November 1941 was an unusual year, and the more difficult it was in winter, whether it was the Japanese, the Germans, or the Soviets and the Americans, everyone had their own plans for the winter. Shengli's side is generally trying to keep Shengli's fruits at this time, and the side that often loses battles in a year is trying in every possible way to fight a turnaround battle at the end of the year, which is vividly demonstrated in the Soviet-German battlefield.

Han Yunhua has never relaxed his attention to the Soviet-German battlefield, because some major events on the Soviet-German battlefield obviously had a huge impact on the Soviet Union, since the Soviet special combat team with less than 300 people was sent back to the Soviet Union, they were sent to Moscow as soon as possible.

Originally, Ivanov was ready to send a small force of only 378 men to Moscow to be exact, but the commander-in-chief of Danshi's special combat team, Major Shaykin, refused Major General Ivanov, saying in extremely cold language: "If this special forces force, which has fought at least 10,000 times against the Japanese in the vast forests of China, cannot even cross Siberia, then the great Soviet Union will no longer need such cowards." ”

It was not the Japanese dog mongrels that were the first to start a larger war in the Shijie area, nor their ally Germany, but the Soviet Union. At this time, the Soviet Union survived the most fierce moment of the war, the Battle of Stalingrad lasted for 120 days, from the end of June this year to the present, the commander of the German 6th Army, Paulus, commanded more than 50 infantry divisions including 4 armies of the 6th Army, 2 armored corps, nearly 500 tanks, 3000 artillery pieces and mortars, and 1200 combat aircraft, and launched a fierce attack on the Soviet Union's first capture of Moscow.

In the face of the attack of the powerful Germany, the Soviet Union did not flinch, and the Soviet High Command was determined to organize and hold the Stalingrad Front, of which Khrushchev was a member of the Military Council, to assume the task of defense in the Stalingrad direction, and mobilized all the air liliang of the country to support Stalingrad. At the end of September and the beginning of October, the Soviets transferred 6 infantry divisions and 1 tank brigade to the city of Stalingrad. At the same time, the Germans transferred 200,000 additional troops, including 90 artillery battalions and 40 siege-trained engineer battalions, as well as a large number of snipers, including Colonel Konings, the king of snipers in Germany.

Due to the stubborn resistance of the Soviet Union, the German plan to occupy Moscow was aborted, and the 120 days of fighting left the German and Soviet troops with heavy casualties and extremely low morale. But in any case, Moscow was saved. Moscow was saved, but the top brass of the Soviet Union was not willing to let the German invaders calmly evacuate from Moscow, you must know that in order to keep the capital Moscow, the entire Soviet Union paid an extremely heavy price, whether it was soldiers or civilians, a sentence of blood flowing, a sentence of corpses like a mountain, and a sentence of tragedy are not enough to describe the tragedy of the defense of Moscow.

As a result, the Supreme Command of the Soviet Army began to prepare for a major counteroffensive at the end of September, and Zhukov, who was in charge of the overall strategy of the Stalingrad region, began to secretly masse troops to Stalingrad on a large scale. By mid-November, the Soviet army on the north and south sides outside the Stalingrad area consisted of three fronts, 10 combined armies of various arms, one tank army, four air force armies, and several independent armies, tank corps, and brigades, with a total of 1,106,000 men in 143 divisions, 15,500 artillery pieces and mortars, 1,463 tanks and assault artillery, and 1,350 aircraft. The German Army Group B in front of it had a total of 80 divisions and 3 brigades, about 1 million people, 10,290 artillery pieces, 675 tanks, and 1,216 aircraft.

