Shandong is a province with a large population, and the land is barren, so in that chaotic era, the people of Shandong have long been accustomed to migration.

The earliest Ming and Qing dynasties began, and this time the war came, and more people chose to migrate again.

However, the Chinese cannot change the character of the relocation of the land, and even if they know that the Japanese are cruel and inhumane, many people continue to live on the land where their ancestors have lived for generations.

The Grand Canal has fed many people in the Grand Canal, but with the advent of the war, the golden waterway of the past has long been less prosperous than it used to be.

Occasionally, there are a few men who push their children, take their wives, and carry rations on their backs, and flee to the southwest.

However, there are fewer and fewer people leaving these days, because the commander has won the battle, and the Chinese troops who were listless in the past are becoming more and more energetic.

These days, there are always little girls wearing colorful military uniforms and steel helmets, beating gongs and drums to come to the village, and recruit all the tall, literate young men in the village.

In the last century, the folk customs of the people of Shandong were extremely simple, and the little girl beat the gongs and drums to tell the villagers that as long as they followed the commander to fight the devils, the little devils would definitely be driven away.

The men in Shandong are tall and have great strength, especially the men in Jiaozhou, who are even more hard-working and good at fighting, I don't know how many Shandong men have joined Liu Yuan's team.

The best thing for the commander to come to Shandong is that wherever the Chinese have their own, they have their own village brigades, and the village chiefs of the five major and three rough are veterans who have come down from the battlefield, and they are well-mannered young men, but they are amazing, they are still high elementary schools (still elementary schools, but in that era, the education level of primary schools was not low. ).

The people who are doing good things have to inquire, but they didn't expect the village chief and the village party secretary to be Sun Tongxuan, Sun Dashuai's soldiers.

That's on the battlefield, and it's not a bad thing to kill the gods who drive the devils around, and let them be the village chief and branch secretary. However, the common people also heard the story of the eighth master, but the eighth master, who took the lead in developing an underground station here, was driven away by the village chief with a gun.

Until now, the people in the village still remember the village chief scolding and saying to the young man who came to develop the underground workstation, "Grass, I am not active in fighting devils, but I am active in grabbing land. Now teach the people for the commander, how can you let you rob it. ”

Compared with the village chief's foul-mouthed killing talents, the village party secretary's words are everyone's favorite.

"What country rises or falls, the husband is responsible." The young men who said it were warm in their hearts, and the guys in the village who had heads and faces all stood up to help, and they couldn't fight, so it was okay to pull the commander with food and carry bullets.

The most active are the children who go to school, although the father took the soles of his shoes and beat them hard, the babies still insisted on shouting, "Under the nest, there are no eggs." ”

In this way, almost every village has its own front team to support the front line.

The cannon rumbled, and the timid man peed his pants and pulled his head low, for fear that others would laugh at him. As soon as he wanted to run, he was stopped by a coward from the baby in the village. At this time, I remembered that before I went out, I received a bucket of millet, and the village chief said seriously that if you run away, you will be a deserter and you will be shot.

But what are these soldiers doing, in the small place of Jining, the boss and the little devil have been soaking in the canal for at least half a month, and occasionally there is a burst of gunfire, but no one has the intention of crossing the river to start a war.

Zhenmiao Village, a small village with hundreds of households by the canal. As soon as it was dawn that morning, the village chief began to beat around the village with a broken gong, telling the people not to walk around and not to be afraid.

Immediately, some soldiers began to pour into the village, and a few soldiers wanted to ask the villagers for a few mouthfuls of water, but the non-commissioned officer who led the team scolded a few words.

As for the little sister who drooled in front of the window, the instructor's big feet were ushered in on the buttocks, and the common people saw the troops who did not rob, make trouble, and did not enter the house for the first time.

One by one, they were curious and secretly looked at the window.

The land temple at the head of the village is not high, but it is full of officers, many of whom have box cannons on their waists, wearing tweed military uniforms, and staring at small golden stars on their shoulders.

The land surface, right in front of the land grandfather, set up a table.

All the brigade-level officers of the 35th Group Army sat upright in front of the bearded officer in front of them. He is Liu Yuan's favorite general, but he was more low-key in the past.

Seeing that the number of people had arrived, He Long cleared his throat and said.

"Opposite us is the 108th Division of the little devils, and there is also a 19th Brigade Regiment, with a total strength of about 28,000 to 32,000 people, of which the 108th Division is controlling its 112th Brigade to attack Jining, the 19th Brigade and the 114th Brigade are taking a defensive posture against us in the northern area of Jining, and the command of Li Zongren, deputy commander of the Theater Command, is to eliminate the 108th Division and the Shangang Detachment."

Pan Wenhua, a former Sichuan general, chief of staff, said on the side, "In order to achieve the operational objectives, our general staff conducted a long analysis, and after discussing with Lieutenant General He Long, commander of the group army, finally announced to everyone the combat mission of the group army headquarters. ”

After Pan Wenhua finished speaking, there was a bang, and the major general and colonel stood up on the stool. He Long glanced at the huge portraits of the three chapters behind him.

