Anteng was very distressed, Tang Enbo was also very uncomfortable, the strength of the 20th Army was stronger than the last Xuzhou Campaign, the last battle, the 13th Army was still an empty shelf, left in western Anhui for reorganization and did not participate in the war, and the reorganization was not completed until two months ago, QВ (5), cOm/

After the recruits were replenished, Tang Enbo spent the past two months in the barracks and paid close attention to training. The reason why he worked so hard, there are his personal reasons, in the last battle, he clashed with Zhuang Jihua in Linyi, and then was thrown aside by Zhuang Jihua, and only played a role in the final stage, after the war, Guan Linzheng and Wang Zhonglian both won medals, and even Zhang Zhen won a Baoding Medal, but he was the commander of nothing, on the contrary, when Chiang Kai-shek met him, he also reprimanded him a few words, asking him to obey orders in the future, which made him clearly understand that in Chiang Kai-shek's mind, Zhuang Jihua's weight is much heavier than him, Don't dare to disobey Zhuang Jihua's order again.

Anteng's attack was very fierce, and after Tang Enbo received the notice of changing the operational deployment in the theater, he immediately understood Anteng's purpose, and he immediately adjusted the deployment, transferring Guan Lin's expeditionary department to the front of Juxian, Wang Zhonglian on the right flank guarded Qiaoshan south of the Mu River, and the 13th Army relied on Fulai Mountain on the left flank to block the 28th Division. After the adjustment was completed, Tang Enbo gave an order to die, all positions must be defended to the death, must fight to the last soldier, and abandon the position to kill.

With this murderous order, bloody battles were fought around Juxian, and both sides, from generals to soldiers, broke out with rare bravery. The Japanese army attacked desperately, the Chinese soldiers did not retreat, every position was in bloody battles, every position was stained red with blood, and every position was full of corpses.

From Juxian in the south to Tai'an in the north, the entire Yimeng Mountain is burning, Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun fought in Laiwu, and Sun Lianzhong and Sun Tongxuan blocked in Tai'an.

Seeing that the situation could not be opened for a long time, Nishio Shouzo was anxious, so he transferred the 14th Division from the four divisions commanded by Yoshio Shinohara, retreated to Jinan, crossed the Yellow River from Jinan, made a detour to the north bank of the Yellow River, and crossed the river in the southwest of Pingyin through Ehei Dong'a, preparing to directly insert it into Dongping.

For this hand, Zhuang Jihua has been prepared, Du Yuming's 60th Army has not moved, is to stay here and wait for the Japanese army, the 14th Division head-on hit the 60th Army, which has been waiting for a long time, the two sides fought fiercely across the river, the 14th Division was beaten back by Du Yuming three forced crossings, Du Yuming wanted to cross the river**, but was stopped by Zhuang Jihua, strictly ordered not to cross the river, and at the same time sent Zhang Lihui Division to reinforce Sun Lianzhong to prevent Yoshio Shinohara from breaking through the Tai'an defense line.

The battle situation on the Eastern Front was at a stalemate, Sugiyama Mototo of Beiping and Shunroku Hata of Nanjing were deeply dissatisfied, in order to open up the situation on the Eastern Front, to respond to Masaharu Honma, Shunroku Hata urged Haneda to go north as soon as possible, and on the other hand, secretly assembled the Seventh Division in Shanghai, this action he concealed from everyone, until the last moment to announce, Osawa risked to send the information, but it was already a little late, the Japanese army boarded in Shanghai, and landed in Haizhou Bay at dawn that day.

After the 7th Division landed, it defeated the local security regiment stationed in Ganyu, occupied Ganyu, then crossed the Qingkou River, rushed to the northwest, and occupied Chengtou Town under Ma'anshan on the same day.

The speed of the Japanese army's advance was extremely fast, and Zhuang Jihua had no time to react, so he had no choice but to strictly order Han Deqin, chairman of Jiangsu Province and commander of the 26th Group Army, to abandon Taizhou and quickly move north to attack Haizhou from the south. After all, this road is too slow to completely eliminate the danger of Juxian's flank.

"Order the new 38th Division to attack immediately, meet the 7th Division, and block the offensive path of the 7th Division." Zhuang Jihua's expression was solemn, Hata Junliu suddenly added a division to this line, and the comparison of forces immediately tilted towards the Japanese army, Hata Junliu's hand was very vicious, and it just hit Zhuang Jihua's soft underbelly.

"What about Linyi?" Xu Zuyi couldn't help but ask: "There is also Fei County, Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun are also under a lot of pressure. ”

put Sun Liren in Linyi, not only to support Tang Enbo, but also to take care of Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun in the middle lane, they were transferred away, what will happen later, the Linyi front line will be empty.

"Transfer a division from the 24th Army." Gong Chu suggested: "The original battle plan has been abandoned, and the concentration of the 24th Group Army in Zaozhuang and Linyi has caused a disconnect between the front and rear forces, so it is better to move the 24th Group Army forward to the front line of Zaozhuang and Feixian." ”

Gong Chu was originally a more conceited person, but over the years from the Communist Party to the Kuomintang, from the Red Army to the Kuomintang Army, the original arrogance has long disappeared without a trace, and he has become cautious.

Zhuang Jihua frowned and nodded after thinking about it: "Well, this is a way, but the strength is still a little weaker, let the new 22nd Division go to Linyi, and the 20th Army go to Fei County, and establish a position north of Fei County." ”

"What about Xuzhou?" Gong Chu asked in surprise, after the new 22nd Division was transferred, Xuzhou basically became an empty city, except for the theater guard regiment and the military police regiment, there were no soldiers.

