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The report of the Limao Mountain ambush did not attract any attention in the headquarters of the Anti-Japanese Allied Army in Wanzhuyuan. Feng Yuxiang just nodded and said that he knew it, and then told Lu Yongxiang to be careful and be careful.To be honest, everyone finally learned how powerful the Japanese army is tonight.If it is said that a regiment of the Kuomintang Army can defeat a brigade of others, maybe there is some truth, an engineer battalion?Who can believe this?And what if you just believe it?It's just that a brigade of Japanese troops appeared in the southeast of Jinan City. Doesn't this mean that there is a brigade of Japanese troops detouring south?Besides, where does Feng Yuxiang have any reinforcements he can send?The second and third divisions of the National Alliance Army have already collapsed; the first division has suffered heavy losses, and the main position of Maoling Mountain will also be lost; the fifth division has deployed defenses on the east wall; the fourth division has been sent to reinforce the first division To stick to Maoling Mountain.Even the Red Second Army of the Communist Party of China, the planned general reserve force, has been mobilized...

Right now, the top priority of the headquarters is not the outflanking troops of the Japanese army, which is difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake, but the Japanese army attacking them face to face!No one thought in advance that the Japanese army's combat effectiveness would be so powerful that it would be riddled with holes in the eastern line of defense in Jinan overnight. I'm afraid they won't survive the 31st day!It seems that it is time to consider abandoning the periphery of the Eastern Front and shrinking the entire line to the outer city and commercial ports.

"Outer city...commercial port..."

Feng Yuxiang stood with his hands behind his back in front of the huge military map hanging in the Wanzhu Hall. On the map, the Jinan East Line was densely marked with the numbers of various ministries.However, the outer city and commercial port are empty and there are not many numbers.

Deng Yanda and Zhou Enlai stood on either side of Feng Yuxiang, their eyebrows were also tightly frowned, their faces ashen as black.

After a long while, Feng Yuxiang saw the ray of morning light coming in from the window, and heaved a sigh of relief: "The sky is finally getting brighter, and the Kuomintang planes should be able to dispatch, right? Didn't they pat their chests and promise to suppress Japan?" Human artillery? If the Japanese artillery is silent, we have nothing to fear! As long as we get through today, Yang Huchen's troops can arrive, and we have more than 2 more powerful troops... Xuzhou has Any news? When will Luo Yaoguo's reinforcements arrive?"

"Luo Fuwen has agreed to send troops. There are three divisions, the first division, the fourth division, and the fifth division. General Li Delin (Li Zongren) will be the commander-in-chief. Get on the train in Xuzhou early this morning and arrive in Tai'an in the afternoon. Tai'an arrives We are only [-] kilometers away from Jinan, and we will be there almost tomorrow." Deng Yanda hadn't closed his eyes for several days and nights, and now his face was a bit haggard.However, he still tried his best to analyze the battle situation for Feng Yuxiang:

"Now the Japanese have only three divisions. Compared with them, our Kuomintang divisions have better weapons and equipment, especially heavy artillery. They have a great advantage. A Japanese division is only equipped with twelve Taisho four-year-old divisions. Type 150mm heavy howitzers, our division can have 150 Min 36 Type 105mm heavy howitzers, and [-] Min [-] Type [-]mm light howitzers. And although our soldiers are not good at hand-to-hand combat, they are still good at artillery battles. The artillery officers are all from the Whampoa Artillery Department, with a two-year schooling system, the German instructors are also strict, and their skills are very good."

Feng Yuxiang nodded noncommittally, but his face turned blue and white.The Kuomintang's current artillery is really too strong, right?A division is actually equipped with 54 heavy artillery pieces!This China really seems to be surnamed Sun...

"That's good, that's good... If they come, the Japanese will lose, and we can be regarded as worthy of the trust of the people of the whole country."

Having said that, Feng Yuxiang's brows became tighter and tighter.

Zhou Enlai smiled slightly: "After this battle is won, all factions in the north will also learn from the Kuomintang to withdraw tariffs and expand heavy industry. Our coal and iron resources in the north are far superior to those in the south. If we really want to develop, we can catch up soon. Yes. And...we also welcome General Huanzhang to join us. General Huanzhang will be a hero of the Anti-Japanese War, and there will be no place to arrange it."

There is clearly something in the words.When the matter came to this point, Feng Yuxiang naturally knew that it was difficult to stay in Shandong. Hearing that there were still places to arrange, his face suddenly became better, and he turned to look at Zhou Enlai: "Mr. have what……"

Zhou Enlai nodded first, then shook his head again.Just as he was about to say something, Feng Zhi'an, Feng Yuxiang's captain of the guard, suddenly slammed into Wanzhutang, and shouted as soon as he entered the door: "Something happened, something happened, Thousand Buddha Mountain... Thousand Buddha Mountain was raided by the Japanese army!"

