At four or five o'clock in the afternoon, the 28th Regiment of the 10th Brigade of the 4th Division and the 43rd Regiment of the 15th Brigade of the 6th Division arrived at the county seat of Feixian County one after another!

At this time, Yun Qichang had already led his troops to go around, and there was a small-scale firefight with the little devils in several other defense lines!

Because the devils occupied the favorable terrain and dug anti-tank trenches, Yun Qichang only let the troops make a tentative attack, took advantage of some small advantages and retreated!

The Kunisaki detachment was made crazy, but they could only stare at the tank regiment and run away after loading!

When the Jiaodong Group Army withdrew to the county seat to recuperate, Kunizaki Deng and other old devils agreed that it was useless to continue to stay in the periphery of Fei County, but it was easy to be attacked by the Jiaodong Group Army at night, and they couldn't even sleep well!

Because they know that the Jiaodong Group Army still has helicopter troops, they can take advantage of the night to throw their troops into the rear for night raids!

As a result, Kunizaki Noboru ordered all the troops to retreat to Zou County and use the carefully constructed fortifications to make indecent use!

Kunizaki Deng didn't want to be tough with the Jiaodong Group Army now, because it was really impossible to draw it, and the main direction of attack of the Battle of Xuzhou had become the Central China Front Army going north to attack Xuzhou!

In view of the fact that the Guosaki detachment retreated, there would be no war in Fei County in the short term, and Taierzhuang was still engaged in a bloody battle with the Japanese army, and the Hunan army suffered heavy casualties!

Jiang Qiang immediately ordered the 28th Regiment and the 43rd Regiment, with the tank and armored regiments, to continue to advance in the direction of Jining to relieve the siege!

And the 13th Brigade is temporarily stationed in Fei County, cooperating with the Pang Corps to defend!

"Haha, Commander Pang, Commander Sun, Commander Wu, you must say goodbye to you for a thousand miles, we will have a date later!"

Jiang Qiang didn't rush back, but followed the troops to Jining, anyway, he was idle, he went out to brush up on his sense of existence and burn the cold stove, which could not only increase his prestige, but also improve his favorability!

If there is a stir in the future, maybe these desperate ragtag troops will take the initiative to come to Chengcheng!

"Commander Jiang, thank you for your great kindness, please take care!"

"Commander Jiang, there will be a period later!"

Pang Bingxun, Ma Fawu and others reluctantly waved goodbye to Jiang Qiang, originally thinking that they would have to have good wine and good food to entertain them, but Jiang Qiang led his troops to Jining again on the grounds of military urgency!

"Yaga! What? Jiang Qiang led the troops to Jining? Let's immediately switch from offense to defense and go all out on the defensive? Bagaya Road! ”

After receiving the information, Toshiji Miura, the commander of the 21st Brigade of the newly formed Fifth Division, scolded a few times in an extremely unhappy manner!

Without even seeing the shadow of the Jiaodong Group Army, he allowed himself to withdraw his troops to defend, which is simply a ruthless humiliation!

However, Miura Toshishi did not continue to attack to death, and he did not have a head to fight with Jiang Qiang in the field, and finally pinched his nose and retreated!

"Damn it, these little devils were scared away like this?"

"Ahem, cough, the Jiaodong Group Army can really make the devil frightened?"

"It can't be just a coincidence, right?"

After Commander Deng and the others figured out the situation, they were all dumbfounded, when did the arrogant little devil ever be so afraid of the Chinese army?

And two hours later, when they saw the luxurious armored corps and the transport convoy, they realized what was going on!

Obediently, just the more than a dozen heavy tanks in front, the huge iron armor, the long barrel and the rumbling motor sound are enough to make people gasp and feel a sense of awe!

Don't even think about it, even if you don't use the main gun of the tank, just by crushing all the way crazy, you can open a bloody road and make people directly crush into piles of meat puree!

And the craters and bullet marks on these big guys are completely like glittering merit medals, which look so deep, heavy and shocking!

"Haha, Commander Jiang, I'm glad to be there!"

"Sure enough, there is no vanity under the fame! Commander Jiang, hurry up inside, please! ”

"Oh my God, where did you get all these tanks?"

"Who is Commander Jiang sacred? It's incredible! ”

"No wonder the Jiaodong Group Army can inflict heavy losses on the Japanese army many times, and even the two A divisions can't help them!"

