The Rise of the Great Powers in the War of Resistance

Datong, No.30 Sixth Army Headquarters.

A correspondent, holding a telegram with a happy face, walked in quickly, stood at attention, and reported loudly: "Chief! The sixth column is calling."

Zhang Yunfei took the telegram, glanced at it, and said happily: "Comrades, the 6st Mechanized Infantry Regiment, the vanguard of the [-]th Column, has successfully recovered Jining City. The Japanese troops stationed in Jining City have already abandoned the city and fled."

Hearing this, everyone was smiling, with expressions of joy and joy on their faces.

Zhang Yunfei handed the telegram to Comrade Zuo Qingquan, the chief of the general staff next to him, and then said slowly: "Comrades, the little devils stationed in Jining have independently formed the 15th Brigade, and they have already built a large number of fortifications across the river in the east of Jining City. , in an attempt to stop us from going south.”[

"The little devil is really overestimated. A mere independent mixed brigade dares to act like a cart. It really doesn't know how to live or die."

Liu Dazhu, deputy commander-in-chief, saw that the little devil actually wanted to block the 6th column, so he immediately talked about the little devil with disdain.

Comrade Zuo Qingquan, chief of the general staff, happened to have just finished reading the telegram, and said angrily: "Commander-in-Chief, since the little devils want to seek death, we will follow his wish and send these little devils to the west."

At present, as the No.30 Sixth Army has achieved great victories one after another, everyone has become more and more confident. Everyone really doesn't pay attention to a small devil who is an independent mixed brigade.

Even if the little devil occupies a favorable location and uses the river, everyone is still confident that they can defeat the little devil's line of defense in one fell swoop.

The little devils independently formed the 15th Brigade, which has 4 field infantry brigades.Including auxiliary and civilian personnel, the entire brigade has only a little over 5000 people.

The little devil placed such a brigade in the east of Jining City for an obvious purpose, to stop the advance of the No. 30 Sixth Army and buy time for his formation.

Several columns of the No.30 Sixth Army went south, and they went south very fast. There were hundreds of thousands of little devils in Xuzhou.Feeling a lot of pressure, the little devils are still mobilizing troops and building fortifications.But the 6th column has already approached Jining.

Seeing that everyone is full of confidence, Zhang Yunfei feels very happy in his heart, now. The No.30 Sixth Army, after two or three years of development, has almost been completely reborn. From top to bottom, everyone is full of confidence. Facing the little devils, everyone is not only fearless, but also full of energy, scrambling to fight little devil.

While Zhang Yunfei was happy, he also said proudly: "Give me the order. The Mustang fighter planes of the Flying Brigade located at Shijiazhuang Airport will take off immediately to bomb the little devils on the east side of Jining. Once the bombing is completed, the 6th column will launch an attack immediately."

It seems that this time.Zhang Yunfei is going to let the little devil pay for the taste of the plane and cannon again.

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East of Jining city, west bank of the river.

Chu Tianming, the commander of the sixth column, has already arrived here. Through the binoculars, he can see the defensive positions of the little devils on the west bank of the river. On the positions, many little devils in yellow military uniforms can be seen.

The little devil's position.It stretches for nearly two or three kilometers, but I don't know how deep it is. The distance is too far, so I can't see it very clearly.

Chu Tianming held the binoculars and observed for a long time, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, thinking, it will be a violent bombardment by dozens of planes, and then it will be heavy bombardment by the heavy artillery brigade and two artillery regiments .

At present, the tactics of the No.30 Sixth Army are still mainly based on aircraft and artillery. First, the attack of aircraft and artillery is the first, and then the real attack of the ground forces.

Although this tactic is simple and unpretentious, the effect is very good. Under the attack of these heavy weapons, little devils usually suffer heavy casualties. Since this tactic has received very good results every time, whether it is Zhang Yunfei or the commanders of the columns , Every time the battle is bigger, it is basically this kind of battle mode.

Although this kind of battle lacks the thrill of strategizing and makes the battle unpretentious, that is, these few axes, but it is also based on absolute strength. [

At present, the No.30 Sixth Army, whether it is aircraft, artillery or tanks, is far ahead of the little devil. There is no need to play strategies and tactics with the little devil. In the face of absolute strength, everything is a paper tiger.

The commander of the sixth column, Chu Tianming, had just put down his binoculars when a guard walked over quickly and reported, "Chief! Some comrades from the Lunan guerrillas want to see you."

"Oh! There are comrades from the guerrillas." Chu Tianming thought in his heart, then waved his hand, and said to the guard, "Bring him here quickly."

After a while, the guard brought three comrades. The leader was a tall, middle-aged man with a beard and a rough look. He was wearing an Eighth Route Army cap and leggings. He was still wearing plain clothes and carried a 20-gun box cannon across his shoulders.

Behind this big man, there are two people following, one is a little younger and thinner, the other is a little older, in his early thirties, and has a burly figure. The two are also dressed in plain clothes, wearing leggings, and holding a pistol diagonally , a typical guerrilla outfit.

