Take Taobao to fight against Japan

The group army has jurisdiction over the 41st Army, 45th Army, and 47th Army. Each army has 2 combat divisions, each division has 2 combat brigades, and the regiment is under the brigade.

In the harsh winter of 1937, more than 22 people from the 4nd Army, wearing straw sandals and single clothes, rushed to the front line of the Shanxi Anti-Japanese War!

The Sichuan Army has the worst weapons and equipment among the local armies, and the 22nd Group Army has the worst weapons and equipment among the Sichuan Army.

The entire group army does not have a mountain artillery or field artillery. The largest caliber weapon is a mortar, and the number and shells are very limited.

Each combat division has only a few dozen light and heavy machine guns, and some companies don’t have a single machine gun, and many of the machine guns are imitated from Sichuan, and they are not easy to use.

当时每名川军的标配除了武器外就是：2套单衣、1副绑腿、1顶斗笠、1领二尺宽的草席、1床二斤重的被子、2双草鞋、1副碗筷，以及背着这些东西的竹背夹。

What the soldiers of the Sichuan Army didn't expect was that they didn't get any supplies in Shaanxi.Because the front line in Shanxi was tight, he was urgently transferred to the front line of Niangziguan.

Deng Xihou, commander of the 22nd Army, met Yan Xishan, commander of the Second Theater Command, and asked for some weapons, ammunition and supplies for the Sichuan Army.

As a result, Yan Xishan saw that the Sichuan Army did not look like an army capable of fighting, so he just gave the Sichuan Army 20 Jin-made machine guns as gifts and settled down!

Not only did they not supply the Sichuan Army with weapons, they did not even give them a military map. !

In the end, Yan Xishan went to Hu Lincong, a senior staff officer of the 41st Army of the Sichuan Army, to find Chu Xichun, who was the chief of staff of the Jinsui Army, and got 2 maps of Eastern Jin.

There was really no other way, Deng Xihou had no choice but to go to Xi'an to ask for it, but Jiang Dingwen said that the 22nd Army was under the command of the second war zone and should ask for food and ammunition from the World War II zone.

After arriving at the front line of Niangziguan, Yan Xishan's command was chaotic, so that the troops could not act in unison, and even the retreat order was not uniformly notified.

However, the radio stations of the 22nd Army of the Sichuan Army were only equipped at the division and brigade level, so they lacked control over the troops. The casualties in the battle with the 20th Division of the Japanese Army were as high as 3000.

Later, with the fall of Niangziguan, the Sichuan army and friendly troops were all defeated.After the Sichuan Army has collected its troops, the number of its main force, the 41st Army, has been halved.

On the way to the defeat, the Sichuan Army, which was short of food and ammunition, robbed an arsenal of the Jinsui Army, and provoked another scolding from Yan Xishan.

Yan Xishan, commander-in-chief of the Second War Zone, commented on the 22nd Army of the Sichuan Army as "insufficient in fighting against Japan and more than disturbing the people."

The Military Commission asked the opinion of the first war zone, and the answer it got was: Yan Xishan doesn't want it, and we don't want it either.

Chairman Jiang was also angry, saying: transfer them back, let them return to Sichuan to claim king and emperor!

At this time, the situation in the fifth war zone was critical. Li Zongren, the commander of the war zone, said: Zhuge Liang still recruited straw people to be suspicious soldiers. The Sichuan army is always several times stronger than grass people!

As a result, the 22nd Army left the Shanxi battlefield and came to the Xuzhou battlefield in the fifth theater!

At this time, Li Zongren was worried that his troops were weak, and the arrival of the Sichuan Army just solved the urgent need, so he decided to do some practical things for this army.

When Li Zongren met Deng Xihou and Sun Zhen in Xuzhou, he asked them what difficulties they had to solve.

The two commanders-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief said in unison: "The firearms are outdated, and there are too few bullets."

Li Zongren repeatedly asked the Military Commission to replenish firearms and ammunition for the Sichuan Army, suspend the withdrawal and merger of the Sichuan Army, and finally issued 41 new guns to the 45st Army and the 250th Army.

Later, Li Zongren allocated a large number of bullets and mortars from the inventory of the Fifth Theater to the two armies for supplement.

This made the generals of the Sichuan army who had been discriminated against since leaving Sichuan burst into tears of gratitude, and the soldiers were deeply encouraged.

Then, Li Zongren handed over the arduous task of defending Teng County to Deng Xihou's army.

On January 1938, 1, under the order of Li Zongren, the group army went to the north and south areas of Teng County to deploy defenses to prevent the Japanese army from going south!

