Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 731 Prelude to the Great War
At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Japanese fighter planes that took off from Qingdao intercepted and bombed the 57th Army attacking Pingyi.Xueyi Division was the first to suffer heavy casualties, killing and injuring more than [-] people.Zhang Zizhong met with two air defense regiments and two tank regiments, shot down three enemy planes and damaged two.

The army suffered heavy losses. Although Zhang Zizhong was heartbroken, he was also secretly excited. He said to Zhao Dengyu: "It seems that the Japanese want to fight us to the death in Pingyi! Good! Come with me!" Then he ordered the Xueyi Division and the Mountain Division to release All reconnaissance troops reconnaissance the enemy's situation in the four directions of east, west and north.

At around 05:30 in the afternoon, Ge Zengfu sent back the most heart-warming information that the main force of the Japanese army's main detachment had indeed settled in Pingyi, and put on a defensive posture.A quarter of an hour later, the military headquarters of the 51st Army sent a telegram that the 10rd Regiment of the 63th Division left the north gate of Teng County, and the direction of attack was unknown.

Zhang Zizhong immediately called a meeting of all division commanders and chiefs of staff. He said: "The 63rd Regiment must have come to support us. Hehe, now we are fighting a brigade. Let's talk about it, how should we fight this battle?" "

The 38th Division and the 132nd Division are also full of Type A. In this way, the 57th Army has a total of more than 1 people, while the Japanese side has more than 57 people. The [-]th Army not only has superior military strength, but also has an absolute advantage in weapon configuration.

Guo Da glanced at everyone and said: "Army seat, Deputy Commander Zhao, everyone, our current whereabouts have been completely controlled by the Japanese army. After the LY battle, the Japanese have completely controlled the strength of our army. I think, in this case , the main force of the Raben Detachment dared to enter Pingyi and wait for a decisive battle with our army. There must be fraud afterwards. The 63rd Regiment must have come for our army, but this is definitely not the only Japanese army that came to help. The Japanese are stupid Huh? Knowing that it is impossible to come here to die? Where is the Japanese army's third mixed brigade now? Even if they are still in Tai'an, with the help of the railway, it is very convenient for them to support Teng County. Pingyi must be fighting, But how to fight is indeed debatable. I am very worried, once the 10rd Infantry Brigade goes to Teng County and the [-]th Division is free to march the whole army to the front of the city, what will we do then?"

With the timely information delivered by the agents of Fox Tong's Foreign Affairs Department, Guo Da and Huang Haifu were able to learn the movements of the Japanese troops in North China immediately, which also gave Guo Da and Huang Haifu a lot of confidence when making choices.

The North China Front Army has four and a half divisions in Shandong and Hebei. In addition to the 5th Division, the 10th Division is located on the front line, the 101st Division is stationed in Qingdao, and the 27th Division is stationed in Jinan. The Third Infantry Brigade was stationed in Jining.Guo Da and Huang Haifu dared to go straight down to Fei County to attack Pingyi, because they were backed by Fox Tong agents, so they didn't worry about being ambushed or surrounded by the Japanese army.

Zhang Zizhong dared to attack Fei County and Pingyi, and it was precisely because Li Zongren provided him with relevant information that the 57th Army had no worries, so he dared to attack with the whole army. The water is completely muddy.However, in the information provided by Li Zongren, there was no information about the third mixed infantry brigade.Hearing what Guo Da said, he couldn't help hesitating.

The 51st Army is pretending to attack Teng County, so the 10th Division can completely deceive Xuezhong by leaving a brigade, and won a few hours to successfully complete the defense handover with the mixed third infantry brigade.Once the 10th Division enters the front of the city, the 57th Army will be in danger.Regardless of whether it is the 27th Division or the 101st Division, as long as another division is outflanked from the east, the 57th Army can be firmly surrounded.To the southeast, the Japanese army still has a brigade of the 5th Division. If the Japanese army goes north at that time, even if Li Zongren can send reinforcements immediately, waiting for the 57th Army will be a bloody battle, and the entire army is very likely to be lost here. things.Zhang Zizhong mused, and for a while he was unable to make up his mind, and even felt that the decision to send troops to Pingyi was a bit hasty.He glanced at everyone and found that Zhao Dengyu and other former officers of the 29th Army had serious expressions on their faces, while Guo Da, Huang Haifu and others looked relaxed. His heart suddenly moved, and he asked with a smile: "Mr. Guo, you can't say enough, right? Go on."

Guo Da, Huang Haifu, Guo Muyi and others looked at each other and smiled.Guo Da said: "We still have to fight in Pingyi. If we don't fight, the Japanese army will not change the original battle plan. If the Japanese army gathers heavily, then Xuzhou will be lost sooner or later. The military seat, we mean, since the 51st Army can feint attack Teng County, why can’t we pretend to attack Pingyi? Hehe, at that time, the 10th Division will be tricked out of Teng County, and we will use one division’s strength to block the main detachment. Combine the strength of three divisions and add the 51st Army, right? Can you make a lot of money from the 10th Division?!"

Zhang Zizhong and Zhao Dengyu's faces changed. The 51st Army pretended to attack Teng County. Only the two of them in the 57th Army knew about it—where did Guo Da get the news?Could it be that there are people with fox pupils beside Li Zongren?Hey, I originally concealed this matter because I was afraid that Guo Da and Huang Haifu would not work hard and had opinions, but now it seems that I am judging the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.Zhang and Zhao looked at each other with embarrassment.

