Chapter 256: Burnt Down

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After more than a few months of the Battle of Xuzhou, it finally ended, and more than 100,000 soldiers of the entire Chinese War of Resistance suffered injuries, and the Japanese army also suffered more than 30,000 casualties from more than 30,000 in history to more than 40,000 because of Chen Jiye's participation. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

In the entire Battle of Xuzhou, the armies of both China and Japan paid a great price, and it can almost be said that no one took advantage of anyone.

After the capture of Nanjing, although the Nationalist Government moved westward to the mountain city, most of the government offices and military headquarters were in Wuhan, which had actually become the military, political, and economic center of the country and the wartime capital. Moreover, China's military forces were concentrated on defending Wuhan, and both the Japanese government and the headquarters of the Chinese Expeditionary Force expected that Wuhan would fall and China would stop resisting.

Therefore, as soon as the Battle of Xuzhou ended, the Japanese army base camp ordered the invading Japanese army to start preparing to seize the entire central city of China's Anti-Japanese War - Wuhan.

This time, in order to defend Wuhan, Lao Jiang also worked hard, directly sending 14 group armies, 50 armies, about 200 combat aircraft, more than 30 ships, and a total strength of nearly 1.1 million people.

The Japanese army also put 14 divisions and regiments, and the 2nd Army and the 11th Army directly participated in the Wuhan operation, with a total of 9 divisions and more than 250,000 troops. as well as the Navy's 3rd Fleet and the Air Regiment, with a total of about 120 ships of various types and about 300 aircraft of various types.

Subsequently, millions of Chinese and Japanese troops fought to the death around Wuhan, and at the same time, the Battle of Wuhan also became the largest, longest, and most annihilated battle in the strategic defense stage of the War of Resistance Against Japan.

The Japanese army concentrated its forces to attack Wuhan, and Chen Jiye's mind in Zaozhuang became active again, after all, there were no tigers in the mountains, and it was also the time when the monkey was called the king. Otherwise, after the Japanese army occupies Wuhan, it is estimated that it will be time to consider dealing with him.

"Ah Cai, Lai Si, order your troops to attack all of them, and try to destroy the Jinpu Railway and kill the little devils for me. In short, I want to make the little devil uneasy until he gets out of Zaozhuang. Chen Jiye ordered.

"Yes, young master!" Chen Facai and Lai Si said at the same time. Although more than half of the two brigades in their hands were recruits, and the training was only a little over a month, it did not affect their plans. After all, they never fought a frontal battle with the Japanese army, and guerrilla warfare was quite skillful.

And because Chen Jiye has never had a strategic arrangement, they will not stick to any piece of territory or a position, and the casualties will naturally not be very large.

However, the troops of Lai Si and Chen Facai occupied more than half of Chen Jiye's command, and Chen Facai was worried that they would leave, and if the Japanese army came to kill them like last time, Chenjia Village would be very dangerous, so he said.

"Young Master, if we leave, what will happen to Chenjia Village?"

"That's right, young master, why don't we leave another regiment!" Lai Si also said.

Although the troops in charge of Lai Si and Chen Facai are now the main force of Chen Jiye, their combat effectiveness is not strong, and the most elite ones are still by Chen Jiye's side.

"Ah Cai, you two seem to have forgotten, now the entire Zaozhuang is Lao Tzu's territory, and every village has Lao Tzu's people, even if you leave. As long as the little devil dares to come, Lao Tzu can rely on the guard battalion, fire battalion, artillery regiment, and Chen family nursing home brigade to make the little devil unable to eat and walk around! "There are too many artillery pieces in the artillery battalion, and the number of people is not enough, so Chen Jiye took advantage of the expansion to expand it into an artillery regiment.

"So you don't have to worry about my safety, just focus on dealing with the little devils and driving these dog mongrels out of Zaozhuang." Chen Jiye said with deep hatred in his words.

As soon as Chen Jiye finished speaking, Chen Facai and Lai Si thought about it, at least they couldn't beat them, and the young master could escape with someone.

After having no worries, Chen Facai and Lai Si said loudly with confidence.

"Young master, we will definitely beat the little devil out of Zaozhuang!"

Subsequently, Lai Si led two regiments to attack the northern section of Zaozhuang, and Chen Facai led two regiments to attack the southern section of Zaozhuang.

In order to make the troops run quickly, Chen Jiye hoarded a batch of ammunition and food in every village in Zaozhuang, although it was not much, but it was no problem to support it for a few days.

And once the war starts, the people of each village are very active in cooperating, after all, they also hate Xiao Ri * Ben very much, so there is no pressure on the logistics of the attack troops at all, and they are responsible for finding things for the little devils in Zaozhuang.

The two brigades attacked from the north and south, and almost effortlessly destroyed all the pillbox strongholds and checkpoints set up by Lai Wuping to guard against Chen Jiye, and in the end only a small number of little devils and puppet troops escaped.

