"Haha! Isn't this so interesting?" "Yeah! It's making me laugh to death!" Li Zongren was still thinking about the meaning of Jiang Qiang's words, but Xia Yu, Wang Hui and others next to him were so happy that they laughed so hard that they laughed
Turn over. There is no way, the laughter point of people in this era is too low. Unlike modern people, who are not used to jokes and comedies, everything they watch is boring!
At this time, Li Zongren's eyes flashed and he asked with a smile: "Commander Jiang, do you want to take a long-term approach to catch big fish?" "That's right! The little devils in Yujiayao Fortress are almost dead, and there is no oil left.
, the rest are all hard-core, there is no need to exchange one life for another now!" Jiang Qiang smiled and explained that there is no use in occupying Yujiayao Fortress now. It will be useful to wait for a new wave of Japanese invaders to settle in and then annihilate them.
Meaning. "Haha!"
Li Zongren nodded in understanding, always feeling that there was something deeper here, but he smiled and asked, "I just don't know how big of a fish Commander Jiang wants to catch?" Jiang Qiang said with a smile: "Of course, the more the merrier.
, the plan has been laid out for so many days, how can you have the nerve to close the net without eating ten or twenty thousand people in one go?" "Ahem, cough, cough! Commander Jiang is the only one in the world who has such skill and courage! When the little devil meets you, he will be unlucky for eight lifetimes.
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Li Zongren was really choked. His tone and appetite made people don't know what to say! "Baga! The Chinese army finally retreated. Fortunately, a large number of tank trenches were dug in front of the position! Otherwise, I would have to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor today.
!" Just when Aiba Hayabusa felt that he couldn't stand it any longer, he had already rolled up his sleeves and was about to lead the brigade headquarters to the front line in person to fight, when he suddenly saw the Jiaodong Group Army retreating like a tide. Aiba Hayabusa secretly wiped away the cold sweat with rejoicing.
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After a while, Aiba Hayabusa shouted loudly: "Order the troops to repair their positions immediately, rescue the wounded, and count the casualties!" Not long after, a little Japanese officer came to report: "Report to the captain, a total of 750 Imperial soldiers were killed.
Warriors! Another 140 people were seriously injured and lost the ability to fight!" "Baga, doesn't it mean that we only have more than 300 people? How could this be!"
Aiba Hayabusa's head was blinded all of a sudden. He knew that the casualties were heavy, but he didn't expect that the entire regiment would be wiped out! A fully-equipped Japanese brigade has about 1,200 people, including 30 from the brigade, 4
There are 800 people in an infantry squadron, 174 people in a machine gun squadron, 55 people in a brigade artillery squad, and 110 people in a transport squadron. In other words, there are only more than 300 people left in the Aiba Brigade, excluding the transport squadron.
There are more than a hundred people in the brigade headquarters, and the frontline combat troops are not much different from the annihilation of the regiment!
"Baga! Immediately ask for tactical guidance from the commander!" Xiangye Falcon was agitated thinking of this. This small number of people is not enough for the Jiaodong Group Army to attack. If reinforcements don't come, he will really be loyal to Yusui!
The actual number of casualties on the Jiaodong Group Army's side was only 33, but the ammunition consumption was a bit large. The ammunition consumption of the National Army was enough to support a large-scale frontal battle!
The 1st Division Ming Jin withdrew its troops and suspended the attack. The 2nd Division that attacked Weifang also took the initiative to retreat after continuing the attack for more than 3 hours! "Nani, more than 1,300 people were killed in total? Why are there so many casualties while holding on to the fortress? And there are still
Lost 46 artillery pieces and 23 heavy machine guns?" Soon, Tuqiao received the battle damage statistics reported by the 84th Regiment and the 85th Regiment, and his brows instantly furrowed. If the previous casualties were added, in Jiaodong
The total number of casualties in the 22nd Division of the Zone has exceeded 3,000!
This is equivalent to the loss of one regiment, and the 22nd Division is only a B division. The death of more than 3,000 people is enough to be said to be broken! The Japanese Army's B division is organized as: Division Commander
The ministry has direct jurisdiction over 3 infantry regiments, each of which has jurisdiction over 3 brigades. The division has direct jurisdiction over one regiment each of artillery, engineering, cavalry, and heavy equipment. The entire division has a capacity of 13,000 people.
