Zhou Hao stood on the top floor of the division headquarters, holding a telescope to look into the distance, but unfortunately it was too far away, and he could only vaguely see some rising gunsmoke, and couldn't help but ask with some envy: "Chief of Staff, you can't favor one over the other!" When will it be the turn of our armored tank regiment to practice hands, the brothers will have long been suffocated! Jiang Qiang waved his hand and smiled: "Don't worry, the show has just begun, when the little devils are not interested, let's go out and have fun with them!" ”

Junzi, who was standing beside him, said with a smile: "Chief of Staff, raising troops for a thousand days is a while, and the brothers of our special operations brigade are also eager to see through!" These little devils dare to attack our defense line, isn't this the birthday star Weng hanging for a long time! If the opportunity is ripe, the chief of staff must not forget our brothers in the special operations brigade, why do we have to drink soup when others eat meat! ”

Although the two most elite divisions of the Japanese army joined forces to attack, and the momentum was so fierce that Mount Tai was overwhelming, the friends around Jiang Qiang did not have any fear and anxiety, but were worried that they would not be able to eat meat in their turn, and they were worried that they would be robbed of their heads by the brother troops! At present, the Chinese army, I am afraid that only Jiang Qiang's Asian People's Liberation Army will be so violent!

Jiang Qiang smiled and said, "Don't worry, there will be bread and milk!" Now that the devils are in full swing, there is no need for us to engage in a field battle with them, we can take advantage of their arrogance and eagerness to slowly consume the devil's vital strength, and accumulate small victories into big victories! "In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, Japan had great war potential, and even if 108,000 troops were wiped out, 10 elite divisions could be quickly recruited in the country. On the contrary, it was Jiang Qiang's hands that finally pulled up a tiger army like an arm, if it was consumed too much in a short period of time, it would hurt the muscles and bones, and it would be difficult to recover quickly!

After receiving a call for help from No. 5 Heights, Xie Kangquan picked up the walkie-talkie and ordered: "Li Guan, you immediately lead a company of brothers to support No. 5 Heights!" Remember, you must be firmly nailed, and you must not let a devil in! The sonorous words immediately came from the other end of the walkie-talkie: "Please rest assured, people are in the position, people are dead in the position!" ”

Immediately after that, Li Guan, who had been waiting for a long time, led the headquarters company to quickly advance towards the No. 5 high ground 3 kilometers away. Plateau No. 5 is a small hillside at the entrance of Wangjiazhuang Village, on which a large reinforced concrete bunker and a reinforced concrete fortification line are built. There are not only 10 heavy machine guns, 5 anti-aircraft machine guns, 5 70mm anti-aircraft guns, but also 3 105mm howitzers on the high ground, which is full of heavy firepower!

There was originally a reinforced company garrison on Heights 5, but after a morning of fierce fighting, 83 people had been killed, only more than 70 were still fighting, and more than 30 were carried off the line of fire due to serious injuries! However, the sacrifice of these 83 people repelled more than 10 Japanese attacks, killed more than 160 Japanese soldiers in total, and destroyed 6 Japanese light tanks, making a small dirt slope into an insurmountable death forbidden place for the Japanese army!

There are 4 positions like No. 5 Heights in Wangjiazhuang Village, all of which are permanent fortifications built according to the terrain, which not only have super defense and heavy firepower, but also have abundant materials, even if they are besieged for ten days and half a month, there is no pressure! In addition to these five peripheral positions, Wangjiazhuang Village is even more terrifying to build a large number of fortifications and pillboxes, with powerful heavy firepower and anti-aircraft firepower, and there are tunnels at the commanding heights of various important places in the village! Because he was born and died with Jiang Qiang and others, Xie Kangquan naturally received key care after arriving in Zhaoyuan County, not only received comprehensive promotion training, but now he has also become a regiment leader!

Wangjiazhuang Village, where Xie Kangquan was in charge of garrisoning, became the key offensive direction of the Japanese Kunizaki detachment, fighting from dawn to half past eleven at noon! The Japanese army successively used tanks, planes and artillery to carry out fire bombardment, but in the face of the carefully constructed fortifications, the Japanese army's repeated firepower crushing did not play much role, but was destroyed by Xie Kang all 6 tanks and several artillery pieces!

"Yaga! This is a military fortress armed to the teeth! The artillery and heavy firepower of the Chinese army on the opposite side are not inferior to us at all! If you continue to attack like this, it will not work at all, the casualties are too great! Immediately send a telegram to His Excellency the Brigade Commander to report on the situation of the battle! "The commander of the 11th Wing, Yuochi No, stood on a slope, and from the telescope, he could clearly see five large reinforced concrete pillboxes and fortification lines, and even the black hole barrel spewed out tongues of fire from time to time!

