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Chapter 1020

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    Chapter 1020: New Year¡¯s Eve Drama (8)

    Based on the enemy's situation, the 33rd Group Army Headquarters crossed the Han River from the Yicheng area eastward and adjusted the deployment of the troops according to the Japanese army's deployment.

    In order to pursue and annihilate the Japanese troops in the north and south areas of Changshoudian and the Japanese forces advancing northward, one part of the 33rd Army took over the river defense and original positions, and occupied key points near Pumenchong, Liushuigou, and Wangjiadian, maintaining contact with the enemy, and using its main force to attack the enemy.  Enemies moving north near Zhongxiang and Yangzi and Changshoudian were intercepted, pursued, and annihilated, and the position south of Changshoudian was restored at the earliest opportunity.

    Among them, the 79th Division went from Pumen Temple to Tianjiaji via Qingshiqiao and Majiaji; the 38th Division went from the area north of Fengle River to Tianjiaji via Mouzigang to pursue the enemies advancing northward. The above two divisions were under the command of Commander Huang Weigang  .

    The 180th Division pursued the enemies advancing northward from Zhangjiaji to Majiaji and Qingshuiqiao; the 9th Cavalry Division pursued the enemies advancing northward from Tongjiaji to Xianyunkou; the river defense troops each divided into 1 regiment from Yanshantou and Tanggang.  Cross the river and harass the enemies near Nanxinji and Yangzi.

    In addition, the 29th Division stayed to the east of Wangjiadian, Tutuling, and Qingfeng Mountain, and pursued the enemies north and south of Changshoudian through the pass camera.  One part of the 132nd Division occupied the east of Pumenchong, and the main force guarded the areas of Lihekou, Tongmulin, and Youjiazui.

    Li Jiusi, commander of the 38th Division, commanded the supplementary regiment of the division, the first regiment of the 74th Division, the field battalion of the 29th Division, etc., and was responsible for the river defense of Jiangjiatan, Zhuandouwan, Lihekou, and Anjiazhou. The 74th Division (missing two regiments) was the general reserve team, located at  Near home.

    But what the 33rd Army did not know, when they were mobilizing their troops, the intelligence department of the Japanese 11th Army used the radio's attack rate, cycle rate, and method of sending codes, as well as the call signs and methods of communication with superiors and subordinate radio stations.  etc., and through radio wave direction finding, we have been keeping track of the external communication status of the radio station of the 33rd Army Headquarters.

    Based on the fact that the radio stations are located near the headquarters, the Japanese army generally knew that the 33rd Army Headquarters was located in an area about 10 kilometers northeast of Yicheng, and continuously reported this important information to the 39th Division, ordering it to cooperate with the Air Force  Cooperate and encircle the mountains near this area.

    However, due to the increasingly serious enemy situation, the 33rd Group Army immediately ordered the two regiments of Li Yizhi's 74th Division to occupy the position and provide warning to the southwest of the Pumpkin Store; Zhang Deshun's 9th Cavalry Division reached the east-west line of Liangrushan and controlled the east-west line from the Pumpkin Store to Yicheng.  Transportation; Zheng Wanliang's 440th Regiment, directly under the headquarters, occupied Xing'er Mountain and provided security to the southeast of the Pumpkin Shop.

    Before the above deployment of the 33rd Army was completed, troops from the Japanese 39th Division moved through Fangjiaji and Nanying toward the Pumpkin Shop through overnight operations. However, by this time the Japanese had completed the tactical encirclement of the headquarters of the 33rd Army.

    Subsequently, the Japanese army began to shell the pumpkin shop and the 33rd Group Army's command post in Luojiazhuwu. The infantry split up and fought fiercely with the defenders to encircle the pumpkin shop area.

    The defending regiments counterattacked fiercely and fought back and forth on the position several times. At that time, the enemy continued to invest troops from the southwest, north and Xinjie area, totaling about 5,000 people and more than 20 large-caliber artillery pieces.

    On the second day of the battle, the weather was fine in the area around the Pumpkin Shop. The enemy's 3rd Flying Group, especially the 44th and 75th Light Bomb Squadrons, and the 17th Independent Reconnaissance Squadron, launched continuous attack and bombing raids, reducing the area around the Pumpkin Shop.  The battlefield was filled with dense smoke from artillery shells, bombs, grenades and small arms. The enemy and the defenders were fighting in the smoke.

    In the afternoon, the special agent battalion of the 33rd Army Headquarters also participated in the fierce battle. Battalion Commander Du Lanzhe died due to serious injuries. At this time, the enemy had besieged the 33rd Army's last position in the pumpkin shop.