Deng Xihou took the 45th Army as the frontline force, commanded by Chen Li, the commander of the 127th Division, and took Teng County as his base to occupy positions on the east and west sides of the boundary river and build fortifications, preparing to block the invading enemy.

With the 41st Army as the second-line force, one is responsible for the city defense of Teng County, and the other is responsible for entering the deep well in the northwest of Teng County.

The general reserve of the group army is the 122nd Division of Wang Mingzhang. This division has built a semi-permanent fortification on the side of the canal from Taierzhuang to Hanzhuang.

After the Lu Jiqing Brigade of the 45th Army entered Jiehe, north of Teng County, it took the initiative to attack many times and exchanged fire with the Japanese defenders in Zou County many times!

Chaolun Chaolun, head of the 745th Regiment, and Tan Shangxiu, head of the 756th Regiment, fought fiercely with the Japanese in Liangxiadian and Guoshan respectively, causing considerable casualties to the Japanese army.

Later, "Ta Kung Pao" made a special report, which made the two regiments famous all over the country.

Zaozhuang, the headquarters of the 22nd Army Group.

"It's really a narrow road to Yuanjia, and we ran into the 20th Division and the 5th Division of the Japanese Army at the same time!

The 20th Division captured Yutai County, and the 5th Division entered Zou County!In other words, we will soon formally face the attack of at least one reorganized Japanese Army Division A! "

Deng Xihou looked at the military map in front of him with an extremely solemn expression. Due to the heavy losses in the Taiyuan Battle, the current total strength of the 22nd Army is actually only about 2!

Even with the addition of some firearms and ammunition, the overall level of weapons and equipment is still several levels behind that of the Japanese army!

And the opponent I met this time was the Banyuan Division. During the Taiyuan Battle at the end of last year, the Banyuan Division defeated more than 30 Huaxia Divisions with half a division's strength, and gained a great reputation!

Not to mention that the Itagaki Division is full of more than 2 people, even if it only sends 1 troops, it can easily crush the 22nd Army's defense line!

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Sun Zhen nodded and said: "That's right, although the Devil's Itagaki Division suffered a big loss in the Huaxia Huben Army a few days ago, it must have recovered after half a month of rest!

Hey, these little devils have nothing to do with the Huaxia Huben Army. Now they are taking a detour south to attack Xuzhou. In the eyes of the little devils, we are just a bunch of soft persimmons! "

Chief of Staff Zhu Ying pointed to the map and said, "Yishui, Juxian, and Rizhao have been occupied by the Chinese Huben Army. If Yang Fan can send troops to help, we can still make a difference!"

"At this time, don't expect too much from others!

They also suffered heavy casualties some time ago, and because of Han Fuju's incident, Yang Fan has publicly stated that he will break away from the Anti-Japanese War and form his own army. I don't think he will accept the command of the commander of the theater! "

Deng Xihou waved his hand, and then said: "What's more, others sent us a lot of light and heavy machine guns, radio stations, medicines, and ten anti-aircraft guns, which is already the best of humanity!"

"Yeah, I didn't expect that the Huben Army would be so righteous and powerful, and there would be such a helicopter to transport supplies by air!"

Zhu Ying nodded emphatically, and then changed the topic: "Boss, people go to high places and water flows to low places. Let's think about what your little fellow said?"

Chapter 308 eager to fight

"Don't mention this! We came out of Sichuan to fight devils, not to be warlords with others! If we are afraid of death, why would we come out?"

Deng Xihou flatly refused without even thinking about it!

After leaving Sichuan, he suffered too much grievance and stares. Deng Xihou is still very grateful to Yang Fan for his help and attention. At the same time, he admires Yang Fan's repeated achievements against the sky!

However, Deng Xihou couldn't understand Yang Fan's behavior of warlord who supported his troops and refused to listen to orders. He even sneered at his solicitation and despised him extremely!

Sun Zhen nodded and said: "The chief is right. When the country is in crisis, everyone is responsible. As a soldier, you should drive out the Japanese pirates on the bloody battlefield. Even if you return the body shrouded in horse leather, you must not lose the integrity of a soldier!"

Speaking of this, Sun Zhen was a little angry. Originally, he was full of enthusiasm to go out to fight against Japan and join the national crisis, but the intrigue and unequal treatment he has seen in the past four or five months is really annoying!

But this time, you traveled thousands of miles into the border of Shandong to fight the little devils, but you, the "master", sweep the snow in front of your house and stay at home without going out?

In fact, Yang Fan really didn't want to take advantage of the fire to make money for the country this time, but felt sorry for and admired these Sichuan Army brothers with extremely simple equipment but brave and tenacious battles, and wanted to do his best to keep them alive!

