In the suburbs of Pi County, Li Pinxian gathered at Xuezhong, Li Xianzhou, Han Deqin, Zhou Yan and other generals. After Li Pinxian entered Jiangsu, Chiang Kai-shek decisively adjusted the command system of the Jiangsu troops, and Li Pinxian replaced Han Deqin to command all the central teams in Jiangsu.

The counterattack planned by Zhuang Jihua will start from Jiangsu first.

On February 12, the 51st Army, the 75th Army, and the 92nd Army attacked southwestern Shandong in three directions. Yu Xuezhong led the 51st Army out of Pi County and attacked Taierzhuang area, dragging the Japanese army in Xuzhou. Zhou Yan led the 75th Army out of Tancheng and launched from the south to Linyi; Li Xianzhou led the 92nd Army out of Linshu and from Linyi in the southeast.

Behind the enemy, Chen Honglie commanded Qin Shangrong, Fan Zhuxian, Lu Bin, and Zhang Liyuan's troops to attack everywhere, blow up bridges and culverts, attack Japanese strongholds, traffic lines, and the entire land of Qilu, from Jiaodong to Xuzhou, wars flew, and the Japanese troops stationed in various places were in a hurry.

To the west of Dingyuan, Liao Lei commanded the 21st Army to continue attacking in separate ways, entangling the Zero Division, forcing it not to dare to go north to reinforce Haozhou.

In the southern section of Jinpu Road, Song Yunfei and Zhao Hanjie divided their troops into two groups. Zhao Hanjie led his troops north and moved in the triangle area of ​​Bengbu, Mengcheng and Suxian. The elite soldiers of the special forces showed their power here, and the Japanese transport team was frequently annihilated; Song Yunfei led his troops south and rushed into Pukou for a time, blowing up an important arsenal of the Japanese army in Pukou. The violent explosion made Hata Shinroku Uchinoki thrilled.

The problem of Sugiyama's handover was also unsolvable. The staff members also argued fiercely. The continued attack and the stop and rest were divided into two parts. They quarreled in front of him, and no one could convince anyone.

The frequent activities of the China National Team made Hata Shunruo feel a little abnormal. He felt that since Xue Yue's troops crossed the Yellow River south, the China National Team has gradually stabilized its position, with long-term combat and empty rears, leaving two major hidden worries. Once these hidden worries break out, the consequences are unimaginable.

Intelligence came from Shangqiu, and the general was there. There will be big moves in the past few days, but Hata Shunruo didn't understand what the general's big move was? Where will the counterattack happen? Just as Hata Shunruo was hesitant, the Lanfeng counterattack commanded by Du Yuming started, and the five armies launched an attack on the two divisions in Ito from the south and west.

Du Yuming's heart fell into his stomach. The general chose to launch a counterattack against the northern section where the imperial army had the strongest troops. This move was indeed beyond his expectations, but it was not terrible. Ito and Shinozuka Yoshio had nearly nine divisions, which could completely suppress the general's counterattack.

"Yoxi, it seems that the general has exhausted his skills. All the power he can mobilize is mobilized." Hata Shunruo was a little satisfied. He was worried that Zhuang Jihua would launch a counterattack against Yamashita Bongfu, the weakest military force, or counterattack against Tani Suo, the farthest journey.

"Your Excellency, where are there the Forty-Nine Army?" Chief of Staff Kawabian Masasara reminded him that when he continued to attack or stopped to rest, Kawabian Masasara was also hesitant.

"This is his stay. The troops guarding Shangqiu, don't worry too much. The general is still worried about his safety." Hata Shunruo seemed very confident and joked casually. Then he ordered seriously: "Order Tani Suo, Yamashita Tomoki, Ando Takiyo, and order Shinozuka Yoshio to draw a division to reinforce Ito, and the rest of the troops continued to attack Shangqiu."

But with the war everywhere in the rear, Hata Shunruo was helpless, so he had to strictly order the Zero Division to strengthen the defense of the southern section, and ordered Nishiosuzu to ensure traffic safety and not affect the battle ahead. Nishiosuzuzuo had no extra method. It required troops to ensure traffic safety. The troops in various places had been transferred to the limit. Even Yanzhou, where his headquarters was located, was located, and there was only one brigade left in Jinan to Tai'an. In helpless, Nishiosuzuo transferred the seriously damaged Honma troops to Yanzhou, and rested on the front line of Tai'an and enriched the garrison.

Lanfeng's counterattack was in full swing, and the Chinese team was fierce in offensive. The Chinese soldiers who were so excited by the bloody case in Xuzhou were completely fighting with all their fighting style. They completely ignored the Japanese army's bullet rain and rushed up with red eyes. The support team formed by refugees evacuated from Xuzhou followed the troops forward.

