"Reporting to Your Excellency, General, we have deciphered the message of the Third Chinese Army. The situation is urgent, please make a decision as soon as possible, Your Excellency, General!" Not long after Han Fuju's message was sent out, the Japanese intelligence officers deciphered the message and urgently sent it to the Tenth Division.
Isotani Rensuke had it in his hands! "Baga! Han Fuju actually dared to come to the rescue, what a shame!" After reading the telegram, Isotani Rensuke was so angry that his eyes and nose were crooked. If he had placed it in half
Months ago, he must have welcomed him with both hands and feet!
Even if Han Fuju dispatches an army of 100,000, Isotani Rensuke is not afraid of a decisive battle with the Third Army in the plains. On the contrary, he will be too happy to shut up! Because according to the current comparison of combat power between China and Japan, the regular Japanese army of 40,000
The elite troops in this open plain area are enough to sweep and crush an army of 100,000! If the main force of the Third Army can be eliminated in northern Shandong, it will undoubtedly be much easier to fully invade Shandong in the future.
But it didn't work in front of me. The Jiaodong Independent Brigade was like a dagger with a bleeding slot inserted into the heart of the 10th Division, constantly cutting the flesh and blood of the 10th Division! But this dagger cannot be pulled out and thrown away directly
, because his intuition told Isotani Rensuke that once he let go of the Jiaodong Independent Brigade, he would probably just let the tiger go back to the mountains. It wouldn't be long before this force would become a real thorn in the side of the Japanese Army!
However, what makes Isotani Rensuke even more crazy is that currently Japan's main mobile elite troops are fighting fiercely in Guangdong, and there is no way more troops can be sent to encircle and annihilate the Jiaodong Independent Brigade! Originally, they wanted to slowly consume the independent brigade's food, weapons and ammunition.
, but according to the current situation, the Jiaodong Independent Brigade seems to have no shortage of supplies at all, and is struggling every night, as if the shells are free!
Isotani Rensuke really couldn't imagine what kind of monster the Jiaodong Independent Brigade was. Where did they get so many artillery shells and supplies? Even their entire division's artillery shells were almost exhausted! Isotani Rensuke couldn't make up his mind to fight regardless of casualties.
The Jiaodong Independent Brigade launched a sustained onboard charge, because the bloody facts told him that charging with more people in the face of powerful automatic firepower would be useless!
"Order the intelligence department to pay close attention to the movements of Han Fuju's troops, and telegraph the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade to be ready for battle at any time! If Han Fuju's troops dare to come for rescue, they will never come back!" After thinking for a long time, Isotani Rensuke also
I can't figure out how to defeat the Jiaodong Independent Brigade in the short term, so I can only do the next best thing and prepare to come to the encirclement to provide reinforcements and pick up the weak persimmons!
Now the 10th Division is in urgent need of a hearty victory to boost morale and confidence, and Rensuke Isotani needs a record to prove his worth! But obviously, Jiang Qiang will not wait for Boss Han to send troops to rescue him.
Just after nightfall, they began to order the troops to split up to clear the minefields and Japanese fortifications between Dezhou and Lingxian, and to increase the intensity of night raids and harassment of the Japanese camps!
The total number of troops participating in the operation tonight reached an unprecedented level of more than 3,000 people, and nearly one-third of the troops were dispatched! "Haha, Chief of Staff, we finally reunited victoriously!" "Brothers, how are you doing these days?
Right?" "Okay! It's all good! Except that the place where you can move is a little small, and you get bombarded by cannons from time to time, there's nothing bad about it!"
"Haha, these little devils have a big appetite and want to eat our Jiaodong Independent Brigade in one bite, but it's a pity that they don't have good teeth!" "No, our Jiaodong Independent Brigade will always be a piece of copper that cannot be hammered or cooked.
Peas!" Because the Jiaodong Independent Brigade's night fighting capabilities were too fierce, the Japanese did not dare to set up camps between Dexian and Lingxian, but only built about twenty fortifications and bunkers!
