"All anti-aircraft gun emplacements are available! Fire immediately! Hit me hard!" As soon as the Japanese aircraft group entered the effective range, the seven anti-aircraft guns in Taierzhuang opened up their firepower and fired wildly at the Japanese aircraft group in the sky for free! 2
After a bloody battle, 5 anti-aircraft guns were damaged, 3 were blown up by bombers, and the other 2 were directly hit by Japanese heavy artillery!
"Bagaya Road! Taierzhuang must be captured today! All troops launch an attack immediately! The first imperial warrior to enter the city will be rewarded with 100,000 yen!" After the bombing and artillery shelling ended, Yoshika Ryosuke drew out the emperor's sword and
With a ferocious roar, he started a new siege!
"Assault! Taoji Kaikai!" "His Majesty the Emperor is on board!"
Thousands of Japanese infantrymen, under the cover of tanks and chariots, launched a fierce attack on Taierzhuang. After fighting for more than ten days, all the Japanese soldiers were quite exhausted, and to a large extent they were holding on with one breath! Taierzhuang's side was newly replaced.
They had formed two regiments, their morale was as high as a rainbow, and their individual equipment was even more armed to the teeth. However, the Taierzhuang city defense fortifications suffered heavy losses, and several city walls collapsed, forming several small gentle slopes!
In addition, heavy firepower such as anti-tank artillery, mortars, anti-tank rocket launchers, and heavy machine guns also consumed more than one-third, so the defensive pressure they faced was very high! It was also because of this that the Japanese army saw hope and prepared to fight hard today.
Lao Ming also wanted to capture Taierzhuang, so a brigade of troops was deployed in the first wave of attacks!
Since the Japanese 20th Division and the 10th Division had joined forces in Zouxian County yesterday, the Japanese 10th Division and the 22nd Division, which were directly containing the Chinese Tiger Ben Army, sent 10,000 troops south to Mengyin County in an attempt to attack from the side.
Attack Feixian County and cut off contact with the Jiaodong Group Army in Yishui County!
Teng County and Fei County were already in turmoil at this time, facing unprecedented pressure! The 32nd Army, the Third Army and the Jiaodong Army fought bloody battles with the Japanese army all day long. Both the enemy and us suffered heavy casualties. The Japanese army broke through Teng County and Fei County one after another.
Several outlying positions in Feixian County!
At dawn this morning, more than 30,000 Japanese infantrymen, under the cover of firepower from aircraft, artillery and tanks, once again launched a full-line attack on Teng County and Fei County! At 5:05 pm on March 10, Pi County fell, and the 6th Army of the 75th Army
Chen Chenli, commander of the 33rd regiment of the division, died, and Li Youlan, deputy commander of the regiment, was hit by Japanese artillery fire and died in the line of duty.
Deputy division commander Ding Yousong led the remnant troops to break through. In the end, only a thousand people successfully retreated to the south bank of the canal! With the fall of Pi County, the pressure on Taierzhuang became heavier, and the Japanese army could concentrate more troops to attack Beiluo, Nigou, and Yi.
County, Zaozhuang and other defense lines! If Yixian and Zaozhuang are captured, not only Teng County and Feixian County will be attacked from both sides, but Taierzhuang will also be completely surrounded by the Japanese army and become an isolated island surrounded by enemies!
After a whole day of bloody battles in Tengxian, Feixian, Linyi and other places, although the main and core positions were still firmly in their own hands, the Chinese defenders paid a heavy price in casualties! Especially north of Tengxian
The 45th Army fighting in the Jiehe and Longshan areas suffered more than 2,000 casualties from division commander Chen Li on down, and killed more than 1,000 Japanese troops! The battlefield on the northern front was tight, and the defenders on the southern line who resisted the Japanese Central China Front also suffered heavy casualties! Especially the
Miao Chengliu's 57th Army, Han Deqin's 89th Army, Yu Xuezhong's 51st Army and other five theater units are on the front line!
"Chief of Staff Xu, what brought you here? We were just thinking about calling the commander's headquarters!" "Commander Jiang, Commander Sun, you have worked hard! On behalf of Chief Li, I am here to express my condolences to everyone!" In the evening
, Xu Zuyi drove to the Hanjiasi headquarters, and Jiang Qiang, Sun Lianzhong and others lined up to greet him! After a while of greetings, Jiang Qiang asked directly with some anger: "Chief of Staff Xu, when will the general offensive be launched? What time?
Pushing again and again? What are you waiting for?"