In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, Japan thought that it could achieve a quick victory and kept clamoring for the destruction of China in three months. Therefore, it was not prepared for a protracted war. After a full-scale war, Japan's military strength was not enough! Therefore, since 1938, it started the riot mode and formed the first Japanese army.
The 21st Division to the 49th Division are all Type B divisions with this organization.
Japanese Chief of Staff Yasuhei Esaki explained in a low voice: "The Chinese army not only has aircraft, heavy artillery, but also heavy tanks. We are at a huge disadvantage in terms of weapons! Although we cannot hold on, the heavy firepower of the Chinese army is too powerful, and the Chinese command
The officers were also very cunning. They just kept consuming our physical strength and did not use infantry to storm the fortress!
Otherwise, it will be difficult for Yujiayao Fortress and Liujiabao Fortress to hold on to the end today!" "Baga! A bunch of bastards! Don't their shells and bombs cost money?" Doqiao was so angry that he vomited blood. He used to be the Emperor of Japan.
The army is humiliating the Chinese army like this, how come it turns out to be the one being abused when it comes to itself!
At this time, Ezaki Yasuhei continued to hit the target and said: "The most frustrating thing is that the Imperial Navy Air Corps is also afraid of the Chinese Army's air force and does not dare to provide air support! Otherwise, we would not be so passively beaten!" "Baga!
! A group of cowardly bastards! This situation must be reported to the headquarters immediately. The Imperial Navy has great strength but does not have the courage to defeat a powerful enemy! This is a shame to the Empire!"
Doqiao once screamed in anger. Previously, he thought that in the Shandong Peninsula, with the Bohai Sea behind and the Yellow Sea in front, the Imperial Navy Fleet could launch air support from any position! As long as the Naval Air Corps is dispatched, no matter how many troops the Chinese army comes,
Even heavy tanks will be bombed to pieces! If the Jiaodong Army dares to attack, they will definitely pay an unbearable price of casualties!
Because based on past intelligence and experience, the Jiaodong Group Army is very good at defense, but not good at attacking fortresses, and rarely attacks them head-on! This is why Tuqiao dared to hold on to the fortress city with a mere force of more than 10,000 people! But now, however,
, not only did the fortress fail to play the protective role as imagined, but even the Imperial Navy, which had always boasted of being invincible, fell behind at the critical moment. Doqiao suddenly felt an extremely serious crisis this time!
On the morning of August 12, Jun Tada, deputy chief of staff of the Imperial Palace Headquarters in Tokyo, knelt down with joy and said: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, I have just received a good news telegram from Ishihara-san that 16 sets of coal direct liquefaction units have been
After completion, the diesel and gasoline produced after trial production fully meet the usage requirements!
These 16 sets of direct coal liquefaction units are completely ready for large-scale formal operation!" "What? Is it really successful? Yossi, it's great! God bless our Empire of Japan!" Hirohito stood suddenly as if he had been given a shot of blood.
He stood up and paced back and forth with great excitement. The sorrow caused by the many unfavorable battles in the past few months disappeared instantly! "Hai, His Majesty the Emperor, this matter is absolutely true and there is absolutely no mistake!"
Tada Shun paused heavily, and then said in an extremely excited tone: "And with just these 16 sets of direct coal liquefaction units, the oil production capacity of Imperial Chemical Plant can be 400,000 tons/year." "What? Doesn't that mean that again?
How many times the scale can be expanded to exceed millions of tons per year? Yossi, that's great. In this way, we can greatly get rid of the constraints of the Americans!" Hearing this, Hirohito became more and more excited. Japan's current annual consumption is the lowest
The amount of oil in China exceeds 5 million tons. After years of frenzied hoarding of oil, the amount so far is only over 4 million tons, which is not enough for one year!
Relying on American technology and talents, Japan discovered its first oil field, Nise Oil Field, in 1891. Soon, Japan Oil Company set up Japan's first oil well here. In 1908, Japan introduced American rotary drilling rigs, and then Japan
Deeper oil wells can be drilled. A series of mining operations by Nippon Oil Company is considered to have led to the rise of Japan's oil industry. However, Japan's "oil-poor" situation has never changed.
According to Japan's surveys in the 1920s and 1930s, including colonies, Japan's oil mining area covers an area of 3.5 million square kilometers. Although the area is vast, only a handful of them are truly suitable for industrial exploitation. Taking 1930 as an example,
Japan's mainland Hokkaido produced 7,500 tons of oil, Honshu 226,000 tons, other Japanese-controlled areas, China and Taiwan produced 32,000 tons, and the North Sakhalin oil base leased from Russia produced 193,000 tons, totaling 459,000 tons.
