Take Taobao to fight against Japan

"Mr. Yang, I am a reporter from Shandong Guangming Daily. Now that the Japanese army is powerful, is our Huben army really sure to hold the Gaomi, Jiaoxian, and Zhucheng defense zones?"

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"Please rest assured, the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Huben Army has the confidence and ability to protect the country and the people! Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. I and all the officers and soldiers of the Huben Army swear to fight the Japanese invaders to the end, even if the last soldier dies!"

Yang Fan answered the reporters' most urgent questions with force and force, expressing his firm belief and determination to fight the war to the end!

Yang Fan's prestige was already at the peak of his power, and his powerful words at this time were full of power, like reassurance pills, instantly calming everyone present!

After working until five o'clock in the afternoon, Yang Fan ended the press conference with a wave of his hand.

After the meeting, the army, the government, and newspapers and media all began to act quickly, using leaflets, radio stations, newspapers, closed-circuit television, and other means to mobilize the masses within the defense zone!

Soon, all the troops entered a state of first-level combat readiness, and the areas under the jurisdiction of Gaomi, Anqiu, Zhucheng, and Jiaoxian began to clear the walls and clear the fields, and all the people in those remote villages moved into the counties and towns for resettlement!

As the Japanese army was about to launch a war to occupy Qingdao, Chiang Kai-shek appointed Shen Honglie as the commander-in-chief of the Qingdao army and navy, and implemented the plan of non-resistance "scorched earth war of resistance".

On December 12, Shen Honglie ordered to blow up nine Japanese spinning mills invested and operated in Qingdao, and also destroyed facilities such as power plants, breweries, waterworks, and port docks.

On December 12, Shen also ordered seven warships, including the "Zhenhai" moored in Qingdao Port, and five small steamers, including the "Feijing" of the Port Authority, to be loaded with sand and stones and sunk on the channel from Dagang to Xiaogang.

On December 12, Japan announced a blockade of traffic off the coast of Qingdao. On the 26th, Shen Honglie led nearly 27 troops, party and government agencies, and their families to retreat to the southwest of Shandong.

At 1938 a.m. on January 1, 10, under the cover of aircraft, the Second Fleet of the Japanese Navy and some marines landed from Shandongtou, Zhanshan Village and Huiquanwan respectively.

On January 1, the first echelon of the Kunisaki Detachment of the Second Army of the Japanese North China Front and the Fourth Fleet of the Navy successively invaded and occupied Qingdao. Qingdao fell again and became a colony of Japanese imperialism for the second time.

On January 1938, 1, Japanese Prime Minister Fummaro Konoe issued a statement to lure Chiang Kai-shek to surrender and attempt to destroy China, claiming that Japan would "not regard the Nationalist Government as its opponent" and instead establish a "new government that will cooperate with Japan."

Japan has been clamoring to "destroy China in three months". In order to achieve the aggression plan to quickly destroy China, it is necessary to connect the two battlefields of North China and Central China as soon as possible!

Therefore, the Japanese army decided to use Jinan and Nanjing as bases, attack along the Jinpu Railway from the north and the south, and finally join forces in Xuzhou to open up the Jinpu Road, so that the Japanese army in North China and the Japanese army in East China can join forces in Wuhan!

For this reason, the Japanese base camp successively concentrated eight divisions and five brigades with about 24 troops, intending to annihilate the main force of the Chinese army in the Xuzhou area!

At the same time, the National Army Command and the Fifth Theater Chief Command have long been aware of Xuzhou's important strategic position, and have mobilized about 1937 troops for defense since October 10!

Xuzhou is located in the northwest of Jiangsu Province, between the Yellow River and the Huaihe River. According to the hub of the four provinces of Shandong, Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu, it is the hub of the Jinpu and Longhai railways.

Around Xuzhou, there are overlapping mountains and rivers and rivers. It has always been a battleground for military strategists in the history of Chinese military affairs.

The focus of the battle between China and Japan naturally focused on the Xuzhou area, and the famous Xuzhou battle in the history of the Anti-Japanese War is about to begin!

