"All anti-aircraft gun emplacements are available! Fire now! Hit me hard! "As soon as the devil group entered the effective range, the 7 anti-aircraft guns in Taierzhuang opened fire at full power, and they shelled wildly at the devil group in the sky without any money! After 2 days of bloody fighting, 5 anti-aircraft guns were damaged, 3 of which were blown up by bombers, and the other 2 were directly hit by Japanese heavy artillery!

"Baga Ya Road! Taierzhuang must be captured today! The troops immediately attacked! The first Imperial warrior to storm the castle will be rewarded with 100,000 yen! When the bombardment and shelling were over, Ryosuke Yoshika drew the Emperor's Imperial Saber and roared with a hideous roar on his face, starting a new siege battle!

"Assault! Tao times change! "His Majesty the Emperor is onboard!"

Thousands of Japanese infantry launched a fierce attack on Taierzhuang under the cover of tank fighting vehicles, and fought for more than ten days in a row. There are two new regiments on the Taierzhuang side, the morale is like a rainbow, and the individual equipment is armed to the teeth, but the loss of Taierzhuang's city fortifications is not light, and several city walls have collapsed to form several small gentle slopes!

In addition, more than one-third of the heavy firepower such as anti-aircraft guns, mortars, anti-tank rocket launchers, and heavy machine guns were also consumed, so the defensive pressure was very high! It is also because of this that the Japanese army saw hope, and today they are preparing to take Taierzhuang with all their lives, and the first wave of attack will invest the strength of a brigade!

Since the 20th and 10th Divisions of the Japanese Army had already met in Zou County yesterday, the 10th and 22nd Divisions of the Japanese Army, which were head-on containing the Huaxia Tiger Army, separated 10,000 troops to go south to Mengyin County, in an attempt to flank Fei County and cut off the connection with the Jiaodong Group Army in Yishui County!

Teng County and Fei County are already stormy at this time, and they are facing unprecedented pressure! The 32nd Army, the Third Army and the Jiaodong Army fought a bloody battle with the Japanese army for a whole day, and the casualties on both sides were very heavy, and the Japanese army broke through several peripheral positions in Tengxian and Feixian one after another!

At dawn this morning, more than 30,000 Japanese infantrymen, under the cover of aircraft, artillery and tanks, once again launched a full-front attack on Teng County and Fei County! At 5:05 p.m. on March 10, Pixian County was lost, Chen Chenli, the commander of the 33rd Regiment of the 6th Division of the 75th Army, died, and Li Youlan, the deputy commander of the regiment, died in the Japanese artillery fire at the same time.

Deputy division commander Ding Yousong led the remnants to break through, and in the end, only more than 1,000 people successfully retreated to the south bank of the canal! With the loss of Pixian, the pressure on Taierzhuang has become heavier, and the Japanese army can concentrate more troops to attack Beiluo, Nigou, Yixian, Zaozhuang and other defense lines! If Yixian and Zaozhuang have been breached, not only Tengxian and Feixian will be attacked by the enemy, but Taierzhuang will also be completely surrounded by the Japanese army and become an isolated island surrounded by enemies on all sides!

After a whole day of bloody battles in Tengxian, Feixian, Linyi and other places, although the main position and the core position were still firmly in their hands, the Chinese defenders paid a considerable price in casualties! In particular, the 45th Army, which fought in the area of Jiehe and Longshan in the north of Tengxian County, suffered more than 2,000 casualties from the division commander Chen Li, and killed more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers! The battlefield on the northern front was tight, and the defenders of the southern defense line against the Japanese Central China Front also suffered heavy casualties! Especially the 57th Army of Miao Chengliu, the 89th Army of Han Deqin, and the 51st Army of Yu Xuezhong, who are on the front line, are in the fifth theater sequence troops!

"Chief of Staff Xu, what kind of wind is blowing you, we are thinking about calling the commander's headquarters!" "Commander Jiang, Commander Sun, you have worked hard! On behalf of Chief Lee, I come to express my condolences to all of you! In the evening, Xu Zuyi drove to the headquarters of Hanjia Temple, and Jiang Qiang, Sun Lianzhong and others lined up to greet him! After a long period of shouting and asking for warmth, Jiang Qiang asked directly with a bit of anger: "Chief of Staff Xu, when will you go to the general attack?" How can time be pushed again and again? What the hell are you waiting for? ”

Although he had been mentally prepared, personal experience was another matter, especially after reading a telegram with statistics on the damage and death of the war, Jiang Qiang still couldn't help but be emotional! It is inevitable that people are selfish, but there must be a bottom line in life and work, and you can't look too ugly!