After the boundless shock, the eyes of Commander Deng and the others suddenly became hot, and most of the previous suspicions and unpleasantness dissipated at once!

This kind of tiger and wolf division is completely different from himself, Commander Deng and the others secretly feel ashamed of themselves, and have an inexplicable admiration and awe for Jiang Qiang!

With a little calculation, they can know that the total strength of the tank unit and two infantry regiments alone is as high as more than 8,000 people, and its combat power is definitely comparable to a brigade of the Japanese army!

And the strength of a brigade of the newly formed 5th Division of the Japanese army beat the 32nd Army to the ground and lost its positions one after another!

"Haha, Commander Deng, Commander Sun, I've kept you waiting!"

After a few simple greetings, Jiang Qiang asked with a smile: "Hurry up all the way and finally arrive, I don't know what the situation of the little devil is now?" ”

Commander Deng laughed and said: "Commander Jiang is famous, the little devil was scared away an hour ago, if it wasn't for us and others to see it with our own eyes, I really can't believe it's true!" ”

"Oh! Could it be that we will run for nothing again? How did these little devils become so cowardly! ”

As soon as he heard this, Xie Kangquan, the commander of the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Division, complained very unhappily, he had just been promoted to brigade commander and finally had the opportunity to lead the troops to fight, but he unexpectedly struck the air twice in a row!

Tian Haizhong, commander of the 43rd Regiment of the 15th Brigade of the 6th Division, nodded thoughtfully:

"Yes, we set off at 9 o'clock this morning, and now it's been almost ten hours, and we've been on the road all the time, but we haven't even seen the little devil! Why is it so difficult to fight a serious battle now? ”

"Ahem, ahem!"

The speaker has no intention of listening, and Commander Deng is full of embarrassment! The Jiaodong Group Army was able to resist the all-out attack of the two A divisions, and the bloody battle for six days not only did not lose an inch of land, but also caused heavy casualties to the Japanese army!

And the 32nd Army was beaten to the point where it couldn't raise its head at all in the face of the attack of a brigade of devils!

After more than half a bloody battle, the 32nd Group Army not only suffered more than 5,000 casualties, but still only Tengxian and the surrounding positions such as Jiehe, Longshan and Puyang Mountain remained.

"Why are you in a hurry, isn't it easy to want to fight? The top priority is to repair the fortifications and rescue the wounded, and our priority now is to defend the city, not fight the devils! ”

Jiang Qiang rolled his eyes, how could these two goods pretend to be more forceful than himself, didn't you see that a few bigwigs of the 32nd Army were blushing with shame by you?

After a pause, Jiang Qiang continued: "I have always admired your army very much, and I am very happy to help you!" I also brought a medical team this time, which can provide medical assistance to your brothers! ”

Commander Deng nodded and smiled: "Thank you Commander Jiang!" That's true! Thanks to you, you have sent a lot of special first-aid medicines, especially those hemostatic powders, which are so effective! As soon as you sprinkle it, you can see it immediately, otherwise we will have a lot more casualties! ”

Speaking of this, Commander Deng's heart was full of emotion, although the medicine given by Jiang Qiang before was not much, the effect was unusually good, and at least five or six hundred people had been saved so far!

Jiang Qiang smiled: "Commander Deng, the little devil will definitely not give up!" Without further ado, let's repair the fortifications together and strengthen the defenses first, and then sit down and talk slowly? ”

"Good! Good! Good! ”

Hearing that Jiang Qiang was going to lead his troops to assist in the defense of Jining for a long time, Commander Deng suddenly said three "good" words excitedly, so that the pressure could be greatly reduced, and there was no longer any need to completely rely on human lives as before!

"Thank you Commander Jiang Gao Yi! We can't thank you enough! ”

Commander Sun also nodded with great emotion, although it is also righteous to defend the land and sacrifice his life for the country in the War of Resistance, but who would kill himself if he can live well?

As the chief and deputy commanders of the 32nd Group Army, the two of them never want to see the children of the Hunan Army who were brought out shed blood and sacrificed in vain!

"The icing on the cake is not as good as sending charcoal in the snow", Jiang Qiang's arrival at this time not only boosted the morale of the 32nd Group Army, but also relieved his breath!

"What? Jiang Qiang went to Jining? So fast? Damn, the mobility of the mechanized troops is amazing, and they can run one or two hundred kilometers in one breath without blinking! ”

Jiang Qiang led his troops to rush to the aid of Jining, such a major military situation related to the strategic layout, Commander Deng naturally would not hide it, and reported it to the Theater Commander's Headquarters as soon as possible!

