According to Han Yunhua's plan, the 115th Division went to the front line immediately after the assembly, but the 115th Division was not bound for the Texas front, but was secretly sent by Han Yunhua to the southwest of Lu, and the target was Heze, an important military town in southwest Lu. &*．． Fastest Update**

Because the southern Hebei region does not border Heze, and there is a Henan Province in the middle, and now Henan Province is the territory of the Nationalist Government, some time ago Pang Bingxun's department stationed in northern Henan was still fighting with Han Yunhua's department, at this time, it was obviously impossible to propose that the Eighth Route Army take advantage of the road to go south, so Han Yunhua asked the 115th Division, 5 infantry brigades, and 10 infantry regiments to be divided into pieces, day and night, and rushed to Taiqian County, the border area between Henan and Shandong, to assemble and stand by. In addition, an infantry regiment of the 115th Division directly detoured to Quzhou and Wei counties and lurked in the Daimyo area to wait for an opportunity.

Han Yunhua's overall strategy was to let the 3rd Route Army, which was attacking Linqing, suddenly move south to attack Liaocheng, and force the Japanese North China Front to transfer reinforcements from several other cities. Since Liaocheng had never been the city that Han Yunhua's subordinates focused on before, the Inner Mongolia Military Region rarely had the idea of Liaocheng, so relatively speaking, Liaocheng's defense was much more lax. In addition to the provincial capital city of Jinan, the only Japanese army that can reinforce Liaocheng at the first time is the Japanese 5th Division stationed in Heze and the Japanese 63rd Division stationed in Jining, of course, the Tai'an defenders located in the east of Liaocheng may also send troops to reinforce Liaocheng, but Tai'an is a satellite city of Jinan, once Jinan has something to do, Tai'an will become the only city to rescue Jinan, and Jinan is very close to Linqing and Dezhou, so Han Yunhua judged that Okamura Ningji would not and did not dare to transfer the defenders of Jinan and Tai'an to Liaocheng, Therefore, the only way for the little devil to relieve the siege of Liaocheng was to transfer the Japanese troops in Heze and Jining to the north.

The problem is that the current Heze troops are not much, according to intelligence, the Japanese 5th Division has no more than 5,000 people left, and the division commander of the division, Lieutenant General Hosokawa Yasu, is not in China now. It is the best time to clean up this 5th Division, and no matter whether you can clean up the 5th Division or not, it is simply wishful thinking to rule the entire Liaocheng area with these five or six thousand people alone, even if Jiang someone is willing to him, Han Yunhua will be angry.

This one doesn't need to achieve much success, it only needs to turn the entire Luxi, Luxinan, and Luxi upside down. Only in this way can the 115th Division gain a firm foothold in Shandong, and Han Yunhua will have the time and energy to concentrate his forces on the behemoth in the north.

Under Han Yunhua's deployment, Yang Chengwu immediately went to the forward position to command the troops to fight. On 8 November, under Han Yunhua's order, more than a dozen divisions of the Inner Mongolia Military Region all gave up their existing military objectives and began to desperately attack the strategic depth of Shandong, especially the troops attacking Linqing actually directly gave up the siege of the Linqing defending enemy, but turned around and attacked the weaker Qingping, Liangshui and other towns, and the troops went straight to Liaocheng.

Garrisoned in Liaocheng is the Japanese army's independent mixed Fifth Brigade, which can be regarded as an old enemy of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and since the establishment of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, this independent mixed Fifth Brigade has not been less troublesome to the Inner Mongolia Military Region. At the time of the great counteroffensive of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, this independent mixed Fifth Brigade Regiment escaped the catastrophe because it was not on the front line, and after being supplemented by the Japanese army's base camp, it is now brazenly assuming the style of the main field force of the North China Front.

