In the temporary headquarters of the 20th Army Corps, Commander Tang Enbo was listening to the report from Chief of Staff Wan Jianfan.
"Our army has been fighting fiercely with the Japanese army for several days, and now it has become a stalemate.
The enemy's 63rd Regiment is fighting with our 85th Army in the Zaozhuang area of Yi County.
There is another one, and the 10th Regiment is advancing towards the Taierzhuang area.
There are also some in the canal area.
Enemy troops appear."
Tang Enbo was silent for a while.
In fact, he already had an idea in his mind, the idea of counterattack.
He wanted to use the main force of his army to fight the Japanese.
"Order, the 52nd Army shrinks and attacks Yi County, and the 85th Army counterattacks Zaozhuang.
The defense of the 52nd Army along the canal is handed over to the 110th Division of the 13th Army, with Commander Bao Gang of the 13th Army commanding the 13th Army Cavalry Regiment and the 2nd Division Cavalry Regiment, on alert in the direction of Linyi."
Wan Jianfan said: "It would be a bit abrupt to counterattack rashly."
"Until now, we have been suppressed and beaten.
If we didn't beat him twice, the Japanese would have thought that I, Mr.
Tang, was a softie."
"Commander of the Army, over there at Taierzhuang, the Japanese army has the momentum to attack there, but our Army has no troops left."
Tang Enbo smiled: "Let Sun Lianzhong's troops go.
Isn't his 31st Division now under the command of the army?
Let it guard Taierzhuang, which can be regarded as taking care of them.
Inform them to station in Taierzhuang, and wait until the main force of the army counterattacks, let them They dispatched a brigade to feint attack near Yi County."
The first large-scale counterattack of the 20th Army was finalized in this way.
Now the 20th Army does not need to worry about the Linyi direction on the side for the time being.
Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun are still supporting it.
Therefore, Tang Enbo could use his main force to carry out a counterattack.
He was really beaten badly by the Japanese army before.
This counterattack must teach the Japanese army a lesson.
Tang Enbo planned to personally follow the 85th Army.
In the past few days, the troops have been rested.
Not only Zhang Wei and the others, but also the Chinese and Japanese armies have not had large-scale exchanges of fire in the past two days.
Instead, they have been constantly dispatching troops.
This is the silence before the war, and it seems to have foreshadowed this in advance.
The fate of the counterattack was tortuous.
Zhang Wei and the independent company have been very comfortable these days.
The new recruits have rarely had enough to eat.
Under the leadership of several platoon leaders and veterans, their tactical level has improved step by step, basically reaching the qualified level.
As the order to attack was issued, Zhang Wei's good days came to an end.
The camp was busy again, carrying ammunition, assigning marching orders and designated locations.
Zhang Wei and the others did not have so much trouble.
The independent company still followed Chen Chunyi's 23rd regiment headquarters.
The first shot of this counterattack was fired by the 31st Division of the non-Central Army.
According to Tang Enbo's order, the 91st Brigade of the 31st Division of the Northwest Army system entered Taierzhuang, and the 93rd Brigade was to attack Yi County.
The officers and soldiers of the 93 Brigade carried broadswords and various equipment on their backs and marched towards Yi County.
The equipment in their hands Not bad, The troops under the Second Group Army of the Northwest Army system have adjustment divisions, the so-called German weapon divisions.
In addition, the Northwest Army has many years of wealth, so the weapons in hand are not bad, such as Zhongzheng guns, Czech guns, and even German-made weapons.
Helmets, all equipped.
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On the 23rd, the search team of the 93rd Brigade was advancing forward.
Some of the soldiers were holding rifles, and some were equipped with the equipment of the old sword team, such as swords, shell guns and grenades, and they were wearing straw sandals. at this time.
After being supplemented and strengthened, the Second Brigade of the Japanese 63rd Regiment was also ordered to attack.
However, the direction of the attack was exactly opposite to that of the 93rd Brigade.
