After the start of the war of the Wehrmacht, Zhang Xiaozhun's department, as one of the two fists of Beiyang, has always been the focus of attention of the General Headquarters of the Wehrmacht Front. After all, the northern Anhui region where Zhang Xiaozhun is located is blocked on the main road of the main force of the National Defense Force to the south, and Zhang Xiaozhun is one of the so-called three heroes of Chinese non-commissioned officers, which also makes the generals of all parties have more expectations for him. Among the Fourth Route Army of the National Defense Army, only the commander of the Third Army faced by Zhang Xiaozhun was a veteran like Zhang Zuolin. Zhang Zuolin is not sure about this battle, after all, no one can be sure of the true level of Zhang Xiaozhun's war. Zhang Xiaozhun was a strong existence that defeated the Dragon Guard Army, which Zhang Xun had worked hard for several years, with 30,000 recruits who had been trained for more than three months. Although it is not a hundred battles in the history of war, for a general, victory and defeat are a common thing. Coupled with its defeat and then victory, and the annexation of Anhui Province at an extreme time, the troops in its hands were even more terrifyingly quadrupled. Become the newly rising real power faction in the Beiyang system. Based on this alone, Zhang Xiaozhun deserves anyone's attention.

In this case, it was Zhang Zuolin, the veteran commander of the National Defense Army, who chose to confront Zhang Xiaozhun on the surface, but in fact the behind-the-scenes commander was Jiang Baili, who was also one of the three heroes of Chinese non-commissioned officers. After all, in addition to the same name, the personal relationship between Jiang Baili and Zhang Xiaozhun is also very good. Because the two sides understand each other, it is easier to contain each other.

Therefore, at the beginning of the war, Jiang Baili set up his headquarters in Baoding, Hebei, which was closest to the theater of the Third Army, in order to be able to provide guidance in the vicinity and prevent the Wehrmacht from making major mistakes in the operation.

The purpose of the Third Army's operations was to break or completely annihilate the enemy in front of it by virtue of superior forces. Relying on the intelligence strength of the Wehrmacht, it was natural to understand that Zhang Xiaozhun's troops were not replenished with reserve soldiers in accordance with the strategic needs of the previous Beiyang high-level. Beiyang Ministry of Defense officials have a great rejection of Zhang Xiaozhun. After all, Zhang Xiaozhun's background and actions some time ago make it difficult for him to truly integrate into Beiyang. In particular, Zhang Xiaozhun and the high-level officials of Beiyang even went directly to Feng Guozhang, the governor of Beiyang, but Zhang Xiaozhun did not get the treatment he wanted. In order to balance the interior, Feng Guozhang promised Zhang Xiaozhun to raise 20,000 troops in northern Anhui and raise 100,000 troops. On the surface, this condition appeased Zhang Xiaozhun, but in fact, it was not like that at all. Beiyang officials made it clear that they opposed the transfer of the newly recruited large units of the new army to Zhang Xiaozhun's command. Because with Zhang Xiaozhun's habit of using troops, he will definitely let his henchmen and generals completely control these recruits, and when Zhang Xiaozhun's troops are unprecedentedly expanded, Beiyang's control over him will be even weaker.

Feng Guozhang can't ignore the opinions of these Beiyang elders, after all, he Feng Guozhang can achieve the status of a direct leader because of the support of these Beiyang colleagues. When the Anhui warlords still existed, the main contradiction within Beiyang was the contradiction between the direct line and the Anhui line, Zhang Xiaozhun as a general raised by Feng Guozhang, although he was not born in Beiyang, but he was still a direct line, although the direct generals were dissatisfied with it, but it was not to the extent of dealing with him. After the Anhui family withdrew from the stage of history, the internal opponents of the direct line disappeared, which changed the minds of the direct veterans, coupled with the rapid expansion of Zhang Xiaozhun's new army in the process of counterinsurgency, and although Zhang Xiaozhun has not yet reached the level of Wu Peifu, he is definitely a top general in Beiyang, in this case, the Beiyang veterans are more and more jealous of it.

When the Wehrmacht started a war against Beiyang, Beiyang frantically expanded its front-line forces. Cao Kun was appointed commander-in-chief of the front, and all recruits were dispatched by him. The million-strong army raised by Beiyang by catching Zhuangding was mainly supplemented in the four provinces of Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu. Among them, there are 300,000 people in Henan, of which 100,000 are under the command of Wu Peifu and sent to Luoyang City to be cannon fodder. 200,000 people are in Sun Chuanfang's place, and now Sun Chuanfang has lost half of it, and the rest of the troops are all shrinking in Zhengzhou City. 300,000 people were in Anhui, but instead of joining Zhang Xiaozhun's new army, they were stationed in Bengbu on the south bank of the Huai River. The purpose is very clear, once Zhang Xiaozhun is difficult to resist the feet of the Third Army of the Wehrmacht, this 300,000-strong force will be the second line of defense. In Bengbu, Cao Kun left his confidant general Chen Guangyuan to command. Chen Guangyuan is a veteran in the Beiyang Army, and his rank is much higher than Zhang Xiaozhun, Zhang Xiaozhun has no right to transfer him, and Chen Guangyuan will not help him if he receives Cao Kun's instructions. For this situation, although Zhang Xiaozhun is angry, his arms can't twist his thighs, Feng Guozhang has no way as a direct president, let alone a small general. Now Zhang Xiaozhun knows what his identity is in Beiyang. If it weren't for Feng Guozhang's kindness, and the Beiyang reform was also in line with the requirements of the revolution, he Zhang Xiaozhun would have left here a long time ago.