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Early morning on March 31, [-].

Jinan, Thousand Buddha Mountain.

"The Japanese are coming! The Japanese are coming!" There was a huge shout like a tsunami in the surrounding battlefield. Under the sudden attack of the Japanese army, the Anhui army was about to collapse!

On the Qianfo Mountain line, there are dozens of high and low hills that are not too high. There are many temples and ancient temples of various dynasties.Duan Qirui and Lu Yongxiang also knew the importance of Qianfo Mountain, so they put more than 1 people from the fourth division of the Anhui Department here, relying on the mountain to prevent the Japanese army from breaking through here and attacking the outer city and commercial port of Jinan.

But it was the Hiroshima Fifth Division, known as the base of the Japanese army, with nearly 2 people who attacked them! More than 1 people are regarded as the low-level Anhui army in China at the moment. How can it withstand the attack of a Japanese permanent division?And what about a surprise attack?If the Anhui army had this kind of ability, they would not have been defeated by the coalition forces of the direct line Wu Peifu and the Feng line Zhang Zuolin eight years ago.In the Jiangsu-Zhejiang War more than three years ago, it would not have lost almost all of its original capital. In the end, it was only with Chiang Kai-shek's "reinforcement" that it saved a little flesh and blood, and was able to act as a buffer between the north and the south under the complicated and chaotic situation at that time. up to now.

It turned out that the engineer battalion ambushed by Sun Liren and Ren Tianmin last night was the vanguard of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army, more than 11 people from the No. 100 Wing's First Battalion.However, due to the limited visibility at that time, and the troops of Sun Liren and Ren Tianmin were also able to leave in one hit, they did not find the main force of the Japanese army following the brigade.After receiving their report on the ambush of the Japanese army, the top leaders of the Anti-Japanese Allied Army did not pay enough attention.As a result, the actions of the Japanese army were kept secret until the last moment.After the Qianfo Mountain line was broken by the Japanese army, the crisis of the Jinan defenders really came!

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While the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army raided the Qianfo Mountain defense line, the Second Division and the Sixth Division on the Jinan Eastern Front also launched a fierce offensive, attacking across the board.Whether it is the center line defended by the Second Red Army Corps of the Communist Party of China, or the main front line of Maoling Mountain defended by the First Division of the National Coalition Army, they all encountered the biggest crisis since the start of the war.

In particular, the [-]-kilometer line of defense defended by the Second Red Army had no danger to defend and covered the flanks of the main position on Maoling Mountain, so the Japanese offensive was particularly fierce.The Sixth Division in charge of the attack first bombarded with heavy artillery, and then sent three regiments to attack in turn, fighting with the Red Army.The defense of the Red Army was also extremely resolute.The Red Fourth and Red Sixth Divisions of the Red Second Army, supported by the firepower of the Red Army Artillery Division, held on to their death, and for a while they were evenly matched with the Japanese Sixth Division.

This battle has been fought from early morning to after noon, and there is no sign of stopping.The "stand-up team" of the Japanese Sixth Division broke into the Red Army's defense line several times, but they were all beaten out by the heroic Red Army soldiers relying on hand-to-hand combat.Every time the Japanese army rushed into the position, Zhu Rui of the Artillery Division of the Red Army commanded the mountain artillery to fire to intercept the Japanese army's follow-up troops.At this time, He Long had put all his strength into it except for the Red Fifth Division who was firmly guarding the outer city of Jinan and could not move.The position had already been beaten to pieces, and the wounded were sent down continuously. In the end, there were really no soldiers to use, and even the wounded insisted on fighting with guns on the front line.The Japanese army's attack was also surprisingly tenacious. If the Chinese army had made several charges and was unable to attack, this day would be fine.And these Japanese devils made a total of eight charges in one morning, and now the momentum of each attack is still screaming, and there is no sign of decline at all.

In addition, the heavy artillery of the Japanese army was not suppressed by the Kuomintang aircraft as imagined. In fact, the light dive bombers of the Kuomintang showed their faces in the early stage of the Japanese attack and smashed dozens of black bombs on the ground. On the heads of the Japanese army, they were blown up and turned on their backs.After shooting with a machine gun for a while, he shook his wings and flew away... never appeared again!This is not because the Kuomintang is reactionary, but because a regiment of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army has already reached Jinan Railway Station!The wide road that used to be used for take-off and landing of planes has now become a battlefield. After the Kuomintang planes dropped the bombs, they moved to Kaifeng.They will not reappear until the airports in Qufu or Tai'an are built.

