On the evening of February 27, the artillery, armored convoys and combat artillery deployed by the 200th Division arrived at Taierzhuang South Station one after another. On the same day, in order to ensure a sure victory in the Xuzhou Battle, the Military Commission ordered Huang Jie's 8th Army, Liu Xing and others to gather near Wuhan.
The 27th Army, Yu Jishi's 74th Army, Song Xilian's 78th Army, and Li Hanhun's 64th Army rushed to reinforce the Xuzhou area. In the early morning of February 28, the 9th Division and the 11th Division went north to attack Xinan Town, Donghai and Lianyungang
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The total strength of the Japanese army exceeds 40,000, with more than 120 large and small tanks, more than 150 mountain artillery, field artillery, and heavy artillery. There are also aircraft in the sky to assist the battle. All bridges and roads that are beneficial to the Chinese army have been blown up by Japanese aircraft. Stationed in the East China Sea
Huang Weigang's 38th Division and Guan Linxiang's 52nd Army of the 20th Army followed the original plan of luring the enemy deep into the enemy's territory. After resisting for half a day, they pretended to be exhausted and withdrew to Linyi County and Yulingou Mountains respectively.
Liu Zhensan's 180th Division held on to Lianyung and launched a life-and-death battle with the Japanese army. Because Lianyungang's geographical location was very critical, if it fell, the Japanese army could use Lianyungang as a supply line for the "Battle of Xuzhou", which would have a major impact on the entire Battle of Xuzhou.
.Niushan Island outside Lianyungang was occupied by the Japanese on September 13, 1937. When the Japanese 11th Division launched a fierce attack on Lianyung, the Japanese Marines and gunboats attacked and shelled Lianyungang along the east coast!
Thanks to Jiang Qiang's previous assistance to the 59th Army with a large number of automated weapons and heavy firepower, although the 180th Division was attacked from both sides, under the leadership of Liu Zhensan, all the officers and soldiers of the division fought with the Japanese army at Sunjiashan, Xiaoxizhuang, Haitouwan, Wutiaogou, and Damast Point.
Fighting to the death began in other places, preventing the Japanese army from crossing the Lei Chi! At the same time, the 13th Division, 16th Division, 101st Division, 6th Division, 114th Division, 110th Division of the Japanese Central China Front,
Begin a full-scale attack on Hefei, Huoqiu, Tianjia'an, Fengyang, Linhuaiguan, Xuyi and other places, striving to make breakthroughs while containing the Chinese army.
The Japanese new 5th Division, 20th Division, 10th Division and 22nd Division also began to exert force, respectively launching a full-scale attack on the Chinese Huben Army Defense Area, Fei County, Teng County, and the Third Group Army! At one time, the entire Japanese Army
The Fifth War Zone became tense, with dozens of battlefields large and small. Both the enemy and us were furious, and the number of casualties was rising! On March 1, the Japanese army divided into three groups and continued northward, attacking Linyi, Pixian and Sihu respectively!
Linyi is an important area in southern Shandong. The capture of Linyi will not only cut off the direct connection between the Jiaodong Army and the Fifth Theater, but also further intimidate Fei County, Teng County, and Itagaki Division to form a north-south pincer attack! Pi County and Shihu County will
It is the gateway obstacle to Taierzhuang, and it is also a stronghold that the Japanese army is bound to win!
Although the fifth war zone has formulated plans to lure the enemy deep into the city and set up a large encirclement near Taierzhuang, it does not mean that more than 40,000 elite Japanese troops must be placed directly near Taierzhuang before the fight can begin! The Japanese 9th Division, 11th Division
The regiment's troops are at their peak, and you can't just draw a circle on the map to defeat them. They must resist step by step and continuously consume their vigor and vitality.
Therefore, the 59th Army and the 75th Army stationed in Linyi, Pi County and Sihu both fought to the death and stubbornly blocked the attacking Japanese army! Yun Qichang of Teng County, Shandong Province was ordered to coordinate with the Third Army to station in Fei County.