This battle will be a large-scale and large-scale battle. The Chinese army will launch fierce offensive and defensive and counter-offensive and defensive battles with the Japanese army on the vast land between the Yellow River and the Huaihe River. ?

Similarly, Yang Fan, who had already registered with the Japanese army, attracted a lot of hatred this time, and became the first to be the key "care" target of the Japanese army!

The 10th Division and the 5th Division of the Japanese North China Front Army successively occupied Weixian, Changyi, Pingdu, and Jimo counties, forming an impenetrable semi-encirclement of Yang Fan's jurisdiction!

In addition, the Japanese Second Fleet moored off the coast of Qingdao had carried out multiple high-intensity bombings on the coastal defense line and Gaomi, Zhucheng, Jiaoxian, and Anqiu as early as a week ago.

However, these menacing bombers first had nowhere to hide in front of the all-weather air defense radar, and were discovered early on in an attempt to

Then, these bombers were bombed down one after another under the powerful anti-aircraft artillery fire that was waiting in battle, and no less than 60 bombers were shot down one after another!

After suffering four times in a row, the Devils Aviation Corps suddenly became much more honest, and they dared not come here to bomb randomly!

On the other hand, the loss of personnel and property on Yang Fan's side was much smaller. Every time the Devils took off, the air defense alarms within the defense area of ​​the Huaxia Huben Army sounded early.

After several air strikes, some insignificant houses and buildings were blown up at most, and more than 30 civilians unfortunately died in the Japanese air strikes!

Under the ebb and flow, the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the jurisdiction has been greatly boosted. Not only are they no longer afraid of the devil's planes to cause trouble, but they hope that they will come and send more heads!

Pingdu County, the meeting room of the Second Japanese Army Headquarters.

"Your Excellency, Commander, we have now assembled two entire Imperial Class A divisions. Should we issue a general attack order to wipe out that damn Huaxia commander and his so-called Huben Army?"

Lieutenant General Seishiro Sakagaki of the 5th Division was full of arrogance. He didn't feel anxious and dignified because he met a real opponent, but he was eager to try and was a little excited.

The 5th Division was one of Japan's 17 standing divisions before the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War. At the end of 1937, the 30th Division defeated more than [-] Chinese divisions with half a division's strength, setting a new record for the Itagaki Division. The "hehewei name".

Lieutenant General Hisao Nishio, the commander of the 2nd Army, glanced at Rensuke Isoya, who was silent, and then asked in a deep voice: "Mr. Isoya, you have fought against this Chinese army in Texas, please tell me about you." the opinion of?"

Chapter 253

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Isotani Rensuke's old face blushed a little. This is really a pot that can't be opened. Last time, he was also ambitious to wipe out the independent brigade led by Yang Fan in one fell swoop, cut off the serious troubles in his heart and make great achievements.

However, Rensuke Isotani tried his best to mobilize an integrated Type A division and an independent mixed brigade with a total strength of more than [-] troops, and set up a well-arranged pocket formation!

When Yang Fan plunged in, Isoya Rensuke thought that the Independent Brigade was already a turtle in the urn, even if Yang Fan grew wings, he would not be able to escape to heaven.

Isotani Rensuke tried his best, not only encircled and suppressed more than 2 soldiers, but also used heavy artillery brigades, aircraft, tanks, gas bombs and other means!

But in the end, the independent brigade not only suffered serious casualties in the 10th division, but also the 1st independent mixed brigade was wiped out by the formation system. The total number of deaths reached a terrifying [-] people!

Although there were more than 9170 people killed in the battle in Huaxia, and more than 2500 people were slightly or seriously injured, but the number of deaths in the independent brigade was only more than [-], which was far from reaching the point of being injured!

This time, the encirclement and annihilation war, which was carried out intentionally and unintentionally, not only did not bring glory and merit to Isoya Rensuke, but instead became the stain and nightmare of his life. A few days ago, he was almost dismissed from the position of the head of the Tenth Division. Return to Japan for accountability trial.