Without the threat from the air, the Japanese army's 24 150mm heavy artillery became the master of the entire Jinan Eastern Front battlefield today!Several hot air balloons were lifted into the sky by the Japanese army, and the artillery observers of the Japanese army had a panoramic view of the entire battlefield from the air.As long as the Red Army artillery fires, it will be counterattacked by the Japanese heavy artillery immediately!Just to support the precarious line of defense, Zhu Rui, the commander of the artillery division of the Red Army, had to grit his teeth and let the artillerymen fight against the Japanese artillery counterattack.After a morning of fighting, the entire artillery division has lost more than half.

"Commander, order to retreat!" Zhu Rui did not know when he appeared behind the commander of the Second Front Army, He Long, who was commanding the battle on the front line.This tall and strong man looks a little sluggish now: "Our Red Artillery Division has lost half of it in one morning! That is the seed of our Red Army Artillery! If it is gone, it will be against the party..."

"Zhu Rui!" Ren Bshi, the political commissar who was supervising the battle, suddenly stopped Zhu Rui.The brutality of the current battle was indeed beyond everyone's expectations, and the strength of the Japanese army was also beyond everyone's expectations.

It's just that now it has become the trend of riding a tiger, and it is not so easy to retreat.The current tactic of the Japanese army is to maintain contact with the Red Army, even if they retreat temporarily, they still continue to shoot with firepower.And the interval between attacks is getting shorter and shorter.Under such circumstances, if the Second Red Army retreats, it is very likely to become a real defeat...and where can it retreat?Withdrew south?Withdraw to Mount Tai to fight guerrillas and establish base areas?The agreement reached with the Kuomintang has sealed the possibility of withdrawing southward.What about withdrawing into Jinan City?Without the surrounding highlands such as Maoling Mountain, Yanchi Mountain, and Qianfo Mountain, how long can a lonely city of Jinan last?

"Defeated! Lost! Maoling Mountain has fallen..." Someone suddenly shouted.Everyone looked back, and sure enough, a rising sun flag had been raised on the high ground of Maoling Mountain, and the main position of Maoling Mountain had been lost.

"Commander, give the order to retreat, let's retreat into Jinan City first..." Ren Bishi glanced at Maoling Mountain, and gave He Long an order in a calm tone.It is not the commander who makes the final decision in the Red Army, but the political commissar. Right now, the political commissar of the Second Red Army is Ren B Shi.

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"The Red Army... has also retreated!" Feng Yuxiang murmured.

At this time, he was standing on the top of Dongguan City in Jinan to watch the battle.What I saw was a vivid scene of defeated soldiers... Looking around, they were all defeated soldiers of the brigade.They scrambled towards the gates of the east wall of Jinan Outer City, except for the Red Army in blue-gray uniforms who were still fighting and retreating.Everyone else was running wildly, no matter whether it was an officer or a soldier, they ran away without looking back. The helmets and guns were discarded all the way, and there were abandoned wounded numbers on the side of the road.The shells of the Japanese army exploded in the crowd from time to time, and after the large groups of fires, black smoke columns rose up.Every shell that falls can blow up a gap, but then more people will crowd over to fill the gap.

An army of 15 was defeated by the Japanese army in less than a day!

"Brother Huanzhang, retract your troops into the inner city for help..."

It was Deng Yanda who spoke, looking at the scene in front of him, he didn't know how to comfort Feng Yuxiang.You must know that most of those defeated soldiers were officers and soldiers of the First Army of the National Alliance Army, Feng Yuxiang's direct line!

Feng Yuxiang didn't seem to hear Deng Yanda's words, but murmured to himself: "What kind of war is this called? What kind of war is this called... How did it collapse all of a sudden? 15 troops, more than 200 artillery pieces, and 88 more Airplanes... how did you lose this battle?"

"Hey... what's there to say, we're still not on the same page! We are all warlords, we each have our own plans, and no one is willing to really contribute, except for the Communist Party!" Deng Yanda stomped his feet and pulled Feng Yuxiang up and walked down the city wall go.This is the artillery fire of the Japanese army has begun to approach the outer city of Jinan...

Chapter 0424 Breakthrough ([-])

The night of March 31, [-] AD.

Beijing.

In the conference room of the Ministry of the Army at No. Iron Lion Alley, several prominent figures of various factions in Beijing were holding telegrams and breathing heavily.Everyone's face turns blue and white, you look at me, I look at you.

State Premier Zeng Qi sat in the upper seat, holding a bowl of hot tea in his hand, drinking it without raising his head.

The voices of several senior officials below gradually sounded.

