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The eastern suburbs of Jinan, the former enemy command post of the Second Army Corps of the Red Army.

In the command room, He L, commander of the Red Second Front Army and commander of the Red Second Army Corps, Ren Yishi, political commissar of the Red Second Front Army, Zhou Shidi, chief of staff of the Red Second Army Corps, and Sun Liren and Ren Tianmin of the Kuomintang Army were gathered in front of a military map. Well, it's a little weird no matter how you look at it......

"Chief He, our battalion is here-the Japanese army ambushed on Tanuki Mountain." At this time, Ren Tianmin's face was also slightly gloomy, and his finger poked the direction of Tanuki Mountain on the map: "There are about a thousand Japanese soldiers, and we have planted dozens of mines in the direction they are advancing, and then our battalion is ambushed in the forest on the southern slope of Tanuki Mountain...... The whole exchange of fire lasted only a minute, and we probably killed and wounded more than 200 of them. We also had six brothers killed, and twelve wounded, but fortunately all of them were minorly wounded. As for whether there are troops behind them...... We didn't pay attention. ”

He L looked at Ren Tianmin and asked quietly, "When was that?" ”

Ren Tianmin snapped his fingers: "It's been three or four hours, right?" After we finished fighting, we came back from the mountain and took a detour, which took a lot of time. ”

He L took a deep breath, his face turned blue all of a sudden, his eyes were fixed on the military map, and he didn't say a word. The situation reported by these two Kuomintang engineer officers is too important, if what they say is true, it is very likely that there is a Japanese army outflanking the southern front of Jinan City, and the old soldiers of the Anhui system are defending there, where are these troops the opponents of the Japanese army? Moreover, the Qianfoshan position on the southern front did not have many fortifications built at all......

"Perhaps, it's just a reconnaissance unit of the Japanese army, right?" Ren Bshi's eyes turned to Sun Liren and Ren Tianmin, his expression was a little strange, and there was a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he was suspicious of the report of the two of them. An engineer battalion of the Kuomintang Tofu Army, can still escape when encountering a brigade of Japanese soldiers? Does anyone believe it? Most of this is just that they are lying about the military situation in order to risk their merits to receive rewards.

He L also seemed to nod his head slightly, his face looked a little better, he glanced at the two Kuomintang officers, and smiled: "Okay, we already know about this matter, and we will inform the Allied Command." You have worked hard, why don't I send someone to escort you to the Jinan railway station and meet up with the Kuomintang air force there? ”

Ren Tianmin seemed to want to say something, but Sun Liren beside him opened his mouth first: "Then thank you Sir He, we also have to hurry up to report the military situation to Shangfeng, so we won't bother you." After speaking, he quickly pulled Ren Tianmin, who was a little stunned beside him, and the two of them left together.

"Mr. He, do you believe what they say?" Seeing the two Kuomintang officers walk out, Ren Bshi hurriedly stepped forward and said in a low voice, "They...... It seems that it is still a little okay, could it be a spy of the Kuomintang? ”

He L twisted his eyebrows and smiled bitterly: "Maybe?" They may want to destroy the good situation of the Jinan War of Resistance, but it may also be true. Did you see that they had just helped our Red Fourth Division repel an enemy attack? ”

"This ...... More suspicious. Ren Bshi said calmly: "The marksmanship of a group of sappers is like this, do you think it is possible?" I don't think our guards can even match them. ”

"Hmm." He L nodded, was silent for a while, and then said: "It's better to report it, and let the Red Fifth Division send a regiment to the southern city wall to set up defenses, just in case." ”

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The report of the Tanuki Mountain ambush did not attract any attention in the headquarters of the Anti-Japanese Allied Army in Wanzhuyuan, Feng Yuxiang just nodded and said that he knew, and then told Lu Yongxiang to be careful and be careful. To be honest, what is the combat power of the Japanese army, the big guys have finally learned it tonight. If a regiment of the Kuomintang army can defeat a brigade, maybe it is still reliable, an engineer battalion? Who can believe this? And what if you just believe? It's just that a large group of Japanese troops appeared in the southeast of Jinan City, which doesn't mean that there is a large group of Japanese troops detouring south? Besides, where else can Feng Yuxiang send reinforcements in his hands right now? The 2nd and 3rd Divisions of the Nationalist Coalition Army had collapsed; The 1st Division suffered heavy losses, and the main position on Maoling Mountain would not be protected; The Fifth Division had already gone to the eastern city wall to set up defenses; The 4th Division was sent to reinforce the 1st Division to hold on to Maoling Mountain. Even the Red Second Army Corps of G in the planned general reserve was used......

