Since the invasion of China, I don't know how many sieges have been fought and how many famous Chinese cities have been occupied. Like Jinan in front of us, the army has occupied it twice. One was in 1928 when Chiang Kai-shek led the Northern Expedition to capture Jinan, in order to prevent the reunification of China, the army sent the Sixth Division to invade Shandong, in a vain attempt to stop the Northern Expeditionary Army's Northern Expedition, and created a horrific May Third Massacre in Jinan, slaughtering more than 17,000 people, and once trapped Chiang Kai-shek, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expeditionary Army, in the city of Jinan. The second time was in December 1937, after the full-scale invasion of China, Han Fuqu fled without a fight, and the 10th Division of the Yue Army successfully captured Jinan. The group photos of the little devils on the gates and towers of Jinan were published in the major newspapers and magazines, and the smug smile of the invaders is still echoing in the cracks of the bricks and stones on the city wall of Jinan.

November 9, 1938 is the year of the lunar calendar, the month of Renxu, and the month of Yisi, that is, the eighteenth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, and it has just begun winter.

The fifteenth moon is sixteen round, and when it reaches the eighteenth, the moon becomes a little broken.

Such evenings are conducive to the movement of large forces.

In siege warfare, the besieging side must be the one with strong troops, that is, the big wins the small and the strong bully the weak.

Now, it is the powerful Eighth Route Army instructor who has surrounded the city of Jinan.

After the artillery group launched a saturation artillery bombardment on the position of the army on the first line of Wangshe Renzhuang, Gao Yuan, the commander of the 1st Jiao Brigade, issued an attack order, and the tanks of the 1st Regiment of the Wang Dahu Sect and the 2nd Regiment of the Zhao Dahe Sect took the lead in driving out of the concealed positions, guiding armored vehicles, automobiles, cavalry, and infantry to run over the positions of the little devils and drive towards Jinan City.

The distance from Wangshe Renzhuang to the Yonggu Gate and Yongjing Gate in the east of Jinan City is very short, and it only took about 20 minutes to arrive at the first and second regiments.

Guan Guizhi, the commander of the 35th Division, would have thought that the Eighth Route Army would arrive so quickly that he would not even have time to blow up the bridge connecting the city gate, so he hurriedly ordered the 35th Wing of the Field Artillery to open fire to prevent the Eighth Route Army from attacking the city.

The 35th Field Artillery Wing, with a total of 36 field guns, was one less mountain artillery brigade than the permanent division.

In Guan Guizhi's mind, although the Eighth Route Army had an air force, they could not be dispatched at night, and during the day the powerful North China Front Air Group provided sufficient air cover, and his field artillery positions were safe wherever they were located. Therefore, according to the principle of taking the old city and the new city of Jinan as the core of defense, Guan Guizhi put all the three field artillery brigades in the city, and built positions with the help of the city wall, and the infantry guns and grenadiers of each infantry brigade were all on the city wall, forming an artillery coverage network that matched near and far and took care of all directions.

The reason for this deployment is mainly that Guan Guizhi believed Gu Shoufu's words, and the Eighth Route Army would not destroy the city buildings.

As soon as the artillery fired, the convoy of the Eighth Route Army, which was galloping, had to disperse quickly. That's a cannon after all, and a single shell can overturn a car. No, a car of the Second Regiment was hit by a shell from a little devil, and all the soldiers in the car were blown up and overturned under the car.

According to the battle plan, the mission of the 1st Brigade was to attack from the northeast and east, take advantage of the armor advantage, break through the city gate before the devils blew up the bridge, and enter the city.

As soon as he saw that the army was blocking with artillery fire, and his own artillery group had not yet kept up, Gao Yuan immediately ordered to stop advancing, retreat back, evacuate the troops, avoid the artillery fire of the devils, organize troops in regiments, prepare siege equipment, and wait for a strong attack.

Starting from the 18th Red Regiment, Gao Yuan rose all the way up along the route of the commander of the 1st Battalion, the commander of the 1st Guard Regiment, the commander of the 11th Red Division, and the commander of the 1st Brigade of the Teaching Brigade, and always led the troops with the strongest combat effectiveness under Liu Yimin. Originally, when the Central Guard Division was upgraded to the Red Seventh Army, several regiment commanders of the Central Guard Division were a little shallow in qualifications, such as Zhang Hongtao, Chen Dayong, and Hong Chaoyuan, who failed to serve as the commanders of the three divisions, but let Liu Jianli and Li Qing go to be the commanders of the Red 12th Division and the Red 13th Division, the Red 11th Division with the strongest combat effectiveness. This point is clear not only to Gao Yuan, but also to all cadres.