Jiang Qiang's original plan was to participate in the world-renowned Battle of Xuzhou on the battlefield to a limited extent: to hold the defense area so that the Japanese army would not dare to go south to Xuzhou unscrupulously! However, with the change of historical trends, the Japanese army concentrated more superior forces in advance than the original history, and the north and south directions of the five theaters suffered tremendous pressure, so Jiang Qiang had to send a large number of troops to assist in the defense of Fei County, Teng County, and Linyi County, and stationed in Taierzhuang to defend it!

Although the Jiaodong Group Army is well-equipped and does not lack heavy weapons, the fortifications in these areas are a huge shortcoming, and they are not at all comparable to the reinforced concrete permanent fortifications in their own defense areas! In the face of the continuous onslaught of heavy fire from Japanese aircraft, artillery and tanks, the limited fortifications and defenses were destroyed, and anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns, field guns, mortars, and even heavy tanks were seriously damaged!

Although the Jiaodong Group Army inflicted heavy casualties on the Japanese invaders and severely dampened their morale, the friendly troops and themselves also paid an extremely heavy price. Without the support of strong fortifications, if you carry it hard for another two or three days, the Chinese Tiger Army stationed in Taierzhuang, Tengxian, Feixian and Linyi will really break your muscles and bones!

Even if the casualty ratio is 1:1 with the Japanese army, it is unacceptable for Jiang Qiang to lose money! Sun Lianzhong also echoed in a deep voice: "Yes, if you don't attack generally, it will be difficult to clean up!" "It has been three full months since the start of mid-December 1937, and almost all the main forces fighting on the front line are the "local miscellaneous army" of the fifth theater!

At the beginning, Li Zongren went to Xuzhou to take up the post of commander of the Fifth Theater, and there were only more than 100,000 miscellaneous troops deployed to the Fifth Theater, so the most basic requirement of the chairman was to defend for three months! And now the minimum requirements have been reached, but the central descendant army has still not officially participated in the war, and the top line is basically a ragtag army!

Rao is Sun Lianzhong is very loyal to the commission wholeheartedly, but he can't help but be a little anxious at this time! If it weren't for Jiang Qiang leading his troops to garrison Taierzhuang, now their 2nd Army, even if they can still hold Taierzhuang, I'm afraid there won't be a few people left!

"Commander Jiang, Commander Sun, please don't be impatient!" Xu Zuyi smiled at the loss, and then said earnestly: "The front-line soldiers are fighting bloodily, and there are heavy casualties on the battlefields everywhere. Please rest assured, if you hold on for one more day at most, you will launch a general offensive on all fronts, and then not only Taierzhuang can break the siege, but also create an unprecedented miracle of the Anti-Japanese War, which will greatly boost the people's morale and morale!

Therefore, please also ask Commander Jiang and Commander Sun to stick to Taierzhuang, and the success or failure of the entire battle will be in one fell swoop! Jiang Qiang's eyes condensed and said: "According to Chief of Staff Xu's words, I will strictly order all departments to hold on for at least one more day!" But if it's until 9 a.m. on March 12th! The Central Army will not launch a general offensive at that time, so I am no wonder for the serious consequences caused by this! ”

At 8:30 a.m. on March 12, the headquarters of the commander of the fifth theater of operations in Xuzhou! "Why hasn't this Townburgh moved yet? Could it be true that something bad is going to happen? Li Zongren was anxiously pacing back and forth in the war room, and he could hear the endless rumbling of cannons on the other side of the canal in the house, and he didn't have to think about it to know that Taierzhuang was already in danger! At this time, there were only about twenty minutes left before Jiang Qiang agreed on the final general attack time.

Li Zongren was really anxious, not only because he knew that Jiang Qiang could do what he said, if it was 9 o'clock and there was no movement here, Jiang Qiang would really leave directly! It is even more because Tengxian, Feixian, Linyi, Lianyun, Tianchang, Dingyuan, Tianjia'an, Huoqiu and other places are in an emergency, and the 23rd Division of the Japanese Army has completed the landing and began to advance to the Longhai Line!

