Nanjing Presidential Palace: "What does this Jiang Qiang mean?" Li Zongren and Xu Zuyi were not only troubled, but the chairman was also very troubled after reading the telegram transmitted by Li Zongren. If it is someone else, even if it is said that the sky is broken, it is useless, the chairman and Han Fuyu have long had deep grievances, and it was not easy to catch Han Fuyu this time, how could he let the tiger return to the mountain again? However, now Jiang Qiang is already a decisive armed force, especially the current battle of Xuzhou in the fifth theater has begun, and the Japanese army has mobilized more than 200,000 elite troops from 8 divisions to attack Xuzhou in the north and south!

The Chinese armies gathered around Xuzhou in the Fifth Theater are basically local miscellaneous armies, with backward weapons and equipment and limited combat effectiveness, and it is difficult to hold out for a long time without Jiang Qiang, a tiger and wolf army. Qian Dajun said softly: "Commission, we must not let the tiger return to the mountain, Han Fuyu disobeyed the military order this time and retreated without a fight, losing a large number of military important places, so that the Japanese devils occupied the Yellow River defense line, Jinan and other large areas of land in just a few days!" Han Fuyu disregarded the country's general unauthorized retreat and sabotaged the War of Resistance, such a bad act of surrender and betrayal, not killing is not enough to anger the people! "Qian Dajun understands the chairman's mind the most, if he doesn't come out at this time, who will carry the black pot?

"Then the trial will be held according to the original plan, and we will discuss when to kill!" There was a hint of murder in the chairman's eyes, and he made up his mind that even if Yang Fan wanted to forcibly intervene in this matter, Han Fuyu would have to die, and there was absolutely no reason to be put back alive! In the early morning of 19 January, shortly after the Japanese fleet air group anchored off the coast of Qingdao had just taken off, a sharp air defense alarm sounded in Gaomi, Jiaoxian, Anqiu, and Zhucheng counties.

"Hurry, hurry! All in the basement! "Damn little devils are bombing again!" "Sooner or later, these brutes will be punished!"

The shrill sirens broke the silence of the early morning in an instant, and all the sleeping soldiers and civilians got up from their beds as fast as they could, and then hid in the nearest air raid bunker!

In order to cope with the bombing of the Japanese army, all newly built building areas have basements, and there are a large number of civil air defense projects, so as long as you respond to the air defense siren as soon as you hear it, you can basically hide in the air raid shelter! "Baga, how did they know that the Imperial Air Brigade was coming for an air attack?" "What the hell is going on?" "Yaga! Damn Chinese pigs! ”

The extremely fierce air raid sirens not only woke up the Chinese soldiers and civilians in their sleep, but also the Japanese troops who were confronting the Chinese Tiger Army from afar. In fact, it was only in 1935 that Watson Watt and other British electrical engineers succeeded in developing the first radar for detecting airplanes! At that time, although the detection distance was only a few tens of kilometers, it was of great significance, and since then it has opened up the development path for electromagnetic wave detection and positioning.

It was not until August 1940, when Nazi Germany implemented the "Sea Lion" operation plan for Occupy LinkedIn, that the British used radar in the first actual battle, and the Germans lost more than 600 aircraft in just 2 weeks. So in the current era, the air defense radar is a very high-tech electronic detection equipment, not to mention that there is no configuration in China, not even the Japanese army, and even the basic concept is not popularized!

A group of old devils were so angry that they thought they could take advantage of the opportunity of the Chinese army sleeping in the early morning to bombard hard and take advantage of it! "Send a telegram to the fleet immediately, the Huaxia army does not know what means to use to know the bombing in advance, please take countermeasures!" The commander of the 9th Brigade, Noboru Kunisaki, knew that the Chinese defenders had a large number of anti-aircraft guns, and now that he knew in advance about the air raid, the personnel would definitely hide first, and then the air defense units would enter combat in advance.

If you continue to bomb, you will definitely be intercepted extremely fiercely, and at this time Noboru Kunisaki understands why the air regiment suffered serious losses a few days ago. "Yaga! How so? Could it be that the Chinese army is equipped with advanced air defense radars? ”

After receiving the telegram, Vice Admiral Kondo, the commander of the fleet, was also very confused, it stands to reason that the sky is not completely bright now, and the bomber group is taking off on the sea, and under normal circumstances, it cannot be detected by the naked eye at the first time! But as soon as the group took off, Gaomi, which was 100 kilometers away, raised the alarm, which is difficult to explain with science! Anger is angry, but life is more important, Kondo Nobutake can only immediately send an order to the aviation brigade to let them return immediately, and at this time, no matter how hard it is, it will definitely suffer a big loss! "Hey, the devil group retreated directly?"