Under the powerful attacking firepower of the Jiaodong Independent Brigade, these twenty or so fortifications and bunkers did not play a big role. They were all destroyed in the night attack a few days ago! So much so that the Japanese never came back again.
They did not dare to send troops to garrison between Dexian and Lingxian at night, but several minefields were laid out in succession in an attempt to prevent the Jiaodong Independent Brigade from rendezvousing! After more than four hours of hard work, the Jiaodong Independent Brigade finally arrived at around 5 a.m.
A safe passage 500 meters wide was cleared, and hundreds of independent brigade officers and soldiers successfully met in the middle area!
At the same time, after a night of bloody fighting, the officers and soldiers who attacked at night from other directions destroyed a dozen Japanese fortifications and bunkers at the cost of 10 deaths and 65 injuries, and fired nearly a hundred artillery shells when they got close! The Japanese
It was an extremely difficult night. The sound of guns and artillery continued throughout Dexian and Lingxian. Finally, the Japanese became more anxious and used heavy artillery and mortars for a random bombardment. This effectively reduced the intensity of the independent brigade's night attack.
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However, the final result was that the Japanese killed more than a hundred people and suffered more than 300 casualties, and the artillery shells were consumed so much that they were almost exhausted! On the evening of October 19, the Jiaodong Independent Brigade once again launched a large-scale night attack, killing the surrounding four
All the enemy's peripheral defenses were cleaned! When the approaching Japanese built a defense line with barbed wire, mines, trenches, sandbag bunkers, searchlights, fires, etc., the Jiaodong Independent Brigade was forced to stop advancing and directly resorted to firing one shot at a time.
Mobile bombardment of places!
Under a series of shellings, the Japanese forward positions were razed to the ground, and the camps in the distance were also damaged. The fireballs were extremely dazzling under the black night. The number of Japanese casualties was definitely not small! Faced with such a powerful attack, the enemy occupied
Using the gangster tactic of running away when something was cheap, the Japanese troops were so mad that they found that they were unable to effectively defend and counterattack. The Japanese troops were almost crying with anger from top to bottom!
In two consecutive nights of high-intensity night attacks, the Japanese casualties exceeded 1,500, but the Jiaodong Independent Brigade only paid the price by killing more than 20 people, seriously injuring more than 30 people, and lightly injuring dozens of people. In addition, it also consumed more than 600 artillery shells! "Ba
Gayalu! These shady Chinese rats, one day I will cut off your heads with my own hands!"
Isoya Rensuke was almost driven crazy by Jiang Qiang's torture. As soon as it got dark, he started to have headaches and fear. He felt like the god of death had come to the world. He didn't know how many of his subordinates would die in the night battle and sneak attack! With no choice, Isoya Rensuke could only reinforce like crazy.
In the defensive position, a line of barbed wire and sandbag bunkers was set up to extend the depth of the troop camp and peripheral defense lines to prevent the Jiaodong Independent Brigade's shameless night bombardment!
This response did have a certain effect, which could greatly slow down the advancement of the independent brigade and consume a large amount of mortar shells and rocket launcher shells of the independent brigade! However, Isotani Rensuke met Jiang Qiang from Hongkou District, Shanghai.
Jiang Qiang has emptied all the artillery shells he brought, and it only takes seconds to replenish them! No matter what, Jiang Qiang uses a very impressive airdrop method to replenish supplies!
In the early morning of October 20, Han Fuju gave an order, and nearly 20,000 troops from the 81st Division of the 12th Army of the Third Army and the 74th Division of the 56th Army officially set off! Tens of thousands of troops will cross the Yellow River Railway Bridge along the Jinpu Line and pass through Qihe River
County, Yucheng County, and Pingyuan County rushed to the front line of the Anti-Japanese War in Texas! After crossing the Yellow River and leaving Qihe County, the 74th Division divided its troops and stationed in Linyi to face the Japanese-occupied area south of Ling County and north of the Tuhai River! And the 81st Division
Enter Yucheng County and face the Japanese garrison occupying Pingyuan County!
"Send a message to Governor Han that our department has arrived in Linyi County and has formed a counter-encirclement against the Japanese invaders! Our department will launch an attack on the Japanese position on the opposite side tomorrow morning! Also copy the telegram to the Jiaodong Independent Brigade and ask them to do so.
