Thinking of this, Major General Nakano Naozo felt that whether this Commander Takakamezo could be rescued or not, it was really hard to say, and the actions of the 108th Division were probably just a gesture. Since the Nanjing government had announced to the world that Commander Ogaka Kamezo had been captured alive, they must have a way to transfer Commander Odaka Kamezo away. If you blindly pursue, you will fall into the trap of the Jiaodong Group Army.

Major General Naozo Nakano made up his mind that after arriving in Weixian, he would not be busy launching an attack, but would first rely on the Jiaoji Railway to arrange a defensive position. Lei Dacang, the commander of the Fourth Brigade, like Li Cang, the commander of the artillery brigade, and Zou Haicheng, the commander of the cavalry brigade, were the generals with the strongest sense of war under Jiang Qiang brought out from Shanghai.

The Luzhong area was the defense area of the Fourth Brigade, and the work situation had already been opened, but as a result, after the devil's heavy army group pressed Shandong, the main force of the Jiaodong Group Army moved south, and the Luzhong base area all fell. Located on the east bank of the Zihe River, Zihedian is a village with a long history.

In ancient times, the boat was inconvenient, and the water of the Zihe River was very large, and the travelers traveled all the way, and those who came from the west rested by the Zihe River to wash away the dust; Those who went east lingered by the Zihe River, letting out a few sighs. In general, more and more people came and went from the south to the north, and later the village was formed in the Zhou Dynasty.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the cemetery of the monarch of Qi was selected in the south of Zihedian Village, and the funeral ceremony was carried out here on the way to the funeral of the Duke of Qi Huan, and the village was renamed "Imperial Funeral Shop". After the Qi State was destroyed by Qin, the widow of the village thought that the name "Imperial Funeral Shop" was inauspicious, so he simply changed the name to Qinglong Street, also known as Zihe Street. But after changing it, people felt that everything was a floating cloud, or the name Zihedian was more in line with the characteristics of the riverside village, so they called the village Zihedian.

After the Jiaoji Road was repaired, a railway station was set up in Zihedian to facilitate passenger and freight transportation. The Jiqing Highway also turned a corner here, clinging to the railway. The two communication arteries, like lovers clinging to each other, wind and rise, dancing and dancing.

Lei Cannon and Li Cang led the 4th Brigade, 10th Regiment, 11th Regiment, New 4th Regiment, Luzhong Independent Regiment, Artillery Regiment, and Heavy Machine Gun Battalion all the way north, passing through the Erwang Tomb between Purple Mountain, Niushougang, and Sutou Mountain south of Zihedian.

Lei Cannon raised the binoculars and took a look, and saw that the devil's military column was very majestic, with an armored patrol car guarding it in front and behind, and the first military column was a ticket car, which was long and had more than a dozen carriages. The second and third were coal trucks, but most of the slabs were lowered and turned into flatbed trucks, all pulled by tanks and artillery. Wagons without compartments must have been loaded with ammunition or soldiers.

Lei Cannon said hatefully: "Half an hour late, otherwise, Lao Tzu will even have a pot of military columns and convoys!" Li Cang now has a good understanding of Lei Artillery, knowing that he was transferred to the 28th Regiment from the Shanghai Army to Wang Yizhe, and also knowing that he served as the commander of the recruit battalion after he arrived at the 28th Regiment. It can be said that from the Lei cannon, we can see the growth process of Jiang Qiang's army.

Seeing that Lei Cannon looked like he had lost a treasure, Li Cang was not polite, and said directly: "Okay, don't be greedy, our task is the devil's car unit, the devil on this army is someone to clean up, and the main force of the third brigade is waiting for them in front!" Hurry up, don't let the devil convoy slip away again. ”

Lei Cannon sighed again: "Not to mention, the command level of the chief of staff is getting higher and higher, and the action time of each unit of the little devil is just right." I'm afraid this guy was deployed like this long ago before we couldn't catch up. It seems that he has been with General Tang Juwu for a long time and has learned a lot, so it is no wonder that whenever there is a major combat operation, the chief of staff always asks him and Chen Yannian to serve as the command task in one aspect. ”

Li Cang glanced at the thunder cannon who couldn't tell what his expression was: "What, envy?" Jealous? Lei Cannon shook his head: "I am not jealous, I Lei Cannon eats a few buns and drinks a few bowls of soup in my heart." In terms of qualifications, I don't want to say that I can't compare with you, even Li Jinglin and several of them are older than me. When they and Jiang Qiang were the commanders of the aviation brigade in the Jiaodong Military Region, I was still the company commander and battalion commander. However, if the commander can let me Lao Lei command a few brigades to fight a battle, then it will be enjoyable! ”

Li Cang smiled and said, "There will be a chance." The battle is getting bigger and bigger, and the troops are getting stronger and stronger. After this battle, we will have a stable base area and the conditions for a large-scale expansion of the army. Looking at the commander's open-mindedness, that is to fight with the Japanese army, how can it be done without a strong army? We are the main brigade, and as long as we expand our army, we will inevitably be able to take turns. Perhaps, as soon as the Battle of Jiaoji Road is over, the order for the expansion of the army will be issued soon."

