"It's my wish, but I don't dare to ask for help! It is an honor for all our brothers in the 186th Regiment to fight side by side with Commander Xu, Commander Hao, Commander Tian and all the brothers of the Jiaodong Group Army!" Wang Guanwu laughed, although he had already
Life and death are not a concern, but with such a powerful friendly force at your side, the chances of survival and victory are bound to be greatly improved. This is definitely a great luck for the fifth and fifth class of people who are on the verge of death! "Okay!"
Xu Guangming stretched out his hand and shook Wang Guanwu's hand. After staying with Mr. Jiang for a long time, he naturally learned the essence of poaching. No matter if there are dates or not, let's strike! "Baga! Damn Chinese pigs, why are you everywhere?
Shadow! Today I will definitely let you die without a burial place! Die!" The commander of the 9th Division, Yoshizumi Ryosuke, put down his telescope, and then ordered through gritted teeth: "The artillery unit immediately attacked the North Railway Station,
Open the north gate, northwest gate, west gate and east gate of Taierzhuang and bombard them with artillery! Chariot Brigade and the 7th Regiment, get ready for battle!"
The bomber group was far from achieving the expected bombing effect, but Yoshizumi Ryosuke's mood was not affected at all, because he still had 93 field guns of different calibers and 128 tanks and chariots! Yoshizumi Ryosuke was very confident in his strength.
Under the crushing heavy firepower, the small town in front of you can definitely be directly razed to the ground. Even if the Jiaodong Army is stationed inside, it will be reduced to ashes in the huge artillery fire and flames! After these days of bloody battles and fierce battles, the Chinese army
Although they paid an extremely heavy casualty price, they also caused great casualties and consumption to the Japanese army!
In order to capture Taierzhuang as soon as possible, Yoshizumi Ryosuke opened the last gateway to Xuzhou and mobilized all the artillery and tanks that could be mobilized within his current capabilities! Following Yoshizumi Ryosuke's order, he had already surrounded Taierzhuang.
Several Japanese artillery positions were adjusted to shoot at Zhu Yuan. Soon, artillery shells roared out one after another, followed by earth-shattering explosions one after another. Boom boom boom, only balls of fire were seen rising into the sky, Taierzhuang and
The surrounding area was soon shrouded in thick smoke, and blazing fires broke out in many places!
The little devils did not dare to blatantly use gas bombs, but this time they used a large number of sulfur bombs. Sulfur bombs are similar to a combination of incendiary bombs and poison gas bombs. They can burn violently in the air and produce a large amount of toxic gases, which are used for bombing
The town buildings are very useful! "No! The devils used brimstone bombs!" "These beasts will die! They used gas bombs again!" "Quick! Put on the gas mask immediately!" "Haha, fortunately the friendly brothers arrived in advance
We were given gas masks, otherwise it would be bad!"
When the Jiaodong Group Army Engineering Corps renovated Taierzhuang before, they took into account that the Japanese army would use incendiary bombs and sulfur bombs, and demolished all the purely wooden houses in the city! Therefore, the Japanese sulfur bombs will not cause widespread burning, but they will penetrate everywhere.
The poisonous smoke was still spreading crazily everywhere, and the officers and soldiers who discovered the situation took out gas masks from their backpacks!
The little devils really spent a lot of money this time, and the fierce saturation bombardment lasted for a full half hour! Not only the North Railway Station, but also the four gates of Taierzhuang were heavily bombed, and even the fortifications and bunkers in the city also suffered a severe test! The North Railway Station
It was almost razed to the ground. The inside and outside of the city were bombed into craters. There were numerous craters and cracks in the solid masonry walls. The city was in a mess, with debris, debris and broken walls everywhere! "Yoshi!"
Yoshizumi Ryosuke put down the binoculars, nodded with satisfaction, then pulled out his command sword and shouted: "Assault! Taoji changes!" With a crunch, 128 Japanese tanks divided into five groups and headed towards the North Railway Station, the west gate, and the northwest gate.
The North Gate and the East Gate advanced in four directions, followed by more than 3,000 Japs! Among them, the direction of the West Gate became the focus of the Japs' attack, with 45 Japs tanks and 800 Japs infantry assembled!
Because there is a pontoon bridge built on the canal in the northwest corner of Taierzhuang, which is the lifeline of the defenders! Japanese tanks can use the plain area in the northwest corner of Taierzhuang to advance quickly to occupy the pontoon bridge and cut off the connection between the Taierzhuang defenders and the Chinese army on the south bank. "Commander Jiang
!Is this going to be okay?" Seeing a large number of Japanese tanks rushing in quickly, Sun Lianzhong's eyes were full of solemnity, knowing very well how powerful the Japanese artillery troops and tanks and armored troops were!
