Commander, the activities of the Chinese Air Force and the guerrillas were too harmful. Almost all the railways were blown up, and it was very difficult for the troops to march*..." Tadao Tegaki decided for the 53rd Brigade.

Until now, the Chinese team has the upper hand in all indicators of equipment. The smaller the gap in the early stage of the war, the greater the advantage now. In the sky, the Japanese and Chinese Air Force has no space at all. The hundreds of aircraft transferred from Nanyang and the local area were severely hit by the Chinese Air Force at the beginning of the war. Now the sky is full of blue sky and sun.

Under the guidance of ground guerrillas, the Chinese Air Force accurately blew up almost all railways and stations in the Shandong section of the Jinpu Line, and the railway from Yanzhou to Jinan had been completely interrupted. After the railway was blown up, the Chinese Air Force's attention turned to the highway again, and dozens of aircraft patrolled along the highway every day. The troops could only go to night and stay in the morning, and they should also be wary of local Chinese agents exposing their targets.

"Commander, the Teng County Garrison should retreat as soon as possible and retreat to Yanzhou, otherwise it will be too late*..." Tadaoshi Tegagaki immediately suggested that the Teng County Garrison had only two squadrons, and this little force was not enough to rush into the middle *** team.

Matsui Ishigen nodded hatred. Now he must concentrate his troops, and he must give up what he should give up. Tadao Teragaki then suggested: "The 17th Division should retreat immediately and concentrate its forces to defend Yanzhou."

The progress of each front is not smooth, and the troops are dispersed in this way and are defeated by the Chinese army. It is better to give up some places and concentrate troops to defend some strategic points. Compared with Jining, Yanzhou is more important.

"Report*..." Another staff officer came in. He obviously learned from the lessons of the man ahead. When he came in, he still kept the samurai calm, pushed open the door calmly, saluted Matsui Ishione before reporting: "The commander of the 17th Division, Sakai Yasuhi, reported that Huangtun was lost."

"What!" Matsui Ishione and Tadao Teragaki rushed to the map at the same time and found Huangtun. The two of them couldn't help but sucked in air conditioning, and they felt that this was trouble at the same time.

The main road of Huangtun and Yanji Highway, where the fall of the 17th Division guarding Jining means that the retreat of the 17th Division was completely cut off, Jining was surrounded, and the 17th Division was surrounded.

When Matsui Ishione and Tadao Teigaki searched for Huangtun on the map, a jeep drove into Huangtun. Traces of civil war in the town were still there, destroyed houses, dead bodies, and groups of residents were looking for something in the ruins. The dead Japanese corpses were exposed to the scorching sun, and there was a strange smell in the air "sulphur mixed with blood."

The jeep stopped with the long sound of brakes. A major general was sitting upright in the car. The soldiers who were resting bored on the tank in the distance seemed to have not seen it. The major general waved his hand and called an officer.

The officer quickly ran to the major general and saluted: "Secretary, what's the matter?"

"Where is your leader?" the major general.

"Report" the regiment headquarters is located in front of the town..." The officer pointed to the front and said.

"Get in the car and lead me the way*..."

The officer agreed and jumped into the back seat of the jeep. The jeep drove forward along the road. No one opened his mouth along the way. The major general sat in the car and looked at the streets on both sides. "The town was not destroyed strongly, only about one-third of the houses were damaged, and the battle didn't seem to be fierce.

There were several tanks and motorcycles parked in front of the temple at the front of the town, and some soldiers were building tents. The major general jumped out of the car. Seeing this, the busy soldiers immediately stopped to salute. The major general did not return the gift and quickly walked into the temple.

In the temple, Chu Kuo, the commander of the Second Tank Regiment of the Second Tank Regiment, was not old, only twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old. However, he had been a veteran of six years of enlistment. He had served in the Sino-South Military Academy. He participated in the Battle of Songhu. After the tanks of the tank regiment were completely lost, he became an infantryman. Later, he reorganized the tank troops and went to the Fifth Army again. After Wuhan fell, he entered the Armored Soldier School. After graduation, he was assigned to the Second Tank Division of the First Mechanized Army that was being formed as the commander of the Second Tank Division. At this moment, he was sitting on the table, looking through the statistics just sent. The tank soldiers' fur hats were thrown aside, and their wet hair was drooping.

"Chu Kuo!"

Chu Kuo looked up and saw the person coming, quickly jumped off the table, tidied up his uniform, and then saluted the major general: "Chang Mou!"