Originally, the brigade commander of the Fifth Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade attached great importance to the strength of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, fearing that they would directly wipe out him and his troops from the north. Speaking of this Uchida Ginnosuke is really not a fuel-efficient lamp, although this person is a little arrogant and arrogant, but the vigilance is still very high. Seeing that his colleagues and many officers with higher ranks and positions than his own entered the prisoner of war camps of the Inner Mongolia Military Region one by one, and some of them were even killed directly on the battlefield, and their deaths were very undignified, Major General Uchida Ginnosuke did not dare to underestimate any unit of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, including the guerrillas who were controlled by the Inner Mongolia Military Region. …,

Originally, when the 3 infantry divisions of the 7th, 8th, and 50th infantry divisions of the Inner Mongolia Military Region besieged Linqing, Major General Uchida Ginnosuke was very nervous, and even the order of the commander Okamura Ninji to transfer an infantry wing of the Fifth Brigade to Qingdao was not resolutely implemented.

Although Okamura Ninji had objections to the fact that Uchida Ginnosuke, a small army major general, dared to issue an order issued by the headquarters, considering that what Major General Uchida Ginnosuke said was quite reasonable, he agreed with his statement and promised to only mobilize an infantry brigade of the Fifth Brigade and Regiment, and even transferred an infantry brigade of the Imperial Association Army from Ludong to supplement the defense system of Liaocheng.

When receiving an attack on Liangshui Town by unknown troops, Major General Uchida Ginnosuke's first thought was that Han Yunhua's department was really here, and he knew that if it was really the main force of the Inner Mongolia Military Region going south, his dissatisfied infantry brigade might not be able to support it for even a week, according to reliable intelligence, the squadron is now a bird gun to change artillery, not only has an organized artillery unit, but even has its own mechanized tank unit and air force, Two days ago, the two sides also conducted a small-scale air battle over Jinan, in which an Imperial Zero fighter was shot down, and two fighters of the squadron escaped with injuries.

And now the troops in their hands are much more humble, although they are still nominally an infantry brigade, but in fact there are only 4 infantry brigades, a cavalry brigade and an artillery brigade, which is only a slightly larger reinforced wing, plus the infantry brigade of the imperial alliance army and the infantry regiment that originally belonged to the local puppet army in Liaocheng, all the defense troops in Liaocheng and its surrounding counties and districts are only more than 8,000 people.

The difference in the strength of the enemy and us is not only a huge disparity, but fortunately, there is no indication that this is the main force of Han Yunhua's department, you must know that in the battle last night, although the captain of the defending squadron in Liangshui Town ran fast when he saw the opportunity, but in the end, the defender squadron still managed to escape more than half, so it can be seen from the side that it should not be the main force of Han Yunhua's department, otherwise the infantry squadron would not have a chance to escape and live.

However, while Uchida Ginnosuke was watching, at this time, in the front-line command post of the 3rd Route Army of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, Wang Zhaoxiang, the commander of the 50th Division, was furious. Originally, he knew that the strength of this independent mixed Fifth Brigade was not good, so Wang Zhen and Wang Zhaoxiang discussed and decided that the battle to besiege Liaocheng would be completed by the 50th Division, the weakest in the battle. But I never expected that when attacking Liangshui Town, more than 200 Japanese soldiers of the Liangshui garrison squadron actually left a puppet infantry company and fled in less than 3 minutes after firing, and by the time the 50th Division reacted, they had already fled away, although in the end the cavalry battalion took advantage of the victory to chase and kill a lot, but more than half of the devils fled back.

One division beat one squadron and let half of the family escape, this is a naked slap in the face of the entire 50th Division, no wonder Wang Zhaoxiang is angry.