After such a long period of saturation bombing, how many defenders can be left in the city, and how effective are the fortifications? How long can the remaining soldiers hold on under the attack of so many tanks? Thinking carefully, even Sun Lianzhong, who is extremely good at defense,
, I also feel my scalp is numb at this time! Especially the tanks, combat vehicles and combat artillery of the 200th Division a few days ago, in front of the Japanese combat artillery and tanks, there is not much difference between them and they have not yet been opened.
After a few shots, it was directly penetrated and exploded into a pile of parts!
If Jiang Qiang hadn't provided a large number of individual rocket launchers and destroyed many Japanese tanks, the small Japanese tanks would not dare to crush the enemy's positions recklessly! Otherwise, I really don't know how many lives it would take to fill up the Japanese tanks! "Don't worry!
The fortifications we built are not shoddy works! The Japanese want to destroy them directly with artillery fire, but they are daydreaming! The Japanese three-axe will not work here!"
Jiang Qiang has full confidence in this point. Permanent fortifications built with special cement and steel bars are not simple. Unless they are hit by heavy artillery many times, they will be difficult to completely destroy! The Japanese plane bombing and field artillery fire just now, look at it.
It looks really impressive, but in fact it is a large-scale blind fire, which has extremely limited effect on the reinforced concrete bunker fortifications! "That's good! That's good!"
Seeing Jiang Qiang so calm and calm, Sun Lianzhong's nervousness was greatly relieved. "Commander Sun, please relax and watch the show!" Jiang Qiang smiled, and then said to Liu Qiang: "The West Gate Artillery is ready, the Japanese tanks are coming.
You must behave well!" "The chief executive is really clever! Please rest assured, the chief executive, the brothers have been waiting for this moment for a long time, and they will never let anything slip!" Huzi nodded with a smile, and then picked up the walkie-talkie.
"Commander Jiang, your telephone is really advanced!"
Sun Lianzhong looked at the walkie-talkie in Huzi's hand with envy, completely confused that it could communicate remotely without a phone line! "Haha! Just so so!"
Jiang Qiang smiled modestly. With the lessons learned from the past, Jiang Qiang no longer easily gives walkie-talkies to others, because the newly purchased walkie-talkies are all encrypted and can easily be monitored by others if lost! In addition, within the Jiaodong Army Defense Area,
Inside, Jiang Qiang is already building a new communication network, which will be upgraded to a PHS communication network in the near future. The current PHS network in Shanghai is already being used in large quantities. By then, there will be no need to worry about the use of walkie-talkies in the defense zone.
Leak problem!
"The Japs have begun to attack!" "Hurry! Enter the position!" "Haha, little Japs, grandpa has been waiting for you!" Soon, the North Railway Station, the five city gates of Taierzhuang, and the garrison positions above the city wall were
One after another, they got out of the artillery holes and air defense bunkers and quickly entered their respective positions! "Sodesnay! What a quiet battlefield!" "Yoshi! Under the saturation bombardment of the empire's heavy artillery, the Chinese rats were not blown to pieces.
, the internal organs will also be shattered!" "That goes without saying! Under such a raging fire, even the steel and iron bones will be melted!"
The sound of rumbling motors came from far and near. More than 20 Japanese tanks came to the North Railway Station with a creaking sound. Behind the tanks, there were a group of little Japanese soldiers following closely behind them with nervous expressions! When the Japanese soldiers saw them not far away,
The North Railway Station was reduced to ruins and a sea of fire. Almost everyone believed that under such circumstances, there would never be any living things at the North Railway Station! "Baga! Don't be careless at any time, stay in good formation and concentrate.
, if you find any abnormality, shoot immediately, don’t hesitate! If you want to put it in a box and send it back to Japan, just pretend that I didn’t say anything!”
At this time, a Japanese squadron leader warned loudly and extremely seriously. As an old Japanese soldier who had been through life and death many times, he was naturally very aware of the dangers on the battlefield! "Hahaha!" "Sakai-kun, did you hear me? Why don't you put it away quickly?"
notebook!" "Ono-kun, you are walking too fast!" "We are about to arrive at the train station, everyone must be extra careful!"
The little devils around burst into laughter, and their tense and serious mood suddenly relaxed a lot, and they became more cautious at the same time! At this moment, there was a slight rustling sound in the ruins of the train station, and then
Dozens of black shooting holes appeared under the rubble. "Brothers, hit me hard!"