Lei Cannon looked at Zhu Rui, who had a calm face, shouted "drive", and whipped the horse's buttocks with his hand, and ran towards Zihedian. After the Jiaodong Group Army ended the battle in Taierzhuang in Shandong, because of waiting for the opportunity, it could only carry out a cold gun and cold artillery campaign with small troops, and slowly squeeze the devils. Lei Cannon's temper was already anxious, but now he was even more anxious, and he wanted to scold his mother when he got up in the morning. But after all, he is a high-ranking cadre, and he has experienced a hundred battles, so he knows that the commander is waiting for a fighter plane, and no matter how anxious he is, it will be in vain.

After the commander issued the order to launch the Jiaoji Road Campaign, Lei Cannon, Chief of Staff Li Cang, and Cao Shengli, commander of the First Regiment, immediately commanded the troops to launch a surprise attack on the enemy at Boshan, and after capturing Boshan, with the cooperation of Zou Guangzhong and the Sixth Detachment of Su Chenghai Railway Workers, occupied the Zichuan mining area. Then Zou Guangzhong and Su Chenghai were left to stick to the mining area, mobilize workers, and lead the main force to move non-stop in the direction of Linzi. This is because according to Jiang Qiang's battle plan for Guangrao County, it is necessary to use the capture of Guangrao County and Fangzi as bait, mobilize the 25th Brigade and regiment stationed in Zhangqiu, Zhangdian, Zhoucun, and Linzi to support the east, and annihilate them in the movement. After the troops arrived in Linzi, it was already dawn, and Lei Cannon ordered the whole brigade to hide and recuperate for a short time.

Lei Cannon is an acute son, but Chief of Staff Li Cang is a student in Germany who has served as chief of staff and secretary general of Wang Yizhe's Northeast Army. To be honest, when it comes to qualifications, Lei Cannon and Li Cang are too far apart. When Lei Dacang was the battalion commander, Li Cang was already a veteran division chief of staff, and he received a formal and senior military education in the Northeast Army. At best, Thunder Cannon can make him a student or a guard squad leader. However, during the war years, we could not pay full attention to these things, and everything was based on the principle of victory. Lei Cannon's impatience does not mean that he is reckless, if he is reckless, Jiang Qiang will not step by step, and forcibly promote him to the position of the commander of the fourth brigade, he is definitely a fierce general with both wisdom and bravery. However, in any case, these four brigades are the main force of the Jiaodong Group Army, and they not only have to fight wars, but also undertake the task of building base areas.

After receiving the combat order issued by Chang Yuan, Lei Cannon immediately ordered the troops to end their rest and recuperate, move covertly to Linzi County, and approach the city wall. Cao Shengli, the commander of the first regiment, reminded him that the key to this battle was to eliminate the Japanese troops on foot by car, because the automobile transport front was long and the mobility was also strong, and the little devils could easily react and launch a fire counterattack with the cover of cars and armored vehicles. As for the rearguard brigade that took the train, it was easy to fight, as long as the train was blown up, they would be a bunch of dead dogs, and let the troops rush up and throw grenades and replenish guns. Now the Japanese army in Linzi has advanced eastward, and at best there are only small troops of the little devil Jiaoji Road garrison and some puppet troops in the city, and the combat effectiveness is extremely limited. Now that it is daytime again, it is impossible for a large army to completely avoid the eyes and ears of the devils, but it is possible to block the battlefield, and all the places where the troops pass are under martial law and the news is strictly sealed. As long as the main force of the little devil passes through Linzi, the troops can quickly advance, occupy Linzi City first, and then concentrate on the Jiqing Highway to encircle and annihilate the troops of the little devils in cars, leaving a regiment to hide in Linzi City, and wait for the arrival of the little devil guard brigade.

