Anti-Japanese Invincible God of War

Zhang Zhisong really couldn't believe that everything he saw was real!

When did the troops of the Republic of China have such a good configuration of weapons and equipment?

However, when the 105mm caliber cannon passed in front of him, the wheels of the cannon sank deeply into the mud, leaving two deep wheel marks after passing by, all of which showed that everything he saw was true. it is true!

An independent mixed brigade, not only the rifles used by the soldiers are all German-made Mauser 98k, each squad also has charitable grenades and light machine guns, and even in regiment-level combat units, there are also infantry fire support Type [-] infantry artillery.

Plus dozens of cannons... This kind of configuration is simply against the sky, okay?

You know, even a division cannot come up with such equipment!

As far as he knew, even in the Central Army of Generalissimo Jiang, among those German weapon divisions, each division only had two, three or four cannons, which was slightly inferior compared to the independent brigade!

Until now, Zhang Zhisong finally knew why Chief Chen wanted to drag the troops out of the city. They really had the confidence to do so!

With such equipment, even if he is an independent brigade, he will not be defeated even if he is tough with the Japanese army!

Zhang Zhisong was completely convinced!Convinced!

Main Text Chapter 77 The Battle of Xuzhou Breaks Out!

When the Independent Brigade entered Dingyuan, the commander of the 135th Division also came to talk to Chen Qingzhi after hearing about it.

The commander of the 135th Division is named Su Zuxin, and he is a capable general under Liu Shiyi.

When Su Zuxin heard of Chen Qingzhi's arrival, she was also full of joy. That night, she entertained Chen Qingzhi in Dingyuan as a way to clean up the dust. Because of the war, the reception was simple and simple, but Chen Qingzhi didn't mind, and exchanged pleasantries with Su Zuxin. .

On the second day, the two discussed the defense of Dingyuan. At the beginning, Su Zuxin didn't quite agree with Chen Qingzhi pulling the troops outside the city to build a defensive front, but after Chen Qingzhi pulled the troops out, Su Zuxin was dumbfounded. I am speechless.

The specific defense plan was formulated now!

Su Zuxin's 135th Division was stationed in Dingyuan City, while Chen Qingzhi's Independent Brigade was pulled outside the city south, with the city wall as the core direction, moving outward one mile to build a defensive position under the city.

The Independent Brigade is on defense just outside the city!

In fact, at the beginning, Fang Xiaodong also raised the significance of this battle plan, thinking that although the independent brigade was well equipped, the troops were all recruits after all, and if they were pulled out suddenly, the initial casualties might be a bit heavy.

However, regarding this concern, Chen Qingzhi shook his head and refused.

Although doing so may indeed cause relatively large losses to the troops, Chen Qingzhi also has his own plans!

By pulling the troops out of the city, his independent brigade will have great maneuverability, without being confined to Dingyuan County!

If there is any chance or opportunity, Chen Qingzhi can immediately draw out troops to reinforce or attack the enemy.

And if they are confined to Dingyuan, they can only passively defend Dingyuan, and the entire independent brigade will be firmly restrained in the city, without fear.

If they fight to the back, it is easy to reach a stalemate, a war of attrition, or even if they are attacked desperately by the Japanese army, once the superiors let them stick to Dingyuan, this Dingyuan will become the burial place of the independent brigade!

This is definitely not what Chen Qingzhi wants to see!

And pulling the troops out of the city, although it seems that once the Japanese army attacks, they will lose a lot, but in the long run, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages!

After all, mobile warfare and guerrilla warfare are much better than positional warfare!

Taking these considerations into consideration, Chen Qingzhi made such a decision after careful consideration!

After telling Fang Xiaodong and others about these thoughts, Fang Xiaodong and others also had no opinion and nodded in agreement.

In this way, the Independent Brigade began to build defensive positions outside the city, and Su Zuxin also sent people from the 135th Division to help the Independent Brigade build them together.

