The task of the Third Army of the entire Xuzhou Battle was to garrison the west side of Weishan Lake to prevent the Japanese army from bypassing the Weishan Lake and moving south, and to flank the Japanese army's combat mission of assisting in the defense of Tengxian and Xia Town.

The Third Army also completed the tasks assigned by Li Zongren very well, successfully contained and consumed a large number of Japanese troops, and played an important role in the victory of the first stage of Taierzhuang.

During this period, the Third Army also made a surprise attack on the Dawenkou airfield, bombing more than a dozen enemy planes, and effectively supporting the frontal battlefield in Xuzhou.

The 16th Division of the Japanese Army set out from Jining and attacked all the way. And this evil army is vicious, and in the process of marching it is accompanied by killing and fornication.

On the 11th, on the front line of the northern Yiji group north of Jinxiang, the vanguard of the 16th Division was stubbornly resisted by the 29th Division and suffered heavy losses.

The defense of the righteous set is strong, and there are deep ditches everywhere. The Japanese army was struggling, and had no choice but to leave a force to feint, and the main force began to outflank in a roundabout way.

The Japanese army crossed the Liuhe River and Xiayutai until the 13th, when all the towns and villages of Qili and Baxiang in Jinxiang were occupied by the Japanese army. This criminal army has also caused countless human tragedies.

The defenders of the Liuhe and Dayiji defense lines knew that their rear roads had been copied, and lamented that their troops were insufficient, so they immediately withdrew to the southwest. The defense line of the righteous set is self-defeating. (It's a pity that such a good fortification.) ）

The main force of the 29th Division immediately withdrew to western Anhui, leaving only one regiment to hold on to Jinxiang.

On the evening of the 13th, the Japanese army began to violently attack Jinxiang City. The troops defending the city only had the strength of one regiment of Sun Tongxuan's department, and they felt that the strength was insufficient, so they ordered the migrant workers to participate in the battle.

More than 3,000 migrant workers armed with shovels and pickaxes resolutely climbed the city to resist the enemy. In the face of a fierce and powerful enemy, they fought bloodily with pickaxes and bricks.

The battle raged until about 3 o'clock in the morning of the 14th, the Kuomintang defenders suffered heavy casualties, and the rest of the troops withdrew from the hole in the city wall in the southeast corner of the city.

Eventually, outnumbered and without guns, the city fell at dawn. The Japanese army began to bloody Jinxiang County.

Jinxiang County was broken, announcing the fall of the entire Jining region. Everywhere the Japanese army went, they burned and killed, and did all kinds of evil.

According to statistics, there were 66 tragic cases in which the Japanese army killed more than 10 Chinese residents at a time, including 19 cases involving more than 50 people, 12 cases involving more than 100 people, and 2 cases involving more than 1,000 people.

It created a series of horrific massacres such as the "Jining City Massacre", the "Wuzhai Mountain Massacre" and the "Jinxiang Massacre" in Jiaxiang, resulting in the occurrence of tragedies such as the "Zhu (pig) Yang (sheep) sacrifice" in Weishan.

(The Third Army really likes to retreat, and its predecessor was adapted from Han Fuyu's Third Army.) More than 100,000 troops gave up the Yellow River and lost the whole of Shandong without a single shot. ）

Pei County, Brigade Command.

A deputy officer hurriedly ran over and reported to Chen Haotian: "Brigade commander! Jinxiang is broken! ”

Chen Haotian slapped the table hard, leaking a trace of anger, and said: "It is the predecessor of the Northwest Army, why is the gap so big!" Why didn't they learn from Sun Lianzhong's Second Army. Such a good fortification was only kept for one night. ”

It's no wonder that Chen Haotian is not angry, now he has to face the enemy in the north and east, a total of two divisions.

The adjutant said: "Pang Bingxun's 40th Army in the Lulou area of Fengxian County can hold out for at least two to three days, and we only need to hold the 10th Division in Weishan Lake in the east."

Chen Haotian did not dare to have hope for the 40th Army, but Pang Bingxun was notorious.

When he was still serving in the Xuzhou Headquarters, Li Zongren was most worried about Pang Bingxun. So he summoned him in person, clasped his hands and said, Big brother, Linyi will ask you.

Chen Haotian asked, "Is there any news in the direction of Xuzhou?"

