When the No. 7 base car was not produced, Meng Xiang faced a problem of location selection.

Due to the attention of the devil navy, it is already more dangerous for the base car to be transported out. With the expansion of the Special Economic Zone, the four bases with a direct jurisdiction of only 100 kilometers have not been fully covered. Zhang Lingfu conquered Yanzhou, which made Meng Xiang still think of the coal mines in Yanzhou in later generations.

Although Meng Xiang did not know that Yanzhou's coal reserves exceeded 3 billion tons, he knew that the country had built a large coal mine there, and the number must be indispensable.

So after Zhang Lingfu blocked the attack of the 16th Division, as the 18th Division supported the past, a unit of the Security Regiment also set off.

Although it is much safer in his own base, the appearance of the base car is really amazing. had to be covered with camouflage, the same day and night, the people in front of them were constantly under martial law in the remote areas they passed, and the people behind were sweeping away the traces that were unsightly.

Of course, this can't be hidden from everyone, so they can only call it an escort of arms and materials, leaving some suspicions, but no one can get close to these escort teams that are all clones.

In order to reduce the attention of others as much as possible, the base car walked slowly for six days this time.

It was not until the early morning of May 1 that I arrived at the designated place.

The vicinity of Yanzhou is all plains, and there is no place to hide the base. But at that time, in order to protect themselves, every village had a village, and a ditch was dug up. Meng Xiang chose such an abandoned village that had been looted by devils and bandits, and unfolded the base car inside. As soon as the center of the base was completed, the camouflage function was immediately activated, and at the same time, a fence was erected around it. The half-meter-thick and six-meter-high fence of the base directly blocks direct peeping from the outside. As for the one in the sky, it is detected by the radar and the camouflage function is turned on to fool the past. You must know that this camouflage function is very expensive, it is generally fine, and Meng Xiang will not open it often.

After the accompanying mining truck circled all the way, coal resources were found in both Xinglong and Wangyin. Due to the lack of support from the mining plant, it is impossible to determine the specific quantity, and can only be analyzed simply. Meng Xiang then built the first mining plant in Xinglong, which was closer to the base, and it was still surrounded and protected by a wall.

Again, the power plant and the barracks, all surrounded by walls. In order not to be conspicuous, the outside is specially painted with yellow mud, which at first glance looks similar to an earthen wall.

For security, there are clones near the fence to protect them, and the second battalion of the security regiment is a special guard team.

After the construction of the tank factory, the Yanzhou base began to be upgraded.

At this time, it was already 4 days. The vanguard army regained its foothold in Qufu and never moved again. However, the 14th Division that crossed the Yellow River attacked all the way, one called Kedongming and the other called Keheze, and went straight to Dingtao County and Cao County. On the other side, the 16th Division also captured Shanxian and approached Shangqiu at the same time.

Lao Jiang urgently dispatched Lin Wei, deputy director of the Military Command Department, and Liu Fei, director of the department, to fly directly from Wuchang to Zhengzhou, where the headquarters of the First Theater was located, and Xue Yue also flew from the Third Theater to the First War Zone urgently, commanding the Luxi Corps centered on Shangqiu, preparing to meet the attack of the 14th Division.

"The 14th Division is coming soon!" Meng Xiang couldn't help but sigh. In just four days after crossing the river, two county towns were conquered. Originally, he was still thinking about whether to help from the side, but before the staff could make a decision, it was conquered first.

"According to the information we have collected and the information we have heard, this time the First Army temporarily strengthened three heavy artillery wings to the 14th Division, and their artillery has already exceeded the strength of four ordinary first-class divisions, and the county towns of Dongming and Heze cannot stop it at all. Shen Honglie: It's not bad that they can block it for three days. Fan Chong sighed with emotion, the devil's attack was too fast, just like the vanguard army's attack on Qingdao, so that people had little chance to react.

This time, the 1st Army also invested in the 14th Division, just to take advantage of the decline of the 2nd Army to make more achievements. The 14th Wing of the 14th Division is equipped with a large number of motor vehicles, and the artillery also uses motor vehicles to tow artillery. It can be said that the 14th Division has changed its true colors and become a mechanized division. To this end, the 14th Division was also equipped with a large number of boat and bridge engineers.