According to the combat opportunities formulated by the Second Army Command, all attacking troops need to advance steadily and gradually, and Yuichi Nagano has suffered a big loss at the hands of Jiang Qiang, so naturally he does not dare to advance carelessly! Yuichi Nagano adopted the Japanese army's usual three-plate axe attack tactics, first bombarding with heavy firepower, then pulling out tanks and infantry to fight together, and then using mortars and grenadiers to knock out the opponent's heavy firepower and then infantry charge!

However, these tactics, which had been tried and tested many times, became useless in the face of reinforced concrete fortifications armed to the teeth with heavy fire defenses! If it weren't for the fact that the attackers were all well-trained old devils, fearless of death and accurate marksmanship, otherwise there would not have been many casualties in these well-built defensive bunker fortifications! But in fact, after a bloody battle, Xie Kangquan's 1st Brigade and 4th Regiment alone killed 45 soldiers and killed more than 340 Japanese soldiers!

Majiazhuang, Jiaoxian, Anqiu County and many other positions are almost the same as the enemy's battle loss ratio, the Japanese attack is very sharp, but did not rashly launch a general offensive on the whole front, all morning in the tentative offensive stage! The fight did not gradually stop until five o'clock in the afternoon, and on the first day of the attack, the Japanese army did not make any progress, but paid more than 1,500 lives! The defending Asian People's Liberation Army Jiaodong Military Region suffered 157 killed, 241 seriously wounded, and more than 600 slightly injured!

"This wave is not a loss! It seems that the hard work has not been in vain, and the brothers of the Jiaodong Military Region can stand the test! It wasn't until the Japanese devil Mingjin withdrew his troops to suspend the attack that Jiang Qiang breathed a sigh of relief, although 157 people were killed on the first day, but the casualty ratio of 1:10 was quite amazing! You must know that this time, the Japanese army launched a fierce attack on four positions at the same time, and fought for more than 10 hours, and it is almost impossible to change to other troops without killing two or three thousand people!

Pingdu, the headquarters of the 2nd Japanese Army! "Okay, everyone, be quiet, now we are not going to hold anyone responsible, but to have a good summary of the battle! The next battle can't be like today! Commander Nishio Shouzo patted the table lightly, staring at the generals with an ugly face, although he knew that this hard bone was not easy to gnaw, but the results of the first day still made him extremely unhappy! Hello! ”

The commander of the 107th Division of the Japanese Army, Kojimano, paused, and said with a solemn expression: "I must admit that I underestimated this Chinese army before the war, and their combat power and firepower are no less than those of the imperial army!" "Kojimano really understood the power of this turtle shell defense today, and the 107th Division, which has always been famous for its tough battles, fought hard for a day, but it didn't even manage to break through an inch of land forward!

The chief of staff of the 107th Division, Atsuro Umemura, added: "In particular, they built an extremely strong line of reinforced concrete fortifications, and also built a large number of barbed wire, which was no less powerful than a military fortress!" Imperial heavy artillery could not effectively destroy these well-built fortifications, and when the Imperial warriors launched their charge, they were blocked by three-dimensional cross-defense networks such as barbed wire, mines, battle defense artillery, and light and heavy machine guns, not to mention taking these forts, it was very difficult to even get close! ”

"Hay, indeed! Our adversary, who was already extremely good at defending, now has the advantage of geography and fortifications, and we really have no way to take advantage of it. "The commander of the 10th Division, Ryosuke Isoya, nodded, thinking back on the past and the present, and felt more and more helpless, in the face of such a defensive formation, unless a large number of lives are used to fill it, don't want to easily tear through the defense line." Shuffle! ”

Nishio Shouzo took a deep breath, and then said in a deep voice: "What everyone said is the truth, the difficulty of our battle is not less than that of the empire's capture of the Tsarist Russian Lushun Fortress!" But no matter how difficult it is, we must take it, and the empire's ambitions must not stop because of a small fortress!

The Central China Front is about to launch a general offensive against the Chinese army south of Xuzhou, and our North China Front must not lag behind, and must eliminate all obstacles in front of us as soon as possible and join forces with the Central China Front in Xuzhou as soon as possible! Therefore, I would like to ask you to work together to fulfill the trust entrusted by His Majesty the Emperor no matter what, otherwise we will be sinners of the Yamato nation! "Hello!"

"Your Excellency the Commander is absolutely right!" "His Majesty the Emperor is onboard!" "The Great Japanese Imperial Army is onboard!"

