The 7th Army Corps (59th Army) of the Northwest Army, which originally only had to hold for seven days, withstood the Japanese aircraft, artillery and tanks for ten days under the death of General Zhang Zizhong. &1t;/p>

On 19 September, after receiving the order to retreat and the order to commend the completion of the mission, the 7th Army Corps once again made a fierce counterattack at night, and after the Japanese army was shocked, it quietly retreated. &1t;/p>

This frightened the Japanese army into not daring to attack the next day, and when it was time to attack, the Chinese army had withdrawn safely. &1t;/p>

In this battle, the 7th Army Corps fought hard with the strong enemy for ten days and nights, and exchanged its own casualties of 4,000 for 3,000 casualties of the Japanese army. &1t;/p>

It is even more astonishing to think that on the plains, with one army, against an elite division of the Japanese army, the number is not superior, and the achievements made by fighting with some light weapons and the mechanized units of the Japanese army are even more amazing. &1t;/p>

On the letter of merit from General Li, commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations, Chairman Chiang could not help but be moved and exclaimed: "Strong, Zhang Xinchen! Written instructions: &1t;/p>

"Grant the request, expand the 7th Army Corps into the 1st Group Army, Commander-in-Chief of Zhang Xinchenwei Group Army." &1t;/p>

Today, it has been exactly one year since General Zhang Zizhong left Beiping and went south to plead guilty. &1t;/p>

A year ago, this man, who was scolded by the people of the whole country as a traitor and traitor, even took the train when he went south, and was recognized at the station and almost beaten to death by the angry Chinese people. &1t;/p>

Like a lost dog, General Zhang's mood at that time must have fallen to the lowest point in his life. &1t;/p>

As a result, he didn't expect that the country gave him a chance to redeem himself, and in the past year, the officers and men of the 59th Army, in order to prove themselves and their commander General Zhang, as long as they met the Japanese army, they all fought to the death. &1t;/p>

The Huaihe War, the Linyi Bloody Battle, the Huangchuan Bitter Battle, etc., all the way down, the 59th Army played a majestic and prestige, completely overturned the title of the traitor army that had been covered on its body before, and became one of the most capable iron armies in the country in one fell swoop. &1t;/p>

The Military Commission also saw it in its eyes, gave preferential treatment all the way, gave priority to replenishing troops, weapons and ammunition, and continued to expand, expanding from the 59th Army to the 7th Army Corps, and from the 7th Army Corps to the Group Army. &1t;/p>

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In the area at the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains on the north bank of the Yangtze River, the Second Army under the command of the Japanese prince was entangled by several stubborn old Northwest Army of the Third Corps of the Fifth Theater and could not move an inch. &1t;/p>

The narrow area at the southern foot of the Dabie Mountains and on the north bank of the Yangtze River was violently attacked by the 6th Division of the 11th Army of the Japanese Okamura Ninji. &1t;/p>

The 6th Division is the elite of the Japanese army, the model division of the Central China Dispatch Army, the whole division is equipped with infantry, artillery, cavalry, engineering, and baggage, and the combat unit has eight wings, more than 20,000 people, and belongs to the Japanese army's permanent A full-strength division. &1t;/p>

The 6th Division, still the demon unit that killed the Chinese, was the main force of the Nanjing Massacre, and its division commander at that time, Gu Shoufu, had an extremely bad reputation because the news of the Nanjing Massacre spread to the world. &1t;/p>

The Japanese army base camp had to remove his post and give him an idle post in Japan, and after the end of the Anti-Japanese War, this guy was dragged to Nanjing Yuhuatai and shot. &1t;/p>

At this time, the division commander of the 6th Division was Shiro Inaba, who was born in cavalry and had been the chief of education at the Japanese Cavalry School, as well as the commander of the cavalry brigade and the collective commander of the Kwantung Army, and was estimated to be the general leader of the cavalry of the Kwantung Army. &1t;/p>

After the Nanjing Massacre, Shiro Inaba, who had been promoted to lieutenant general, succeeded Tani Toshio as the division commander of the 6th Division, the most powerful Japanese army. &1t;/p>