Although he had been mentally prepared, personal experience was another matter. Especially after reading a telegram with statistics on war casualties, Jiang Qiang could not help but get emotional! It is inevitable for people to be selfish, but in life and in doing things, one must
There is a bottom line, don’t look too ugly!
Jiang Qiang's initial plan was to participate in the world-famous Battle of Xuzhou on a limited basis: to defend the defense zone so that the Japanese army would not dare to march southward to Xuzhou without restraint! However, with the changes in history, the Japanese army concentrated more superior forces earlier than in the original history.
All directions were under tremendous pressure, so Jiang Qiang had to spend a lot of money to send a large number of troops to assist Fei County, Teng County, and Linyi County, and stationed in Taierzhuang to defend it!
Although the Jiaodong Group Army is well-equipped and has no shortage of heavy weapons, the defenses in these areas are a huge shortcoming. They are not comparable to the reinforced concrete permanent fortifications in its own defense area! Faced with the continuous onslaught of heavy firepower from Japanese aircraft, artillery and tanks,
The limited fortification defenses were destroyed to pieces, and anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns, field guns, mortars, and even heavy tanks all suffered serious losses!
Although the Jiaodong Group Army inflicted heavy casualties on the Japanese invaders and severely dampened their morale, the friendly forces and themselves also paid an extremely heavy price. Without the support of solid defense fortifications, if they had to hold on for another two or three days, they would be stationed in Taierzhuang, Teng County, and Feixian County.
The Chinese Tiger Army in Linyi is really going to have a hard time!
Even if the casualty ratio is 1:1 with the Japanese army, it is an unacceptable loss-making deal for Jiang Qiang! Sun Lianzhong also echoed in a deep voice: "Yes, it will be difficult to deal with without a general attack!" From December 1937
It started in the middle of September, and it has been three full months so far, and the main forces fighting on the front line are almost all the "local miscellaneous troops" from the fifth theater!
When Li Zongren first came to Xuzhou to take up the post of commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone, there were only more than 100,000 miscellaneous troops assigned to the Fifth War Zone. Therefore, the most basic requirement of the Chairman was to defend for three months! Now that the minimum requirement has been reached, the direct line troops of the Central Committee have
They still haven’t officially joined the war, and those on the front line are basically miscellaneous troops!
Even though Sun Lianzhong was loyal to the committee wholeheartedly in the war, he couldn't help but get a little anxious and angry at this time! If Jiang Qiang hadn't led his troops to garrison Taierzhuang, now their 2nd Army would probably not be able to hold Taierzhuang even if they could still hold it.
How many people are there!
"Commander Jiang, Commander Sun, please be patient!" Xu Zuyi smiled apologetically, and then said earnestly: "The soldiers on the front line are fighting bloody battles, and there are heavy casualties on every battlefield. Your sacrifices and sacrifices are shared by me and Commander Li.
I see it in my eyes, but it hurts in my heart too! Please rest assured, if we persist for at most one day, we will launch a general offensive across the board. By then, not only will Taierzhuang be able to relieve the siege, but we will also be able to create an unprecedented miracle of resistance, which will greatly inspire people's morale and morale.
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Therefore, Commander Jiang and Commander Sun are requested to stick to Taierzhuang. The success or failure of the entire campaign depends on this!" Jiang Qiang's eyes narrowed and he said: "As Chief of Staff Xu said, I will strictly order all ministries to stick to Taierzhuang for at least one more day! But if it comes
9 a.m. on March 12th! If the Central Army has still not launched a general offensive by then, then I can’t blame me for the serious consequences it will cause!”
At 8:30 a.m. on March 12, Xuzhou Fifth War Zone Commander Headquarters! "Why hasn't this Tang Enbo moved yet? Is it really going to be bad?" Li Zongren paced back and forth anxiously in the war room, right in the room.
You can hear the constant rumble of artillery from the other side of the canal, and you know without even thinking that Taierzhuang is in danger! At this time, there are only about twenty minutes left before Jiang Qiang's agreed time for the final general attack.
Li Zongren was really anxious, not only because he knew that Jiang Qiang could do what he said, but if there was no movement here at 9 o'clock, Jiang Qiang would just put down his burden and leave! But also because Teng County, Fei County, and Linyi County
, Lianyun, Tianchang, Dingyuan, Tianjia'an, Huoqiu and other places are in emergency, and the Japanese 23rd Division has completed the landing and begun to advance towards the Longhai line!