On the surface, the 14th Division is only a division, but in terms of strength, the combat capability of the mechanized division has far exceeded the estimate of the Central Army. This is also one of the reasons why in history, the 120,000 troops of the Central Army could not trap a 14th division.

Without strong support from the Yanzhou sub-base, Meng Xiang did not plan to continue the offensive. The occupied areas need to be digested, and too quickly the roots are unstable, and a large number of troops are drawn around. The 3rd Brigade of the Devil's Reading Power Mixed with is already on the Yellow River defense line. Although he only has five infantry brigades, if the devil's first army deploys manpower, it will still be difficult to deal with it on the ground.

"There are still too few soldiers, only 130,000 people." Meng Xiang sighed. It seems that there are a lot of people, but many recruits are still training, and most of the trained soldiers have not experienced much of a war test. If it weren't for the nearly 20,000 clones supporting it, even with advanced weapons, there would not necessarily be victory.

The population of the area occupied by the vanguard army is roughly estimated to be more than 10 million, and it is not very difficult to make up 200,000, and it does not have much impact on normal production.

"200,000 is not a lot!" What came to Meng Xiang's mind was the scene of the battle of millions of troops in World War II, and the scene of the Soviet Union and Germany mobilizing tens of millions of soldiers. "No one million is a little less. It seems that the little devils have reached more than eight million later, right? ”

Even if the Jiaodong Peninsula is added, it is impossible to raise a million soldiers in Shandong alone, and Jiang Baili's words came to Meng Xiang's mind, and he remembered what Fan Chong said to himself that the land of Yanzhao had soldiers, money, and territory.

"It's really a million, can the clones control it?" Meng Xiang was also a little anxious in his heart, and there were more and more other things in the army. The infiltration of other forces and the spread of all kinds of ideas have not only occurred in the army, but also in the base areas.

When the time comes, the territory will be larger and the army will be larger, and it will not work without a clearer unified thinking. Meng Xiang tried hard to recall many theories in later generations, but they were always a little incomplete, and some theories seemed good, but they couldn't withstand the scrutiny of reality at all.

"There must be a variety of methods to comprehensively rectify, this is not the right time!" If the devil's strategy is not weakened by taking advantage of the opportunity of the Central Army, it will be even more troublesome for the vanguard army to face it alone in the future.

The 5th and 114th Divisions to the east were still resting and had no intention of continuing the offensive. The three divisions around Zaozhuang were also waving their flags and drums, and there was no movement, and the eyes of both sides seemed to be focused on the 14th and 16th divisions in Luxi.

On 7 May, the cavalry of the 14th Division rushed to the vicinity of Yejigang and Neihuang, blowing up part of the Longhai Railway.

On the 8th, the 14th Division was divided into two routes, Tu Feiyuan led two wings and heavy artillery straight to Neihuang and Minquan, and the commander of the 27th Brigade, Toshima Fangtaro, led the other horses to attack Kaocheng, and the two sides planned to meet at the Longhai Railway section of Lanfeng.

Song Xilian took two divisions of the 71st Army that were resting in Luoyang to Lanfeng under the urgent order of Lao Jiang, planning to rush to Shangqiu, but due to the destruction of the railway, a brigade had passed.

"To withdraw or not to withdraw?" Li Zongren kept pacing back and forth in the command room, and he asked Bai Chongxi about it, but Bai Chongxi still hasn't answered.

This is all a letter sent by Meng Xiang.

The above content is very simple, that is, the vanguard army wants to attack the three divisions in Zaozhuang with him, and intends to annihilate them all.

At this time, two tank factories, two barracks, a hospital, two logistics equipment centers, and an air command center had been built in the Yanzhou sub-base.

In order to supply oil in a timely manner, a refinery was built, two mining plants were built, and six mining trucks were transferred from Jinan.

More than 80 tanks of the 4th Tank Battalion also arrived in Qufu, just waiting for Meng Xiang's order. The men of the 50th Division also took over Huang Huamin's defense line in Yishui and Mengyin. Huang Huamin's brigade had already concentrated near the Yi River, aiming at Fei County and Pingyi County on the opposite side.