"Haha, it must be the little devil's bomber who was scared away by us!" "Hehe, although it was a false alarm, I have to say that our air defense forces are amazing!" After the little devil group retreated, a gentle air raid sounded again to lift the alarm, and the soldiers and civilians in the defense area went back to their homes with a smile, and they were engaged in a drill today! At this moment, Jiang Qiang was still lying on the bed and sleeping, and the landline next to the bed rang. "Hey!"

As soon as Jiang Qiang picked up the microphone, an extremely anxious voice came from the other end of the phone: "Report to the chief of staff, the Jiaoxian Coastal Defense Bureau has detected that 10 devil warships have sailed into Jiaozhou Bay, and it seems that they should cooperate with the Japanese Army to attack Jiaoxian!" Jiang Qiang frowned and said: "I know, the General Staff pays close attention to the battle situation in Jiaoxian, and reports any situation in time!" Jiang Qiang got up and had breakfast and came to the barracks.

After a simple breakfast, Jiang Qiang took a car to the division headquarters, at this time the division headquarters was already brightly lit, and all departments were busy! "Report to the Chief of Staff! So far, we have 5 defensive positions to engage fire with the Japanese army, and the strongest attack is the defense line between Huangniquan Village and Yujia Town in Jiaoxian County! Not only did the Japanese army use the sea fleet, bombing formations, and heavy artillery brigades to carry out many carpet bombings, but the Devil Tank Brigade and the Devil Infantry had been attacking continuously for 2 hours since 7 o'clock in the morning!

The 3rd Brigade is now under a lot of pressure on the frontal defense, especially the casualties of the 1st and 2nd Regiments! "It seems that the devil is in a hurry, and he wants to crush and tear out a hole with absolute firepower!" After sitting in the war room of the division headquarters for nearly three hours, Jiang Qiang felt more and more an unusual atmosphere, the little devils were even more desperate today than yesterday, and they carried out carpet bombing and storming almost at any cost.

After pondering for a long time, Jiang Qiang immediately stood up and said to Liu Qiang and Huzi: "Liu Qiang, immediately order the flying team to assemble urgently!" Huzi, immediately mobilize a battalion of troops and come with me to Jiaoxian to support! "Although I am very confident in the defensive combat strength of the troops under my command, even if the peripheral positions are broken, I can stick to the core position and let the little devils run into blood!

But for the sake of insurance, Jiang Qiang still decided to use the sharp knife of the flying brigade and the special operations brigade, and if the situation was critical, he could also use air support to counter-charge the Japanese army! Soon, 12 transport planes carrying 600 heavily armed soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade went directly to the Jiaoxian front line, which was fiercely fighting. "Salute!" "Chief of Staff, what wind blew your old man here?"

In less than half an hour, Jiang Qiang strode into the headquarters of the Third Brigade of the Jiaodong Military Region of the Asian People's Liberation Army, which is a large underground fortress! Ren Yixiong led the four regiment commanders, brigade staff officers, and staff to greet the arrival of Jiang Qiang and his party in a very grand manner, and they almost rolled out the red carpet, honor guard, and salute. "Okay, don't do so many things in the war now, and go back to all kinds of jobs!"

Jiang Qiang returned a military salute to everyone, then unceremoniously disbanded the greeting team, and then walked into the battle hall and said to Ren Yixiong: "Brigade Commander Ren, what is the situation on your side now?" Ren Yixiong hurriedly replied: "Report to the brigade, the little devil's offensive today is indeed a little unusual!"

Since the early morning shelling and bombardment, the offensive has not stopped, especially now that there are 10 devil warships on the sea surface of Jiaozhou Bay, constantly shelling the coastline positions! According to our analysis, the little devil should want to tear a hole from us! But please rest assured, our 3rd Brigade will never take half a step back and swear to fight the devil to the end! "That's enough, it's not for you to make a summary report now!"