Good response preparation!" After the 74th Division of the 56th Army entered Linyi, the division commander Li Hanzhang ordered the troops to garrison on the spot, take over the defensive positions of the local security group, and called Jiang Qiang to request cooperation! Looking at the Japanese positions and mausoleums across the river
The outline of the county wall makes Li Hanzhang feel a little complicated!
A year and a half ago, Zhaoyuan County was just the defense area of the 74th Division, a local county with poor food and grass soldiers. Over the years, there have been many disputes between the army and the local government over food, grass and supply issues! However, just a year and a half later, Zhuang Tao
Starting from scratch, Zhaoyuan County has been built into an independent kingdom that cannot be invaded by water, a super-rich and economically powerful county, and a military powerhouse with tens of thousands of elite soldiers and generals!
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the 74th Division was ordered to go north to garrison the Yellow River defense line. Most of the original defense area was taken over by the Jiaodong Independent Brigade and the local militia! Now the Independent Brigade on the other side of the river has single-handedly resisted the Japanese elite A-type division.
and the siege of the independent mixed brigade. In 10 days and 10 nights of bloody battles, more than 17,000 enemies were wiped out. Dezhou and Ling County are still standing! This record is difficult to achieve even for a group army with a strength of 100,000. Li Hanzhang asked himself what if the 74th Division
Being in a different place, I’m afraid it will be difficult to hold on for three days!
Just as Li Hanzhang was looking across the river, the 81st Division Zhanshutang Headquarters had also arrived in Yucheng County and was preparing to launch an attack on the Japanese troops in Pingyuan County the next morning! "Report to the Chief of Staff that the 74th Division has arrived
After arriving in Linyi County, the troops are preparing to cross the Shahe River tomorrow morning to launch an attack on the Japanese positions south of Ling County!"
"Report to the Chief of Staff that the 81st Division will launch an attack on the Japanese troops in Pingyuan County tomorrow morning!" Jiang Qiang received the telegrams from Li Hanzhang and Zhan Shutang one after another. He nodded in a good mood and said: "They came at the right time.
In this case, let's just harass the Japanese tonight, and tomorrow morning we will officially launch a general offensive to break through!" Yun Qichang nodded and laughed: "Finally we have received reinforcements, now we can start to fight back against the Japanese and let them know that we
Shandong soldiers are not easy to bully!"
Naturally, the movements of the 74th Division and the 81st Division stationed in Linyi and Yucheng County could not be hidden from the Japanese intelligence department. The relevant intelligence information was immediately passed on to Isotani Rensuke. "Baga, I want to take a look.
, how do the hateful Chinese rats break through! Order the troops to hold their positions, and you must not let the independent brigade go back to the mountain!"
Facing the menacing Chinese troops of more than 10,000, the old Japanese did not panic at all. He just lightly reinforced a large group of Japanese soldiers to Pingyuan County! Isotani Rensuke was quite confident in the Japanese army's defensive capabilities in positional warfare.
While being surrounded by heavy troops in Ling County, Toku County, he felt that he could make the Chinese army that came to the rescue pay heavy casualties! And Isotani Rensuke was still longing deeply in his heart, so the Independence Brigade couldn't help but also broke through the encirclement forcefully.
Then, in front of one's own carefully constructed defensive front, the troops and generals suffered heavy casualties!
At 6 a.m. on October 21, the Li Hanzhang Department of the 74th Division took the lead in launching an artillery attack on the Japanese positions on the other side of the Shahe River. The Li Yizhi Department of the 220th Brigade attacked the earth bridge at the entrance of Caijia Village as the main attack direction, and the Ma Guan Department of the 222nd Brigade attacked from the
Sunpo Zaojia Village Ferry is the main direction of attack! There is a small river between Ling County and Linyi County. The widest part of the river is more than 40 meters, and the narrowest part is only more than 20 meters. There is only one earth bridge on the river as a transportation link between the two counties.
