Ambush, ambush again, as Okamura Ninji expected, the reinforcements he sent from Jinan were indeed ambushed, but not in the direction of Dezhou, but in Jiyang. A full 20,000 well-equipped Jewish troops intercepted a mixed division of Okamura Ninji in the direction of Jiyang to Zibo, and the power of the large-caliber Browning heavy machine guns on the plains was fully demonstrated.

The combat effectiveness of the Jewish army is not comparable to that of the Burmese troops, and the Jewish army, equipped with all-American equipment, is almost armed to the teeth, and in the face of the Japanese puppet army using bolt-action rifles, the Jewish army fought very easily, and even before the follow-up troops came to help, they had already driven the Japanese mixed division back to Jiyang. "Fence it off first, and let these Japanese monkeys live for a while before the boss gives an order." The commander who commanded the vanguard of the Jewish army ordered the encirclement of the remnants of the Japanese puppet army, not because he did not want to fight, but because his troops had more important tasks.

Jinan is Zhao Zhi's target, and the westward march into Yucheng is the task that Zhao Zhi sent to them to send this forward force, and the many Japanese puppet army strongholds around Yucheng are their targets. The first two times in Hebei, Zhao Zhi pursued a small number of attack tactics, but this time it was different, the American fleet had already sent the first batch of 30,000 Jewish soldiers, counting the Burmese troops left in Jiaodong, Zhao Zhi was determined to take Jinan, even if he couldn't take Jinan, he would give Jinan a heavy blow to the Japanese puppet army in Jinan.

The battle has just begun, everything is still undecided, everything depends on whether Song Shi's side can firmly entangle the old fox Okamura Ningci, as long as Okamura Ningci can't come back to Jinan, Zhao Zhi's battle plan is completely half. "Sir, the Liaocheng Reserve Army has sent a telegram asking for the time of operation, and their vanguard has arrived in Wei County." Xingtai was deliberately thrown by Zhao Zhi to Okamura Ningci, since he was going to fight Jinan, then Xingtai and Hengshui naturally had to be taken back by the way, and the 300,000 reserve army in Liaocheng was the best person to carry out this task.

"If they want to do it now, taking Xingtai can just cut off Okamura Ningci's retreat, if Song Shi's side goes well, Okamura Ningci can only go to Shijiazhuang." Leaning over and carefully looking at the map, Zhao Zhi finally gave the order for the reserve army to make a move. The 300,000 reserve troops stationed in Liaocheng have always been scattered garrisons, and the special high school does not know the specific number of this branch army, and the reserve army, which has been trained for more than a year and a half, finally ushered in their first battle.

In the war of the hot weapon era, unless it is a battle with a relative disparity in strength, there will be a situation of a battle, Okamura Ningji's defenders in Xingtai are two infantry brigades and an Imperial Association Army garrison regiment, but Okamura Ningji does not know that the upper and lower levels of the Imperial Association Army Garrison have already received Zhao Zhi's persuasion order, once Zhao Zhi takes action against Xingtai, the Imperial Association Army garrison that seems to be attached to the Japanese army will be Zhao Zhi's internal help.

"Okay, it's a good fight, the public has already had a bit of a far-reaching taste for leading the troops, not bad." Xingtai was sent back to the villa on the south bank of Chongqing as soon as the 30,000 people from the reserve army were sent back to the villa on the south bank of Chongqing, and Chiang Kai-shek, who had not been so comfortable for a long time, shouted happily. The one he called Gongcai was Xiao Zijian, who commanded the reserve army, Xiao Ziyun's own brother, and also a side branch of their Jiang family, and a young officer highly recommended by Zhao Zhi.

Zhao Zhi and Chiang Kai-shek are different, Chiang Kai-shek not only uses people to see whether the person is talented, but also to see whether the person is loyal, but Zhao Zhi is different. Zhao Zhi has only one way to employ people, he must have the ability to command, and he must have the means to judge the situation and make changes, the reserve army is a designated all-American-style equipment unit, and the officers who lead the command must have a mind different from that of the commander of the national army, and must have the ability to give full play to the power of those new weapons and equipment, and Xiao Zijian, who has studied with Zhao Zhi for more than two years, is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate.

Xingtai is the first battle of the reserve army, in order to succeed in the first battle, Zhao Zhi did not hesitate to transfer the second armored division to the reserve army, Chiang Kai-shek in the villa on the south bank naturally would not formulate these, and Xiao Zijian would not take the initiative to inform Chiang Kai-shek at this time. The fourth after the gratifying explanation is not only as simple as praising Xiao Zijian, but also issuing the external name "Youth Army" to the reserve army, the oldest officer from Xiao Zijian is only in his 30s, and the youngest battalion commander is only in his 20s, this is not what the Youth Army is.

"Immediately distribute the war report to all newspapers, vigorously publicize the achievements of the Youth Army, and make preparations for the expansion of the army by the chairman of the committee." Since Zhao Zhisan went to Shanxi, it has become a common practice for the government to publish the front-line war report in the newspaper. This is because after every newspaper propaganda, there will always be an upsurge of joining the army in the Kuomintang region, and the propaganda department of the national government will naturally not let go of the great victory of the youth army.