If it is delayed for another day or two, the North China Front and the Central China Front of the Japanese Army will most likely meet in the Taierzhuang area! When the time comes, not to mention the Japanese army that eats the Taierzhuang area, even the four or five hundred thousand Chinese troops within the scope of the Fifth War Zone will not be able to escape the doom! It is no exaggeration to say that the current situation is already dangerous, and if you are not careful, you will lose all your efforts and fall into a counter-encirclement! "Someone!"

Li Zongren suddenly stopped his steps and ordered a communications staff officer in an unprecedentedly stern tone: "Immediately send a telegram to Tang Enbo, telling him that he must launch a general attack on all fronts before 9 o'clock, and if there is any violation of military law!" "Yes!"

The communications staff officer saluted solemnly and quickly turned to leave! "Total seat! The Theater Commander's Command is in an emergency! ”

After reading the message, Tang Enbo knew that he couldn't continue to delay, so he could only grit his teeth and say, "Call back to Chief Li!" Our troops will launch a general attack on the whole front at nine o'clock in the morning according to the order! "Report! Call from the commission! Order our troops to immediately launch a general attack on all fronts! ”

At that moment, another communications staff officer rushed over. "Show me!" Tang Enbo grabbed the telegram, and then his eyes became extremely sharp, and his spirit came up all of a sudden, and he roared loudly: "I ordered the 4th Division to attack Sihu and Lanjiahu, the 89th Division immediately attacked Xiangcheng, Lanling, and Lancheng, and the 110th Division directly attacked Nanluo,

The 2nd Division marched into Linyi and cooperated with Zhang Zizhong's troops to annihilate the besieging Japanese army! The 25th Division attacked Pixian and was responsible for blocking the Japanese rout and reinforcements!

All combat units are immediately mobilized without a moment's delay! I hope that all the brothers will work together to kill the Japanese invaders, but there are those who cower and delay the military law of the fighters! "Yes! Mission completion guaranteed! "If there's a problem, I'll see you!"

After waiting for so many days, they can finally fight to the death with the Japanese invaders, Guan Linxi, Wang Zhonglian, Zheng Dongguo, Zhang Yaoming and others all looked excited, and solemnly saluted Tang Enbo! "The military heart is also available! Launch a general offensive on all fronts! ”

Looking at the excited and confident expressions of the generals, Tang Enbo's heart couldn't help but be full of pride, the 9th and 11th divisions of the Japanese army in the Taierzhuang area had a living force of more than 20,000 at most, and they had become tired divisions!

The 20th Army Corps has more than 70,000 elite troops, plus defensive troops everywhere, and tens of thousands of Central Army troops who are about to force the canal, can completely eat 20,000 Japanese troops!

"Command the troops! Immediately build a pontoon bridge, force the canal, and attack Funing! "The general offensive begins! Build a pontoon bridge now! "Brothers, the chairman has an order! ...... "After receiving the order for the general attack, the 8th Army, the 27th Army, the 74th Army and other troops also began to build pontoon bridges on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal on the spot, eliminating the Japanese garrison according to the original plan, and taking on the task of blocking the Japanese reinforcements along the way!

The world-famous Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the earliest and longest man-made river in the world. The Grand Canal starts from Beijing in the north and reaches Hangzhou in the south, flows through six provinces and cities of Beijing, Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and communicates the five major water systems of Haihe, Yellow River, Huai River, Yangtze River and Qiantang River, with a total length of 1,794 kilometers. In the long years, mainly through three major construction processes, in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, since the construction of the Jinghan, Jinpu and other railways, the Qing Dynasty government did not care about the fate of the canal, let it be abandoned.

The canal channel is getting narrower and narrower, with a general width of 15-30 meters, and the Japanese army did not set up defensive positions along the way like the Chinese army, so it is not difficult to build a pontoon bridge! "Damn, it's finally time to wait for this moment!"

Sun Lianzhong let out a long breath after receiving the call, then stood up and said to Jiang Qiang: "Commander Jiang, I know that you have been waiting for this moment too!" What do you think we should do now? It's time for the little devil to taste the power after the nest has been on fire for so long! "Don't worry, the best time hasn't come yet!" After aerial reconnaissance and confirmation of the information, Yang Fan's mood exploded instantly!

