The Republic of Heroes

The news of Tai'an's great victory and complete annihilation of the Fifth Brigade of the Shangzheng Department was sent back to Jinan as soon as possible, which greatly boosted the morale of the Jinan defenders. The heart I was carrying finally fell back into my stomach.

However, Shandong is now being attacked on three sides. Yan Xishan aggressively attacked Shandong after the Henan army was attacked. Jinan has now become a precarious city. Fortunately, the newly built factories are located in the southeast of Jinan and Linzi, far away from the range of Shanxi cannons. At that time, Wu Xiaoliang didn't deliberately consider that the north would be attacked. He just built it on the side of the mountain.

The sky was about to light up, and Wu Xiaoliang was sleepless all night. He hadn't slept for three consecutive days, and military information came like snowflakes, telling him how to sleep peacefully.Ever since Yan Xishan invaded Shandong, the Northeast Army did not send troops as agreed, which put him in a great predicament. chess.

"Is Qianting here?"

This is the seventh time Wu Xiaoliang has asked Li Zejun whether he has come to the headquarters, and Tantai Jize who is at his side also stays around him day and night, and replied: "Sir, sir, it will take time for Qianting to return to Jinan from the former enemy, and it must be time to enter now." the city."

"Tai'an's victory exceeded expectations, and the plan has to be changed. Our winning rate in this big chess game has increased by a few points. I'm afraid Yan Baichuan will lose a lot of money instead of stealing the chicken this time!"

But Tantai Jize said bitterly: "Compared to Yan Baichuan, the little six sons in the north are mean and shameless. If he defeats the Jin army this time, he will definitely feel the pain."

Wu Xiaoliang sighed in his heart, knowing that this time he was completely tricked by others, he and Yan Xishan fought in a melee, no matter who wins or loses, he will be able to make a steady profit in the end, and even pay a lot of money. deep.Wu Xiaoliang also knew that the entire army now hated the Northeast Army to the core. In the future, there might be many obstacles to forming an alliance with it. In his plan, helping the Northeast Army withstand the pressure of the Japanese is the most important thing, because if the Northeast Army guarantees If the Northeast is not lost, if the conditions for Japan to launch a full-scale war of aggression against China are not met, the "July [-]th Incident" will not happen, and the Chinese nation will not fall further into the abyss of suffering.

Thoughts were rolling in Wu Xiaoliang's chest, but the pen in his hand kept brushing, and he had written a full page in an instant.After finishing writing, he handed over the paper full of words to Tantai Jize.

"Send it to Tai'an as soon as possible, and the detailed deployment will be included in it."

Tantai Jize took over the plan with a serious face, although the two said it was easy, the actual situation is extremely dangerous, a little carelessness will make the situation in Shandong corrupt to the point of destruction.

It was past noon, and the Jinpu Road west of Tai'an was completely silent. The smoke from the battlefield yesterday had not completely cleared away, and occasionally there were corpses lying there.The sky is cloudy and rolling, it seems that the months of drought will end in a few days, and the rain and dew that farmers have been looking forward to for a whole spring will pour down.

But besides the billowing dark clouds over Tai'an, the dense battle clouds over the sky have already made people ignore the long-overdue rain.

The 32th Division of the 66nd Army went straight to Tai'an, and the 67th Division continued to sit in Feicheng to prevent another accident from being cut off. This time, Shang Zhen decided to go step by step and fight steadily.He also heard from the defeated soldiers that the Shandong Army was equipped with an extremely advanced equipment, and it was this advanced equipment that led to the death of Li Yuxi and the annihilation of the fifth brigade.But he didn't completely believe that the simple use of advanced weapons could wipe out a brigade of elite troops who had experienced many battles. It was obvious that there was an excuse to evade it.

Despite this, Shang Zhen still sent the most elite 66th Division under his command as the main force to attack Tai'an, and the division commander Li Shengda was his favorite subordinate.He admitted that underestimating the enemy before and being careless was one of the important reasons for the annihilation of Li Yuxi's entire army. This time, he will try his best to see what other tricks the Shandong Army can come up with to turn defeat into victory.

Jinpu Road is no longer open to traffic on the front line of Tai'an these days. Since it is close to the war zone, the loss of supplies will not be worth the loss if they are hijacked by the Jin army. Therefore, Jinan has issued an order that no trains will go south until the end of the Tai'an war.The supplies of the Shandong army that captured Kaifeng were completely transported by the Longhai Line, part of which was transshipped by sea at Lianyungang, and the other part came from Nanjing. Jiang Zhongzheng had promised to provide material assistance to Shandong.

After the 66th Division left Feicheng, the initial mission was to intercept the Shandong Army halfway, but they did not find half of the Shandong Army along the way. Instead, a large number of Fifth Brigade defeated troops appeared one after another.A large number of defeated troops fled westward, seriously affecting the morale of the 66th Division.The division commander Li Dasheng felt that there was no way to go on like this, so he sent cavalry to disperse the rout of the Fifth Brigade on the front road.In the end, the whole division arrived along the Jinpu Road one by one, and it was already noon the next day.

The ruins of Tai'an City are far away, faintly covered by dense clouds. Li Dasheng retracted the binoculars and felt his brows twitching. Their formation was torn apart like a sharp knife, and finally they were divided and defeated, and then the cavalry chased, intercepted, and outflanked them. There were almost no shadows of infantry and artillery throughout the whole process, which was too unreasonable.

But Li Dasheng is notoriously cautious, which is one of the reasons why Shang Zhen chose him to intercept the Shandong Army.He immediately ordered the troops to deploy defenses on the spot, and all the trench fortifications were built. After all this hard work, it was soon evening, and there was still no sign of the Shandong Army. Tai'an City was quiet in the increasingly low clouds. is like a dead city.

At the same time, the armored brigade in Tai'an City is busy with the final maintenance. Yesterday's World War I used up all the reserve fuel. The fuel that was urgently dispatched by Nanjing arrived an hour before the 66th Division arrived at Jinpu Road at noon. However, the refueling, maintenance and adjustment of the entire armored brigade took three to four hours.

If Li Dasheng had stormed Tai'an desperately, the armored brigade without fuel would be a pile of scrap iron.Fortunately, Li Yuxi's reckless underestimation of the enemy hurt him yesterday, and Li Dasheng's prudence and conservatism today also made him lose his opportunity to fight Tai'an.However, this guy is one of the best in building fortifications. Judging from the scale and style of the building this afternoon, it is difficult to break through if it is close to infantry and artillery without paying a considerable price.

However, as the attacking side, they did not take the initiative to attack at the gate of the defending side's house, but first repaired fortifications and waited for the defenders to attack.The cavalry brigade Dari Achi looked at the fortifications that were armed to the teeth, and took a deep breath. He knew that his cavalry brigade alone would never be able to confront it.

However, the mysterious armored brigade commander put on the commander's hat and got into his tank, shouting loudly through the radio:

"Attention all cars! Attention all cars! Fire up and go!"