When a cadre becomes a first-class commander of a main brigade, fighting a war is not based on whether he is brave or not, but on the level of command.

Since the Yue army did not have time to blow up the bridges on the outer trenches outside the Yonggu Gate and Yongjing Gate, it shows that the Yue army did not expect our army to attack so quickly from the beginning, and now it is too late for them to blow up the bridges.

If you rashly launch an attack before destroying the devil's heavy firepower, the soldiers will be exposed to the fire of the little devil, and then your own elites may be covered with corpses outside Jinan City.

The artillery group commanded by Li Chang soon came up, and their artillery carriages were all pulled by pack horses, and the speed was naturally not as fast as that of cars, but it was not too slow. It's time to fight Jinan, which fighter isn't excited? Naturally, the riders beat the horses to run fast.

Although Li Chang sometimes likes to joke with Liu Yimin, no big or small, but really speaking, I am afraid that he is the smartest person among the tutors, and every time he frolicks with Liu Yimin, he can get some benefits. This guy is shrewd!

When approaching the east gate, Li Chang gave an order with a wave of his hand, and the artillery regiment of the cavalry brigade followed the cavalry brigade westward with its subordinate artillery units, and the other three artillery groups all remained. Because Li Chang found that his original plan needed to be adjusted, as long as he concentrated artillery fire to blow up the east gate and the northeast gate first, and let the elite Jiaoyi Brigade attack the city, this little devil in Jinan City would be finished.

The devil's artillery was constantly shelling, forcing the first and second regiments to extinguish the lights, and Gao Yuan was impatient, urging Li Chang to hurry up and hurry up, he couldn't wait.

The artillery group of the Eighth Route Army did not have cars, their cannons were horse-drawn, and the shells were transported by glue [***] cars, which could march quickly by moonlight. The artillerymen of the little devils did not know that the nemesis had arrived, and the Grim Reaper was dancing above their heads, and thought that their shelling was working well, and they were still shelling non-stop. However, they shifted the direction of the artillery bombardment and began to shell the southeast, south, and west of the city of Jinan, because the artillery observers of the army found that the large forces of the Eighth Route Army were advancing in a roundabout way towards these places, needless to say that they were going to encircle the city of Jinan on all sides.

The artillery brigade of the Eighth Route Army has not only formed a complete set of cadre education and artillery technical training systems, but also has much richer actual combat experience than the field artillery wing of the 35th Division. It was night, and the artillery of the Yue Army kept firing artillery, which was tantamount to marking the direction and coordinates of the artillery bombardment for the Eighth Route Army.

When Li Chang was studying in the Soviet Union, he studied artillery, and the artillery regiment commanders, battalion commanders, company commanders, and platoon commanders who taught the instructors were all trained by Li Chang himself. Now there is no need for Li Chang to personally calculate the specific data such as distance and wind speed, which are the work of the technical cadres of the artillery regiments.

It was decided that dozens of tanks of the 1st and 2nd regiments of the 1st and 2nd regiments would be lined up and bombarded the city walls and gates, and all the flying thunder guns, infantry guns, mortars, grenadiers, and heavy machine guns of the whole brigade should be solved by the devil's firepower points on the city walls, and in cooperation with Li Chang's artillery group, it was necessary to blow up a gap between the Yonggu Gate and the Yongjing Gate, and then take the tanks as the lead to attack the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 1st regiments into the city. After entering the city, quickly clear the devil's defensive forces in the outer city, let the artillery group enter the city, directly attack the inner city gate, and smash the Yellow Dragon. After taking control of the inner city, it will attack westward, with the ultimate goal of capturing the merchant port and the devil's airfield.

Before launching the Jiaoji Road Campaign, all units of the Teaching Brigade received an urgent training task from the Divisional Staff Office, that is, to practice infantry and tank coordination tactics. As far as the cadres of the main brigades of the instructors were concerned, this was an old tactic, and Division Commander Liu Yimin made it clear in the Red Army infantry training program compiled in Xi'an as early as that there was an exercise in this subject in the last all-division contest before going north to resist the Japanese war. However, this time it is different, and the training of earth tank subjects has been added. The so-called earthen tank is to use a square table, covered with a bedding soaked in cold water, so that the devil's bullets cannot penetrate, and can cover the rapid attack and advance of the soldiers.