After several months of repairs, the [-]th Division has completely recovered its vitality, but Rensuke Isotani has an inexplicable fear of Yang Fan's troops, and he really doesn't want to meet such a monstrous opponent again!

Seeing that Rensuke Isotani remained silent for a long time, Hiso Nishio couldn't help asking again: "Isotani-kun, what's wrong with you?"

Isotani Rensuke quickly stabilized his mind, and then said with a look of embarrassment: "Your Excellency Commander, according to my experience in fighting with Yang Fan's troops, this is an extremely difficult opponent who is very good at defensive counterattacks!

According to intelligence, the troops under Yang Fan's jurisdiction have at least 6 soldiers, equipped with extremely sophisticated weapons and artillery, and built a large number of permanent fortifications in the four counties of Jiaoxian, Gaomi, Zhucheng, and Anqiu!

So I suggest that we must be extremely cautious, adopt a steady and steady approach to gradually advance, compress the strategic activity space of Yang Fan's department, accumulate small victories into big victories, and finally make a final decision! "

"Isotani-kun, you have been bitten by a snake for ten years and are afraid of well ropes, why are you getting less and less courageous?"

Hearing this, Lieutenant General Seishiro Sakagaki of the 5th Division snorted dissatisfiedly, and then continued: "We have gathered two reorganized divisions this time, as well as the Heavy Artillery Brigade, the Chariot Wing and Second Fleet fire support, do you still need to be so timid?"

Seishiro Sakagaki answered a few words in displeasure, then turned to look at Hisao Nishio and said:

"Your Excellency, Commander, I think that as long as we launch a general offensive with the momentum of thunder, the Chinese troops entrenched in Jiaoxian, Gaomi, Zhucheng, and Anqiu will surely be exposed!

As long as a gap is opened, the invincible Japanese imperial army will definitely be able to completely cut off this confidant in a short period of time! "

But Rensuke Isotani shook his head again and again and said: "Sakagaki-kun, Your Excellency Commander, it's not that I've become less courageous, but that I'm not too careful! Have we suffered less from Yang Fan's hands?

This cunning Huaxia commander is definitely an outlier and must not be deduced by common sense!Commander, please be careful! "

"What Isotani-kun said is absolutely true!"

At this time, Major General Suzuki, Chief of Staff of the 2nd Army, nodded and agreed:

"A few days ago, in order to cooperate with our offensive, the aviation group of the 2nd Fleet conducted air raids for 5 consecutive days, but they encountered a hard nail. Not only did they fail to achieve the bombing effect, but were shot down more than 60 bombers!

It can be seen from this that this Huaxia army is really extraordinary, we need to be more careful to win steadily! "

"Yo Xi! Huaxia has a good saying, be careful sailing for thousands of years! This time the base camp has specially given tactical guidance, we really can't make any low-level mistakes again!"

Hisao Nishio nodded and took the board. At the beginning, he also found it incredible after receiving the battle plan of the base camp: he actually asked two Class A divisions to jointly encircle and suppress Yang Fan's troops, even though Yang Fan's name is already very famous!

But after a careful understanding, Nishio Hisao discovered that this Chinese commander was not an ordinary evildoer. The army he led could be called an imperial meat grinder. Casualties!

Especially now that the fight has not yet started, Hisao Nishio has already smelled an extremely unusual and dangerous aura!

After some specific discussions, Hisao Nishio and other old devils finally reached a consensus, and decided to focus on attacking from four directions, advancing steadily and step by step.

1938年1月18日清晨，日军第10师团和第5师团兵分四路对安丘县、高密县、胶县发起了攻击！

In addition, there is another brigade detoured towards Ju County, intending to attack Zhucheng County from the rear!

当前华夏虎贲军有4个满编1.5万人的步兵旅，一个1万人的特战旅，另有3000人的炮兵团、2000人的辎重团、2000人的工兵团、1000人的宪兵大队、200人的飞行大队和不设人数上限的预备役团，总兵力高达8万余人！

After a long period of planning and intensive construction, Yang Fan has already built a large number of fortifications in the defense area, including bunkers, bunkers, air defense and artillery holes, barbed wire, trenches, forts, etc., and two months ago, four infantry brigades Respectively stationed in their respective zones for arming!