After a day of fierce battle, the 60th Army and the 23rd Army defeated the 68th Brigade of the 37th Division in Chengzhuang, Minquan. Feng Shengfa commanded the 71st Army (the previous article was wrong, the 72nd Army actually blocked the north bank of the Yellow River) bypassed Li Tang, defeated the Jinhu Regiment of the 70th Brigade of the Japanese army, and Xue Yue commanded the 27th Army. The 21st Army and the 27th Army counterattacked the 101st Division to be forced to turn attack into defense.

The crisis of the 37th Division made Itong feel dangerous. He quickly retreated from Lanfeng City. The 101th Division and the 37th Division alternately covered and retreated. Du Yuming and Xue Yue took advantage of the victory and chased Shandong in one fell swoop.

After entering the border of Henan and Lu, Xue Yue and Du Yuming divided into two groups. Du Yuming captured Louzhuang and then developed in the direction of Weiwan. Xue Yue occupied the horse head, the 27th left-wing army conquered Jiaoyuan, and Sanchun gathered. Two armies chased Yidong on the western plains of Shandong, like two mad dogs biting their prey.

Shinji Hata accurately estimated the dilemma that Ito would encounter. To put it bluntly, this is also the combat effectiveness shown by Xuzhou, Nanjing and the mid-level team in the early stage of this battle, which made him feel that the current mid-level team is no longer like those of the previous mid-level teams.

The timely reinforcements of the 14th Division allowed Ito to stabilize his position. At this time, both the enemy and the enemy saw that the importance of Cao Ji, who was defending Sun Lianzhong, was precisely because of his persistence that he had penetrated a wedge on the Japanese northern line. Here he was like a rock, and the sea water flowed through both sides of him, but could not submerge him; the Japanese army could not use troops smoothly on the northern line.

After discovering this, Cao Ji's pressure suddenly increased. The 32nd Division, which attacked Cao Ji, was under tremendous pressure from Yanzhou, Peking, and even Nanjing. Yoshio Shinozuka even dispatched the 8th Brigade from the 109th Division to strengthen the 32nd Division and attack Cao Ji.

But it was too late. After Du Yuming and Xue Yue attacked Shandong, Zhuang Jihua ordered Yang Sen's troops, who had been waiting for a long time, to reinforce Cao Ji. Yang Sen's troops retreated from Dangshan, especially the 20th Army had basically not fought any wars, but the 47th Army suffered heavy losses along the way. They retreated from the canal and repaired the north of Shangqiu south of Minquan. Now it is time to attack.

Yang Sen replaced the 12th Army's position in Qingge. He defended Qingge with the 47th Army, led the 20th Army to reinforce Cao Ji, and rushed into Cao Ji from the south gate to replace Sun Lianzhong's troops to defend Cao Ji. Sun Lianzhong's troops fought hard for two months. A group of nearly 50,000 people are now only more than 12,000 people left. The troops suffered heavy casualties. Before Yang Sen arrived, the commander Tian Zhennan, the division commander Chi Fengcheng and others all picked up guns and appeared on the front line.

The casualties of Sun Tongxuan's troops were also amazing, but his strength was greater than Sun Lianzhong, and the entire army still had more than 20,000 people. After the Second Corps came up, Huanggang's defense line gradually stabilized.

Yang Sen and Xu Yuanquan's appearance in Caoji Huanggang made Nanjing relieved. Even if there was a Forty-ninth Army, it seemed that Sugiyama Moto, Hata Shunruo, and Nishio Suzusaki could not save the situation, so continuing the attack became their common decision. On February 17, Ando Rikishi attacked Yucheng City and tore the defense line of the Zhongzhao team from the middle.

Shinji Hata was very happy to look at the latest progress of the Japanese army. An emergency information from Shangqiu made his heart pique again.

"The rapid column came from Wuhan to reinforcements and drove southward today, with a large number of tanks and armored vehicles along the way. The specific number was unknown. The Forty-Nine Army moved south secretly, and the destination was unknown."

"Is the general really fighting back here?" Kawabian Masazo pointed at Ando Riki of Yucheng in surprise, with a look of disbelief on his face: "What can I do if it is a fast column?"

Shunruo Hata didn't say anything, he picked up a cigarette from the table and sucked silently.

Private Bangu, who had just handed over the post, leaned tiredly in the trenches. The motor behind the opposite position rang. I don’t know how many things the army sent to the front line. Sometimes I really envy them. There are so many things delivered, and the things delivered from the rear in the past few days have become less and less. I haven’t eaten the delicious rice balls for several days. On this cold land, the villagers in the surrounding villages have run away, and there is no place to grab things.