Jiang Qiang waved his hand and asked in a deep voice, "What I want to ask is your specific casualty situation now?" How many of the outlying positions were knocked out by the devils? Ren Yixiong hurriedly replied solemnly: "Report to the division, at present, we have more than 500 casualties, but all the positions are still in our hands!" At present, the greatest pressure is the defense line around Zhoujiazhuang Village, Tanjiazhuang Village, and Xiaohui Village, and we have repelled 10 Japanese attacks, killing at least 700 Japanese soldiers! ”

The water system in Jiaoxian County is relatively developed, and there are many rivers, so the peripheral defense positions are mainly arranged along the coastal defense line, along the Dagu River and the Lai River! Although the average width of the water surface of these rivers is only more than ten meters, they have become insurmountable moats in the face of strong defensive positions and powerful defensive firepower networks, and it is difficult to break through from the front under normal circumstances!

Therefore, the main direction of attack chosen by the Japanese army was placed on the land defense line in the area of Zhoujiazhuang Village, Tanjiazhuang Village, and Xiaohui Village, and the main force of more than 5,000 people of the 33rd Brigade of the Japanese Army was concentrated! "500 killed, 700 killed? Listening to your tone, do you still think you have made money? ”

Jiang Qiang glared, these guys have become bigger and bigger, with 15,000 elite soldiers in their hands, the casualties of hundreds of people in the morning have just become a string of data! is no longer as "simple" as before, and if one or two comrades die, they will be sad for many days!

Of course, there is a good saying that "mercy does not command the army", as a qualified general, you have to be hard-hearted, abandon personal feelings, and constantly deduce and calculate the casualty data of the enemy and us, so as to inflict maximum damage on the enemy at the minimum cost! Real wars are always a string of cold data, and personal emotions are not allowed to influence the situation of the war!

Ren Yixiong hurriedly smiled and said: "Chief of Staff, these little devils are really too difficult, not only do they have a large amount of artillery fire to cover them, but those devils have vicious marksmanship, and they are often bitten if they accidentally pop up...... "Okay! How could I not understand this! ”

Without waiting for Ren Yixiong to finish speaking, Yang Fan asked again: "Didn't the artillery regiment and shore defense artillery of your brigade fight back and suppress it?" ”

Ren Yixiong hurriedly replied: "How could it be that he didn't return fire with artillery?" Thanks to our excellent artillery, especially those highland batteries, they are really powerful! This morning, our artillery fought with the devil artillery and the fleet all morning, and the devil artillery unit was dumb several times, and even the devil fleet hid far away, and did not dare to get close to the bombardment! ”

Speaking of this, Ren Yixiong couldn't help but feel a little proud, thanks to his fact that in addition to a large number of mortars, he also had 60 large-caliber field howitzers, otherwise the artillery of the little devil alone would be enough to drink a pot of himself! As long as the heavy firepower does not suffer, if the Japanese army wants to tear through the carefully constructed defensive line, it will have to fill it with a lot of lives!

"Not bad! However, I have to see it with my own eyes to be reassured! Liu Qiang, drive a helicopter to the front line! "It's been a long time since I've been on the battlefield in person, Jiang Qiang is really a little itchy in his heart, since he has come to the front battlefield this time, he naturally has to have a good time." Okay! Master, it would be even cooler if you could fly a plane and fight with the little devils! ”

It's not a big deal to see the excitement, Liu Qiang has long wanted to experience what it's like to drive a helicopter to fight devils in the sky. Jiang Qiang transferred 16 helicopters from Shanghai, although the main function is transport aircraft rather than helicopter gunships, but they can also temporarily deploy helicopter gunships with weapons such as light and heavy machine guns and bazookas! "Don't worry, good steel is used on the blade!"

Jiang Qiang smiled, now the Japanese devils don't have bazookas, anti-aircraft missiles, and helicopter gunships, and even anti-aircraft machine guns may not be equipped, and now they can indeed drive helicopters in waves! However, at this time, Ren Yixiong shook his head very discordantly and said, "Chief of Staff, this is too dangerous!" If you want to scout the enemy, you have to let me go! "Hello! The Imperial Japanese Army will definitely succeed! All the important ministers present once again saluted their heads!

"Since the start of the all-out war, I and the entire Yamato nation have no way to retreat, and now we can only rush forward in one go!" Speaking of this, Hirohito said loudly in an accentuated tone: "I also hope that Zhongqing and I will work together to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to conquer China together and create this thousand-year-old prosperity for the Japanese Empire and the Yamato nation!" "Hello!"

A group of old devils are frenzied again! Since ancient times, the Japanese nation has been martial. Because, in the small living space, people need to rely on force to obtain limited means of survival, and the shoguns rely on the hierarchical samurai system to maintain their rule in the country of projectiles. The economic crisis that began in 1920 and the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 caused great damage to the Japanese economy and caused existential panic among the Japanese people.