Nishio Shouzo went online and moved out His Majesty the Emperor and the sinners of the Yamato nation, and Kojimano and other old devils naturally could only stand up and raise their arms and shout, even if it didn't work at this time, they had to do it! At the same time, Jiang Qiang also held a post-war summary meeting at the division headquarters, which was attended by all officers at and above the battalion level.

With well-connected lines of communication, high-performance military off-road vehicles, and ubiquitous communications networks, it's not easy to bring together the commanders of the various defense zones for a meeting. Today is the first battle of the local defense of the Asian People's Liberation Army, the overall battle situation is very fierce, the Japanese attack is very sharp, once made the Chinese defenders under great pressure, and there are large casualties in some places. But in the end, with strong fortifications and strong defensive firepower, the Asian Liberation Army repelled the Japanese army's crazy attacks again and again, and the 8 main battlefields were finally successfully defended!

Today's battle not only made those recruits who were on the battlefield for the first time have been greatly forged and grown rapidly, after some careful discussion and summary, Jiang Qiang was very satisfied and patted the board and said: "Everyone has performed very well in today's battle, but this is only the beginning!"

The Japanese devils have long regarded us as a thorn in the flesh, and they will never give up easily, so everyone still needs to deal with it with twelve points of spirit! In particular, we must pay attention to the use of poison gas bombs by the Japanese army, and your departments must take emergency protective measures, and do not be careless! Well, that's it for today's summary! Everyone returns to their own defense area as soon as possible, and is optimistic about their respective portals!

The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still have to work hard, and when the little devils are completely honest, they dare not continue to spread wild in our defense area, and I will celebrate your achievements again! Meeting! ”

"Haha, please rest assured, the little devil is also capable of that!" "That's right, some of us have guns and cannons now, but it's not the fish that we let be slaughtered back then!" "Haha, it's so relieving and enjoyable to fight today!" "Hehe, you're having a good time, our group has been waiting for a day, but no little devils have come to attack, it's really infuriating!"

"Don't worry, the little devil suffered a loss from us today! Maybe tomorrow the little devil will come to you to try his teeth! "After the meeting ended, nearly 100 battalion and regiment-level officers walked out of the conference room with a smile, and then drove back to the camp individually!" Chief of Staff Jiang, hello, do you remember me? I'm Xia Yu, a reporter from Tianjin Miller's Review Daily, and I've interviewed you before! ”

"Oh? It's you! Of course remember, why are you still in Zhaoyuan County? Jiang Qiang finished the summary meeting and just drove out of the division headquarters when he was stopped by the beautiful reporter Xia Yu. Xia Yu hurriedly smiled at Yang Fan and said, "Chief of Staff Jiang, can I delay you for a few minutes?" , today your army has won a big victory, I want to give you an interview!

Now that the outside world is extremely concerned about the situation of the Anti-Japanese War on the Jiaodong Peninsula, I would like to tell the people of the whole country the good news as soon as possible, tell the Western powers, and tell them that our Chinese nation is fighting tenaciously! Seeing Xia Yu's excitement and deep exhaustion, it seemed that he knew that he had been squatting outside the division headquarters for a long time, Jiang Qiang couldn't help but feel pity, nodded and smiled: "Look at you like this, you haven't had dinner yet, right?" ”

Jiang Qiang nodded and said, "Yes, I'm afraid of missing the time, so I've been guarding outside your army's division headquarters!" But that's okay, I'm not hungry at all! "Then I'll ask you to eat a little outside. Xia Yu said, "Thank you, Chief of Staff"

Xia Yu sat in the back seat without hesitation, not worried about what Jiang Qiang would do to her. "Xia Yu, I remember you said you were Chinese-American? Both parents are Chinese engineers? After a hearty dinner, Jiang Qiang took Xia Yu to the living room and sat down to talk slowly.

Xia Yu sat on the sofa on Jiang Qiang's side very stiffly, and nodded hurriedly: "Yes, Chief of Staff Jiang, my grandfather's family moved to New York, USA, and my parents are alumni and graduated from Columbia University!" ”

Jiang Qiang smiled: "That's right, so your family should be living very well in the United States!" Then how can you still return to China, now China is in the midst of many events and difficulties, and the domestic situation is very insecure. Are your parents so relieved to let you cross the ocean and come back alone? Xia Yu silently shook his head and said: "My mother is worried, my parents are naturally reluctant!" But as sons and daughters of China, when the motherland is invaded by foreign enemies, we are also duty-bound! "Well said! It is worthy of being a hot-blooded Chinese child! ”

Jiang Qiang nodded approvingly, and then asked with a smile: "You should have been on this trip for 2 months, right?" What are the difficulties in life and work? If you need help, just ask! Xia Yu glanced at Yang Fan with the rest of his eyes, and saw that his face was sincere and not as if he was saying kind words, and even had a bold idea: "Chief of Staff Jiang, I really have a reluctant request, and I ask you to fulfill it!" Jiang Qiang smiled: "You say, as long as I can help, I will definitely not shirk it!" "Then thank Chief of Staff Jiang in advance!"

