Historically, during the War of Liberation, the chairman once made a bold remark to the effect that since our army had powerful artillery, it was no longer a problem to capture the fortified cities of the Kuomintang army.

Due to the appearance of Liu Yimin, the artillery strength of our army in Shandong is now very strong, with 12 artillery regiments, one flying thunder artillery regiment and three air defense regiments. Unfortunately, due to the air superiority of the Japanese army, our army was unable to open mines on a large scale, set up power plants and steel plants, and ammunition replenishment mainly relied on capture and reloading, which limited the continuous combat capability of artillery. Every big war has to go through a period of time to stock up on ammunition. And not only artillery, but also infantry ammunition. In particular, the 2nd Brigade of Luxi and the 6th Brigade of the Hebei and Lubian Brigades, apart from a major war, it is generally impossible to use artillery to carry out intensive artillery strikes. Because it was too difficult to replenish, every shell and bullet case was incomparably precious, and the Japanese army's air superiority could not disappear in the short term. Although Liu Yimin paid special attention to destroying Japanese aircraft, the industrial capacity of the little devil was too strong, and in 1939 alone, the little devil produced more than 1,000 aircraft.

The Eighth Route Army destroyed an airfield for the devils here, and the devils over there quickly replenished it. This forced our army to win only night battles and ambush battles, and it was impossible to engage in a protracted war.

The current degree of mechanization of the 1st Brigade is very strong in the middle of the squadron, but compared with the three mechanized divisions of the Japanese army, the 2nd Division, the 5th Division, and the 1st Guards Division, the number of vehicles is far inferior. Moreover, all the fuel of our army comes from capture, and every time the armored regiment is used to fight, Liu Yimin has to calculate the fuel loss to each vehicle to save fuel to the greatest extent. As for the other infantry brigades, there is basically not a single tank, armored car, or car, and there is still a clear gap between them and the equipment level of the Japanese army.

If it weren't for the above three reasons, with the scale of our army in Shandong and the level of technical warfare, Liu Yimin would have been afraid that he would have opened a decisive battle with the little devil heavy army group a long time ago.

Everything is a blessing and a curse, and there are pros and cons. Due to Liu Yimin's crossing, our army reduced many losses after the Battle of Xiangjiang, and preserved the strength of the backbone troops after going north to resist the Japanese, far exceeding the strength in history, and the achievements were much more brilliant. However, due to the heavy casualties of the Japanese army due to the hard work of our army, the Japanese army used to invade China was much larger than in history, and the spearhead was aimed at the Eighth Route Army and the base area of the Eighth Route Army as early as possible. Historically, the Japanese army did not understand the Eighth Route Army at all in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, and did not regard the Eighth Route Army as its main combat opponent. Now it is different, looking at the strength of the North China Front, we know that the Japanese army has already seen through the situation in North China, listed the Eighth Route Army as the main combat object, and concentrated a huge number of troops to deal with the Eighth Route Army.

It was precisely because the Japanese army had concentrated a huge number of troops and had absolute air superiority that Tada Jun was able to carry out large-scale surprise operations against the Eighth Route Bureau with more than enough strength to carry out large-scale surprise operations. It's just that Tada Jun was unlucky, and when he met Liu Yimin, who was very familiar with his tactics, he could only be beaten all over the ground looking for teeth.

The roar of the cannon was covered by the artillery group of the Eighth Route Army in the artillery position of the 27th Mountain Artillery Wing of the Japanese Army, and the wailing of the little devils, the neighing of pack horses, and the explosion of shells were intertwined.

The positions of the 27th Mountain Artillery Wing were destroyed, and the Japanese artillerymen who had already seen the might of the Eighth Route Army's artillery group crawled on the ground or hid in bomb craters, except for the dead and alive, and did not dare to raise their heads. Finally, when the artillery group of the Eighth Route Army shifted the direction of the shelling, the devil artillery who were lucky enough to be alive still wanted to find the artillery and re-establish their positions to fight back, but what they saw was the tragic scene caused by the shells detonating caused by the artillery fire. It wasn't until they had spit out all the bile that the devil artillerymen remembered to report to His Excellency the division commander that the artillery positions had been destroyed and asked for urgent tactical guidance.

As soon as the artillery group of the Eighth Route Army spoke, it shattered the sweet dream of Honma Masa, the commander of the 27th Division in Qufu City, and the old devil was so surprised that his jaw dropped, and it took him a long time to wake up and realize that he had miscalculated the battlefield situation again, and quickly ordered to signal the main force of the division that was carrying out the task of outflanking the city to stop advancing and quickly withdraw to Qufu to hold on.

