated! ”

Ma Haifeng said confidently: "Tuanzao, you can rest assured, there are still few Japanese army A divisions that were disabled by my Tiger Ben Regiment?"

Leaving aside the 6th, 16th divisions.

Isn't that Kunisaki detachment the 5th Division, and hasn't it been wiped out by us in the same way? ”

Yang Jing said in a deep voice: "At the beginning, the reason why we were able to kill the Kunisaki detachment was entirely because we set a trap in advance and caught them off guard.

Otherwise, if we open up the formation to fight, our Tiger Ben Regiment may not be the opponent of the Kunisaki detachment!

If the little devil is really as easy to deal with as you think, then the rest of my friendly forces will not be defeated one after another.

The three eastern provinces, Hebei, Shanxi, and a large area south of the Yangtze River, even including the national capital Nanjing, will not fall! ”

Ma Haifeng put away his contempt, and nodded heavily with a solemn face, "Hmm!" Danza, I remember! ”

Yang Jing instructed Ma Haifeng, Wang Dali and others again, then turned over and got on the horse, waved his hand to the Dragon Soul Special Combat Team members behind him, and said, "All of them, let's go!" This time, let's go kill that old devil of Nakajima Isago Isajima!

Use his blood and dog's head to pay tribute to the robed brothers who died tragically at his hands! ”

Many of the members of the Dragon Soul Special Operations Brigade are veterans who survived countless bloody battles in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing.

After countless bloody battles for the rest of their lives, they have already looked down on life and death, and there is only one goal left in their minds, that is, to restore my rivers and mountains! Kill all those hateful invaders and drive them out of the country!

At the same time, the experience of suppressing bandits for more than half a month also allowed the recruits to get enough actual combat training and completely eliminate the fear of war.

Therefore, with the order of Yang Jing, the leader of the group, the members of the Dragon Soul Special Operations Brigade suddenly became excited, and they were all eager to try, and they couldn't wait to rush to the Chuzhou battlefield immediately to kill the old Oriental devil of Nakajima Isago Imasa.

So much so that after the start of the march, the soldiers were very fast and scrambled one by one.

Yang Jing said that he should take this operation as an opportunity to temper the Dragon Soul Special Operations Brigade.

Therefore, this time, except for Yang Jing, the head of the regiment, and two communication soldiers with radio stations on their backs, they rode on horseback.

The others, including the deputy captain Long Yun, all 120 members of the special operations team marched on foot.

Although the speed is much slower, it can improve the physical strength, endurance and speed of the warriors.

To become a truly elite special forces, physical fitness, stamina, and speed are just the basics.

Fortunately, Hefei is not far from Chuzhou, only about 200 miles, if you rush day and night, with the speed of the special operations brigade, you can reach it in a day at most.

However, special operations are talking about the word 'strange'.

In order to evade the aerial reconnaissance of the devil's plane, so as not to expose the whereabouts and lose the tactical suddenness.

Yang Jing took the special operations brigade and the guard company, chose to go out day and night, and specially selected some sparsely populated mountain and forest paths to march.

Therefore, it took two full nights to rush to the Chuzhou area.

However, two nights of day and night, and overnight travel, although hard, are not without value.

At least, no one in any intelligence agency of the Japanese army knew until now that such a well-equipped small Chinese elite force had arrived on the Chuzhou battlefield.

Of course, the country. The military side also did not know.

Because Yang Jing was worried that some enemy spies would leak secrets, or the telegrams sent out would be intercepted by the Japanese army.

Therefore, in this operation, except for several battalion commanders, chief of staff, and deputy regiment commanders of the Tiger Regiment, even other soldiers did not know where Yang Jing had gone with the special operations team.

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Chuzhou battlefield.

The Japanese 16th Division, with the strong fire support of the Air Force, launched a frantic attack on the Chuzhou area.

Shells and aerial bombs, like stones that don't need money, kept pouring down on the positions of the defenders.