The samurai of this island nation wanted to go to the territory of other countries to seize by force, because they inherited the superstition of reckless military force. When an avalanche happens, no snowflake is innocent! It is no exaggeration to say that during the entire World War II, Japan was poisoned by militarism from top to bottom, and the whole country was frantically gambling on national fortunes, and it was full of fascism's iron-blooded brutality!

Nanjing, the meeting room of the Presidential Palace! Chairman of the National People's Committee, Qian Dajun, Chen Bui, He Jinhan, Dai Li, and others also gathered around the radio at this time to listen to Japan

Everyone listened with bated breath at HK Radio, and there was also a Japanese translator! Originally, the chairman of the committee did not know that the Japanese radio station was conducting a live broadcast, but Dai Li was the first to discover the situation and reported it to Chairman Jiang as soon as possible!

Because everyone around the chairman knows that the chairman has recently paid special attention to the movements in Jiaodong, Shandong, and is very interested in even the wind and grass. "Oh, Amaterasu, listeners, guess what I saw? The artillery of the Imperial Army once again launched a heavy artillery bombardment of the Chinese positions, and a strong reinforced concrete bunker was blown out of a large hole! The Chinese soldiers who hid inside must have been blown to pieces, and there is no reason to be spared! "Yuko Yamano's excited screams and rumbling cannons can be heard on the radio, and you can hear that the current battle is very fierce!

Hearing this, the chairman of the committee motioned to Qian Dajun to turn off the radio first, and then asked with an ugly face: "Tell me, what do the Japanese want to do?" Why did you suddenly go to Jiaodong, Shandong to do live broadcasting? Chen Bui immediately replied: "Bench, I guess the Japanese just want to continue to put pressure on us!" A few days ago, they failed to lure them down, and they must have been very unwilling! Qian Dajun nodded and agreed: "The main purpose should be this!" In addition, Jiang Qiang is indeed too hated by the Japanese devils, how many times he has hit the Japanese army before and after, and the devils have long hated him! Especially in Tianjin, there were so many lieutenant generals who killed people.

In addition, you personally named them the Tiger Army, which largely made them a banner of resistance against Japan in China! In the past, the Japanese devils focused on the Battle of Guangdong, the Battle of Taiyuan and the Battle of Northern Hebei, but now they have finally freed up their hands, and naturally they want to get rid of them quickly! "Mother Xipi, you want us to surrender, the Japanese devils are really whimsical! These little devils are really grudgeful, and they just went to find trouble with Jiang Qiang as soon as they freed their hands! ”

The chairman snorted coldly, and there was an inexplicable joy in his heart that "the wicked have their own wicked grinding", and now he especially hopes that Jiang Qiang can consume more of the Japanese army's vital strength, and if the Japanese army's elite 107th Division and 10th Division can be dragged all the way to Shandong, then it will be called beautiful! He Jinhan nodded and said: "What the committee said is extremely true, Japanese devils are simply a group of villains!" However, they have encountered a hard bone this time, I don't think there will be ten days, little Japan doesn't want to eat Jiang Qiang's Jiaodong Army! ”

The chairman glanced at He Xinhan and said, "What, do you think Jiang Qiang can only support ten days and half a month?" "Huh?" He Zhenhan was stunned, and then after thinking about it carefully, he said: "Commission, just from this posture, the Japanese army is going to move seriously this time!" I admit that Jiang Qiang is indeed very capable, and the troops under his command are also very combat-effective, but the Japanese army has aircraft, artillery, warships as fire support, and two elite armor divisions are attacking with all their might, under this kind of attack intensity, it is already very remarkable that they can hold out for ten days! ”

Chen Bui shook his head at this time and said: "I don't think so, although I have only been in contact with Jiang Qiang twice, I can see that Jiang Qiang is a master who will never suffer!" Since Jiang Qiang has put on a stubborn defensive formation, he will definitely have a considerable grasp and backhand, and he will never be completely defeated by the Japanese army easily! He Jinhan said with some unhappiness: "Yan Ji, you are too confident in Yang Fan, right?" Could it be that you still think that Jiang Qiang can survive in a desperate situation like before this time, and even win a big victory? Could it be that he is an immortal and can sprinkle beans into soldiers? ”

"That's it! That's not the point! The chairman waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "At present, what we lack most is time, Jiang Qiang can support one more day, and we will have one more chance of winning in the battle of Xuzhou!" So we can't let Jiang Qiang be annihilated by the Japanese army easily, and we have to respond to the rescue when necessary! Mu Yin, send a telegram to Li Zongren, asking him to pay more attention to the situation of Jiang Qiang's department! "Since he had previously said that he would not interfere in the military affairs of the Fifth War Zone, although Chairman Jiang wanted to give instructions directly at this time, he could only choose to make euphemistic suggestions instead of clear instructions!

