Zhou Weiguo and others had expected this, and the troops of the 5th Theater of the National Army had also made corresponding adjustments. , Zhou Weiguo and the 40th and 59th armies were besieged in Linyi, and a large number of trenches were built near Linyi, and the 59th Army also occupied the highlands near Linyi, and the Hongxia Mountain where it was stationed before was fictitious.
Therefore, the position of Linyi is divided into 2 parts, one part is the Hongxia Mountain position outside the 59th Army City, and the other part is the county seat of Linyi.
The special operations unit led by Zhou Weiguo, as a mobile team, will temporarily help defend Linyi County during the day, and have confidential missions at night.
After a while, the sound of planes over Linyi County became more and more obvious.
"Hidden" officers shouted that the soldiers were hidden.
The "bump" bomb fell, and a cloud of dust flew on the bombed position.
"Whew" At this time, suddenly several black cloths were uncovered on the city wall of Linyi County, revealing pitch-black barrels, a total of 25.
The barrel is facing up, and behind the gun is a fighter operating a machine gun.
Sparks erupted from the barrel.
Soon, a Japanese bomber was hit, emitting black smoke, and fell into the distance.
"Baga, how can the people of China have anti-aircraft machine guns" Seeing this, the other Japanese bombers climbed one after another.
Rao is so, or 3 more Japanese bombers were shot into the air.
"Yay" There was a burst of cheers in Linyi County.
The soldiers were accustomed to seeing Japanese bombers running rampant in the airspace of their homeland, and were accustomed to seeing countless compatriots and comrades-in-arms die under the Japanese bombing, and at that time, they could not do anything.
At this time, they can also air defense, they no longer have to be afraid of Japanese planes as before, and the machine gun is naturally the German-made G34 machine gun provided by Zhou Weiguo. of bullets.
Zhou Weiguo will not take these machine guns away when the time comes, after all, there are not many points.
Soon, the shelling of the devils came.
Another round of bombardment.
Without being reminded by the superiors, the soldiers can consciously hide in the anti-artillery holes, so the casualties are also greatly reduced.
To the east of Linyi County, and to the north, the Japanese army mixed into the 3rd and 5th brigades to attack.
The south of Linyi County, that is, the Hongxia Mountain position where the 59th Army was stationed, was not attacked by Japanese troops in the distance between Linyi County.
On the contrary, to the west of Linyi City, the Japanese 13th Division attacked fiercely, while the 16th Division attacked the Hongxia Mountain position.
In Linyi alone, there were nearly 200,000 soldiers fighting.
And that's not counting the troops of the Nationalist Army and the Japanese Army that were on the way.
Linyi can be described as a mess of porridge.
The commander-in-chief of the Fifth Theater of the National Army, Li Zongren, hoped to give the Japanese army a center to blossom, so he transferred troops from two more group armies to support.
The entire Xuzhou region was mobilized by the First Battle of Linyi.
Suqian Qingshan Cottage "Deputy Divisional Commander, let me go" A lieutenant colonel stood up and saluted, "I will definitely bring the division's seat back safely" "Xinda, you sit down first."
Fang Shengli waved his hand, at this time he was already the deputy commander of the independent division and the commander of the first brigade.
"Brigade, I'll go," said one of the colonels, standing up.
"Alright, you all sit down."
Fang Shengli said helplessly, "Let Staff Officer Li tell you about it." ” Seeing this, Li Weimin immediately stood up, instructed on the map, and said, "At this time, the division and the 40th and 59th armies are in Linyi, surrounded by the 3rd and 5th mixed brigades, the 13th division and the 16th division of the Japanese army.
At the same time, Commander Li Zongren, commander of the 5th Theater of Operations, had already dispatched the 3rd Group Army of Commander Yu Xuezhong and the 22nd Army of Commander Deng Xihou to support and launch an attack from behind the devils at the same time, intending to annihilate the Japanese invaders on the periphery of Linyi.
And our independent division, although it has not been dispatched, how can there be a division commander who has gone to the battlefield and the soldiers are still comfortable" "Therefore, we are going to send a part of the troops to Linyi to support the division.
However, due to the relatively short time that our division has been in the army, and there are not many veterans.
Li Weimin said, "But the recruits have also seen blood, after all, the bandits in the Suqian area have been wiped out by us."
Therefore, after discussing with the deputy division commander, I decided to send two regiments, which are two-thirds of our current strength, to support the division.
At this time, Li Weimin was already a growing operational staff officer, with the rank of colonel.
"Staff Officer Li, just tell the deputy division commander directly, which two regiments are going to go" Gan Xinda Dao, Gan Xinda, lieutenant colonel, 20 years old, graduated from the 10th Infantry Section of the Whampoa Military Academy, and is now the acting commander of the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the Independent Division.
"yes, let's just say it."
Zhang Xin stood up, but also helpless, at this time he was already the colonel's commander, and he followed Zhou Weiguo to participate in so many battles, and what he admired most was Zhou Weiguo.
Although he was still the colonel's regimental commander at this time, he also knew that after all, the independent division had also set up a shelf at this time, and he preferred the regimental commander with real power to the empty brigade commander under his command.
And by this time, he was already the commander of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the Independent Division.
"Although I am the commander of the third regiment, but, brigade seat, Staff Officer Li, you can't favor the first and second regiments."
Yang Shu, the third head of the regiment, stood up and said lightly.
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"No partiality."
Fang Shengli hurriedly said.
"Therefore, the people who went to Linyi to support the division seat this time were the first and second regiments."
Li Weimin then said, "Order: Zhang Xin, the first regiment of the first brigade of the independent division, and Gan Xinda of the second regiment, immediately lead their troops to Linyi to support the division. ” "Yes" Zhang Xin and Gan Xinda stood up, saluted, and then sat down again.
Fang Shengli looked at Yang Shu's face, and he was helpless, Yang Shu was a veteran under his hands, and he was promoted from battalion commander all the way to deputy division commander and brigade commander, and it was only about 3 months, and Yang Shu, from his deputy battalion commander, was promoted to deputy regiment commander, until he was promoted to regiment commander this time, it was only about 3 months.
Subsequently, Fang Shengli said, "The third regiment is responsible for recruiting new recruits within 1 month, and it must be full of recruits, and it doesn't matter if it is exceeded, I will dare to collect as much as you recruit." ” "Yes" Yang Shu also knew Fang Shengli's character, and immediately reluctantly took the order.
March 21, 1938 A total of 8,000 people from the 1st Regiment and 2nd Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the Suqian Independent Division went north to support Linyi.
March 21, 1938 The 6th Infantry Brigade of the 3rd and 9th Divisions of the Japanese Army, the 18th Infantry Brigade, the 11th Division, the 101st Division, and the Shigeto Detachment, totaling 100,000 troops, set out from Nanjing and Shanghai one after another to encircle the Chinese troops in the Linyi area and the Chinese troops who were supporting the Linyi area
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