These damn political workers, so fast, they have just arrived here, and there are portraits of Premier Zhongshan, Chiang Kai-shek, and Liu Yuan in their headquarters. You must know that Commander Lu Dao hates these things the most, and it must be Li Zhilong who secretly did it behind their backs.

Pan Wenhua glanced at He Long, who coughed up his ink-colored pipe and nodded.

Although Pan Wenhua's expression was calm, his words revealed excitement, "The commander of the 10th Army, Zhang Lingfu, led the 10th Division to quickly cross the river from Wangdian, and must conquer Henan Village in the southwest in the shortest possible time: cross the Guanghe River in the north of Tangying Village and seize the land, Commander Zhang Lingfu, you must block the retreat of the 108th Division in the shortest possible time, understand?" ”

Zhang Lingfu was wearing a big cap, and there were already two stars on his shoulders, and he looked very energetic.

"A few days." Zhang Lingfu asked silently, but didn't say anything. There is confidence in the words.

"Three days." Pan Wenhua gritted his teeth and said.

He Long shook his head and said, "Stand up, grit your teeth, and give you two and a half days." ”

He Long and Pan Wenhua were ready to use the Tenth Division first, which surprised everyone, everyone knew that the so-called Tenth Division was much stronger than the Eagle First Division and the First Division.

You must know that Liu Yuan himself was the former commander of the 10th Division of the National Revolutionary Army, and many veterans in the army were even old people during Liu Yuan's Northern Expedition. Will it create a miracle to let him fight with a division this time?

Over the years, the southern expedition and the northern war, have not lost, Liu Yuan's love for the Tenth Division has surpassed many troops, and the commander of the Tenth Army, Zhang Lingfu, has been constantly polished by Liu Yuan over the years, and the people have changed greatly, and he is very competitive on the battlefield.

From the battlefield of Nanjing, in the Battle of Wuhu, Gu Shoufu, who was forced several times, almost committed suicide, and he had to praise this ability.

In the minds of many generals, this time Commander He Long planned to let them go to the northern area, bypass the heavily armed area of the devils, and then copy the back road of the devils.

The task of the troops was indeed very heavy, highlighting the status of the 10th Division, but the pressure was too great, and the losses were certainly great.

Everyone looked at Zhang Lingfu and wanted to see what he had to say.

"Humble duty guarantees the completion of the task." Zhang Lingfu's voice is not very loud, but it is very delicate, and there is a sense of confidence integrated into the magnetism, which makes everyone have to admire, the sharp young man is gone, replaced by a calm atmosphere.

But how did they think that although the sword could have a scabbard, as long as the sword was drawn, it could still shine with cold light.

"Nineteenth Division Li Jiayu," Li Jiayu replied.

"Your troops crossed the river from Lijiagou, attacked the Japanese 19th Brigade from the flank, and after your troops crossed the river, they captured Gongzhuang, and then attacked Xinzhuang."

"Yin Guo, your task is more important, you need to cross the river from Huotouwan Bridge, after crossing the river, you must seize Xiaodian, and then check the Tang Temple, and completely destroy the defense depth of the 19th Brigade."

Pan Wenhua glanced at Song Xilian, who had just been transferred back to the 35th Group Army, this is a general and a good classmate of Liu Yuan, so he spoke more politely, you must know that he was transferred back from the Central Army, which can be regarded as a demotion, and Song Xilian's position before returning to the 35th Group Army was the commander of the 71st Army, which is much more than the troops controlled by the current army commander.

Song Xilian nodded. Although he didn't like Pan Wenhua, the defeated general, he didn't want Liu Yuan to be difficult, so he didn't talk much.

"Division Commander Zhao Yiman, your task is to cross the river in Dongchen Village, seize Chenjiagang after crossing the river, and then attack to the south, your task is to complete the battlefield interspersed and divide the connection between the 19th Brigade and the 25th Brigade, so that other troops can complete the task of encirclement and annihilation."

"Wang Mingzhang's task, your task is to attract the 25th Brigade of the Japanese Army, so that they have no chance to support the 19th Brigade."

"The other troops are led by General He Long as a reserve,"

Pan Wenhua read out the order to play and handed the order to He Long.

The world says that Liu Yuan respects He Long and trusts He Long, these He Long are very clear, but He Long is also a little dissatisfied, that is, there are not many places to shoot, and most of the opportunities to fight Liu Yuan gave young people to temper their war skills, but he had a somewhat rusty feeling. Otherwise, there is an opportunity for the staff to speak here and there.

