Chapter 568 Blood rain wets the shirt (2)

Since the Japanese invaded China, they have fought countless sieges and occupied many famous Chinese cities. Like Jinan in front of us, the Japanese have occupied it twice. The first time was in 1928 when Chiang Kai-shek led his army in the Northern Expedition to capture Jinan. In order to prevent the unification of China, the Japanese army

, sent the Sixth Division to invade Shandong in an attempt to prevent the Northern Expedition of the Northern Expedition, and caused the appalling May 3rd Massacre in Jinan, massacring more than 17,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians.

He once trapped the Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Expeditionary Army, Chiang Kai-shek, in Jinan City. The second time was in December 1937 after Japan fully invaded China. Han Fuqu fled without a fight, and the Japanese Tenth Division successfully captured Jinan. The little devils were everywhere in Jinan.

The group photo on the city gate tower was published in major newspapers and magazines in Japan, and the devil-like proud smile of the invaders still echoes in the cracks in the bricks and stones on the Jinan city wall.

November 9, 1938, was the year of Xuyin in the lunar calendar, the month of Renxu, and the day of Yisi, which was the 18th day of the ninth month in the lunar calendar. Winter had just begun.

On the fifteenth day of the month, the moon is sixteen full. By the eighteenth day, the moon becomes somewhat incomplete.

Nights like this are conducive to large troop movements.

In a siege, the party besieging the city must be the one with stronger military strength, that is, the big will defeat the small, and the strong will bully the weak.

Now, the powerful Eighth Route Army instructors have surrounded Jinan City.

After the artillery group launched a saturation bombardment on the front-line Japanese positions in Wangshe Renzhuang, Gao Yuan, commander of the 1st Teaching Brigade, issued the attack order. The tanks of the 1st Teaching Regiment of Wangdahu and the 2nd Teaching Regiment of Zhaodahe took the lead in driving out of the hidden position, guiding the

Armored vehicles, cars, cavalry, and infantry rolled over the Jaap positions and sped toward Jinan City.

The distance from Wangsherenzhuang to Yonggumen and Yongjingmen in the east of Jinan City is very short. It only took about 20 minutes for the first group and the second group to arrive.

Guan Guizhi, the commander of the 35th Division, never expected that the Eighth Route Army would arrive so quickly that he would not even have time to blow up the bridge connecting the city gate. He anxiously ordered the 35th Field Artillery Regiment to fire to prevent the Eighth Route Army from attacking the city.

The 35th Field Artillery Regiment has a total of thirty-six field guns, which is one mountain artillery battalion less than the permanent division.

In Guan Guizhi's opinion, although the Eighth Route Army has an air force, they cannot mobilize at night. During the day, the powerful North China Front Army aviation group provides sufficient air cover. Its field artillery positions are safe wherever they are located. Therefore, this photo

Take Jinan Old Town

Based on the principle that the new city is the core of defense, Guan Guizhi placed all three field artillery brigades in the city and built positions with the help of city wall cover. The infantry artillery and grenade launchers of each infantry brigade were all mounted on the city wall, forming a combination of far and near, taking care of

Artillery fire coverage net from all directions.

The main reason for this deployment was that Guan Guiji believed Hisao Tani's words that the Eighth Route Army would not destroy city buildings.

As soon as the Japanese artillery opened fire, the approaching Eighth Route Army convoy had to disperse quickly. After all, it was an artillery piece, and a shell could overturn a car. No, a car of the Second Regiment was hit by a cannonball.

When hit, all the soldiers in the car were blown down and fell under the car.

According to the combat plan, the mission of the 1st Teaching Brigade was to attack from the northeast and east, take advantage of the armor, break through the city gate and enter the city before the Japanese bombed the bridge.

Upon seeing that the Japanese army was blocking artillery fire, but his own artillery group had not yet caught up, Gao Yuan immediately ordered to stop advancing, retreat backwards, evacuate the troops, avoid Japanese artillery fire, organize troops into regiments, prepare siege equipment, and wait for a strong attack.

Starting from the 18th Red Regiment, Gao Yuan rose up along the lines of Commander of the 1st Battalion, Commander of the 1st Guard Regiment, Commander of the 11th Red Division, and Commander of the 1st Teaching Brigade. He has been leading Liu Yimin's most powerful unit. Originally,

When the Central Guard Division was upgraded to the Seventh Red Army Corps, several of the regimental commanders of the Central Guard Division had relatively junior qualifications, such as Zhang Hongtao, Chen Dayong, and Hong

Chaoyuan and the others failed to serve as commanders of the three divisions. Instead, they asked Liu Jianli and Li Qing to serve as commanders of the Red 12th Division and the Red 13th Division. The Red 11th Division was the most powerful. Liu Yimin reported it directly without even thinking about it.

The central government's appointment of Gao Yuan as division commander contains too much trust. Not only Gao Yuan is aware of this, but all cadres are also aware of this.

When a cadre reaches the rank of first-class main brigade commander, fighting in a war will not depend on whether one is brave or not, but on the level of command.