It was still comfortable in Xuzhou. Bangu closed his eyes and remembered that he and a few companions in the class broke into someone's house. The woman's fragrant body was so comfortable. Unfortunately, the war was about to end, otherwise she could enjoy more women in the future. But it would be better if she could go home. Maybe she could catch up with spring plowing and help her father plow the fields, and her sister would go to junior high school next year.

Just as Bangu was squinting his eyes and thinking about it, just behind the position opposite him, a large number of tanks were arranged neatly through the woods. Qiu Qingquan held up a loudspeaker in the command car and shouted: "I repeat that the Japanese army on the opposite side was the executioner of the Xuzhou Massacre, with both hands stained with the blood of his compatriots. The War Zone Command ordered that they were not allowed to accept their surrender. They must be killed. Do you understand?"

"I understand!" the officers around answered in unison.

"Okay, there are three minutes left. Go back to your car and prepare to attack. Whoever wore his pants would get out of here." Qiu Qingquan closed the map and glanced at the officers with his eyes. After saluting, the officers quickly ran back to their tanks.

A muffled thunder sound came from the sky, and then an explosion sounded on the opposite side. The earth was shocked, the earth was trembling, and it could hardly stand firm on the ground; a series of bombs fell on the Japanese positions like raindrops. At first, the explosion could be heard clearly, and then the explosion could no longer be heard, and only one sound could be heard.

The bombing that lasted for more than half an hour stopped, and the roar of motors came from the sky. Dozens of planes appeared above the Japanese positions filled with smoke. Seven huge bodies shook gently, and strings of bombs fell from the sky.

In order to counterattack this time, Zhuang Jihua not only strengthened the 150th Heavy Artillery Brigade, which was directly affiliated to the 49th Group Army, but also contacted the Air Force to provide air cover, which was a real ground-to-air cooperation combat.

Dozens of planes flew from the east sky, and the fighter planes wandering around immediately came up to him, blocking the Japanese planes outside. After throwing the bomb, they flew slowly westward. Yi-dived from the sky again, and the machine guns opened fire violently at the ground, plowing the Japanese positions again.

After arriving through the plane, the Japanese soldiers crawled out from all corners. They looked a little dull, and they rushed to the shooting position completely with instinct and lifted various weapons out of the hidden part. But unexpectedly, there was no movement on the opposite side, and there was no trace of human beings in the open area in front of the position. Then the thunder-like sound rang out again, and the shells landed on the position again.

This strike was completely unexpected to the Japanese army. The Japanese army, who had no time to hide in the shelter, suffered heavy casualties, the machine gun was overturned, and the broken limbs and arms flew across.

The unbearable bombing ended, but the earth was still shaking, a group of steel monsters emerged from the horizon, and the black smoke from the tail formed a huge black dragon in the air, and the heavy roar could be heard for miles.

The tanks rushed into the Japanese position with dust in the sky, crushing all obstacles that hindered their progress. Several Japanese soldiers crawled out of the position with grenades. As soon as they stood up, they were torn into two pieces by a fierce rain of bullets. The flames sprayed from the muzzle destroyed the remaining firepower points.

A group of soldiers jumped off the tanks, and they shot violently from the smokey positions everywhere, driving Japanese soldiers out of the broken trenches.

"Start up! Speed ​​up! Don't worry about the hidden Japanese devils, hand them over to the infantry! Just rush forward, remember to rush forward!" Qiu Qingquan shouted excitedly on the phone when his tank broke through the Japanese position.

The brigade confessed and roared across the first line of defense of the Japanese army. The broken limbs and broken arms turned into bloody balls under the tracks, including Bangu, who was still feeling the same just now.

Behind the tank is Xiayang Lin Brigade. The brigade has been loaded with wheels. Zhuang Jihua collected nearly 100 cars from all over the place, mounted the brigade on wheels, followed the fast column to assault. Behind them is the main force of the 101st Army, and to their right is the 102nd Army commander Sun Zhen.

The tanks continuously crushed two Japanese positions, and ignored the small groups of Japanese troops scattered everywhere, and rushed to the Yingpan along the road. Lan Yundong left Situ Fei's division to clear out the divided Japanese troops, and the main force still followed the tank and rushed towards the Yingpan.

The rapid assault scared the Japanese army. The commander could not re-establish the defense line. He could only watch the Chinese team rushing over. When they realized that Situ Fei had wiped out the Japanese army from several villages and surrounded the remaining hundreds of Japanese troops in three villages.

Yingpan is an important support point for the Japanese left-wing front. There is a corps in this direction, but there is a brigade here. The corps leader Langli Yifu was dispatching troops step by step to fill the gap. However, unexpectedly, the tank drove to the entrance of the town in a blink of an eye, and the shells were blown up by the command department. Then the tank rushed into the town and directly rushed to his command center.
Chapter completed!