There were several small-scale firefights with the Kunisaki detachment in the county, but Kunizaki retreated back to Yixian after being unable to hold on.
What followed was a few days of calm. Yun Qichang thought there was really no battle to fight, but he did not expect that the Guoqi detachment seemed to have a seizure starting yesterday morning. The troops were divided into three groups to attack Shiqiaozhuang Village and Dawa Village in Fei County.
, the Hengliangshan defense line launched a fierce attack. The Yunqichang Department and the Pang Army Corps coordinated defensive operations and fought fiercely with the Japanese Kunozaki Detachment for a whole day, but the Japanese army could not advance even half an inch! At dawn this morning, the Japanese army again under the cover of aircraft and tanks
Launched an attack!
After four hours of fierce fighting with the Japanese army in Dawa Village, Yun Qichang took advantage of the exhaustion of the Japanese army and ordered the tanks and armored troops to attack. A battalion of infantry followed closely and launched a countercharge against the Japanese army. In one fell swoop, the Japanese 21st Regiment was defeated and the Japanese army was destroyed.
6 tanks killed more than 560 Japanese soldiers and completely stabilized the defense line of Dawa Village!
The Shiqiaozhuang Village and Hengliang Mountain defense lines were in mountainous terrain, and armored forces could not be used, so the fight was relatively difficult! After two days of fierce fighting, more than 380 people from the Pang Army were killed, 52 were killed from the Jiaodong Army, and more than 1,500 Japanese were killed! At the same time,
With the help of two regiments led by Xie Kangquan, the 32nd Army of Tengxian County withstood multiple strong attacks by the Japanese 21st Brigade. Over two days, more than 420 people were killed in the Hunan Army, and 17 people were killed in the Jiaodong Army! The 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army
The regiment paid more than 1,100 lives!
Generally speaking, the offensive intensity of the 10th Division is not great, but the pressure on Teng County and Fei County is considerable! The Jiaodong Group Army defense area is also not immune. The Japanese are in Jiaoxian, Gaomi, and Anqiu in the Jiaodong region.
, Yishui and other counties attacked piecemeal for more than 40 times!
Although Jiang Qiang's family has a great cause, it seems to be a little stretched at this time. Except for the special operations brigade and the 4th Division, which still have troops to maintain mobility, other units, except for the necessary defensive forces, basically have no spare time to take care of others! The one with the greatest pressure is
It was the Third Army, especially Sun Tongxuan's 12th Army that almost wiped out a division, and the 55th Army suffered more than 4,000 casualties!
Under the full attack of the Japanese 20th Division, the Third Army now only has three defense areas: Caoxian County, Dingwu County and Chengwu County! If the 20th Division continues to maintain the current offensive intensity, it will suffer all casualties in at most ten days.
, unless they retreat to Henan for rest or reinforcements arrive, the designation will really be revoked! March 8, Taierzhuang Hanjiasi Headquarters! "Now it's finally our turn!"
Standing on the south bank of the canal, Jiang Qiang could already hear the incessant roar of artillery. The Japanese army was only one step away from Taierzhuang! Although there were 148 tanks and 72 combat anti-aircraft guns of the 200th Division, as well as the counterattack provided by Jiang Qiang,
Heavy weapons such as tank bazookas and anti-tank guns were used, but the Japanese army concentrated a large number of Type 97 medium tanks and carried out large-scale bombing by aircraft. Shihu, Xiangcheng, Aiqu, Lanling, Dige and other places were lost one after another!
The northeastern direction of Taierzhuang has been completely exposed to the Japanese army. Tengxian, Feixian, Lianyungang, Pixian, and Linyi were heavily surrounded and continuously attacked by the Japanese army, but they still have not fallen! After only a few days of bloody fighting, the 2nd Army, the 2nd Army,
The 59th Army and the 75th Army paid an extremely heavy price in casualties, and nearly 10,000 hot-blooded Chinese men spilled their blood on the battlefield!