At this time, Honma Masan, who wanted to make a contribution alone, remembered to report to the headquarters of the 12th Army and the headquarters of the North China Front. Moreover, Honma Masaan omitted the section where he ordered the main force to outflank the attack troops of the Eighth Route Army without authorization, and directly reported that he was attacked by the powerful artillery group of the Eighth Route Army and asked for urgent tactical guidance.

Without waiting for the North China Front Headquarters and the Twelfth Army Headquarters to call back, Honma Masana then sent the second and third telegrams asking for help. Because he went up to the roof to see clearly, after the artillery group of the Eighth Route Army destroyed the artillery position of the Imperial Army, it began to turn to shell his outflanking troops. What was even more terrifying was that the fields north of Si River suddenly lit up with starry headlights and torches, and they were rushing towards his main army. Needless to say, it was Liu Yimin's main force that arrived.

Masaan Honma, who likes male sè, can't think of the little adjutant's fine skin at this time, and layers of fine beads of sweat oozed from his face, and his voice became straight when he gave orders. He knew that with a slight delay, the main force of his 27th Division would be finished.

Honma Masana couldn't care about anything, and while sending a report to the 12th Army and the North China Front Headquarters, he kept sending reports to the 2nd Guards Division and the 12th Division in Zou County and Teng County, asking them to quickly go north for reinforcements, flank the Eighth Route Army, and respond to the retreat of the 27th Division.

At this time, the headquarters of the North China Front Army in Beiping and the headquarters of the Twelfth Army in Jinan were in a mess, not only Honma Masana urgently called for help, but also the defenders of Luzhong Jiaoji Road and Longhai Road in southeast Lu were urgently asking for help, and at the same time reported being raided by the powerful artillery cluster of the Eighth Route Army.

The commander of the 12th Army, Iida Sadagu, turned out to be the commander of the Guards Division, and he was very arrogant. As a result, after arriving in Shandong, he had a huge number of troops, and he had no way to take the Eighth Route Army, and he suffered defeats one after another. This time, the North China Front Headquarters formulated such a thorough surprise plan, Iida Sadagu was full of hope that he would achieve success in the first battle and establish a great military achievement, but the Eighth Route Army actually launched an attack in advance, and Iida Sadagu was so angry that he was furious in the headquarters.

Chief of Staff Asaburo Kobayashi reminded His Excellency the Commander ... Now is not the time to lose your temper, you must hurry up with a way to deal with it, otherwise, the west, south and north will suffer heavy losses.

Kobayashi Asaburo and Gu Shoufu stuck to Jinan together... In the end, under the guise of leaving behind to fight desperately and cover the breakthrough of His Excellency the Commander, he escaped from Shengtian.

This matter, no matter how reasonable and seamless Kobayashi Asaburo's explanation is, it can't help but make others suspicious. After all, the commander of the Twelfth Army, Gu Shoufu, was finally captured by the Eighth Route Army and sentenced to death, but his chief of staff, Kobayashi Asaburo, escaped from Jinan City unharmed.

Iida Sadagu is not a stupid person... Sometimes I think of the problem of Gu Shoufu being chopped and Kobayashi Asaburo escaping, but at this time he doesn't care about thinking about this problem anymore, Kobayashi Asaburo is right, it must be dealt with as soon as possible, and if there is any delay, I am afraid that the loss will be great.

Iida Sadagu had not seen with his own eyes the power of the Eighth Route Army's concentrated use of artillery fire, and remembered that Kobayashi Asaburo had once held Jinan City, so he asked, "Kobayashi-kun... In your judgment, can a division of the Imperial Army counterattack in the face of the artillery group of the Eighth Route Army? ”

If it was before the Eighth Route Army captured Jinan... Asaburo Kobayashi will definitely answer without hesitation and be able to fight back. Because Kobayashi Asaburo, like many Japanese generals, believed in the Japanese army's bravery, archery, and stabbing skills, and believed in the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, he believed that aircraft, artillery, and combat vehicles were just tools to cover the impact of the infantry. However, after the Eighth Route Army captured Jinan, Kobayashi Asaburo's mentality changed, and he had recently been concentrating on studying the problem of concentrated use of artillery fire, and the more he studied, the more frightened he became, and he felt that the Eighth Route Army had far surpassed the Japanese army in the use of artillery fire. The huge North China Front did not have a single artillery headquarters ... Artillery was still used in scattered divisions.