If it were delayed for another day or two, the Japanese North China Front Army and the Central China Front Army would most likely meet up in the Taierzhuang area! By then, let alone the Japanese army in the Taierzhuang area, even the four to five million Chinese troops within the Fifth Theater would be hard-pressed to defeat them.
Escape from bad luck! It is no exaggeration to say that the current situation is already extremely dangerous. If you are not careful, you will lose all your previous efforts and fall into counter-siege! "Here comes someone!"
Li Zongren suddenly stopped and ordered a communications staff officer in an unprecedentedly stern tone: "Send a telegram to Tang Enbo immediately and tell him that he must launch a general offensive across the entire front before 9 o'clock. If there is any violation of military law, he will do it!" "Yes!"
The communications staff officer saluted solemnly and quickly turned around and left! "General! Urgent call from the theater commander's headquarters!"
After reading the telegram, Tang Enbo knew that he could no longer delay, so he could only grit his teeth and said: "Call back to Chief Li! Our department will launch a general offensive at nine o'clock in the morning as ordered!" "Report! Call from the commission! Order our department immediately
Launch a general offensive across the board!"
At this moment, another communications staff officer rushed over. "Show it to me!" Tang Enbo grabbed the telegram, his eyes became extremely sharp, his energy suddenly came up, and he shouted loudly and energetically.
Said: "I ordered the 4th Division to attack Sihu and Lanjiahu, the 89th Division to immediately attack Xiangcheng, Lanling, and Lancheng, and the 110th Division to attack Nanluo directly.
The 2nd Division marched to Linyi and cooperated with Zhang Zizhong's troops to annihilate the Japanese troops attacking the city! The 25th Division attacked Pi County and was responsible for blocking the Japanese troops from rout and reinforcements!
All combat troops will set off immediately without a moment's delay! I hope that all brothers will work together to kill the Japanese invaders, but those who hesitate to move forward and delay the opportunity to fight will be dealt with according to the military law!" "Follow your orders! Make sure to complete the mission!" "If there are any mistakes, report them to the police.
See!"
After waiting for so many days, they could finally fight to the death with the Japanese invaders. Guan Linxiang, Wang Zhonglian, Zheng Dongguo, Zhang Yaoming and others all looked excited and saluted Tang Enbo solemnly! "The military morale is available! Launch a general offensive across the board!"
Seeing the excited and confident expressions of the generals, Tang Enbo couldn't help but feel full of pride in his heart. The Japanese 9th and 11th divisions in the Taierzhuang area only had a strength of just over 20,000 at most, and they had become tired divisions!
The 20th Army has more than 70,000 elite troops, plus various defensive troops, as well as tens of thousands of Central Army troops who are about to forcefully cross the canal, and they can completely kill the 20,000 Japanese troops!
"Order the troops! Build a pontoon bridge immediately, force across the canal, and attack Funing!" "The general offensive begins! Build a pontoon bridge immediately!" "Brothers, the Chairman has an order!..." The 8th Army, the 27th Army, the 74th Army and other units
After receiving the order for the general offensive, they also began to build pontoons on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, destroying the Japanese defenders according to the original plan, and taking on the task of blocking Japanese reinforcements along the way!
The world-famous Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the earliest and longest artificial river in the world. The Grand Canal starts from Beijing in the north and reaches Hangzhou in the south. It flows through Beijing, Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang, connecting six provinces and cities.
There are five major water systems: the Haihe River, the Yellow River, the Huaihe River, the Yangtze River, and the Qiantang River, with a total length of 1,794 kilometers. In the long years, it has mainly experienced three major construction processes. In the late Qing Dynasty, after the construction of the Beijing-Hankou, Jinpu and other railways, the Qing government did not care about the canal.
fate, left to waste.
The canal is getting narrower and narrower, with a general width of 15-30 meters, and the Japanese army did not set up defensive positions along the way like the Chinese army, so it is not difficult to build a pontoon bridge! "Damn, I finally waited for this moment!"
Sun Lianzhong took a long breath after receiving the call, then stood up and said to Jiang Qiang: "Commander Jiang, I know you have been waiting for this moment! What do you think we should do now? We should let Xiao
The Japanese are really powerful!" "Don't worry, the best time has not come yet!" After confirming the intelligence through aerial reconnaissance, Yang Fan was in an instant mood!
Although the current price paid is far higher than expected, it is still within the controllable range. As long as the main force of 20,000 to 30,000 Japanese troops in Taierzhuang area is eaten up with great force, then the previous sacrifices and efforts will be worth it! After a pause, Jiang Qiang
He smiled and said: "But now we can make preparations! When the Tang Army comes over, the Japs will be in chaos. If we counterattack across the board, we will definitely get twice the result with half the effort!"
