The third part of the Bloody War of Resistance, Chapter 9, Rushing, and Section 5 Assault

Defending Xiangshan would be able to hold Huaibei, and Okabe dragged his only few 75 mountain guns and 92 infantry guns up the simple tunnels of Xiangshan, established an artillery position here, and sent his deputy Muto to personally guard it. //、ＱВ⑤、CoМ\\

After Zhang Lihui rushed outside the city, he did not pay attention to Xiangshan, he only sent a battalion of troops to attack Xiangshan, and the main force attacked from three sides. Zhang Lihui knew that the Japanese army had no reinforcements, so he threw his entire army into the attack without any scruples, and the three divisions rushed into the city from three directions, all the way to the core position of Okabe.

At this moment, Muto on Aiyama opened fire, Okabe had been enduring it, and Zhang Lihui appeared outside the city, but he did not fire; Zhang Lihui broke through the city wall, and he did not fire; When Zhang Lihui began to assault the core position, he gave the order to open fire.

The core position is composed of a series of strong hidden forts and trenches, Huaibei is rich in coal and cement, Okabe makes full use of this great specialty, cement is responsible for pouring the fire points of the dark fort, and the miners dig tunnels and trenches to connect these dark forts and fire points, and the entire core position becomes a huge fortress.

When the shells exploded in the attacking crowd, Zhang Lihui realized his mistake, and he immediately increased the troops attacking Xiangshan to a regiment, and mobilized the 105 heavy artillery of the army to suppress the artillery fire on the mountain.

Although the officers and men of the 60th Army bravely assaulted, the first attack was still defeated in front of the strong defensive line of Okabe, and Zhang Lihui was so angry that he readjusted his deployment, and transferred the 101st Division to attack Xiangshan with all his might, while the 102nd and 103rd Divisions concentrated on attacking the core position.

This time, the squadron concentrated artillery fire, and the 102103rd Division each sent a regiment to fight inward from the east and west. The artillery fire was prepared for twenty minutes, and the entire Japanese position was shrouded in smoke and firelight, like a dark night that had lost its light; After the artillery fire, the entire Japanese position was in shambles, and the broken trenches and bunkers were blown up, and the stumps and arms flew in all directions.

After the shelling, the squadron began to attack, at this time, the Japanese artillery on Xiangshan began again, the shells accurately fell in the crowd of attacking Chinese soldiers, and the artillery regiment of the 60th Army immediately opened fire to suppress, but the Japanese artillery shells still accurately fell on the attacking soldiers.

The Chinese soldiers of the two regiments braved the artillery fire of the Japanese army in Xiangshan to attack, and the Japanese firepower points were fully revived, and the Chinese soldiers who were attacked suffered heavy losses. The offensive failed again, with the 102nd and 103rd Divisions losing 600 men each.

Zhang Lihui came to his senses, and he began to scrutinize the city. Most of the entire city has fallen into his hands, and this core position is left. He called the captured puppet army officer to question, and the puppet army officer was embarrassed and told him that Okabe did not involve them in the construction of the core position, and that the Japanese army was in charge of everything from design to construction.

Hearing this, Zhang Lihui understood in his heart that he had encountered a new topic. In the past, all operations were in the field, and the Japanese army also built field fortifications, and it had never had the experience of attacking the Japanese army's existing positions.

Du Yuming received a report that the attack was frustrated, and just snorted faintly: "Nest"

Zhang Lihui was ashamed, the 50,000 strong troops of the 60th Army, a small Huaibei City, more than 1,000 Japanese troops, and less than 10 guns, blocked his attack, which can only be described by the word nest.

