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Chapter 676: The Battle of Zaozhuang rages on!

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    With the issuance of Ogao Guizang's order, the Japanese and puppet troops in Shandong were mobilized!

    The city of Zaozhuang is also very busy. The army's expedition is not an outing. It is not just a slap on the butt and the road. After all, thousands of people need to make arrangements to eat and drink.

    In addition, the troops are not going north to enjoy the mountains and rivers, but to fight, so they must bring enough ammunition and supplies.

    After more than a day of preparation, on March 22, the day after Yinan County was captured by the Sulu War Zone, Tsuchiya soldiers personally commanded more than 3,500 main forces of the independent mixed sixth brigade, plus more than 500 puppet troops.  , left Zaozhuang City in a mighty manner and headed north.

    As soon as the little devils in Zaozhuang City left, Li Guoyao and others received the news!

    ¡°Subsequently, combat orders from the Shandong Guerrilla Corps were immediately issued, and the atmosphere outside Zaozhuang instantly became solemn.

    At this time, not only Shandong, but also most of China were at war. From the forest and snow plains in the Northeast to the Loess Plateau in North China, and then to the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, China and Japan were fighting in multiple battlefields on a front that was thousands of kilometers long.

    In southern Hebei, one unit each of Shinozuka Yoshio's 10th Division and Sangmu Chongming's 110th Division gradually advanced from Shijiazhuang, Xingtai, and Handan to the Wei County and Nangong areas to the east, launching a frenzied sweep against various departments of the Eighth Route Army.

    Facing the invading Japanese army, various units of the Eighth Route Army along the way actively blocked it. First, they invaded and occupied Yangzhuang from Ningjin to the east, and were suddenly attacked by the 385th Brigade of the 129th Division. The two sides fought for less than an hour, and the Japanese lost about  60 people, plus a mountain cannon and a firearm and ammunition.

    However, the Japanese army did not stop the attack and continued to advance according to the original plan. In a short period of time, they successively occupied Zhaoxian, Longyao, Pingxiang, and Guangping counties east of Pinghan Road, and controlled Quzhou and Guangping counties in the south.  The main ferries of Fuyang River in the north to Xinhe County constitute another parallel blockade east of Pinghan Road.

    When the two divisions on the West Road formed the above-mentioned situation in southern Hebei, the Japanese troops on the Linyi Road successively moved westward from Bozhen on the Jinpu Road, and Suematsu Shigeharu's 114th Division in part of Liaocheng, Dezhou, Shandong Province.  To cope with the attack on the Western Front.

    Soon, under the reconnaissance and cover of their air force, the two enemies launched a joint attack on Nangong, Jixian and Zaoqiang counties, and then occupied the counties in the central area of ??southern Hebei.

    At this time, the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei has divided its 385th Brigade, 386th Brigade, Youth Column Brigade, Eastward Column Brigade, Advance Column, etc. into several combat groups with local armed forces. When the enemy joins a joint attack, these troops will be  It has broken out of the encirclement and moved to the rear of the Japanese army.

    Subsequently, the troops attacked Wuyi, Fucheng, Jingxian and Qinghe south of Jixian, northeast of Zaoqiang, and ambushed the enemy near Gaoyi on Pinghan Road to the west of Hengshui on Deshi Road to contain and control the enemy.  disrupting its supply transport.

    In addition, the First Division also carried out attacks on enemies in Ji County, Nangong, Julu, and Guangzong, and achieved considerable results.

    In Jizhong, the 27th Division belonging to Masaharu Honma, the enemy stationed in the Hejian area, also began to take action to launch an attack against the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong.

    The 27th Division is the longest Japanese unit stationed in the Chinese Pass. Its predecessor was the Chinese Garrison Brigade, and it was also the chief culprit in provoking the Marco Polo Bridge Incident.

    After the division was transferred back to Tianjin from Tongcheng, Hubei Province in the winter of 1938, it also commanded the 7th independent mixed brigade stationed in Cangxian County. It served as the border from Shanhaiguan in the east, to the provincial boundary of northern Shandong Province in the south, and to Gucheng and Guangzhou in the west.  Guard in Zaoqiang, Hengshui, Wuyi, Xianxian, Suning, Hejian, Renqiu, Wen'an, Baxian, Yongqing, Anci, as far north as Baodi and south of the Great Wall.

    Among them, the 1st Regiment of the "Chinese Garrison Infantry" is stationed in Tangshan, the 2nd Regiment is stationed in Tianjin, the 3rd Regiment is stationed in Hejian, the 27th Cavalry Regiment is stationed in Ningjin, and the independent mixed 7th Brigade is stationed in Cangxian County.

    Under the orders of the North China Front Army and the 27th Division Regiment Headquarters, Colonel Tomio Miyazaki, commander of the Third Regiment of the Chinese Infantry Station, personally formulated a mopping up plan with the intention of wiping out the Eighth Route Army troops near Hejian in one fell swoop.

    However, at this time, the 716th Regiment of the 358th Brigade, which had just moved from the southern Hebei area to Hejian City, after reconnaissance of the enemy in Hejian City, learned that the Miyazaki regiment's actions were very regular, and they usually sent out raids very rigidly, so they went near Heimazhuang  that road.

    Based on these circumstances, the 716 regiment leader Huang Xinting and the political commissar Liao Hansheng decided to ambush the Japanese troops out of the city in plain villages at Heima Zhangzhuang, about 4 kilometers west of Hejian City.

