Not long after, Liu Houming, dressed in military uniform, appeared in front of Zhang Tianhai.
"Reporting to the group, I have been ordered to report to you!" Liu Houming walked to Zhang Tianhai's side, stood at attention and saluted.
"Hou Ming, to be honest, I don't have much confidence in this battle. Therefore, your special agent company should stay with me in this battle! If there is any need on the battlefield, I will directly transfer you to On the front line of the battlefield." Zhang Tianhai said in a deep voice.
"Yes, Tuan Zuo!" Liu Houming responded in a deep voice, then lowered his voice and said to Zhang Tianhai: " Tuan Zuo, the reason why Hou Ming is able to achieve what he is today is all because of the support of Tuan Zuo. Hou Ming is just a martial artist, except for Fighting and killing people probably won't do anything anymore. The Tuan Zuo is Hou Ming, and we have the kindness to meet him, so what if we die in battle with the Tuan Zuo?"
Zhang Tianhai could hear the implication of Liu Houming's words, which was probably that he was willing to die for Zhang Tianhai.
It's just that I don't know when, even Liu Houming, a very straightforward and tough guy, learned to be tactful, so tactful that Zhang Tianhai had no room to refuse.
"Okay! If this battle goes unfavorably, you and I, brothers, will die on the battlefield." Zhang Tianhai also lowered his voice and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear.
After saying that, Zhang Tianhai felt suddenly enlightened.
As the saying goes, don’t worry if you don’t have friends in the future, no one in the world will know you!
So what if they fail to win this battle, they will kill these damn little devils and invaders together to protect the territorial integrity of China and prevent the nation from annihilation!
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The next day, May 14, the twenty-seventh year of the Republic of China, Japanese troops began to build a pontoon bridge on the edge of the Yellow River. The army was about to move south!
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And during this period, what was the situation on the Xuzhou front line?
On May 10, the fighting in the southern section of the Jinpu Line became tense, and enemy troops invaded Guzhen.
On the afternoon of the same day, the Chinese army captured Hanshan County, which was occupied by the Japanese army, and further attempted to attack Chao County to regain the initiative in the southern section of the Jinpu Line.
Also on the same day, the Japanese army stormed Mengcheng with more than thirty tanks, a large number of infantry troops, and four artillery pieces.
Not long after, the fragile Mengcheng city wall collapsed. The Japanese army, which was well-equipped and had extremely high individual quality, began to enter the city and engaged in fierce street fighting with the Gui army.
Countless thin-bodied Gui Army soldiers were fighting against the elite Japanese troops with bayonets hanging in their hands, even though the Gui Army troops did have a very strong will to fight.
However, facts do not depend on human will. Not long after, Deputy Commander Zhou Yuan who was guarding Mengcheng died in battle, and only more than 200 Gui soldiers escaped from the battlefield.
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On May 11th, the enemy in the two sections of Jinpu Road moved heavy troops to invade from western Lu and Huaibei.
The enemy air force attacked Xuzhou in seven batches and carried out indiscriminate bombing!
For a moment, Xuzhou was shocked!
On the same day, Li Zongren, commander-in-chief of the Fifth Theater Command of the Chinese Army, ordered the Chinese Air Force to bomb enemy forces in northern Anhui and Mengcheng.
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Time goes back to May 11, which is the day Zhang Tianhai's troops were ordered to rush to Heze.
Location: Xuzhou, Headquarters of the Fifth Theater Commander.
"Sir Li, the situation is not good..." Xu Zuyi next to him sighed.
"No matter what, if the enemy forces trap our Mengcheng and cut off our retreat, we will bomb him back to Mengcheng even before retreating!" Li Zongren said in a deep voice, but his eyes were full of bloodshot eyes.
Xu Zuyi didn't know that Commander Li ordered the air force to bomb Xuzhou for Zhou Yuan's sake, but what could he say?
The Gui Army is Commander Li’s heart and soul. They are soldiers brought from Guangxi all the way. Zhou Yuan can be called a rookie and cutting-edge among the Gui Army. He is a future soldier who is about to rise. How could a star fall on the battlefield in Mengcheng like this? Chief Li would not be devastated and wish he could bomb the Japanese army until he was unconscious?