For example, the first brigade of Miao Dadong was stationed in Gaomi, the second brigade of Yang Chengliang was stationed in Anqiu, the third brigade of Ren Yixiong was stationed in Jiaoxian County, and the fourth brigade of Wu Kexiang was stationed in Zhucheng County!

Chen Ergou's special warfare brigade and reserve regiment serve as a mobile force stationed at high density and can respond and support various defense areas at any time.

Gaomi, Zhucheng County, Jiao County, and Anqiu County are all connected by high-standard cement roads, and the logistics department with high mechanical transportation capabilities can deploy reserve troops to any battlefield that needs support within an hour.

This time, Miao Dadong finally got his wish and was able to fight the devils with real swords and guns. He set up the headquarters of the first brigade in Gaomi Railway Station!

The main position of the first brigade is to build a 10-kilometer-long main defense line with the Jiaoji railway line as the main axis, and build four large defensive positions in Wangjiazhuang Village, Majiazhuang Village, Haojialouzi Village and Guogang Village along the line.

It was just dawn this morning. After the bombardment by the 5th Regiment of the 9th Brigade of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army, under the cover of dozens of light tanks, they launched an attack on the two positions of Wangjiazhuang Village and Majiazhuang Village.

The needle tip meets the wheat awn, and the fierce offensive and defensive battle has entered into a fierce battle from the very beginning!

There are [-] to [-] elite soldiers under his command, and he is conducting a defensive battle in a well-built defense zone. Naturally, Yang Fan doesn't need to be in a hurry to take command in person!

Nearly 5 elite old devil soldiers pressed the border, pretending to eat him alive, it is impossible to say that he is not nervous at all!

So just after dawn in the morning, Yang Fan came to the division headquarters to sit in the center and take command!

Chapter 254

Zhou Hao stood on the top floor of the division headquarters, looking into the distance with a binoculars. Unfortunately, the distance was too far, and he could only vaguely see some rising gunpowder smoke. He couldn't help but enviously asked for instructions:

"Master, you can't favor one over the other! When it's our armored tank regiment's turn to practice, the brothers have already been suffocated!"

Yang Fan waved his hands and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the fun has just begun. When the little devils lose interest in fighting, let's go out and have fun with them!"

Chen Ergou, who was standing beside him, said with a chuckle: "Master, raising soldiers for a thousand days and using them for a short time, our brothers in the special warfare brigade are also eager to see through!

These little devils dare to attack our defense line. Isn't this the longevity man who hanged himself and thinks his life will be long!

If the opportunity is ripe, Master, please don't forget our brothers from the Special Warfare Brigade, we have to drink soup no matter what others eat meat! "

Although the two most elite Type-A divisions of the Japanese army joined forces to attack, the arrogance was overwhelming, but the friends around Yang Fan did not have any fear or uneasiness. The troops have been robbed of their heads!

At present, the Chinese army, probably only the Chinese Huben Army led by Yang Fan, can be so vigorous!

Yang Fan smiled and said: "Don't worry, there will be bread and milk! Now the devils are in full swing, we don't need to fight them in the field, we can use their arrogance and eagerness to slowly consume the devils' vitality, Accumulate small victories into big victories!"

In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, Japan had great potential for war. Even if one hundred and eighty thousand troops were wiped out, 10 elite divisions could be recruited in the country very quickly.

On the contrary, it was Yang Fan's subordinates who managed to pull up a tiger and cardinal army with great difficulty. If they consume too much in a short period of time, it will hurt their muscles and bones, and it will be difficult to recover their vitality quickly!

After receiving a call for help from Highland No. 5, Xie Kangquan picked up the walkie-talkie and gave an order:

"Li Guan, you immediately lead a company of brothers to support the No. 5 highland! Remember, you must nail the position firmly, and you must not let a devil in!"

Immediately, sonorous and forceful words came from the other end of the walkie-talkie: "Please rest assured, everyone is on the battlefield, and everyone dies on the battlefield!"