When the Devil's Field Artillery first began to fire, Gu Shoufu and Guan Guizhi, the commander of the 35th Division, stood on the inner city tower and saw clearly, the artillery bombardment effect was good, the convoy of the Eighth Route Army was quickly evacuated, and the cavalry behind had to bypass the city wall and make a detour to the west, and the infantry also extinguished their torches and scattered around Jinan.

Of course, Gu Shoufu and Guan Guizhi are both senior generals of the Yue Army, and they can't be so idiotic, they know that these infantry and cavalry of the Eighth Route Army scattered around Jinan City are not simply dodging the artillery fire of the Yue Army, but following the offensive route and preparing to encircle Jinan.

Guan Guizhi cautiously suggested to Gu Shoufu: "Your Excellency Commander, is it not possible to send troops to escort Your Excellency the Commander to the airport while the Tuba Road has not yet been encircled, which is still under the control of the imperial army, and Your Excellency the Commander can leave Jinan by plane." As long as you notify Beiping Airport to do a good job of navigation, landing safely should be no problem. ”

Gu Shoufu knew that Guan Guizhi was afraid that if the Eighth Route Army broke through Jinan, his goal of staying here would be too big, and after falling into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, the Great Emperor would be humiliated again.

Gu Shoufu didn't want to leave at this time, he wanted to gamble, bet that Liu Yimin would not bombard Jinan City on a large scale. You must know that this is an ancient city, judging from Liu Yimin's capture of Taiyuan, Jinan, Qingdao, Weicheng and other battles, he is very careful to protect ancient buildings and dwellings, and at most he will fire at the city wall and blow it down.

Gu Shoufu was not afraid that the Eighth Route Army would blow up the city wall, and he also looked forward to the Eighth Route Army pouring into the gap after the city wall was blown up, so that he could concentrate artillery fire and troops to counterattack and eliminate the troops of the Eighth Route Army that had entered the gap.

It doesn't matter if the Eighth Route Army enters the outer city, you can organize troops and street battles with the Eighth Route Army. As soon as it entered the state of street fighting, Liu Yimin's artillery group lost its effect, and having artillery was equal to no artillery. As long as there is no large-scale artillery group, Liu Yiming's cooking strength will be the same as the Eighth Route Army, which fought with the 34th Division and the 13th Brigade in Taixi this afternoon, and will not have the slightest advantage. Gu Shoufu believed that with the loyalty and training level of the soldiers of the Imperial Army, the Chinese army would definitely be able to gain the upper hand in the street battles.

Taking a step back, the Eighth Route Army captured the outer city, as well as the inner city and the commercial port, the inner city wall is much stronger than the outer city, and the commercial port has many reinforced concrete buildings, which are all strongholds that the imperial army can rely on, no matter how powerful Liu Yimin is, he can't destroy those Western buildings!

Based on these considerations, Gu Shoufu firmly believed that he could hold out until reinforcements arrived, at least until dawn, and let the air force group blow up the siege troops of the Eighth Route Army. Therefore, after listening to Guan Guizhi's words, Gu Shoufu felt insulted and wanted to give Guan Guizhi a backhand slap and teach this coward a lesson. But after thinking about it, Guan Guizhi is also for his good, and now it is the time to employ people, so Guan Guizhi's self-esteem cannot be hurt.

Gu Shoufu put on a confident look, smiled and said to Guan Guizhi: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, I firmly believe that we can hold Jinan. I won't leave, I'm going to wait here for the 1st, 2nd and 14th Divisions to arrive, annihilate Liu Yimin's troops under the city of Jinan, and get rid of a big tumor for the Great Empire! I believe you can hold Jinan. ”

These high-ranking generals of the Chinese army have been brainwashed by fascism, and their heads are as if they have been kicked by a donkey. After Guan Guizhi saw the majesty of the Eighth Route Army's artillery group shelling the first line of the army position in Wangsherenzhuang, he already knew in his heart that this Jinan city could not be defended, and there were not many troops in the first place. He even had the idea of withdrawing from Jinan City immediately, but when Gu Shoufu said this, his heart was suddenly moved, and he "snapped" and stood upright: "Please rest assured, commander, the 35th Division will definitely be able to hold Jinan!" ”

Gu Shoufu said yo Xi, and instructed Guan Guizhi to pay attention to strengthening the defense of the east side of the city, which should be the main direction of attack of the Eighth Route Army, if the Eighth Route Army blows up the gap with artillery, it is necessary to organize troops to concentrate firepower to eliminate the Eighth Route Army pouring in from the gap.

