Chapter 2: Jinpu Road Defense War Section 9: Linyi Pojun (Sixth

Gakura was a little annoyed when he received the telegram, but at the same time he was helpless. The newly built No. 1 was not as good as the old army, and his superior firepower could not stop the squadron's counterattack. Chief of Staff Nishimura suggested that a brigade be drawn from the 21st Brigade support. Itagaki thought for a moment but shook his head and refused.

"Order Yoshimura to move closer to Phoenix Mountain and tell Jianchuan that the Chinese army may attack him with its main force. He must use Phoenix Mountain as bait to attract the main force of the Chinese army to attack and win time for the division to defeat the Fifty-ninth Army."

Nishimura was a little hesitant. He knew the reason why Ban did this. There was definitely more than one reinforcement brigade. Yoshimura's telegram indicated that there was at least one brigade in the army that was supporting, indicating that at least one reinforcement division, or even one army.

"What appeared on the battlefield was our opponent in Nankou's 52nd Army. His commanders were Guan Linzheng, Xicun Jun. Guan Linzheng's troops should be regarded as three equal troops in China. These are the most combat-capable troops in China.

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Itagaki had a headache when he said this. Before the war started, China looked so cowardly and was not worth mentioning at all. However, after the war started, several troops that were extremely capable of fighting suddenly emerged. The 52nd Army was one, and the 104th Division that appeared in Guangde was one. No, it should be the Forty-Ninth Army. This unit was already regarded as the number one enemy by the Empire, and his commander was regarded as the most dangerous enemy of the Empire.

Lin was almost taken down, but as soon as Zhuang Jihua appeared here, the situation of the battle began to change.

"The appearance of the Chinese general in Lin means that the Chinese generals are in reinforcement of Lin. The 52nd Army is likely to be only the first batch. There must be some later. Before this, we must defeat Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army, first eliminate the threat from the northern line, and then attract the main force of China to Lin, create conditions for Aan Gujun to conquer Yanzhou and advance to Xuzhou." Ban said slowly, this decision means that the newly formed Ninth Brigade would have to bear huge pressure and would probably not be fought again, but Ban believed that this was the only correct decision.

No matter how the Ninth Brigade was, Itagaki still insisted on putting pressure on the flanks of the 59th Army. Zhang Zizhong immediately felt great pressure. After understanding that Itagaki's main force turned to him, he immediately reduced his strength. He continued to move north with the Ninth Cavalry Brigade and threatened the flanks of the 16th Division; he blocked the 16th Division with Huang Weigang's troops of the 38th Division, and led Liu Zhen's 3180th Division to block Itagaki.

Zhang Zizhong gritted his teeth and fought hard, but Zhuang Jihua could not watch him fight hard like this. He called in to ask if reinforcements were needed. Zhang Zizhong gritted his teeth and replied that he didn't need it for the time being.

At this moment, Zhuang Jihua received a report on the local war situation in Li Zongren. Yanzhou was lost. The Third Army retreated to Jining. The Japanese Northern Line troops attacked Jining with the 108th Division. Yamamoto Brigade tried to cross the canal in Nanwang and fought with the Rao Guohua Division of the 102nd Army, the 49th Army; the main Japanese 10th Division and the 109th Division headed south along the Jinpu Road to attack Teng County and fought fiercely with Sun Lianzhong's Second Army. Li Zongren hoped that he could rush back to Jiaxiang as soon as possible and command the battle on the northern line. In the local situation reported by Li Zongren, the only thing that made Zhuang Jihua happy was that the Air Force was about to re-enter the battle. Li Zongren revealed that the Air Force ground radar station had been completed. It would be able to provide air support for the fifth zone at least three days later.

This only good news did not make Zhuang Jihua happy for a long time. Zhang Zizhong sent news that his 38th Division's support point was lost in Bancheng Town. The 38th Division retreated to the front line of Nanyangzhuang.