Kobayashi Asaburo once wrote a proposal to the base camp, requesting the establishment of artillery headquarters in the Chinese Dispatch Army, the North China Front, and various armies, and unified command and use of artillery wings scattered in various divisions and regiments. But so far, there has not been a single response from the base camp to his proposal. Later, Kobayashi Maesaburo also figured out that the Japanese army was based on divisions and regiments as group combat units... Adhering to the principle that "a cannon with 100 shots is more effective than a 100 cannons that can't hit accurately", his suggestion was naturally not taken seriously.

After listening to Iida Sadagu's question, Kobayashi Asaburo replied seriously: "Your Excellency Commander, under the attack of the artillery group, the first consideration of the division and regiment should not be how to counterattack, but should quickly withdraw the troops from the Eighth Route Army's artillery group strike circle to reduce losses, and then consider how to counterattack. ”

As soon as Iida Sadagu heard this, he immediately asked Kobayashi Asaburo to send a report to all the troops, ordering the troops attacked by the artillery group of the Eighth Route Army to quickly retreat, move closer to the main force, support each other, and be sure to hold out until dawn, and wait for the air reinforcements later.

As soon as the telegram was sent, Iida Sadagu received another report from Honma Masana, saying that he had discovered that the armored group of the Eighth Route Army had launched a surprise attack on the main force of the 27th Division, and requested His Excellency the Commander to urgently telegraph the 2nd Guards Division stationed in Zou County and the 12th Division stationed in Teng County to quickly reinforce the Eighth Route Army and meet the main force of the 27th Division to break through.

After reading the telegram, Iida Sadagu was stunned, he could not imagine that the situation of the 27th Division had reached such a dangerous point. If the 27th Division is finished, then the problem will be serious, do not say that the plan of the 3rd Route Army to raid Luzhongnan early tomorrow morning cannot be implemented, I am afraid that the plan of the 40th Division, the 41st Division, and the 37th Division to jointly attack Luxi will not be implemented.

When is this coming, Iida Zhengu still can't forget the three-way army to attack Lu Zhongnan, this guy really wants to go crazy for his military exploits!

Iida Sadagu's thoughts were only a matter of a moment, and he did not hesitate, and immediately ordered to send a report to the 2nd and 12th Guards Divisions, ordering them to urgently assemble troops and quickly go north to reinforce the 27th Division.

A telegram sent by Honma Masaan to the Twelfth Army was sent at the same time to the headquarters of the North China Front.

The commander of the North China Front, Tada Jun, could not have imagined that the Eighth Route Army would launch a surprise attack at this time, and it would attack from three directions at the same time.

Yoshizumi Ryosuke, chief of staff of the North China Front, glared at the shocked eyes and asked Deputy Chief of Staff Hirata, "Is there a mistake?" Isn't tonight the Chinese New Year's Eve? Should the people of China have a family reunion and eat a big meal together? Why did the Eighth Route Army suddenly attack? ”

Yoshizumi Ryosuke, the murderous demon king, he didn't want to think about it, with their gang of Japanese invaders, how could the Chinese have any family reunions and big meals!

Hirata Masashi blinked, not knowing how to answer the question of His Excellency the Chief of Staff, and it took a long time to consider and say: "Liu Yimin is **, **both communist wives, maybe they have no family concept, and they don't have the concept of keeping the New Year during the Spring Festival. ”

This is a lie... It is used to deceive the foolish, and the deceiver never believes. Tada Jun and Yoshizumi Ryosuke are all the culprits of the invasion of China, and they are also liars, including Hirata Masa... None of them believed it.

Tada Jun ignored Yoshisumi Ryosuke and Hirata's verbosity, stood in front of the map with a blue face, and said sadly for a long time: "There is a saying in the Chinese people, called beating snakes and hitting seven inches, and the Eighth Route Army is just fighting when we are about to launch but have not yet launched, and it is deeply in line with the essence of the art of war. Liu Yimin, greatly powerful! ”

Yoshizumi Ryosuke and Hirata Masashi were silent ... I didn't dare to answer Tada Jun's words, for fear that I would not make a mistake and incur Tada Jun's scolding.