Gu Shoufu looked at the eastern part of Jinan City again, his eyes were like wolves, shining with penetrating light: "It's really not good, just arrest the people of Jinan City, escort them to the gap in the city wall, block the bullets for the imperial army, and see if Tuba Road dares to fire." ”

Guan Guizhi listened to Gu Shoufu's order, and applauded in his heart, and immediately arranged for troops to arrest the people.

Gu Shoufu waved his hand: "It's not in a hurry now, it's not too late to catch it at the last moment." There are too many Chinese in Jinan City, and it is easy for them to confront the imperial army by large-scale arrest, and our soldiers are too few. You command the defense of the city, and I will go back to the headquarters and let the gendarmes and secret services quietly arrest people. ”

After speaking, Gu Shoufu prepared to go down to the castle tower and go back to the headquarters.

At this time, the artillery group of the Eighth Route Army besieging the city opened fire.

As soon as the artillery position was established, Li Chang couldn't help it, folded his hands, lowered his head, and muttered in his mouth, "Little devil, it's not that I'm old Li is ruthless, it's that you shouldn't be born in Yueben, let alone come to China to spread wilderness." I have come to collect you for heaven. Die early and live early, and remember not to be myself in the next life." Wang Shanzhu, the political commissar on the side who listened, looked impatient and said that he was insane. Li Chang shouted two more sentences, "Division Commander, Division Commander, I love you", turned around and jumped up, holding the phone in one hand and pointing to Jinan City with the other, and shouted loudly, "Open fire!" Fire! Fire! ”

With Li Chang's order, the artillery group of the Eighth Route Army began a test firing, then quickly adjusted the angle, corrected the data, and under the order of the first-level artillery commander, a large-scale artillery bombardment began.

At this time, Gu Shoufu and Guan Guizhi, who were about to go down to the city tower, were blessed with eyes, and in a short period of time, they watched the fireworks set off by the artillery group of the Eighth Route Army twice.

Of course, the fireworks set off by the artillery group of the Eighth Route Army were layered, and the shells of field artillery and mountain artillery were drawn in an arc and swept high across the night sky, and their targets were the artillery positions of the little devils. Flying low across the night sky in an arc were shells and explosives from infantry guns, mortars, and thunder cannons, which were aimed at the devil's fire points and the soldiers defending the city on the city walls. Flying straight out were shells fired from anti-aircraft guns, high-level dual-purpose guns, and tank guns, which were aimed at the city walls, Yonggu Gate, and Yongjing Gate.

The shelling did not last long, first the artillery positions of the army were dumbfounded, and the devil artillerymen looked at the shells that fell like hailstones, stunned, frightened, and their minds were full of incredulity: "How can you use artillery fire so intensively?" Isn't this a waste of precious shells? Which artillery school has taught such tactics in its curriculum? This dirt 8th road is too much to look up to the 35th Wing of Field Artillery! ”

The devil artillery thought about it, and the shrewd ones had already begun to flee for their lives, because the shells of the Eighth Route Army not only blew up their cannons into scrap parts, but also blew up their comrades around them into pieces of flesh and bones. They were artillerymen, very experienced, and knew that the next step would be the detonation of shells from their positions. If they don't run, then Apayasu won't even know them.

It's a pity that this part of the artillery that woke up earlier couldn't run away, the shells exploded, and the shrapnel flying all over the sky was like a rope in the hands of black and white impermanence, put on the necks of the devil artillerymen, pulling and pulling, and pulling them all the way to hell. There are judges waiting to judge them for their sins in the world, and there are imps waiting to roast them on the fire and grind them on stones, and who makes their hands stained with the blood of the good Chinese people?

Then the gates of Yonggu Gate and Yongjing Gate were penetrated. No, it's not a breakdown, it's a hole. Because there are two gates in Jinan, it is obviously not enough to penetrate only one. Only by penetrating can the gates be opened.