Zhukov's strategy was to keep the Germans pinned down inside the city, and then to encircle the Germans in the city of Stalingrad by striking at the weakened outer flanks of the Germans. On November 13, Stalin approved Zhukov and Vasilevsky's plan for a counteroffensive, and personally replaced it with Operation Uranus, echoing Operation Mars against the German Army Group Center. The dates for the counteroffensive were set for November 19 for the South-Western Front and the Don Front, and November 20 for the Stalingrad Front. …,

On November 19, whether it was China or the Soviet Union, Japan and the United States, they were all nervous, and the Soviet Union was of course nervous about whether this counterattack would work, because it was a matter of life and death for the Soviet Union; Germany, on the other hand, is worried about whether it can be withdrawn from Moscow, and now the temperature is becoming more and more unbearable, a large number of them are not killed in battle, and a large number of weapons and equipment are beginning to be used inefficiently. As for Japan, Yijing has started their new round of sea and land attacks, and the United States is worried about what little Japan will do if it is not fooled this time.

The main reason for Okamura Ninji's order to shrink the whole army this time was that the Japanese Navy was about to fight a strategic decisive battle in the Pacific waters, and at the same time, the Japanese Southern Front was going to engage in a major battle for the entire South Asian region, including western Burma, and had no choice but to start drawing troops from the Kwantung Army and the Chinese Dispatch Army to fight.

Speaking of this land battle, you may not have heard of it, but the battle for the Danshi sea was resounding, it was the first battle between aircraft carriers on Shijie, that is, the Battle of Midway.

On 28 September, Yamamoto convened a meeting of senior admirals on his flagship "Yamato" giant battleship and decided on a specific operational plan for attacking Midway: First, send a fleet to attack the Aleutian Islands, land on Attu Island and Kiska Island in the islands, use this as bait to draw the attention of the American fleet to the north, and then use the main fleet to seize Midway Island.

The date of the operation was tentatively set for early November, and on November 5, the Japanese Navy Command Department issued the "Base Camp Admiralty Order No. 18", officially approving the Midway operation plan, and named it "Operation Mi".

Unbeknownst to the Japanese, the US Naval Intelligence Agency, in close cooperation with the British and Dutch counterparts, began to successfully decipher part of the code of the JN-25, the main communication system of the Japanese Navy. By early September, the coalition forces had made a major breakthrough in cracking the JN-25, and as a result, they had gained the ability to spy on the Japanese naval program. The JN-25 informed the Coalition that the AF Position would be the next target of the Japanese Navy, but the Coalition Forces were unable to crack the AF Position. Some high-ranking U.S. generals believe that the 'AF direction' is Midway, while others believe that it is the Aleutian Islands.

However, no matter how advanced the coalition decoding technology is, it still can't decipher the correct location of the 'AF direction'. While the top brass of the U.S. military was struggling, a young officer had a clever plan to confirm whether the 'AF direction' was Midway. He asked the commander of the Midway Naval Base to radio Pearl Harbor for help, saying that there was a problem with the water supply station on Midway, causing the entire Midway Island to face a water shortage crisis. Soon after, the U.S. Naval Intelligence intercepted a JN-25 message, which really mentioned the problem of water shortage in the 'AF direction'. As a result, the 'AF Direction' was confirmed to be Midway, the next target of the Japanese Navy.

When he learned of the information that the Japanese Navy was going to make a move on Midway, the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Admiral Chester Brown. Nimitz immediately recalled the USS Enterprise, the USS Hornet, and USS Yorktown, which was undergoing major repairs at Pearl Harbor because of its involvement in the Battle of the Coral Sea. Appointment of Raymond. Major General Spruance took command of Task Force 16 in place of the ailing Lieutenant General Halsey. Nimitz prepared to ambush the northeast of Midway, with three Yorktown-class aircraft carriers as the main force, plus about fifty support ships, preparing to attack the Japanese fleet heading to Midway.

At this time, several countries were planning against each other, but they didn't know that in China, a war-torn land, there was a person who saw better than anyone else, and that person was none other than our protagonist Han Yunhua. In fact, as early as half a month ago, Han Yunhua judged that the Japanese army was going to attack the United States' Midway Island, and the time was approaching. In addition, the strange performance of the North China Front during this period aroused Han Yunhua's suspicions, and after many confirmations, Han Yunhua finally determined that the Battle of Midway was about to begin. …,

Although the Battle of Midway had little to do with China, as long as Danshi used it well, it was not possible to give the Japanese a congratulatory gift for beating the water dogs. Japan, the United States, Germany, the Soviet Union and other countries are all in the layout, Han Yunhua is of course no exception, he is also in the layout, due to the limited strength and resources in his hands, so he can't compete with the little devil on shijie, but danshi he can compete with the little devil on this palm-sized territory in North China.