Dao! But just because of such a small river, the Japanese invasion was blocked on the other side of the river. Otherwise, the Japanese army would have occupied Linyi County long ago!
Also because of this small river, the difficulty of the 74th Division's attack on the Japanese positions on the other side has increased several times. The 74th Division has no experience in beach landings, and lacks the ship tools for beach landings! Before this, Han Fuju purchased a large amount from Shanghai.
In terms of artillery and firearms, the 74th Division is not too disadvantaged in terms of weapons and equipment, especially the dozens of field guns configured are extremely sharp! Facing the 74th Division is an infantry regiment and an artillery unit of the Japanese independent mixed 1st Brigade.
Brigade and 2 chariot brigades, with a total strength of about 5,000 people!
As soon as the war started, the 74th Division artillery position on the south bank of the river fired artillery and gunshots loudly. The powerful firepower network directly blew up the Japanese frontline positions into dust. For a while, it was impossible to raise their heads at all! After nearly half an hour of shelling
With heavy firepower, the 439th Regiment began to attack the Japanese troops on the other side through the earth bridge! There were no armored tanks to clear the way, so the soldiers could only rush over with a few carts filled with sandbags and wet cotton wool. As soon as they got on the bridge, they were greeted by a burst of fire.
Dense metal storm, Japanese long and short guns and tanks and anti-aircraft guns fired wildly!
The Japanese did not blow up this earthen bridge because they still wanted to attack Linyi County through this bridge. The same militia defenders who did not blow up the bridge had the same plan! The Japanese army relied on their positional advantage to attack the 74th soldiers who crossed the bridge and crossed the river.
The officers and soldiers of the division carried out fire blockade, and the battle became intense at the beginning. The enemy and we were engaged in a life-and-death battle! The waves on the narrow river were blown up, and the blood of the soldiers dyed the river red. The short 30-40 meter river channel turned into a chasm of life and death.
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Naturally, the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the Independent Brigade stationed in Ling County would not be idle. They organized two battalions to attack the Japanese positions from the front to cooperate with the 74th Division's storming across the river! At 7 o'clock in the morning on the same day, the 84th Infantry Division
The 481st Regiment of the 241st Brigade of the Division launched an attack on the south gate of Pingyuan County. Since the 243rd Brigade of the 84th Division was besieged in Dezhou City, the main purpose of the 241st Brigade as reinforcements this time was to contain and attract the Japanese defensive forces, not to capture Pingyuan County.
Open the gap!
Therefore, the battle situation looks very fierce, but in fact, the casualties on both sides of the enemy and us are not large. To a large extent, they are engaged in local exchanges of fire and firepower, and there is no strong charge! "Since the Japanese are so powerful, we can't get used to it.
Follow them! Order all the troops to go out to Lingxian to meet up and eat up the independent mixed brigade!" Pingyuan County and Lingxian County were fighting fiercely, but Dezhou City seemed extremely quiet. The Japanese troops to the north, east and west were motionless.
As stable as a mountain, they are as stable as an old dog, waiting for Jiang Qiang's independent brigade to forcefully break through.
Intelligence from various battlefields was passed on, and Jiang Qiang carefully analyzed the situation and quickly understood what the little devil was planning: the Japanese troops in Pingyuan County and Ling County held on to their defensive positions, relying on geographical advantages, military strength advantages, and weapons and equipment advantages.
Block the Chinese troops who are eager to rescue and inflict heavy damage! If the independent brigade wants to take the opportunity to break out from the north, east, and west, it will inevitably encounter extremely tragic position battles and fortified battles. Obviously, this is the result that the Japanese army wants to see most.
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If the Independent Brigade directly chooses to abandon Dezhou City and go to Lingxian, then the Japanese army will definitely follow it and pursue it. The Japanese are not afraid of having a head-on battle with the Independent Brigade in the plains during the day! When the Jiaodong Independent Brigade and the 243rd Brigade all arrive in Lingxian,
The Japanese will inevitably carry out heavy siege again and greatly restrict the independent brigade's activity space. This will be more conducive to the power of Japanese heavy artillery and bombers!
