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"Mr. Guderian, the roads in Yimeng Mountain are not enough for mechanized troops to enter and exit. But the Japanese army has retreated into Jinan City. You can go around from the north of Jinan City. There are plains and the road conditions are also very good."

Luo Yaoguo lightly tapped on the table, and revealed the plan of the Shandong Front Army: "You will be directly transported by railway to Gushan Town at the foot of the west side of Mount Tai. The Huashan area is waiting. The Shandong Front Army will block the reinforcements of the three Japanese divisions on the plains east of Jinan, and your armored teaching brigade will serve as the blade for the counterattack... With the support of aviation and heavy artillery, crush the enemy, just like Zhalai Nuoer That!"

As soon as he heard Zhalai Nuoer, Huang Guyu immediately regained his energy, and quickly followed Luo Yaoguo's train of thought: "Which infantry division is cooperating with us? Can the [-]th Division come out? They have experience."

"It's the Nineteenth Division. They will go with you."

"That's six infantry divisions, one armored brigade and one aviation division against six Japanese infantry divisions. It seems that the odds of winning are not small!" Huang Guyu counted with his fingers, and a trace of light flashed on his slightly yellowed face. shine.

"It's seven divisions!" Guderian reminded softly, poking the north bank of the Yellow River on the map with his thick fingers: "One of the divisions of the Japanese army here must be dealt with first, or they will be on our side." Behind the armored brigade, if there is something wrong, it will be bad."

"That should be the Fourth Division of the Japanese Army. They have been fighting the CCP and the National Army for a whole day... By the time No. 15 should have been defeated, right?" Luo Yaoguo looked at the location of Pingyuan County on the map and said to himself. .

Chapter 0437 The Great Victory of the Plains ([-])

In the early morning of April [-]th, in the outskirts of Pingyuan County, Shandong Province.

The dark and low sky was illuminated like day by bursts of artillery fire and explosions.There are streaks of orange-red light in the night sky, like lightning tearing apart dark clouds.The sharp and piercing whistling sound of the friction between the shell and the air spread far away, like the mournful howl of death, sweeping across the entire battlefield.

boom!boom!boom……

Bursts of thunderous explosions followed one after another, and clusters of fireballs continued to rise.The cannonball exploded and turned into countless tiny metal fragments. Under the violent air waves, they scattered and flew in all directions, sweeping everything.Unlike the Japanese army's scattered bombardment of the entire defense line before, this round of Japanese troops concentrated bombardment of the positions of the National Second Army and the Third Division in the south of Pingyuan County.Obviously, this will become a key breakthrough point for the Fourth Division of the Japanese Army to fight hard.

On the roof of a brick building in the village where the Japanese Army's advance headquarters is located.Lieutenant General Sadao Araki, chief of staff of the Shandong Dispatch Army, and Lieutenant General Ryuhishikari, head of the Fourth Division, both held up binoculars and stared at the scene opposite.Both of them had gloomy faces, and Sadao Araki's European-style mustache was still trembling slightly.

This round of onslaught was launched under the strong request of Araki Sadao.In fact, apart from defeating the "Chinese Communist Army who dared to despise the imperial army", this almost desperate attack is of no value, and it may even ruin the entire division!Since the three Japanese divisions in Jinan had shrunk into the city and were under siege, the fourth division was actually under attack!The Kuomintang army south of the Yellow River may send a division across Hebei at any time to attack the Fourth Division with the Red Army and the National Army.Therefore, the most correct action for the Fourth Division now is to abandon the operation of opening up the Jinpu line, "turn forward" to the east, bypass the Red Army and the National Army defending Pingyuan and Dexian County, and then go northward and retreat to Tianjin through Cangzhou.It's just that Sadao Araki didn't think so...

After firing four or five thousand rounds, the artillery group of the Japanese army finally extended its firepower to the rear, and now the firepower was completely spread out. It was not as dense and fierce as when it concentrated on the positions of the Second Army and the Third Division of the Nationalist Army, but it was still very powerful. Great lethality.The reserve team assembled in the rear, the masses in front, all kinds of mules, horses and carts, and even the former enemy headquarters of the National Second Army dropped shells.There was a lot of chaos in the entire rear assembly area.

