Chapter 2: The 10th section of the Jinpu Road Defensive Battle Tiger roared

Two hours later, the battle situation began to gradually become clear, Dai Anlan in the south and then quickly attacked in depth, the grassland was no longer able to counterattack, the Japanese army retreated back one after another, Dai Anlan and Shu Yangze met in the center of the village, and the Japanese army was divided into east and west. \\。 Ｑb⑸.cOM\\

The battle on the Mahezhuang side became clear a little earlier, after Liu Fangwu opened the gap, the rest of the troops took the opportunity to step up the attack, killing Mahezhuang from all sides, and the remnants of Yamada Kizo retreated into several houses in Zhuangnan.

The situation of Mahezhuang and Maojia Village made Nakajima who played Hualou anxious, he knew that these three villages were connected, and it could be said that they were each other's horns tactically, and if these two corners were broken, it would be impossible for Hualou to exist alone. The new 22nd Division and the 4th Division severed the connection between the two villages in yesterday's battle, Nakajima watched the village gradually fall and had no choice, the more than 2,000 troops under his control had lost one-third after a few days of fighting, and the remaining troops were entangled by Liao Yaoxiang and Chen Daqing, and they tried to get through the connection with the two villages twice, but they were beaten back by Liao Yaoxiang and Chen Daqing, and they couldn't step out of the village at the entrance of the village.

As night fell, the battle between Mahezhuang and Maojia Village continued, Nakajima stood on a roof east of Wanhualou Village with a gloomy face, looking at the bursts of red in the distant sky, and the ** squadron continued to fight against fatigue, indicating that they were very eager to eliminate them, these two villages will exist tomorrow, and tomorrow Hualou will face great pressure from the ** squadron.

Before dawn, the gunfire gradually subsided, Nakajima received two long live telegrams, he silently forwarded this telegram to Itagaki, Nishio Shouzo and Terauchi Shouichi, he clearly knew that with the attack power shown by the squadron, his troops of less than 2,000 people could not even support tomorrow.

There was silence inside and outside the headquarters, and a heavy atmosphere spread through the village, where the military doctor was handing out grenades to the wounded, and the soldiers were sitting silently among the rubble, in the trenches. Death is a distant thing, it is at hand, just after dawn.

"Tomorrow we will go to ******** Dao, for the empire, for the emperor to die in the war is the glory of our soldiers." In the darkness, there are officers encouraging the soldiers and lifting their spirits.

Nakajima smiled helplessly in the dark, but his heart moved, feeling that this atmosphere was not right, and it affected morale very much, he turned his head to look at the officers and soldiers standing beside him.

Zhujun Nakajima slowly spoke: "We are deeply surrounded by China, and we are no longer able to fight our way out of the encirclement by our own strength, and we are likely to have to go to the ******** tomorrow," Speaking of this, his tone turned stern: "Even if the emperor dies in battle, he should die a glorious death, but our parents, wives and children will be proud of us, and we are killed for the happy life of the Japanese people tomorrow!" Died fighting for the tomorrow of the Empire! This is our honor! It is the greatest honor for soldiers! ”

"Yi!" The crowd replied in unison.

"Under the morning glow, Ren looks at the ups and downs from afar, and the elite army of my people is ......more powerful than a few mountains and rivers," Nakajima sang loudly, and the military song of the Kwantung Army, which was widely spread in the army, and the soldiers and officers in the surrounding area immediately responded in unison. The song echoed in the night sky with a hint of sadness.

To Nakajima's somewhat surprising yes. The second squadron did not attack at all. Only in the morning and afternoon there was a burst of artillery fire at Shonai. The planes came to bomb twice. The ground forces did not move at all. Just besieged them to the death.

As a military observer. At the same time, he also served as a senior military general. Stilwell was still a little dazzled by the recent changes in Xuzhou, and the situation was so good that the Japanese army was suddenly in trouble on the entire battlefield.

Jining side. The squadron conquered Huangtun. Cut off the retreat of the 108th Division. The 25th Brigade joined up with the main forces of the division after paying a heavy price. Xia Yuan Xiong Mi led the remnants of the 108th Division to establish a defensive circle from Jining City to Huangtun.

Pro aspect. The main force of the 16th Division was surrounded west of Baishabu. Nakajima Imago was struggling under the attack of the squadron, and Seishiro was powerless to save him. Alum Valley Ryosuke traveled thousands of miles to help. The initial momentum is violent. After being intercepted by the squadron, the momentum suddenly declined. Now more besieged by squadrons.

Middle Road Yanzhou. The squadron began to counterattack all the way from Lincheng, and suffered heavy defeats in a row. Successively abandoned Tengxian and Zoucheng, retreated all the way north to Yanzhou, and the ** squadron continued to attack Yanzhou with a force. However, the main force bypassed Yanzhou and joined up with the counterattack forces on the Western Front at Huangtun.

“… Mr. President, I have to say that the experience of more than a month has completely subverted my understanding of China, and the ** team without asking questions will achieve another victory after Nanjing, and this is a real victory, the main force of the Japanese army has suffered heavy losses, at least one division will be completely annihilated, the ** squadron will hold Xuzhou, and has the ability to counterattack to the north of Tai'an. Instead of abandoning Nanjing after victory, as Nanjing did.

