Chapter 2: The ninth section of the Jinpu Road Defensive Battle Linyi broke the army

Yuan was a little annoyed when he received the telegram, and at the same time he was a little helpless that the first unit built was not as good as the old troops, and the superior firepower could not stop the counterattack of the squadron, and the chief of staff Nishimura suggested that a brigade be drawn from the 21st Brigade to support, Itagaki still shook his head and refused after thinking for a while. \、Qｂ⑤.coM\

"Order Yoshimura to move closer to Phoenix Mountain, and tell Jianchuan that it is possible for the Shina Army to attack him with the main force, and he must use Phoenix Mountain as a bait to attract the main force of the Shina Army to attack, and win time for the division to defeat the 59th Army."

Nishimura hesitated a little, he knew the reason why Ban did this, there was definitely more than one brigade of reinforcements, and Yoshimura's telegram indicated that the receiving troops had at least one brigade, indicating that the reinforcements were at least one division, and maybe even a corps.

"What appeared on the battlefield was our opponent in Nankou, the 52nd Army, and his commanders were Guan Linzheng, Nishimura-kun, and Guan Linzheng's troops should be regarded as the three equal troops in China, which are the most combat-effective troops in China."

Itagaki said that he had a bit of a headache here, China before the war looked so cowardly that it was not worth mentioning at all, but after the war began, several troops suddenly appeared that were extremely capable of fighting, the 52nd Army was counted as one, and the 104th Division that appeared in Guangde was counted as one, no, it should be the 49th Group Army, this force was already regarded as the number one enemy by the Empire, and his commander was regarded as the most dangerous enemy of the Empire.

Lin was already about to take it down, but as soon as this Zhuang Jihua appeared here, the battle situation began to change.

"The appearance of the general of China in Lin, indicating that China will be heavily reinforced in Lin, the 52nd Army is likely to be only the first batch, and there must be more in the future, we must defeat Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army before this, first sweep away the threat of the northern front, and then attract the main force of China to Lin, so as to create conditions for Alum Valley Jun to conquer Yanzhou and enter Xuzhou." Ban said slowly that this decision meant that the newly formed Ninth Brigade would bear huge pressure and would probably be defeated again, but Ban believed that this was the only correct decision.

Zhang Zizhong immediately felt great pressure, and after understanding that the main force of Itagaki was turning to him, he immediately reduced his forces, and he continued to operate in the north with the 9th Cavalry Brigade to threaten the flank of the 16th Division; Huang Weigang's 38th Division blocked the 16th Division, and he led Liu Zhen's 3180th Division to block Itagaku.

Zhang Zizhong gritted his teeth and fought hard, but Zhuang Jihua couldn't watch him fight hard like this, and asked if he needed reinforcements, Zhang Zizhong gritted his teeth and replied that he didn't need it for the time being.

At this moment, Zhuang Jihua received a report on the war situation from Li Zongren. Yanzhou was lost. The Third Army retreated to Jining. The Japanese troops on the northern front attacked Jining with the 108th Division. The Yamamoto brigade tried to cross the canal at Nanwang. Fought with the Rao Guohua Division of the 102nd Army of the 49th Group Army; The 10th Division and the 109th Division, the main forces of the Japanese army, moved south along the Jinpu Road. Attack Teng County. There was a fierce battle with Sun Lianzhong's Second Army. Li Zongren hoped that he could rush back to Jiaxiang as soon as possible. Command the battle on the Northern Front. In Li Zongren's briefing. The only thing that made Zhuang Jihua happy was that the Air Force was about to return to combat. Li Zongren revealed. The ground radar station of the Air Force has been completed. It will be able to provide air support for the five theaters of operations in three days at the latest.

The only good news did not make Zhuang Jihua happy for a long time. Zhang Zizhong sent news. The support point of his 38th Division was lost halfway through the town. The 38th Division retreated to the line of Nanyangzhuang.