As soon as the three of them arrived in front of Chu Tianming, the leader immediately stood at attention, saluted a military salute, and said loudly, "Hello, Chief!"

Chu Tianming returned a military salute, and then asked a few questions.

The Lunan Guerrilla Detachment is a guerrilla unit led by the Eighth Route Army operating in the south of Shandong Province. There are several guerrilla units under it, with a total number of 3000 people.

Among them, the area around Weishan Lake, including Jining, and even Xuzhou, is their scope of activities. The person in charge is the middle-aged man who took the lead just now. His surname is Hong, and he is an old soldier.

Chu Tianming asked a few words to understand the situation, and then asked, "Captain Hong, what do you want from me?"

Captain Hong of the Lunan guerrilla detachment immediately shouted: "Chief, I heard that you have come and recovered Jining City. The comrades of our guerrilla team entrusted me to ask the chief to fight. We also want to fight the little devils. You just want to fight!" Give me a combat mission too!"

Only now did Chu Tianming know that when he saw his large army coming, the guerrilla comrades couldn't hold back anymore and wanted to go to the front to fight the devils.

Chu Tianming looked at the three men's attires and thought, the guerrilla comrades must have relatively backward equipment and play a limited role. Besides, he didn't need the guerrilla comrades to join the battle.

Thinking of this, Chu Tianming hesitated a little.

However, when Chu Tianming saw the eager eyes of the three people looking at him with hope, Chu Tianming couldn't bear it anymore. He looked at the river in the distance, and couldn't help but feel a move.

Therefore, Chu Tianming said seriously: "Captain Hong, then I will assign an important task to your Lunan guerrillas. Have you seen the river in the distance? We will cross the river in about two hours. The task is to collect ships for us, as many as we can collect, and send them here within two hours."

It is more than one o'clock in the afternoon, and it is expected that the troops will start to cross the river on a large scale at four o'clock in the afternoon, which happens to require a large number of boats.

Seeing that Chu Tianming assigned the task, Captain Hong and the other three immediately stood at attention with joy on their faces.

As soon as Chu Tianming finished speaking, Captain Hong immediately stated: "Please rest assured, Chief, we promise to complete the task."

Captain Hong and the others are very familiar with Weishan Lake, and they are very familiar with many ordinary people and fishermen. Many members of the guerrilla team are also local fishermen. It is no problem to collect a hundred or ten boats within two hours. .

Watching Captain Hong and the others gradually disappear, Chu Tianming looked at his watch and said to a correspondent next to him, "How are the preparations for the Heavy Artillery Brigade and the First and Second Artillery Regiments going?"

The correspondent immediately entered the armored command vehicle next to him, came out after a while, and reported seriously: "Chief! In half an hour at most, the heavy artillery brigade and the first and second artillery regiments can fire." [

Hearing this, Chu Tianming nodded, and said loudly, "Give me an order to start bombarding the little devils' camp on the other side of the river at three o'clock sharp. The bombardment will last for one hour, and at four o'clock sharp, the troops will start crossing the river."

According to the combat plan sent by the group army headquarters, the two Mustang fighter squadrons of the flying brigade will take off from Shijiazhuang Airport to attack the little devils on the opposite side, and complete the air strike before three o'clock.

At four o'clock, the 6th column started shelling again, and the time just came up.

After giving the order, Chu Tianming thought, the planes of the flying brigade should have already taken off from Shijiazhuang Airport, and it won't be long before they arrive here.

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across the river.

On the little devil's position, Nobuo Tanaka, head of the 15th Brigade, which was formed independently by the little devil, was looking at the situation on the other side of the river with a telescope. Holding the telescope, Nobuo Tanaka watched for at least ten minutes.

In the distance, a large number of No.30 Sixth Army soldiers appeared. There were at least tens of thousands of soldiers. In addition, Nobuo Tanaka also saw a large number of tanks, armored vehicles and off-road vehicles.

Seeing this scene, Nobuo Tanaka's face was very solemn.

Tanaka Nobuo looked at his fortifications. These fortifications were basically built in the past two days, and they were basically civil engineering works. Nobuo Tanaka had no idea about such fortifications.

Nobuo Tanaka knew that the No. 30 Sixth Army not only had a large number of aircraft, but also heavy artillery. Such fortifications would be difficult to withstand the bombing of No. 30 Sixth Army aircraft and heavy artillery.

Although the understanding of the No.30 Sixth Army aircraft and heavy artillery is limited to the information provided by Tegao, Tanaka Nobuo has not personally experienced the bombing of the No.30 Sixth Army aircraft and heavy artillery.

But as the head of the brigade of the major general of a little devil, he still has basic common sense. It is just a dream to resist the blow of aircraft and artillery with such civil engineering works as his own.

If it hadn't been for the commander of the North China Front Army, Hisao Nishio, who had repeatedly ordered him to stay here to buy time for the deployment of Xuzhou's large troops, Nobuo Tanaka would have ordered his troops to retreat long ago.

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