After Li Zongren got the news, he was stunned for a while, originally thinking that Jiang Qiang would sweep the snow in front of the door like before, and would not easily take the initiative to rush to help!

"Is this what it's called, if you don't make a sound, you're already a blockbuster?"

But Li Zongren couldn't have imagined that Jiang Qiang not only did not delay this time, but also personally led his troops to rush to the aid of Fei County around the defense area, and even ran to Jining in one go.

"yes, it's a surprise!"

Xu Zuyi's expression was very exciting, and after a while, he read with some worry: "Could he be going to rob while the fire is hot?" I've heard before that Jiang Qiang once sent people to the 32nd Army to recruit them! ”

"It's not impossible! Jiang Qiang, this guy, has never been profitable and does not get up early, whether it is the Fengtai Campaign, the Dezhou Campaign, the Jinshanwei Campaign, or the self-defense counterattack battle, the fighters who are not sure are very accurate! ”

Li Zongren nodded, and then continued: "However, it doesn't matter much, as long as he can defend the northern defense line, what if he annexes the 22nd Army?" ”

Li Zongren thought very openly, he is not the chairman of the committee and has no ambition to unify China, as long as Jiang Qiang can resolutely resist Japan and work together to defeat the little devils, even if Jiang Qiang becomes one of the best warlords in the future, so what?

That's true! The stronger Jiang Qiang's strength is, the more devils will be attracted, and the pressure on our Fifth War Zone will naturally be greatly reduced! ”

Xu Zuyi naturally knows very well that it is powerful, and he does not doubt Jiang Qiang's character, knowing that although this product never suffers, it can still be trusted at a critical moment!

"Haha, Commander Deng, Commander Sun, and all the Hunan Army brothers of the 32nd Group Army, I will give you a toast first!"

After finishing the business, it is natural to eat, drink and socialize, Jiang Qiang is also willing to deal with Commander Deng and others, and very generously took out a bag of Burmese rice, cola wine and a large number of high-end ingredients.

"Commander Jiang, we have a good time today, haha!"

"Yes, I'm not afraid of Commander Jiang's jokes when I say it, it's the first time I've lived for dozens of years to eat such delicious rice and wine and delicacies!"

"Commander Jiang, the brothers are all rough people who march and fight! Since this time out of Hunan Province, only you and Chief Li have treated us as human beings,......"

The Chinese wine table culture has a long history, and after eating and drinking, the favorability of Jiang Qiang and Commander Deng and others has increased rapidly, and after a while, they have become good brothers who have nothing to talk about, not to mention how touching that affection is!

"Haha! Brothers of the Hunan Army, you are all good! I, Jiang, have always admired each other, and I can't hide it, there are more than 3,000 Hunan army brothers in our Jiaodong Group Army!

They have now taken root in the Jiaodong area, but any brother of our army, no matter where they live, can bring their immediate family members to the troops! ”

"You may not know that our Jiaodong region, Jiaoxian, Zhucheng and other places, under the governance of our headquarters, have become a paradise to live and work in peace and contentment! ……”

Jiang Qiang immediately smiled at the Wang Po selling melons, while Xie Kangquan, Tian Haizhong, Liu Qiang and others knew the meaning of the strings, and began to sing and boast about themselves, waving a hoe to dig the foot of the wall!

Time flashed to the morning of January 25th, "General seat, there is a telegram from home!" The 21st Division and the 10th Division of the Japanese Army once again approached the city and carried out small-scale attacks on the three counties of Jiaoxian, Gaomi and Anqiu! Please instruct! ”

At this time, Huang Hong, the chief of the intelligence section, walked into the house with a telegram.

"It seems that the little devils want to hold us back, and their offensive focus should be on the southern front!"

Jiang Qiang swept the telegram at a glance and ten lines, and quickly sniffed out the Japanese army's combat intentions, and then muttered:

"Let the defense areas hold their positions and resolutely counterattack the provocative attacks of the Japanese army, but do not rashly go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese army! It's still time! ”

"Yes!"

Huang Hong immediately saluted and nodded in response.

Jiang Qiang stood up, walked outside the door and looked into the distance, and after a while, he said to Liu Qiang beside him in a more considerate tone:

"The little devil wants to use positional warfare to encircle us, and then concentrate superior forces to encircle and annihilate us, what do you think we should do now?"