    The Japanese 39th Division fought bloody battles with the defending 74th Division and the 33rd Army Headquarters Secret Service Battalion in this mountainous area, and the defenders retreated.

    When the Japanese army was cleaning the battlefield, they found many documents abandoned by the headquarters of the 33rd Army. Among the many sacrifices on the hillside near the Pumpkin Shop, the Japanese army discovered the body of General Zhang Xizhen (Zizhong), commander-in-chief of the 33rd Army.

    After Zhang Xingzhen died in a pumpkin shop in Yicheng, he and General Zhang's classmate in the 30th batch of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School and the current chief of staff of the enemy's 39th Division, Colonel Morihisa Tatada, ordered his troops to find him in a nearby civilian home in order to commemorate their old friendship.  The coffin was obtained and sent to the coffin by his eyes. He was buried and a tombstone was erected with the title "Tomb of General Zhang Zizhong, Commander-in-Chief of the China Army" written in Japanese.

    ¡°Then, after the 33rd Army counterattacked the enemy, they dug out General Zhang¡¯s coffin and transported it back to Chongqing.

    When the news came, the whole country was saddened. Li Guoyao, who was far away in Shandong Province, couldn't help crying after hearing the news!

    He and Lao Zhang had a brief cooperation. When he was guarding Bengbu, Li Guoyao also served under Lao Zhang, but he did not expect that the yin and yang would be separated in the blink of an eye.

    Although I feel sad for him, this is war. No matter you are a small soldier or a high-ranking commander-in-chief of a group army, once you go to the battlefield, your life will be difficult.?Guaranteed, maybe a bullet flying from somewhere will kill you.

    Although Li Guoyao failed to prevent the tragedy of Lao Zhang's death for his country, he did not want to make it easy for the little devil.

    Originally, he planned to take advantage of the relatively stable period between the two sides to let the troops from various places take a good rest, but now Li Guoyao changed his mind. He wanted to avenge Lao Zhang. This time he targeted the newly arrived 17th Division.  .

    According to the intelligence from the front line, the 17th Division was resting and recuperating near Xuzhou at this time. Originally, the division planned to go north and attack the national army in southwest Shandong with the 10th Division. However, after the 10th Division withdrew its troops from southwest Shandong, this division  The Japanese army also immediately withdrew to Xuzhou.

    The main reason for dealing with this Japanese division is that this 17th Division is a soft persimmon, easy to pinch!

    Although this division¡¯s number is within the top twenty, in fact this division is not a Class A division, it is just a Class C division with a three-unit system.

    The division was established in Okayama Prefecture, Japan in 1907, but unfortunately it was disbanded in 1925.  It was not rebuilt until April 1938, 13 years later, in Himeji and Osaka, Japan. However, at this time, it was no longer a four-unit system, but a three-unit division dedicated to security.

    In 1938, he was incorporated into the combat order of the Japanese Central China Expeditionary Force to participate in the war of aggression against China. He had been serving as a security guard in Central China and was recently transferred to the Shandong battlefield.

    "Compared to the behemoth of the 10th Division, the 17th Division is just a little brother. No matter in terms of the number of soldiers, quality, or weapons and equipment, the two are not comparable in any way.

    More importantly, the commander of the 17th Division, Ping Lin Shengren, was a grumpy guy, and Li Guoyao thought he could make targeted arrangements!

    On May 15, after resting for a week in Luxi, Li Guoyao handed over the command of the troops to Lu Zhanwu, who gave him unified command of more than 6,000 troops in Luxi, while he led the guards and special forces all the way south.  , came straight to Heze.

    Two days later, Li Guoyao¡¯s troops entered Heze City!

    At this time, the 12th Army Headquarters also straightened out its clues, and then adjusted the next actions of the troops.

    According to the order of the 12th Army Headquarters, the Corps Headquarters temporarily gave up the plan to recapture southwestern Shandong. The 10th Division immediately stationed in Liaocheng, and with Liaocheng as the center, independently mixed the 5th Brigade and the rebuilt 10th Brigade.  With the cooperation of other troops, a large-scale sweep was carried out against the Chinese army in western Shandong and areas north of Jinan.

    At the same time, the 32nd Division and the 41st Division carried out diversionary attacks against the Chinese troops in Xiong'er Mountain, Yimeng Mountain and other places, and conducted troop training while holding back the Chinese troops in these places.

    The 17th Division and the 21st Division stationed in Xuzhou carried out raids in northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui and southwestern Shandong respectively. Of course, the purpose was not to eliminate the Chinese army in these areas, but to hold back the troops in western Shandong.  Prevent them from going north to reinforce Lu Xi.

    With the mobilization of the Japanese army, a war begins again!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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