During the same period, the oil production of the United States was 123 million tons and that of the Soviet Union was 18.5 million tons. Due to low domestic oil production, a large part of the petroleum products sold by Japanese oil companies was imported from the United States, Britain and other countries. Before World War II
, Japan's dependence on foreign oil was as high as 90% at its peak. Currently, not only Japan's civilian industry, but also its military industry, has increasing demand for oil.
Most of the Japanese navy's battleships have switched to petroleum fuel, and the Japanese army is expanding crazily. The navy's oil consumption accounts for 42% of Japan's total oil demand. This also indicates that the Japanese army will largely compete for oil in the future.
And fight. Now the direct coal liquefaction plant has been successfully put into operation, and the first phase of the project alone can reach an annual output of 400,000 tons. This is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for the Japanese Empire!
After walking back and forth in the room several times, Hirohito shouted loudly and energetically: "Immediately send a commendation telegram to Ishihara-san and order him to do everything he can to expand the scale of the chemical plant and strive to exceed the annual output of two million tons as soon as possible!"
Hay!" Jun Tada bowed and nodded, and then continued: "His Majesty the Emperor, there is another good news! Although our army failed to achieve its strategic goals in the Zhang Gufeng incident, the German allies are very satisfied with our performance. In order to further
To strengthen the strength of the Imperial Japanese Army, they are willing to further strengthen research cooperation on firearms, heavy tanks and anti-tank weapons!"
"Hey!" Hirohito nodded and chuckled: "The Germans are eager for us to go north to attack the Soviet Union. In the eyes of the Germans, the behemoth Soviet Union is the real enemy! Not only is the enemy of the enemy a friend, the Soviet Union is also our biggest enemy.
First, the Empire of Japan should be sincerely united with Germany! Tell Ishihara-san to speed up the construction of the new tank production line and do his best to develop and expand the empire's military industrial system. The empire will give the highest support!"
The failure of the Jiaodong Group Army's steel monster and the Zhang Gufeng incident gave Hirohito a very strong sense of crisis. He was deeply aware of the shortcomings of the army and had already made up his mind that the army and navy should fight with both hands! "Hai!
"Tada Shun paused again with a happy face, and then said:
"His Majesty the Emperor, the Dobashi Division stationed on the front line in Changyi, Weifang, Shandong, sent another urgent message, claiming that due to the lack of support from the Imperial Naval Aviation Corps, the 22nd Division suffered heavy casualties and was unable to hold on to the fortress defenses!..." "I know.
You don’t need to tell me about this matter, your staff headquarters can make up your own mind!” Before Tada Shun finished speaking, Hirohito interrupted, paused and added: “The most important thing for us at the moment is to attack as soon as possible.
Go to Wuhan to force the Chongqing government to surrender, and the rest can be put aside for the time being!
The Chinese army can stick to the city and engage in street fighting with the imperial army. Why can't we? Even if the troops are damaged or even lose a few cities, what does it matter? Of course, we must also prepare for military expansion.
, continue to increase the recruitment and training of new soldiers, the scale of the war will only become larger and larger in the future!" "Hai! His Majesty the Emperor is wise!"
Tada Shun instantly understood that Hirohito was sacrificing his troops to save the chariot, and he quickly nodded and agreed: "It is absolutely true what His Majesty the Emperor said, we have occupied nearly half of the Chinese territory, not less than one city and one place! Even if the Chinese Tiger Army is again
Expanding the territory of a few counties will only make the prison a little bigger. As long as the imperial army conquers the Chinese government, we can concentrate our efforts to crush them completely!"
"Yo Xi! That's how it should be!" Hirohito smiled and nodded, and then said: "Baga! Since that Chinese army wants to expand its territory, let him chew more hard bones and see what his teeth have.
How awesome!" "Hai! I understand!"
Jun Tada paused again, then chatted for a few words before standing up to leave! Starting at 8 o'clock this morning, the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Chinese Tiger Army still followed yesterday's routine and launched an attack on the Japanese fortresses outside their respective defense zones. During the aerial bombing
After the bombardment and shelling, the tanks and armored troops guided the infantry all the way to the anti-tank ditch dug by the Japanese army and stopped attacking forward!