Although the current price paid is far beyond expectations, it is still within a controllable range, as long as the main force of the 20,000 or 30,000 Japanese troops in the Taierzhuang area is eaten with a fierce momentum, then the previous sacrifices and efforts are worth it! After a pause, Jiang Qiang smiled and said, "However, now we can make preparations!" When the Tang Army comes, the little devils will definitely be in chaos, and if we counterattack on all fronts, we will definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort! ”

Now that the little devil is attacking fiercely, and has occupied the northeast corner of Taierzhuang, if he forcibly counterattacks at this time, he will definitely pay a heavy price! He led his troops and the 2nd Army to hold the Taierzhuang area for more than ten days, killing and wounding more than 7,500 Japanese soldiers at the heavy cost of more than 11,000 casualties, which is already very extreme and worthy of the audience!

There is really no need to be refreshed for a while, so that the soldiers under his command will pay more senseless sacrifices! "Good! Everything is done according to what Commander Yang said! Sun Lianzhong nodded happily, now the 2nd Group Army is only four or five thousand living forces, and the Jiaodong Group Army still has more than 8,000 elite troops, of course, Jiang Qiang is the main force!

"Send a telegram to the defenders of Teng County and Fei County, and let them hold out until 5 p.m. and then lead their troops to break through and retreat! Another telegram ordered the 11th Brigade and the 12th Brigade to send troops to meet them! The special operations brigade immediately dispatched troops to Linyi to annihilate the besieging Japanese army, and joined the war of annihilation against the Japanese army in the Taierzhuang area! The Flying Tigers and Helicopter Brigade are combat-ready for air support at any time!

The defense troops at home must be strictly guarded, so as not to jump off the wall in a hurry! "If you want to play, play big, Jiang Qiang once again dispatched 20,000 elite troops to participate in the final slaughter feast!" Ha ha! Great, it's finally our turn! Brothers, there is an order from the general seat, and the special operations brigade will immediately move out of Linyi to annihilate the Japanese invaders! Let's go! "Brethren, the general offensive is about to begin! All immediately check the weapons and equipment, enter the first level of combat readiness! "Everyone listened to the order, and the whole army rushed to Teng County!" Let's go! ”

Huzi, Yun Qichang, Gu Liangmin, Xu Guangming, and others were all overjoyed, and the combat orders were quickly passed on to every officer and soldier layer by layer! "The Chinese army really carried out a war of anti-encirclement and annihilation against the 9th and 11th divisions? Baga Ya Road, a bunch of arrogant stupid pigs! This time you must die an ugly death! ”

The commander of the Japanese Central China Front, Shunroku Hatata, also quickly received relevant information, but he was not surprised and uneasy, but was very excited, because all this was in his calculations and layout! On the surface, the situation of the 9th and 11th Divisions was very critical, but in the eyes of Shunroku Hatata, it was actually a godsend opportunity to fight back in one fell swoop. There are still nearly 30,000 Japanese troops in the Taierzhuang area, and even if the Huaxia troops use more than three times the strength to carry out a strong attack, it is no problem to hold on for two or three days!

And with these three consecutive days, not only can the North China Front Army break through Tengxian County and Fei County and go south to Taierzhuang, but the two divisions on their side will definitely be able to forcibly break through the interception line and reach Taierzhuang! After a moment of silence, Shunroku Hata immediately ordered with full of energy: "Order the 23rd Division and the 6th Division to immediately speed up the march north, break through the interception position of the Huaxia army, and go north to meet the 9th Division and the 11th Division as quickly as possible!" ”

"Hello!" The commander of the 23rd Division, Michitaro Komatsubara, and the commander of the 6th Division, Shiro Inaba, immediately stood up and shook their heads! Immediately afterwards, Shunroku Hata ordered in a deep voice: "Order the 16th Division, the 101st Division, the 114th Division, and the 110th Division to immediately launch a strong attack on the Huaxia defense line and do their best to contain the defensive strength of the Huaxia army!" "Hello!"

The commander of the Japanese Second Army in Qingdao, Shandong Province, Higashikure Tsugahiko, also issued a new operational order at this time: Strictly ordered the 20th Division, the 5th Division, and the 10th Division to capture Teng County and Fei County before 3 o'clock this afternoon, and also mobilized a large number of naval aviation regiments for air support! The Chinese army launched the long-planned Battle of Taierzhuang, while the Japanese side began a frantic attack with the same purpose, in a vain attempt to encircle and annihilate the Chinese troops in Xuzhou in one fell swoop!