"Total seat! Then I'll throw bricks and lead the way! ”

Liu Qiang thought carefully for a while, and then spoke: "The so-called cold lips and teeth, I think we can't stick to the defense area like before, but should cooperate with friendly troops to kill and injure devils as much as possible!" ”

"Haha, it's very progressive and discerning!"

Jiang Qiang smiled and praised it, he never thought of becoming a king by himself, let alone competing with Japanese devils with just a corner of the land!

Because Jiang Qiang knows very well that fighting a war requires not only sophisticated weapons and equipment, but also a huge amount of human resources, and the territory under his control alone is simply unable to support a long-term large-scale fierce war.

In the current era, "there are many people, there is great power" is not an empty slogan!

Liu Qiang scratched his head embarrassedly and said with a smile: "Hehe, the total seat has won the award, where do I have any vision!" I just think we can't be trapped to death by the Japanese devils, otherwise we will have to be calculated by them sooner or later! ”

"Born in sorrow and dying in peace, it's good that you have this kind of awareness!"

Jiang Qiang smiled, and then said in a deep voice: "Since the little devil's strategy has changed and he no longer regards us as the primary target, then we have to change too!"

Liu Qiang, we have to go back and discuss the next action plan! You first send a notice to the headquarters and ask the brigade commander and above to hold a meeting at the headquarters at one o'clock in the afternoon! ”

"Yes!"

Liu Qiang immediately took the order and left!

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Shandong Jiangqiang Asian People's Liberation Army Jiaodong Group Army Headquarters!

"Alright, everyone, be quiet!"

After gossiping for a while, Jiang Qiang returned to the truth and preached: "The purpose of convening everyone for a meeting today, everyone is already very clear, now the devil is determined to capture Xuzhou and connect the north and south battlefields!"

At present, we have 4 Japanese divisions in Shandong, and the Japanese Central China Front has 8 divisions, which not only has caused tremendous pressure on the southern front of the Fifth Theater, but is also equivalent to hanging a sharp sword over our heads!

Once the devils break through the southern defense line of the Fifth War Zone, we will be surrounded by more than 200,000 Japanese troops!

So, we must seize the opportunity to fight side by side with the friendly forces of the Fifth Theater of Operations, and turn the Fifth Theater into a flesh mill for devils! Let's start discussing the specific course of action! ”

Although the original history of the Battle of Xuzhou will be fought until May, the current situation is very different from the original history!

The Japanese army has assembled a full 12 divisions with a total strength of more than 300,000, and there are signs that the devils will further increase their strength.

This made Jiang Qiang have to join the strategic layout as soon as possible, instead of waiting for the best combat opportunity.

Jiang Qiang is urgently discussing countermeasures, and the Fifth Theater Commander's Headquarters is also planning to deal with it!

Xu Zuyi pointed to the military map with a wooden root and said: "At present, the Japanese North China Front has gathered 4 divisions in Shandong, of which the 10th Division and the 21st Division are in Jiaoxian, Gaomi, and Anqiu to contain Yang Fan's troops!"

The 20th Division confronted the Third Army, and the 10th Division was driven back to Zou County by Jiang Qiang!

So we have the Third Army, the 22nd Army, the Third Army and Jiang Qiang's headquarters to block it, and there won't be much of a problem for the time being!

But the Central China Front of the Japanese army to the south of us has assembled a full 8 divisions, and the fifth theater of operations has formed a huge pressure!

In particular, the northward advance of the 9th Division and the 11th Division was very fierce, and the vanguard broke through many defensive lines one after another, and now they have reached the Funing area!

According to this momentum, the morning after tomorrow should arrive at the Longhai railway line where the 59th Army is stationed! ”

After a pause, Xu Zuyi said worriedly: "According to intelligence, the Japanese army used a large number of new tanks and heavy firepower this time, and the breakthrough power was very strong, and the three lines of defense we arranged were forcibly broken through in less than three hours!"

Li Zongren took the words, drew a circle on the map with a wooden stick, and said, "That's right, so we must prepare in advance!" The 9th and 11th Divisions of the Japanese Army are rapidly advancing with a large number of new tanks, which are extremely rampant at this time, so we can draw a circle in Xin'an Town, Taierzhuang, and Linyi! ”

Yesterday, Jiang Qiang made a sharp move to drive the newly formed Fifth Division back to Zou County, and Li Zongren keenly captured the fighters!