Of course, it is impossible for people not to destroy the world for themselves, without a little selfishness!

Although Yang Fan now has 7 soldiers and [-] counties as his base, this is far from enough to make him invincible!

You know, during World War II, the peak strength of the Soviet Union was 1500 million, the peak strength of Germany was 1300 million, and the peak strength of the United States was 1200 million!

The total number of Japanese mobilized troops in World War II was as high as 970 million, and there were still 788 million active troops until the surrender!

After many fights, Yang Fan obviously felt that the Japanese devils are getting stronger and stronger, and they will never wrestle in the same place like in the anti-war drama!

As a modern person, Yang Fan naturally knows that history is written by the victors, and he would rather bear the burden of humiliation and let others gossip, and would never use his brother's life to gain a good name and a false name.

On February 2, the Itagaki Division assembled in the Zou County area and began to concentrate its forces to attack Liangxiadian and Guoshan!

The 45rd Brigade of Lu Jiqing of the 373th Army fought bloody battles with the Japanese army in Liangxiadian and Guoshan for three days, killing more than 520 Japanese soldiers, while our own side paid the price of more than 2300 casualties.

On February 2, Lu Jiqing's 14rd Brigade was ordered to retreat. The 373th and 745th Regiments covered each other and resisted section by section.

The Lin Yiru Brigade of Jiang Dingxun's 125th Division fought on the right side of the railway to stop the Japanese army, while the Chen Li Division of the 45th Army fought fiercely with the Japanese army on the east bank of Weishan Lake on the left side of Jinpu Road!

On February 2, the Isoya Division of the Japanese army occupied Jiaxiang, and then continued to advance to Juye County, Chengwu County, and Shan County. The Third Army fought back and fought many bloody battles with the Japanese army!

On February 2, the German delegation arrived in Tokyo.This time Germany not only sent a strong team of experts and technicians, but also sent negotiating envoys and military observers.

After two days of negotiations, Japan and Germany have reached a new military alliance treaty. Germany will help Japan build 20 sets of direct coal liquefaction plants, and share manufacturing technologies for many military equipment including assault rifles, anti-tank rocket launchers, and armored tanks!

Japan, on the other hand, made a promise to establish an anti-Soviet military alliance that is closely linked with Germany in the true sense, and will use actual actions to intimidate the Soviet Union with force, contain the Soviet military power, and force the Soviet Union to give up its anti-Japanese forces against China. support.

As a result, Ishihara Wanji ushered in a glorious life again, and was promoted to the Chief of Staff of the General Command of the Kwantung Army of Japan, concurrently serving as the commander of the Gendarmerie Command of the Kwantung Army, and the director of the Japanese Bureau of Administrative Affairs in Manchukuo. He fully presided over the construction of the military industrial system of Manchukuo !

The General Command of the Kwantung Army of Japan is the highest organ of power for the Japanese imperialists to control the puppet government of Manchukuo and implement colonial rule over Northeast my country!

The Kwantung Army General Command consists of five departments and four departments, namely the staff department, weapons department, manager department, medical department, and veterinary department.

There are four sections under the General Staff, which are respectively responsible for various tasks such as combat, intelligence, transportation, and policy on the puppet Manchukuo.

In order to reduce the constraints, Hideki Tojo was promoted to be the deputy secretary of the army and returned to Tokyo to serve, which is 3 months earlier than the original history!

On February 2, Ishihara Waner flew to the General Command of the Kwantung Army to take up his post. The German expert technical team also arrived on the same plane!

"I said why the little devil has been so honest recently, so he was holding back his big move! Ishihara Waner has come to power, so will the course of history be changed?"

Such high-level changes and major actions cannot be concealed. Yang Fan soon got the relevant news and couldn't help but fell into deep thought!

If Japan changes its strategy and first focuses on going north to strengthen the Japanese army as much as possible, then not only will China be under unprecedented pressure, I am afraid that the Soviet Union will be unable to parry under the attack of Germany and Japan in two years!

At this moment, an intelligence officer walked into the combat hall with a telegram, saluted Yang Fan and said, "Report to the Commander, Commander of the Fifth War Zone sent another telegram for help!"

"I see!"

Yang Fan reached out to take the telegram and took a look. It turned out that this time the telegram was signed by Li Zongren himself. The language was very polite and he asked him to send troops to reinforce Fei County. He didn't get angry and blame him for not agreeing to send troops the first two times!

"Look at it all! If you have any opinions, just say it!"

Seeing the curious eyes of Li Shuchun, Liu Qiang, Miao Dadong, Yun Qichang and others, Yang Fan immediately handed over the telegram.