Zhang Zizhong was furious when he heard the news. He asked Deputy Commander Li Wentian and Chief of Staff Zhang Kexia to stay in the command center to command the overall situation. He led the guards to the command center overnight. The command center of the 38th Division was located in Xiaozhangzhuang, Bali southwest of Nanyang Village. Huang Wei knew that it was not good when he saw Zhang Zizhong's angry person. He was an old subordinate of Zhang Zizhong. He knew his temper and quickly apologized.

"Captain, the army lost half of the journey and it was my fault. It was all my fault."

His chief of staff quickly defended him: "The commander, the entire division of the 16th Division was pressed up. The reserve team was all over. More than half of the 113th Brigade was injured. The brigade commander Li Jiusi was injured..."

"I don't care about these!" Zhang Zizhong waved his hand and interrupted him: "The 38th Division is an A-type Division. There are three brigades and there are also a cavalry brigade of your combat field. The total four brigades have a total of only 20,000 people. I can't stop it? I tell you. Itagaki has been fighting. But this is not a reason for being unable to stand the position! I have told you a long time ago that we are here to fight the Japanese and seek death! If you don't want to be my Zhang Zizhong's military soldiers, you can leave!"

Zhang Zizhong's thunderous anger made all the officers of the 38th Division silent and did not dare to speak anymore. After Zhang Zizhong got angry, his anger calmed down a little.

"Prepare for a counterattack, where is the reserve team now?" Zhang Zizhong asked to walk to the map.

"Report, there is no reserve team anymore, it's all used." Huang Weigang replied loudly.

Zhang Zizhong was stunned, then looked down at the situation of the two armies on the map. The huge blue arrows representing the Japanese army were pointing to the red defense line representing the squadron. The 113th Brigade was in Nanyangzhuang, the 114th Brigade was on the bridge, and the 112th Brigade was in the fields between them. The attack on the 113th Brigade was the 19th Brigade of the 16th Division, the attack on the 33th Brigade was the 30th Brigade, and the attack on the 112th Brigade was the 38th Brigade.

"Captain, I'm not complaining,

Besides, my 38th Division has participated in the war for more than half a month, and the casualties are serious. I have borne a predecessor. Now, there are only about 10,000 wounded people." Huang Weigang couldn't help but complain to Zhang Zizhong.

"We have suffered a lot of losses, but are the Nakajima not? We are struggling to support it. Isn't Nakajima struggling to support it? The victory or defeat of the war depends on the commander's determination and the competition in the last five minutes!" Zhang Zizhong looked cold and his tone was still very strict.

"Draw a battalion from the 112th Brigade, plus my guard company, and launch a counterattack from here on the halfway." Zhang Zizhong pointed at the junction of the 113th Brigade: "Operation!"

Huang Weigang stood attentively and replied: "I personally lead my troops to fight back and will definitely regain half of the journey."

Huang Weigang turned around and left after he finished speaking. Chief of Staff looked at Zhang Zizhong and did not say anything in dissuasion. He knew that if Huang Weigang didn't go, Zhang Zizhong would go himself. Zhang Zizhong stood in front of the map with a gloomy face, and seemed not to see Huang Weigang leaving.

"Chief of the Army, the deputy commander of the military forwarded the call from the village." A staff officer came in quickly to report.

"I miss it!" Zhang Zizhong's figure did not move at all.

"The 16th Division and the 5th Division are pressing towards your unit. Your unit is currently under the main pressure of the Japanese army and has become the key to combat. The chief officer decided that the Second Division of the 52nd Army immediately reinforce your unit. Commander Zhengdong National Division will arrive at your unit this afternoon to contact the task. General Zhuang Jihua, deputy commander of the Fifth War Zone."

Zhang Zizhong breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Although he did not ask for reinforcements, it did not mean that he did not want reinforcements. The 59th Army suffered huge losses, with 30,000 troops in the entire army, and now there are only more than 20,000 left, with one-third of the casualties. He was under attack from two divisions and was under great pressure.