Lei Cannon said that as long as Linzi City is captured, then all the concealment will be in vain, and the devil's means of communication are advanced, and the devil's guard brigade and the brigade in the car will be alert, and they may immediately reinforce Linzi City, or they may stick to the spot and wait for rescue, and they may also retreat back to Zhou Village. If the little devil is allowed to return to Zhou Village to hold on, this battle will be troublesome. It is easy to destroy the walls of Zhou Village, not to mention, and it will cost great sacrifices, the little devil's marksmanship is not bad, if they stick to the city and defend it in a hurry, the soldiers will become their targets. In particular, once the battle is in a stalemate, the devil's plane may fly in to participate in the battle, and the losses will be even greater. In short, it is necessary to fight a quick battle and divide and annihilate the enemy.

Li Cang, who had a delicate face and a pair of short-sighted glasses, listened to Lei Ming and Cao Shengli's words, thought for a while, pointed to the map and said: "This matter is easy to do, we divide our troops, concentrate the troops of the 10th Regiment, the 11th Regiment, the New Fourth Regiment, and the Luzhong Independent Regiment, and the firepower of the artillery regiment and heavy machine gun battalion, and insert them into Zihedian, east of Linzi. Here we are to surround and annihilate the infantry of the little devils advancing in cars. The 12th Regiment of the Sect, the Engineer Battalion, the Cavalry Battalion, and the Guard Battalion formed a westward group, and quickly inserted themselves into Jinling Station, where they faced the Devil Guard Brigade riding in the military column. The city of Linzi was captured with a supplementary regiment, a baggage battalion, and a special operations third formation and five squads under the command of our brigade. Although this Linzi City is said to be the ancient capital of Qi State, but now the city is not large, and the main force of the devils has been evacuated, with the ability of the special combat team, there should be no problem in taking it. ”

Lei Cannon pondered for a long time and said: "Just according to the plan of the chief of staff, our six infantry regiments, four of which are the main regiment, and there are artillery regiments, heavy machine gun battalions, cavalry battalions, engineer battalions, guard battalions, baggage battalions, reconnaissance companies, and communications companies, and their strength is almost ten times that of devils, so it is absolutely no problem to fight separately." However, there is one point, after the main force of the brigade annihilates the infantry advancing by the devils in cars, it is necessary to quickly turn around and advance eastward to support the 12th Regiment in the operation, in case there are still the devil troops in Zhoucun and Zhangdian that we have not noticed, we can prevent them from reinforcing them. In this way, the chief of staff and I commanded the main force of the brigade to fight, the commander of the 12th regiment, Peng Hu, and the chief of staff, Shi Tugen, commanded the battle of ambushing the army column of the Devil's Guard Brigade, and the chief of staff commanded the battle to seize Linzi. Any comments no? ”

Li Cang and Cao Shengli both expressed no opinions, and Lei Cannon immediately said to Cao Shengli: "Immediately issue an operational order, and all units will act separately, and try to use the terrain to conceal the troops." Remember to tell all troops that the attack should be fierce and powerful, and the little devil should be beaten down by Lao Tzu as soon as possible, and the battle should be resolved quickly, and the battle should be withdrawn quickly. ”

The history of Linzi is extremely long, and according to legend, Fuxi and Zhuan have been active here. Since then, it has been the settlement of the Shuangjiu clan, Pugu clan and other tribes. After the establishment of the Western Zhou Dynasty, King Wu of Zhou divided the chief meritorious Jiang Shang to this place and established the Qi State, and the capital city was called Yingqiu. After the seventh generation of Qi Xiangong because of the verge of Zishui, the camp mound was renamed Linzi, and the name of Linzi has continued to this day.

"There are 70,000 households in Linzi...... On the way of Linzi, the car hub hits, the shoulders are rubbed, the curtain is even formed, the curtain is raised, the sweat is like rain, the family is rich and rich, and the ambition is high and high.

"Linzi is very rich and real, and its people all play pipes, drums, construction, piano playing, cockfighting, dogs, and six games."

The pen of the ancients is full of infinite feelings for Linzi, the famous oriental city of Qidu during the Warring States Period. At that time, Linzi City was composed of two parts, the imperial city was commonly known as the small city, and the Kuocheng was commonly known as the big city, the small city was the location of the imperial palace, and the big city was inhabited by the people. The two cities are connected, with a circumference of 21 kilometers, an area of 15 square kilometers, and a total of 13 city gates. The main roads in the city are criss-crossed, arranged in the shape of "wells", and there is a perfect water supply and drainage system. There are many shops in the city, all industries are prosperous, not to mention that the ordinary people are full of yearning for the prosperous Linzi, and even the Confucian saints have admired Linzi to listen to Shao music.