On the same day, the devils blew up the Jinpu Line railway in the area of Zoucheng, and since it was jammed by the vanguard army and blew up the Yellow River railway bridge, the role of the Jinpu line has become less and less.

"Report, General Meng is here." The adjutant came over with Rat Ten behind him, bringing the battle plan sent by Meng Xiang.

"Your general is going to attack?" Li Zongren looked at this plan and couldn't help frowning a little.

"Whether you fight or not, we will fight!" Rat Ten replied. This is also the meaning revealed in a letter attached to Meng Xiang.

At present, the vanguard army has only about 50,000 troops available here, and it is still difficult to deal with these three divisions and regiments that have lost their troops. But it's not that there is no chance of winning, but the final loss is definitely unacceptable to Meng Xiang. That's why Li Zongren was pulled.

As soon as he heard that the Longhai Railway had been bombed, he knew that Lao Jiang must have plans to retreat. He sent another letter to Li Zongren and sent Rat Ten over.

"What else do you generals say?" Li Zongren was being urged by Lao Jiang, and at this time there were already more than 60 divisions concentrated in the Lianghuai area of Xuzhou, and Lao Jiang's elite was also filled in a lot. If you are really cut off by the devils, when the devil reinforcements at sea arrive, I am afraid that the losses will be great. Lao Jiang is not worried that the devils will eat all these troops, they don't have such a big appetite, he is only worried that the loss of troops will be too large, resulting in an unstable foundation.

"He said that if you kill a devil, you will lose one scourge." Rat Ten fully expressed Meng Xiang's rhetoric at that time, of course, Meng Xiang still had words behind him: "While there is still the Central Army on top, clean up a few more devils." "This, Rat Ten didn't say, although the clone is a bit stereotyped, but it is not a fool.

Li Zongren also wanted to fight in his heart, but except for his own Gui family, no one else could be adjusted, and there were instructions from the central government to fight before, so they naturally would not be the first to resist and disobey the order, but at this time, they had already heard the instructions of the central government to retreat backwards, and wanted to transfer them to fight, but they were afraid that they would be suspected of other intentions. Even within his own Gui family, he has a number of devils' strength. The last Taierzhuang victory could not cover up the casualties of more than 2 to 1. If you really beat the devil, I'm afraid that this time the loss will be even greater.

While ordering his subordinate Gui to prepare for both fighting and withdrawing, he was constantly hesitating and analyzing.

On the 9th, the vanguard of Tufeiyuan reached Neihuang, and the 88th Brigade of the 262nd Division stranded in Lanfeng launched an attack on the devils in the east.

On the same day, a wing of the 10th Division crossed Weishan Lake and conquered Peixian.

In the evening, Bai Chongxi sent a telegram to Li Zongren in support of the fight against the vanguard army, which finally made Li Zongren make up his mind and prepare to fight.

At six o'clock in the morning of the 10th, the armored units of more than a hundred BT-7 tanks of the Vanguard Army set off. They directly bypassed Zoucheng County, where only the 108th Wing of the 105th Division remained, and went straight to Zaozhuang, where the devils focused on gathering.

In front of them was the first wave of 30 HS-123 and 6 Stuka-D mine-strike aircraft, as well as 12 BF-109B escorts. After several battles, Meng Xiang found that the HS-123 was the most cost-effective for a unit like himself with more infantry and fewer anti-aircraft weapons. As a result, the size of the HS-123 fighter aircraft was expanded.

This time, the thunderbolt of the republic did not dispatch, but waited in the Yanzhou base airfield and Jinan base airfield to wait for the news of the radar station.

The radar station in the Yanzhou area has been set up all the way to the west bank of Dongping Lake, where the remnants of the devils have been eliminated, and the devil planes from the north and west can be detected at any time. The radar station at the Laiwu base on the Mengshan Mountains can also monitor enemy aircraft from the sea on the eastern side. Only the enemy planes on the south side attacked, and there was no way to deal with it, so they had to use escort troops.