Wu Chuan, commander of the 37th Company of the 13th Battalion of the 5th Regiment of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Division of the Jiaodong Group Army, immediately issued the order to attack when he saw that the time was right! Immediately after, the heavy machine guns, sniper rifles, and tank defense guns hidden under the ruins began to spray out.
Catching fire, they roared away at the Japanese infantry and tanks. The North Railway Station and Taierzhuang were at the corner of each other, and its strategic location was very important to the entire Taierzhuang battle. However, due to its forward position and little room for maneuver, it was difficult to attack the Japanese with heavy firepower and heavy troops.
Hold on under attack.
Therefore, Jiang Qiang abandoned the fortifications above and carried out large-scale renovations based on the original bunkers. Not only did he build more than 20 strong fortresses, he also built a tunnel leading to Taierzhuang! At this time, the firepower was fully unleashed, and the little Japanese infantry was caught off guard.
They fell in pieces, and several surrounding tank companies were hit by several artillery shells and were directly blown to pieces!
"Baga! Shoot! Sa Si Gai, Sa Ci Gai Kai!" "Fire! Kill these Chinese rats!"
Although there were many casualties in the surprise attack, the well-trained Japanese troops showed no obvious panic. More than a dozen Type 97 medium tanks quickly turned around and stopped four to five hundred meters in front of the ruins of the train station! Then the Japanese tank gunners quickly
Calibrate the muzzle and start firing accurately at the shooting hole that is spitting out tongues of flame! Boom boom boom, after a few shots, rubble is flying in the ruins, smoke and dust are everywhere, the half-collapsed ruins are shaking, and bricks and tiles are constantly falling.
Fall!
Several firepower points were silenced at once, but the little devils were not happy for a long time. Flames spurted out from the shooting holes again! The surrounding little devil infantry used tanks as bunkers to quickly set up counterattack positions, with long and short guns and light and heavy weapons.
Machine guns opened fire to counterattack! The Taierzhuang defense battle led by the Jiaodong Army officially began. The ruins of the North Railway Station instantly turned into a solid fortress covered with thorns. The little devils around could not get even half a step closer!
At this time, in the northwest corner where the Japanese army focused their attack, 45 tanks and 4 squadrons of Japanese infantry were already less than 400 meters away from the pontoon on the bank of the canal! "Brothers, now it's our turn to perform! Attention all gun positions, adjust immediately
Shoot Zhu Yuan! If you take aim, hit me hard! Until all the little devils are knocked down!" "There are all artillery positions! Get ready! Fire!"
The 12 anti-tank guns on the south bank of the canal took off their camouflage and quickly calibrated their barrels! The eight 37mm anti-tank guns on the city wall above the west gate of Taierzhuang also extended their barrels out of the shooting holes, and the black barrels were aimed at the Japanese tank troops.
!The mortar positions on the south bank of the canal are also nervously adjusting to shoot at Zhu Yuan!
Just one minute later, 20 anti-war artillery pieces and 15 heavy mortars roared at almost the same time! I saw the cross-fire of laser bullets and armor-piercing bullets, like fire dragons hitting the Japanese tanks, and the shells also followed.
It kept exploding among the devils.
In the fierce explosion, more than a dozen Japanese tanks were destroyed on the spot, and more than a dozen other tanks were damaged to varying degrees. The Japanese infantry also suffered heavy casualties! The Pak37 combat anti-aircraft gun was produced by the German Rheinmetall Company in the 1930s.
The developed infantry combat defense gun has a barrel length of 1.66 meters, a gun width of 1.65 meters, a gun height of 1.17 meters, and a marching weight of only 450 kilograms, so its maneuverability is very good!
The gun has a rate of fire of 13 rounds/minute, a muzzle velocity of 762 meters/second, and an effective range of 300-600 meters. When dealing with tanks, it mainly fires 37mm capped armor-piercing projectiles, which can penetrate 34mm thick at a distance of 100 meters.
The homogeneous steel armor has an armor-piercing capacity of 29 mm at a distance of 500 meters. The current Bazooka anti-tank rocket launcher produced in Shanghai has an effective range of 270 meters, and when used, the shooter must ensure that there are no obstacles behind it before launching, otherwise the spray will
The gases from the gunpowder may reflect and burn the shooter!
Therefore, it must be in a kneeling position, which is easy to be killed by enemy fire, and is not suitable for use in a closed and small fortress! "Shoot! Kill!" Dozens of shooting holes on the Taierzhuang city wall can also spray out.