Since the Japanese army did not have time to blow up the bridges on the trenches outside Yonggu Gate and Yongjing Gate, it means that the Japanese army did not expect that our army's attack speed would be so fast from the beginning. Now it is too late for them to blow up the bridges. As long as the little devil dares to show his face.

, come out one by one and eliminate each one.

If the siege was launched rashly before the heavy firepower of the Japanese was destroyed, the soldiers would be exposed to the firepower of the small Japanese, and then the corpses of the elites like themselves might be strewn outside Jinan City.

The artillery group commanded by Li Chang came up quickly. Their artillery carriages were pulled by packhorses, so the speed was naturally not as fast as that of cars, but it was not too slow. We were about to attack Jinan, which soldier wouldn't be excited? The drivers were naturally

It is to beat the horse so that it can run very fast.

Although Li Chang sometimes likes to joke with Liu Yimin, no matter how big or small, but really speaking, he is probably the smartest person among the instructors. Every time he plays with Liu Yimin, he can get some benefits. This guy is really smart!

When approaching the east gate, Li Chang issued an order with a wave of his hand. The cavalry brigade artillery regiment and its attached artillery units followed the cavalry brigade westward. The other three artillery groups all stayed behind. Because Li Chang found that his original plan required

Adjustment, as long as the artillery fire is concentrated to blow open the east gate and northeast gate first, allowing the elite 1st Teaching Brigade to attack the city, the little devils in Jinan City will be finished.

The Japanese cannons were bombarding non-stop, forcing the first regiment and the second regiment to turn off their lights. Gao Yuan waited impatiently and urged Li Chang to hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, he couldn't wait any longer.

The Eighth Route Army's artillery group did not have cars. Their artillery was horse-drawn, and the shells were transported by rubber-tired carts. They could march quickly under the moonlight. The little devil's artillery did not know that their nemesis had arrived, and that the god of death was dancing above their heads. They thought

Their bombardment was very effective,

The shelling continued. However, they changed the direction of the shelling and began shelling the southeast, south, and west of Jinan City, because the Japanese artillery observers discovered that the Eighth Route Army troops were advancing in a roundabout way toward these places, needless to say, from all directions.

The city of Jinan was surrounded.

The Eighth Route Army Artillery Brigade has gone through the test of the war. Not only has it formed a complete set of cadre education and artillery technical training systems, but it also has much richer actual combat experience than the 35th Division Field Artillery Regiment. It is night, and the Japanese artillery fires continuously

Firing artillery is equivalent to marking the direction and coordinates of the artillery attack for the Eighth Route Army.

Li Chang studied artillery when he was studying in the Soviet Union. The artillery regiment commander, battalion commander, company commander, and platoon leader of the instructor division were all trained by Li Chang himself. They were the only ones who had received professional artillery education.

Country bumpkin. Now there is no need for Li Chang to personally measure distance, wind speed and other specific data. That is the job of the technical cadres of each artillery regiment.

While the artillery group was establishing a position, Gao Yuan also completed the troop formation and firepower deployment of the 1st Teach Brigade, and decided to teach the 1st Regiment. Dozens of tanks from the 2nd Regiment were lined up and bombarded the city walls and gates. The entire brigade

All mine cannons, infantry guns, mortars, grenades, and heavy machine guns should be used to deal with the enemy fire points on the city wall, and cooperate with Li Chang's artillery group to attack Yonggu Gate.

, blast the gap between Yongjing Gate, and then use the tanks as the guide, teach the first regiment, teach the second regiment, teach the third regiment, and the new regiment all rush into the city. After entering the city, quickly eliminate the Japanese defensive forces in the outer city.

, let the artillery group enter the city, directly attack the inner city gate, and go straight to Huanglong. After controlling the inner city, then attack westward, with the ultimate goal of capturing the commercial port and the Japanese airport.

Before launching the Jiaoji Road Battle, all units in the teaching brigade received an emergency training task from the division staff office, which was to practice infantry-tank coordination tactics. For the cadres of the main brigade of the teaching division, this was an old tactic. Commander Liu Yimin had already

The Red Army infantry training outline compiled by Xi'an clearly states that,

The last division-wide competition before going north to fight against Japan included exercises on this subject. But this time it was different. The subject of soil tank training was added. The so-called soil tank was a square table covered with bedding soaked in cold water, so that the Japanese could

Bullets are impenetrable and can cover the soldiers' rapid attack.

When the Japanese field artillery first started firing, Hisao Tani and Commander Guan Guiji of the 35th Division stood on the inner city tower and had a clear view. The bombardment had a good effect. The Eighth Route Army's convoy was quickly evacuated by the bombing, and the cavalry behind it could not be stopped.

Instead of bypassing the city wall and heading west, the infantry extinguished their torches and scattered around Jinan.

Of course, Hisao Tani and Guan Guiji are both senior generals of the Japanese army and cannot be such idiots. They know that the infantry and cavalry of the Eighth Route Army scattered around Jinan City are not simply avoiding the Japanese artillery fire, but are detouring according to the attack route and preparing to encircle them.

Jinan.