"...The 200th Army! There are still more than [-] cannons and more than [-] aircraft. This kind of army is much stronger than last year's battle on the Middle East Road. Why did it take less than a day... this Feng Huanzhang also Is it too useless?"

"Hmph, a defected general, what ability does he have? Why command such a large army? It's not because the CCP is flattering him."

"Don't be too discouraged, everyone. Isn't this a complete failure? Didn't Feng Huanzhang's telegram say that the troops had been gathered and retreated to the inner city of Jinan to defend to the death?"

"Yes, yes. I know about the inner city of Jinan. It is a fortified city made of iron and copper. It is built with stone walls. If the Japanese want to gnaw it down, it will take three to five days. Reinforcements should arrive."

Hearing the voice of discussion, Zeng Qi put down the teacup in his hand, and slowly raised his head: "You expect the Kuomintang to rescue Feng Yuxiang and the Communist Party? Hehe, you don't know yet, do you? Our Vice Premier Wang has already gone to the Japanese Legation The Japanese are going to negotiate with the Kuomintang and hand over Shandong to the Kuomintang in exchange for tens of millions of indemnities. Those people in the inner city of Jinan may have written off the Kuomintang’s account books, right? General Han Qing, if this A good thing happened to you, Fengjun, what do you do?"

Zhang Xueliang was talking the loudest just now, as if he wished he could bring Feng Yuxiang's elite to rescue Feng Yuxiang immediately.But when he heard Zeng Qi's question, he was also taken aback for a moment, lowered his head in desperation, and said nothing.To be honest, if there is such a good thing for Feng Jun, his father Zhang Zuolin will also keep it to death!

There is nothing to say about this.At present, China is in this national condition, and it has to consume the strength of others to preserve itself.I can't wait to consume everyone else, leaving only myself... This time Feng Yuxiang will volunteer to defend the city of Jinan, which is really unexpected.However, considering that the Kuomintang has transferred him out of Shaanxi, and he is about to devote himself to the Shandong War of Resistance, it is not surprising that he did so.Anyway, stretching out the head and retracting the head is also a blow. It's better to fight vigorously, maybe there is still a way to survive?

Once Zeng Qi opened his mouth, he didn't save Young Master Zhang any face. Seeing Zhang Xueliang bowed his head and looked dejected, he also sighed deeply: "At present, our Chinese heavy industry is not much weaker than Japan, and our manpower, resources, land, and financial resources are not much worse than Japan's. They are weak, even the army... may not be their opponent. But why is this battle still a defeat? It is not because of disunity... Japan is a monolithic one, and they are fighting in one place. What about us? It's just plotting against each other , Pulling each other's hind legs, I only have my own little abacus in my heart, has there ever been a country? In my opinion, we are not much stronger this time than in the Jiawu period."

"But Japan has agreed to withdraw its troops... Isn't it just paying tens of millions, anyway, the Kuomintang also slaughtered the Japanese in Shanghai... Don't you care about this little money?"

The one who was speaking was Sa Zhenbing, the Minister of the Navy who could not command a single warship, and the Ministry of the Navy and the War Department all worked in Iron Lion Alley.For more than half a year, he and Army Minister Wu Peifu just played chess, drank tea, and chatted to pass the time every day. It wasn't until the Sino-Japanese war started this time that they got a little busy.However, it is still not the job of commanding the navy and army, but just "liaising and coordinating" the various factions.

"Hehe... how can there be such a cheap thing?" Wu Peifu sneered twice, glanced at Sa Zhenbing, shook his head and sighed: "Right now Jinan City is still under fire, so naturally the Japanese can't ask for prices... …Or the Kuomintang is not in a hurry to fight with them? When the time comes to cooperate with the inside and outside, the outcome of this battle is still two. The Japanese must be making wishful thinking of defeating each one, first destroying the 10,000+ in Jinan city The army then raised the price to negotiate with the Kuomintang. If the Kuomintang agreed to them, they would withdraw their troops. If the Kuomintang did not agree to it...but the Japanese defended against danger! They took advantage of the territory, and the Kuomintang would not be able to defeat it without several times its strength."

As soon as these words came out, the room was filled with moaning and gasping again, and everything else was silent.

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At the same time when the people in the Iron Lion Alley were relatively silent, the restaurant of the Japanese Legation in Dongjiaomin Lane, Beijing was full of wine and wine, and it was time for the guests and hosts to enjoy themselves.A table full of delicacies, the combination of water, land and eight delicacies, is still pure Cantonese cuisine.It can be seen that Kenkichi Yoshizawa, the Japanese Minister, entertained Wang Jingwei and Chen Bijun with all his heart.