Chapter 684: Night Battle Juancheng
Xuzhou, in the basement of a villa in the south of the city, the headquarters of the Fifth War Zone has been transferred here from the Daotai Yamen in the city, and the Japanese bombardment of Xuzhou for several days has forced Li Delin to take continuous measures. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
But in time he transferred the headquarters of the five theaters, and this new headquarters was still bombed by the Japanese army.
Just today, the Japanese bomb dropped one and killed a herald next to him, although it was only a lone bomb, but it also meant that there was no safe place in Xuzhou.
The Japanese naval aviation frequently flew to Xuzhou.
Obviously, the Japanese navy is not willing to be lonely and will also intervene in the war on land, if it were not for their lack of ability to drive warships to land, it is estimated that they would have come up.
When Lao Jiang arrived in Zhengzhou, he might want to come to Xuzhou, but Xuzhou is too dangerous now, and he really doesn't recommend this President Jiang to come over.
The battle to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army has not stopped, Li Delin has no good intentions, let the little devil have time to rest, the Japanese army with less than 15,000 people surrounded by more than 100,000 people in the Fifth War Zone is naturally taking turns to fight!
Wheel war for devils!
At this time, there must not be half a point of relaxation, the generals on the front line, that is staring at the battlefield every minute, who dares to sleep at this time?
Now everyone knows what this battle means!
"Chief Li, the ship carrying fuel and ammunition supplies has docked in Hanzhuang."
"Immediately let the car battalion, load, be sure to deliver to the new 38th brigade tonight." Li Delin's spirit was shocked, as soon as the fuel and repair parts of the tank arrived, the tanks of the armored brigade would be able to regain their combat effectiveness, and the certainty of this final blow would be even greater!
"Yes!"
"But Chief Li, there is a lot of pressure on Deputy Chief of Staff Leng, the 14th Division of the Japanese Army has already begun to cross the river this evening, and they have also built two pontoon bridges on the ferry, one to leave and the other to take equipment."
"Leng Guoguang can have a telegram?"
"Not yet, the earliest was sent back an hour ago, Deputy Chief of Staff Leng just arrived in Yuncheng, and I'm afraid the details are not very clear for a while."
"Jining, what's the situation in Yanzhou?"
"Leng Guoguang hurriedly transferred Liao Sen to Jining, most of the main forces of the Honor First Division are still concentrated on the Jining and Yanzhou lines, and the two mixed brigades of the Japanese Kwantung Army are rapidly moving south, and they are the first to bear the brunt!"
"This time it's really embarrassing for Leng Guoguang, he was attacked on three sides, facing the strong strength of one division and two brigades of the Japanese army, if he had been replaced, he would have been scared out of his courage!" Li Delin said with emotion.
"Yes, although there are 70,000 or 80,000 people in the entire Luxi Corps, only the Honor 1st Division and a few divisions of the Third Army can really fight, and these divisions have lost troops in the early battle, which is not enough to confront the Japanese army, and only the Honor 1st Division can compete with the Japanese army!" Huang Xuecun said, "But there are only more than 20,000 people in the first division of honor, and now a third of them have gone to Juancheng, hey......"
"Yes, if this is a few more honorary divisions in our hands, why is this little devil so rampant!" Li Delin angrily slammed his fist on the table.
"Adjutant, inform Jiansheng and Yan Mou, and let's discuss the deployment and retreat plan of the Encirclement and Annihilation Seya Detachment in the evening!"
"Yes!"
At this time, Li Delin must consider this problem, the Japanese army is strong, China is weak and poor, and it is obviously impossible to fight hard, and Lao Chiang's strategy of "exchanging time for space" is right.
The international situation is not yet clear, and if China wants to win the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, it cannot do it on its own, and it must receive assistance from all countries in the world.
However, Europe and the United States have adopted a policy of appeasement toward Japan and an arms embargo against China, and now only the Soviet Union and Russia are fully supporting the Chinese side, and this is also the material basis for the united anti-Japanese united front.
Everyone knows what the purpose of Soviet Russia is, but the Nationalist Government has no other choice at this time.
Weak countries have no diplomacy!
The Japanese are obviously robbers and aggressors, but they can import strategic materials such as steel, oil, and even weapons from Europe and the United States, while China cannot buy weapons because of its money, and Germany, which was originally a natural ally of China, has also abandoned China because of its relationship with Japan.
This has to be said to be a kind of irony.
Between countries, there is no justice, only interests, and the so-called justice is just that after you defeat your opponent, others put gold on your face.
Leng Feng wanted to rush to Juancheng overnight, but the defense problem of Yuncheng was too big, and with the trenches and fortifications they were building now, they couldn't stop the Japanese attack at all.
The hinterland of Luxi is now very empty, Leng Feng almost put the strength of the Luxi Corps on the periphery, relying on the three divisions of the Third Army on the south bank of the Yellow River, Li Hanzhang's troops who were originally stationed in Jinxiang and Yutai were transferred to Zoucheng, and the police and security teams were basically left in several counties at the junction of Sulu.
Once the Japanese army broke through the Yuncheng defense line and rushed in, it would be a disaster.