In a small area, it is extremely difficult for tens of thousands of troops to avoid heavy artillery and bombers, not to mention problems such as food supplies after a long-term siege! Isotani Rensuke's wishful thinking was a good one, but he was clever and counterattacked.
He was fooled by his cleverness! Jiang Qiang is not that easy to calculate. He just relies on the independent mixed brigade on the outskirts of Ling County to block the independent brigade's full attack. It is simply wishful thinking!
Instead of making Jiang Qiang feel worried and troubled, Isotani Rensuke's wishful thinking gave rise to an extremely exciting and bold idea! "Director Chen, there is an emergency that needs to be reported to you! Our department is going to start in half an hour.
Break out in the direction of Chaoling County, please prepare to evacuate as soon as possible!" After receiving Jiang Qiang's order, Huzi found Chen Bulei as soon as possible, relayed Jiang Qiang's instructions, and asked Chen Bulei and his entourage to follow him as soon as possible.
Take the convoy directly to Ling County!
Dezhou City and Lingxian County are nearly 30 kilometers apart. If we had to march completely on two legs, it would have taken at least 4 and a half hours to cross the plain area in between! Considering that the Japanese army not only deployed a large number of heavy artillery around them, but also called in groups of bombers to carry out operations.
Air support was required, so Jiang Qiang decided to use transport vehicles from Dezhou City and Lingxian County to transfer personnel and materials to minimize the time the troops were exposed to the wild plains!
According to the plan, the first batch of medical staff, seriously injured people and remaining supplies in Dezhou City, escorted by 300 special operations team members, took the bus directly to Lingxian County! At the same time, Lingxian County will drive all transport vehicles to Dezhou City.
In the direction of the county, meet all the officers and soldiers marching on foot! This time on the Texas front line, the independent brigade originally had more than 120 troop carriers and baggage vehicles, but more than 30 of them were destroyed in the previous Japanese bombing, so now
There are more than 80 vehicles left in total!
Even if each vehicle is overloaded to transport troops, a maximum of about 4,500 people can be transported in one round trip, which requires the convoy to make two round trips from Ling County. If everything goes well, it is expected that the entire transfer can be completed within 2 hours! "Reporting to the Division Commander, Your Excellency, De
The Chinese defenders in the county began to abandon the city and go to Lingxian to gather! And the Chinese army in Lingxian County sent a large number of transport vehicles to respond!"
The Japanese reconnaissance troops, who had been closely observing the movements in Dexian and Lingxian counties, reported the information to Isotani Rensuke as soon as possible! "Hey, it's true! Immediately ordered the troops to capture Dezhou City and completely compress the encirclement, and ordered
The artillery bombarded the fleeing Chinese troops with all their strength, and they could not be allowed to turn around easily!" "The telegram ordered the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade to hold their position, and firmly surround the Jiaodong Independent Brigade in Ling County and annihilate them together!" "Immediately report to the North China Commander
The ministry requests air force support and must launch the highest level of carpet bombing against the Chinese army in Ling County within 3 hours!"
After receiving the intelligence, Isotani Renjie looked happy and issued a series of combat orders one after another. Although the situation did not go in the direction he wanted to see the most, it was better than Toku County and Ling County being at each other's horns.
Isoya Rensuke was very confident in the Japanese aircraft and artillery. As long as the Independent Brigade and the 243rd Brigade were completely within the confines of Ling County, they could launch the strongest attack with the help of their powerful firepower and manpower advantages, and annihilate the Independent Brigade in one go.
!After abandoning Dezhou City, the Jiaodong Independent Brigade and the 243rd Brigade assembled towards Lingxian County as quickly as possible. Before retreating, Jiang Qiang also ordered the troops to lay a large number of landmines inside and outside Dezhou City and on the retreat road to slow down the Japanese army's follow-up pursuit.
! "All artillery positions are available, target China's fleeing army! Prepare, release!"
The Japanese artillery troops quickly adjusted their shooting at Zhu Yuan, and soon began to launch artillery bombardments at the Independent Brigade and the 243rd Brigade, which were evacuating at full speed! Boom boom boom, artillery shells of various sizes spewed out of the barrel, roaring into the air.
