On May 18, the 27th year of the Republic of China, the Third Army of the Yue Army launched the most fierce offensive to Xuzhou, and the fierce battle was actually said, both sides suffered heavy casualties, but the position of [***] was still immovable, and the army could not advance an inch, and it was night, except for the two infantry wings of the 18th Division, the main forces of the rest of the divisions and regiments withdrew from Xuzhou overnight.

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Under the city of Xuzhou, the underground headquarters of the Baoshan Brigade.

As soon as it got dark, Chief of Staff Liu Yi hurriedly walked into the war room and said to Yue Weihan: "Brigade seat, the special combat team has sent back an urgent telegram, saying that the army has begun to withdraw from the siege!" ”

Yue Weihan nodded, and suddenly asked, "Chief of Staff, how many fighters are left in our Baoshan Brigade now?" ”

Liu Yi replied: "The guard battalion and death battalion left on the outer line are not counted, and there are still more than 9,000 combat personnel left in the Baoshan Brigade. ”

"More than 9,000 people?" Yue Weihan nodded, thinking that there would inevitably be casualties when breaking through, and the more than 9,000 people who could finally stand out would probably not exceed 6,000 people, that is, the strength of a reinforced regiment, these 6,000 people are not much, but they are not a lot, if they are used well, they can still pose a fatal threat to the army.

After a while, Yue Weihan suddenly asked, "Chief of Staff, have you ever thought about where to regroup after breaking through?" ”

"Brigade, I'm afraid you don't have to think about it, right?" Liu Yi said without thinking, "Of course, I will go back to Wuhan and regroup, won't the main forces of the Fifth War Zone all be withdrawn to Wuhan?" ”

"Wuhan?" Yue Weihan shook his head and said, "No, we won't go to Wuhan!" ”

Of course you can't go to Wuhan, the Baoshan Brigade is disobeying orders to break through this time, and even threatens to dig up the Yellow River, Chairman Jiang is only afraid that he will be very angry, Yue Weihan is really going back to Wuhan, can he still have his good fruit to eat? Even if you don't eat guns, there is no doubt about the dismissal of military power, and the best result is to sit and wait for death with a major general and staff officer in the military command department.

Liu Yi quickly figured this out, and said, "Then go to the border of Sulu or the mountainous area of Luzhong." ”

"Nope." Yue Weihan still shook his head and said, "We can't go to the Sulu border and the Luzhong Mountains either. ”

Of course, the Sulu border and the mountainous area of Luzhong can't go, Yu Xuezhong and Yue Weihan had already had an unpleasant problem because of the incorporation of the remnants of the 114th Division, and Sun Lianzhong is not a good stubble, Yue Weihan really wants to take the Baoshan Brigade to defect to these two, there will definitely be no good results, and I am afraid that even the troops will be incorporated at that time.

"Then I really don't know where to go." Liu Yi smiled bitterly, "What about the high opinion of the brigade?" ”

"Let's go here!" Yue Weihan suddenly patted the map and said in a cruel voice, "Southern Hebei region!" ”

"Southern Hebei?" Liu Yi said in a mouthful of words, "Brigade, Hebei Province is now a fallen area, we went to southern Hebei, it really got into the stomach of the little devil, at that time there were enemies all around, what should I do with the food?" And what about ammunition supplies? Brothers can't go hungry and fight the little devils with bayonets, right? ”

"Who said that if you enter the occupied area, you won't be able to raise food and salaries, and you won't be able to get ammunition supplies?" Yue Weihan said coldly, "Aren't the guerrillas led by the [***] people also operating in the vast fall? If they can survive, why can't our Baoshan Brigade survive? Could it be that our Baoshan Brigade is no match for a group of mud-legged guerrillas? ”

"That's right." Liu Yi nodded, and then said a little unwillingly, "But our Baoshan Brigade is a regular army after all, and it is also the absolute elite in the [***] battle sequence, in terms of combat effectiveness, it is not inferior to those permanent divisions of the little devils, is it a bit of a mistake to go to the occupied area to fight guerrillas?" ”

"Who said we're going to fight guerrillas?" Yue Weihan said coldly, "We are going to recover southern Hebei!" ”

"Liberate southern Hebei!?" Liu Yi's eyes suddenly widened, and he said, "Lvza, do you mean it really?" ”

"I don't have the time to joke with you." Yue Weihan said coldly, "Do you think that with the remaining half of the remnant brigade after our breakthrough, it is a bit whimsical to recover southern Hebei?" ”

"Hmm." Liu Yi nodded very mercilessly.

In Liu Yi's view, this is indeed a bit whimsical, it is true that the Baoshan Brigade has strong combat effectiveness, but after breaking through, it is bound to suffer great casualties, and it would be good if there were five or six thousand fighters left, which is equivalent to the strength of a brigade of the army, and the ammunition is not sufficient, let alone replenished, just by virtue of this, how can the southern Hebei be recovered?

