"I will lead people to block the reinforcement brigades of the Japanese army, Ding Delong, commander of the 57th Army, Ma Zhichao, commander of the 59th Army, and He Jifeng, commander of the 77th Army, you must attack with all your strength and destroy the third division of the Japanese army as soon as possible!" Zhang Zizhong drafted a telegram and sent it out. "Commander Zhang, are you thinking about it!" When Liu Hai heard that Zhang Zizhong was going to personally lead the 75th Independent Division and the military headquarters of the 33rd Group Army to block the enemy's reinforcements, he couldn't help but persuade. "No, whether the Third Division can be completely annihilated this time depends on whether it can block this reinforcement brigade!" Zhang Zizhong said. "Then you can send other troops to help!" Bangs continued. "No way!" Zhang Zizhong said without hesitation: "The Japanese army has strong combat power and air superiority, and the existing troops are already very difficult. "In that case, ask Liu Xiaoshan's battalion to be your guard battalion, and his battalion firepower will catch up with the previous regiment!" Bangs said again. "No, I have a guard battalion, and your combat battalion is to protect artillery positions!" Zhang Zizhong said.

"Our marching route will go west from here, and after occupying Zaoyang, we will completely cut off the retreat of the Japanese Third Division!" Zhang Zizhong arranged his own commander of the 74th Division! "It's the Commander! I immediately ordered the troops to advance in the direction of Zaoyang! "After the commander of the 74th Division left, Zhang Zizhong felt a little bad, because he heard the sound of artillery in the direction of Zaoyang! Sure enough, not long after Zhang Zizhong sent out the scouts, he got an accurate report that Zaoyang had been occupied by the Japanese army! "Speed up! Take back Zaoyang! Zhang Zizhong shouted. Report! Several other units have already arrived, namely the 38th Division, the 170th Division and the 180th Division, as well as the 9th Cavalry Division! "Correspondent's report." Great, call them to meet me! Zhang Zizhong said. Ten minutes later, several division commanders came to Zhang Zizhong. "Great, you came at the right time! I'm worried that there won't be enough troops in one division! Zhang Zizhong said. Commander, but our four divisions have less than 20,000 men, is it enough? The commander of the 38th Division said. The enemy has only one brigade, which should be enough, and the troops of our four divisions can't kill him by one brigade? Besides, all we have to do is block him! Zhang Zizhong thinks there is no problem.

"The 74th Division and I will go west out of Zhangguadian and block the Japanese army's edge head-on, the 38th Division and the 170th Division are responsible for the right flank, the 180th Division and the 9th Cavalry Division are responsible for the left flank, together we can ensure the victory of the battle as long as we block the Japanese brigades!" Zhang Zizhong said confidently. "Good! We will do what the commander commands! Several division commanders said. Let's split up! After Zhang Zizhong finished speaking, he called a few people to leave. I'm afraid that the terrain of Commander Zhang Guadian is not easy to fight! The commander of the 74th Division said. As long as we can block this brigade of the Japanese army, then we will have the opportunity to completely annihilate the third division of the Japanese army, and if the third division is eliminated, it will be a great victory! Zhang Zizhong said. Good! Commander, we'll listen to you, let's fight this time! The commander of the 74th Division said. Zhang Zizhong led the 74th Division to fortify the area of Zhangguadian to block the support of the Japanese reinforcement brigade!

The Japanese reinforcement brigade is the 17th Brigade of the Japanese Army, and the commander of the 17th Brigade, Akira Okama, is a relatively intelligent Japanese officer, unlike other fools who can only shout long live. On the way forward, Gangshan Ming sent a lot of reconnaissance troops to reconnoiter the deployment of the national army in front! The result of the investigation was that there were five divisions of national army troops in front of them to intercept it, but these troops were not well equipped, and the strength was not very sufficient, and the most important thing was that Gang Shan Ming learned that Zhang Zizhong, the commander of the 33rd Group Army of the National Army, was also among them, this news made Gang Shan Ming very excited, he knew that if he could kill this Zhang Zizhong, then how could he be promoted to lieutenant general! After conducting a detailed reconnaissance, Gangshan Ming found that Zhang Zizhong was in the blocking position of the 74th Division in front of him, so he immediately ordered the troops to advance quickly and attack Zhang Guadian! After arriving at Zhangguadian, Gangshan Ming found that this Zhangguadian was not very difficult to overcome, so he immediately ordered the troops to start attacking! Gang Shan Ming ordered his main brigade, under the cover of artillery fire, to launch a fierce attack on Zhangguadian!

"The enemy has finally come up!" Zhang Zizhong watched the Japanese attack with a telescope! "Detonate!" Zhang Zizhong looked at the terrain of Zhangguadian and found that this was not a very ideal place to block the attack, but the area where the Japanese army could attack was a large section of mountainous land covered with gravel. Zhang Zizhong ordered the troops to arrange a lot of *, * on the hillside, the power of * may not be very good, and it can't kill many Japanese soldiers, but the gravel on the hillside is indeed a powerful weapon, because the exploded gravel fragments are no different from the anti-personnel fragments in the state of flying at a burst speed, Zhang Zizhong can imagine the afterimage of the Japanese army struggling in the gravel fragments! The Japanese brigade rushed up with a howl, and the artillery power of the Japanese cover was also very fierce, and thousands of Japanese troops rushed up. The national troops on the position did not show their heads, but individual observation posts were watching, and when the Japanese troops rushed within a hundred meters, the detonator detonated *! Just as Zhang Zizhong thought, the explosion kicked up the rubble on the ground and flew towards the Japanese army like fragments. The Japanese army was well-trained, and they did not panic about a few explosions, but some Japanese troops were still charging! But at the same time, many Japanese troops fell, and after Gangshan Ming watched the explosion, the attack of the entire brigade had been crushed!