Xia Yu's face was happy, and he was a little nervous and pulled the corner of his clothes with his palm, and said softly: "After these days of understanding and contact, I firmly believe that your army will become the star of hope and the soul of our nation!" I know that your army has a profession as a military reporter, and I have always wanted to become a military reporter, so I took the liberty of begging Chief of Staff Jiang to grant me the legal permission to become a military reporter of the People's Liberation Army in Asia! ”

These days, Xia Yu has been completely fascinated by this stable, peaceful and highly civilized and developed mysterious paradise, and has always wanted to take root completely! Whenever she saw those military reporters wearing military uniforms, holding high-end camera equipment, and being able to freely enter and leave the barracks and other confidential places, she didn't know how envious she wanted to be one of them! Especially now that Xia Yu is already shy in his pocket, the plates he brought are almost exhausted, and he is eager to find a stable job to solve his living expenses!

Jiang Qiang muttered: "As a military reporter, you will definitely come into contact with a lot of military secrets, so if you want to become a military reporter of our Asian People's Liberation Army, you must go through strict political review, and after passing the review, you must also receive training in the confidentiality system, and you must also sign a confidentiality agreement before you can officially take up your post!" In addition, although the military reporters in our army do not have to go into battle, they must have the ability to respond to emergencies, so they will be trained in military skills and physical fitness, and the process will definitely be very hard!

All in all, military journalists are not an easy ordinary profession, although the salary and benefits are very high, but the discipline will also be very high! Once you become a military reporter, you can't just quit if you don't want to! Can you accept the above points? ”

Xia Yu hurriedly nodded and said, "No problem, no problem at all!" Please rest assured that as long as I am given this opportunity, I promise to strictly abide by all systems and do my job well! "Good! I'll call someone to contact you tomorrow, and as long as you can pass the political censorship, the rest won't be a problem! Jiang Qiang nodded with a smile, and then asked with a smile: "Can you publish some recruitment information for me in Western media newspapers through your newspaper?" "Huh?"

Xia Yu was still immersed in boundless excitement, and looked at Jiang Qiang stupidly without turning a corner for a while. Jiang Qiang explained with a smile: "I have always wanted to recruit some capable scientists, engineers, and pilots from the United States, but I have never found a suitable opportunity and window!" "What's this?"

Xia Yu's eyes flashed with strange colors, he really couldn't understand where Jiang Qiang's confidence and courage came from, and hurriedly reminded him kindly: "Chief of Staff Jiang, there is no problem in publishing recruitment news!" But I'm afraid that no one will be interested, because the United States is thousands of miles away from China, and the journey is not a small amount; Second, it is difficult to attract real talents from such backward conditions in our country! "There must be brave men under the heavy reward, as long as you offer a generous enough treatment, there will always be people who are interested!" But this matter is not in a hurry, we will have a chance to talk about it in detail in the future! ”

The reason why the United States has risen rapidly to become a superpower is, to a large extent, because it has been stained with the war dividends of World War I and World War II, and has made too much war money! Xia Yu's family conditions are excellent, and the family has been working hard in the United States for several generations, so they should have accumulated a lot of relationships and contacts, and they can be trained as spokespersons as quickly as possible! Jiang Qiang is going back to rest. Xia Yu hurriedly stood up, and a thousand words converged into one sentence: "Chief of Staff Jiang, please go slowly!" Take care of your body, we ordinary people can't do without you, the protector god! ”

"Brother Delin, this is a report on the battle situation sent by our liaison officer in Zhaoyuan, please take a look!" At 8 o'clock in the evening, shortly after Gaomi Guangming Daily released the official news, Xu Zuyi walked towards Li Zongren with a telegram in his hand. Li Zongren raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Oh, Brother Yan Mou looks so happy at you, it must be good news!" ”

Xu Zu said with a smile: "It is indeed good news! Today, the 107th and 10th Divisions of the Japanese Army launched a fierce attack on Gaomi, Jiaoxian and Anqiu, and Jiang Qiang led his troops to fight hard with the Japanese army for a day! According to the official release of Jiaodong, more than 1,500 Japanese soldiers were killed today, and the number of Jiang Qiang's troops killed was less than 157!