"As long as we play well on the periphery, we will be as stable as Mount Tai here." Zhuang Jihua said calmly.

"The new 22nd Division stayed in Xuzhou, in addition to protecting Xuzhou, it also has the role of guaranteeing the southern front, if it is transferred, what will happen to the southern line?" Gong Chu did not give up, but continued to ask.

"The Southern Front?" Zhuang Jihua thought about it silently, and shook his head affirmatively: "No, there will be no problem on the southern route, we have an advantage everywhere." ”

After Honma crossed the river, the Japanese troops on the southern front also launched active actions, and the 9th and 13th Divisions resumed their offensive and fought fiercely along the River with the 41st Army, the 46th Army, and the 5168th Army.

Although the Ninth Division and the Thirteenth Division fought strongly, after all, there were only two divisions, and the total strength of the four armies assembled on the north bank of the Lu River was as much as 100,000, and the 41st Army was 50,000 people, all of whom were fresh forces, and their equipment was not weaker than that of the Japanese army, and they could completely block the Japanese army south of the Lu River.

The 6th and 18th Divisions to the west, with the 45th Army and the 58th Army, and the 11th Army blocked it, even if it could not win, at least it could block Gu Shoufu south of Yongcheng.

The 3rd Division of Shou County, with the 21st Group Army and the 2nd Army responsible for the attack, is here the 3rd Army 100,000 people attacking the 3rd Division 20,000, the largest ratio of troops, so Zhuang Jihua designed to launch a counterattack here.

Looking at the entire southern front, the troops everywhere were superior, and Zhuang Jihua did not think that there would be problems, so he boldly prepared to transfer the new 22nd Division out of Xuzhou to reinforce the battlefield on the eastern front.

For Zhuang Jihua's judgment, Xu Zuyi can not find a fault, if the road is a little weaker, it can only be the north bank of the Lu River on the Jinpu line, his weakness is reflected in the 51st Army and the 68th, the morale and combat effectiveness of these two troops are weak, the former because of the Xi'an Incident has been discriminated against, the latter is poorly equipped, it is a little better than the Sichuan Army before Chongqing was built, but after strengthening the 45th Army, the 45th Army and the 46th Army can fully support the defense of the north bank of the Lan River.

Gong Chu opened his mouth, but finally did not refute, he did not think of Zhuang Jihua's analysis and comparison, he mixed in the Kuomintang army over the years, first in the Yu Han Mou Department of the Guangdong Army, then in the Central Army, and later went to Sun Lianzhong's Second Group Army, and knew more about the military systems in various places. In his heart, he secretly compared the various armies with the Red Army at the beginning, believing that both the German Armament Division and the Northwest Army, which was known for its tenacity, had a certain gap in tenacity compared with the Red Army; But after more than a year of fighting, he believes that in terms of tenacity, the Japanese army may be the only unit that surpasses the Red Army, and his equipment is far superior to the Red Army.

"Order Li Yannian, speed up," Zhuang Jihua suddenly felt a little unhappy: "What's the matter, it's been three days, why haven't you launched an attack yet?" ”

Li Yannian's southward attack on the Third Division was an important part of the operation on the southern front, and Zhuang Jihua hoped that this move would attract Gu Shoufu's troops back, but the battle in Shou County was first launched by Li Yannian, and then Liao Lei. But Li Yannian has been away from Lixin for three days, and he has not launched an attack yet, which makes Zhuang Jihua incomprehensible, according to his pre-estimate, he should have launched an attack yesterday.

"Maybe I'm in trouble." Xu Zuyi argued for Li Yannian, Li Yannian is also the first phase of Huangpu, known for his tenacity and good fighting, when the Northern Expedition was blocked in Linhuai Pass, it was he who insisted on not retreating, and finally conquered Linhuai Pass.

Zhuang Jihua did not accept this explanation, but instructed Gong Chu: "Send a telegram to inquire immediately, and be stern in tone, so that Li Yannian can return truthfully." ”

After crossing Ma'anshan, the 7th Division advanced to Linyi, and collided head-on with Sun Liren in the mountainous area south of Linshu Town, and fierce battles broke out between the two sides immediately, and Sun Liren seized the Da and Xiao Waist Ridge and Kuzhu Mountain to block the 7th Division.

On the southern front, the reason why Li Yannian was unable to launch an offensive was because he was entangled by the Daji Wing of the 18th Division from Mengcheng, Li Yannian did not take this wing in his eyes, but he didn't want to expose his strength, so he only sent a division to deal with him, but he didn't expect that this Japanese army was like a dog's skin plaster, and he couldn't get rid of it, after receiving Zhuang Jihua's harshly worded telegram, Li Yannian made up his mind to use a brigade to lure Daji away, and the main force went south to Shou County.

With the landing of the 7th Division in Haizhou, the battlefield was further expanded, from Anhui in Jiangsu north of the Yangtze River to Shandong and Henan north and south of the Yellow River. On this battlefield of thousands of miles, the Chinese army of one million and the Japanese army of 600,000 were concentrated; The high commands of both sides realized that the battle had reached this level, and the second decisive battle between the main forces of China and Japan since the Battle of Songhu had been formed.

The Japanese side welcomed this decisive battle, and the Japanese base camp had long hoped to defeat the squadron in a decisive battle with the main force and force Chiang Kai-shek to surrender. On the contrary, the Chinese side did not want to have such a decisive battle, but unknowingly, it continued to invest troops, which eventually caused the battlefield to expand indefinitely, forming a decisive battle of the main force.

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