The tongues of fire were aimed at the Japanese infantry, causing a frantic massacre! "Baga! Retreat! Hurry, hurry up!"
In the face of powerful artillery fire and dense metal storms, even the Japs had a large number of Type 97 medium tanks with strong defensive capabilities, but they were defeated by the firepower from both sides of the north and south. The casualties were rising rapidly! Meet the Japs frontline commander.
The situation was not good, so he quickly ordered the troops to retreat. After a hurried retreat, only nearly twenty smoking tanks and dead bodies were left on the ground! "Wow, Commander Jiang, your anti-tank firepower is really too fierce."
?The Japanese will be beaten to a pulp in one fell swoop!"
Sun Lianzhong was dumbfounded. Originally, if the Japanese had so many tanks and so many infantry, there would be an extremely difficult and bloody battle. However, he never dreamed that the Japanese would be beaten into a hasty retreat before they even started attacking! The second time before
The legion also has ten combat anti-cannons, which are distributed in more than ten large and small defense positions. They have also played a big role in destroying many Japanese tanks and heavy machine guns. But how can such an effect be achieved? "This is just the advantage of concentrated firepower!"
Jiang Qiang smiled indifferently, then picked up his binoculars and looked towards the east gate of Taierzhuang where a fierce battle was taking place! The Japanese army assembled 22 tanks at the east gate of Taierzhuang. Under the cover of the tanks, the surrounding Japs had already established forward positions.
Several half-man-high sandbag bunkers. The Japanese tank guns continued to fire at the defenders and bunkers on the city wall. The Japanese infantry in the rear were also not idle with light and heavy machine guns, mortars, grenades, and the 38th Army.
Full firepower!
The walls of Taierzhuang were constantly blasted with craters of varying depths by artillery fire. Debris flew across the wall and the entire wall was trembling. The dense bullets hit and Chinese officers and soldiers were constantly hit and fell! The little Japanese infantry even rushed forward.
Throw grenades under the city wall, build a siege ladder, and want to rush to the top of the city wall!
But it was obvious that the Japs were overthinking it. Under the strong defensive firepower and the heroic fighting of Chinese officers and soldiers, these little Japs quickly rushed up the city wall so easily. After a while, they all fell to the ground and died. The surviving Japs retreated hastily.
!The situation at the north gate and northwest gate is not much different. The Japanese army's offensive is quite fierce. At least on the surface, they are fighting against the Chinese defenders. The fighting situation seems extremely serious. Although a large number of bunkers and bunkers have been built on the city walls and inside the city
, forts, but it is impossible to turn all city walls into reinforced concrete bunkers. Large open areas on the city walls still require officers and soldiers to rely on the city walls for defense!
During the Japanese shelling and grenade launches, these Chinese defenders could only lie down under the city wall to protect themselves. After the bombs exploded, they raised their heads and fired back and threw grenades! The Japanese army failed to attack the canal pontoon behind the west gate.
, after a hasty retreat, they reorganized their offensive and launched a fierce attack on the west gate of Taierzhuang! The sound of gunfire continued from the five battlefields of the North Railway Station, West Gate, Northwest Gate, North Gate and East Gate. Both the enemy and us were trying their best to fight a life and death battle, but only
The south gate of Dutaerzhuang looks extremely peaceful!
The Japanese army did not go around the southeast corner to attack the south gate. It was not because they were playing the old trick of encircling three unique enemies, but because there were Chinese infantry guards along the canal! If the Japanese army were smart enough to go around the south gate and attack from the front and rear, they would definitely suffer
The Taierzhuang defenders and the defenders on the south bank of the canal were attacking from both sides. Let alone the siege, there was no place to stand! The fierce offensive and defensive battle lasted from morning to night. Yoshizumi Ryosuke worked hard to capture Taierzhuang in one go.
But how could it be so easy under the tight defense of the Jiaodong Group Army?
After more than ten hours of fierce fighting, the Japs not only failed to enter the city, but more than 600 people were killed, and hundreds more were lightly or seriously injured! The total number of casualties in the Chinese defenders was only 96, including 12 from the Jiaodong Group Army, and another
157 people were seriously injured and more than 300 people were slightly injured!
The seriously injured have been gradually transferred to the rear field hospital. After the full rescue efforts of the Jiaodong Army Medical Team, they basically survived! If there is no force majeure and fatal attack, basically even if they lose their lives, they can still save their lives! "Haha!
, Commander Jiang, my eyes have been opened today! I thought I was very good at defense before, but now I know what it means to have mountains beyond the mountains!"