Zhang Zizhong was furious when he heard the news. Let Deputy Army Commander Li Wentian and Chief of Staff Zhang Kexia stay in the headquarters to command the overall situation. He rushed to the headquarters of the 38th Division with his guards overnight. The headquarters of the 38th Division was located in Xiaozhangzhuang, eight miles southwest of Nanyangzhuang. Huang Weigang knew that something was wrong when he saw Zhang Zizhong angrily. He is Zhang Zizhong's old subordinate. Know his temper. Quickly apologized.

"Commander. It was my fault that I lost halfway. It's all my fault. ”

His local chief of staff hurriedly argued for him: "Army commander." The entire division of the 16th Division pressed up. The reserves were all on top. More than half of the casualties of the 113th Brigade were killed. Brigade commander Li Jiusi was wounded. …”

"I don't care about that!" Zhang Zizhong waved his hand to interrupt him: "The 38th Division is a Class A Division. There are three brigades. There is also a cavalry brigade attached to your battlefield. A full four brigades of ground troops. The total number of the 16th Division was only about 20,000. Can't stop it? I tell you. Itagaki is coming. But that's not a reason to be unstable! I told you a long time ago. We're here to fight devils. It's also a place to die! If you don't want to be my self-loyal soldier. You can go! ”

Zhang Zizhong's thunderous anger silenced all the officers of the 38th Division, and they didn't dare to speak again.

"Prepare for a counterattack, where are the reserves now?" Zhang Zizhong walked to the map and asked.

"Report, there are no reserves left, they have all been used." Huang Weigang replied loudly.

Zhang Zizhong was stunned for a moment, and then looked down at the situation of the two armies on the map, the huge blue arrow representing the Japanese army was pointing to the red defense line representing the squadron, the 113th Brigade was in Nanyangzhuang, the 114th Brigade was on the bridge, and the 112th Brigade was on the field between them. The 113th Brigade was attacked by the 19th Brigade of the 16th Division, the 33rd Wing of the 30th Brigade was attacked by the Bridge, and the 38th Wing was attacked by the 112th Brigade.

"Commander, it's not me complaining,

In addition, our 38th Division has been involved in the war for more than half a month, and its casualties have been serious. Huang Weigang still couldn't help but complain to Zhang Zizhong.

"We have lost a lot, but don't we lose a lot in Nakajima? We're struggling to support, isn't Nakajima struggling? The battle depends on the determination of the commander and on the final five minutes of the battle! Zhang Zizhong's expression was cold, and his tone was still very stern.

"A battalion from the 112th Brigade, plus my guard company, will launch a counterattack from here on the halfway side." Zhang Zizhong nodded at the junction of Yiyi Children and the 113th Brigade: "Let's act!" ”

Huang Weigang replied immediately: "I personally led the troops to counterattack, and I will definitely recapture half of the way." ”

As soon as Huang Wei finished speaking, he turned around and left, the chief of staff of the division looked at Zhang Zizhong, and the words of persuasion were not spoken in the end, he knew that if Huang Weigang did not go, Zhang Zizhong himself would go. Zhang Zizhong stood in front of the map with a gloomy face, and didn't seem to see Huang Weigang leaving.

"Commander, the military department forwarded Deputy Commander Zhuang's call from himself." A staff officer hurried in to report.

"Read!" Zhang Zizhong's figure did not move at all.

"The 16th Division and the 5th Division are pressing on your department, your department is currently bearing the main pressure of the Japanese army, and it is the key to the battle, the commander's department has decided that the second division of the 52nd Army will immediately reinforce your department, and the commander of the division Zheng Dongguo will arrive at your department this afternoon to contact the task. General Zhuang Jihua, deputy commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations. ”

Zhang Zizhong sighed in his heart, although he did not ask for reinforcements, but it does not mean that he does not want reinforcements, the 59th Army suffered great losses, the whole army was 30,000 people, and now there are only more than 20,000 left, and the casualties have reached one-third, and the pressure is very huge to withstand the attack of two divisions.