Immediately followed by the little devil fire points on the eastern, northeastern, and southeastern city walls of the outer city were dumbfounded. These little devils, using the ring road on the city wall, set up infantry guns, grenadiers, and rapid-fire artillery positions, and they have never stopped, firing non-stop. Light and heavy machine gunners and rifle shooters climbed into the battlements and arrow towers on the city wall, ready to open fire when the Eighth Route Army launched an attack and destroy the infantry of the Eighth Route Army besieging the city. Well, they don't have to be busy anymore, the explosive package fired by the Eighth Route Army's flying thunder cannon fell on their heads, bleeding them from their mouths and noses, and lying on the ground motionless like bears. These people were lucky, but unfortunately the soldiers who were hit by mortars and infantry shrapnel had their heads cut off, some had their arms and legs amputated, and some had shrapnel stuck in their chests and backs, and the blood of sin flowed from them, turning the ring road on the city wall into a river of blood.

Then the city wall between Yonggu Gate and Yongjing Gate was beaten with open teeth, and there was a gap. The wall of the outer city, which was originally built of earth, was later reinforced with stones, and was attacked by the anti-aircraft guns, high-level dual-purpose guns, and tank guns of the Eighth Route Army.

When the field artillery and mountain artillery of the artillery group completed the covering shelling of the devil's artillery position and turned to the city wall, it was only a small five-round salvo, and the city wall between Yonggu Gate and Yongjing Gate collapsed in large sections and became ruins.

Those devils hiding in the dark fort at the base of the city wall were still waiting for the Eighth Route Army to rush in and make a surprise attack, using dark fire points to attack the siege infantry. Well, their dreams were shattered, and the collapsed walls buried them completely, including their ugly bodies and sins.

Gao Yuan jumped up: "Blow the trumpet, the whole brigade will attack itself!" ”

The four regiments of the 1st Brigade and the trumpeters of the brigade troops had long been lined up in two rows, standing behind the plateau. As soon as he heard the brigade commander's order, he immediately crossed his waist with his left hand and held the trumpet in his right hand, and blew the trumpet in the direction of Jinan City.

The loud sound of the charge aroused the evacuated and concealed troops, and all the tanks and armored vehicles of the first regiment turned on their headlights, and one after another drove onto the bridges on the outer trenches outside the Yonggu Gate and Yongjing Gate, and drove towards the city of Jinan.

The soldiers of the 1st Regiment, the 2nd Regiment, the 3rd Regiment, the New 1st Regiment, the 1st Cavalry Battalion, the Guard Battalion, the Heavy Machine Gun Battalion, the Engineer Battalion, and the Guard Battalion carried earthen tanks made of square tables, crossed the dry and dirty outer trenches, followed behind the tanks and armored vehicles, and poured into the outer city of Jinan.

Seeing that the most elite Jiao 1st Brigade in China had entered the outer city of Jinan, Li Chang immediately ordered the artillery group to extend the artillery bombardment, and he wanted to destroy the inner city of Jinan in one fell swoop.

The city wall collapsed, the field of vision was broadened, and the black inner city wall of Jinan was presented in front of the artillery observers.

In order to ensure the accuracy of the shelling, Li Chang ordered all the cars left outside the city by the 1st Brigade to turn on their headlights to illuminate the battlefield. Inside the city, there are the lights of the tanks and armored vehicles of the 1st Brigade of Jiao 1 Brigade entering the city, and outside the city are the lights of the cars of the 1st Brigade, and in the middle there is the light of the shells of the devil artillery positions exploding, and the battlefield is bright. If the artillery group is not accurate, Li Chang can take a piece of tofu and kill him.

As the command to report the parameters sounded, the artillery group of the Eighth Route Army began to bombard the Qichuan Gate and the Xunli Gate at the east gate of the inner city of Jinan. Groups, groups, and strings of cannonballs swept through the sky and rushed towards the inner city wall of Jinan.

Of course, this can only be a field artillery and mountain artillery shelling, and other artillery types cannot be carried out, so they can only be busy shifting positions.

The arrogant Gu Shoufu stared at a pair of frightened eyes on the east gate of the inner city of Jinan, watching the spectacular performance of the Eighth Route Army artillery group.

(To be continued)