"If you want the west, this Zhang Zizhong has a very good set!" Gangshan Ming didn't feel anything about such casualties. "Order the artillery, open the way for the bombardment of the offensive area!" Gangshan Ming ordered. "Boom, boom!" The Japanese artillery began to sound, and a large area of the attack area was blown up with earth and rocks, and some * that did not explode were also detonated! The Japanese artillery attacked for a whole hour before the bombardment ended! "Attack!" Gangshan Ming waved his hand, and another brigade of the Japanese army rushed up. "Get into the position and prepare!" The soldiers of the national army began to enter the positions and prepare for battle! The equipment of the 74th Division was still okay, and after ten minutes, dozens of machine guns and thousands of rifles on the position began to aim and fire, and the Japanese support fire also began to exert its power, and the two sides started a fierce battle in front of the position! In the fierce battle, the Japanese commander Gang Shan Ming did not only care about a frontal attack, but sent a reconnaissance unit to reconnoiter the surrounding area and find a suitable place to break through! The national army on the front line fought very tenaciously, the Japanese attack was also very fierce, the guns on both sides fought very fiercely, but Zhang Zizhong was not idle, Zhang Zizhong found that although the Japanese attack was very fierce, but it was obvious that they did not do their best, and there were still a lot of active troops, and the Japanese army's tactics were good at flank breakthrough and roundabout encirclement, Zhang Zizhong was very worried that the Japanese army would make a roundabout.

After reconnaissance, Gangshan Ming found that on the flank of Zhang Zizhong's Zhangguadian position, there was a mountain beam with great breakthrough value, Gangshan Ming immediately sent a brigade to move to the flank of Zhangguadian, this brigade moved very quickly, and captured the mountain beam within an hour, and the follow-up troops moved to both sides of Zhangguadian! After Zhang Zizhong's reconnaissance squad found out, they immediately told Zhang Zizhong about the situation. What Zhang Zizhong feared finally happened, and Zhang Zizhong ordered the special service battalion directly under his military headquarters to launch an attack on Nadaoliang. However, the Japanese army has already made a good deployment, there is a squadron stationed on the mountain beam, and a mortar squad is strengthened, the terrain of the mountain beam is limited, and the attack of the special service battalion cannot be fully launched, and the attack by attack has become a refueling tactic, but the Japanese army that counterattacked has suffered heavy casualties! After Zhang Zizhong got the information, he knew that something was wrong, organized a regiment of troops to try to recapture Shanliang, and ordered the 9th Cavalry Division on the right flank to reinforce it! After receiving the order, the Ninth Cavalry Division immediately sent a regiment of troops to reinforce it, but this regiment was entangled by the Japanese army before it could go out two miles!

Gangshan Ming received reinforcements from another brigade of the Japanese army at this time, this brigade was not full of personnel, only four brigades of troops, Gangshan Ming ordered the four brigades to be divided into two parts, respectively put into both sides of Zhangguadian, to intercept possible reinforcements, the reinforcements of the 9th Cavalry Division were entangled by the two brigades on the right flank of the Japanese army! After arranging the troops, Gangshan Ming ordered a frontal reinforcement of the attack, and the roundabout troops surrounded Zhangguadian as soon as possible, and applied for reinforcements on the grounds of encircling the important generals of the Chinese army! When the Japanese commander Sonobe and Ichiro learned that Gangshan Ming had surrounded Zhangguadian, and that there was a general of the national army in Zhangguadian, he was very excited and sent two brigades of troops to rush to reinforce him, and even let go of another national army unit for this purpose! The forces of the four brigades were assembled in Zhangguadian, and the air force of the 3rd Division, which was originally intended to support, was also sent to reinforce the attack on Zhangjiadian! Zhang Zizhong's 74th Division struggled to resist, but the Japanese army was already fighting more and more, and gradually lost its support, and Zhang Guadian was already surrounded and impassable!

Zhang Zizhong faced the situation and ordered the two wings of troops to come to help, but the Japanese army's blocking force had increased to the brigade level, and the four divisions that were not already full of strength did their best, but they were never able to effectively break through the Japanese army's blocking position, and watched the Japanese attack on Zhangjiadian! Zhang Zizhong saw that the troops on both wings could not be rescued, so he changed his heart of death and fought to the death with the Japanese army in Zhangguadian! In the face of such a situation, Zhang Zizhong sent a report to the 77th Army, asking it to attack the Japanese Third Division with all its might, and after eliminating the Japanese Third Division, Zhang Zizhong had already made up his mind to exchange himself for the elimination of the Third Division!