"Li Biao, how the fuck did you lead the soldiers, a brigade fought a few small towns and came up with such a record, it's a fucking shame, it's not a fucking unit of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, or is it not someone trained by Commander Han Yunhua, how the hell can you let Lao Tzu explain this record to the commander, press me and tell the leaders of the headquarters, our 50th Division fought an infantry squadron with a division and let half of the family escape, you tell me about it!!!" After receiving the telegram from the front, Wang Zhaoxiang immediately vomited out a mouthful of blood, which was the most aggrieved battle he had fought since joining the party and joining the army for more than ten years. …,

After being silent on the phone for a long time, a voice finally said firmly, "Division commander, I Li Biao is really careless this time, but don't worry, although our first brigade is a recruit brigade, it has been formed for less than half a year, and most of the soldiers are farmers, and there are almost no veterans." But our 1st Brigade is still the main force of our 50th Division, and the shame given to us by the enemy will be washed away with their blood, so you can wait for our good news! After speaking, without waiting for Wang Zhaoxiang to speak, the phone took the initiative to suppress the phone.

Wang Zhaoxiang was so depressed, he secretly said that your kid really has a temper, but after thinking about it, he knew that this time he was really stimulated by the little devil, and even he, the division commander, became like this, not to mention the troops below, it seems that this time the entire 50th division will not be able to work hard.

Liangshui Town is only less than eighty miles away from Liaocheng, and the fast horse can arrive in two hours, and when the remnants of Liangshui Town fled back to Liaocheng, Major General Uchida Ginnosuke ordered the troops to immediately enter the combat state, and all the weapons, ammunition and part of the food and salary were all distributed, and even the puppet army received a Guangyang reward one by one.

However, what Major General Uchida Ginnosuke did not expect was that a large number of squadrons suddenly appeared under Liaocheng City that night, and the more than a dozen groups of secret posts and two blockade lines he arranged on the periphery of Liaocheng almost did not play any role, and it was only when the ** team forcibly attacked the outlying positions of Liaocheng that he was alarmed by the brigade commander.

"Report to the brigade commander, the entire outer position of the North Gate is in an emergency, Xiao Yinjiro Nakasa has been martyred, Da Tengjia and Shao Zuo have taken over the position of the supreme commander of the front line, ask for support!"

"Report to the brigade commander that all the fortifications of the West Gate City have been destroyed, the Chinese army has occupied the outer positions, and the 16th Squadron and the 2nd Squadron of the 16th Infantry Brigade and the remnants of the 165th Regiment of the Imperial Alliance Army have withdrawn to the city, and are relying on the city wall to block the enemy and ask for reinforcements."

"Report to the brigade commander, the Chinese artillery shelled the position of the East Gate, the defenders suffered heavy losses, the captain of the 17th Infantry Brigade Ichiro Sato Nakasa was seriously wounded, two infantry captains were killed, a large number of soldiers were injured, and reinforcements were urgently needed, otherwise the East Gate will be occupied by the Chinese army"

"Report to the brigade commander, the south gate is in an emergency, the strength of an infantry regiment in China suddenly launched an attack on the position at the south gate, and all the peripheral positions of our army were occupied by the China troops within half an hour, and now the China troops are storming the city wall, and the Iga Youth League Nakasa requests the brigade commander to give tactical guidance."

"Kawaguchi, tell me what's going on, why did the Chinese army suddenly appear under Liaocheng City, why didn't those dark sentinels and the blockade line of our army react at all?" At this time, Uchida Ginnosuke's mood was very calm, and he had never been so calm as he was today.

Before, he had always been worried that the ** squadron, especially the main force of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, would suddenly appear in front of him, so he was worried every day, and his mood was also abnormal. But when the ** team really appeared in front of him, he was really not in a hurry at all, but a little happy and calm. Major General Uchida Ginnosuke knew that this was the main team of the ** team, mainly Han Yunhua's department, which had left a deep shadow in his heart, if he couldn't completely defeat Han Yunhua's department once in the front, he wouldn't want to achieve anything in his life, because there would always be an invincible mythical army in his heart, so Major General Uchida Ginnosuke hoped that this time he could completely defeat the Chinese army under Liaocheng City to relieve the shackles in his heart.