"Okay, then we'll analyze it." Yue Weihan said, "Let's start with the entire Anti-Japanese War situation. ”

After saying this, Yue Weihan said: "After our Baoshan Brigade breaks through from Xuzhou, the Jinpu Railway will be opened up, and the Longhai Line from Lianyungang to Zhengzhou will also be fully connected, and the soldiers and materials of the Yue Army will be continuously transported to the front line through the Jinpu Railway and the Longhai Line, so the Yue Army will definitely do its best to attack Wuhan." ”

"At that time, not only will the main forces of the Central China Front gather on the Wuhan battlefield, but the main force of the field divisions of the North China Front will also be emptied, and the remaining small number of field troops and garrison troops will have to clear out the guerrillas in the occupied areas, and they will have to defend the main forces of the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army in the Second Theater.

"This ......" Liu Yi suddenly felt excited, let Yue Weihan analyze it like this, it is really possible to recover southern Hebei!

The key to fighting this battle is actually a matter of seizing the opportunity, as long as the army is not aware of it in advance, and the attack is suddenly surnamed, it is entirely possible to take advantage of the army's reaction to recover several major cities in southern Hebei, and if you are lucky, it is even possible to recover the provincial capital Shijiazhuang!

In the final analysis, the Baoshan Brigade is not comparable to the mud-legged guerrillas led by [***].

If it is a mud-legged guerrilla, the little devil can hold any large and medium-sized city as long as he leaves a squadron of military police, but if he encounters the Baoshan brigade, the little devil may not be able to leave the entire infantry wing, not to mention, the little devil's strength is tight, and it is impossible to leave a whole infantry wing to garrison a city!

Of course, in big cities like Beiping, Baoding, and Shijiazhuang, the little devils will definitely leave a certain scale of mobile troops, but their scale will never exceed one wing! This is not to say that the little devils are careless about the enemy, but it is really meaningless and unnecessary to leave too many mobile forces in the occupied area.

In other words, when the time comes, the Baoshan Brigade will only face a military police squadron or military police brigade, and a mobile unit with an infantry wing, and this is not the most elite field force, not even a second-rate field force, but only a low-rate garrison force, most of which come from North Korea.

Suddenly, Liu Yi's thinking was also stimulated, and he said: "If you want to recover southern Hebei, you must do one thing, that is, you can't let the little devils detect our actions in advance, so all regiments, battalions, companies, and platoons must also assemble separately after breaking through separately and succeeding, rather than gathering in the same place!" ”

"Right!" Yue Weihan smacked and said, "Chief of Staff, you want to go with me!" ”

Liu Yi said again: "But Lvza, what should we do after the recovery of southern Hebei?" Regardless of whether the battle of Wuhan is won or lost, the little devil will definitely have to fight back vigorously, what will we do when the time comes? With our Baoshan Brigade alone, no matter how much the army is expanded, it will definitely not be able to resist the hundreds of thousands of troops of dozens of divisions and regiments of the little devils, right? ”

"I'll talk about this later, Chief of Staff, hurry up and draw up the assembly places for each regiment, battalion, and company."

Yue Weihan immediately changed the topic, in fact, Yue Weihan had already thought of a way out, that is, to go to Shanxi to join the [***] Eighth Route Army, as for why he did not go directly to Shanxi, but tried to recover southern Hebei, but it was to support the Battle of Wuhan, because once the Battle of Wuhan started, the Pinghan Railway would become the main communication line of the Yue Army!

Once the Baoshan Brigade succeeds in cutting off the Pinghan Railway, and the Yu Xuezhong Group on the Sulu border and the Sun Lianzhong Group in the Luzhong Mountains can cut off the Longhai Line and the Jiaoji Railway in time, then the three major communication arteries leading to the Wuhan front line in the rear of the Yue Army will be cut off, which will definitely be a fatal blow to the Yue Army!

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After nightfall, the divisions and regiments of the Third Army began to retreat one by one along the railway line.

On the railway line from Xuzhou to Suzhou, the special train where the headquarters of the Third Army is located is slowly moving south.

In the sound of hurried footsteps, Major General Teng Tianjin, chief of staff of the Third Army, suddenly strode into the office car of Lieutenant General Okabe, and immediately suddenly retracted his feet and stood upright: "Your Excellency, the cavalry wings and motorized infantry brigades belonging to each division and regiment have entered the predetermined positions, and garrisons have also been reserved for all communication arteries. ”

"Yo Si." Lieutenant General Okabe happily said, "This will be foolproof." ”

"Hello!" Major General Teng Tianzhi suddenly bowed his head and said, "In this battle, the imperial army will win!" ”

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Wuhan, the lights are on.

At this time, Wuhan, like most of the country's major cities, was immersed in a sea of joy.

Zhao Youting's heroic deeds of killing Toshio Ikegami, the king of snipers in the Chinese army, have caused a sensation in the entire Chinese circle, and the enthusiasm of the vast number of Chinese and overseas Chinese for the War of Resistance is continuing to heat up.

The Baoshan Brigade is really heroic, tenacious, and very capable of fighting!

When all the Chinese were looking forward to the Baoshan Brigade being able to fight again and create glory in Xuzhou, no one thought that the Baoshan Brigade was facing an unprecedented crisis! Chairman Chiang was already determined to exchange the Baoshan Brigade for 200 million US aid, and the army was also determined to completely annihilate the Baoshan Brigade in the face of shame, and the Baoshan Brigade was really in danger!

(To be continued)