The thick-skinned heavy tank not only served as an infantry defensive bunker, but also transformed into a fixed fort. It continuously fired accurately at Japanese heavy machine guns, combat artillery and other heavy firepower that dared to take the lead. Even those fire-breathing bunkers were not spared!
After two or three hours of fierce fighting, the Japanese defenders at the two fortresses suffered heavy losses again, but today's gains were far less than yesterday!
In view of the overwhelming firepower advantage of the Jiaodong Group Army, the Little Japs not only stopped using field artillery for bombardment, but also adopted refueling tactics, and the troops deployed on the battlefield were always maintained in one squadron!
"Main Block, why don't we just attack it? Isn't it just an anti-tank trench a few meters deep? Put a few explosive packets and it can be flattened!" "Yes, Main Block, there's no point in beating it like this!"
The little Japanese has learned a lot and won’t confront us head-on!” “Hey, who can say otherwise? Our Flying Tigers have been on standby for many days, but we just can’t see Little Japan’s plane coming to cause trouble! We all want to blow him up directly.
Grandma’s navy fleet is gone!”
When the summary meeting was held in the afternoon, Xu Guangming, Shunzi and Li Jinglin were dissatisfied and strongly demanded to expand the scale of the war. "Reporting to the commander-in-chief, our 3rd Division recovered Mengyin and annihilated about 1,400 Japanese and puppet troops. He himself was killed in the battle.
82 people, the detailed battle report is under statistics!" "Reporting to the general manager, our 4th Division recaptured Linqu, annihilated more than 1,300 Japanese and puppet troops, and killed 72 of its own people, the detailed battle report is under statistics!"
Around two o'clock in the afternoon, Ren Yixiong and Wu Kexiang sent good news one after another. In just half a day, they reached the two cities. Although there are many mountains in these two counties, the Japanese have built bunkers and fortifications on many important highland areas.
!However, due to the lack of troops and the characteristic guerrilla warfare of the Jiaodong Group Army some time ago, these defensive positions have long been completely destroyed! Even the special forces brigade formed by the little devils has been defeated. How can they dare to continue to defend the core positions?
Set up defenses sporadically!
The Chinese army concentrated its superior strength, and under the cover and support of the powerful air force, it took only four or five hours to break through several Japanese defense lines and advance to the vicinity of the county town! The Japanese originally wanted to resist stubbornly and in accordance with the base camp's plan of sharing the same fate, in the county town
Fighting in street battles with the Jiaodong Group Army! However, the Jiaodong Group Army had already instigated the rebellion of the puppet troops in the city. When they used aircraft, artillery and tanks to attack head-on, the special operations brigade detachment airdropped into the county seat with lightning speed and destroyed them.
The Japanese brigade headquarters!
Without the command system and weak in terms of weapons and equipment, the Japanese defenders of several hundred people did not last long before being annihilated one by one! At the same time, just as Jiang Qiang expected, Feixian and Linyi counties encountered strong resistance, and both the enemy and ourselves
There were quite a few casualties!
Because Feixian County and Linyi County are the northern barriers of Xuzhou and are related to the smooth flow and safety of the Longhai Line, the Japanese army will not give up these two important military areas easily. Of course, Jiang Qiang did not expect to capture them without bloodshed. He just wanted to
It creates an illusion for the Japanese: that they have no ambition and only want to take advantage of the situation to expand their territory. Moreover, they bully the weak and fear the strong, and are good at defending but not good at attacking!
"Send troops to Mengyin and Linqu, quickly repair the city fortifications, and do a good job in clearing out enemy agents, maintaining public security and other aftermath work! First digest the land in these two counties, and then we will continue to expand!" The two newly captured counties
If it is done well, it will be resources and population; if it is not done well, it will be a big burden and hidden danger.
However, Jiang Qiang is not worried. Whether it is the military, government civil servants, or intelligence personnel, they have enough strength to digest the two newly added counties. As long as they operate carefully, they are not afraid of this being a sugar-coated cannonball! "Fei County, Linyi County can continue
Keep up the pressure, but don't attack by force! Weixian and Linyi County will fight again to keep the heat going. I want to see if the little devils still want the Jiaoji Railway Line!"
After a pause, Jiang Qiang continued: "Publish the news about the recovery of Mengyin County and Linqu County, hold a press conference, and say that we will take advantage of the victory to recover all of Shandong! We cannot go to the battlefield of Wuhan to participate in the war.