Now the Japs are on the offensive and have occupied the northeast corner of Taierzhuang. If they forcefully counterattack at this time, they will pay a heavy price! He led his troops and the 2nd Army to defend the Taierzhuang area for more than ten days, at the heavy cost of more than 11,000 casualties.
More than 7,500 Japanese soldiers were killed and injured. This is extremely extreme and worthy of the audience!
There is really no need to be happy for a while and make the soldiers under his command pay more unnecessary sacrifices! "Okay! Everything will be done as Commander Yang said!" Sun Lianzhong nodded happily. Now the 2nd Army has only 4,000 to 5,000 men, while the Jiaodong Army still has 8,000.
There are so many elite troops, and of course Jiang Qiang is the main one!
"Send power to the defenders of Teng County and Fei County, telling them to hold on until 5 p.m. before leading their troops to break out and retreat! Also send a message to the 11th Brigade and the 12th Brigade to send troops to respond! The Special Operations Brigade immediately sent troops to Linyi to annihilate the siege.
The Japanese army and joined in launching a war of annihilation against the Japanese army in Taierzhuang area! The Flying Tigers and helicopter brigade are ready for battle and provide air support at any time!
The defense forces at home must be on guard to prevent the Japanese from jumping over the wall!" If you want to play, go somewhere big. Jiang Qiang once again mobilized 20,000 elite troops to participate in the final slaughter feast! "Haha! Great, it's finally our turn.
We are here! My brothers, with the order from the commander-in-chief, the special operations brigade will immediately set off to Linyi to annihilate the Japanese invaders! Let’s go!” “Brothers, the general offensive is about to begin! Everyone immediately checks the weapons and equipment and enters the first level of combat preparation!”
Everyone listens to the order, and the whole army sets out to head to Teng County quickly! Let’s go!”
Huzi, Yun Qichang, Gu Liangmin, Xu Guangming and others were all excited, and the combat instructions were quickly passed on to every officer and soldier level by level! "The Chinese army actually carried out the attack on the 9th Division and the 11th Division."
Counter-encirclement and annihilation war? Bagaya Road, a bunch of arrogant idiots! I will make your death ugly this time!"
The commander of Japan's Central China Front, Shunroku Hata, also quickly received the relevant information, but he was not surprised or uneasy. Instead, he was very excited, because it was all part of his calculation and layout! On the surface, the 9th Division and the
The situation of the 11th Division is very critical, but in the view of Shunroku Hata, it is actually a God-given opportunity to counterattack in one fell swoop. There are still nearly 30,000 Japanese troops in the Taierzhuang area. Even the Chinese troops used more than three times the strength to attack and hold on.
Two or three days is no problem at all!
And with these three days, not only the North China Front Army can break through Taierzhuang from Teng County, Feixian County, south, but the two divisions on our side can also forcibly break through the interception defense line and reach Taierzhuang! After thinking for a while, Hata Shunroku immediately became full of energy.
The order was given: "Order the 23rd Division and the 6th Division to immediately speed up their march northward, break through the interception position of the Chinese army, and move north as quickly as possible to join the 9th Division and the 11th Division!"
"Hai!" Michutaro Komatsubara, commander of the 23rd Division, and Shiro Inaba, commander of the 6th Division, immediately stood up and nodded heavily! Then, Shunroku Hata ordered in a deep voice: "Order the 16th Division,
The 101st Division, the 114th Division, and the 110th Division immediately launched a strong attack on the Chinese defense line and tried their best to contain the Chinese army's defensive forces!" "Hai!"
The commander of the Japanese Second Army in Qingdao, Shandong, Higashikata Higashikata, also issued a new combat order at this time: the 20th Division, the 5th Division and the 10th Division must be captured before 3 pm today
Teng County and Fei County also mobilized a large number of naval aviation regiments for air support! One move affected the whole body. The Chinese army launched the long-planned Taierzhuang battle, while the Japanese side started a crazy attack with the same purpose.
, trying to surround and annihilate the Chinese troops in the Xuzhou area in one fell swoop!
"Baga! Damn Chinese pigs, they unexpectedly planned to encircle and annihilate the empire's most elite Class A division!" "Order the troops to stop the attack immediately and fully switch to defense! Now let them have a taste of the power of a tough battle!" Yoshika Ryosuke and
After receiving the emergency telegram from the front army headquarters, Yamamuro Somu immediately switched from offense to defense and stood firm according to the strategic layout and waited for help! Although he fought continuously for more than ten days, both in terms of weapons, equipment and personnel, it was a lot of consumption, but after all
There are still 20,000 to 30,000 men. Yoshika Ryosuke and Yamamuro Munetake are very confident that they can hold on for ten days and a half, so they don't panic at all at this moment!