After Qin Shi Huang destroyed the Six Kingdoms, he divided the world into 36 counties and 960 counties, and the former Qi capital became Linzi County. In the Chu and Han dynasties, Xiang Xiangyu and Liu Bang used the backward feudal system to win over all parties in order to defeat each other, and Linzi successively became the royal city of Xiang Yu's Qi State and Liu Bang's Qi State. After Empress Lu killed Han Xin, Liu Bang named his son the king of Qi and still ruled Linzi. Later, except for a brief period in the Later Yan period, Linzi never became the national capital, becoming one of the 1,235 counties in the Tang Dynasty and 1,591 counties in the Qing Dynasty.

The present Linzi City is in the southwest of the ancient Linzi City, across the former site of its South Guo, built by Li Zhongming of Dalu Huachi at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, in Saturday, three zhang high, the city wall is slightly square, only the southeast corner is slightly lost. The outer ring has a moat that is more than two zhang wide, and the city walls are all made of triple soil glue rammed. In the second year of Ming Chenghua, that is, in 1466 A.D., Jiang Feng of Zhixian County rebuilt, and built the enemy building in the four gates, the stone carved seal book lintel plaque was inlaid on it, the east was called "Chaoyang", and the upper embedding was "Ziliu oblique hug"; In the west, it is said that "through the painting", and the "Yuling remote disk" is placed on it; In the south, it is said that "Ying'en", and it is inlaid with "Niu Feng Cui Haze"; In the north, it is called "Wangjing", and it is written on the "Mianchi Belt". In the seventh year of Zhengde, Ma Xian added the third moon city of the county, and the east gate was missing. Elm willows are planted outside the city. In the twenty-fourth year of Wanli, it was easy to take Yong, and in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Zou Fengji, the county magistrate, built six forts. The Qing Dynasty continued to rebuild and reinforce, and its regulations were all in accordance with the "House Genealogy Questions and Answers" said that "Fuzhou County, internal government offices, warehouses, Wenchang Pavilion, Kuixing Tower, Chenghuang Temple, Guandi Temple and other ancestral halls; Outside the construction of the community altar, the liji, the altar in the north, the wind, clouds, thunder, rain, mountains and rivers altar, the temple in the south" standard building, the city is the world of human life, outside the city is the world of people to pursue peace of mind of God.

It's a pity that the little devil launched a war of aggression, and both the world in which the people in the city live in the world and the world of the gods who pursue peace of mind outside the city have been destroyed. No, the Guandi Temple outside the city and the City God Temple in the city were all burned by the little devils.

At about 9 o'clock in the morning of November, when the tanks of the 10th and 4th Divisions of the Devils were pressing the anti-tank mines of the Jiaodong Army at the Twenty-Lipu Airport, the military column of Major General Naozo Nakano, commander of the 25th Brigade and Regiment, and the accompanying field artillery brigade and tank squadron arrived at Linzi Station under the escort of two armored patrol vehicles, one in front and one in the rear.

Probably worried about the front-line war, several trains did not stop after filling up water at the station, sounded the whistle, drove out of the station, and headed for Yidu. The stationmaster with the signal light was puzzled, he didn't know what day it was, the military train kept moving east, could it be that there was another war?

Not long after the military train passed through Linzi Station, the sparse gunshots suddenly remembered near the south gate of Linzi City, and the platoon commander of the puppet army stationed at the south gate was extremely alert, and immediately blew the whistle and ordered the puppet soldiers to go up to the city wall and prepare for battle.

It's not that the vigilance of the puppet army is high, the key is that today's atmosphere is not right, first of all, the imperial army brigade stationed in Linzi urgently contracted last night, and all the strongholds around Linzi withdrew to Linzi City. Immediately after that, in the morning, all the imperial troops of this brigade boarded the train and marched eastward, except for a small team of imperial troops stationed at the station, there was only one puppet garrison of more than 200 people and dozens of puppet policemen left in Linzi City, and the strength was too small. Although these puppet troops didn't know what was going on, and let the little devils desperately transfer troops to the east, they also knew that the Japanese troops stationed in the county town were so panicked, it must be that the Eighth Route Army began to attack again.

When the puppet soldiers went up to the city wall, they were happy, and it turned out that thirty or forty imperial soldiers were chasing a group of big girls and little daughters-in-law with guns. Maybe this group of women was desperate and ran to Linzi City. I only heard the little devil behind shouting while chasing and putting guns: "Flower girl, flower girl, don't run, the imperial army has a big reward!" ”

As soon as the puppet soldiers saw it, they knew that the little devil was complaining again. However, the people who are in the puppet army generally don't dare to take care of the affairs of the imperial army, they all know the virtue of the little devils stationed in Luzhong, they are all a group of dogs, eating people and not doing personnel.

