Juancheng, Dongkou.

"Report to Colonel, we have occupied nearby villages such as Shizhai, Xiaotun, Yingfang, Tongtang, etc., and are advancing towards Xingtun, Zhaotang, and Songzhuang. It is expected that we will reach the city of Juancheng in an hour!"

"Yaxi, order the troops to move forward quickly. I will invite the brigade commander and the division commander to have dinner in Juancheng at noon today!" Colonel Yuanshandeng, the 50th Regiment, waved his hand conceitedly and ordered.

"Hayi!"

The dust was flying on the road, and the yellowish Japanese army, the bayonet on the tip of the gun was carrying the military flag, just a piece of plaster cloth, reflecting the cold light, and it made people feel panicked when they looked at it.

"Battery Commander, what should I do? Will I fight? The Japanese are coming soon."

"Tell me, our mission is to detect the enemy situation. Blocking the Japanese army is not our main task for the time being. Let the brothers pay attention to concealment and be careful of the Japanese firepower investigation!"

"yes!"

As soon as Guan Shuhong, the battalion commander of the reconnaissance battalion directly under the New 37th Brigade finished speaking, the Japanese guns on the tricycle walking in front of the Japanese army swept over.

The dust and grass in front of me were splashed.

One of the Japanese troops in the team pointed his right hand slightly upwards, and a small group of Japanese troops left the marching team and came to Guan Shuhong and others. Judging from their actions, they obviously did not find them, but their position was the highest place in this area, so the Japanese army naturally wanted to occupy it.

"Retreat!" Guan Shuhong raised his hand slightly and issued a order to retreat. His fart slowly moved back and quickly retreated.

If the Japanese soldiers have a large number of power, the reconnaissance battalion will definitely suffer losses when fighting. They must report the situation obtained by reconnaissance immediately, rather than showing off their temporary courage.

Retreat to safety.

"Reported to the Brigade Department, there are about a strengthening squadron of the Japanese army, which has motorcycles, heavy machine guns and mortars, but there are no heavy weapons such as infantry artillery. It is observed that the Japanese army is building a pontoon bridge at the ferry. At the current speed, it is expected to be completed in about six hours. We also saw a large number of trucks and heavy artillery gatherings on the other side of the shore. This time, the Japanese army is definitely dispatched in full swing."

"Battery Commander, how do you send this?" The radio operator couldn't keep up with Guan Shuhong's speech speed.

"Just send it like this, hurry!"

The radio operator stopped talking, and he would send him whatever the battalion commander said.

West of Juancheng, ancient spring.

Xie Chengrui led the brigade headquarters to Juancheng after dawn and met with Xue Mingliang, the commander of the 131st Regiment of the 66th Brigade of the 22nd Division, the Juancheng defender, and the commander of Xue Mingliang.

The new 37th Brigade brought the new 37th Brigade and the commander Xue was relieved. The famous honorary first division was in charge, so naturally there was no need to be afraid of the Japanese.

Commander Xue gave the command of the 131st Regiment without saying a word. He also patted his chest and promised that he would obey Xie Chengrui's command.

The Xue regiment originally had 1,500 people, one of the main regiments of the 66th Brigade. They participated in the battle to block the Japanese army and attack Jining in January. The casualties did not retreat and rest, so they were arranged to deploy defenses in Juancheng. The Japanese army continued to harass, supplement and suffer losses. Now the entire Xue regiment's total strength is less than a thousand people.

Subtracting the troops stationed on the Yellow River, the total strength of two battalions in Juancheng is only two battalions, with less than 500 guns in length, a cavalry platoon, and none of them are radio stations. Communication mainly depends on telephone and manual labor.

There is still a telephone number between Juancheng and Yuncheng, and the communication is still smooth.

As soon as Xie Chengrui arrived in Juancheng, Leng Feng's order arrived. He ordered Xie Chengrui to serve as the commander-in-chief of the front enemy in Juancheng as the chief of staff of the Shandong Corps, unified command of the 22nd Division of the Third Army and the 37th Brigade of the Honorary First Division to block the Japanese landing!

The 372nd Regiment, 373rd Regiment, and the 371st Regiment recently discovered the Japanese army and received fire from the Japanese army. The situation of the Japanese army crossing the river gradually appeared on the map.

The total number of Japanese troops landed was more than 1,000. Except for some of them equipped with motorcycles, no mechanized equipment such as automobiles has been discovered yet.

There are fewer heavy weapons, but compared to the original defenders in the Juancheng area, it is still very powerful. In the old city, Wuji and other villages, there are defenders guarding and monitoring the Japanese troops on the other side at any time. Except for the explosion and gunfire issued by Dongkou, there was no news at all in these two places.

If Xie Chengrui had not decisively ordered the two regiments of the New 37th Brigade to rush over, the enemy situation in these two places would have to wait for the enemy troops to come to the city before they could be discovered.

Xie Chengrui stared at the map. It was the first time he encountered such an encounter in actual combat. Time was tight, and it was a rare fighter for the 37th Brigade!

The Japanese army's heavy equipment was not coming, and there was no heavy equipment or artillery fire support. On its main battlefield, we were still sure that we could annihilate the Japanese army that was on the ashore or drive them down the Yellow River to feed fish and turtles.

Opportunities are rare, but a dozen will definitely be exposed.

"Send a telegram to the teacher, report the enemy's information we have obtained for reconnaissance, and then report our ideas to the teacher, Lao Han, what do you think?"

"I think it's OK!"

"Captain Xue, what do you think?"

"My idea is to fight. Our army now has an absolute advantage. If we don't fight, it will be difficult for us to fight when the Japanese army set up a floating bridge and heavy equipment comes!" Xue Mingliang said.