Hengshui.

"Old Qian, where are the little devil's reinforcements Yijing?" Han Yunhua looked at Qian Zhuangfei, the intelligence chief steward of the military region.

"Commander, I just received a message from the comrades of the Luxi Intelligence Station that the two support armies of the Japanese army have converged in Pingyin, and the number is quite a lot, there are only 1,000 little devils, and there are more than 8,000 puppet troops. However, the Japanese army that came from Jining seemed to have been attacked by some troops, and the wounded were carried for nearly two kilometers, and the number of people was about **100 people, which was very embarrassing, and I didn't know which unit did it. Qian Zhuangfei replied.

"And this? Do you know who did it? Han Yunhua asked again.

"I don't know, it shouldn't be our doing, because our army's troops in southwest Lu are almost gone, and there are only a few small guerrillas left, how dare they fight such a large army of devils with their broken guns." Qian Zhuangfei said disdainfully.

Han Yunhua frowned and thought for a while and said: "That's not necessarily, we have a guerrilla force in Lunan and Southwest Luxi that specializes in fighting devil railway lines, and fighting trains and picking up railroad tracks is their strong point, if Zhende ambushes the Japanese army, it can make so many Japanese troops suffer such high casualties, I'm afraid the enemy should have another 8,000 if there are not 10,000." Do you think we will not know that such a powerful force appeared in Shandong? ”

"That's right, but I also sent someone to understand the guerrilla team that the commander said, and what they did was just some stealing trains, and the number of people was not large, they didn't have the strength to attack the big army of the little devils, and such troop carriers would generally be escorted by ironclad vehicles, and one of their guerrillas might be killed without even getting close to the railway, so could they still cause such a big casualty to the little devils?" Qian Zhuangfei continued to ask.

"Why not, you can't beat it, but if they blow up the enemy's reinforcement car, or cause the Japanese train to derail directly, what do you think of the result?" Han Yunhua smiled strangely.

"What, this, this" Qian Zhuangfei broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this, the commander is too evil, the Japanese are really eight lifetimes old when they meet him.

"What, this, let me tell you, the railway guerrillas really have this ability, you go and check if they did it, if it is really they did this battle, I will give them a great credit, and it is really difficult for them to have a guerrilla unit that does not even have an official number, whether this is done by them or not, we have to give them an official number, old money, what kind of organization do you give them?" Han Yunhua said.

"How is the Lunan Independent Battalion?" Qian Zhuangfei said.

"Old Qian, a battalion is a little too stingy, I think it's called the Lunan Independent Regiment, temporarily subordinate to the Southern Hebei Military Division, and after the Shandong Military Region gains a firm foothold in the future, it will be directly assigned to the battle sequence of the Shandong Military Region, how about it?" Han Yunhua said with a smile.

"I look at a battalion and look up to them, but I have learned a lot about them, their guerrilla force is now full of infantry companies, the number is less than 200 people, the weapons and equipment are much better than ordinary guerrillas, it seems that even there are two mortars, but they lack clothes and ammunition, a shadow yijing is more than 3 times their current troop number, and the regimental establishment is a bit big?" Qian Zhuangfei argued. …,

"Hehehe, you are really a dead brain, this guerrilla force still has to give away people in the end, the battalion-level establishment and the regiment-level establishment have nothing to do with us, no, give them a regimental number, then Hong Zhenhai they have to find so many people for Lao Tzu, there are not so many people, they dare to ask Lao Tzu for a regiment number, it is obviously impossible. In addition, when the Shandong Military Region gained a firm foothold in Shandong, Lao Tzu gave them a regiment, not a guerrilla force, and he Lao Xu had to thank Lao Tzu, and besides, a guerrilla force could not be taken out of our military region. Tell him how many people I will give to how many officers, if he only brings in one battalion, Lao Tzu will demote his regiment to an independent battalion, and if there is only one company left in the army, then he will be the company commander. If he can bring a brigade, then Lao Tzu will give him a brigade commander. Han Yunhua said awe-inspiringly.

