Suspend the counterattack on the vanguard army and concentrate all forces to deal with Xuzhou first! The base camp had already given instructions to unite North China and Central China together to fight a decisive battle against the Central Army of China in the Lianghuai area. The international situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for us, and we must quickly resolve the entangled situation at this time. Terauchi Shouichi emphasized again, "As for the vanguard army, the base camp has already paid attention to it, but this is not the time, after solving the central army, we will open a knife on the vanguard army." Now it's time to tighten the blockade and trap them completely. ”

"They got a lot of our food this time! I'm afraid that the food crisis has been alleviated. Seiji Kazuki asked, and looked at the somewhat decadent Nishio Shouzo.

"A lot of things can happen before the summer grain is put into storage! When the time comes, theirs will be ours. ”

"That old devil in the temple doesn't plan to transfer these soldiers back? Why did you get all the way to the south? Meng Xiang also had a headache.

"After fighting Xuzhou, they will directly hit Zhengzhou along the Longhai line, and then hit Wuhan!" Fan Chong pointed to the giant Huaxia map on the wall.

"Then he's not afraid that we'll cut off his back road?" Meng Xiang also knows these lines in history, but at this time, there is an additional vanguard army, and the variables are great.

"As long as the soldiers pass, they are not afraid of being cut off. What they are grabbing now is time, and the supplies they carry with them can guarantee 5 days, as long as they capture Xuzhou quickly! The passage between Lianyungang and Xuzhou has been opened, and supplies can be supplied from the Longhai line in the future. According to information from Lianyungang, the army and navy may have reached an agreement on this. Fan Chong pointed to the map with a whip and explained, "Then they can cooperate with the First Army, which is also going south, to attack Kaifeng, Zhengzhou and other places in Henan." As for North China, it is most likely to be drawn from the local area. The weather is getting warmer, and if he is still entangled with the Central Army, the attitude of Soviet Russia will be easy to change. They didn't dare to transfer too many people in the Kwantung region, but according to intelligence, the recruits trained by the army on the mainland were already preparing to go. Because of the shortage of troops in North China, priority may be given to arrangement. ”

"Troop carriers?" Meng Xiang suddenly laughed. The last time he sank a troop carrier, the feeling of killing so many devils was like eating a hearty meal, which made him feel refreshed, and he never forgot it.

"My navy attaches great importance to submarines that are in contact with us, and there is already news that a large fleet may be mobilized to Shandong in the near future. Submarines should not strike more frequently. ”

"What a pity! The Jiaodong Peninsula must be abandoned, and the Devil Navy needs to have a goal to compete with the army for resources, and we can't send it to the door stupidly. Meng Xiang looked at the map and nodded near Jinan, "Since I am taking risks, we have to refuel them!" Jinan is so empty, let's occupy it! In addition, Tai'an we also occupy it, and put on such a good posture, it's a pity not to abuse it. ”

Since the devil took the risk this time, he gambled on the nearby troops and quickly surrounded Xuzhou. Both Jinan and Tai'an had only one wing left, which was almost undefended relative to the vanguard army.

"Yes, after the recovery of Qingdao Yantai, the people of the whole country are excited. To withdraw from Jiaodong, there must be a goal to replace it, so as not to disappoint the people too much. Pharmacist Tang interjected beside him, "If you hit the west, you won't be able to take care of the devil in the east, and there will still be time to evacuate in two more days." ”

Compared with the ease of the vanguard army, Taierzhuang is already in danger at this time. Unlike history, there are more devils around this time. The original plan to annihilate the Laigu detachment here, but because of the intervention of the vanguard army, the devil adjusted the plan and took it together with several large armies.

"It's no problem to annihilate the Lai Gu before the sudden attack, but I'm afraid that after annihilating it, our enemy annihilation army will be surrounded by several divisions and regiments that came over after Yu Kou." Huang Xuchu said.

"This time, it's said that Kou is fierce! There were 6 divisions in the north alone, and 4 divisions in the south. Li Zongren sighed, at this time, Lao Jiang's descendants were also slowly mixed in, but the mobilization was more troublesome.

"The six divisions in the north were almost knocked out by the vanguard army, and another was dragged by the vanguard army. Not so strong! Huang Xuchu said with a smile, he also appreciated the performance of the vanguard army, no matter what the origin was behind them, but they were very hard at fighting devils. The battle to recover Qingdao is very happy.