After the new official took office, at the beginning of the Battle of Wuhan, he led the 6th Division to run rampant and invincible in Anhui alone, conquered Hefei, and at the end of August, he advanced westward, pointing directly at Guangji (now Wuxue) and Huangmei. &1t;/p>

This Inaba Shiro did this, rampant to the extreme, obviously wanting to bloom in the center, along the narrow passage between the Dabie Mountain and the Yangtze River, all the way to Wuhan. &1t;/p>

As long as it is the Chinese army, any army, against the 6th Division, wants to kill it as soon as possible, but the strength is not enough. &1t;/p>

But one army can't do it, one group army can't do it, one corps can do it, no matter what, a war zone to fight this Japanese beast army will definitely work. &1t;/p>

General Bai Chongxi, who had just succeeded General Li Zhongren as commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations, thought so. &1t;/p>

After the Battle of Xuzhou, General Li was overtired and in need of medical treatment and rest, so he asked for temporary leave, and the Military Commission asked his old partner in the Gui Department, General Bai, to replace him. &1t;/p>

General Bai is known as the little Zhuge in the Chinese military circles, there is indeed a set of wars, the Northern Expedition took the Guangxi Seventh Army to the expedition, invincible, and later led the Southern Army, almost half of the country, outstanding achievements. &1t;/p>

It was only because of political disagreements that he was always opposing Chiang, or uniting with others to oppose Chiang, and after the defeat, he was not reused for a while, and after the revival of the Anti-Japanese War, the Central Committee changed his previous suspicions and invited General Bai to join the Military Commission as the deputy chief of general staff of the whole army. &1t;/p>

The staff officer does not have a commander, and he does not speak loudly. This is a common saying in modern military circles, General Bai, a staff officer, not only brought the chief, but also brought the general, which is terrible, but unfortunately it is only a deputy, which is greatly discounted. &1t;/p>

Moreover, under the premise that the army attached great importance to the General Staff in those years, this position seemed to be of a consolation nature, with a very high rank and no real power. &1t;/p>

However, after General Li Zhongren became the commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations, the deputy chief of the general staff of Bai stayed in the Central Military Commission with peace of mind, and he got a lot of good resources for General Li. &1t;/p>

But as a small Zhuge in the army, and the talent that swept thousands of armies back then, he still doesn't want to succumb to a nominal military position. &1t;/p>

After replacing General Li as the commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations this time, General Bai finally felt that he could show his skills and have a great deal with the little Japanese devils. &1t;/p>

It's just that he was unlucky and ran into the 6th Division, the most elite division of the Japanese army, but strong people like to fight against powerful opponents. &1t;/p>

Therefore, General Bai dispatched troops, hoping to completely annihilate this beast army with Chinese blood on the banks of the Yangtze River, and avenge China with a great vengeance. &1t;/p>

General Bai ordered his troops to build dense fortresses like beehives on dozens of peaks in Huangmei to withstand the onslaught of the Sixth Division. &1t;/p>

At the same time, he also ordered people to dig up all the river embankments and lakes and ponds in the lower reaches of Tianjia Town, and for a time, the rivers in Guangji, Huangmei, Wangjiang and other places were flooded. &1t;/p>

In order to prevent the escape of the Sixth Division, the embankment was also dug between Wuxue and Longping, so that the Guangji and Huangmei areas along the river delta formed Zeguo, which made the Sixth Division in a dilemma for a while. &1t;/p>

Finally, the Seventh Corps of the Fourth Corps in the Fifth Theater at the southern foot of the Dabie Mountains was ordered to rely on the Dabie Mountains to flank and attack the Sixth Division trapped in the Huangmei area one by one. &1t;/p>

If it continues on this way, the Fifth War Zone will definitely be able to win another Taierzhuang victory, but it is better to calculate it than to calculate it in the sky. &1t;/p>

Just when the 6th Division of the Japanese Army had to be transferred to the whole line to wait for reinforcements, and fell into a dying situation in which food and ammunition were gradually empty, the situation suddenly changed. (To be continued)&1t;/p>

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