In this campaign, I had the privilege of observing the generals of the squadron at close range, without asking, they are a group of brave and dedicated generals, and even senior generals often go deep into the front-line positions, the commanders of the five theaters of command of these outstanding generals are General Li Zongren and General Zhuang Jihua, I have to admit that these two generals are extremely talented military generals, in the middle of July, when the Japanese attack was the most fierce, General Li Zongren said to me, the battle line in two months will be in Tai'an

In his judgment is gradually becoming a reality.

I am very puzzled by the rashness of the Japanese generals compared to the caution of the Chinese generals, who, as a third-country observer, think that the Japanese generals behaved extremely poorly in this military operation, and that they once again made the mistake of the city of Nanjing...

In his report, Stilwell involuntarily made the usual mistakes of military generals, and began to evaluate the command ability of the armies and generals on both sides, as well as the logistical organization, from a military point of view, until the end, he said what Roosevelt was most concerned about.

"After a year of war, it can now be concluded that Japan underestimated China, in fact, not only Japan underestimated China, but Western countries underestimated China, underestimated China's strength, and underestimated the determination of the Chinese to resist.

Chiang Kai-shek's government was not unprepared for this war, in the past five years, he sent his most capable student Zhuang Jihua to preside over a huge project in Sichuan, the purpose of this project is to establish a national defense base, ready to resist the Japanese attack, it is clear that he chose the right person, five years later, General Zhuang Jihua handed over a perfect answer, although General Zhuang Jihua thought that these things were not enough to support the entire squadron, not even half of it, but considering their previous foundation, no, they created a miracle.

Mr. President, now we are beginning to come to believe that the final victory belongs to the Chinese, of course, it will take a long process, and if the Japanese cannot force China to surrender within two years, then victory will be far from them, and obviously they cannot do this.

The victories of the Chinese in Nanjing and Xuzhou will boost their confidence in fighting Japan, and after Nanjing, among the Chinese political and military leaders with whom I have contacted, no one believes that there should be a truce with the Japanese, and General Zhuang Jihua judged that in the first two years of the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese army will still be on the offensive, and after that, the two sides will be in a stalemate country Large-scale counteroffensive depends on the development of rear industry and the assistance of Western countries. ”

Stilwell put down his pen and read it carefully, then let out a long breath, stood up and collected the report, ready to hand it to Mike to send back to Wuhan. After the completion of this report, although the battle is not over, for him, the mission is basically over, and he can wait for the results of the entire battle here with peace of mind.

Caught up with Neptune, the two of them went to the news exchange for coffee and listened to what the reporters had heard, even though most of it was public.

Not long after he sat down in the press area, Charles came over, accompanied by a female Chinese reporter.

"Colonel Stilwell, let me tell you, this lady is Ms. Ye Sufei, a reporter from the Zilinxi Daily, and she just came from Wuhan."

Charles did not go to the city with Webb and May, but went to Juye for three days to interview, and another war correspondent, Logan, went to Lincheng and has not returned.

Ye Sufei is not tall, she can't tell how old she is, her goose-egg face, her jet-black hair fluttering back, leaving a smooth forehead, and her crescent-like eyes look at Stilwell and Neptune curiously.

"I found that beautiful Chinese girls like to go to the front." Neptune said to Stilwell in English with a smile, but he didn't expect Ye Sufei to immediately retort: "Mr. Major has been on the front line for too long, and he can't see women anymore." ”

Neptune was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, how could the reporter of the word Linxi News not know English, and he smiled self-deprecatingly and did not fight back. Stilwell looked at Ye Sufei with interest, and Ye Sufei saw that Neptune did not fight back, so he turned the finger to Stilwell.

"Mr. Colonel, why are you in Xuzhou?"

"I came to Xuzhou as an observer of the U.S. government, and as a country that has close relations with both China and Japan, we are very concerned about this war." Stilwell replied quietly.

"And what do you get?" Ye Sufei asked again.

Stilwell looked at her a little depressed, his identity in Xuzhou was known to many people, and he didn't hide it, he estimated that the Japanese probably also knew about him in Xuzhou, but this would make him want to come with only his ears, and he didn't plan to be interviewed by anyone.

"Sorry, I'm very sorry, this is my personal secret, according to the Chinese, the benevolent see the benevolent, the wise see the wise, each has its own gains." Stilwell laughed.

Ye Sufei smiled slightly, she knew very well that it was not easy for this kind of diplomat to pry their mouths open. She was about to continue asking, but Charles interrupted them with a smile: "Mr. Colonel, let's sit down and talk, we should treat the lady..."

At this moment, Logan hurried in from outside with a camera hanging on his chest with a satchel on his back, and raised his hand excitedly when he saw them.

"Aha, you're here, it looks like you're missing out on big news."

Charles was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "What's the news?" When did you get back? ”

"As soon as I got off the car, the spokesman of the Fifth War Zone just announced that the squadron had regained Yanzhou, and the hill was retreating in the direction of Tai'an, and now Xia Yuan Xiong Mi was completely surrounded outside Jining City."

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