"Vanguard!" Li Zongren's lips moved, and he spat out the name lightly, remembering what Bai Chongxi had said to him not long ago.

"If there is a crisis in Xuzhou, you can find the vanguard army! They'll help! After such a long chess game, it is time to perform in the Xuzhou War. They have at least the strength to deal with the three divisions of the Japanese Invaders, and at this time, they are waiting to reap the benefits of the fishermen. But the Central Army suffered too many losses, and they would also be more dangerous. Some of them are understanding. ”

"Assemble, assemble urgently!" Fu Yucheng shouted loudly.

He has been promoted to the commander of the regiment and is also well-known in the 18th Division, in the last time he rescued the people, in the sound of everyone's pistols, his broadsword team wearing bulletproof vests played bravery, brandished a broadsword and cut off the heads of more than 300 devils, which was recited in the vanguard for a while, and even Meng Xiang came to personally reward him.

Fu Yucheng was promoted to regimental commander, and a broadsword battalion was set up in the regiment, and everyone in the battalion carried a broadsword behind their backs.

Fu Yucheng was also proud for a long time, but he immediately found that in the vanguard army, there were not many opportunities to display this kind of personal bravery. Only machine guns and submachine guns still held back the bravery of individuals from 30 meters away. Fu Yucheng stayed alone in the field with a big knife for a whole day before he came back and retrained the team.

This time, including the broadsword battalion, so the personnel have strengthened their shooting training. Other tactical training is also twice as much as being trained. For this reason, he also planned to take out his military salary to distribute it to the soldiers, but was stopped by the deputy regiment commander Niu Bayi. The vanguard army does not engage in this set.

Fu Yucheng still didn't have much disgust with this Niu Bayi, who was very angry with him, and he knew that he was a little anxious when he heard it. Every soldier's salary was paid on time and was never in arrears. It was not enough to encourage him from money alone, he gritted his teeth, doubled his training quota for soldiers, and took the lead in training.

Although I was so tired that I almost lost my breath every time, the enthusiasm of the whole team for training came up all at once.

After a month of grinding, the whole team has changed a lot. According to Fu Yucheng's vision, even the same guns in this regiment can be compared with the elite teams in the Northwest Army at that time. The number of bullets used for live fire training every day alone is as large as in a month or even a year. No matter how elite this kind of army is fed with money, I am afraid that Fu Yucheng will be ashamed of the brand of Baoding Military Academy graduates and will jump into the river.

He is now looking forward to using the devil's head to experience the training results of his team on the battlefield every day, but he was a little annoyed that he had not been responsible for the 18th Division that was responsible for guarding Qingdao and Yantai before.

But only two days later, news came from the command that the 18th Division had made an operation and was urgently dispatched.

"Three regiments and four regiments to defend the Yellow River defense line. The 6th and 7th regiments attacked Jinan. The 5th and 8th regiments swept along the Jinpu railway and attacked in the direction of Tai'an. The 41st Division will attack from the east. Long Yi kept reading out the order, and when he heard that his seventh regiment was attacking Jinan, Fu Yucheng was overjoyed, and turned his head to look at Li Hong, the commander of the sixth regiment, who also trained hard and performed outstandingly. Li Hong was also overjoyed in his heart, and when he saw Fu Yucheng's gaze, he couldn't help but feel competitive. The two regiments conducted two military exercises, each of which won one and lost one in the confrontation, and there was a draw. This time, we will attack Jinan together, and it will depend on who wins the opportunity first.

"Train station!" Li Hong said in a low voice.

"Good!" Fu Yucheng said in a low voice.

Meng Xiang at the top also turned a blind eye to this, because the establishment of the vanguard army was much larger than the central government's requirements, and there were only two positions of brigade commander. Fu Yucheng and Li Hong are both outstanding, and attacking Jinan together this time can be regarded as a test.

On April 5, at 5 o'clock in the morning, as soon as the sky was brightened, the vanguard army began its onslaught on the Western Front.

"What if the Vanguard comes over?" One same question, but two answers.

"Give them a lesson, and then withdraw to the Yellow River! Defend the Yellow River Bridge. "The commander of the 16th Division, Nakajima Imakago, hesitated for a moment, and instructed the brigade commander of the 30th Brigade Corps garrisoning Jinan, Jiro Yuhara.