The adjutant replied: "We have begun to withdraw troops in the direction of Henan and Anhui, but the excess of materials and personnel is a bit slow, and it is expected that all of them will be evacuated from Xuzhou on the 18th."

After Chen Haotian looked at the map, he issued an order: with the strength of an infantry regiment and an engineer company, the main highway from Fengxian to Peixian was deployed to completely destroy the main communication routes, dig trenches, and block the eastward advance of the Japanese army. And two battalions were sent to strengthen the defense of the Eastern Front.

"Boom Boom" "Boom Boom" "......"

The cannon roared on the west bank of Weishan Lake, setting off bursts of sand.

There are hundreds of corpses of devils lying on the shore, and there are many floating on the surface of the lake. The water on the shore of Weishan Lake has long been dyed bright red.

"Hit hard!"

Zhu Zi took special combat soldiers, together with a battalion of officers and soldiers, to block the Japanese 10th Division on the west bank of Weishan Lake.

There is no good terrain here for defense, and the only thing that works in your favor is the lake. A battalion of soldiers launched a fierce attack when the devil had not yet gained a firm foothold on the shore.

However, at this time, the Japanese occupied the stall, gained a firm foothold, and engaged in a confrontation with the opposing battalion. After all, the first battalion had been here for a night and a day, and most of the troops had lost.

It was not until ten in the evening that the pillar ordered the troops to withdraw to the line east of Peixian, where at least the fortifications were much stronger than those of the stall.

On the night of the 15th, the Japanese army set out from Jinxiang overnight, passed through the highway east of Fengxian County, passed Shizhai and Tingtaiji, crossed the Shahe River in front of Huanglou Village, passed through Zhaozhuang and Luhanzhuang and entered Wanglizhuang Village at the west end of Lujielou, and stopped to make a fire for cooking.

The Japanese army marched overnight and was overwhelmed, but at this time they did not know that a crisis was coming.

"Kill!" "Kill!" “……”

The sudden sound of killing in the south was accompanied by the sound of horses' hooves.

The devil soldiers hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks, and before they could take their guns to counterattack, the Pang Bingxun cavalry company that was ambushed in the Lulou Zhaiwei had already been killed.

More than two hundred war horses jumped up and rushed into the devil's camp to carry out crazy slashing and slashing.

The devil is in a hurry, fleeing in all directions, and in a mess. Countless people were hacked to death and trampled to death. These devil soldiers really became starving ghosts.

However, not long after, the follow-up Japanese army immediately organized a counterattack and shelled Lulou Zhaiwei.

The sneak attack of Pang was successful, and the cavalry troops immediately withdrew to the southwest. Fierce fighting began between the infantry of both sides near Xizhaiwei.

After several repeated onslaughts, Pang Bu was outnumbered and withdrew to the southeast, while the Japanese immediately began to catch up.

When they reached the vicinity of Huangjing, they were ambushed by Pangbu's infantry and suffered heavy losses.

The Japanese army failed to pursue eastward, and was afraid of being ambushed again, so they had no choice but to retreat to Lulou and dig trenches, ready to seek battle with Pangbu.

At noon on the 15th, the follow-up reinforcements of the 16th Division continued to arrive, and the Japanese troops fighting at Lulou marched eastward together and fought again at Pangbu.

In order to destroy the command post of Pang Bingxun's military headquarters, the Japanese army bombed 13 planes in turn, and Pang Bingxun's troops suffered a heavy blow.

(The 40th Army was so vulnerable, because in the first stage of the Battle of Xuzhou, there was only one brigade left in the whole army of Pang Bingxun in the First Battle of Linyi.) And Pang Bingxun became famous in the first battle and became famous at home and abroad. ）

After the first battle, Pang Bu was alone, and he had no choice but to retreat under orders, not daring to organize positional battles. In addition, the Japanese army was arrogant and its strength continued to increase, and Pang Bu suffered heavy casualties.

Feng County was broken, and the 16th Division Nakajima was even more arrogant. The troops only rested for one night, and on the 16th, they marched eastward and took Peixian.

Pei County is facing a double attack, and the northern line of Xuzhou is in an emergency!

(PS: This is an excessive chapter.) I don't want to write too much about the Third Army and Pang Bingxun. Although Pang Bingxun became famous in Linyi in the first battle, he was notorious in the army, and later fell to the enemy and became a traitor. ）

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