When it got dark, the Japs stopped their offensive, and Sun Lianzhong's heart suddenly fell to the ground. He really didn't expect that after fighting for a whole day, the number of casualties did not exceed one hundred! Tian Zhennan also nodded in shock and said: "
Yes, it’s unbelievable! The Japs are attacking so fiercely, with planes, artillery and tanks. It would be strange if we didn’t kill 1,000 or 800 people in one day!”
Without waiting for Jiang Qiang's answer, Gu Liangmin chuckled and said, "The little devil needs a pair of good teeth if he wants to chew us off!" The Jiaodong Group Army is armed to the teeth with luxurious equipment, a strong body, excellent military technology and powerful weapons.
Logistics and medical care make battlefield survivability extremely powerful! "That's it! That's it! Haha!" Sun Lianzhong nodded with great envy, naturally understanding the implication of Gu Liangmin's words, and at the same time he also understood better why Jiang Qiang was on the defensive waiting to attack!
Holding on to the defensive position can kill the enemy ten times, but taking the initiative to attack often results in killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred. Who would be willing to do such a loss-making transaction unless it was a last resort? Jiang Qiang let out a breath and said: "Today is the day."
The first battle was successful, but the next battle will be even more severe! I am not worried about my side, I am afraid that Teng County, Feixian County and Linyi will be under too much pressure to withstand it!" After more than half a month of fierce attack, the 20th Division has already conquered the
The Third Army drove out of Shandong. Not only did it completely eliminate the hidden danger on the left side of the Japanese Tenth Division, it is now also deploying troops to Zouxian County!
Once these two Japanese divisions join forces, the pressure on Teng County and Feixian County will inevitably double. Especially when the Japanese soldiers sense that they are going to encircle and annihilate the Japanese troops in Taierzhuang, Linyi, and Pixian areas, they will definitely be very desperate! So!
Jiang Qiang made tactical adjustments in advance, and transferred two regiments to Teng County and one regiment to Fei County, and transported all the seriously wounded on the front line back to the defense area. Among them, the 32nd Army and the 3rd Army had as many as 600 seriously injured people.
The rest!
As Linyi Zhang Zizhong was attacked continuously by the Japanese 11th Division, the casualties were extremely heavy. In the next few days, the number of casualties reached more than 4,000! The Japanese army once broke through the South City Gate and started a bloody street battle with Zhang Zizhong's troops. The situation became extremely critical. I received a telegram asking for help.
After that, Jiang Qiang immediately parachuted a regiment of troops to Linyi. After several hours of fierce life-and-death fighting, he drove out the Japanese troops who entered the city, recaptured the south gate and temporarily stabilized the war situation! At this point, the Jiaodong Group Army had been dispatched.
More than 40,000 soldiers were sent to various frontline battlefields, more than one-third of the total force.
At the same time, the Jiaodong Group Army defense area was also attacked by the Japanese 10th Division and the 22nd Division. Every day from morning to night, you can hear the roar of artillery and gunfire like fried beans! "Finally, I have survived another day.
!Brother Yanmou, how is the situation everywhere now?" Li Zongren stood on top of the Xuzhou city wall, staring at the dark night ahead, his mood seemed particularly solemn.
The so-called plan is not as fast as changing, setting a trap in the Taierzhuang area, and constantly consuming the spirit and effectiveness of the Japanese 9th Division and 11th Division through layer-by-layer resistance! When the time is right, Huang Jie's 8th Army, Liu Xing's 27th Army, and Yu Jishi
The 74th Army, Song Xilian's 78th Army, Li Hanhun's 64th Army and other units waited for the opportunity to cross the canal to cut off and separate the Japanese 9th and 11th Divisions, and block Japanese troops who might come for reinforcements!
Tang Enbo's 20th Army Corps, hidden in the mountains, launched a general attack on the Japanese troops in the Taierzhuang area with lightning speed! Tang Enbo's 20th Army Corps had three corps under its jurisdiction, with a total strength of more than 72,000 people. As the central
The weapons and equipment of the direct line army are very sophisticated! Theoretically, Tang Enbo's army can eat up the more than 10,000 Japanese 9th Division near Taierzhuang in one go! But here's the problem, Tang Enbo is the direct line of Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, so he is a direct descendant of Chairman Chiang Kai-shek.
Li Zongren's order was not too cold, and he had been avoiding the important and taking the easy from the beginning! Therefore, Li Zongren was not completely sure or confident whether Tang Enbo's army could launch a general offensive tomorrow morning as planned!