"The Tenth Division is our old army, when the Northern Expedition was carried out, Commander Liu Yuan played our prestige, especially when General Sun Chuanfang was defeated, this is already a legendary army, but Commander Zhang Lingfu, this time is also a test for you, especially along the way, the Japanese army will not be few, and it will continue to cross the river, this is a test, but the commander has always trusted you, your Tenth Army has always been the main force of the army, this time the Tenth Division is the main force on the main force, I hope you will give full play to the spirit of the Northern Expedition and have a good fight. ”

"Since I became a military commander, I haven't personally fought on the battlefield for a long time, this is an opportunity, and I will not disappoint the commander's cultivation." Zhang Lingfu said without hesitation.

He Long nodded and said with great satisfaction, "Song Xilian (the word Yinguo), Zhao Yiman, and Wang Mingzhang are the three of you who are the commander-in-chief of the former enemy by Yinguo, and Li Gaoyu has the headquarters to coordinate and command. The campaign will be launched for three days in the early morning of the day after tomorrow, and you will have more than one day to deploy the mission. I hope that the battle will begin, and that we will destroy the Japanese hill detachment within two to three days. ”

"Yes." There was thunder in the headquarters.

After the generals left, He Long breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the door, looked at the soldiers who were talking and laughing, smelled the fresh breath from the green leaves, and as soon as the war started, he didn't know if there was a chance to taste this kind of question.

Pan Wenhua also walked to He Long's side, fate is impermanent, who would have thought that one day, he would become the chief of staff by He Long's side? It's all a damn war, otherwise I should be fighting a baby in Sichuan now.

The 35th Group Army was fully armed, while the 24th Group Army and the 42nd Army had already started to take action against the Japanese army in accordance with Li Zongren's orders.

Liu Zhi and Gu Zhutong both hoped to make meritorious contributions in this battle, so Liu Zhi took the lead in attacking the Ishii and Xinji regional movements, hoping to block Isoya Liansuke's troops.

And Gu Zhutong led the troops to Zaozhuang, and he led the troops more steadily.

The commander of the 42nd Army is Dai Zhiqi, who is waiting for the guilt, Gu Zhutong is a general who wants to leave from Liu Yuan's hands, Dai Zhiqi can't stand the rules and regulations of Liu Yuan's troops, and finally fails to get together with Liu Yuan.

At this time, they made a train in the suburbs of Xuzhou and rushed to Xuecheng, and then quickly spread out their troops and prepared to launch an attack on Teng County.

Dai Zhiqi has been a lot more cautious in combat since he was taught a lesson by the Red Party and lost his adulthood, so he just let the vanguard touch the Japanese army in Teng County.

Unexpectedly, the tentative attack of a division B repelled a wing of the Japanese army in just one shift, and then pursued all the way, and the 78th wing of the Japanese army could not stand up and kept retreating.

Dai Zhiqi was afraid of losing his heart, for fear of being tricked by the Japanese army. In the end, there was an ambush, and the seniors might not necessarily stand up again to protect themselves.

"Isn't there not much left in Teng County by this little devil?" Dai Zhiqi thought about it in his heart.

Although Dai Zhiqi let Su Yu beat him like a dog in the last crackdown on bandits, at least he gained knowledge, experienced life and death, and was nominally guilty in the southwest, but in fact studied hard at the Southwest Military University. The strength is much stronger than before, I don't know how much stronger.

This time when he came to Xuzhou, Dai Zhiqi came with the idea of being ashamed of the snow, and when the time came, whoever laughed at him, he asked him, "Lao Tzu has beaten the devil, have you beaten it?" ”

But finally came, Ryosuke Isoya ran away, which made Dai Zhiqi can't help but scold depressedly, "Hey." Little devil, are you scared? ”

It was already depressed enough, but who knew that General Li Zongren, the deputy commander of Lu Dao, actually let himself recover Teng County, which had just been lost not long ago, and he didn't want to go to kill Dai Zhiqi.

In his opinion, there must not be too many troops in Tengxian County, just let the 35th Group Army send a brigade, why bother yourself.

Now that the vanguard is going well, Dai Zhiqi once again feels that there should be nothing wrong with his judgment.

Dai Zhiqi discussed with his chief of staff, and the chief of staff said, "According to the telegram from the front, the Japanese army they encountered almost had a wing, if it is considered the Japanese army in Teng County, then that is to say, the Japanese army left a brigade in the Teng County area?" "The chief of staff was a little puzzled, where the Japanese wasted so much effort to fight down, they left a brigade.

"I've seen enough, there are so many troops from the little devils, I feel that there is also a reinforced wing in the sky, and we have 45,000 elites, and their three or four thousand people are definitely not our opponents."

"Commander Dai, you can't forget the lesson of your senior." The chief of staff reminded that "strategically defy the enemy." Tactically value the enemy? We don't care how many of them actually have, we just treat them as a brigade. ”

Dai Zhiqi nodded and said, "That's all there is to it, I hope there is a brigade, otherwise this trip is a bit like killing chickens with a knife." ”