The Xinpu Railway was interrupted, and now there are problems with the canal channel in Zaozhuang. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The continuous bad news undoubtedly made the Japanese generals stationed in Shandong extremely angry, and directly ordered the 32nd Division to solve the problem of Zaozhuang as soon as possible.

At present, the southern combat forces are about to start a war, and if there are problems with the Yinpu railway and the canal channel, it will undoubtedly delay the battle plan that the Japanese army has deployed before. It can be said that this is also a matter that affects the whole body.

It's just that I received a message from Zaozhuang that the railway was damaged, and it would take at least two or three months to restore the Xinpu Railway. The generals of the North China Front also knew that the Xinpu Railway could not be counted on in the short term.

So can the canal troops, who have always had an advantage, dredge the route as soon as possible?

When the river defense wing stationed in Jining sent the situation of the Zaozhuang River to the river, it was learned that the Eighth Route Army had a large number of mines. Some generals of the North China Front Army were also puzzled and said: "Baga! Mines, where did these mines come from? ”

For many Japanese generals, most of the weapons and equipment of the Eighth Route Army were captured at the moment, and the Eighth Route Army's ability to produce weapons was almost zero. And things like mines are also not easy to build.

But for Zhao Tiehu, the mine is not too exquisite, as long as it is effective. Even if it is a hand-built building, Zhao Tiehu believes that it should not be a problem to deal with the current situation in Zaozhuang.

As long as the little devil is willing to spend his blood to clear the mines, Zhao Tiehu will still let this canal passage intermittently. After all, even if the little devil clears the mines, all he has to do is to let the guerrillas go to the mines again.

How high is the cost of mine clearance compared to the cost of minelaying? Zhao Tiehu knows this better than anyone else!

At present, although Teng County has been recaptured, except for the county seat, the Japanese army in the nearby towns and villages has basically lost control. Even though the Eighth Route Army had not yet sent troops to garrison it, these towns and villages were of little use to the Japanese army for the time being.

The Japanese garrison besieged in Teng County could not retreat easily after receiving orders. But the supplies were looted, and they were also waiting for Zaozhuang to send them supplies. The convoy carrying supplies was repeatedly ambushed.

Not to mention the loss of a large amount of supplies, many troops escorting supplies also suffered heavy losses. After the news came, what Sataro Eguchi could do was to urge the reinforcements sent by the division to rush to Teng County as soon as possible.

However, compared with the previous infantry brigade, the Japanese infantry brigade that came from Jining this time was not so easy. Convoys of vehicles carrying supplies and weapons and ammunition were repeatedly attacked by roadside explosives.

Even many of the infantry who fought in the vanguard were blocked by mines. Every time they went forward, the little devils had to send out sappers to clear the mines. In just one day, almost half of the sappers of the infantry brigade were killed or wounded.

The commander of the Japanese brigade, who was ordered to rush to support, was also very angry and said: "Baga! How is it a mine again? Damn, where the hell did these dirt roads come from? Could it be that they have the ability to produce mines? ”

Watching the sappers dig out the strangely shaped mines, the commander of the Japanese brigade felt that even if this kind of mine was thrown on the side of the road, he was afraid that many people would mistake it for a stone or an iron lump. But it was such a rudimentary weapon, which made their marching speed too slow.

On one side were troops anxiously waiting for reinforcements, and on the other side were infantry brigades that could not move quickly. This situation in Zaozhuang really made the 32nd Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Jining angry, and it felt necessary to send more troops again.

If one infantry brigade is not enough, they will find a way to draw more troops, and they must wipe out the Eighth Route Army operating in Zaozhuang. But what they didn't know was that the first column in the Yimeng Mountains also began to join in the fun.

In order to open up the communication front between Yimeng Mountain and Zaozhuang as soon as possible, even if Zhao Tiehu did not take the initiative to send a telegram for help. But for the commander of the column, Zhang Jingshan, he felt the need to share some of the pressure for the task force.

At least the little devils currently stationed in Linyi must be dragged down. Moreover, the first column has recently expanded rapidly, and it also needs some battles to show some presence, and some captured materials to replenish the troops.

After all, you can't always rely on the support of the task force, which will also make the officers and men of the column lazy. Pulling them out for training at the right time will also help enhance the combat effectiveness of the troops. Only through actual combat can the troops grow rapidly.

As a result, it was clear that when the garrison of Linyi sent a telegram to Jining, informing them that the Eighth Route Army, which was operating in the Yimeng Mountains, had begun to descend the mountains to launch a sneak attack on their many towns and villages, the 32nd Division was also speechless.

The Eighth Route Army in the two regions seems to have united at this time. This also means that if the Japanese army wants to exterminate these two groups of Eighth Route Army, they must make a choice. After all, their forces are really limited!

In the end, the 32nd Division of the Japanese Army still made a decision to resolutely suppress the Eighth Route Army in Zaozhuang, and it was necessary to completely annihilate the Eighth Route Army that destroyed the Zaozhuang transportation line in this sweep to ensure the smooth flow of the transportation line.

