Commander, the activities of the Air Force and the partisans in China were too stake, the railways were almost completely blown up, and the march of the troops was very difficult *...... ".\

From the war to the present, the squadron has the upper hand in all indicators of equipment, and the smaller the gap in the early stage of the war, the greater the advantage now. In the sky, the Japanese air force had no space at all, and hundreds of planes that were easily transferred from the South Seas and the mainland were dealt a heavy blow by the Chinese air force at the beginning of the war.

The Chinese Air Force, under the guidance of ground guerrillas, accurately blew up almost all the railways and stations of the Shandong section of the Jinpu line, and the railway from Yanzhou to Jinan has been completely interrupted; After blowing up the railway, the attention of the Chinese air force turned to the highway, and dozens of planes patrolled along the highway every day, and the troops could only travel at night and stay overnight, and they also had to be vigilant against the local Chinese agents exposing their targets.

"Commander, the Teng County garrison should retreat as soon as possible and retreat to Yanzhou, otherwise it will be too late*......" Tadao Teragaki immediately suggested, the Teng County garrison only has two squadrons, and this amount of strength is not enough to plug the teeth of the surging squadron.

Matsui Shigen pursed his mouth and nodded hatefully, now he must concentrate his forces, and those who should give up must give up. Tadao Teragaki then suggested: "The 17th Division should immediately retreat and concentrate its forces to hold Yanzhou." ”

The progress of all fronts is not smooth, the forces are so scattered, and they are broken by the Zhina Army, it is better to give up some places and concentrate forces to hold some strategic points, compared to Jining, Yanzhou is more important.

......Another staff officer entered, apparently having learned the lesson of the man in front of him, and when he came in, "he still kept the composure of a samurai, calmly pushed open the gate, and saluted Matsui Ishine before he began to report: "The commander of the 17th Division, Yasushi Sakai, reported that Huangtun had been lost." ”

"What!" Matsui Ishine and Tadao Teragaki rushed to the map at the same time and found Huang Tun, and the two of them couldn't help but gasp, feeling that this trouble was almost at the same time.

Huangtun, the main road of Yanji Highway, the loss of this place means that the rear road of the 17th Division guarding Jining has been completely cut off, Jining has been surrounded, and the 17th Division has been surrounded.

While Matsui Ishine and Tadao Teragaki were looking for Huangtun on the map, a jeep drove into Huangtun. The traces of the war in the town are still there, the destroyed houses, the dead bodies, the residents are looking for something in the ruins, the dead Japanese corpses are exposed to the scorching sun, and there is a strange smell in the air "sulfur mixed with blood."

The jeep came to a halt with a long braking sound, and a major general sat upright on the car, and the soldiers who were resting on the tank in the distance did not seem to see it, and the major general waved an officer over.

The officer quickly ran to the major general and saluted: "Division commander, what's the matter?" ”

"Where's your captain?" Major generals are like-minded.

"Report" the regimental headquarters is set up in front of the town ......" said the officer, pointing ahead.

"Get in the car and show me the way*......"

The officer said yes and jumped into the back seat of the jeep, which drove along the road in a puff of smoke. No one spoke along the way, and the major general sat in the car and looked at the streets on both sides: "The town was not destroyed very strongly, only about a third of the houses were damaged, and it did not look like the fighting was fierce."

In front of the temple at the front of the town, "there were several tanks and motorcycles parked, and some soldiers were setting up tents" Major General jumped out of the car, and the busy soldiers immediately stopped saluting when they saw this, and the Major General did not return the salute and walked quickly into the temple.

In the temple, Chu Kuo, the commander of the second tank regiment, is not very old, only twenty-seven or eight years old, but he is already a veteran who has been in the army for six years, he was originally a soldier in the tank regiment of the Central Military Academy, participated in the Songhu War of Resistance, after the tank of the tank regiment was lost, he became an infantry, and later reorganized the tank unit, he went to the Fifth Army, after the loss of Wuhan, he entered the armored force school, and after graduation, he was assigned to the second tank division of the first mechanized group army being formed as the commander of the second tank division. Looking at the statistics that had just been delivered, the tankmen's fur caps were tossed aside, and their wet hair was hanging down.

"Chu Kuo!"

Chu Kuo raised his head and saw the person who came, hurriedly jumped down from the table, sorted out the military uniform, and then saluted the major general: "Chief Mou!" ”

There is no brigade formation in the tank division, each division has three regiments, each regiment is organized according to the three-three system, each squad has a tank, the whole regiment also has a self-propelled artillery company, a total of 370 self-propelled guns of various tanks, and the logistics regiment has 140 trucks. When the major general saw Chu Kuo's appearance, his heart softened slightly, and his tone was much softer.

