Although Chen Hanzhang reacted immediately as soon as he received the report from the troops below. Immediately ordered the troops of Dezhou and Yizhou, regardless of the casualties and fatigue caused by continuous battles, to immediately launch an attack on the front line of Xi'en County, Waist Station, Liguantun, and Beizhen on Jinpu Road. Strive to seize Gaotang and Liguantun in the shortest possible time, and cut off the Jinpu Road from the northwest.

And called one after another to urge Du Kaishan to speed up the march, and strive to arrive at the first line from Wang Fenglou to Yucheng in the shortest possible time. A pincer offensive was formed on the front line of Zhangzhuang, and a force advanced southward, posing a posture of seizing the iron bridge over the Yellow River in Jinan. Forced the rear of the enemy flank on the Texas battlefield, as well as the right flank of the 65th Division.

Chen Hanzhang accelerated the attack on the east and west of Jinpu Road, trying to adopt the method of encircling Wei to save Zhao, so that the two Japanese divisions on Jinpu Road and Dezhou would abandon the plan to capture the Chinese in order to cope with the war situation. As for the real goal of the two divisions of the Japanese army, what is the real goal of the sudden general trend of arresting the Chinese people, Chen Hanzhang can think of it with his toes.

It is nothing more than using these Chinese people as shields at a juncture when the back road is already facing being cut off. Either to cover their own retreat, or to use it as a meat shield to delay the advance speed of the resistance. Once these two divisions and regiments are allowed to complete this plan, even if Du Kaishan arrives, I am afraid that in the face of so many Chinese people, the tiger will have nowhere to eat.

It's just that Chen Hanzhang's rescue operation has suffered continuous setbacks. The troops that launched the attack from the northwest of Shandong, although they launched an attack despite casualties and fatigue, launched an attack operation. And concentrate a part of the tanks and mechanized infantry in an attempt to avoid the frontal defense line of the Japanese army and carry out large-depth interspersed operations.

However, under the stubborn resistance of the 71st Brigade of the 65th Division and the 1st Division of the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army, the progress was unusually slow, and there was nothing to be done about the actions taken by the two divisions of the Japanese Army in their depth. And the Japanese army moved quite fast, leaving him not much time at all.

Although Du Kaishan's advance was quite fast, his location was farther away from the designated place. Although Du Kaishan, in order to speed up, pushed the broken tank and even pushed it directly to the side of the road. But no matter how fast you act, you still have to go step by step on this road.

The tanks and half-tracks in his cluster, plus a large number of trucks, all need to be refueled for a certain amount of time. The two armored divisions of the Anti-Japanese Union on the battlefield in North China were all German-made tanks and used all gasoline engines. In terms of fuel consumption, it can be said that they are all oil tigers. The fuel consumption of two armored divisions is much greater than that of three or four armored brigades armed with T three or four tanks.

Tank No. 4 could only run 200 kilometers on the road even if it was refueled at one time. Along the interspersed route of Du Kaishan, the dirt roads were in rather bad condition, so that his tank cluster was refueled at one time, and the distance traveled was far less than 200 kilometers.

Most tanks are fully fueled, and the maximum travel distance is generally 130 or 40 kilometers. The third tank had a shorter range of action, with a maximum distance of only one hundred and zero points after filling up the tank. As for the half-track, the distance traveled was not much better either.

It is true that the German tank has far better handling and sighting equipment than the Soviet tank, but the short legs also limit the maneuverability. In long-distance raid operations, the frequency of refueling is far more than that of Soviet-style tanks, and it is not as good as American-made M-4 medium tanks. Not to mention the gasoline engine like an oil tiger, the consumption of gasoline far exceeds that of the diesel engine.

Even the Soviet-made diesel engine consumes quite a lot of fuel, and it is also a group of oil tigers. But this is also much better than the gasoline engine of the German tank in terms of the maximum range of action of the tank. Moreover, the engine of the German tank has a slightly higher standard for gasoline, and only high-grade gasoline can be used.

The tank is out of oil, to put it bluntly, it is a pile of scrap metal. In addition, the engine is continuously running at high speeds, which also requires time to cool down. No matter how urgent Du Kaishan was in his heart when he received Chen Hanzhang's telegram, he still had to stop when he had to stop. At least for these steel horses, feed their stomachs before they can continue to run. And with continuous marches, the tankmen also had to rest somewhat.

Despite the fact that there were only three very short breaks to refuel tanks and half-tracks and give the troops a boost, the delay was almost negligible. However, by the time Du Kaishan's headquarters arrived in Linyi, the Japanese army, which had started quickly, had already completed the sweeping operation.

Faced with the hundreds of thousands of Chinese people who fell into the hands of the Japanese army and were treated as meat shields, Chen Hanzhang could only reluctantly order the troops to stop the offensive on the entire front west of Dezhou. However, on the eastern front, he kept urging Du Kaishan's headquarters to speed up the action, and be sure to enter the Tianjiakou and Cui Weizhai lines on the periphery of Yucheng before the Japanese army made the next move, and prepare for the rescue operation.

It's just that for Chen Hanzhang's order, Du Kaishan can't implement it at all. The actions of the Japanese army in the entire Dezhou battlefield were not only along the Jinpu Road, but also on the route of Du Kaishan's advance, and the same means were also adopted. Even in this direction, the Japanese moved ahead of the two divisions on the Jinpu road.

Just as Du Kaishan was speeding up his movements, the Japanese troops in Linyi also captured more than 10,000 Chinese, blocking his route to the east. And behind these civilians, there are dozens of light and heavy machine guns of the Japanese army. In other words, if Du Kaishan continues to advance, he will either be crushed from these people. Either these civilians, who were used as meat shields by the Japanese army, fell under the guns of both sides.