The Strong Independence Brigade launched night attacks every night. The Japanese forward positions were pushed back to 8 kilometers away, and the Japanese artillery positions naturally retreated further!
The longest range of the Japanese artillery field artillery is the 75mm field gun, which is only 11 kilometers, the 105mm field gun, which is 10 kilometers, and the 120mm field howitzer, which is only 5.6 kilometers! Therefore, at this time, the Japanese artillery troops are in a hurry and cannot move the artillery position quickly to get close to the shelling. They can only rely on
Conduct artillery fire with 75mm and 105mm field guns! Even so, its range has reached its limit. Although the sound of the artillery is constantly loud, the damage to the fast-moving independent brigade and the 243rd Brigade is actually quite limited!
"Assault with the whole army, kill these Chinese rats!" "Assault, all of them, assault, Taoji Kai!" "Come on, the Empire of Japan is on board, His Majesty the Emperor... is on board!"
After receiving the order, the Japanese chariots and infantry brigade began to rush towards Dezhou and encircled the retreating Chinese officers and soldiers. For a moment, it seemed as if "it is better to leave the brave soldiers to chase the poor bandits"! Boom boom boom, but soon they tasted it.
Mine warfare was so powerful that powerful anti-tank mines and anti-infantry mines exploded one after another. Six Japanese tanks were directly scrapped, and hundreds of infantrymen were killed!
In the past few days, Jiang Qiang had already sorted out the minefields laid by the Japs, quietly changed the layout, and laid more mines. The Japs' eager pursuit would only result in heavy casualties! "Bagaya Road! Order!"
The troops immediately stopped their pursuit, and the engineering troops immediately entered the scene to clear the mines!" The old Japs Isotani Rensuke was once again stunned. The mine array that was originally used to restrict and surround the Jiaodong Independent Brigade has now become a life-threatening talisman for the Japs' troops!
The Japanese troops could only slow down their pace and watch the Chinese troops evacuating quickly in the distance, with no way to effectively block them! In less than an hour, they retreated at full speed, and Jiang Qiang led a large army to Ling County! "
It is disrespectful to come back without reciprocating, so we ordered the troops to immediately launch a general attack on the Japanese independent mixed 1st Brigade!
We can't be too stingy this time. We use convoys to clear the way for follow-up troops to follow. We can use mortars and rocket launchers to blast hard. We must break through the Japanese positions with thunderous momentum and try our best to annihilate the Japanese forces as much as possible!" Although the little Japanese shelled and bombed,
It only caused less than a hundred casualties, but Jiang Qiang was still very angry. As soon as he gained a foothold, he ordered the troops to send 40 cars in a row and rush directly to the Japanese position!
There is no way, there is not enough transportation now, Jiang Qiang can only use cars as armored vehicles! Even if these sturdy transport trucks cannot charge into battle, they can at least provide bunkers for the infantry, so they don’t have to withstand the enemy’s firepower with their flesh and blood!”
Please rest assured, Chief of Staff, and promise to complete the mission!" "Kill the little Japs! Avenge the brothers!" The wind is rustling and the water is cold, and the heroes will never come back! More than 800 officers and soldiers know that this task is extremely arduous and very valuable.
They may die heroically for their country, but no one is afraid! Everyone has only one belief in their hearts: to break through the enemy encirclement, kill more little devils, avenge the dead brothers, and fight a bloody path for the living brothers!
Saluting Yang Fan resolutely, 40 car drivers and 800 officers and soldiers immediately entered the cab and boarded the carriage! Immediately after, the cars started to start and lined up at the fastest speed towards the Japanese troops 10 kilometers away.
The position launched a desperate charge! The driver gritted his teeth and held the steering wheel, stepped on the accelerator, and advanced crazily on the uneven dirt ground! The soldiers on the side squatted half-crouched at the bottom of the car and grasped the iron railings of the car with their hands.
In order to prevent the Japanese stray bullets from penetrating the canvas and causing casualties! "Brothers, take care!" Jiang Qiang saluted solemnly with red eyes, silently praying for them in his heart, hoping that they would all come back alive!