At present, the primary consideration of the headquarters is not at all the outflanking troops of the Japanese army, which is difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake, but the Japanese army that is attacking in person, and no one has thought that the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army will be so strong in advance, and the defense line of the eastern front of Jinan will be full of holes overnight, but I am afraid that it will not survive the 31st day, and it seems that it is time to consider abandoning the periphery of the eastern front and shrinking the whole line to the outer city and commercial port.

"The Outer City...... Commercial port ......"

Feng Yuxiang stood with his hands behind his back in front of the huge military map hanging in Wanzhutang, on which the eastern line of Jinan was densely marked with the numbers of various ministries. However, the outer city and commercial port are empty and there are few numbers.

Deng Yanda and Zhou Elai stood on either side of Feng Yuxiang respectively, also tightly twisting their eyebrows, their faces as blue as black.

After a while, Feng Yuxiang looked at the wisps of morning light spilled in from the window, and exhaled heavily: "The sky is finally going to brighten, the Kuomintang plane should be able to dispatch, right?" Didn't they pat their chests and promise to suppress the Japanese artillery? If the Japanese artillery is dumbfounded, we will have nothing to fear, as long as we survive today, Yang Huchen's troops will be able to arrive, and we will have more than 20,000 strong troops...... Is there any news from Xuzhou? When will Luo Yaoguo's reinforcements arrive? ”

Luo Fuwen has already agreed to send troops, and there are three divisions, namely the first, fourth, and fifth divisions, with General Li Delin (Li Zongren) as the commander-in-chief. Get on the train in Xuzhou early this morning and get to Tai'an in the afternoon. Tai'an is only fifty kilometers from our Jinan, and we will almost be there tomorrow. Deng Yanda hadn't closed his eyes for a few days and nights, and his face was a little haggard at this time. However, he still fought hard to analyze the battle situation for Feng Yuxiang:

"Now the Japanese are only three divisions, and compared with them, our Kuomintang divisions have better weapons and equipment, especially heavy artillery, which has a great advantage. At present, one division of the Japanese is only equipped with 12 Taisho 4-type 150mm heavy howitzers, and one of our divisions can have 18 150mm heavy howitzers of the 17th type and 36 105mm light howitzers of the 16th type. And although our soldiers can't fight white-knuckle battles, they are still good at fighting, and the artillery officers are all Whampoa Artillery Departments, with more than two years of schooling, and the German instructors are also very strict, and their skills are very good. ”

Feng Yuxiang nodded noncommittally, but his face was blue and white. The Kuomintang's artillery is really a little too strong at the moment, right? A division is actually equipped with fifty-four heavy artillery, and this China seems to really have the surname Sun......

"That's good, that's good...... When they come, the Japanese will lose, and we can be regarded as worthy of the trust of the people of the whole country. ”

Having said that, Feng Yuxiang's brows tightened more and more.

Zhou Elai smiled slightly: "After winning this battle, our northern factions will also learn from the Kuomintang to recover tariffs and set up heavy industries." The coal and iron resources in our north are far better than those in the south, and we can catch up with them if we really want to develop them quickly. And...... We also welcome General Huanzhang to join us. At that time, General Huanzhang will be a hero of the anti-Japanese resistance, and there will be no place to arrange it. ”

This is clearly something to say. When things came to this, Feng Yuxiang naturally knew that it was difficult for Shandong to stay, and when he heard that there was still a place to arrange, his face suddenly looked a lot better, and he turned his head to look at Zhou Elai: "Mr. Zhou...... Does your party have any ...... with them?"

Zhou Elai first nodded, then shook his head again. Just as he wanted to say something, Feng Yuxiang's guard captain Feng Zhi'an suddenly crashed into Wanzhu Hall, and as soon as he entered the door, he shouted: "Something's wrong, there's an accident, Qianfoshan...... Thousand Buddha Mountain was raided by the Japanese army"

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March 31, 1928, early in the morning.