"Stand up! Bayonets! Forward!"

There were bursts of shouts that seemed to burst out with all the power of the dantian.The nearly [-] Japanese soldiers in the trench all stood up in a clatter, and inserted one after another of shining bayonets into the front ends of the [-]-style rifles.The officers wielding their command knives jumped out of the trench first, followed by the infantry of the two entire regiments.The mighty flow of people merged into a huge wave, surging and shouting, rushing towards the position of the Third Division of the National Second Army led by General Yang Huchen on the opposite side!After a whole day of fierce fighting, the staff officers of the Fourth Division of the Japanese Army had figured out the real situation of the Chinese army on the opposite side.The left flank, defended by the Second Red Army, was nearly impenetrable—at least not by the Fourth Division.The right wing of the front line defended by the national army is obviously weaker than the left wing, and it was almost destroyed in today's attack during the day.Therefore, in the decisive battle tonight, Sadao Araki and Takashi Hishigari decided to put all their eggs in one basket and concentrated their forces on the weak right wing of the Chinese army, trying to concentrate their energy to push it away in one fell swoop!Then sweep the entire defense line.

Above the National Army position, General Sun Weiru, the commander of the Third Division, squatted in the trench with his head in his arms, his head covered with dirt.A burly guard was still protecting him with his body, as if to protect him from shells.As soon as the shelling extended, Sun Weiru immediately pushed the guard away and shouted loudly: "Brothers, give me some fucking energy, let those little Japanese see that the men in our Guanzhong are all good!"

After the yelling, General Sun spat, rubbed his eyes and looked opposite.It was early in the morning, when the sky was getting bright, the visibility was not high, and the smog permeating around the position had not dissipated, and nothing could be seen clearly.Only the shouts of "onboard! Onboard!" came from the opposite side, as loud as a mountain roaring and a tsunami, even overshadowing the sound of the guns that had already extended.The officers and soldiers who avoided the artillery in the trench also got up at this moment, set up their machine guns and raised their rifles.A few gusts of wind blew through, and the smoke cleared away a little. Everyone took a closer look, and an astonishing scene appeared before everyone's eyes, and everyone gasped.

There are almost 6000 devil infantry in two entire regiments, forming waves of extremely dense skirmish lines, so dense that it is almost like the line infantry formations lined up and shot in the [-]th century!The Japanese officer stood at the head of the line, leading the infantry forward with their samurai swords raised.Rows of [-]-type rifles with long bayonets rolled over like a vast steel forest that could not be seen to the edge!

"It's broken!" Sun Weiru looked at everything in front of him dumbfounded, and there was only one thought in his heart, that is - it was broken, the position was about to be lost!My division is only [-] people at full strength. After a whole day of fierce fighting and the shelling just now, the casualties are less than [-]. Now I am one-on-one with the devils.

Snapped!Snapped!pa... clack clack...

At this time, gunshots started to sound one after another on the battlefield, sporadic or clusters of bullets, exuding orange light, rushed towards the crowd of Japanese soldiers at an extremely fast speed.It's just that... the Japanese troops on the opposite side were not hit row by row, and they still pressed towards the National Army's position at a walking speed.It turns out that those Japanese have not yet entered the effective range of the Jin-made rifles equipped by the National Second Army!

This scene was clearly seen by Araki Sadao, chief of staff of the Japanese Shandong Dispatch Army who was supervising the battle on the other side. He put down his binoculars and let out a sigh of relief: "The so-called national army is indeed a relatively weak opponent. They The shooting discipline is also a mess, and they start shooting indiscriminately from a long distance, wishing to block the imperial army from a distance. It seems...they are completely panicked, and we will win this battle."

The commander of the [-]th Division, Ryuhishi Ryu, also put down his binoculars and nodded slightly: "The artillery of the Chinese army is also very poor. They just scattered the cannons in the bunkers at the front of each position and bombarded our infantry with direct sight. The attack during the day caused a lot of casualties. However, their artillery was also destroyed by us because of the exposed target, and now it seems that there is no artillery to support their infantry."