"Commander, what about the battle on the front line, Division Commander Xu and Political Commissar Chen Yijing have sent 3 telegrams, asking them when they will act, and they have been lurking for more than ten days, why there is no movement at all." Qian Zhuangfei continued.

"What's the hurry, since the little devil Yijing has arrived in Pingyin, then it's time for us to act, pass on my order, the 7th, 8th, and 50th divisions will immediately attack the Liaocheng area with all their might, this time let them take out all their strength, at most 2 times let them occupy all the cities and counties outside Liaocheng, of course, they will be cleared. As for Liaocheng City, forget it, continue to besiege, but give Uchida Ginnosuke enough pressure to continue to ask Okamura for help, and wait until the reinforcements of the two devils arrive in Liaocheng, hehe, that is when the end of the little devil comes, in addition, you immediately send a report to the 115th Division, and order the 5 infantry brigades of the 115th Division to immediately advance to the Heze area, from Taiqian to Heze for at least one day, and when they enter the territory of southwest Lu, I am afraid that the Japanese reinforcements will also arrive in Liaocheng. There is another army of the 115th Division can not be idle, let them immediately send troops to Yanggu, immediately after taking Yanggu County, immediately send troops to Dongping, and then directly attack the Jining region, in addition to Mount Tai is not far from there, see if they are willing to go to the Taishan area to fight guerrillas, if they are willing, they can also develop to the Tai'an area, the master leads the door to practice in the individual, whether they can stand firm, whether the army can develop depends on their own 115 division, after this battle we have to do our own things, go to give orders. ”

"Okay, I'll go!" Qian Zhuangfei said loudly.

On November 12th, the first good news came to Wang Zhen's 7th Division and Wang Zhaoxiang's 50th Division, the 7th Division is good to say, that is the old main force of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, they can sweep the west of Liaocheng in a short period of time It is reasonable, Danshi's 50th Division can even take down 3 counties in one day, and also gave the Japanese reinforcements an ambush, not only annihilated an infantry brigade of the Japanese army, but also forced an infantry brigade behind the puppet army to go directly to the battlefield anyway, After shooting and killing a squadron of the Japanese army, it surrendered to the Inner Mongolia Military Region, which knocked out a quarter of the combat effectiveness of the Japanese reinforcements and dealt a major blow to the Japanese invaders inside and outside Liaocheng.

After receiving the telegram, Han Yunhua also deliberately wrote a pair of words to the 50th Division: "Shame and then courage", the meaning is very clear, you are not afraid of defeating a battle, you are afraid that you will not have a long memory if you lose a battle.

On November 13, Major General Uchida Ginnosuke sent 12 telegrams to the North China Front Headquarters in one day in anxiety, and at the same time asked the North China Front to immediately replenish ammunition, because of the siege for more than half a month, the ammunition savings in Liaocheng City are about to bottom out, and if they are not replenished, they may not be able to support it for a few days. At that time, even if Han Yunhua's subordinates don't beat them, they will be about to collapse.

Okamura Ninji knew that the independent mixed fifth brigade Yijing had reached the last moment, although during this time, the ** squadron rarely stormed the Liaocheng city wall because of casualties, and the support points outside Danshi were cleared by the squadron one by one, which put tremendous pressure on the defenders in the city, forcing them to collapse from the inside little by little.

In order to ensure that the name of the Fifth Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Japanese Army would not be erased from the battle sequence of the Imperial Army like the Independent Mixed Brigades of the Second, Third, and Fourth Brigades, Okamura Ninji had no choice but to order the chief of staff of the 63rd Division, Sadaiji Sato, who led the team, to speed up the march and be sure to reach the outskirts of Liaocheng on the evening of the 13th.

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