The garrison troops on the Linyi side have recently shrunk their defensive lines, and they only need to block the Eighth Route Army from attacking their strategic points. The longer they fought with the Eighth Route Army, the more they would be able to exterminate the Eighth Route Army operating in Zaozhuang.

looked at the little devils stationed in Linyi, not only did they not send more troops, but they took back some of the little devils in towns and villages to the city. Zhang Jingshan, who learned the news, was also surprised and said: "The little devil has shrunk back? ”

Yes, as it stands, it seems to be so! It seems that the little devils are bent on destroying our task force by doing so. I hope this kid Tiehu can hold on! ’

'As things stand, there's a lot of pressure on that kid, but I still have faith in him. Since he has the courage to blow up the railroad and hijack the cargo ship, I think he has a perfect battle plan.

As for the little devils in Jining, at present, they have dispatched a lot of elites to Zaozhuang. In this way, I am afraid that there may be problems on the Jining side. At worst, the pressure on the advancing column will be reduced a lot. ’

'Hmmm! I hope so! I hope this kid can hold on! As long as the advance column settles down in Jining, and the task force is there in the future, there is no need to fight alone. In the future, we will be able to form a triangular defensive formation in Shandong. ’

The advance column that Zhang Jingshan and Li Yu mentioned was the unit composed of the headquarters of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army and a part of the main force. This unit was also ordered by the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army to advance into Shandong to strengthen the anti-Japanese armed construction in Shandong.

Compared with the first column, which was based in the Yimeng Mountains, the advance column that chose to advance into the Jining area was the closest to the task force. The arrival of the advance column will also strengthen the anti-Japanese strength of the Eighth Route Army in the entire Shandong region.

Zhao Tiehu, who didn't know that the column was also involved in the battle, attracted firepower for himself, pursued step by step on a fishing boat, and captured the little devil's pier again. As for the defenders of the river defense troops, they can only wait in the camp for rescue.

Even if they wanted to break through, they found that the outside of the camp was also surrounded by the Eighth Route Army. In the course of the game between the two sides, Yu Zhenghe, who had successfully hijacked the merchant ship, also led the guerrillas and three gunboats to the outside of the dock.

By the time they arrived, the guerrillas who had previously participated in the mine-laying had already taken away the mines that had not been triggered. In addition to clearing a safe route, five gunboats appeared at the river dock of the little devil one after another.

Seeing Yu Zhenghe and others arrive, Zhao Tiehu also said in a timely manner: "All the gunboats, target the camp of the little devils, and launch an artillery bombardment for me." First hit a few rounds of shells, so that the little devils can also feel the taste of being shelled. ”

'Yes, Captain! ’

As the five gunboats were still lined up, the artillery equipped on the gunboats also launched artillery bombardment. At the same time, the artillery unit of the second detachment, which was responsible for blocking the attack outside the camp, was also prepared for the bombardment.

In the face of the fierce shelling from the rear of the barracks, the little devils in the camp naturally felt very uncomfortable. But just when they felt that the front of the barracks seemed to be safe, the sound of shelling sounded again.

Even the artillery power of the second detachment was more intense than the shelling of the pier. The combination of the Type 92 infantry gun and the mountain artillery is more powerful than the previous mortar. For a while, the little devils guarding the river defense brigade were a little dumbfounded.

Many little devils hiding in hidden places said in disbelief: "Baga! Is this the troops of the Dirt Eighth Road? Why is their artillery so powerful? Damn, what the hell is going on? ”

In the eyes of many little devils, the Eighth Route Army is a force called Huazi. It's just that they didn't expect that the people they used to deal with were more guerrillas and martial arts teams. The main force of the second detachment, with whom there was little contact.

The people who really dealt with the second detachment were often the Japanese garrisons stationed in Weishan. However, even the Japanese garrison used to use their artillery units when fighting the second detachment.

It can be said that this time, in order to completely mess up the situation in Weishan and also eliminate the Japanese puppet army in Weishan as much as possible, Zhao Tiehu agreed to let the second detachment pull out this artillery unit that had been trained for more than two months.

In fact, Zhao Tiehu, who captured a large number of artillery pieces from the little devil before. During the period of recuperation, three combat detachments were already equipped, each with an artillery detachment, to strengthen their heavy armament.

With such an artillery detachment, no matter whether it is offensive or defensive, when fighting with the little devils, it will not be able to only take beatings and not be able to return fire. And such a configuration of weapons and equipment is only not available to many of the main forces of the Eighth Route Army today.

Therefore, the little devils will suspect that they are not fighting with the Eighth Route Army, which is actually normal. With the artillery bombardment that began one after another, with the special operations detachment as the sharp knife and the main force of the second detachment as the support, Zhao Tiehu once again broke through to the river defense battalion.

Not long after, as the gunfire in the camp subsided, the Japanese river defense brigade, which had just been transferred to this shortly after the war, was once again completely annihilated. This also means that Zaozhuang will no longer see the little devil ships running across the lake in a short period of time!