Obediently, they actually played a 1 to 10 battle loss ratio with the Japanese army A division, which is really amazing! It is worthy of being the Tiger Ben Army who was personally sealed! Haha, the Japanese army finally hit a hard nail, and now there is a hard time to suffer! "That's really good news!" Sweeping the message at a glance and ten lines, Li Zongren's brows stretched a lot, and he said in a deep voice: "Just now I was worried that Jiang Qiang's defection would be affected because of Han Fuyu's matter, but now it seems that Jiang Qiang is sincerely anti-Japanese!"

In this way, the pressure on our north can be greatly reduced, and the Japanese North China Front entrenched in Shandong will not dare to easily come out! Xu Zuyi nodded thoughtfully: "Yes, we are really lucky to have such a tiger and wolf division in the fifth war zone!" By the way, is there really no room for redemption in Han Fuyu's matter? ”

However, at this critical moment, in order to preserve his strength, Han Fuyu disobeyed the military order many times in a row, retreated without a fight, and handed over many military important places such as the Yellow River defense line, Jinan, Tai'an, and Laiwu, so that Shandong fell most of them in just a few days! If it weren't for Jiang Qiang's elite army who did not retreat in the bloody battle, I am afraid that we would have faced the Japanese army's attack from the north and south now! You say, in this case, if Han Fuyu is not punished by the Ming Dynasty, how can he boost the morale of the army and shock the world? On January 11, 1938, Chairman Bai Chongxi went to Kaifeng to convene a military meeting of northern generals.

Li Zongren telegraphed Han Fuyu to participate, but Han Fuyu was apprehensive and did not dare to go because of the unauthorized retreat. At the same time, he received a secret telegram from Liu Xiang: The Kaifeng meeting is not good for his brother, so it is best not to attend it under the pretext of not attending. As a result, Han Fuyu said that the military was tight, and he could not go to the meeting. After receiving the reply, Li Zongren immediately reported it to the chairman. The chairman of the committee asked Jiang Bocheng to urge him again, and he must ask Han Fuyu to attend the meeting.

Jiang Bocheng immediately went to Jin Wenxi, Han Fuyu's representative in Kaifeng, and said to him: "Chairman Jiang and Han had some misunderstandings in the past, but as soon as they met, they would naturally explain it clearly. If he doesn't come, the deeper the opinion, and if the trouble continues, I don't think it's good for him. I have also worked with Xiang Fang for many years, and we have treated each other with all sincerity, so I say these words. As long as he's willing to come, I'll make sure he's okay. After some vowed persuasion, Jin Wenxi believed Jiang Bocheng's words, and sent a telegram to Han Fuyu, saying that Jiang Bocheng was waiting for him in Kaifeng, and that he and Chiang Kai-shek had negotiated that all misunderstandings could be resolved after meeting. Han Fuyu changed his mind and decided to attend the meeting in Kaifeng.

However, this time, Han Fuyu threw himself into the net and was imprisoned by Chairman Chiang, and then sent to Wuhan and detained in a small building in the inner courtyard of No. 33 Pingyue Road, Wuchang City. The dignified King of Shandong is still a prisoner, and his life has begun to enter the countdown! Now we still need to rely on this tiger and wolf army, I don't think we can do without any expression! Otherwise, it is easy to change! ”

Xu Zuyi sighed lightly, although Han Fuyu's continuous escape these days has caused great pressure and negative impact on the Fifth War Zone, but the feudal official has become a prisoner in the blink of an eye, which still makes him a little hurtful. In this case, Jiang Qiang was under a lot of pressure, although he hated Boss Han's escape behavior very much, but Jiang Qiang still had a certain affection for Han Fuqu, and he had to express his feelings and reason!

Li Zongren said in a deep voice: "Han Fuyu's life is in the hands of the commissioner, and it is no longer something we can control!" According to my inference and analysis, unless there is any special reason and turnaround, Han Fuyu will definitely die! I just hope that Jiang Qiang can understand the righteousness, and don't mess up his mind because of this matter, make radical behaviors, and follow in the footsteps of Han Fuyu! ”

Li Zongren is also very helpless, as a warlord of the Gui family, he has fought with Chairman Jiang several times, and the contradictions are not generally deep, why don't you want to stand up as the king and listen to me to fight against each other! But at the time of the survival of this nation, Li Zongren made up his mind to resist the war to the end, and never thought of abandoning the land in order to preserve his strength, and letting the Japanese devils burn and loot in the land of China!