"Brothers, charge!" "Kill all the little devils! Leave no one behind!" Tang Enbo's regiment, which had been recuperating for many days, rushed down from the mountains where they were hiding like tigers, aiming directly at the 9th Division near Taierzhuang.
The main force of the regiment! "Ah, why did the little devils withdraw all at once?" "Brothers, the Jiaodong Group Army's special operations brigade is about to arrive!" "Haha, finally all the hard work has come to an end! Little devils, let's see how arrogant you are still!"
At the same time, when the Linyi garrison learned that the special operations brigade had already departed and could reach Linyi County in two or three hours at most, their morale was boosted and they all geared up to launch the final encirclement and annihilation battle! "Boom, boom, boom!" "Kill!"
ah!"
At about 10:30 in the morning, the 4th Division responsible for attacking Sihu, Lanjiahu direction, was overwhelming, conquering several Japanese defense lines one after another, and the troops reached Wangjiazhai, which was only 5 kilometers away from Taierzhuang! The violent explosions had already occurred in Taierzhuang.
Clearly audible!
"Buzz, buzz, buzz", but at this moment a group of Japanese planes flew from the sky in the distance. "What the hell! Here we go again! Order the troops to hide on the spot and get out of the way!" "Quickly, everyone lies down!"
Without air superiority and lack of air defense capabilities, the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Division could only suspend the offensive rhythm in frustration and find bunkers on the spot to hide. Tweet, Tweet, Tweet!
After a short while, densely packed heavy aerial bombs continued to fall like torrential rain. The powerful explosion power blew the flowers, plants and trees within several square kilometers to pieces. It is unknown how many Chinese officers and soldiers died heroically for the country or even their bodies were not left!
"What the hell! When will we have a powerful air force!" "It's so fucking frustrating!" Seeing the heavy casualties suffered by their officers and soldiers in the Japanese Air Force bombing, the eyes of the 4th Division Commander Chen Daqing, Deputy Division Commander Wang Yuwen and others turned red.
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Killing the enemy head-on and making a heroic sacrifice is not terrible, but being beaten to death without the ability to fight back is extremely distressing and maddening! However, at this critical moment, a group of silver swallows flew from the northeast.
Entering the battlefield at an extremely fast speed, a frenzied exchange of fire began as soon as they encountered a group of Japanese aircraft! After the last war, Jiang Qiang purchased 10 more Mustang fighter jets from Shanghai, and now the total number of fighter jets has reached 24!
Although he is still very weak, he can already be used as a sharp knife. At this decisive moment, Jiang Qiang can no longer care about being wretched! "Brothers, beat me hard! Kill all these bastards!" He suffered for half a month.
, finally able to go out to fight the Japanese army in air combat, Li Jinglin naturally had endless strength and energy.
"Haha! It's so exciting! It's really refreshing to be in actual combat!" "Kill! Send these beasts to see the Demon Lord!" "Haha, I must kill them hard this time! I will strive to be promoted to a bronze ace pilot in one go!"
The other pilots were also extremely excited. Even the eight recruits showed no fear or fear at all. In their eyes, the Japanese planes swarming in groups were glittering medals of merit! Jiang Qiang knew the importance of the incentive system.
Of course, the newly formed air force cannot be without an incentive reward and punishment system! Ace pilot, this title first appeared in World War I, generally refers to a pilot who shot down more than 5 enemy planes (including 5).
On this basis, Jiang Qiang also ingeniously created bronze, silver, gold, diamond and other ranks. Once promoted to an ace pilot, he will not only receive great glory, but also receive a series of preferential treatment such as promotion and salary increase! 24 Mustangs
The fighter jets are like a group of peerless beasts with wide open mouths. As soon as they rush into the battlefield, they immediately attack the Japanese escort fighter jets with crazy output!
Ding, dong, dong, under the dense metal storm, six Japanese fighter jets began to emit black smoke, and then fell crookedly downward! "Haha, well done! Everyone, be careful, don't be too anxious,
You have to eat your food one bite at a time! Every one of our planes is a baby, do you hear me clearly?" Pressing the switch and firing fiercely shot down a Japanese plane. Li Jinglin quickly circled to avoid the firepower of the Japanese plane.