    The Japanese army was unaware of this. When the enemy's 12th Squadron of the 3rd Chinese Garrison Infantry Regiment stationed in Hejian and more than 200 engineers and artillery troops went out to the west gate to conduct a sweep, about 70 of its leading troops arrived.  When the dark horse was in action, the 716 regiment suddenly opened fire and killed more than 30 enemies on the spot. The rest retreated to the cemetery in the north of the village to await reinforcements.

    More than 250 reinforcements were sent from Hejian City three times.They were also blocked by the 716th Regiment in the Guoziwa area east of Heima Zhangzhuang.

    At dusk, the 30th Brigade of the Central Hebei Military Region attacked Hejian City. The 716th Regiment launched a fierce attack on the enemies in Heima Zhangzhuang and Guoziwa. The remaining enemies were left with more than 40 corpses and retreated into the city. The 716th Regiment pursued them to the bottom of the city and fought with them.  The 30th Brigade attacked Xiguan together, wiped out one enemy unit, and withdrew from the battle that night.

    In this battle, more than 200 people of the "3rd Regiment of Chinese Garrisoned Infantry" were killed and injured, and 2 were captured.

    However, compared to the small quarrels between the Eighth Route Army units in North China, the attention of the top leaders of China and the two countries is now on the Nanchang battlefield.

    At this time, the Battle of Nanchang was on its third day. The enemy's 106th Division passed through Tanxi, Xinmin, and Anyi, and arrived at Fengxin on the 23rd. Then the main force turned left via Dacheng and arrived at Zengjia in the southeast of Nanchang on the 26th to cross Jiangxi.  River.

    After the battle, the Japanese army occupied the railway south of Nanchang. The other division of the division was commanded by Major General Shanchi Gen, the commander of the 111th Brigade. The 113th Regiment, the 147th Regiment, and the Heavy Artillery Squadron turned right from the Fengxin area.  Attack Gao'an to strengthen the security in the southwest of Nanchang.

    At the same time, Linyi Road, commanded by Sato Shozaburo, had an average of more than 6,000 people per day, along both sides of the Nanxun Railway, passing through Baima Temple, Lehua, and Jiaoqiao, and arrived on the other side of the Gan River in Nanchang on the 26th.

    The Japanese tank group was able to carry out normal combat activities after airdropping fuel and supplies, and the tankers kept up with them.

    The chariot convoy headed by Maeda Takao paused before reaching the Ganjiang Bridge in the west of Nanchang City. After preparing for the battle to rush into Nanchang City, it moved forward again.

    Shiro Inaba's 6th Division, which was responsible for supporting the attack on Nanchang from the west in the Wuning area upstream of Xiushui, handed over its task of guarding Wuchang and Echeng to the 13th Division, and then sent the 6th Cavalry Regiment and 1 infantry  The brigade was deployed as a guard in Yangxin County. After the eight main brigade arrived at Gassho Street and Liuzhuang area east of Wuning County, its 36th brigade was dispatched. The brigade commander, Major General Inoue Masakichi, commanded the 45th Infantry Regiment, and the independent machine gun 1  A squadron crossed to the south bank of Xiushui on the 21st and made preparations to attack Yangzhou, Xiazhuang and Jing'an in the southeast in order to support the 101st and 106th Divisions from the west in their attack on Nanchang.

    After a fierce battle with the defending 19th Division at the mountain pass of Yangzhou, the Japanese army stopped at Jing'an County and then returned to attack Wuning.

    During the battle, the 23rd Regiment of the 6th Division was transferred to the reserve force of the 11th Army.

    When the two divisions' attack on Nanchang was progressing smoothly, the 11th Army put the regiment into attack, crossed Xiushui at Qiujin Street, and followed the 106th Division west of the 6th Division to close between the 36th Brigade and the 36th Brigade.  Then they attacked the Qianzhou area west of Anyi.

    Based on the battle situation, the 11th Army did not need any more reserves, so it decided to return Inoue Masakichi's 36th Brigade to participate in the battle in the direction of Wuning. However, when the 6th Division attacked Wuning from the west, it was attacked by Wang Lingji.  The 30th Army took advantage of the resistance of mountainous organizations and advanced very slowly.

    In addition, in order to support the attack of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army on Nanchang and to prevent the troops of Gu Zhutong's 3rd War Zone south of the Qiantang River from mobilizing to Nanchang, Lieutenant General Yamada Otsuzo, commander of the Central China Front of the Japanese Army, specifically designated the 1st Infantry Division stationed in Tuqiao, Hangzhou.  The 22nd Division sent out a regiment, passing through Dongzhou Island from Zhoupu, Guandongsha, and Hengshan'ao not far southwest of Hangzhou, and launched an attack on the national army positions in the Lingqiao, Wangjiatang, and Dongjiaqiao areas on the south bank of the Qiantang River.

    Another unit is patrolling Hangzhou Bay to search for military ships in the third theater.  Yamada Otsuzo's Central China Dispatch Army command post moved forward from Nanjing to Hangzhou from March 19 to 23, making a gesture of launching a large-scale attack south of the Qiantang River, thereby deceiving the troops in the 3rd theater.

    Now, most of China is engaged in fighting, and the sound of gunfire can be heard from north to south.

    But no one knew that while the main forces of China and Japan were fighting passionately, in southwestern Shandong, an almost ignored force quietly showed its fangs.

    And when they really reveal their killing move, it will be shocking!

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