Jinan, Thousand Buddha Mountain.

"The Japanese are coming, the Japanese are coming" The surrounding battlefield sounded a huge shout like a tsunami, and under the sudden attack of the Japanese army, the Anhui army was about to collapse at the touch of a button

In the first line of Qianfo Mountain, dozens of high and low places are not high mountains, there are many temples and ancient temples of various dynasties and generations, these temples and mountains constitute the various support points of Jinan's southern line defense line. Duan Qirui and Lu Yongxiang also knew the importance of Qianfo Mountain, so they placed more than 10,000 people of the Fourth Division, the most elite of the Anhui system, here, relying on the mountains to block the Japanese army from breaking through here and attacking the outer city and commercial port of Jinan.

However, it was the Hiroshima Fifth Division, which is known as the foundation of the Japanese army, that attacked them, with nearly 20,000 men and more than 10,000 troops. And was it a surprise attack? If the Anhui army had this ability, they would not have been defeated by the combined forces of Wu Peifu and Zhang Zuolin, who were directly related to Wu Peifu, would not have been defeated eight years ago. More than three years ago, he would not have almost lost all his old capital in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang War, and in the end, he relied on Chiang Kai-shek's "reinforcements" to save a little bit of blood and bones, and was able to act as a buffer between the north and the south in the complex and chaotic situation at that time and delayed until now.

It turned out that it was more than 1,100 people from the 11th Wing, the vanguard of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army, who were ambushed by the engineer battalion under the command of Sun Liren and Ren Tianmin last night. However, due to the limited visibility at that time, and the troops of Sun Liren and Ren Tianmin were also left with one blow, they did not find the main force of the Japanese army following behind this brigade. And after receiving their report about the ambush of the Japanese army, the top brass of the anti-Japanese alliance did not pay enough attention. As a result, the actions of the Japanese army were kept secret until the last moment. After the Qianfoshan line was broken through by the Japanese army, the crisis of the Jinan defenders really came

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At the same time that the Japanese Fifth Division raided the defense line of Qianfoshan, the Second Division and the Sixth Division of the Jinan Eastern Front also launched a fierce offensive and attacked the whole line. Whether it was the central line defended by the 2nd Army Corps of the Central G Red Army, or the main and main positions on the first line of Maoling Mountain defended by the 1st Division of the National Alliance Army, they all encountered the biggest crisis since the start of the war.

In particular, defended by the Red II Corps ... The six-kilometer defensive line, because there was no danger to defend, and it covered the flank of the main position of Maoling Mountain, so the Japanese offensive was particularly fierce. The 6th Division, which was in charge of the attack, first bombarded it with heavy artillery, and then threw three wings into the attack in turn, fighting a wheel battle with the Red Army. And the defense of the Red Army was unusually resolute. The Red Fourth and Red Sixth Divisions of the Red Second Army Corps held on to the ground with the support of the Red Army Artillery Division's firepower, and for a time they were on par with the Japanese Sixth Division.

The battle lasted from early morning to after noon, and showed no signs of stopping. The "advance team" of the Japanese Sixth Division broke through the Red Army defense line several times, but they were all beaten out by the heroic Red Army soldiers relying on white-knuckle combat. Every time the Japanese army rushed into the position, Zhu Rui of the Red Army artillery division commanded the mountain artillery to fire to block the Japanese follow-up troops. At this time, except for the Red Fifth Division, which was firmly guarding the outer city of Jinan, he had already put all his strength into it. The position has long been sparsely beaten, and the wounded are constantly sent down, and in the end there are really no soldiers available, and even the wounded insist on fighting with guns on the front. The Japanese attack was also surprisingly tenacious, and if it had been replaced by the fact that the Chinese army had failed to attack after several charges, the day would have been forgotten. And these Japanese devils have made eight charges in one morning, and now the momentum of each attack is still screaming, and there is no decline at all.

In addition, the heavy artillery of the Japanese army was not suppressed by the Kuomintang planes as expected, in fact, the light dive bombers of the Kuomintang showed up in the early stage of the Japanese attack, and smashed dozens of black bombs on the heads of the Japanese soldiers, blowing them up. After a few more machine-gun fires, he flapped his wings and flew away...... It was not because the Kuomintang was reactionary, but because a wing of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army had reached the wide road at the Jinan Railway Station where planes used to take off and land, and now it had become a battlefield. They will not reappear until the airfields in Qufu or Tai'an are built.