The tank division has no brigade system. Each division has three regiments, each regiment is organized in a three-three system, with one tank per squad. The entire regiment also has a self-propelled artillery company, with a total of 370 self-propelled artillery vehicles of various tanks and 140 trucks. "Is the loss big?" The major general felt a little soft, and his tone became much gentler when he saw Chu Kuo's appearance.

"It's not big. So far, our regiment has lost four tanks. The Japanese have no anti-tank weapons and only know how to fill in the *..." Chu Kuo replied indifferently, completely forgetting that in the Battle of Shanghai and North China, facing Japanese tanks, Chinese soldiers could only rush forward with grenades.

Before the attack was launched, the troops were still worried about the Japanese anti-tank weapons, but as the attack unfolded, the tank soldiers became more and more confident. The anti-tank weapons of the Japanese army were 37 war anti-cannon guns and anti-tank guns. However, these two weapons had no effect on the T34 tank and Sherman tank. In the end, they could only use people to carry the ** bag to rush forward. This method has some effect on the Sherman tank, but it still has no effect on the T34/b.

"The commander has come to order you to turn around and attack Yanzhou." The major general reached out and took the file package from the adjutant, took out a map from it and spread it on the table.

Chu Kuo frowned slightly, but the major general didn't see it, and just took it to gesture on the map: "According to information, there are about 1,800 Japanese devils in Yanzhou, which is quite a lot. In addition, the old guy Matsui Ishigen transferred a brigade from Jinan, and I don't know where they arrived? Damn, was Matsui Ishigen kicked the head by a donkey, and a brigade dared to come.*..."

He muttered to himself for a while, but he didn't hear Chu Kuo respond. The major general looked up at him with some surprise. Chu Kuo spread his hands: "Teacher, my oil can only run twenty kilometers more. If you don't cheer me up, I won't go there."

The major general was slightly stunned, then furious: "Damn! What was Zhang Huai'en's donkey doing? Why hasn't it arrived for such a long time? I immediately sent a report to the commander that my department was already short of oil and the order could not be executed*..."

The major general is from Shaanxi, "the mouth is full of Qin accent." Chu Kuo had no choice but to smile bitterly. The major general got angry, but then there was still no way." Sitting at the table, Chu Kuo quickly took out a box of cigarettes. The major general took out one, and Chu Kuo quickly lit it for him. The major general Meimei took a sip and highlighted the two cigarette rings.

"Teacher Commander, as long as the oil is incurred, don't worry." Not to mention Yanzhou, even Tai'an is fine*..." After fighting for so long, not only Chu Kuo, but all the brothers in the regiment were becoming more and more confident, and they were confident that the Japanese army could not stop their iron flow at all.

The major general ignored him and only smoked a lot. The red value of the cigarette butt was shortened by a large part. The major general pressed half of the cigarette butt on the table, and then said in a deep voice: "The commander ordered that we should hand it over to the Eighth Route Army. Our mission is to continue to attack eastward; the brothers of the First Army and the 36th Army who came from the south were heading north along the Jinpu Road and had occupied Zaozhuang. They were attacking towards Fei County, Zoucheng, Teng County."

"Okay" Then give this to them and we will attack Yanzhou." Chu Kuo's attitude didn't matter. It turned out that he looked down on the GCD troops and believed that they were all farmers with guns, but this battle in Heze proved that this troops should not be despised and won his respect.

However, cooperation with GCD itself is a taboo. Many people in the Kuomintang army believe that although it is the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, "it can be driven away Japan, there will be a dispute between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party" or even a war. If you deal with GC, you must be careful.

However, in the Jiangbei War Zone, Zhuang Jihua's attitude influenced a group of Kuomintang generals. In addition, the third party's work has achieved great success, so the relationship between the generals of the two parties is not that tense, and there is still some cooperation in the battle.

"Make some preparations, and when their people arrive, hand over the place to them." The Major General stood up and prepared to take a look in the town.

To his surprise, before he could complete a round in the town, the officers under Chu Kuo came to report that the vanguard of the third detachment of the Guerrilla Corps had arrived.

The major general looked at the Eighth Route Army officer brought by the staff. This was the Qing officer this year. He had no military rank and was mixed with soil and sweat. His pair of cloth shoes under his feet were old and his old upper had broken the gap.

"Report to the general, the first company of the 26th Regiment Battalion of the 26th Detachment of the Third Detachment of the Guerrilla Corps was ordered to come to take over Huangtun. I am the company commander Guo Shaowu."

Guo Shaowu's salute was very unstandard, but it was clean and neat and did not drag it down. The major general replied casually, but he did not speak. Chu Kuo said at this time: "I have received an order to hand over to your subordinates Huangtun. To the east of our subordinates, we will go to the east of Huangtun, and wait for the oil supply in the rear."