When Lai Wuping received that the strongholds in Zaozhuang had been destroyed, he knew that Chen Jiye had made a big move, and at the same time, he also realized a serious sense of crisis. Because every time Chen Jiye takes the initiative to attack, it will bring a lot of losses to their empire, so he estimates that this time will not be an exception.

Although Lai Wuping knew that Chen Jiye had a big operation, he did not know Chen Jiye's specific plan, so he could only order to strengthen the patrol of the railway and gather troops to be ready to deal with emergencies at any time.

Immediately after that, Lai Si and Chen Facai attacked in many places along the railway, and gunshots and explosions rang out everywhere along the entire railway line in Zaozhuang, and many railways were destroyed.

At the same time, in order to save the life of the little devil, Chen Jiye also sent an elite spear company to assist, which brought a lot of casualties to the little devil.

And Lai Wuping in the Zaozhuang headquarters has a big head, and since the gunshots rang out, the phone and radio have been ringing non-stop, almost all of them are asking for help and where there is a problem with the railway.

Now most of the materials for the Battle of Wuhan of the entire Japanese army are expected to be transported from the north through the Tianjin-Pudong Railway, so there is no room for error in the safety of the railway.

So as soon as he heard that something was wrong, Lai Wuping became a firefighter, and he saved wherever something happened.

Unfortunately, when their reinforcements ran halfway, the command received the news that the enemy had retreated, or that by the time their men arrived, a section of the railroad track had been ripped or blown up.

Although Lai Wuping strengthened the vigilance of the railway in advance, and at the same time, five railway armored vehicles kept patrolling back and forth on the railway, the railway they were in charge of was dozens of miles, and there were many enemies attacking the railway.

Although Lai Wuping can send all his troops out to defend the railway, don't forget that Chen Jiye is not a dirt road, except that his combat effectiveness is weaker than their imperial army, everything else is not bad, and scattering his troops will only engulf Chen Jiye one by one.

One night, Lai Wuping was busy and anxious, and his soldiers were also busy running around, and they were too tired to do so.

"Baga, if there is no damn railway, I will definitely break Chen Jiye's body into ten thousand pieces!" Lai Wuping stared at the three sections of the railway marked red on the map, his eyes were bloodshot.

"General, the railway in the north and south sections of Zaozhuang has been damaged a lot, and it is reported that there are more than 5,000 enemies active tonight."

"Five thousand, Nani? How could Zaozhuang have so many enemies? Chen Jiye sent all the troops out, aren't you afraid that I will lead the troops to attack Chenjia Village directly? Thinking of this, Lai Wuping directly denied it.

"No, no, no, Chen Jiye would not make such a mistake, but where did Chen Jiye come from so many people? Did it come out of thin air? After all, he has fought Chen Jiye many times, and he knows that Chen Jiye is very careful every time.

"General, a large number of fleeing Chinese people have poured into Zaozhuang recently, if I guess correctly, Chen Jiye is likely to recruit a large number of soldiers. Moreover, the news from our attacked troops confirmed that although there were many enemies attacking and the fire was fierce, the marksmanship was not accurate, so I am sure that many of them were new recruits. ā€

Chen Jiye had guns and money, and even dared to disobey the orders of the highest authorities in Zhina twice, and poisoned thousands of their imperial soldiers in Zaozhuang. In the eyes of Ri* himself, Chen Jiye is a demon, and there is nothing in this world that Chen Jiye can't do.

As soon as Takeda finished speaking, Lai Wuping said with a shaking index finger.

"Takeda-kun, you're right, it's very likely."

"What should we do now, General?"

Lai Wuping lowered his head and thought for a while, and then said.

"Takeda-kun, that's it, Chen Jiye is too cunning and too difficult. The railroad is almost destroyed tonight, and no amount of remedy can be made, so order our soldiers to come back and rest. ā€

"Also, report our situation to General Shouichi Terauchi and ask for tactical guidance!" Now that the 10th Division and the 2nd Army had been transferred to participate in the Battle of Wuhan, Lai Wuping could only turn to the commander of the North China Dispatch Army.

"Hey!"

Then Takeda Yoshishi went down to arrange the matter.

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A company commander led people to rush up a section of the railway that was still in good condition, and immediately ordered.

"Hurry up, pick up the railroad, and burn all the sleepers!"

More than a hundred people went to action quickly, and after a few piles of sleepers ignited a fire, the company commander immediately ordered.

"Withdraw!" Then more than a hundred people staggered and disappeared into the dawn.

After receiving Lai Wuping's telegram, the North China Dispatch Army Headquarters first scolded Lai Wuping for his incompetence, and then transferred garrison troops and more than a dozen railway armored vehicles from all over North China.

The total number of Japanese troops invading China was only 1 million, and 300,000 in the northeast alone had to be deployed to defend against Lao Maozi, and now another 300,000 were put into the battle of Wuhan, plus the vast occupied area needed to garrison some important county towns and encircle and suppress the rebel armies in various places, so Terauchi Shouichi could only draw some garrison troops to come over.