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The wind blowing along the river was mixed with thick blood, the shells exploded not far away, the shelter trembled in the explosion, the military coat of Li Jiayu's military overcoat draped over his shoulders did not move at all, and in the telescope, the trenches at the front had almost been blown up, and the Japanese army focused the assault on him, and the heavy artillery regiment of the 20th Army was transferred to the front line of Juancheng, so that it was completely inferior in artillery fire, and the artillery positions were forced to be transferred again and again.

"Boom", another shell exploded nearby, Li Jiayu chuckled in his heart, could it be that the Japanese army discovered this command post? "Command transferred!" Li Jiayu shouted and ran out of the headquarters first, and the officers in the shelter department immediately ran out of the shelter department, and a burst of rapid artillery fire exploded nearby, and the shelter collapsed with a bang.

When Li Jiayu arrived at the reserve command post, the forced crossing of the Japanese army began again, and hundreds of wooden boats and rafts quickly rowed towards this side; These hundreds of boats were collected by the Japanese army from the neighborhood a few days ago, and the rafts were made of timber they had collected nearby; When the boat reached halfway, the artillery fire of the squadron began, the 82 mortars in depth and the brigade infantry artillery opened fire together, the water column on the river surface soared into the sky, and the light and heavy machine guns on the shore also began to fire at the same time, and the Japanese troops on the boat also fired at the shore almost at the same time.

From time to time, the ships were reduced to pieces in the artillery fire, and the remaining Japanese troops still paddled hard without fear, the cold water droplets soaked the thick military uniforms, but the flames jumping in their eyes showed their fiery hearts.

The shells exploded on the shore, but the firepower did not weaken at all, the closer to the shore, the stronger the fire of the squadron, and the powerful heavy machine gun bullets tore the planks on the side of the ship and made bloody holes in the bodies of the soldiers in the ship.

The boat slammed into the mud and sand on the shore, and the soldiers in their heavy military coats jumped out of the boat, trekked a few steps through the water, and rushed ashore, only to be knocked down by a rain of bullets. Seeing that the losses were getting bigger, two signal flares were raised from the Japanese position, and the boats on the river turned their bows and withdrew to the opposite bank.

Putting down the binoculars, Li Jiayu snorted softly, and his contempt was fully revealed, although the Japanese army had two or three hundred boats, it could be said that it was wishful thinking to break through the canal from him. But although he repelled the Japanese army, Li Jiayu's mood was not happy, and he was a little confused about the battle until now, how could the situation suddenly become so bad, he had to abandon so many cities and retreat hundreds of miles, and his 47th Army was dismantled to pieces, and he only had one division under his commander.

"Report to Commander Sun that our unit repelled the Japanese attack." The question was pressed in his heart, and Li Jiayu knew that he couldn't say anything now, even if he was dissatisfied, he couldn't open his mouth now.

"Yes." The staff officer's answer was somewhat weak.

"What's wrong?" Li Jiayu was a little annoyed and stared at the staff officer fiercely. The staff officer hurriedly replied loudly: "Yes!" ”

The staff officer hurriedly called, but the headquarters was still dull, everyone's interest was not high, and the 47th Army fought from Shanghai to Xuzhou, and experienced countless vicious battles and dangerous battles without being so depressed as now.

Li Jiayu quickly realized this somewhat suppressed emotion, and he said forcefully: "Be happy, the next attack of the little devils is about to begin, let the forward troops withdraw and retreat to the rear." ”

"Ge Laozi, what kind of battle is this?" Deputy Army Commander Luo Zezhou couldn't help but scold: "Lao Tzu has been working for a long time and is still a mess, x his **." ”

Luo Zezhou's scolding was like unscrewing the water valve of the faucet, and the officers in the command headquarters complained nonsense, most of the complaints were directed at Bai Chongxi, and only a few people accused Zhuang Jihua of not listening to Bai Chongxi, and easily modifying the plan originally formulated, resulting in the current passive situation.

"Enough!" Li Jiayu realized that this kind of revenge must be stopped, otherwise there will be endless troubles: "We are soldiers, we must obey the orders of the commander, no matter what orders must be obeyed, the same is true of Commander Zhuang, the orders of the chairman and the white commander must also be obeyed, as long as we hold the canal, we can buy time for the siege of Juancheng and the annihilation of Honma Masaharu." Now you have to think about how to hold the canal so that the Japanese do not cross the canal for a single step! Do you understand! ”

"Understood!" All the officers didn't dare to say anything more, Luo Zezhou looked at Li Jiayu and didn't say anything more.

Li Jiayu gave him a look, the two walked out of the command headquarters, lit a cigarette in a divided place, neither of them knew what to say, just smoked silently.

"What's wrong with Commander Zhuang this time?" Luo Zezhou couldn't help but speak: "Why did you listen to Bai Chongxi's kid, what he said at the beginning, annihilating two divisions in the south and two divisions on the eastern front, so that the Japanese army's attack was broken, why did it suddenly become the annihilation of the four divisions of the Japanese army on the bank of the Yellow River?" ”

", who knows." Li Jiayu couldn't help but scold.