"The 60th Army was responsible for attacking Huaibei, the rest of the divisions bypassed Huaibei, the 77th Army attacked in the direction of Xuzhou along the Jinpu line, and the newly formed 7th Army took the Huangzangyu route and launched an attack on Xuzhou. We must rush ahead of the Second Army and reach the city of Xuzhou. ”

Du Yuming didn't care about Huaibei, leaving Zhang Lihui to attack Huaibei, and the main force still advanced to Xuzhou. Du Yuming was slightly dissatisfied with Zhuang Jihua's deployment, believing that the 50 th Group Army should be the main force for attacking Xuzhou, and that Song Xilian's Second Army and 36 th Group Army could not be compared with the 50 th Group Army and the First Group Army under his command in terms of combat effectiveness. But Zhuang Jihua stipulated that Song Xilian would attack Xuzhou. After seizing Suxian and Huaibei, the 50th Army and the First Army bypassed Xuzhou and attacked Pixian, clearing the Japanese army north of Xuzhou and cutting off the road to help from Shandong.

Attack, the squadrons on all sides have never been so happy, not considering the reserves, not considering the flank cover, just attacking, just moving forward. Generals at all levels only urged the troops to advance at high speed, and the Japanese strongholds along the way collapsed one after another under this iron flow, and the 3,000 Japanese troops in Dangshan were bombarded by Roach's tanks and artillery for only one day, and then they were blasted open and annihilated in the shouts of the squadron.

Song Xilian took the same approach as Du Yuming, and he ordered his troops to ignore the Japanese defenders who were struggling along the way, and the main force bypassed the enemy and rushed towards Xuzhou.

When the Eighth Army attacked Dangshan, the 78th Army, which followed behind, bypassed Dangshan and moved south along the Longhai Road to attack Xuzhou. The second group swept the Japanese troops in the vicinity of Fengxian and Peixian to the north.

But to Zhuang Jihua's surprise, Qiu Qingquan's steel storm in northwest Shandong was like a strong typhoon, crushing all the resistance of the Japanese army.

Zhuang Jihua was deeply surprised by the serious lack of anti-tank weapons in the Japanese army, you know, the squadron used a large number of tanks in the Yucheng counterattack five years ago, but the Japanese army was not vigilant, did not take corresponding measures, did not develop anti-tank weapons, and even if China strictly guarded the technical secrets of bazookas, the Japanese army could imitate the captured trophies, but why did they not do this?

This problem made Zhuang Jihua puzzled, but the progress of the battlefield made him very satisfied, from the launch of the offensive to the present, it can be said that the progress is very smooth, Wang Jshan rushed into Heze, and the Japanese 17th Division stationed in Heze Southern Wing launched a fierce battle, Qiu Qingquan's tank bypassed Heze, rushed towards Juye.

After Zhuang Jihua measured the entire battle situation, he was still not at ease with the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army, and ordered the Second Group Army to move northward, and the Xuzhou area was jointly attacked by the 36th Group Army and the 50th Group Army, with Du Yuming in charge of command, and Song Xilian led the Second Group Army to the north. The First Army cooperated with the Guan Lin Expeditionary Army, which was advancing westward, to cross Xuzhou and attack Pixian.

Song Xilian was very dissatisfied with this order, but he didn't dare to complain, so he had to obey the order to go north; Du Yuming was satisfied, and strictly ordered Zhang Lihui to conquer Huaibei as soon as possible, while he concentrated on commanding the Xuzhou strategy.

In order to be more secure, Zhuang Jihua ordered the 22nd Group Army, which had already conquered Bengbu, to go north, and Bengbu was handed over to the 92nd Army to defend, and ordered Li Wentian, who occupied Huainan, to lead his troops north to reinforce Bengbu, and telegraphed to the 46th Army, which was attacking Mingguang, to stop the attack and immediately go north to Bengbu.

"Is this Zhuang Jihua too careful?" Cai Tingkai lightly saw Zhuang Jihua's series of deployments, at this moment he threw away Zhuang Jihua's worries without a trace, in his opinion, the current war situation is very good, and he can order the youth army of the 22nd Group Army to go south and coerce Nanjing.