Araki Sadao stroked his beard and said with a smile: "When we destroy the Chinese Nationalist Army in front of us, we will roll back the Red Army on the right wing of the Chinese Army. That Red Army should be the most capable of fighting in the Chinese Army on the north bank of the Yellow River. As soon as they collapse the whole north of the Yellow River, we will be allowed to move freely!"

A hint of surprise flashed across Hishigai Takashi's face: "Araki-kun, the General Staff Headquarters has instructed you not to..."

Araki Sadao sneered twice: "I know that we can't take military action across the border of Shandong province, but...the Feng faction will still feel our pressure. As long as they surrender to the empire and allow the reinforcements of the empire to pass through the ground in Zhili, then The situation in the Shandong battle may be reversed!"

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Speaking of which, the Second National Army is also pitiful, the whole uncle doesn't love wild children who his grandma doesn't love.Although the Kuomintang also gave them some military pay on time, it never meant to arm them.Only Feng Yuxiang's National First Army had obtained a batch of arms and ammunition from the Kuomintang on the eve of the Jinan Defense War.However, the Second National Army has no share. Even this time Feng Yuxiang used the bullets sent by the Feng family to arm his direct line, and Yang Huchen did not give a single bullet... Everyone was like this in the warlord era, not the Kuomintang. patent.

Yang Huchen's rifle was taken from Yan Xishan in Shanxi five years ago when Luo Yaoguo helped run the "Northwest New Army" (the predecessor of the Red Army).Later, the Red Army gave some of the Jin-made rifles they eliminated to Yang Huchen.However, these rifles have been used for five years, and the barrels have not been replaced, and the rifling is almost worn out, and most of the bullets are reloaded with inferior gunpowder, so the effective range is only 300 meters.

The Japanese army's dense skirmish line, which was still in strict formation, finally fell within the effective range of the old Jin-made rifles of the Second National Army.The dense bullets poured down like raindrops, and immediately knocked down the charging Japanese officers and soldiers row by row.But this time, the vendors in Osaka did not lie down to avoid the bullets. Instead, they accelerated their pace of charging, shouting the slogan "onboard! Onboard!" and rushed forward.It's almost like going forward one after another, seeing death as home!

Almost at the same time, the mortars, grenades, and heavy machine guns owned by the two Japanese regiments also fired.The trenches of the National Army quickly sprang up balls of fireballs one after another, and bullets and shrapnel swept past like a storm, instantly turning the National Army's position into a melting pot of flesh and blood.Many people died before they had time to react, and more people, in order to save their own lives, retreated into the trenches when the Japanese army's firepower was the most violent.In this way, the firepower on the ground was naturally weakened a lot, seeing the Japanese army rushing in...

The hand-to-hand combat immediately began in the trenches of the Second National Army.Both sides are using [-]-type rifles with long bayonets, but one is the original product, and the other is a knock-off product sold by Yan Laoxi... But they are almost the same in hand-to-hand combat.The Japanese army's stabbing skills are better, but the Shaanxi veterans under Yang Huchen's department are also brave and good at hand-to-hand combat.If the peasants and warriors from Sendai were attacking today, the Second National Army might not be able to last for a quarter of an hour.However, those urban soldiers in Osaka always hesitated when fighting for their lives. They always put their lives first when they were on the line of life and death.It's just that with the passage of time, the numerical superiority of the Japanese army gradually emerged... After seeing that the hand-to-hand combat on the front line was almost stalemate, Araki Sadao and Hishikari Takashi did not hesitate to join the other two infantry regiments !Almost [-] infantry swarmed into the trenches of the Third Division of the National Second Army.At this time, the rear of the positions of the Third Division of the Second National Army was blocked by Japanese artillery fire!The reserve team sent by Yang Huchen could not arrive in time... The position of the Third Division of the Second National Army was broken by the Japanese army!

The Fourth Division of the Japanese Army finally fought a beautiful battle in the early hours of this day!The entire breakthrough process seemed complicated, but it actually took less than an hour from the shelling!The Red Second Army Corps on the left side of the National Second Army's position was caught off guard by the Japanese army that swept in from behind before they even had time to react.