In view of the firepower of the independent brigade, Chen Qingzhi carefully built a defensive position, and built large and small firepower points on the position to ensure sufficient firepower. Chen Qingzhi of the three regiments just put Fang Xiaodong's regiment on the defensive position in the south of the city , the other two regiments are temporarily on standby in Dingyuan City as a reserve team.

As for Zhu Xiaocheng's artillery regiment, it was divided into two by Chen Qingzhi, one part was built as a defensive position inside the city, and the other part was placed at the left rear of a regiment outside the city as artillery support for the regiment.

And sent a battalion of troops to guard the artillery positions of the artillery regiment outside the city.

The cannons placed outside the city are basically 61mm caliber mortars and 80mm caliber mortars. They are light in weight and can respond quickly to any unexpected events.

Under such an arrangement, soon, the entire independent brigade had already made pre-war planning!

And Dingyuan has become unbreakable and impenetrable under the protection of the 135th Division and the Independent Brigade.

At least, this is what the soldiers of the 135th Division and the Independent Brigade think!

Just really that unbreakable?

Chen Qingzhi has no idea, and Su Zuxin has no idea!

They are all people who have fought countless battles with the Japanese army, and they have a deep understanding of the Japanese army's combat effectiveness.

According to past combat experience, before the war, the defense line they thought was impenetrable would often melt like ice and snow when encountering the Japanese army, and would collapse soon.

This time, no one knows whether they can hold on to the Japanese attack!

Just when everyone was waiting for the battle, as time went by, the time has come to February 1938, that is, February 2 of the Republic of China!

In order to open up the Jinpu line and connect the north and south battlefields, the Japanese base camp successively mobilized eight divisions plus three brigades and two detachments, with about 24 people, and brazenly launched an attack!

Commander Hata Shunroku of the Japanese Central China Dispatch Army and Terauchi Shouichi, commander of the North China Front Army, commanded the army and carried out a north-south counterattack.

To the north of Xuzhou, the Second Army of the Japanese Army was divided into two groups, and the Fifth Division of the East Road went south from Weixian to Linyi.

Another route, the Eighth Division, went all the way south via Weixian, intending to go straight to Linyi via Yishui and Juxian.The 40th Division of the Third Corps of our garrison was ordered to station in the north of Yishui to stop the Japanese troops going south.

On the other hand, the First Division of the Japanese Army went south from Weixian, bypassed the defense line of the 40th Division of the Third Army, and went straight to Mengyin.

On the battlefield south of Xuzhou, the Japanese army was also divided into two groups. The third and ninth divisions of the Japanese army wanted to attack through Tianshui, but they were defended by a part of our 89th Army in the south of Tianchang. A defensive front was built on the north side of Jiangdu to block the way forward for the Japanese army.

As a last resort, the 13rd and [-]th Divisions of the Japanese Army had to make a detour and rush to Chuxian, and the [-]th Division of the Japanese Army also went straight to Chuxian via Nanjing.

The garrison of Chu County, the Seventh Army was ordered to resist the Japanese army, and a bloody battle broke out!

However, Chu County was not a place to defend to death. After the defenders resisted for a while, they began to retreat towards the Chihe area.

Naturally, the Japanese army pressed forward step by step, attacking Chihe, and gathered heavy troops, trying to cross Chihe by force.

In view of this attitude of the Japanese army, Li Zongren, the commander of the fifth war zone, feared that the southern front would be lost, and urgently dispatched the main force of the 31st Army to reinforce the southern front from Dangshan.

The Battle of Xuzhou officially broke out!

The Battle of Xuzhou, strictly speaking, was the first truly large-scale battle in the Anti-Japanese War of the Republic of China!

The Battle of Songhu was a disastrous defeat, and the defenders' will to resist was not very strong. It was not so much a battle as a defeat!

In the battle of Songhu, the Central Army's tens of thousands of troops were chased and beaten by the Japanese army!It's a shame to throw it at grandma's house!

Strictly speaking, the Battle of Nanjing was not a battle, because during the Battle of Nanjing, the high-level leaders in Nanjing at that time did not make a good determination to fight the Japanese army to the death!