The chief of staff of the division suddenly relaxed: "Commander, when will they arrive?" ”

"Can't they stop us if they don't get us?" Zhang Zizhong snorted coldly: "Do what we should do first, and then talk about their affairs when they arrive." Here you command, I'm back to the military headquarters. ”

Even if it was a detour, Zheng Dongguo would not arrive for more than two hours, and Zhang Zizhong had to return to the military headquarters immediately, and after weighing the overall battle situation, he decided that they would throw themselves in that direction of operation.

Zhang Zizhong did not leave immediately, but waited for Huang Weigang to counterattack and break through the first line of defense of the Japanese army, he took the guards to brave the bombing of the Japanese aircraft to return to the military headquarters, just crossed the gate of the military headquarters, the chief of staff Zhang Kexia reported to him, Huang Weigang was wounded, the counterattack failed to achieve the expected effect, a battalion and Zhang Zizhong guard company participating in the counterattack, broke through the two lines of defense of the Japanese army, rushed to the halfway outside the town and lost the sharpness of the assault, the Japanese army transferred a brigade from the 19th Brigade to counterattack, and the troops were forced to retreat to the starting place, Losses are as high as seventy percent.

Zhang Zizhong didn't say anything after listening to it, but just asked if Master Zheng had arrived? Just arrived, Zhang Kexia replied. The door of the war room opened, and Zhang Zizhong saw Li Wentian talking to a general with the rank of major general.

Li Wentian saw Zhang Zizhong coming in, and hurriedly introduced Zheng Dongguo to him, Zhang Zizhong greeted Zheng Dongguo and went straight to the topic: "Commander Zheng, how many troops have your troops arrived?" ”

"A regiment encountered a Japanese air raid on the road and lost more than 100 people; The rest of the troops arrived after dark," Zheng Dongguo said, "The Japanese planes bombed too much. ”

Zhang Zizhong didn't say anything, just nodded, and Zheng Dongguo said again: "Deputy Commander Zhuang asked me to tell you that he has drawn up a plan for a counteroffensive, and let me explain it to you in person." ”

Zhang Zizhong looked at Zheng Dongguo, Zheng Dongguo pointed to the map and said: "Itagaki transferred the main force to the north of Lin, the purpose is to defeat your department before our reinforcements arrive, but this is his wishful thinking, and it also exposes his weakness, that is, his left flank, that is, the Ninth Brigade, tomorrow, the new 38th Division and the new 22nd Division will arrive in Lin, Deputy Commander Zhuang plans to use two divisions and our 85th Army to attack Phoenix Ridge, completely defeat the 9th Brigade entrenched here, and then insert it from Phoenix Ridge to the rear of the Japanese army, for this reason, Your two divisions must do their best to hold back the main force of Itagaki and the 16th Division. ”

Zhang Zizhong immediately raised his voice: "Understood, send a telegram to Deputy Commander Zhuang, I, Zhang Zizhong, will definitely drag Banhe Zhongdao, and never let them transfer a single soldier to Phoenix Ridge." ”

"Brother Gui Ting, I would like to ask you to take over the position of the 180th Division and go all out to deal with the 5th Division, and my 59th Army will deal with the 16th Division." Zhang Zizhong said after thinking about it for a while, Zheng Dongguo agreed without delay.

In the middle of the night, Zheng Dongguo's 2nd Division arrived and immediately took over the 180th Division's defense area, and Liu Zhensan led the 180th Division to move to the defense and take over the 38th Division's bridge position.

The Japanese army did not notice the adjustment of the squadron's deployment, and the next day Itagaki continued to attack, but found that it was the Central Army that appeared on the position, and he knew that the reinforcements of the squadron had arrived, which made him a little annoyed on the one hand, and felt that the opportunity had come on the other hand. The reinforcements of the squadron are not stationed in the city, but in the field to fight with him in the field, and he can make full use of the advantage of artillery fire to eliminate the squadron that is blocking his advance.

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