"It's not big, so far, our regiment has lost a total of four tanks, and the little devil has no anti-tank weapons, he only knows how to fill the ...... with people" Chu Kuo replied nonchalantly, completely forgetting that in the Songhu War of Resistance and the North China War of Resistance, in the face of Japanese tanks, Chinese soldiers could only rush forward with grenades.

Before the offensive was launched, the troops were still worried about the anti-tank weapons of the Japanese army, but as the offensive unfolded, the tank soldiers became more and more confident, and the anti-tank weapons of the Japanese army were the anti-tank guns and anti-tank guns of the 37 war, but these two weapons had no effect on the T34 tank and the Sherman tank, and in the end they could only rush forward with people holding explosive bags. This method has some effect on the Sherman tank, but still has no effect on the T34/B.

"The commander has come to order, let you turn around and attack east and attack Yanzhou." The Major General reached out and took the bag from the adjutant's hand, took out a map from it and spread it out on the table.

Chu Kuo frowned slightly, the major general didn't see it, and just took it and compared it on the map: "According to the intelligence, there are about 1,800 devils in Yanzhou, which is quite a lot, and besides, the old guy Matsui Shigen transferred a brigade from Jinan, and I don't know where they have arrived?" Damn, Matsui Ishone's head was kicked by a donkey, and a brigade would dare to come.

*……”

After muttering to himself for a while, he didn't hear Chu Kuo's response, and the major general looked up at him with some surprise. Chu Kuo spread his hands: "Commander, my fuel can only run another twenty kilometers, if you don't refuel me, I won't go." ”

The major general was slightly stunned, and then became furious: "Damn! What is Zhang Huaien's donkey kicking, why hasn't it been here for so long? Immediately send a report to the commander that our department is already short of fuel and the order cannot be carried out.*......"

Major General Shaanxi "full of Qindi accent" Chu Kuo had no choice but to smile bitterly. The major general sent a fire, and then there was still no way" Sitting at the table, Chu Kuo hurriedly took out a box of cigarettes, and the major general took out one, and Chu Kuo hurriedly lit it for him. Major General Meimei took a puff and highlighted two smoke rings.

"Division commander, as long as the fuel arrives, you can rest assured" Don't talk about Yanzhou, even Tai'an is no problem*......" After fighting for such a period of time, not only Chu Kuo, but all the brothers in the regiment became more and more confident, confident that the Japanese army would not be able to stop their iron flow at all.

The major general ignored him, and only cared about smoking the cigarette roll violently, and the red value of the cigarette butt was shortened by a large amount, and the major general pressed half of the cigarette butt on the table, and then said in a deep voice: "The commander ordered, this place should be handed over to the Eighth Route Army, and our task is to continue to attack to the east; The brothers of the First Army and the 36th Army, who had come from the south, were heading north along the Jinpu Road and had already occupied Zaozhuang. It is attacking Teng County, Zou Cheng and Fei County. ”

"Okay" Then leave this to them, and we will attack Yanzhou. Chu Kuo's attitude didn't matter, it turned out that he looked down on the GCD troops, thinking that they were all peasants with guns, but this battle of Heze proved that this army could not be taken lightly, and it also won his respect.

However, cooperating with the GCD itself was taboo, and many people in the Kuomintang army believed that although it was now the cooperation of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, "after the Japanese * himself could be driven out, there would be a dispute between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party" or even a war. Be cautious in your dealings.

However, in the Jiangbei Theater, Zhuang Jihua's attitude affected a number of Kuomintang generals, and in addition, the work of the third party made great achievements, so the relationship between the generals of the two parties was not so tense, and there was some cooperation in the battle.

"You prepare a little bit, and when their people arrive, you will hand this place over to them." The Major General stood up and prepared to take a look around the town.

To his surprise, before he had finished his circle in the town, the officers under Chu Kuo came to report that the vanguard of the third detachment of the guerrilla corps had arrived.

The major general looked at the officer of the Eighth Route Army who had been brought over by the staff officer, this is a young officer this year, without a military rank, a military uniform mixed with mud and sweat, and the pair of cloth shoes under his feet are old, and the old upper has been broken.

"Report to the general, the first company of the 26th regimental sub-battalion of the eighth detachment of the third detachment of the guerrilla corps has been ordered to come to receive Huang Tun, and I am the company commander Guo Shaowu."

Guo Shaowu's salute is very non-standard, but it is clean and neat, and there is no mud and water. The major general returned the salute very casually, but he didn't speak, Chu Kuo said at this time: "I have received an order to hand over Huangtun to your department, and our department will go east to the area east of Huangtun and wait for the rear oil supply." ”

Guo Shaowu did not express any dissatisfaction with this, and this attack on Shandong also gave the Eighth Route Army, which had always looked down on the Kuomintang army, a new understanding of the Kuomintang troops.