The Chief of Staff suddenly relaxed: "Captain, when will they arrive?"

"Can't they do it before we?" Zhang Zizhong snorted coldly: "First do what we should do, and then talk about their affairs when they arrive. Here you command, and I'll go back to the military headquarters."

Even if it was a detour, Zheng Dongguo would not arrive for more than two hours. Zhang Zizhong had to return to the military headquarters immediately and decide which direction they would surrender to after measuring the overall situation.

However, Zhang Zizhong did not set off immediately. Instead, he waited for Huang Weigang to counterattack and broke through the first line of defense of the Japanese army. He braved the bombing of Japanese planes to return to the military headquarters. As soon as he stepped into the gate of the military headquarters, Chief of Staff Zhang Kexia reported to him that Huang Weigang was injured and the counterattack failed to achieve the expected effect. A battalion and Zhang Zizhong's guard company that participated in the counterattack broke through the two lines of defense of the Japanese army and lost the agility of assault when they rushed outside Bancheng Town. The Japanese army drew a brigade from the 19th Brigade to counterattack. The troops were forced to retreat to the starting point, with a loss of up to 70%.

After hearing this, Zhang Zizhong didn't say anything, but just asked if Commander Zheng had arrived? As soon as he arrived, Zhang Kexia replied. The door of the war room was opened, and Zhang Zizhong saw Li Wentian and a general with the rank of Major General were talking.

When Li Wentian saw Zhang Zizhong coming in, he hurriedly introduced Zheng Dongguo to him. After Zhang Zizhong greeted Zheng Dongguo, he went straight to the topic: "Team Commander Zheng, how many troops will your troops have?"

"A regiment encountered a Japanese air strike on the road, losing more than 100 people; the remaining troops arrived after dark," said Zheng Dongguo: "The Japanese plane bombing was too powerful."

Zhang Zizhong didn't say anything, just nodded, and Zheng Dongguo said again: "Deputy Commander Zhuang asked me to tell you that he has formulated a counterattack plan and asked me to explain it to you in person.

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Zhang Zizhong looked at Zheng Dongguo. Zheng Dongguo pointed to the map and said, "Itagaki transferred its main force to the north of Lin. The purpose was to defeat your troops first before our reinforcements arrived. However, this was his wishful thinking and also exposed his weakness, that is, his left wing, the Ninth Brigade. Tomorrow, the New 38th Division and the New 22nd Division will arrive at Lin. Deputy Commander Zhuang used two divisions and our 85th Army to attack Fenghuang Ridge, completely defeating the Ninth Brigade entrenched here, and then penetrated from Fenghuang Ridge to the Japanese side. For this reason, our two units must do their best to drag down Itagaki's main force and the 16th Division."

Zhang Zizhong immediately spoke: "I understand. I will send power to Deputy Commander Zhuang. I, Zhang Zizhong, will definitely hold Ban and Zhongdao and will never let them add troops to Fenghuangling."

"Brother Guiting, I want to ask you to take over the 180th Division and do your best to deal with the 5th Division. My 59th Army will deal with the 16th Division." Zhang Zizhong said after a breakup, Zheng Dongguo agreed without delay.

In the middle of the night, the entire Zhengdong Kingdom's Second Division arrived and immediately took over the defense zone of the 180th Division. Liu Zhensan led the 180th Division to move the defense immediately and took over the bridge position of the 38th Division.

The Japanese army did not notice the squadron's adjustment of the deployment. The next day Itagaki continued to attack, but found that the Central Army appeared on the position. Only then did he know that the reinforcements of the squadron had arrived. This made him a little angry on the one hand, but on the other hand, he felt that the opportunity was coming. The reinforcements of the squadron were not stationed in Lincheng, but were fighting with him in the field. He could make full use of the artillery advantage to eliminate the squadron that blocked his advance.
Chapter completed!