As long as Jiang Qiang, Pang Bingxun, and Commander Deng can hold Tengxian, Feixian, Yishui, and Juxian, then the Fifth Theater can completely concentrate its forces to set up an ambush circle, and let the advancing 9th Division and the 11th Division go in and close the door and fight the dogs!

After half a day of discussion, the strategy for the battle of Taierzhuang was initially formed: Zhang Zizhong let go of the Longhai railway line, and only made a simple resistance with the Japanese army and fled to Linyi in a pretended rout!

Sun Lianzhong's Second Group Army served as the first-line blocking mission of Taierzhuang and the canal. Sun Lianzhong was the old department of Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army and one of Feng Yuxiang's thirteen Taibao.

Although the equipment is extremely rudimentary, heavy weapons are rarely mixed with guns, and some soldiers even have only a steel broadsword as a weapon!

However, the Sun Lianzhong group has a clear strength, the department is highly disciplined and has a reputation for being the best at defense.

In the Battle of Taiyuan, Sun Lianzhong was responsible for holding the frontal position of Niangzi Pass, and the Japanese army attacked them under the cover of aircraft, tanks and artillery, but they were never able to cross the thunder pool by half a step!

The Second Group Army nominally had two armies, namely the 30th Army of Tian Zhennan and the 42nd Army of Feng Anbang, but because these two armies had participated in the defense of Liulihe River in Shanxi and the defense of Niangzi Pass, the losses were quite heavy!

Now the Second Army can actually participate in the battle with only three divisions and one brigade, with a total strength of 24,000 men!

In addition, Li Zongren also decided to let Tang Enbo's 20th Army Corps take on the task of mobile annihilation of the enemy.

The Twentieth Army Corps of Tang Enbo is a subordinate unit of Chairman Chiang, a new corps formed only five months ago, and is directly under the command of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government!

Among them, most of the division-level cadres of Guan Lin Zhengjun and Wang Zhonglian Army are students of the Whampoa Military Academy, and the chairman of the committee regards them as "proud disciples"!

Therefore, this unit is mainly equipped, not only with complete guns and a certain number of heavy artillery, but also armored tanks, although they are all light tanks, but they are already considered top luxury equipment in the Chinese army!

After the 20th Army Corps came to the Fifth Theater, Tang Enbo, proceeding from his own interests and considering the mobile combat tasks he undertook, he deployed the main force in the areas of Dongji, Xiji, and Fenghuangzhuang, and made preparations for a flank attack on the Japanese army, so as to prevent the war situation from deteriorating!

"Report, Jiaodong Group Army is in an emergency!"

"What? They want to send a division of troops to coordinate with Taierzhuang, and name Sun Lianzhong to defend together? Haha, it's so good, this devil has a hard time! ”

Not long after the meeting ended, Li Zongren received a telegram signed by Yang Fan himself, and the whole person became excited all of a sudden!

Qin Siyu in Tianjin also received a telegram from Jiang Qiang asking Tianjin to make a feint attack on Tianjin and Beiping on the independent road of Tianjin, by the way, those Zunhua, at this time Zunhua is also the strength of a wing, Jiang Qiang still understands Qin Siyu, he has always done things without leakage, and he is thoughtful, where is there the best staff officer of Yuko Kitajima, there should be no problem in taking Zunhua, that is, asking Qin Siyu to take Tianjin, Qin Siyu has no problem, but Jiang Qiang does not dare to take this risk.

After Qin Siyu received Jiang Qiang's telegram, he immediately called Xia Qing, Yuko Kitajima, Chen Mingzhu, An Ran and An Shiping over for a meeting. Where is Jiang Qiang's news, "What is this person who can't die doing now, I thought he was Tianjin's belongings." Xia Qing said. "I don't know if he has a good relationship anywhere in Shandong" Kitajima Yuko also said, "Excellent men are chased by girls everywhere, it's not a matter of whether you want to die or not, the main thing is that those girls stick upside down by themselves, eh, I think as long as Sister Tingting is pulled to Jiang Qiang's side, I heard that Yu Yanluo from Qixia County is an upside-down master, we are so hard, fall in love with this bastard." ”

Qin Siyu himself just thought, "What kind of meeting is this, it's just a jealous conference." Qin Siyu looked at them and shook his head, Brother Jiang, what are you doing.