Li Shuchun glanced at Yang Fan first, and then murmured: "Boss, Fei County is bordered by our Yishui County defense area. The Japanese Itagaki Division detoured south to Bingfeng and pointed directly at Xuzhou. If the devils capture Xuzhou, they will open up the south of Jinpu. Wire!

In this way, the devil's northern and southern battlefields will be connected, and then we will be completely isolated and blocked!Therefore, I think it is absolutely necessary for us to assist the fifth theater to fight the Xuzhou battle! "

Li Shuchun is still doing his old job. He is currently the chief of staff of the Huaxia Huben Group Army. His main responsibilities include combat command, combat readiness planning, military training, organizational establishment, military service mobilization, and administrative management!

Liu Qiang also nodded and said: "Boss, after nearly a month of rest, we have not only recovered our vitality, but also increased our military strength a lot!

Although the Devils have two divisions eyeing them, we have enough energy to reinforce Fei County! "

Yun Qichang seconded very excitedly: "Boss, raise troops for a thousand days and use them for a short period of time! Let our fifth division go to support this time, shall we?"

Miao Dadong also nodded and said, "I also think it's okay to fight! The Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Taiyuan, and the Defense of Nanjing, we are too far away! But now that we are by our side, we can't keep watching the fire from the other side, can we?"

After two months of wretched growth, he was full of tendons. Not only did the army reorganize, and the total force expanded to more than 11 people, but the newly included Yishui County, Ju County, and Rizhao County were also operated as military fortresses. !

Seeing the friendly troops fighting bloody battles with the Japanese army so close at hand, everyone was naturally eager to fight, not only wanted to kill more devils to avenge their revenge, but also wanted to show off their muscles in front of the friendly troops!

Chapter 309 Immediate Attack

"Since you all think it's time to fight, let's fight!"

Yang Fan immediately slapped the board. If he doesn't hit again, I'm afraid these guys will go crazy!

Even if history cannot be forcibly reversed, Xuzhou will eventually fall under the heavy attack of the devils, but the little devils must not be taken advantage of, no matter what they have to suffer!

"Haha, that's great!"

"The boss is wise!"

"Boss, our fifth division is the closest, let us go this time?"

Everyone burst into laughter instantly, and their hearts fell to the ground at once. Although they knew that Yang Fan could not do anything to prevent his brothers from making too many unnecessary sacrifices, they couldn't achieve Yang Fan's free and easy and normal heart!

"Chief of the General Staff, you will take the lead in formulating the specific combat plan this time, and finally leave it to me for approval!"

With a large number of senior combat staff, Yang Fan doesn't need to do it himself like before!

I know best about my own family affairs. I was able to win many battles and win many times before. It was nothing more than relying on the advantages of prophets and weapons and equipment. If it is true military talent, Yang Fan may not be as good as these native generals who have been fighting all the year round!

After a pause, Yang Fan added: "I have only one principle, which is to maximize strengths and avoid weaknesses, and try not to fight tough battles! The War of Resistance Against Japan will be a continuous and arduous historical task!"

Although the Battle of Ju County was fought beautifully and relieved a month ago, the heavy cost of casualties made Yang Fan very heartbroken, so I was really worried that these guys were too confident and made things too big!

"Don't worry, sir, we know what to do!"

Li Shuchun and the others nodded emphatically, and naturally they could hear the meaning behind Yang Fan's words.

"Chief of the General Staff, hey, let's let the fifth division go this time? Brother troops have fought bloody battles with devils before, and we are the only ones who haven't been on the battlefield yet!"

As soon as Yang Fan left, Yun Qichang looked at Li Shuchun with a flattering expression.

Miao Dadong was immediately unhappy and said: "Mr. Yun, you can't go through the back door in front of everyone! Chief of the General Staff, you have to bring a bowl of water to the flat place. Brothers haven't eaten meat for two months! Hehe !"

"Okay! This operation is only for rescue and containment, not for a decisive battle with the Japanese army! You don't need to fight back and forth. If you want to have more opportunities after the war, let's sit down and discuss it slowly!"

The corners of Li Shuchun's mouth twitched slightly. In the past, everyone would be timid when they met the Japanese devils, but now the Japanese devils have become a sought-after sweet potato. I have to say that the Chinese Tiger Army is different!

Because Yang Fan not only shattered the Japanese army's attempt to encircle and annihilate the two Class A divisions, but also brought Rizhao County, Ju County, and Yishui County into the defense zone, so that Linyi County, where Pang Bingxun's troops were stationed, bordered the Huaxia Huben Army defense zone!

After research and discussion, the Commander Command of the Fifth War Zone transferred Pang Bingxun's Third Army to Fei County to be garrisoned, and it will be the horns of the 22nd Army of Teng County!