Without the threat from the air, the 24 150mm heavy guns of the Japanese army became the dominant battlefield of the entire eastern front of Jinan today, and several hot air balloons were raised into the sky by the Japanese army, and the Japanese artillery observers took in the entire battlefield from the air. As soon as the Red Army artillery opened fire, it would be immediately counterattacked by the Japanese heavy artillery, just to support the precarious defensive line, and the commander of the Red Army artillery division, Zhu Rui, had to grit his teeth and let the artillery brave the Japanese artillery counterattack to persist in the fight. After a morning's fighting, the entire artillery division had already lost more than half of it.

"Commander, give the order to retreat" Zhu Rui didn't know when he appeared behind He L, the commander of the Second Front Army, who was directing the battle on the front line. This tall and strong man now looks a little sluggish: "Half of our Red Artillery Division is gone in one morning, that is the seed of our Red Army artillery, if it is lost, it will be ...... to the party."

Ren Bshi, the political commissar who supervised the battle on the side of "Zhu Rui", suddenly stopped Zhu Rui with a speech, and this great god in the history of China G was also pale at this time. The current level of the battle was indeed beyond everyone's expectations, and the strength of the Japanese army was also something that no one expected.

It's just that now it has become a tiger riding trend, and it is not so easy to retreat. The tactics of the Japanese army now were to keep in touch with the Red Army, and even if they retreated temporarily, they would still fire with firepower. And the interval between attacks is getting shorter and shorter. In this case, if the Red Second Army retreated, it would most likely turn into a real rout...... And where can they retreat? Retreat south? Withdraw to Mount Tai to fight guerrillas and establish a base area? The agreement with the Kuomintang had sealed the possibility of a southward retreat. And what about retreating into Jinan City? Without the outer highlands such as Maoling Mountain, Yanchi Mountain, and Qianfo Mountain, how long can a lonely Jinan city last?

"Defeated, defeated, Maoling Mountain lost, lost ......" I don't know who suddenly shouted. Everyone looked back, and sure enough, a rising sun banner had been raised on the heights of Maoling Mountain, and the main position of Maoling Mountain had been lost.

"Commander, give the order to retreat, let's retreat into Jinan City first......" Ren Bshi glanced at Maoling Mountain and gave an order to He L in a calm tone. It was not the commander who made the final decision in the Red Army, but the political commissar, and now the political commissar of the 2nd Red Army Corps was Ren Bshi.

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"Red Army...... Also retreated," Feng Yuxiang muttered.

At this time, he was standing on the head of Dongguan City in Jinan to watch the battle. What I saw was a vivid scene of defeat like a mountain...... Looking around, all of them are defeated soldiers of the brigade. They rushed towards several gates on the east wall of the outer city of Jinan, except for the Red Army in blue-gray uniforms, who were still fighting and retreating. Everyone else was running wildly, officers and soldiers alike were running away without looking back, steel helmets and guns were discarded all the way, and the roadside was littered with abandoned wounds. From time to time, Japanese shells burst through the crowd, and black plumes of smoke rose from the flames. Each shell that falls creates a gap, but then more people crowd to fill the gap.

The 150,000-strong army was defeated by the Japanese army in less than a day

"Brother Huanzhang, shrink the troops into the inner city and wait for reinforcements......"

It was Deng Yanda who spoke, looking at the scene in front of him, he didn't know how to comfort Feng Yuxiang. You must know that most of those defeated soldiers are officers and soldiers of Feng Yuxiang's descendant of the First Army of the National Alliance

Feng Yuxiang didn't seem to hear Deng Yanda's words, but just muttered to himself: "What kind of battle is this, what kind of battle is this...... Why did it collapse all at once? 150,000 troops, more than 200 artillery pieces, and 88 aircraft...... How did this battle be defeated? ”

"Alas...... What is there to say, we are all warlords, each with our own little abacus, and no one is willing to really contribute, except for others" Deng Yanda stomped his foot and pulled Feng Yuxiang and walked under the city wall. This is the Japanese artillery fire has begun to approach the outer city of Jinan......