"During this period of time, collect the things near Tai'an, and once the vanguard army attacks, leave immediately, and evacuate to the area of Qufu and Jining. Don't hesitate! Ryosuke Isoya instructed Shiro Maeno to defend Tai'an, and Osa, who was transferred from the Light and Heavy Infantry Wing to the Captain of the Infantry Wing, remembered this sentence firmly.

Yuhara Jiro also clearly remembered Nakajima's words, especially the previous sentence, and taught them a lesson.

"Order the Yamada United to block the attack step by step and slowly evacuate!" When he heard the news that the vanguard was coming, he gave this order.

The commander of the 33rd Wing, Yamada Kizo Daisa, carried out his orders very well, and in recent times, he has been harassed by street battles from the vanguard army, and the loss of more than 300 people in the wing has made him hold back his anger, and this time it is just a lesson for them.

"Set up your line, wait for them to come, and give them a lesson!"

The continuous loud sound of "boom boom" echoed in Yamada Kizo's ears, as if there was only one sound left in heaven and earth. The simple fortifications of the soldiers on the forward line of defense obviously could not stop the artillery fire of the vanguard army. For a while, he was blown up to the head.

"Retreat, retreat to the fort behind!"

"You see, it's as simple as that. The little devil is a dead brain, and he has to run to the front to stop us. Kong Ci pinched his chin and smiled, "Let them withdraw!" The dead targets of their fortresses are just the right time for my men to practice their hands. The live-fire training in Pingyu is full of fake targets, and it is comparable to this energy. ”

"I can't let them retreat so easily, you see that they run so well, don't use machine guns to sweep it, I always feel a little regretful in my heart!" Li Hong also joked. The two knew each other before, when Li Hongguan was in the machine gun company, Kong Ci had gone to him for an internship.

Li Hong was not polite, and directly waved his hand and ordered: "Chase them and beat me hard!" ”

Without his orders, the machine guns over there were already firing.

Li Hong also has a lot of machine guns in the machine gun company managed by the Tax Police Corps, but they are nothing compared to the vanguard army.

When Li Hong came to the Sixth Regiment, he specially applied for a heavy fire machine gun, and Meng Xiang gave him the establishment of a machine gun battalion with a stroke of his pen. Inside, all the MG-34, the large-caliber M2 and the 40mm Bofors. The happy Li Hong has been hiding in the regiment and training the soldiers fiercely, but even if there are a lot of bullet casings in the daily live-fire training, it is better to actually fight devils.

Li Hong, who had been thinking about opening the meat, finally waited for this opportunity, and the soldiers below also sharpened their knives and waited for a fatal blow to the devil, at this time, after hearing Li Hong's order, they had already opened all the attacks, and all kinds of machine gun bullets were splashed on the devil's back at once.

"Stop fighting, the devils are gone." Chen Shiyou tugged at Luo Shanhan's belt.

"If you have more devils, you won't be happy! The machine gun is still red! Taking off his shirt, the shirtless Luo Shanhan released the trigger on the M2 and shouted loudly.

Li Hong also felt a little regretful in his heart, and agreed with Luo Shanhan's words. Such a few devils have a brigade of 1,000 people at most, which is not enough for the machine gun battalion to warm up.

And Yamada Kizo over there was about to cry, and only a few dozen people were left in a brigade to run back, and the others were all defeated. Why is the artillery fire of the vanguard army so powerful?

Before, the 16th Division was only in contact with the vanguard army in the street battle, and he had not experienced the baptism of artillery fire of the vanguard army.

"Targeted Attack!" Kong Ci said lightly. It's easy to deal with these devils, the key is that Jinan City is about to become the vanguard army itself in the next step. After the flowers and plants are damaged, they have to be repaired again, which is expensive and troublesome. That's why there was an order for a targeted attack.

"Practice your accuracy!" Kong Ci said to his subordinates, "Use a 105 mm cannon at most, and go to the side of the Yellow River above the 105 mm caliber to bombard!" There are a lot of devils there! ”

"What about us?" Luo Shanhan asked Li Hongdao.

"Let's talk about it when the artillery is finished!" Li Hong looked at the dense artillery fire and said helplessly.