Tada Jun's tone was full of loneliness: "Repeatedly calculating, bothering to be sad, why didn't you think that the Eighth Route Army might be launched first?" If you accidentally lose all the plates! ”

At this time, Yoshizumi Ryosuke finally interjected: "Your Excellency Commander, don't be too sad, judging from the reports of various troops, although the offensive of the Eighth Route Army is fierce... But they launched at the same time in three directions, and the forces were bound to disperse. We just need to find the direction of their main attack and take a defensive position in the direction of the main attack of the Eighth Route Army.

Wait until dawn... The enemy's situation will be completely clear, and under the cover of the air force, we can launch a counterattack and completely smash the counterattack of the Eighth Route Army. Moreover, after a night of fighting, the Eighth Route Army was sleepy and lacking in men and horses, and the ammunition consumption was too large, and our army would definitely be able to achieve unexpected results if it counterattacked again. ”

Yoshizumi Ryosuke's statement is indeed reasonable, in the art of war, there has always been a tactic of returning the horse pistol and dragging the knife... Under normal circumstances, the Japanese army's counterattack tomorrow is indeed ruthless and spicy, and it is likely to be overwhelming the Eighth Route Army. However, Tada Jun and Liu Yimin have fought a few times, and they already know how powerful their opponents are. He knew in his heart that Liu Yimin dared to launch an assault at this time... There must be a backhand, maybe they are looking forward to the Japanese army taking advantage of the situation to counterattack, so that he can ambush and expand the results of the battle!

When the three of them were discussing, the telegram for help flew like snowflakes, and the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei, central Hebei, Hebei Lubian, Luxi, southwest Shandong, Jiaodong, and Suzhou-Anhui regions were all launching counterattacks, which was simply a pot of porridge!

Tada Jun was shocked, this situation is extremely similar to the scene of Liu Yimin's previous wars, is Liu Yimin going to repeat the Battle of Lunan this time?

At this moment, Honma Masa's telegram requesting urgent reinforcements from the 2nd and 12th Guards Divisions to cover the 27th Breakout arrived.

Tada Jun did not expect that Honma Masaan concealed the situation and did not truthfully report that the main force of the 27th Division had left the existing positions in Qufu and crossed the Si River north to flank the Eighth Route Army.

Tada Jun immediately realized that the target of the Eighth Route Army was the 27th Division!

The staff officer sent a telegram from the headquarters of the 12th Army, and Yoshizumi Ryosuke hastily read it and hurriedly presented it to Tada.

After reading the telegram, Tada Jun meditated and felt that Iida Sadagu's handling was extremely correct. The top priority at the moment was to quickly order the 27th Division to retreat and form a group with the 2nd Guards Division and the 12th Division. Qufu and Yanzhou are not enough to rely on, and Tada Jun understands that no matter how strong the fortifications of these two counties are, they cannot surpass Jinan City. As long as the Eighth Route Army is determined to capture these two county towns, I am afraid that it will be able to break through before the Second Guards Division and the Twelfth Division arrive.

Tada Jun was really afraid of seeing a complete division being annihilated by the Eighth Route Army again.

As for the 16th Brigade of Tai'an's independent mixed brigade, it must defend Tai'an to the death, contain the Eighth Route Army, and prevent them from concentrating on pursuing and destroying the 27th Division with all their might.

Tada Jun immediately ordered the 27th Division to abandon the defense between Ciyao and Qufu and Yanzhou, quickly break through to Zou County, and join up with the 2nd Guards Division. The 2nd Guards Division was ordered to quickly reinforce the 27th Division in an offensive posture and respond to the retreat of the 27th Division.

When Tada Jun and Iida Sadagu received the telegram order, the main force of the 27th Division was dancing under the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army.

Suddenly, the main force of the 27th Division of the Japanese Army was captured, which was definitely a surprise for the Western Group of the Eighth Route Army. Li Chang commanded the artillery group to shell with all its might, and the three artillery regiments and heavy artillery battalions all went into battle, enveloping the main force of the Japanese army in a firepower network woven by artillery fire. The rocket artillery platoon, the 3rd Air Defense Regiment, and the Flying Thunder Artillery Regiment moved forward rapidly, and the artillery trucks ran as fast as possible, getting as close as possible to the Japanese army, carrying out close artillery bombardment, and dealing with the Japanese tanks, armored vehicles, and automobiles.

The three tank battalions of the Eighth Route Army's armored regiment and the armored vehicles and automobiles of the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the Eighth Route Army launched a racing race on the field, all of which turned on their headlights and rushed towards the main force of the Japanese army with maximum horsepower and speed.

Speed, speed!

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