But as a general, no matter what kind of grievances he suffers, he always has to lead the soldiers under his command and complete his combat mission. Before the war, the Beiyang soldiers were divided into three ways, and he, Zhang Xiaozhun, as the sharp corner of the Beiyang confrontation against the National Defense Army, felt a great responsibility in his heart, but now, he suffered injustice in the Beiyang, but he only fell his teeth and swallowed blood. He has only more than 80,000 people in his hands, and the early 20,000 are new recruits trained by himself, and the training style is somewhat similar to that of the Wehrmacht. This is normal. From its establishment to the present, the Wehrmacht has developed rapidly and its combat effectiveness is astonishing. Moreover, it is rumored that its battle plan was drafted by Feng Yong, the young marshal of the Northeast, and Li Jun, the prime minister of the Běi Jīngzhèng Fǔ, and revised by Jiang Baili Cai Yi. Now that these people are all famous, the recruit cāo canon that several people have joined forces to compile has naturally become a classic that various forces are vying to chase. Even foreign affairs groups have collected it. Among them, of course, included the old enemy of the Wehrmacht. It's just that the Imperial Army is used to being high. They always believed that the defeat of the Imperial Army was due to the defeat of the Wehrmacht's more advanced weapons and equipment and high-intensity firepower, and that the current efforts to develop the economy were aimed at making up for this shortcoming. Therefore, the Wehrmacht Army, which is boasted by various forces in China, only looked at it in the spirit of knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent. As for borrowing? The infantry of the Great Rì Ben Imperial Army was already the most perfect in the world. How could the infantry of a small country in China be able to enter the eyes of the military bosses.

Faced with this situation, Jiang Baili formulated a frontal attack, fought hard, captured Xuzhou in the shortest possible time, and broke Zhang Xiaozhun's new army. This plan seems simple, but it is the best battle plan that Jiang Baili came up with by synthesizing all kinds of intelligence. Of course, the best strategy for a soldier is to surrender without a fight. However, Jiang Baili understands the xìng character of his old friend, he has been blessed by Feng Guozhang's knowledge, although he is now treated unfairly, but Feng Guozhang has never been sorry for him, and he will not leave without a fulfilling reason. Now Jiang Baili also regrets it a little, if he had recommended him to Feng Yong earlier, maybe Zhang Xiaozhun would be a different person now.

Xuzhou belongs to Jiangsu, but when Zhang Xiaozhun went north to conquer Zhang Xun, he hit here in one go. Later, according to Feng Guozhang's orders, he sat in Xuzhou to defend the border.

The Third Group Army of the National Defense Forces is mainly based on the Northern Military Region and cooperates with the local troops in Hebei. When the Northern Military Region surrendered to the Northeast Army, it had a strength of 80,000 troops, and after this period of development, especially in the densely populated Hebei region, Zhang Zuolin also single-handedly participated in the establishment of the reserve system of the National Defense Force. Therefore, the expansion of the Northern Military District is very fast. By the time Feng Yong was ready to fight south, the Northern Military Region had already expanded to more than 100,000 people. Combined with the Jīng Rui drawn from the Hebei Local Army, the entire Third Group Army included three armies with a strength of 150,000 troops, which was the strongest among the four group armies. Just to paralyze the enemy, the Third Army claimed to have only 100,000 men.

Therefore, unlike several other group armies with reserve troops, the Third Army only carried the sharp soldiers and horses of the headquarters, and the reserve army was all thrown to the headquarters, so as not to slow down the advance of the troops, but also to ensure the stability of the theater headquarters, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Unlike Sun Chuanfang, who arranged several heavy defense lines on the land of the Wehrmacht's advance, Zhang Xiaozhun only arranged a large number of scout troops on the way south of the Wehrmacht, and Zhang Xiaozhun's main force also withdrew from Xuzhou City as soon as possible. Prepare to concentrate on fighting the Wehrmacht by surprise. This is also Zhang Xiaojun's only chance.

This is also the time when there is no way, the soldiers of the Third Army of the Wehrmacht are jīng sharp. Although there is not much difference in the strength of the two sides, there is a big difference in weaponry and combat effectiveness. Zhang Xiaozhun's troops only have 20,000 descendants, and the strength is not bad, and the other troops are all braided troops who captured Zhang Xun, and their combat effectiveness is really poor.

Five miles north of Xuzhou City, the place where the national defense army must pass through in the south, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, and the official roads are rugged.

When the Wehrmacht passed through this place, they were ambushed by Zhang Xiaozhun. It did cause some problems for the Wehrmacht at first, but soon the Wehrmacht stabilized the situation and launched a large-scale counteroffensive.

Brigadier General Zhang Xiao's headquarters set up on the hill. At this time, Zhang Xiaozhun's face changed greatly.

"Damn, the Wehrmacht is not 100,000 at all, at least 150,000. Damn it. We were fooled. ”

150,000 jīng rui against his motley army of less than 80,000 people, as long as the commander of the Wehrmacht is not a pig, the result is known. Besides, is Zhang Zuolin an incompetent general? In the original time and space, Zhang Dashuai was the most dazzling star in the early years of the Republic of China. Without Zhang Dashuai's strength, where can there be the prestige of Zhang Shaoshuai in the middle and late Republic of China.

Zhang Xiaozhun's Beiyang Army saw that the Wehrmacht launched a counterattack so quickly, and knew that the difference in strength between the two sides was too great. The Beiyang Army has reached the limit of what it can inflict on the Wehrmacht, and if they don't evacuate, I'm afraid they really won't be able to withdraw.

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