General Hu Shoushan's 1st Army finally suffered heavy casualties, and after two days and two nights of bloody battles, it had to shrink its defensive line and abandon some of its outlying positions.

Seeing that victory was imminent, Nakajima Imago, an old devil, was immediately overjoyed and decisively ordered a pursuit.

But I didn't know that this was General Hu Shoushan's plan to show the enemy.

Just when several infantry wings of the 16th Division were ordered to attack, they saw that they could come to the city and surround Chuzhou City.

Chinese reinforcements of about two armies suddenly outflanked from the east and west flanks of Chuzhou, flanking the left and right flanks of the attacking troops of the 16th Division.

Among them, General Hu Shoushan's 1st Army also took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack from the front.

The attacking troops of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army never expected that the reinforcements of the defenders had arrived, and they were attacked on three sides, and the air force fighters at that time had just returned because they ran out of ammunition.

For a while, he was caught off guard by the sudden counterattack of the Chinese defenders.

At that time, the sound of gunfire was continuous, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.

China is swarming in waves on all sides. Soldier.

The attacking troops of the Japanese 16th Division did not know how many reinforcements the defenders came, and the army's morale was shaken, and they were quickly defeated by the defenders in front of them and fled in embarrassment.

After leaving behind thousands of corpses, they not only lost the outer positions of the defenders they had just occupied, but were also pursued all the way to their sortie positions by Hu Shoushan's 1st Army, the 31st Army, and the reinforcements of the 51st Army.

If it weren't for the 16th Field Artillery Wing under the jurisdiction of the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army, it would have opened fire in time to the pursuing China. The army inflicted considerable casualties and effectively halted their offensive.

Maybe the 16th Division will be reduced to a joke again!

"Baga Ya Road! Damn, a bunch of useless rice buckets! You have lost the face of the Empire! ”

Annoyed and angry, Nakajima Isago summoned the commander of the 30th Infantry Brigade and Brigade Commander Sasaki to the division headquarters, spat and scolded fiercely.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, is angry!" It has to be the chief of staff Mitsuo Nakazawa to persuade him on the side, otherwise it won't be long before Sasaki arrives, and he can wash his face with Nakajima Imakago's saliva.

Nakajima turned his head to look at Mio Nakazawa, and said angrily, "Chief of Staff!" Calm my anger, how do you tell me to calm my anger? The 13th Division of the Imperial Army took Yangzhou early, and now it has advanced to the area of Tianchang and Gaudi.

And our 16th Division attacked for several days, but it still couldn't even take a small one from Chuzhou.

Not only that, but even suffered a defeat.

Do you know that if this continues, my 16th Division will be completely reduced to a joke, and it will no longer be able to raise its head in front of the military and imperial colleagues! ”

"Your Excellency Division Commander, the reason why the 13th Division was able to take Yangzhou lightly is only because Yangzhou is an empty city!" Mitsuo Nakazawa continued to explain: "Moreover, the reason why the imperial army was defeated this time was mainly because of intelligence errors, and I didn't know that the Chinese army was coming to reinforcements, and I was caught off guard.

In addition, the Imperial Air Force just returned, and this was exploited by the cunning Chinese army.

Now we have made preparations, and when the Imperial Air Force comes to the skies over Chuzhou again, it will be the time of death for these stubborn enemies! ”

Nakajima Imago turned his head to look at Sasaki Toichi, who was hanging his head, and said in a cold voice: "Sasaki-kun, I'll give you another chance!" This time, we must win the battle and capture Chuzhou City!

Use the blood and lives of the Chinese army in the city to comfort the heroic souls of those imperial soldiers who have died!

Don't let me down again!

Otherwise, you, the brigade commander, will stop being a brigade commander! ”

"Hello!"

Sasaki paused for a moment, and then cast a grateful look at the chief of staff on the side, Mitsuo Nakazawa.

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PS！ Gentlemen, the Battle of Xuzhou has broken out, and the monthly ticket is up!

The third child has made a mess for you!