"What Captain Xue said makes sense!"

"Okay, while we are ready to fight, we are waiting for the orders of the teacher!" Xie Chengrui was also a decisive person and immediately made a decision.

"After notifying the troops, the leaders of each regiment will immediately go to the command center for a meeting to study how to eat this Japanese army that has landed on the ashore!"

"clear!"

"Didi"

Xue Mingliang saw that one division headquarters of the Honorary Division was equipped with so many radio stations. When he learned that the radio stations in the Honorary Division were equipped with battalion level, his eyes were envious.

Xue Mingliang wanted to hold a meeting, but if he couldn't make a call, he would send someone to inform him. After a while, I don't know how much time I wasted. I compared it with others and ordered it in minutes.

Leng Feng and his team set off from Jining at half past six. The entire team was less than one hundred people. In addition to the two command vehicles, there were four trucks and a platoon of cavalry accompanied him.

The subsequent engineering regiment and other troops followed up.

Leng Feng sat in the first command car, and the radio station on the car received radio signals anywhere and so that he could grasp external information at any time and make timely decisions.

Although it was a bit bumpy, the command vehicle improved and added a lot of shock-absorbing measures and means to reduce the discomfort caused by bumpy to the equipment and personnel.

"Teacher, thank you for the telegram of Deputy Brigade Commander!"

"Give me!"

Taking advantage of the lights in the carriage, Leng Feng carefully read the telegram that Xie Chengrui sent to him.

He could see from the telegram that Xie Chengrui wanted to take the initiative first, which was in line with Leng Feng's own intention. His initial strategic intention was to stop the Doihara Division on the north bank of the Yellow River.

Now the Japanese army has just crossed the river, and has not yet established a stable foothold and has no heavy equipment support. This is a good opportunity to defeat it in one fell swoop!

In a few hours, when the Japanese army's prefecture-bridge troops set up the pontoon bridge and cross the river with heavy equipment, the current 37th Brigade cannot stop its troops.

At least the Honorary Division is now lacking heavy weapons and equipment that can compete with the Doihara Division. The 17th Artillery Regiment is still on the way and it will take two days to arrive at the earliest.

At this time, there is no need to hesitate.

No matter what conspiracy and tricks Doihara Kenji has, this battle will be fought first.

Leng Feng took out his pen, wrote a few lines of words on the telegram, and handed it to the radio operator: "Just send it to Deputy Brigade Commander Xie as this, and tell him that I will go to Yuncheng in person. If you have any questions, please contact me at any time."

"yes!"

Taierzhuang.

"What, Leng Guoguang went to Yuncheng?" Li Delin was a little surprised when he received the news, but after thinking about it carefully, he was expected that judging from the second phase of "Aprils' Day" planned by Leng Feng, he seemed to have such plans.

His prediction of the Japanese army was too accurate. If he had not been in charge of western Shandong, I'm afraid the Fifth War Zone would have been in chaos at this time.

Mengcheng was lost, and Zhou Yuan, deputy commander of the 173rd Division, covered Ling Yun, the commander of the 1033rd Regiment, broke through. More than 2,000 people, but in the end, only more than 100 people escaped.

After the Japanese army suffered losses in Mengcheng and did not occupy Mengcheng, they massacred more than 3,000 people in Mengcheng, and for a moment, Mengcheng was bleeding into a river!

With the loss of Mengcheng, the Japanese army will surely take advantage of the situation to move north. The target is already quite dangerous. The Sixth Division, which has occupied Bengbu, has also drew its troops and moved up.

Liao Lei and Yu Xiaohou were unfavorable in Huainan. More than 100,000 people faced more than 20,000 Japanese troops, and were beaten and retreated one after another.

The only thing that can be regarded as a highlight is that in Taierzhuang, after seven or eight days of consumption, more than half of the Japanese Seya Detachment suffered casualties. Although his morale recovered slightly after meeting with Sakamoto Detachment, he was still besieged in the Taierzhuang area by more than 100,000.

News of the Doihara Division smuggling across the Yellow River came.

The Japanese army's strategic intentions are already very obvious, which is to cut off the Longhai Road and encircle and eliminate up to 500,000 troops in Xuzhou. Many generals and senior staff members in the Fifth War Zone are no longer speaking.

I don’t say that Leng Feng is arrogant and is so happy about his achievements.

Even when Bai Jiansheng came to see Li Delin, his face turned a little red. Although he did not strongly support Leng Feng's criticism, he was also a little complaining.

Especially Leng Feng had some minor frictions with some generals of the Gui clan in private, so he naturally stood on his own side and still had some views on Li Delin's preference for Leng Feng.

Leng Feng was born in Huangpu and Jiang Jiang's favorite general would not be able to turn to the Guangxi clan. How to promote and take care of him may not be able to win your affection at that time.

Bai Jiansheng advocated that cold fronts could be used, but he should not rely too much on them. All of them were asked to take away the credits of the Central Army. Are their local troops too incompetent?

But the fact is that it is very slap in the face. Local troops are desperate for wars. This must be admitted, but their vision and strategy are really much worse than Leng Guoguang from Huangpu.

The entire battle situation became subtle after Doihara's movement. If Doihara's movements quickly and quickly headed south to the Longhai Line, then the entire Fifth War Zone would be in danger of being surrounded.

The fifth war zone will face a choice, whether to continue to encircle and annihilate the encircled Segaya Detachment and Sakamoto Detachment and eliminate them, or to immediately transfer the troops in the fifth war zone, jump out of the Japanese encirclement and preserve the strength of the war.

This is not only the choice faced by Li Delin, the commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone, but also by the president of Chiang Kai-shek and the chairman of the National Military Commission!

It won't be too long for them to think about it.

To be continued^

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