Guan Guiji carefully suggested to Hisao Tani: "Commander, should you send troops to escort the Commander to the airport while Tubal Road has not yet been encircled? It is still under the control of the imperial army. The Commander can leave Jinan by plane."

.As long as you inform Beiping Airport to provide navigation, you should have no problem landing safely."

Hisao Tani knew that Guan Guiji was afraid that if the Eighth Route Army invaded Jinan, it would be too big a goal for him to stay here. If he fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, the Empire of Japan would be humiliated again.

Hisao Tani doesn't want to leave at this time. He wants to bet that Liu Yimin will not bombard Jinan City on a large scale. You must know that this is an ancient city. Judging from Liu Yimin's capture of Taiyuan, Jinan, Qingdao, Weicheng and other battles, he is very

If you pay attention to protecting ancient buildings and residences, the most he can do is fire cannons on the city walls and blow them down.

Hisao Tani was not afraid that the Eighth Route Army would blow down the city wall. He also expected that the Eighth Route Army would rush into the gap after blowing down the city wall, so that he could concentrate artillery fire and troops on a counterattack and eliminate the Eighth Route Army troops that entered the gap.

It doesn't matter even if the Eighth Route Army enters the outer city. They can organize troops to fight in the streets with the Eighth Route Army. As soon as they enter the street fighting state, Liu Yimin's artillery group will lose its effect. Having artillery means no artillery. As long as there is no large-scale artillery group, Liu Yimin's forces will be able to fight with them.

this afternoon

In Western Europe, the Eighth Route Army, which fought independently with the 34th Division and the 13th Brigade, had no advantage at all. Hisao Tani believed that with the loyalty, bravery and training level of the Imperial Japanese Army soldiers, the Japanese army would definitely be able to take advantage of the enemy in a street fight.

Advantage.

To take a step back, the Eighth Route Army captured the outer city, as well as the inner city and the commercial port. The walls of the inner city were much stronger than those of the outer city, and the commercial port had many reinforced concrete buildings, which were all strongholds that the imperial army could rely on.

No matter how powerful Liu Yimin is, he can't destroy those Western buildings!

Based on these considerations, Hisao Tani firmly believed that he could hold out until the reinforcements arrived, at least until dawn, and let the aviation fleet blow up the Eighth Route Army siege troops to pieces. Therefore, after listening to Seki Kameji's words, Hisao Tani felt insulted.

, I wanted to give Guan Guizhi a slap in the face and teach this coward a lesson. But then I thought about it, Guan Guizhi was also doing it for his own good, and now is the time when he is employing people, so he cannot hurt Guan Guizhi's self-esteem.

Hisao Tani put on a confident look and said to Guan Guiji with a smile: "Your Excellency, division commander, I firmly believe that we can defend Jinan. I will not leave. I will wait here for the first division and the second division."

The division and the 14th Division arrived and wiped out all Liu Yimin's troops under Jinan City, eliminating a big cancer for the Japanese Empire! I believe you can defend Jinan."

These senior Japanese generals were brainwashed by fascism, and their heads felt as if they had been kicked by donkeys. After Guan Guizhi saw the power of the Eighth Route Army artillery group bombarding the Japanese positions at Wangsherenzhuang, he already knew in his heart that Jinan City could not be defended.

Well, there weren't many troops in the first place, so I took another step and divided my troops to defend the outer positions.

Shit, the huge Jinan seems to be too weak with its current defense strength. He even thought about withdrawing from Jinan City immediately, but when Hisao Tani said this, his heart was suddenly moved, "

He stood at attention: "Commander, please rest assured that the 35th Division will definitely be able to defend Jinan!"

Hisao Tani said "Hey west" and instructed Guan Guiji to pay attention to strengthening the defense on the east side of the city, which should be the main attack direction of the Eighth Route Army. If the Eighth Route Army used artillery to blast a gap, the troops should be organized to concentrate firepower to destroy the Eighth Route Army pouring in from the gap.

Hisao Tani looked at the eastern part of Jinan City again, his eyes were like wolves, shining with penetrating light: "If it doesn't work, just capture the people of Jinan City and take them to the gap in the city wall to block the bullets for the imperial army. Look at the soil."

Do you dare to open fire on the Eighth Route Army?"

After hearing Hisao Tani's order, Guan Guiji was applauded in his heart and would immediately arrange troops to arrest the common people.

Hisao Tani waved his hand: "There is no rush now, it is not too late to catch them at the last moment. There are too many Chinese in Jinan City, and large-scale arrests will easily make them confront the imperial army. We have too few soldiers. You command the defenders

City, I'll go back to the headquarters and let the military police and the secret service arrest people quietly."

After saying that, Hisao Tani was ready to go down from the tower and return to the headquarters.

At this moment, the Eighth Route Army's siege artillery group opened fire.

As soon as the artillery position was established, Li Chang couldn't help it. He clasped his hands together, lowered his head, and muttered, "Little devil, it's not that I, Old Li, am cruel, but you shouldn't have been born in Japan, let alone

It’s time to come to China and run wild. I’m here to collect you on behalf of God. Die early and be reborn early. In the next life
To be continued...