"This Jiang Qiang, is it so hated by devils? Broadcast live on the radio? Soon, Li Zongren's side also learned about Japan

A group of high-ranking generals gathered around the radio with great curiosity to listen to the incident of the HK radio station. "Good boy! The little devil simply regarded Yang Fan as a mortal enemy! If it goes on like this, can Jiang Qiang really withstand it? ”

The continuous violent explosions on the radio and the tsunami charge of the Japanese devil mountain, Xu Zuyi was terrified when he heard it, and he couldn't imagine what kind of casualties would be under the intensity of such an attack! Zhang Zizhong's face was solemn, and he sighed softly: "Chief of Staff Jiang and I once fought side by side in Fengtai, Beiping, and I greatly admired his courage and character!" Unexpectedly, after half a year, he has become a friendly brother unit, I really hope that he can be auspicious! ”

"Haha! Let's not worry about it, Jiang Qiang is definitely not so fragile! This guy has repeatedly created miracles, and since he can turn defeat into victory under many absolutely unfavorable conditions, he will definitely not be easily defeated on his own turf! Li Zongren waved his hand lightly, and then said, "Our current situation is not much better!" We have 6 divisions of the Japanese army in front of us, and what we should worry about most is ourselves, not Jiang Qiang, who is strong and strong! ”

Li Zongren walked to the military map worriedly, and the shocking red arrows were like boulders pressing on his body, making him feel dull and breathless! Zhang Zizhong led his troops to Guzhen on February 11, fought a bloody battle with the Japanese army for a day, successively recovered Cao Laoji, Xiaobengbu and Huaiyuan strongholds, cleared the Japanese troops that had rushed to the north of Huainan, and assisted Yu Xuezhong's troops to recover their positions.

At this point, the Chinese army and the Japanese army formed a state of confrontation across the river. Zhang Zizhong is Feng Yuxiang's old department, and his broadsword team once relied on melee and night battles to slash and kill the Japanese army in the Xifengkou Great Wall Anti-Japanese War, and made a name for himself. After the 77 Lugou Bridge Incident, the defense of Pingjin failed, and Zhang Zizhong was appointed as the mayor of Beiping, and was ordered by Song Zheyuan to deal with the Japanese army!

Zhang Zizhong endured humiliation and covered the safe retreat of Song Zheyuan's army, but the outside world did not know the truth, and they all thought that he was a traitor who betrayed the country and sought glory. Later, Zhang Zizhong escaped from Beiping and went to Nanjing after several setbacks. However, public opinion circles, which do not know the truth, have called for him to be severely punished as an example, and some people in military circles want to take advantage of the opportunity to integrate his troops.

At this critical moment, Li Zongren stepped forward to invite Zhang Zizhong for a long talk, and said: "Brother Xin Chen, I know that you have been wronged. Now public opinion condemns you, because they don't know the background, and when they understand the truth, they won't scold you. I know that you are chivalrous and strict in governing the army, I understand you, and of course I can understand you. Zhang Zizhong couldn't help but shed tears and said ashamedly: "This personal adventure to come to Beijing is to come to surrender and wait for the government to punish the crime. ”

Li Zongren encouraged: "Brother Xun Chen, I advise you not to be discouraged and disappointed, I am ready to make a statement to the chairman of the committee, so that you can go back and continue to lead the troops." Feng Yuxiang and Li Zongren helped Zhang Zizhong succeed Song Zheyuan as commander of the 59th Army in February. When Zhang Zizhong said goodbye to Li Zongren: "If it weren't for Chief Li's words, even if I, Zhang, would not have been shot, I would have been trapped in bondage and a national sinner."

Today, the chief has been perfected, and the grace is recreated, and in my lifetime, I should serve the country with my bloody life and repay my knowledge. Later, Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army became the theater system of Li Zongren in the Fifth War Zone, and naturally obeyed Li Zongren's words and obeyed the order, and he was desperate to fight a battle! After more than a month of bloody battles, the southern front of the Fifth Theater temporarily stabilized the situation and entered a state of confrontation across the river, but the Japanese army is further mobilizing troops, and the pressure on the Fifth Theater will only increase!