Therefore, Yuncheng must be defended, only to block the Japanese army's eastward advance and southward, even if Kenji Dohihara sees the emptiness of Luxi's hinterland, he is not able to come in.
In fact, if the Japanese army is able to cross Weishan Lake, it can easily enter the Sulu border, and it will be easier to cut off the Longhai line in the south.
It's just that the 10th Division can't do it at all, they don't have the strength at all, even if they send a small force, the entire Nansi Lake is under the control of the 1st Division of Honor, the water passages are all blocked, and the Japanese army can't even find a piece of sampan, how to cross the river?
Otherwise, Leng Feng would not have been so bold in using all his forces on the periphery.
In Juancheng, Xie Chengrui received Leng Feng's instructions, and later on, he convened an emergency military meeting of officers at the battalion and company level of the whole brigade to deploy night combat matters!
The new 37 Brigade was the main force of the 1st Honor Division in the Nanjing Incident, and most of the officers and men of the unit were mainly descendants of the Central Army, the Teaching Corps, and the troops of the Huangpu Army, and the quality of the officers and men was the strongest.
Of course, they also received the most attention from Leng Feng, and the chief officers of the troops at or above the first level had participated in training classes or workshops, and it can be said that they were basically Leng Feng's students.
Many of them regard Leng Feng as an idol to worship, and it can be said that as long as Leng Feng gives the order, they will never have any doubts, and they will carry it out unconditionally.
Honor the three brigades of the first division, the new 37 brigade is the most loyal to Leng Feng's troops, the second is the new 40 brigade, the children of the Sichuan army are the most grateful, and Leng Feng has personally fought with them, the iron Sichuan army, playing a prestigious name, the third is the new 39 brigade, although the loyalty is slightly worse, but the war is not bad, Leng Feng has never discriminated, so, compared to the general local troops, the loyalty is not much higher.
As for the new 38th Brigade, it is a unit that started with Leng Feng, not to mention, the old commander can still not trust it, Luo Yufeng is a brother who has lived together.
In terms of loyalty, it is estimated that it is still above the new 37 Brigade.
"The division instructed that we must drag the Japanese army in the Juancheng area for three days, on the one hand, to give the Commander-in-Chief Sun Dai time to win the deployment of defenses in Caozhou, and on the other hand, this is also a battle of confidence, to give confidence to the Military Commission of the Fifth Theater and Wuhan that we have the ability to stop the 14th Division of the Japanese Army and ensure the safety of the Longhai railway line!"
The conference room was a small school classroom, there was no electric light, candles were lit, Xie Chengrui stood on the podium, solemnly conveyed Leng Feng's order!
"Three days, it's not too long, it's not too short, how to fight this battle, we still need to brainstorm, if you have any good ideas, you can say it." Chief of Staff Han Heon-won said.
"The chief of staff is right, three stinkers have beaten Zhuge Liang, there are so many of us here, a dozen Zhuge Liang can always be together." Xie Chengrui laughed.
"As long as it's a little devil, we don't have a word, we listen to the teacher!"
"Yes!"
"We will fight whatever the master tells us to fight."
"Coming out of Nanjing, my life will be handed over to the master, killing so many little devils, it's worth it!"
"Huang Daya, we fight devils not for the sake of one person, but for the country, for the nation, and for the sake of thousands of Chinese!"
"Northeasterners, you don't wear a high hat for yourself, if it weren't for the master who personally operated on you and saved your life, you still have the life to live until now, if you are afraid of death, you can apply to go home to the baby!"
"Huang Daya, you, you are talking nonsense, spurting blood!"
"Lao Tzu is a man, with yellow mouth and white teeth!"
"Enough, when this is a vegetable market, if you want to make noise, go out and quarrel, and come in when you are noisy enough!" Chief of Staff Han Heon-won angrily lined up the table.
It's really a group of arrogant soldiers, Xie Chengrui has long known that this is the case, and he also felt a headache at the beginning, but then he got used to it, these people are like sheep, how can they kill the enemy on the battlefield?
"Since the formation of our brigade, we have always defeated the enemy with an overwhelming advantage, but this time is different, the enemy is not only superior to us in quantity and quality, but also has an absolute advantage in firepower, so we cannot go head-to-head with the enemy, we must deeply analyze the strengths and weaknesses of both the enemy and us, avoid the enemy's strengths, and use our strengths to fight the enemy's shortcomings.
"The little devil is not familiar with our environment, most of them can't speak Chinese, during the day, they have aircraft artillery, but at night, their planes can't fly, and the heavy artillery is dumb, so we fight with him at night!"
"Yes, fight at night!"
"Night battles are not easy to fight, and the requirements for the cooperation of various troops are higher, do you think you can do it yourself?"
"Why can't you do it, it's not like we haven't fought at night, when we were in Nanjing, when we fought with the Japanese army in the streets, we didn't fight you to the death that night!"
"That's it, night battles are good for us!"
"Since everyone is so confident in the night battle, then let's give it a try, and tonight, we will regain the lost position!" Xie Chengrui saw that the morale of the army was available, and immediately made a decision.
Of course, this is also what Leng Feng wants, but the specific implementation depends on how Xie Chengrui organizes them, after all, good tactics also need excellent executors.
(To be continued.) )