In addition, after more than ten days of bloody fighting, the Third Army finally received the order to retreat. The remnant troops retreated to Minquan, Henan on the evening of March 7! Since then, in addition to the Jiaodong Army defense area, Shandong has also included Tengxian, Feixian, Yixian, and Pi County.
County, Linyi County, and Tancheng County, all places outside have fallen! "General seat!"
At this time, Gu Liangmin quickly walked up to Yang Fan, saluted Jiang Qiang and said solemnly: "General, please allow me to lead the brothers of the 46th Regiment to Taierzhuang. We swear to fight the Japanese devils to the end! People are here.
The city remains, but the people perish and the city perishes!" Kong Xiangsheng, the leader of the 46th regiment, saluted and said, "Please give permission from the commander-in-chief! It is our unshirkable duty to protect our family and our country!"
The 46th Regiment of the Jiaodong Group Army is a 3,000-man reinforced regiment reorganized from the 130th Regiment of the 22nd Division, 66th Brigade of the original Third Army. Considering that their combat strength was slightly weaker, Jiang Qiang did not put them in the first line of defense! However, these days, Gu
Good people and others are like ants on a hot pot, unable to sit still, unable to eat well and sleep well!
Because they have seen too many casualties and sacrifices, they have seen batch after batch of Second Army reserve teams crossing the pontoon bridge and continuously entering the battlefield, and they have also seen a large number of seriously wounded people with missing arms and legs being carried continuously from the front line.
Come back! Allied brothers are bleeding desperately on the front line and suffering heavy casualties. Our four reinforcement regiments and one tank company total more than 12,000 people. They are either unable to hold out in Taierzhuang, or they are "watching the fire" on the south bank of the canal. How can Gu Liangmin and others
Can you feel at ease?
Especially when the newspaper reporters went to the Jiaodong Army camp again and again to question Gu Liangmin and others face to face with gongs and drums, everyone blushed with embarrassment and wished there was a crack in the ground to get through! But the military orders were like mountains, and there was no Jiang Qiang.
No matter how angry and ashamed they are, Gu Liangmin and others can only hold it in for now!
Now that the Japanese are about to attack Taierzhuang, Gu Liangmin and others naturally can't hold it in any longer! Jiang Qiang chuckled and said: "Don't worry! There are plenty of opportunities for a war! Taierzhuang is a big game, and it won't take a few days.
It's over! Just be patient and set up defenses on the south bank, and be ready for battle at any time!" Currently, two regiments of the Jiaodong Group Army are stationed in Taierzhuang. Together with the 186th Reinforcement Regiment of the Second Group Army, the total strength of the first wave of defense is
Over 10,000! The other two regiments, Jiang Qiang, were placed on the south bank of the canal as reserve troops!
The main reason for doing this is because Taierzhuang is not a big place, and there are too many people, so it cannot be used. It is easy to suffer from the enemy's intensive artillery fire and bomber groups! He is a good chopping wood worker. Jiang Qiang has not been watching the fire from the other side of the bank these days.
Not only have dozens of bunkers been built in Taier City, many air defense bunkers and underground passages have been dug, sufficient weapons and ammunition have been stored, radars, telephone communication networks and other supporting facilities have also been set up!
After completing the construction and reinforcement of the military fortifications in Taierzhuang, most of the engineering regiment and construction personnel were transported back to the Jiaodong area by helicopter, leaving only an engineering company of more than a hundred people on the south bank in case of emergency! "Please, Mr.
Don't worry, we guarantee that we will come as soon as we call you, and you will be able to fight and win!" Gu Liangmin and Kong Xiangsheng saluted again and looked at Jiang Qiang eagerly. "Everyone, hurry up, Jiang Qiang is in front!" "Yes!
, we must let him give us an explanation today!"
