Datong, the headquarters of the 36th Army.

A correspondent, holding a telegram with a beaming face, walked in quickly, stood upright, and reported loudly: "Chief! The 6th column called. ”

Zhang Yunfei took the telegram, looked at it a few times, and then said happily: "Comrades, the first mechanized infantry regiment of the vanguard of the 6th column has successfully recovered Jining City, and the Japanese troops stationed in Jining City have abandoned the city and fled. ”

Hearing this, everyone was smiling, and their faces showed a little joy and joy.

Zhang Yunfei handed the telegram to Comrade Zuo Qingquan, chief of the General Staff next to him, and then said slowly: "Comrades, the little devils stationed in Jining have independently mixed into the 15th Brigade, and they have built a large number of fortifications in the east of Jining City, across the river, in an attempt to block our southward pace. ”

"The little devil is really incompetent, and even an independent mixed brigade dares to use his arm as a car, he really doesn't know whether he is alive or dead."

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Liu Dazhu, seeing that the little devil actually wanted to block the 6th column, immediately talked about the little devil with disdain.

Comrade Zuo Qingquan, chief of the General Staff, had just finished reading the telegram and said with full confidence: "Commander-in-chief, since the little devils want to find death, we will send these little devils to the west as he wishes." ”

At present, with the 36th Group Army winning great victories one after another, everyone is becoming more and more confident, and everyone really doesn't pay attention to the fact that a little devil is independently mixed into a brigade.

Even if the little devil occupies the location and uses the river, everyone is still confident that they can break the defense line of the little devil in one fell swoop.

The little devils were independently mixed into the 15th Brigade Regiment, which had 4 field infantry brigades under its jurisdiction. Including auxiliary and civilian personnel, the entire brigade is only a little more than 5,000 people.

The little devil placed such a brigade in the east of Jining City, and the purpose was obvious, that is, he wanted to block the advance of the 36th Group Army and gain time for his own arrangement.

Several columns of the 36th Group Army went south, and the speed of the southward movement was very fast, and there were 100,000 little devils in Xuzhou. Feeling a lot of pressure, the little devils are still mobilizing troops and building fortifications. But the 6th column was already approaching Jining.

Zhang Yunfei saw that everyone was full of confidence, and he felt very happy in his heart, now. The 36th Group Army, after two or three years of development, has almost been reborn, from top to bottom, full of confidence, in the face of the little devils, not only has no fear, but also full of enthusiasm, scrambling to be the first to fight the little devils.

Zhang Yunfei was not only happy, but also said arrogantly: "Pass my order." The Mustang fighters of the flying group at Shijiazhuang Airport immediately took off to bomb the little devils on the east side of Jining, and as soon as the bombing was completed, the 6th Column immediately launched an attack. ”

It seems, this time. Zhang Yunfei is ready to let the little devil repay the taste of the aircraft cannon again.

East of Jining City, west bank of the river.

Chu Tianming, the commander of the 6th column, has already arrived here, and through the telescope, he can see the defensive position of the little devils on the west bank of the river, and on the position, you can see many little devils wearing yellow military uniforms.

The position of the imps. It stretches for nearly two or three kilometers, but I don't know how deep it is, the distance is too far, and it is not very real to see.

Chu Tianming took the telescope and observed it for a long time, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a slight sneer, thinking, wait a minute, it will be a fierce bombardment of dozens of aircraft, and then, it will be a fierce shelling of the heavy artillery brigade and two artillery regiments.

At present, the tactics of the 36th Army are mainly based on aircraft artillery, first with aircraft and artillery strikes, and then with the real offensive of ground forces.

Although this tactic is unpretentious, but the effect is very good, the little devils are generally killed and injured under the blows of these heavy weapons, because this tactic has received good results every time, whether it is Zhang Yunfei or the commander of each column, every time there is a larger battle, it is basically this combat mode. …,

Although, such a battle, without the pleasure of strategizing, makes the battle unpretentious, that is, these axes, but this is also based on absolute strength.

At present, the 36th Group Army, whether it is aircraft, artillery or tanks, is far ahead of the little devils, there is no need to play strategy and tactics with the little devils, in the face of absolute strength, everything is a paper tiger.

Chu Tianming, the commander of the 6th column, had just put down his binoculars when a guard walked over quickly and reported: "Chief! There are several comrades of the Lunan guerrillas who want to meet you. ”

"Oh! And comrades from the partisans. Chu Tianming thought in his heart, then waved his hand and said to the guard, "Quickly bring people up." ”

After a while, the guard brought three comrades, the leader was a tall middle-aged man, with a full beard, looking very rough, wearing a military hat of the Eighth Route Army, leggings, still wearing civilian clothes, and carrying a 20-gun box cannon cross-body.

Behind this big man, there were two people, one was slightly younger and relatively thin, and the other was a little older, about thirty years old, with a burly figure, and these two men were also dressed in civilian clothes, wearing leggings and straddle a pistol, a typical guerrilla attire.