If the front is all puppet troops, he Du Kaishan can command without hesitation, and the tank cluster will directly crush the past. But he doesn't care about the life or death of those who treat the Japanese as dogs, but in the face of more than 10,000 ordinary people who are used as meat shields by the Japanese army, Du Kaishan does not dare to do this no matter what.

He knew that if he did it brute force at this time, he would really attack hard, and No. 1 would collapse before the battle was over. That's the lives of more than 10,000 innocent flesh and blood compatriots, not more than 10,000 Japanese puppet soldiers. Since joining the Anti-Japanese Federation, in the face of a large number of enemy troops, Du Kaishan has never been afraid.

But today, in the face of more than 10,000 unarmed people, Du Kaishan is timid. His tank cluster could only stop on the entire line of Linyi. Du Kaishan stopped, perhaps facing the huge pressure of hundreds of tanks, the Japanese troops on the front line of Linyi did not take the opportunity to launch a counterattack. Honestly, separated by more than 10,000 Chinese, he confronted Du Kaishan on the line from Linyi to Xiakou.

His path was blocked, and he was no longer able to make any maneuvers. can only send a report to Chen Hanzhang and report the situation he is facing to Chen Hanzhang. Tell this old comrade-in-arms that the situation he faced was no better than that he faced in the battlefield west of Texas, and it could even be said that the situation was even more tricky. Because all his paths were tightly blocked.

After receiving Du Kaishan's telegram, Chen Hanzhang's face turned pale with anger. What is the Japanese army doing this? Didn't they always think of themselves as dignified samurai? Have you always been proud of your bravery and fearlessness? Could it be that their bushido spirit is to use China as a meat shield to block their own attacks?

Playing this low-class method on the battlefield, holding the lives of hundreds of thousands of Chinese to blackmail themselves in order to keep themselves safe. What's the difference between this and those ruffians and scoundrels who fight in the streets all day long? It's a fucking war, it's just an open kidnapping.

Although I really want to go all out and directly wipe out this group of brutes who have never been personnel on this Tianjin-Pudong railway line. In the case that Du Kaishan's troops had already arrived in Linyi, even if he was only given one day, he could complete the encirclement of the enemy of the entire Jinpu Road and Dezhou. But the lives of more than 100,000 of these flesh and blood compatriots made Chen Hanzhang quite jealous.

Just when Chen Hanzhang and Du Kaishan were facing the current situation, they were almost helpless and helpless. The two divisions of the Japanese army in the Dezhou battlefield sent the chief of staff of the 22nd Division, Yoshiaki Horita, and the chief of staff of the 65th Division, Sadadashige Orita, to the front-line position of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. He demanded face-to-face negotiations with the top military commander of the Anti-Japanese Union in the Texas battlefield.

After receiving the following report, Chen Hanzhang hesitated. After urgent discussions were held with the deputy political commissar of the Jizhong Military Region, who coordinated the North China troops to cooperate with the anti-joint operations at his headquarters, and the deputy political commissar and deputy commander of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region. And in the end, the director of the political department of the Eastern Front cluster, as well as the deputy political commissar of the Jizhong Military Region, came forward as representatives to find out what the Japanese army meant.

In fact, Chen Hanzhang already had a rough idea of what the Japanese army's intentions were. It is nothing more than using the Chinese people in their hands as bargaining chips to force themselves to let the Jinpu Railway withdraw to the south of the Yellow River. Or use these people as a meat shield to force themselves to withdraw from the entire Texas battlefield.

In addition to these two points, the Japanese army will not play any tricks. Although the Japanese army likes to cover their ears and steal bells, they are the kind of army that wants to save face and suffer crimes. But engaging in some indiscriminate methods is not new to them. What they can't get on the battlefield, they will get it even if they are cheated and abducted.

At this time, the Japanese army did such a thing, and apart from these two points, there was almost no other possibility. It's just that for Chen Hanzhang, if the intentions of the Japanese army are really according to their own judgment. So what to do next, he didn't know in his mind. Even if Chen Hanzhang is well-informed again, it is the first time that his opponent has made such a shameless move.

Although Chen Hanzhang didn't want to talk to the Japanese army at all, he didn't have any way to deal with the two Japanese divisions that had become fat in his mouth without hurting the innocent, and he could only be patient to see what tricks they would come up with.

Facts have proved that Chen Hanzhang's prediction is quite accurate. During the negotiations, Horita Yoshiaki Daisa, as the chief representative, directly sued the negotiators of the Sù Resistance League. As long as the entire Dezhou and Jinpu Railway along the Anti-United Nations Army, order the anti-United Nations troops in the battlefields west and north of Dezhou to retreat 15 kilometers, and let the 22nd Division and the 65th Division of the Jinpu Railway safely withdraw to the south of the Yellow River.

They guarantee the safety of more than 100,000 Chinese who are now in their hands. Moreover, as the chiefs of staff of the two Japanese divisions, the two of them ensured that these Chinese residents would not suffer any killings or rapes, and that they would be safe and supplied during the retreat with the Japanese army.

The two said that as soon as the anti-union to the west and north of the Texas battlefield is completed, as a gesture of goodwill, they will first release the elderly and children and some women among the Chinese. As long as the two divisions were safely withdrawn south of the Yellow River, all these Chinese would be released safely, and they would promise not to do anything.

If the Anti-Japanese Union does not agree to the conditions of the two divisions, then when the whole army is destroyed, they will drag these hundreds of thousands of Chinese to be buried together. It doesn't matter if they die at that time, as Imperial warriors, they should naturally be loyal to the Empire. However, these hundreds of thousands of Chinese have lost their lives, and the lack of humanity will be fully responsible for the anti-Japanese alliance.