At this moment, a group of young men and women who looked like reporters swarmed in from a distance! As soon as Xu Shigang, a reporter from the Central News Agency, ran up to him, he asked in a bad tone: "Commander Jiang, I want to ask when will your Jiaodong Group Army agree to
Going out to fight the Japanese? Please give us a clear answer today!" "I'm sorry, this is a military secret, I have no comment!"
Jiang Qiang glanced at Xu Shigang and knew that he must have been assigned to ask questions again, so he used official language very rudely! Because from the beginning, Jiang Qiang had made it clear that Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi were disobedient.
Xuan: I am only here to defend Taierzhuang and protect the northern gate of Xuzhou. As for other combat orders, I don’t want to come! So whether it is the fifth theater commander’s headquarters or the chairman of the committee, they can only stare at him and have no way to deal with him.
Give instructions for action!
However, the Central China Front Army and the North China Front Army of the Little Japanese Army gathered nearly 300,000 troops and launched a multi-line attack on the entire fifth theater. The entire situation became extremely serious, especially the Japanese army that advanced to the Linyi area of Taierzhuang, which put huge pressure on Xuzhou! So!
Many people couldn't hold it any longer and hoped that Jiang Qiang could make a strong move and recreate his previous brilliant achievements!
The Demon King likes to be difficult to deal with, and the big people above him can't directly put pressure on him, so using news and public opinion to force Jiang Qiang to take action has become the best option. Xu Shigang's face darkened, and he retorted in a very bitter way: "Jiang Qiang
Commander, in the face of a national crisis, you only think about preserving your strength. Han Fuju’s lessons are right in front of you, do you want to end up like him?"
"What did you say? You bastard, do you have the guts to say it again? How can you slander our commander-in-chief and my brothers in the Jiaodong Group Army? Believe it or not, I will kill you with one shot?" Before Jiang Qiang could speak, Huzi
He couldn't help it anymore, he went up and grabbed Xu Shigang's collar, and raised his pistol to Xu Shigang's head with murderous intent! You can say anything but dare to attack Jiang Qiang personally, even if the King of Heaven is here.
!"..."
Gu Liangmin and Kong Xiangsheng glared at each other angrily, and they were quite angry, but they couldn't argue with words! "What are you going to do? Is there any other method?" Xu Shigang was suddenly frightened, his whole body was trembling, and his face became extremely pale! "Don't you guys?
You are messing around, let them go!" "We are journalists and have the right to conduct any interviews!" "Commander Jiang, how can your Jiaodong Army bully others?"
The news reporters next to him were dumbfounded, and then they started shouting. "Huzi, let him go! We are not afraid of shadows as we stand upright! Go our own way and let others say it!" Jiang Qiang said.
He waved his hand, focusing on the overall situation and power. He had no time to argue with these little people! "This is an advantage for you! If you dare to talk nonsense again, I don't care who you are!"
Huzi glared at Xu Shigang fiercely, and then pushed the pretty boy in front of him to the ground. Woo~woo~woo~ At this moment, sharp air-raid sirens sounded in Taierzhuang. "Quickly.
! Hurry! Hurry!" "What a fool!" "A gentleman will not stand behind a dangerous wall, he should hide for a while first!"
When the reporters heard the severe air defense siren, they all panicked. They no longer had the thought to interview or question Jiang Qiang, and ran away quickly in twos and threes! "Maintain, the Japanese plane is coming again! It's too dangerous here.
Please return to the headquarters as soon as possible!" Gu Liangmin subconsciously looked at the eastern sky!
The Japanese planes really haven't stopped these days. They bomb almost two or three times every day, and every time they come, there are a large group. They are no longer as rampant as before! It seems that the Japanese Aviation Corps was attacked by the Flying Tigers of the Jiaodong Group Army.
I'm afraid, I no longer dare to come only with bombers, there are a large number of fighter jets escorting me every time!
In order not to expose himself in advance, and to accumulate strength to hold back his ultimate move, Jiang Qiang resisted and refrained from drawing out the Flying Tigers for air combat! He only used anti-aircraft cannons to shoot down 5 Japanese planes sporadically, so that the Japanese planes did not dare to be too rampant.
