At the same time, the Japanese army strengthened the Yellow River and threatened Xuzhou!

"Kill ......"

On the land of the Xuzhou Plain, the smoke of gunpowder was everywhere, and all departments fought desperately and bloodily, but under the cover of countless heavy artillery and aircraft, the Japanese army attacked frantically, and tanks and armored vehicles took turns to attack the position.

The soldiers went forward one after another, and carried out counterattacks against the Japanese army again and again, they used their own flesh and blood, trying to resist the Japanese aircraft and artillery, and the ground was full of the corpses of the soldiers who died in battle.

Dingyuan, Guzhen...... Many positions, large tracts of land, were lost one after another.

Da Da Da ......

Machine guns roared, bullets whizzed through the air like locusts, artillery fire exploded incessantly, and flesh and blood flew everywhere.

"Brothers, come with me......"

In Shangyao, more than 300 soldiers who had run out of ammunition, under the leadership of the battalion commander, pounced forward with the roar of bayonets, and countless soldiers fell in the frantic strafing of machine guns, and countless people were blown up by the roaring shells.

But more people, roaring forward, braved the rain of bullets and rushed into the Japanese fortifications, and engaged in the most brutal hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army, one after another soldiers fell, blood flowing all over the ground.

In this duel of flesh and blood, machine guns and tanks, they were unsurprisingly defeated, but when they died, their bodies were all facing the direction of the enemy, and none of them flinched.

Zhang Zizhong, under the order of Chen Zhibo, led the 59th Army through thick and thin, advancing towards Suji and Hukouzi, flanking and attacking the belly and back of the Japanese army, trying to eat a wing of the Japanese army in one go.

The Japanese army also discovered Zhang Zizhong's attempt and desperately retreated, wanting to get closer to most of the Japanese troops in the area of the Xianghe River.

"Hit!"

But the Japanese army withdrew to the area around Wangzhuang, and with the sound of a gunshot, the Japanese scouts in the vanguard fell to the ground, and they were faced with more than 2,000 people wearing thin gray military uniforms, many of whom were New Fourth Army dressed as ordinary people.

These people were armed with all kinds of old guns and guns, and some even had a sickle on their whole body, but they were like nails, nailed to the Wangzhuang position, blocking the idea of this wave of Japanese troops trying to escape.

"Eight Ge Yalu, are these pigs dead?"

There was an interception in front and a chasing soldier in the back, and the commander of the Japanese army was almost mad, he didn't believe that the New Fourth Army in front of him could stop their evacuation, roared wildly, and ordered all the soldiers to attack with all their strength, eliminate this group of unknown Zhina, and then evacuate as soon as possible.

Mortars, grenadiers blew up the debris in Wangzhuang, machine gun fire even caused those houses to collapse in pieces, but these soldiers of the New Fourth Army burst out with unparalleled courage, stubbornly held their positions, a full three hours, the Japanese army launched more than a dozen group charges, but was repelled again and again by these tough soldiers like steel bars, until Zhang Zizhong's troops successfully arrived to annihilate this wave of Japanese troops.

When Zhang Zizhong's troops entered Wangzhuang, there was hardly a complete building to be seen, and almost every ruin was covered with bullet marks, and there were only more than 300 people left in the 2,000-strong troops of the New Fourth Army.

"We're going to take half of these seizures!"

After paying such a great price, the soldiers who were still alive in the New Fourth Army were covered in blood and scars, but they still calmly put forward a request that made the soldiers of the 59th Army cry and laugh in awe.

They took more than a thousand lives, seemingly for half of the capture.

"It's all for you, as long as you can hold it!" Zhang Zizhong said, tears welling up in his eyes.

So, they saw these scarred fellows, one by one, happily carrying a hill on their backs, and they were happy like beggars who had suddenly made a fortune.

With the full cooperation of many soldiers and generals, they used their blood and lives to block the rampant Japanese army on the south bank of the Huai River, and were no longer able to cooperate with most of the Japanese army's attack on Xuzhou, winning a glimmer of life for the battle of Xuzhou.

At the same time, the Japanese Sakamoto detachment occupied Weixian, intending to attack the Xuzhou flank troops, Chen Zhibo saw the dismantling move, and arranged a large number of troops in the Yangshanji and Juye areas, and at the same time blocked layer by layer, and kept letting the troops detour in the periphery, once the Japanese army captured the defensive line in this area, the peripheral forces were likely to form an encirclement, and the Sakamoto detachment was in a dilemma for a while.

At this moment, there was news that Pang Bingxun was besieged by the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army in the Linyi area, and he had almost run out of ammunition and food, and he could be completely annihilated at any time!

"The surrounding departments, who will solve the predicament of Linyi!"

Chen Zhibo jumped like thunder, he knew very well that once Pang Bingxun's troops were defeated and Linyi fell into the hands of the Japanese army, the entire battle plan might fall short!

However, the surrounding troops have combat missions, or they need to do their best to contain the Japanese army, and they will move the whole body!

"I'll go!"

Zhang Zizhong telegraphed the headquarters, the 59th Army is still in the middle of the Huai River at the moment, according to the expectation that Linyi will be at least three days later, at that time, I am afraid that Pang Bingxun's troops will not only be completely annihilated by the Japanese army, Linyi has already fallen, and the Japanese army will break the gap and cooperate with the 10th Division to attack the Xuzhou area!

"Give me a day and a night, my Northwest Army will definitely rush to Linyi!" Zhang Zizhong roared wildly and made a military order.

"Impossible, one day and one night, how can you rush to Linyi!"

"yes, no matter how fast it is, it's impossible to get there!"

In the Xuzhou headquarters, many officers were in a hurry, and some even felt that Zhang Zizhong's move was purely to take revenge on Pang Bingxun, to watch him and his troops be eaten by the Japanese army.

"This is when the country is ruined and the family is ruined, Commander Zhang should not put his personal grievances above the national hatred and family hatred, I believe him!"

Chen Zhili ignored the public opinion and shouted, "Okay, I'll give you a day and a night, if you can't catch up with Linyi for a day and a night, and you can't solve the predicament of Linyi, you come to see you!" ”

"If you can't get to Linyi on time, if you can't relieve the siege of Linyi, you don't need to do it, I, Zhang Zizhong, will take off my head by myself!" Zhang Zizhong shouted on the phone, the blood of the soldiers made all the soldiers who heard this shocked.

Datong, an important place in Shanxi, was an important domestic industrial area at that time, and too many factories and mines were gathered here.

It can be said that Datong at that time represented almost the entire industrial power of Shanxi.

"What's that?"

The defenders at the head of the city suddenly shouted, and in many places outside the city, one after another soldiers wearing the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army poured out from all directions with guns in their arms, and outside the city gates!

"Hahaha, little devil listen, if you want to live, put down your gun and surrender obediently, otherwise, you will be killed!" Lei Ming roared with his shell gun, fearlessly exposing himself to the Japanese army's firing range.

"Eight Geya Road, this group of earth eight roads, actually dared to blatantly attack my Datong, it's just looking for death - kill him for me!"

The Japanese defenders sounded the alarm while stretching out their hands and pointing to the thunder roar where they thought they couldn't be killed, a shot from an old devil, scared thunder rabbit rushed back to the team, and roared angrily: "Dare to shoot at Lao Tzu? Beat them up for me! ”

Boom, boom......

With a few cannon shots, the battle of Datong kicked off.