"Yaga! Damn Huaxia pig, it was even whimsical to encircle and annihilate the most elite armor division of the empire! "Order the troops to immediately stop the offensive and move to the defense in full!" Now let them also taste the strength of the battle! "After receiving the urgent telegram from the front headquarters, Yoshika Ryosuke and Yamamuro Sotake should turn from offensive to defensive, and stick to wait for reinforcements according to the strategic layout! Although they have been fighting for more than ten days in a row, whether it is weapons, equipment or personnel, they have consumed a lot of money, but after all, there are still twenty or thirty thousand living forces, and Ryosuke Yoshika and Sotake Yamamuro are very confident that they can hold on for ten days and half a month, so they are not panicking at this moment!

"Brothers, rush!" "Kill all the little devils! Not a single one to stay! "Tang Enbo's army, which has been recuperating for many days, rushed down from the mountains one after another like tigers descending from the mountains, aiming directly at the main force of the 9th Division near Taierzhuang!" Ah, why did the little devils all withdraw at once? "Brothers, the special operations brigade of the Jiaodong Group Army is about to arrive!" "Haha, it's finally bitter! Little devils, look at how rampant you are now! ”

At the same time, when the defenders of Linyi learned that the special operations brigade had been mobilized and would arrive at Linyi County in two or three hours at most, their morale was greatly boosted, and they were ready to launch the final encirclement and annihilation battle! "Boom!" "Kill!"

At about half past ten in the morning, the 4th Division, which was responsible for attacking Sihu and Lanjiahu directions, was like a bamboo, and successively conquered several Japanese defense lines, and Bingfeng reached Wangjiazhai, which was only 5 kilometers away from Taierzhuang! The sound of violent explosions can be heard clearly in Taierzhuang!

"Buzzing", but at this moment, a group of devil planes flew in the sky in the distance. "Dog's day! Not again! Order the troops to hide on the spot and dodge away! "Hurry up, all lie down!" Without air supremacy and air defense capability, the officers and men of the Fourth Division could only suspend the offensive rhythm very aggrievedly and find cover on the spot to hide. Chirp tweet!

After a short while, dense heavy bombs continued to fall like a torrential rain, and the powerful explosion power blew up the flowers and trees within several square kilometers to smithereens.

"Dog's day! When will we be able to have a strong Air Force! "What a fucking grievance!" Seeing the heavy casualties of the officers and soldiers under his command in the bombing of the Japanese Air Force, the commander of the 4th Division, Chen Daqing, the deputy division commander Wang Yuwen and others, their eyes were extremely red!

It's not terrible to kill the enemy head-on and die bravely, but being blown up in vain is extremely distressing and maddening! However, at this critical juncture, a group of silver swallows flew from the northeast, cut into the battlefield with extreme speed, and began to exchange fire frantically as soon as they encountered the devil group! After the end of the last war, Jiang Qiang purchased 10 Mustang fighters from Shanghai, and now the total number of fighters has reached 24!

Although it is still very weak, it can already be used as a sharp knife, and at this decisive moment, Jiang Qiang can't care about continuing to be obscene! "Brothers, hit me hard! Kill all these shit! After holding back for half a month, he was finally able to come out again to fight the Japanese army, and Li Jinglin naturally had inexhaustible strength and energy.

"Haha! It's so exciting! Sure enough, the actual combat came refreshingly! "Kill! Send these brutes to the Demon Lord! "Haha, I'm going to have to kill this time! Strive to be promoted to Bronze Ace Pilot at one time! ”

The other pilots were also extremely excited, and even the 8 recruits had no fear or fear at all, in their eyes, the planes with swarms of devils were shining gold medals! Jiang Qiang is well aware of the importance of the incentive system, and of course the newly formed Air Force cannot do without the incentive reward and punishment system! Ace pilot, a title that first appeared in World War I, generally refers to a pilot who shot down more than 5 enemy aircraft, including 5.

On this basis, Jiang Qiang also ingeniously made bronze, silver, gold, diamond and other ranks, once promoted to an ace pilot, not only will he get great glory, but also get a series of preferential treatment such as promotion and salary increase! The 24 Mustang fighters are like a group of peerless beasts with their mouths wide open, and as soon as they rush into the battlefield, they will rush to the devil's escort fighters for the first time!

Clanging, under the dense metal storm, six devil fighters began to emit black smoke, and then fell crookedly downward! "Haha, well done! Everyone be careful, don't be too anxious, eat the meal one bite at a time! Every one of our planes is a baby bump, do you hear clearly? Holding down the switch and shooting down a devil plane, Li Jinglin quickly circled to avoid the firepower of the devil plane, and then quickly climbed to find a new target!