As soon as these three people came to Chu Tianming's face, the leader immediately stood upright, saluted a military salute, and said loudly: "Good chief!" ”

Chu Tianming returned a military salute, and then asked a few words.

The Lunan guerrilla detachment was a guerrilla unit led by the Eighth Route Army operating in southern Shandong, and there were several guerrilla detachments with a total number of two or three thousand people.

Among them, the area around Weishan Lake, including Jining and even Xuzhou, is their scope of activity, and the person in charge is the middle-aged man who led the way just now, surnamed Hong, is an old soldier.

Chu Tianming asked a few words to understand the situation, and then asked, "Captain Hong, do you have anything to do with me?" ”

Captain Hong of the Lunan guerrilla detachment immediately said in a loud voice: "Chief, I heard that you are here and have recovered Jining City, and the comrades of our guerrilla detachment have entrusted me to ask the chief to fight, and we also want to fight the little devils, so you can give me a combat mission!" ”

Now, Chu Tianming knew that it turned out that when he saw his large army coming, the comrades of the guerrillas couldn't hold back and wanted to go to the front line to fight devils.

Chu Tianming looked at the clothes of the three and thought, the comrades of the guerrillas must be relatively backward in equipment and play a limited role, and besides, they do not need the comrades of the guerrillas to participate in the war.

Thinking of this, Chu Tianming was a little hesitant.

However, when Chu Tianming saw the eager eyes of the three of them, looking at him with hope, Chu Tianming was a little unbearable, Chu Tianming looked at the river in the distance, and couldn't help but move in his heart.

So, Chu Tianming said solemnly: "Captain Hong, then I will assign an important task to your Lunan guerrillas, seeing that there is no river in the distance, we will cross the river in about two hours, and your task is to collect boats for us, how much can be collected, and send it here within two hours." ”

It was now just after one o'clock in the afternoon, and it was expected that at four o'clock in the afternoon the troops would begin their mass crossing of the river, which would require a large number of boats.

Seeing Chu Tianming's assignment, Captain Hong and the other three immediately stood upright, with a happy face.

As soon as Chu Tianming finished speaking, Captain Hong immediately said: "Please rest assured, chief, we promise to complete the task." ”

Captain Hong is very familiar with Weishan Lake, and is very familiar with many ordinary people and fishermen, and many members of the guerrilla team are still local fishermen, and within two hours, they can collect 100 small boats, and there is no problem at all.

Watching the figures of Captain Hong and the others gradually move away, Chu Tianming looked at his watch and said to a correspondent next to him: "How are the heavy artillery brigades and the first and second artillery regiments prepared?" ”…,

The correspondent immediately entered the armored command vehicle next to him, and after a while, he came out and reported seriously: "Chief! After a maximum of half an hour, the heavy artillery brigade, the 1st and 2nd artillery regiments can open fire. ”

Hearing this, Chu Tianming nodded and said loudly: "Pass my order, start shelling the little devil position on the other side of the river at three o'clock, the shelling time is one hour, and at four o'clock, the troops will start to cross the river." ”

According to the battle plan sent by the command of the group army, the two squadrons of Mustang fighters of the flying group will take off from Shijiazhuang Airport to strike at the little devils on the opposite side, and complete the air strike before three o'clock.

At four o'clock, the 6th Column carried out another artillery bombardment, and the time was just in time.

After giving the order, Chu Tianming thought that the plane of the flying group should have taken off from Shijiazhuang Airport by now, and it would not take long to reach here.

Across the river.

On the position of the little devils, Nobuo Tanaka, the commander of the 15th Brigade of the Little Devils, was holding a telescope to look at the situation on the other side of the river, holding a telescope, and Nobuo Tanaka watched it for at least ten minutes.

In the distance, a large number of soldiers of the 36th Army appeared, a large number, at least tens of thousands, in addition, Nobuo Tanaka also saw a large number of tanks, armored vehicles and off-road vehicles.

Seeing this scene, Nobuo Tanaka's face was very solemn.

Nobuo Tanaka looked at his fortifications, these fortifications were basically built in the past two days, basically some civil fortifications, such fortifications, Tanaka Nobuo did not have a little bottom in his heart.

Nobuo Tanaka knew that the 36th Group Army not only had a large number of planes, but also heavy artillery, and it was difficult for such fortifications to withstand the bombing of the planes of the 36th Group Army and the bombardment of heavy artillery.

Although his knowledge of the planes and heavy artillery of the 36th Group Army was limited to the information provided by the Special High-tech Branch, Nobuo Tanaka had not personally experienced the bombing of the planes of the 36th Group Army and the bombardment of heavy artillery.

But as a major general brigade commander of a little devil, he still has basic common sense, and if he wants to withstand the blow of aircraft and artillery with such a civil fortification, he is afraid that it is a fool's dream.

If it weren't for the commander of the North China Front, Nishio Shouzo, who repeatedly ordered himself to stay here and buy time for the deployment of the large forces in Xuzhou, Tanaka Nobuo would have ordered his troops to retreat long ago.

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