"I think it's Bai Chongxi, this kid is funny, watching us win two battles, my eyes are red, I think the Japanese army is so easy to fight, blind **!" Luo Zezhou is still angry.

"Forget it, what's the use of complaining, it's already like this," Li Jiayu scolded a few words, and his heart calmed down a little, and he began to think of his purpose of pulling Luo Zezhou out: "Don't say such things in front of the brothers below in the future, it will affect the morale of the army." ”

"Well," Luo Zezhou agreed sullenly, and after a while, he still didn't give up: "It's going to be so difficult to retreat from Shanghai, I don't think there's anything wrong with it, but this time I'm really not convinced, I can win the battle, but I fight like this, X his **!" ”

"Okay, okay, listen to Commander Zhuang, he will have a way." Li Jiayu persuaded.

Neither of them realized that their grievances had put Zhuang Jihua aside, and they subconsciously thought that Zhuang Jihua should not be responsible for this retreat, and it should be Bai Chongxi who should be responsible for this time, and even...

There are not only Li Jiayu and Yang Sen, but also Sun Lianzhong, Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun, and even Sun Tongxuan have this kind of thought, and I am afraid that there are only Li Pinxian and Liao Lei, who are officers from the Gui family.

Zhuang Jihua didn't know that his performance during this period of time had made these generals who had become old and successful in the civil war secretly convinced, and unconsciously looked at him as a commander they could trust and bring them out of danger.

After Sun Lianzhong received Li Jiayu's report, it was not easy at all, Li Jiayu was a new force, and its equipment exceeded that of the Second and Third Army several times, and it was natural to repel the forced crossing of the Japanese army, but it was not so easy for other troops. Today, the Japanese army is forcing the entire front, the purpose is to find out the distribution of the strength and weakness of the defenders on the front, and tomorrow they will adopt a targeted strategy, and then the real battle will be.

But the real battle on the other side of the canal had already begun, Du Yuming commanded the 60th Army to defend Jining, and Shinozuka Yoshio commanded two divisions to attack Jining, and Shinozuka Yoshio's actions made Sun Lianzhong understand Zhuang Jihua's purpose of placing 60 in Jining.

At the beginning, Zhuang Jihua named the 60th Army to guard Jining, he still didn't understand, Jining was alone in the east of the canal, and the 60th Army was placed here, which would inevitably be attacked by the Japanese army and suffer serious losses.

Yoshio Shinozuka or Nishio Shouzo may not have understood the purpose of the Sixty Army in Jining, but he had to attack Jining, otherwise at the critical moment of crossing the river, the Sixty Army would kill out of Jining and attack his flank, and the consequences would be unimaginable, so this squadron entrenched in the flank must first be eliminated or driven away.

The battle inside and outside the city of Jining is far more fierce than the battle on the canal, after the last Jining war, the city wall of Jining has not been repaired, and the broken tiles and remnants of the wall in the city are still there. In view of this, Du Yuming left Wang Guobin's division in the city, Zhang Lihui in the east of the city, and Situ Fei guarded the north of the city.

There was not much time for them to build a position, and just one day later, the Japanese 10th Division pursued to the city of Jining, and the battle broke out, with the Japanese army starting with more than 20 tanks, and the first wave of attacks threw in a whole brigade, trying to conquer Jining on the march.

Zhang Lihui felt deeply insulted by the actions of the Japanese army, and he immediately ordered the artillery to be fired, put the tanks in, block the infantry behind, and the tanks that were put in were blown into a pair of scrap metal by rockets fired from all sides, and they burned there. As soon as the tank passed, the soldiers lying in the trench immediately turned over, and the fierce rain of bullets poured on the elated Japanese soldiers, and the Japanese infantry who were attacked fell down again, and the rest immediately lay on the cold ground, and before they could react, the fierce charge horn sounded, and the Chinese soldiers jumped out of the trenches, countercharged the Japanese army, and quickly routed the Japanese army.

After receiving the blow, the Japanese army realized that there was a strong squadron in Jining, and that this force must be eliminated first in order to cross the river, so Yoshio Shinozuka commanded the 10th and 21st Divisions to press over from the east and north, and the 14th and 38th Divisions to press towards the canal.

Everyone in the Sixty Army did not realize at this moment that this extremely tragic blocking battle had just begun.

The day after the battle began, Du Yuming received a telegram directly from Zhuang Jihua, asking him to prepare to hold Jining for ten days in order to respond to the siege and annihilation of Honma by our army in Juancheng.

Holding on for ten days, Du Yuming didn't care, the 60th Army suffered little losses in the early operations, only Zhang Lihui's troops suffered some losses on the Tai'an front, but these losses have been made up.

Du Yuming's relaxed mood did not last long, and the offensive launched by the Japanese army the next day shocked him, and he realized for the first time that these ten days were probably ten difficult days.

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