Guo Shaowu is not from Henan, or even from Hebei, but from Shanxi, who joined the Eighth Route Army in 39 and followed Chen Tang all the way from Shanxi to Henan. He participated in the anti-sweeping operations of Chen An's troops and also participated in anti-friction operations, in which the Kuomintang troops were all defeated at the touch of a button, which made the whole army despise the Kuomintang troops very much.

However, as soon as this operation began, they discovered that there was a huge difference in the combat effectiveness of the Kuomintang Central Central Army and the local army, and in the past they were all facing the Kuomintang local troops, that is, miscellaneous troops, and the Central Central Army that they occasionally encountered was also a side of the Central Central Army. But this time, they fought together with the elite troops of the Central Army.

They found the force to be as brave and tenacious as they were, better equipped and more skillfully tactical. Fighting all the way from the Yulu border to the canal, the two troops went from looking down on each other to admiring each other.

What worried Chu Kuo and the major general was that Qiu Qingquan's telegram had not arrived for a long time, and by the evening, the third detachment of the guerrilla corps had already arrived at Huangtun with the whole army, but the car that could transport fuel was still nowhere to be seen, and what the major general was worried about finally happened.

Qiu Qingquan also had no oil there, and the oil was only replenished once from the border between Henan and Shandong, and after rushing through the canal, the troops first went north and then south, and most of the oil of the logistics regiment had already been consumed, and the oil of the logistics base was still in Henan, more than 100 kilometers away.

"Send a telegram to the commander, our department lacks fuel and cannot attack Yanzhou!" Qiu Qingquan ordered helplessly.

Zhuang Jihua did not expect that at this critical moment, the First Mechanized Group Army would actually become a pile of dead iron, and he called Lin Huaibin, the director of the logistics department, with a blue face, asking him to send oil to the Jining battlefield within one day.

"You can order Qiu Qingquan to give all the fuel to the Second Tank Division, and let the Second Division attack Yanzhou." He Wei suggested.

"It's completely possible" Cai Tingcuo immediately supported this proposal: "The second division has a few hundred tanks, and Yanzhou has less than 2,000 Japanese troops, so it can be completely taken down in one drum." ”

"No way!" This time, Zhuang Jihua did not adopt their suggestions, but gave a categorical order: "Order Qiu Qingquan's entire army to be transferred to repair and wait for logistics supplies." ”

"Commander!" He Wei looked at Yanzhou on the map, it was almost an empty city, and he believed that the Second Tank Division could take this city with just one charge.

"Don't just see Yanzhou, but also the 53rd Brigade and the 59th Division, don't forget, Dong'e and the three divisions of Little Ghost Jac, if they suddenly cross the river when we attack Yanzhou? Qiu Qingquan's First Mechanized Army is our striking force, there is no fuel, this unit is not as good as an infantry division, I don't plan to risk it! Zhuang Jihua's attitude is very resolute.

Xu Zuyi opened his mouth to support Zhuang Jihua at this time: "The commander is right, take 10,000 steps back and say, even if the Shao Brigade or the 59th Division all rush to Yanzhou, Lan Yundong and Zhong Bin have the strength to seize Yanzhou, in fact, the most correct choice for Matsui Shigen should be to abandon Jining, retreat to Yanzhou, and contain our army with delayed operations, and then the main force will be in the Taishan area to stand by and use the mountains to weaken our army's firepower advantage." ”

"It's late!" Zhuang Jihua's tone was very confident: "Now the 17th Division and the 60th Division are unable to escape, telegraph to Song Xilian and conquer Jining within three days: telegraph Du Yuming, I will give him four days to take Xuzhou." ”

"In addition, tell Sun Zhen and Yang Sen that the Japanese army in North China is assembling towards Shandong, and order them to speed up and not procrastinate."

"Also, tell Lin Huaibin that other materials can be transported by manpower, and all cars are used to transport fuel, and the First Mechanized Group Army has stopped!"

Cai Tingcuo has now discovered another side of Zhuang Jihua, once he makes a decision, he is extremely resolute and confident. The work of the logistics office is extremely busy, and the logistics of the entire army are provided by them, and hundreds of kilometers of transportation are supported by them. Overall, the situation on the southern route is slightly better, after all, there is the Longhai railway, and the transportation speed is much faster.

In order to support this offensive, the National Salvation Association and the Theater People's Mobilization Department mobilized all the elite men in eastern and central Henan, and formed thousands of front teams. The people of Henan, who had just recovered from the summer harvest, pushed carts, drove carriages, and carried baskets to send bullets and grain to the front line.

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