"Now you don't have to worry about the defeat of the arrogant army." The road conditions in the north were not good, the jeep was bumpy and bumpy, and Xu Zuyi's body couldn't help but hit the back of the chair heavily: "The Cultural Revolution has always been careful, even if he is eighty percent sure, he must guard against the remaining twenty percent of accidents." ”

After the Xuzhou operation began, the general headquarters was to move north to the reserve headquarters in Shangqiu, but Zhuang Jihua still waited for a day until Luo Qi captured Dangshan before leaving for Shangqiu.

"Anyone else, in this case, I'm afraid they can't help but attack south." Cai Tingkai calculated in his heart, measured the domestic generals one by one, and concluded that even the most conservative and stable Gu Zhutong would not transfer troops to the north under such circumstances.

"I'm afraid that the Cultural Revolution is worried about the reinforcements of the Japanese army in North China, after Li Wentian and the 46th Army arrived, there were about 150,000 defenders in Bengbu, plus the Huai River natural danger and our air superiority, the Japanese army in Central China could no longer affect the battle of Xuzhou, and the Japanese army that could reinforce Xuzhou was Okamura Ningji." Xu Zuyi knows a lot about Zhuang Jihua and understands his worries, but he still doesn't understand, even if the Japanese army in North China comes to reinforce, there will be only three or five divisions at most, and he can't spare the north bank of the Yellow River.

"Who knows, if he was too careful." Cai Tingkai shook his head slightly.

The squadron rushed to Xuzhou with a thunderous momentum, the news arrived, the North China Dispatch Army Headquarters was shocked, Okamura Ningji regretted it in his heart, he didn't expect the general of China to really attack from this direction, Nakajima's reminder came too late, the fifth division has just been mobilized now, it will take at least three days to transport it to Liaocheng or Yanggu, and it will take at least a week for the Jiaodong troops to assemble, at that time, I am afraid that Xuzhou has been surrounded.

"Commander, the attacking forces of the Shina Army have all been identified," Takanosuke calmly reported to Okamura Ninji: "At present, there are five group armies, two armies and the guerrilla corps of the Eighth Route Army, with a total strength of about 600,000 people. ”

This number made the somewhat noisy war room suddenly silent, 600,000 troops, as well as an unknown number of tanks and air forces, this force is unprecedentedly powerful, unprecedentedly powerful.

The ratio of forces to forces is 12:1, and this is not counting technical weapons, and the whole force is one-sided. Judging from the experience of the battle in northern Hubei Province, the squadron is fully capable of conquering Xuzhou within a week.

"Commander, I suggest that the northern front give up Heze, and the whole army retreats across the canal and sticks to Jining," after thinking about it, Ligao Zhisuke still boldly suggested: "The 60th Division of the Southern Front will abandon Xuzhou, withdraw north to Tai'an along the Jinpu line, join the Jinan troops, build a Taishan defense line, and block the Chinese army." ”

Everyone in the North China Dispatch Army knows that with the combat effectiveness shown by the ** squadron today, Xuzhou will definitely not be able to hold it, and the ultimate goal of Tatsutakanosuke's suggestion is to keep the troops in the Xuzhou area, withdraw these troops to the Tai'an area, and rely on the terrain of Mount Tai to consume and block the ** team.

Ayutthaya thought about it and suggested, "Commander, I think the suggestion of Ligaojun is feasible. ”

Okamura Ningji pondered for a moment and shook his head, if he did not resist, let the Zhina army rush to Jinan, it would be difficult for the Taishan defense line to stop the Zhina army, not to mention, once the Zhina army crossed Xuzhou, without the restrictions of the rivers in the place, the strength advantage would be more sufficient, besides, it would take time to gather the strength of the Taishan defense line.

"Order the 60th Army to hold Xuzhou for a week, order the 17th Division to retreat to the east of the canal, and place the main force in Jining."

Okamura Ninji's order threw the 60th and 17th Divisions into a bloody storm.

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