, but you can show support and create some trouble for Little Japan!" When it's time to increase your presence, you have to do it. It's not okay to do good deeds without leaving your name! "Okay! I will inform everyone after the meeting.
Newspaper!"
Liao Youtian nodded, and then said with a smile: "What the commander-in-chief said is true. This kind of inspiring people will definitely boost the morale of the frontline soldiers!" Jiang Qiang said with a smile: "This is the effect we want! Wait three to four days,
We can then enter the final stage of the general offensive! I really don’t believe that the little Japanese will let us abandon the Jiaoji Railway Line and allow us to expand our territory at will!” Li Shuchun nodded and agreed: “Well, that’s right, the little Japanese troops in Shandong are far from enough.
, we really took the opportunity to expand our results, and there is a lot of room for display!"
Jiang Qiang shook his head and smiled: "Don't be too anxious about this!" The Japanese only have fifty or sixty thousand people in Shandong, mainly distributed in Jinan, Tai'an, Weifang, Qingdao and Linyi and other vast areas. Their military strength is relatively scattered. And according to the current situation
, the Japanese army does not plan to engage in a large-scale decisive battle with Jiang Qiang in Shandong in the short term!
So if Jiang Qiang is more ruthless, he can indeed capture a large area. However, there are too many mountains in eastern and southern Shandong, and the Japanese have already built a large number of defense fortifications on many high ground! It took several months to conquer the defense area piecemeal.
After the surrounding bunker fortifications are completed, if you rush to continuously attack the city, you will definitely pay a heavy price in casualties! Moreover, if you expand too fast, your troops and resources will be scattered, making it difficult to form a closed defense circle!
The Anti-Japanese War base is located on three sides of the Shandong Peninsula, facing the sea. If the captured coastal counties and cities do not have coastal defense artillery as a fulcrum, they will easily be saturation bombed by the Japanese navy and directly turned into ruins! Therefore, Jiang Qiang’s main expansion direction is inland.
, and does not intend to expand the territory wildly. It is enough to capture four or five counties at this stage and expand half of the defense area.
"Hello, fellow listeners! This is the Jiaodong People's Broadcasting Station!" "Sell newspapers! Sell newspapers! The Jiaodong Group Army has liberated Mengyin and Linqu counties!" "Good news! Good news! The Jiaodong Group Army and the Japanese army fought bloody battles for more than a month and accumulated annihilation days.
There are more than 3,000 bandits!" "Mom, I finally heard the good news!" "Yes, the Jiaodong Group Army is different! How many battles have it won?" "Mother Xipi!" "This Jiang Qiang is really good.
You know how to pick out weak persimmons! Do you have the guts to come to Wuhan and fight the Japanese with real swords and guns?"
Soon, the news released by the Jiaodong Group Army was spread throughout the country through radio stations, and then major and small newspapers began to frantically print special issues! For a time, the Chinese military and civilians became extremely excited again. Of course, it was inevitable that some people would look at it from another angle.
Criticized! This kind of behavior of "sweeping the snow on one's own door without caring about the frost on other people's tiles" is indeed a bit unconventional, and it is difficult not to be criticized! However, it is not the same, let alone Jiang Qiang who is thousands of miles away, even if he heard it
Too lazy to pay attention!
On August 18, at four o'clock in the morning, Jiaodong Longgang Mountain Fortress. After more than a month of preliminary planning, it was finally time to close the network! Forced by the Jiaodong Group Army's powerful attack on Weifang, Changyi County and Jiaoji Railway Line
Facing frontal pressure, the Japanese army not only transferred thousands of troops from other counties and cities, but also formed a new domestic 23rd division and dropped it into Changyi County! And what excited Jiang Qiang the most was that the main force of these Japanese troops lived in Changyi County.
Entering the plain area located in Changyi County and Yujiayao Fortress!
"Haha, Chief Li, I'm so sorry that I called you here to watch the battle before dawn!" For such an exciting event, how could Jiang Qiang not find more people to share it with? "Commander Jiang, what are you doing?
If anything, such a good thing calls me, and it’s too late for me to be happy! I’ve been waiting for this day for I don’t know how long!” Li Zongren waved his hand, and then asked curiously: “Commander Jiang, are you going to fight today?
How to fight? I heard that a Japanese division has just arrived in Changyi County!"