The low-altitude and intensive bombing greatly weakened the bombing effect! "It seems that the Japanese can't wait! As soon as they captured Nanluo and Liujiahu, they rushed to attack Taierzhuang! Let's go, let's go and avoid the limelight!" Facing the hordes!
Of course, Jiang Qiang wouldn’t be too big on the team’s Japanese bombers!
The Japanese aerial bombs weighing hundreds of kilograms are not a vegetarian. Even the reinforced concrete permanent fortifications built inside and outside Taierzhuang cannot withstand the tossing, let alone flesh and blood. So these days, the officers and soldiers of the Jiaodong Army Engineering Corps are busy.
Some bunkers were repaired five or six times!
This is also due to Jiang Qiang's abundant capital and sufficient steel and concrete. Otherwise, he would never have been able to fight the Japanese in Taierzhuang peacefully! "Commander Sun, your brothers have worked hard these days!" After returning to the headquarters,
Jiang Qiang said to Sun Lianzhong in a deep voice: "Now we can let all the brothers in the army around Taierzhuang withdraw to rest, and then let us have a good fight with the little devil!"
Sun Lianzhong nodded gratefully and said: "Commander Jiang, thanks to the great help of your army these days, otherwise we would not be able to sustain it until now! The next defense battle of Taierzhuang will be entrusted to your army!" The main force brought by Jiang Qiang
Although they did not participate in the war, they sent dozens of elite teams to various defensive positions to assist the Second Army in defense, focusing on attacking valuable targets such as Japanese tanks, heavy machine guns, and commanders!
Moreover, Jiang Qiang also established a field hospital on the south bank, sparing no effort to provide medical care and rescue for the evacuated lightly and seriously wounded, which greatly reduced the number of casualties of the Second Army! Although the Second Army fought bloody battles with the Japanese army for 7 days and 7 nights, they paid an extremely heavy price.
The price of casualties was high, but Sun Lianzhong and others were not dissatisfied with Jiang Qiang at all, but were full of gratitude! Indeed, the current situation of the second group is much better than that of the original history!
In the original history, due to Tang Enbo's army's own considerations, it delayed launching a general attack on the Japanese army. As a result, the Second Army fought bloody battles with the Japanese army in the Taierzhuang area for ten days and ten nights, with almost all casualties! "Don't worry, victory must belong to us!"
The little devil will definitely not be able to eat it and carry it around!"
Jiang Qiang nodded with great confidence! With the favorable terrain, superior firepower and strong logistical support, Jiang Qiang was confident enough to hold on to the end of the world, and he was not worried at all whether Tang Enbo would slow down the pace with Tai Chi like in the original history!
While he was talking, there were waves of scalp-numbing buzzing sounds coming from the sky in the distance. Not long after, he saw a dense group of Japanese planes flying in the sky. There must be hundreds of them at random! In order to be able to fly as fast as possible.
Quickly conquering the last barrier in front of Xuzhou, the little devils really fought hard, dispatching 46 bombers and 55 escort fighter jets at once! Taierzhuang Guandi Temple was originally a two-story brick building, covering an area of
It is quite wide. Later, it was carefully reinforced and transformed by the Chinese Engineer Corps, and now it has become the former enemy headquarters in Taierzhuang!
Xu Guangming looked ferocious and said loudly to the combat staff officer Wang Xingfu: "Give me the order to let all the anti-aircraft firepower go out. This time you don't have to coddle the little devil anymore! Give me a good beating!" "I have the order!" Wang Xingfu was very excited.
greeted him, and then picked up a black walkie-talkie: "Attention to all anti-aircraft positions! Attention to all anti-aircraft gun emplacements! Everyone is here, with orders from the division seat, full firepower!..."
"Received on the 1st!" "Received on the 2nd!" "Received on the 3rd!" "..." "Received on the 32nd!"