The devils of Zou Cheng watched the dusty armored troops drive past not far from the county seat, but they did not dare to stop them, because at this time, more than 20 105 howitzers were pulled by trucks and stopped outside the county seat, and the muzzles of the guns were constantly adjusted and rushed towards Zou Cheng. Another 30 105 howitzers and 50 light 75 guns were pulled and drove south with the infantry trucks behind the armored units.

"Pay attention to the places where there are many dwellings, and set aside the west side. Let the devil come out and fight again. Hu Minghe instructed. There are still many residents in the city, but the war is ruthless, and at this time there is no need to care about this, so we can only wait for the loss to be made up afterwards.

After the devil took the initiative to evacuate Qufu, he hyped that he could not bear the destruction of Confucius's former residence. is such a remark, and it actually won the praise of some old and young, which made Meng Xiang very angry. If the devils don't occupy our land, we will fight them? How could the Confucian Mansion encounter war? It's really a mess of putting the cart before the horse.

This time, Meng Xiang didn't plan to give the devil a chance, and directly sent someone in advance to contact and protect the descendants of Mencius's former residence in the southeast outside the city.

As for the intelligence in Zou City, it had already been discovered, and when the reconnaissance plane sent a signal, more than 20 heavy artillery pieces roared together, directly destroying a large section of the city wall on the east side. More than 100 80-mm mortars cleared two or three sides of the various firing points in the north of the city.

Zhang Lingfu's 246th regiment, which was waiting, rushed forward and rushed to the center of the county under the cover of artillery fire.

The 105th Wing was suppressed by artillery fire and retreated, and Wing Commander Sutaka Kudo was also at a loss.

The mortar guns were knocked out one by one at the firing points in the city, and as soon as the machine guns and grenadiers appeared, several large and small mortar shells flew in.

A large number of recruits developed their skills with piles of mortar shells. Cheap mortars combined with machine guns have become the main force of fire at the company and platoon level.

The wing's small six 70 guns had not played much of a role before they were knocked out by the artillery of the vanguard army. Even those anti-tank guns, without encountering armored vehicles and tanks, were knocked out by mortars.

The hand-to-hand soldiers of several streets in a row were also defeated and retreated, and the bullets of the submachine guns of the vanguard army were like no money, directly blocking the footsteps of the devils. Now when the vanguard army charges, it is all in waves, and the 70-round drum submachine guns in front are about the same, and the ones in the back are following again, and it has been uninterrupted. The 50 mortar shells in the back also swept a barrage in front as if they didn't need money. The grenades followed him and threw them around the corner, making it impossible for the devils to dodge.

Under such an attack, the 105th Wing soon suffered more than half of the casualties, Kudo Sutaka sighed, still did not give the order to retreat, to retreat to Jining, a Si River blocked their footsteps to escape across the river, and they were afraid that if they could not cross the Si River, they would be wiped out by the pursuing vanguard army.

"Burn the flag!" He already had the thought of dying in battle, "Everyone, for the glory of the empire, dedicate your loyalty!" Aunt Amaterasu is watching over you from heaven! The devil's eyes were red at the risk of this order to fight to the death, and he fought more fiercely at the expense of his body.

But the gap in weapons is too large, and it only brings a cry before death.

"The little devil fights fiercely!" Zhang Lingfu wrapped a piece of gauze oozing blood on his shoulder, and sat on a doorstone with Suomi on his hand, waiting for the hygienist to bandage another wound on his arm.

"What's the matter with his fierceness, it's not like we've all beaten him down!" Cai Renjie, the commander of the first battalion, put down Suomi with a smile and wiped the sweat on his neck.

"It's not over yet! I just killed that wing captain, and there are still a lot of remnants of the enemy that need to be cleaned up. When cleaning up, pay attention to the counterattack of the little devil at any time, and shoot directly with a pistol, don't live it! Zhang Lingfu has begun to get used to the extravagant tactics of the vanguard army. This time, Suomi and the machine gun made Hu Minghe feel distressed.

"It's okay, it's not a waste to kill the devil!" When Meng Xiang heard this, he just smiled and chuckled, "I just don't know what happened to Lao Li?" ”

At the same time, Li Zongren received an urgent order of 100,000 dictated to him by Lao Jiang:

The Military Commission ordered your troops to avoid the decisive battle, evacuate Xuzhou, and break through the siege quickly.