Chapter 1048: Battle of Jiaodong

On a night three days after the recovery of Jinan, Qiao Youhua, Zuo Quan and others led the guard regiment and other follow-up troops from Dezhou to Jinan City, Wu Ming, Zhao Youde, Ma Biao, Zhou Dasheng, Liu Jianhua, Zhou Zhibing, Ma Yunlong and other major officers jointly went out of the city to meet them.

After some greetings, Qiao Youhua and Zuo Quan entered Jinan City under the hugs of the fierce generals under them.

"Commander, chief of staff, we have chartered a restaurant in Jinan City to pick up the wind and wash the dust for you!" Wu Ming walked to the left of Qiao Youhua and Zuo Quan, and said with a smile.

"It's a bit extravagant and wasteful!" Zuo Quan pretended to be serious.

Ma Biao hurriedly said: "Chief of Staff, please rest assured, we didn't use a penny from the column for this banquet, and it was all from our personal salary." ”

Qiao Youhua waved his hand and said: "Forget it, it's not that serious, the brothers are working hard, fighting such a big victory, they should be rewarded, so let's allocate 50,000 oceans from the logistics department of the column, tonight all the troops inside and outside Jinan City, enjoy the joy of victory, eat and drink enough, and continue to embark on a new journey tomorrow, and then go all out to recover the Jiaodong Peninsula." ”

Zuo Quan just wanted to say something, Qiao Youhua leaned into his ear and whispered: "Chief of Staff, do you know, the combat troops have captured a large number of silver dollars and gold, as well as jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings hoarded by the Japanese army, this is a lot of wealth, 50,000 silver dollars do not need to be paid by ourselves at all, the soldiers can have a good meal, drink and rest."

I know that those who have been seized are obliged to hand them over, but this is not an extraordinary time, and besides, we have not asked the headquarters to allocate a single bullet and a penny of military pay for us, so we will have to underreport the results of the battle at that time.

Another point is that the devils have looted so much gold, silver and jewelry, we can be 100% sure that they must have come from the local people, and we held a victory meeting to consume some ingredients and drinks, but we can take the opportunity to return these gold and silver to the people, in an economic word, it can be regarded as creating taxes and stimulating domestic demand.

Moreover, the soldiers are all born and died, fighting bloodily, maybe they will not see the sun tomorrow, let them eat and drink a good meal before leaving for the Jiaodong Peninsula, you right? ”

Hearing Qiao Youhua's words, Chief of Staff Zuo couldn't help but nod in agreement, after all, what he said is reasonable, rules are dead, but people are alive, as long as he, Qiao Youhua and the high-ranking officers of the Dragon Tooth Column, are not greedy for loot and fill their pockets without authorization, what can't they?

This matter can be said to the head of the general department wherever he goes, taking it from the people and using it for the people, and it can also inspire more than 100,000 officers and men of the combat unit to continue to fight bravely to kill the enemy and serve the country. In the long run, it can also drive the local economic development to a certain extent, so why not?

Zuo Quan nodded in agreement, and everyone had no worries, and rushed to the restaurant where they were talking and laughing.

At the same time, there were also heralds who quickly passed on Qiao Youhua's order to the three armies to all divisions, brigades and other combat units, and asked them to go to the major vegetable markets and commercial houses in Jinan City to purchase the necessary ingredients and drinks and other necessary materials, and then reimburse the logistics office of the column headquarters with the receipt voucher issued by the store.

For a time, the officers and men who had been fighting bloodily for nearly a week were thunderous with joy and their morale was greatly boosted.

More than 100,000 soldiers gathered together to carnival, eat meat, drink wine in a big bowl, and be happy!

Qiao Youhua and the others also got together rarely, drinking and talking about ideals, and Li Wen and Li Yunlong's subordinates also advanced quickly to Weifang, Tengxian, and Taierzhuang respectively in accordance with the battle plan formulated by Qiao Youhua and Zuo Quan before.

While Li Wensuo's troops recovered the county seat of Zichuan and then marched eastward along the Jiaoji Railway, Li Yunlong led the main army of more than 60,000 troops of the Western Route Army, with the help of local guerrillas and the masses, marched all the way with great vigour, and soon crossed the canal and advanced to the area of Tengxian County.

In fact, the reason why Li Yunlong's troops were able to advance so quickly was mainly because there was no Japanese puppet army stationed in the area from Jining to Tengxian County, and the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army that escaped from Jining not only escaped by itself, but also led the Japanese puppet army in various towns and strongholds along the way to retreat eastward together.

In fact, the devil commander also understands that even if he doesn't coerce these Japanese puppet troops along the way to retreat to Xuzhou and other places with his 4th mixed brigade, after he leads his troops to cross the border, those Japanese puppet troops, especially the Imperial Cooperative Army, will no longer have the slightest will to resist, maybe as soon as the Eighth Road arrives, they will surrender the city.

Then it was incorporated on the spot by the Eighth Route of the Earth, and turned around and became the new Eighth Route Army, joining the sequence of pursuing the imperial army.

Therefore, it is better to retreat with them fortunately, no matter what, retreat to the Xuzhou area first.

In this way, the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade kept ordering the defenders along the way to retreat with them, and by the time they fled to the area around Taierzhuang, less than 5,000 people had escaped from Jining, and had become an army of 30,000.

Of course, among these 30,000 people, the Imperial Allied Army accounted for more than 20,000 people, and this is also a force that should not be underestimated, especially when the Japanese army is now extremely short of troops and the situation is very unfavorable.

At this time, the Japanese troops stationed in Xuzhou and Qingdao were the 114th Division and several mixed brigades, and after learning that Li Yunlong's headquarters had rapidly approached Tengxian, the headquarters of the 114th Division immediately ordered the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade and the troops along the way to withdraw to Taierzhuang, immediately stop retreating, and build a defensive line on the spot.

Buy time for the arrival of the Imperial Navy fleet and reinforcements.

The devil commander of the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade had no choice but to reorganize the 30,000-day puppet army on the spot, began to build a defensive line in Taierzhuang, and prepared to meet Li Yunlong's department.

After Li Yunlong regained Tengxian and other places without much effort, he took a short rest and immediately led the main force to pounce in the direction of Taierzhuang, at this time, because of the continuous garrison along the way, the mobile strength of Li Yunlong's unit had been reduced from more than 60,000 troops to more than 50,000.

However, for the Japanese puppet army, it still occupies an absolute advantage, especially its main force of the 4th Division, the strength has not been weakened in any way, the three main regiments, plus the four regiments directly under the division headquarters are all in the list, and the tasks left along the way are handed over to the newly formed Eighth Route Regular Army.

Knowing that the Japanese army had set up a foothold in Taierzhuang, no longer fled, and was preparing to meet them, Li Yunlong ordered the tank regiment and the main force of the headquarters to form an advance force and take the lead in launching an attack on the Japanese position in Taierzhuang.

The battle began, because the Japanese army was insufficient, so the front were all puppet troops, aiming to consume the ammunition and sharpness of Li Yunlong's attacking troops, so the battle went very smoothly, Li Yunlong's vanguard troops were like a bamboo, and successively broke through the resistance of thousands of puppet troops, killing and wounding most of them, and finally arrived outside Taierzhuang, defending the Taierzhuang urban area is the real devil, and the two sides are about to break out.