After hearing Major General Uchida's questioning, the chief of staff of the Fifth Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade, Kawaguchi Keiyasu Daisaku, said: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, I am afraid that the people of China are here this time with the intention of completely annihilating our army, so it is impossible for them to let us find out before the attack, and I dare to guarantee that they must have dispatched some mysterious special forces, no matter how powerful the combat effectiveness of the ordinary China army is, it is impossible to quietly clear out more than a dozen groups of secret posts of our army." And from the layout of the Zhina people, we can see that the Zhina people are really here this time, if they don't want to or are not sure, they will put on an encirclement of three missing one, and then break the heart of our army, so that the soldiers of our army can escape from that seemingly open place. But now the Chinese are full of troops at the four gates, and they have also dispatched artillery that is precious to the Chinese army, which shows that the Chinese have the confidence and determination to destroy us. His Excellency the Brigade Commander humbly thought that what the Imperial Army could do at the moment was to immediately withdraw the troops outside the city into the city first, and immediately ask His Excellency the Commander for operational guidance. ”…,

"Yo Xi!" In the opinion of Major General Uchida Ginnosuke, the ** team may not give up today, but this is also his chance to be ashamed.

Major General Uchida Ginnosuke did not think that the defeat of Han Yunhua was not about destroying many of their troops, but that it could destroy his combat intentions at the cost of a smile, resulting in the inability to achieve his strategic goals, which was also called a military victory. Now the ultimate goal of the squadron must be to occupy Liaocheng, and use this as a springboard to echo with other troops in the northwest of Lu, so Major General Uchida Ginnosuke ordered all the troops outside the city to immediately withdraw into the city, and all the troops immediately sent to the four city gates for reinforcements, the four gates of Liaocheng must be defended, and if there is a problem in the defense area, the head of the captain of the defense area will be necessary.

Of course, Uchida Ginnosuke can't forget to ask the front army headquarters for help, after all, the entire independent mixed fifth brigade has only four infantry brigades, and these four infantry brigades have less than 2,000 people stationed in Liaocheng, and the rest are scattered in various counties.

After a night of fighting, the first brigade of the 50th division directly approached Liaocheng under the cooperation of the divisional artillery regiment and cavalry troops, and directly surrounded Liaocheng by the Japanese army into the fifth brigade and the 28th division of the puppet army, and achieved good results.

However, this record is still exciting, the independent mixed fifth brigade of the army under the city collapsed, but did not break through the city wall, this result is very satisfactory, and it is also in line with the battle plan specified by the command before the war, just the intelligence personnel came to report, this morning the frequency of telegram exchanges between Jinan and Liaocheng has increased a lot, and at the same time, the Japanese army in Heze and Jining suddenly became furious, and the troops stationed in the surrounding counties of Heze were quickly assembled, and it seems that they want to go north to reinforce Liaocheng, The results of this battle were surprisingly good.

As Han Yunhua expected, Okamura Ninji immediately communicated a telegram with Shinozuka Yoshio on the front line after receiving a telegram from Major General Uchida Ginnosuke, and finally the two of them decided to order Heze's 5th Division to immediately transfer two infantry brigades, an artillery brigade and a puppet infantry brigade north to reinforce the Liaocheng defenders; At the same time, the 63rd Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Jining transferred an infantry wing and an infantry brigade of the puppet army north to Liaocheng.

The actions of the Japanese army have long been watched by Han Yunhua, who has been planning for a long time, after receiving the news from the intelligence officers in southwest Lu, Han Yunhua was overjoyed but did not dare to be careless, and now the Japanese troops on these two roads have just been dispatched, and if there is any trouble, it is likely to retreat back to Heze and Jining again. Therefore, Han Yunhua ordered the two armies of the 115th Division not to act rashly and continue to lurk and wait. The 3rd Route Army of the Inner Mongolia Military Region was desperately trying to create trouble in northwest Shandong, constantly attacking the strongholds of the Japanese puppet army, and even began to try to attack the few remaining big cities in northwest Shandong controlled by the Japanese puppet army, which only provoked a few senior officers of the North China Front Army to be furious.