In order to increase survivability and be targeted, a large number of reinforced concrete forts were built in Taierzhuang, and each artillery was separated by a certain distance! Among the anti-aircraft firepower, there are 12 76mm anti-aircraft guns and 20 twin anti-aircraft machine guns! "
Get ready! Fire!"
When the Japanese aircraft group entered the effective range, 12 anti-aircraft guns opened fire first, and 12 shells soared into the sky. A moment later, they exploded in the sky and turned into countless fragments, shooting everywhere. There was a clanging sound, the first round of fire, and the Japanese aircraft
Two fighter jets were hit with smoke, and several planes were damaged. With a firing rate of 20 rounds per minute, one shot could be fired in three seconds. At this time, the firepower was fully unleashed, and naturally there was another wave after another.
As soon as the first round of concentrated fire ended, the second round of 12 anti-aircraft shells exploded again!
Although the anti-aircraft artillery shells are not precision-guided missiles and can be fired directly into the soul, the advantage lies in the sufficient amount and range of damage! There was a burst of indiscriminate bombing, and a large area of airspace was blocked in an instant. The Japanese aircraft group suffered great damage. Only ten
A few seconds later, a dozen Japanese planes were smoking and starting to plummet downwards!
"Baga! It's these hateful Chinese pigs again!" "Drop the bomb immediately!" "Quickly! Blow up all the Chinese pigs!"
The Japanese Air Force, which has experienced many battles, naturally knows that it is most likely to encounter the Jiaodong Group Army again, because looking at the Chinese army, only Yang Fan's command has such long-range and powerful anti-aircraft artillery. The Japanese bombers dare not pass
After staying in the sky above Taierzhuang for a long time, I felt that it was almost done, so I started throwing bombs wildly down below! It looked like a densely packed egg laying, but the accuracy was greatly reduced. Only 40% of the bombs fell into Taierzhuang and exploded.
Some buildings and positions!
However, there was no damage to the personnel, because except for the fort and a few observation posts, all the officers and soldiers hid in the anti-aircraft holes and anti-aircraft bunkers early! Most of the others fell into the fields outside, and at most they damaged some flowers and plants, but nothing at all.
How many eggs does it play!
"Wow, look! You actually shot down so many Japanese planes?" "The Jiaodong Army is really different! So awesome! Haha!" "Is this the Jiaodong Army's anti-aircraft artillery?" "Today is an eye-opener!" "Haha,
It’s such a relief! I can’t see how rampant the little Japanese planes are!” “Wow, Commander Jiang, you guys really made a name for yourself without even making a sound!” “This guy finally took action!”
I have long heard that the Jiaodong Army has many records of shooting down Japanese aircraft in large numbers, but hearing about it and seeing it with your own eyes are completely different concepts! Especially the shocking scene of intensive anti-aircraft fire rising into the sky and Japanese aircraft falling like rain.
This son made the Chinese soldiers and civilians within a radius of dozens of miles see the blood boiling with excitement!
Even Xu Shigang, who had made rude remarks to Jiang Qiang before, also raised his thumbs and kept cheering! He came and went in a hurry. How could the Japanese bombers dare to stay longer? As soon as the bombs were thrown, they flew away in despair! "Mr. Xu, follow
It's so exciting for you to fight! Haha! The little devil will suffer a lot this time!"
Wang Guanwu, leader of the 186th Reinforcement Regiment, has eyes full of envy and admiration. He has been hanging out with Xu Guangming and others for a long time these days, and his good life is really nourishing! He can eat luncheon meat, beef jerky, canned fish, and rice every day.
Rice, self-heating hot pot, and a few sips of wine, it was such a fun day! In addition, Wang Guanwu was an eye-opener, learning and seeing a lot of military knowledge and knowledge that he had never been exposed to before.
Weapons and equipment! Xu Guangming smiled calmly and said: "The show will not begin until the Japs finish firing their cannons! Commander Wang, how about we fight side by side and kill the Japs hard?"