The puppet army with a little conscience simply closed their eyes and squatted down to rest, and most of the heartless and liverless people watched the excitement on the city wall, pointing and poking, giggling and laughing.

When the women ran to the gate of the city, they ran to the devil's lair, and they screamed in fright, turned their heads, and ran back again. As soon as he ran a few steps, he almost hit the little devil's bright bayonet. The women had no choice, so they ran to the city gate again, and the bold ones shouted for help from the puppet brothers, and the timid ones had already begun to cry.

By this time, the women had become lambs to the slaughter, and the little devils were not in a hurry to chase them, but they all put their guns on their bodies one by one, and began to reach out to grab people, and kept shouting for the puppet army on the city wall to come down and help.

The platoon commander of the puppet army waved his pistol and shouted and ordered the puppet soldiers to go down the city wall to assist the imperial army in arresting people, and he took the lead in running down the city wall, and ordered the sentry to pull open the rejection wood at the city gate, and he pounced on a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl first. For a while, there was a cry at the south gate of Linzi City, and little devils, dogs and traitors joined forces to arrest the defenseless women.

After tossing for a while, he finally held down all the women one by one, and the platoon commander of the puppet army stepped forward to curry favor with the little devil and asked if he needed a rope. The devil lieutenant who took the lead changed his face at this time, and when he caught the puppet army platoon commander, he opened it, only instigated a slap and kick, and the puppet army platoon commander fell to the ground softly.

Seeing that His Excellency the second lieutenant had made a move, those little devils rushed up and slammed the puppet soldiers with the butts of their guns, making the puppet soldiers confused, and they didn't know how to offend the imperial army, so they didn't dare to say a word in fright, and squatted on the ground obediently one by one.

This devil lieutenant is naturally disguised by the special forces of the Jiaodong Army, his name is Roger, and he is the captain of the fifth squad of the third formation of the special forces. It turned out to be a hunter in the Changbai Mountains in the northeast, and the family died tragically at the hands of the Japanese invaders, so they embarked on the road of revenge. Because of his good marksmanship, he annoyed the little devil, and was chased and killed by the devil as a key target, and he couldn't stay outside the gate, so he sneaked into the gate. By chance, he heard Jiang Qiang's reply to a meeting with a reporter in Tianjin on the radio station in Peiping, and felt that the Shanghai army might be a real anti-Japanese force, so he thought of going to Shanghai and preparing to go down to Shanghai when he went south to join the Shanghai Army. As a result, Jiang Qiang had already fought with the little devil in Tianjin. In the battle of Fengtai, his extraordinary performance was favored by Junko, and he was selected to study in the special combat team, and now he has grown into a squad leader.

After cleaning up the puppet army at the south gate, the group of women who were crying just now stopped crying, and quickly grabbed the weapons and ammunition of the puppet soldiers one by one, went up to the city wall, and began to guard the south gate for the devil traitors. Roger watched the group of nurses from the brigade field hospital wearing rural women's costumes in central Luzhong turn into heroic female special forces in a blink of an eye, his eyes widened, and his throat grunted for a long time before he turned around and signaled to the follow-up troops to enter the city.

After sending the signal, Roger led his team members and also went up to the city wall, disguised as a patrol of little devils, and touched the train station. The Jiaodong army entered Linzi County.

Before Roger touched the railway station, the commander of the 132nd Wing of the 25th Brigade, Ebi Meiei Ichisa, led one of his brigades, opened the road with four armored vehicles, took a car, set off from Zhoucun, hurried and hurried, and arrived at Linzi.

Along the way, the devil soldier stood on the car and shook in a daze, eating a stomach full of ashes. A squadron leader saw that the long march was hard, so he asked Hai Lao Mingrong Dazuo if he could rest in Linzi for a while, and the soldiers washed their faces and drank saliva. Unexpectedly, as soon as this suggestion was mentioned, it was insulted and laughed at by Ebi, who directly said that the squadron leader was stupid and not even as good as a pig. The main force of the brigade has passed, how can the convoy dare to stop in Linzi? The reason why His Excellency the Brigade Commander divided the troops into two routes, railway and road, was to ask the two troops to cover and support each other. The main force of the brigade has already passed Linzi, and the distance will become larger and larger when it rests, and the troops will become lonely. The Eighth Route Army was so ferocious and cunning, what it meant to be alone, even pigs understood. Your Excellency Squadron Leader is not even as good as a pig when he makes such a ridiculous suggestion?

The squadron leader, who had been trained, lowered his head and his car. Thinking of a way, he began to command his squadron to sing the Japanese military song, and ordered to continue moving forward while singing.