The target was Taierzhuang.
As a result, the Japanese troops of the 63rd Regiment and the 93rd Brigade search team Just bumped into each other.
The two sides fought for a while, and the 93rd Brigade relied on the village to resist.
The bullets fired by both sides cut away a large area of grass in the field.
In the end, the officers and soldiers of the 93rd Brigade still failed to stop the Japanese army.
After all, it was a brigade of troops, and the 93rd Brigade was retreating.
At that time, they failed to get rid of the Japanese army.
As a result, the Japanese army followed the 93rd rate and captured Beiluo on the outskirts of Taierzhuang.
The 93rd brigade could only retreat to Taierzhuang.
In this way, the failure of the initial attack on the first day cast a shadow over the counterattack.
Zhang Wei and the others spent their last night in the Qingshan Mountains.
On the second day, the 24th, they set off under the newly rising sun, still walking with the regiment.
Bad things come all the time.
There was a heavy rain yesterday, which made walking on the mountain road even more difficult.
There was mud everywhere.
Zhang Wei rolled up his trousers, put his shoes on his shoulders, and walked with difficulty.
The regiment behind him was even more troublesome, with mules and horses.
It was stuck in the mud, and it took a team of people to push the beast out before the horse could get out.
"Company commander, why are we so unlucky?
We haven't even encountered this yet, and I'm exhausted first."
He Kun complained.
Zhang Wei glanced at this kid.
He had always been like this.
He had to bear the fact that he had to complain a few words, as if complaining would change these stupid things.
There were shouts and howls of animals everywhere.
This battle was really difficult to fight.
Indeed, at this marching speed, the 85th Army simply could not arrive at the attack preparation site on time.
One step was wrong and the other was wrong.
Air support was originally coordinated for this attack. 14 bombers from the Third Group of the Chinese Air Force dispatched support.
Bombing was carried out against the Japanese army, but due to heavy rain, the two armies did not arrive on time.
The bombing was out of touch with the infantry attack, and it lost its meaning.
Tang Enbo was shocked by these sudden changes and emergencies.
He personally commanded the 85th Army, and together with Army Commander Wang Zhonglian, directed the assembly and preparation of the 89th Division and the 4th Division, while also keeping an eye on the 52nd Army.
Zhang Wei and the others walked on the mountain road for a long time, and their feet were soaked.
They finally walked out of the extremely muddy Qingshan Mountains.
The division's artillery battalion pushed and pulled, and finally brought out this heavy firepower.
On the afternoon of the 24th, a dirty unit arrived at the front line of Yungu Mountain, near Zaozhuang.
It was the unit of the 85th Army.
Zhang Wei was also among them, and another army of the 20th Army, the 52nd Army, also Arriving at the Qingshan line in the morning, both armies rushed to the prepared attack location, waiting for the order to attack and news from the legion headquarters.
When they arrived at the place, the troops of the 20th Army stopped.
Why did they still take a rest?
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Just as they were preparing to attack, they were drenched by heavy rain.
They also trudged for dozens of miles on the mountain road.
Their physical strength was very exhausted.
If they went out again, A little illness and the team would be doomed.
Although Tang Enbo was eager to fight, due to the actual situation, he still let the troops rest for half a day and make plans after nightfall.
Zhang Wei sat on the ground, with a fire in front of him.
Except for some necessary sentries, the soldiers all set up their guns and sat on the ground, taking off their clothes and shoes to make a fire.
Obviously, this did not meet the requirements of wartime air defense.
However, the heavy rain had just ended, and the sky was still cloudy and overcast.
The Japanese aircraft would not attack rashly, so the troops stopped to warm themselves up.
Zhang Wei had just received news from Chen Chunyi that the purpose of the 4th Division was to counterattack Zaozhuang.
The soldiers took a quick break to relieve fatigue, dry their clothes, remove the moisture, and prepare for early participation in the war
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