Young officers and literate soldiers are more able to adapt to the new equipment and tactics, which is something that Zhao Zhi discussed with the last lecture in the South Bank villa, and the young army's first victory has verified this. Compared with the destruction of the two infantry brigades of the Japanese army in Xingtai, the casualties of the hundreds of people in the Youth Army are simply negligible, and I believe that Chiang Kai-shek at this time has seen the necessity of making the troops younger and the soldiers more qualitative.

Compared with the jubilation in Chongqing, the caves in Yan'an are much quieter, because the high-level CCP leaders gathered in the caves have become big smokers at the moment, especially Mao Zedong is the most fierce. "This little friend of ours has a lot of money, I really didn't expect that even Okamura Ningji was tricked by him, it seems that Shandong is going to be taken by the thunder." Peng Dehuai's words revealed a sour taste, when Zhao Zhi led the troops to Jiaodong, the CCP thought that Zhao Zhi was defeated by Okamura Ningji to preserve his strength, but now it seems that they are wrong.

Zhao Zhi was simply playing with Okamura Ningci, retreating to Jiaodong was to facilitate the smooth landing of the follow-up troops, and Yangquan sent troops to Shijiazhuang just to instruct Okamura Ningci to disperse his troops, Jinan was Zhao Zhi's real purpose, or it can be said that from the beginning, Zhao Zhi's purpose was Jinan. "Yes, who would have thought that he retreated to Jiaodong just to meet the landing of the 74th Army, to say that Lao Jiang really spent money, and actually said that the Americans sent a fleet to help him transport troops, I guess the Japanese should not have thought of it." He Long nodded in agreement.

"I don't think the Americans' dispatch of the fleet should not be related to the Nationalist Government, don't forget, Zhao Zhi has a very close relationship with the Americans, and that Rowling's family is one of the largest families in the United States, and they have a great influence in the U.S. Congress." Zhou Enlai still maintained his usual wisdom and calmness, and when everyone had different opinions, he was the only one who said the real reason why the US fleet came to help.

"The 74th Army is already dividing its troops to attack Dezhou and Binzhou, and now that they have taken Xingtai again, is it the turn of Hengshui and Jinan next?" The people who participated in the meeting raised new questions, and according to Zhao Zhi's consistent practice, it would not be as simple as playing such a big circle of Okamura Ningji just to receive the landing of the 74th Army in Jiaodong.

"I just got the information that Zhao Zhi's Jewish troops have landed in Jiaodong, and their forward troops have just routed the reinforcements that Okamura Ningji transferred from Jinan to Dezhou three hours ago, and surrounded the remnants of the enemy in Jiyang." The new information received from Li Kenong, who had arrived at the post, made the CCP leaders in the cave stunned, because they did not expect that Zhao Zhi's Jewish troops had also landed in Jiaodong.

"This is a posture to fight a big battle" Mao Zedong, who had not spoken, extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand, and the momentum of the domestic war of resistance has begun to reverse in a good direction, but the Jin Sui Army and the National Army locked Shanxi to death, and the Eighth Route Army is not having a good time now. Although he didn't have to face the Japanese army, he had to bear the friction with the Jin Sui army and the national army at any time. The Nationalist Government and the Chinese Communists have always been at odds with each other, and the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army in Hebei have been wiped out by the Japanese puppet army twice and have lost one out of ten, and if Shandong is also occupied by the Nationalist Government, it is believed that the Eighth Route Army will be even more difficult in the future.

"You guys get ready, since our little friends are going to attack Shandong, we can't sit idly by." Mao Zedong's words made Peng Dehuai and several of his military generals come to the spirit, and the strength of the regular troops of the Eighth Route Army has more than tripled after almost a year of recuperation in Shanxi.

"Do you want to communicate with Zhao Zhi first, the Jewish army and Burmese troops under him don't even listen to Lao Jiang's words, I'm afraid that there will be friction with our troops at that time." Zhou Enlai was a little worried, some of Li Kenong's men had been to Burma, and they had also seen those Jewish soldiers, according to the intelligence they brought back, those Jews were all Jewish civilians brought back by Zhao Zhi from Europe, and those Jewish troops were Jews from top to bottom, and they only obeyed Zhao Zhi's command.

"You can talk to Zhao Zhi first, but the troops must also be ready to set off at any time, especially our base areas in Shandong must also be ready to attack." The Eighth Route Army also has base areas in Shandong, but they are all small base areas established on the basis of mountainous areas, and they are not connected into patches; if the Eighth Route Army's attack goes smoothly and some of these base areas can be connected into patches, then the Eighth Route Army will have a much better life in the future.

"Okay, let them come, the more troops participating in the battle, the fewer cards Okamura Ningji will have in his hand, our task is only to help recapture Shandong, and other things are not what we need to pay attention to." After receiving the telegram from the Chinese Communists, Zhao Zhi showed that he didn't care, the purpose of the thunder was not this, and the struggle between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was meaningless to Zhao Zhi, because before that, the Japanese needed to be driven out of China.