Zhang Kexia spoke. He is now the chief of staff of the 38th Division, and he is just qualified to participate in this level of meeting.He directly questioned Guo Da's plan: "What if the 51rd Infantry Brigade attacks the 51st Army? Can the 51st Army be able to withstand the enemy? Once the 10st Army is defeated, we will fall into a passive position. Master Guo will not think that we can Shall we defeat the [-]th Division first?"

Guo Da saw that he hadn't spoken yet, and his chief of staff, Yu Zequan, said, "It depends on whether Commander Li has the courage to fight the enemy in front of the city. We still have the 31st and 48th Army in the south of Xuzhou. As long as we can By transferring one, we can maintain our superiority in strength.”

"However, in that case, the remaining army may not be able to withstand the Japanese army on the southern front," said Zhao Dengyu.

Guo Muyi said: "Everyone, do you think we can hold Xuzhou? So what if we lose Xuzhou? The slogan put forward by the chairman is to exchange time for victory, and accumulate small victories for big victories. At this stage, our goal is to kill The enemy. As long as we kill as many Japanese invaders as possible, temporary loss of cities and territories is not necessarily a bad thing. As long as we hit the 10th Division severely, the Japanese army’s plan will be completely disrupted. What will they do? Should we launch the Xuzhou offensive in advance? ? Then their losses will only be greater."

Many of what Guo Da said before came from Guo Muyi.

Ouyang Yun appointed Guo Muyi as the Chief of Staff of the Mountain Division, what he valued was his overall view and his ability to plot.Guo Muyi lived up to everyone's expectations. In the face of large-scale battles, she really showed extraordinary judgment.Unfortunately, Li Zongren couldn't listen to him.

His conclusion is correct, but Xuzhou can't lose it like this.Once Xuzhou is lost, the 57th Army and the 51st Army can still retreat from Shanxi, but what about the other national troops?Can they, who are not yet ready for combat, withstand the next Japanese offensive?
Guo Muyi kicked the ball to Zhang Zizhong, and Zhang Zizhong kicked it to Li Zongren. After discussing with Bai Chongxi, Li Zongren finally decided to fight in Pingyi, as long as he could temporarily attract the attention of the Japanese army on the northern front and gain some points for Xuzhou's strategic layout. Time is enough.He did not allow the 57th Army and the 51st Army to entangle the Japanese army too much.

Li Zongren's ideal place for a decisive battle is Taierzhuang. Before that, he did not allow any of his troops to fight against the devils. He wanted to accumulate strength and strive for a great victory to boost the morale of the retreating national army along the Yangtze River. .

In the Battle of Pingyi, there was a lot of thunder and rain, and the four divisions of the 57th Army rushed over. The current supreme commander of the detachment, Hiratoyama Kiyoshi, originally thought that there would be a hard battle, so I gave Isoya Rensuke a cabinet. (The head of the 57rd Infantry Brigade) sent frequent telegrams, asking for support.However, when the next day dawned, he was surprised to find that the Chinese army outside Pingyi had disappeared.Subsequently, he received the latest intelligence from the reconnaissance plane from the aviation unit that the [-]th Army of China had retreated to Beizhuang.

"Bage!" Pingjiu Shanqing felt that he had been fooled, and cursed angrily.Then he received an order from Hideki Tojo, asking him to send troops to LY immediately, and after LY joined the 5th Division, march towards Xiangcheng.

In the Battle of LY, part of the Banmoto detachment was wiped out, and the leader of the detachment, Major General Banmoto Jun, was killed. This is not a big stain on Tojo Hideki.After all, the Central China Front's offensive on the southern front was not smooth, and its losses were greater than that of the North China Front.However, LY's military warehouse was burned down, which made him almost dismissed and sent to a military court. The Battle of LY was a turning point in the entire defense of Xuzhou. Because a large amount of supplies were burned, the orderly mobilization and assembly of the Japanese army was disrupted. The Japanese base camp was furious and ordered Hideki Tojo to launch an offensive in Xuzhou immediately. Falling into Li Zongren's plan, step by step, he fell into the trap carefully set by Li and Bai.

On April 4, the 21th Division set out from LY and launched an attack on Xiangcheng.On the same day, the 5th Wing of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army stormed Lincheng, and the 10rd Wing stormed Zaozhuang.On the Chinese side, the 63th Army was in Xiangcheng, and the 57st Army was blocking the Japanese army in Lincheng and Zaozhuang. The two sides fought fiercely for two days. The first part of the 51st Army had to abandon Zaozhuang at the cost of huge casualties. Due to the situation, the main force of the 51st Army and the 51th Army had to abandon Lincheng and Xiangcheng and retreat to Hanzhuang and Dige in the second half hour to build a second line of defense.The two sides fought fiercely for another two days, and the 57st Army withdrew to Taierzhuang along the Grand Canal; the 51th Army, led by Zhang Zizhong, fought against the 57th Division for two more days.

On April 4, the Japanese army began to carry out a violent air strike on Taierzhuang, focusing on the tank units and self-propelled artillery units of the Xuebing Army.The defenders fought fiercely with the Japanese planes relying on generally backward air defense weapons. Within five days, they shot down nine Japanese planes and damaged eleven.The two cadet divisions lost a total of 26 tanks and 27 anti-aircraft vehicles. The self-propelled artillery did not suffer any losses because it was hidden in time.

On May 5, the 2th Division took the lead in launching a ground offensive to Taierzhuang, which also marked the full start of the Taierzhuang Campaign.

(End of this chapter)