Guo Shaowu did not express any dissatisfaction with this. This attack on Shandong also made the Eighth Route Army, which has always looked down on the Kuomintang army, have a new understanding of the Kuomintang army.

Guo Shaowu was not from Henan, nor even from Hebei, but from Shanxi. In 1939, he joined the Eighth Route Army troops and followed Chen Tang from Shanxi to Henan. He participated in the anti-sweeping operations of Chen'an's troops and also participated in the anti-friction operations. In these battles, the Kuomintang army was defeated at once, which made the entire army very despised the Kuomintang troops.

But at the beginning of this battle, they discovered that the combat effectiveness of the Kuomintang Central Army and the local army was huge. In the past, they faced local troops of the Kuomintang, that is, miscellaneous troops. The Central Army that they occasionally encountered was also the Central Army. But this time they fought together were elite troops in the Central Army.

They found that this army was as brave, tenacious as them, and better equipped and more skillful in tactics. From the border between Henan and Lu to the canal, the two troops went from looking down on each other to admiring each other.

What worried Chu Kuo and Major General was that Qiu Qingquan's telegram had not arrived for a long time. By the evening, the third detachment of the Guerrilla Corps had already arrived in Huangtun, but the car carrying the fuel was still missing. The major general's concern finally happened.

There was no oil in Qiu Qingquan. From the border of Henan and Lu, the oil was only replenished once. After rushing across the canal, the troops first went north and then south. Most of the oil in the logistics regiment had been consumed, while the oil in the logistics base was still in Henan, more than 100 kilometers away.

"Generate power to the commander. Our department lacks oil and cannot attack Yanzhou!" Qiu Qingquan ordered helplessly.

Zhuang Jihua did not expect that at this critical moment, the First Mechanized Army would become a pile of dead irons. He had a gray face and called Lin Huaibin, director of the Logistics Department, and asked him to send the oil to the Jining battlefield within one day.

"You can order Qiu Qingquan to give all the oil to the Second Tank Division and let the Second Division attack Yanzhou." He Wei suggested.

"It's totally OK" Cai Tingcuo immediately supported this proposal: "The Second Division has hundreds of tanks, and Yanzhou has less than two thousand Japanese troops, so it can be completely defeated in one go."

"No!" This time, Zhuang Jihua did not adopt their suggestions, but decisively ordered: "Order Qiu Qingquan's entire army to be renovated and wait for logistics supplies."

"Commander!" He Wei looked at Yanzhou on the map. It was almost an empty city. He believed that the Second Tank Division could take down the city soldiers with just one charge.

"Don't just see Yanzhou, the 53rd Brigade and the 59th Division. Don't forget that Dong'a and Xiao Guiyu have three divisions. If they suddenly cross the river when we attack Yanzhou? Qiu Qingquan's mechanized First Army is our strike force. Without oil, this unit is not as good as an infantry division. I don't plan to take risks!" Zhuang Jihua and his attitude were very firm.

Xu Zuyi spoke up for Zhuang Jihua at this time: "The commander is right. Take a step back and say that even if the Shao Brigade or the 59th Division all arrived in Yanzhou, Lan Yundong and Zhong Bin have the strength to seize Yanzhou. In fact, Matsui Ishigen's most correct choice should be to give up Jining, retreat to Yanzhou, and restrain our army by delayed combat. Then the main force is ready in the Taishan area and use the mountainous areas to weaken our army's firepower advantages."

"It's too late!" Zhuang Jihua's tone was very confident: "Now the 17th Division and the 60th Division were unable to escape. I telegraphed Song Xilian to conquer Jining within three days: telegraph Du Yuming, I'll give him four days to take Xuzhou."

"In addition, tell Sun Zhen and Yang Sen that the Japanese army in North China are gathering in Shandong and order them to speed up and not to delay."

"Also, tell Lin Huaibin that other materials can be transported by manpower, and all cars are used to transport fuel. The First Mechanization Army has stopped!"

Cai Tingcuo now discovered another side of Zhuang Jihua. Once he made a decision, he was extremely determined and confident. The logistics department was extremely busy, and the logistics of all the troops were provided by them, and the transportation of hundreds of kilometers was supported by them. Overall, the situation on the southern line was slightly better. After all, with the Longhai Railway there, the transportation speed was much faster.

There is no such condition on the northern line. All supplies are carried by carriages. In order to support this attack, the National Rescue Council and the People's Mobilization Department of the War Zone mobilized all the elites in eastern Henan and formed thousands of front teams. The people of Henan have just recovered from the summer harvest, pushing small carriages, driving carriages, carrying baskets, and sending bullets and food to the front line.

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