The sound of bombing outside was still rumbling, and Li Zongren's face was still very determined.
Xu Zuyi didn't want to expose his scars, so he quickly changed the topic: "It really made Zhang Tianhai's words come true... The Japanese army really wants to encircle them..."
"Indeed, this kid has a talent in this area. I don't know how this kid figured out that the Japanese army wanted to encircle them. Just because the Japanese army's large forces are facing each other from the north to the south?" Li Zongren also murmured to himself. .
"Yes. This kid is indeed talented. But his temperament is still not calm enough. It is easy for problems to arise." Xu Zuyi once again gave Zhang Tianhai such an evaluation.
"What are you afraid of? If something happens to this kid, just transfer him to our fifth theater commander's headquarters as a staff officer. If that doesn't work, he can be an adjutant. Anyway, this kid is awake." Li Zongren said with a smile, as if I feel better.
"Haha. I hope so." Xu Zuyi also laughed.
"However, Brother Yanmou, we cannot protect ourselves now. The situation is already so corrupt. If we don't pull away, I'm afraid we won't be able to escape." Li Zongren withdrew his eyes from the map and looked at Xu Zuyi next to him.
"Then retreat. Anyway, there shouldn't be any problem with Chairman Chiang. It's just the troops at the rear. Has the commander decided which troops to take over?" Xu Zuyi said seriously.
"Think about it, let's use Liu Ruming's 68th Army!" Li Zongren said softly.
Before Xu Zuyi could speak, Li Zongren continued: "First, Liu Ruming's 68th Army is a new force. Let them guard Xuzhou and buy our army a lot of time to retreat; secondly, Liu Ruming's He is from the Northwest Army and is good at defense, so it is suitable for them to defend; thirdly, and most importantly, Liu Ruming once served as the chairman of Chahar Province and led his men in the 22nd year of the Republic of China ( That is, 1933) participated in the Great Wall War of Resistance, and he would not run away until he received an order to retreat."
"Indeed, Chief Li, you are right to make this arrangement. If you let your friend San come to guard Xuzhou, Xuzhou will fall within three days." Xu Zuyi said seriously.
"By the way, make a retreat plan! You can start preparing for the retreat slowly. Once the situation is unfavorable, retreat immediately!" Li Zongren said in a deep voice.
"Yes, sir." Xu Zuyi responded, and then said: "To be honest, I already have a retreat plan in my heart. I'm just afraid it will be too early to say it, so I haven't said it yet."
"Oh? Then tell me?" Li Zongren turned his head and looked at Xu Zuyi.
"First of all, the operational idea is to break out in batches. The breakout troops are organized into regiments. Only in this way can the troops have sufficient penetration capabilities and be divided into several routes to break through. The enemy will not dare to pursue and intercept our army in batches. Responsible for It is easy to be counter-annihilated by our army." Xu Zuyi said slowly.
"Well, this idea is very good." Li Zongren confirmed Xu Zuyi's idea.
"I plan to divide our troops in the fifth theater into several corps. They are the Shandong Corps, the Longhai Corps, the Huaibei Corps, the Huainan Corps, and the North Jiangsu Corps, and then form an advancing army. Establish a guerrilla base behind enemy lines in Zhongshan District, harass the Japanese troops in Jiaoji, Jinpu, and along the Taiwei Road and conduct guerrilla operations. To ensure that our army still has the power to counterattack at any time!" Xu Zuyi said in a deep voice, his tone full of hope.
He was forced to leave Xuzhou this time, but it didn't mean that Xu Zuyi didn't want the army from the fifth theater to counterattack Shandong to regain the lost territory!
For the Fifth War Zone, although they had won several battles, they could not hide the established fact that the Fifth War Zone still lost cities and territory after fierce resistance.
Although Han Fuqu was shot, Han Fuqu was also the commander of the fifth theater, even the deputy commander.
The victory of the Anti-Japanese War was not as easy as shown on TV...
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PS: The first update is here, but I’m still in arrears!
