After the fighting between Linyi City and the Japanese 5th Division began,

The fight didn't last long, and it immediately entered the fierce fighting stage. There was no transitional fighting, guerrilla warfare, or sporadic fighting in the middle.

As soon as the Japanese army came up, they first dispatched a large number of aircraft to carry out indiscriminate bombing and crazy machine gun fire, as well as the Japanese army's intensive volley of artillery fire and carpet-like artillery fire coverage.

The dense artillery shells, as if for free, wildly bombed various positions held by Pang's 3rd Group Army. Then, after the artillery fire was covered, the Japanese army gathered more than a dozen people on the battlefield filled with flying sand and rocks and filled with gunpowder smoke.

A tank and an armored fighting vehicle came roaring towards the national army in a menacing manner.

It's a pity that because it is a miscellaneous army and not the Central Army, it does not receive the attention of the chairman of the committee. And Pang's troops, who have obtained sophisticated weapons and equipment, can only use the weapons and equipment supplied by Commander Li in the fifth theater, and they

The original inferior weapons and equipment were used to fight to the death with Japan's mechanized troops.

Such a miscellaneous army, which was regarded as an ant force by the Itagaki Division, actually held on to the various positions they held for several days, and repelled the fierce and elite attacks of the Japanese army one after another.

At the same time, the people of Linyi City, who were infected by the heroic fighting spirit of Pang Bu's army officers and soldiers, also went out one after another, braving the Japanese army's violent artillery bombardment, to defend their homes and country for these brave soldiers.

Soldiers, transporting arms, water and food,

He even assisted the medical team in rescuing the wounded.

So many young students organized a battlefield rescue team to bandage the wounds of wounded soldiers, donate blood voluntarily, and provide support for operations.

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5th Division Headquarters,

"Bagaya road!"

"What the hell is Sakamoto detachment doing for a living?"

"I have been attacking for several days, but I still haven't captured Linyi County, which is defended by a motley army!"

"What's going on with him? Before the war, he swore to me that he would be able to capture Linyi County on the same day! But now he has been resisted by a motley army of ants again and again.

Come down?"

"Bagaya road!"

"Is Jun Sakamoto a waste?"

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When division commander Seishiro Itagaki received the battle report from Chief of Staff Toya Sato after Sakamoto Jun, the leader of the Sakamoto detachment, was once again repelled by Abe's 3rd Army,

He was suddenly in his headquarters, roaring with rage and wanting to throw something away.

Because he was in a hurry to rendezvous with the 10th Division in Taierzhuang, and then open up the communication lines between Linyi and Jinpu as soon as possible, so as to make a head start and show the Japanese base camp his invincible record.

But just when the dream is about to come true,

However, his sweet dream was ruined by the commander who he regarded as an ant and the motley army.

This inevitably caused his temper to explode.

He kept scolding Jun Sakamoto, the leader of the Sakamoto detachment, behind his back for being incompetent, cowardly, and other vulgar words.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander! There is another piece of information that I need to tell you right away!"

Looking at the furious division commander Itagaki Seishiro, Chief of Staff Toya Sato was covered in cold sweat and continued speaking bravely.

"Baga! Is there anything else bad?"

As soon as he saw that Chief of Staff Toya Sato looked strange, the division commander Itagaki Seishiro immediately felt that there was some bad news, so he became even more furious.

"Hai!"

"According to our intelligence and the reconnaissance of our reconnaissance aircraft, the 59th Army of the China Army is rushing over to support the motley crew of the China Army in Linyi City!"

"So we need to send some of our troops to deal with this upcoming Chinese army!"

Chief of Staff Toya Sato responded anxiously again.

"Baga! The Chinese Army of the 59th Army is coming?"

"Zhang Zizhong's troops?"

"Don't he have a grudge against Pang Bu? Why are you willing to support him?"

Hearing this, the division commander Itagaki Seishiro frowned and calmed down.

“We don’t know this yet!”

Chief of Staff Toya Sato answered truthfully.

"Then their location..."

Division Commander Itagaki Seishiro continued to ask, while opening the battle map, and began to study with Chief of Staff Toya Sato the distance from the location of the 59th Army to Linyi City, as well as the time.

When the division commander Seishiro Itagaki determined that the 59th Army commanded by Zhang Bu would need at least three days to reach Linyi City for support operations,

But he smiled nonchalantly,

It also relaxed my mind,

At the same time, he also waved his hand,

Let the main force of the Japanese army increase its attack on Linyi,

So soon the Japanese aviation force dispatched a large number of aircraft to carry out all-weather and indiscriminate bombing and strafing.

There was also an extremely violent artillery fire coverage battle by the field artillery unit. The artillery shells, as dense as a rainstorm, were fired at various positions of the Linyi National Army defenders as fiercely and densely as hail rain.

For a time, dust was flying, flames were shooting into the sky, and the pitiful howls of the fallen officers and soldiers, as well as the wailing sounds of civilians who were killed and injured, could be heard continuously, which was chilling.

Because the division commander Seishiro Itagaki planned to kill all the officers and soldiers of Pang Bingxun's 3rd Army before Zhang Zizhong came to help, and then turned around and eliminated Zhang Zizhong's troops who came to help.

Let's kill two birds with one stone and beat the rabbit with grass - the method of fighting along the way.

But what he dreamed about was something unexpected. The distance from Yixian to Linyi was 90 kilometers, but Zhang Zizhong, who knew the art of rapid military warfare, took the 59th Army and its baggage in only one day and night.

After a rapid march, they arrived at the outskirts of Linyi and completed their assembly.

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What made the division commander Seishiro Itagaki even more unpredictable was that Liu Feiyang's troops also arrived behind him to prepare for an outflank.

Moreover, the reconnaissance force led by Li Gangang has already found out the military deployment of the 5th Division commanded by the division commander Seishiro Itagaki.

So now Liu Feiyang's troops only need to wait for the 59th Army to fight Itagaki Division and completely attract the sight and attention of Division Commander Seishiro Itagaki before they can launch a surprise attack.

The artillery unit that killed Itagaki Division and the logistics department were caught off guard.

It's just that Liu Feiyang is now struggling with whether it would be better and safer to completely wipe out the two 5th Division troops.

He didn't want to be dragged down by the Itagaki Division in retaliation and join the protracted battle of Linyi Battle.

Because the final result of the Battle of Xuzhou was that the Chinese army safely escaped from the encirclement of the Japanese army and reached the rear of Wuhan.

But Xuzhou City still fell.

Therefore, Linyi will eventually fall after the fall of Xuzhou.

So Liu Feiyang felt that there was no need to stay here for too long.

So he also planned to make a quick victory and then sneak to the rear to find a place to produce his weapons and equipment.

Otherwise, once he uses up the weapons and equipment given to him by the system, he will be able to fight the Japanese with even ammunition.

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Chapter completed!