Immediately afterwards, Li Guan, who had been waiting for a long time, led the company of the headquarters to rush towards the No. 3 highland 5 kilometers away.

Highland No. 5 is a small hillside at the entrance of Wangjiazhuang Village, on which a large reinforced concrete bunker and a reinforced concrete fortification line were built.

Not only are 10 heavy machine guns, 5 anti-aircraft machine guns, 5 70mm anti-aircraft guns, and 3 105mm howitzers installed on the high ground, they are full of heavy firepower!

There was originally a reinforced company guarding the No. 5 highland, but after a morning of fierce fighting, 83 people were killed, and only 70 people were left to fight, and more than 30 people were carried off the line of fire due to serious injuries!

However, the sacrifice of these 83 people repelled more than 10 Japanese attacks successively, killing more than 160 Japanese soldiers and destroying 6 Japanese light tanks, making a small slope into a forbidden area of ​​death that the Japanese army could not cross!

Like the No. 4 Highland, there are four other positions in Wangjiazhuang Village. They are all permanent fortifications built according to the terrain. They not only have super strong defense and heavy firepower, but also have abundant supplies. Months are stress-free!

Except for these five outlying positions, Wangjiazhuang Village has built a large number of fortifications and bunkers even more terrifyingly, with powerful heavy firepower and anti-aircraft firepower, and the commanding heights of the village are connected by tunnels!

Since he and Yang Fan and others were born and died, Xie Kangquan naturally received intensive care after he arrived in Gaomi County. Not only did he receive comprehensive promotion training, he has also become a team leader now!

Wangjiazhuang Village, where Xie Kangquan was stationed, became the focus of the Japanese Army's Kunizaki Detachment's attack direction, and it has been fighting since dawn until 11:30 noon!

The Japanese army successively used tanks, aircraft, and cannons to carry out firepower bombing, but in front of the carefully constructed fortifications, the tried and tested firepower of the Japanese army did not play much role. On the contrary, Xie Kang completely destroyed 6 tanks and several artillery pieces!

"Baga! This is a military fortress armed to the teeth! The artillery and heavy firepower of the Chinese army on the opposite side is not inferior to ours!

Such a forceful attack will not work at all, the casualties are too great!Immediately send a telegram to your brigade commander to report the battle situation! "

The captain of the 11th Regiment, Mr. Yeyou, stood on a slope. From the telescope, he could clearly see 5 large reinforced concrete bunkers and fortification lines. He could even see the black gun barrel spouting flames from time to time!

According to the combat opportunities formulated by the Second Army Command, all offensive troops need to advance steadily and gradually. Nagano Yuichi once suffered a big loss in Yang Fan's hands, so naturally he dared not make rash advances!

Nagano Yuichi adopted the Japanese army's customary three-axe offensive tactic, first bombarded with heavy firepower, then pulled out tanks and infantry to fight together, and then knocked out the opponent's heavy firepower with mortars and grenades before the infantry charged!

However, these tried-and-tested tactics became useless in front of the reinforced concrete fortifications with heavy fire defenses armed to the teeth!

If the attackers were not all well-trained old devils, fearless and accurate marksmanship, otherwise there would not be many casualties at all in these well-built defensive bunker fortification lines!

But the actual situation is that after a whole morning of bloody battle, Xie Kangquan's First Brigade and Fourth Regiment alone killed 145 soldiers and killed more than 340 Japanese soldiers!

Majiazhuang, Jiao County, Anqiu County and many other positions have almost the same battle loss ratio between the enemy and the enemy. The Japanese attack was very sharp, but they did not rashly launch a general offensive across the board. They were in the tentative attack stage all morning!

The fighting did not stop until 1500 pm. On the first day of the attack, the Japanese army did not make any progress, but paid more than [-] lives!

As for the defender, the Huaxia Huben Army, 457 people were killed, 241 were seriously injured, and more than 600 were slightly injured!

"This wave is not a loss! It seems that the hard work has not been in vain, and the brothers of the Huben Army have all stood the test!"