The two sides collided together, and it was the most tragic hand-to-hand combat from the beginning.The sound of the bayonet stabbing into the human body continued to resound.From time to time, there were some heart-piercing screams.Soldiers from both sides wrestled into a group in the trenches. Even if they died in battle, their corpses often maintained the posture of the last fight. Another enemy bayonet was killed.The lives of both parties are like this, being consumed as quickly as money.The trenches where the battle was most intense were filled with corpses of both sides layer upon layer, and the trenches had almost been filled!

Just when more than 1 people from the four infantry regiments of the Japanese army broke in from the rear of the Red Army, they were on the front of the Red Second Army's defense line.The Cavalry Wing, Engineer Wing, and Supplies Wing of the Fourth Division of the Japanese Army also launched a general offensive! More than 4000 Japanese soldiers either rode horses wielding sabers, or carried rifles with long bayonets, shouting and swarming to join this extremely tragic hand-to-hand combat.For a while, the Second Red Army was in danger of being attacked from both sides...

"Communist! Communist Youth League member! Come with me!"

This is the roar of Jiang Xianyun, deputy commander of the Second Red Army Corps!After sending an emergency telegram to He Long, Feng Yuxiang and others in Dezhou.Jiang Xianyun took all the personnel that the Red Second Army's front enemy headquarters could muster, including staff officers, guards, communications soldiers, cooks, etc. About two or three hundred people took up their rifles and joined this melting pot that was constantly consuming their lives. up!The current battle situation is the most critical moment. If you take a step back, it may cause the entire line to collapse. A collapsed army, even the Red Army, will still become a lamb shot by the enemy at will.Now we can only grit our teeth and persist until Texas sends reinforcements; persist until the Kuomintang air force in Tai'an comes to provide air support; or persist until the Japanese army can't bear the consumption of human lives...

As the deputy head of the Second Red Army personally led the charge, the morale of the Red Army soldiers on the battlefield seemed to be boosted instantly!In other words, life and death have been completely ignored.Especially those members of the Communist Party and the Communist Youth League. These backbones and pillars of the Red Army are no longer taking the lead in the charge at this most critical time, but taking the lead and perishing with the brutal Japanese invaders!The slogan "Long live the Communist Party" came from the trenches, and then there was the roar of a grenade explosion!If this completely reckless style of play encounters the devils of the Sendai Second Division or the Kumamoto Sixth Division, it will probably attract many imitators-chanting the slogan "Long Live the Emperor" and coming to the Red Army to die together!This kind of thing seemed to happen frequently during the Russo-Japanese War.Fortunately, it was the profiteers from Osaka who were on the battlefield today—compared to samurai, profiteers were always more afraid of death.As the arrogance of the Japanese army was temporarily frustrated, this tragic battle gradually fell into a stalemate, but... the Japanese army with an absolute superiority in numbers will eventually win this victory that is not worth the candle.And only "tactical victory".

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On April 9000, 5000, the Fourth Division of the Japanese Army in Osaka defeated the main forces of the Second National Army and the Second Army of the Red Army and occupied Pingyuan County. The two sides fought bitterly for nearly two days.Nearly [-] officers and soldiers of the Second National Army and the Second Red Army lost nearly [-]% of their soldiers, and only nearly [-] people broke through and evacuated to Dezhou. Posthumously presented by President Sun Yat-sen)... more than [-] were captured, mainly officers and soldiers of the Second Army of the National Alliance Army.After this battle, the Red Army's Second Army and the Red Army Artillery Division suffered heavy losses and urgently needed to be replenished. There were no more than [-] troops!There are not many heavy weapons and equipment left...

Except for a heavy artillery brigade, the Fourth Division of Osaka, Japan, also participated in the battle.Nearly 5000 officers and soldiers were killed in battle, and about [-] were injured, of which nearly [-] were seriously injured.There is not much ammunition left.After this battle, the Fourth Division of the Japanese Army also lost more than half of its combat power!No longer able to advance to Dezhou, the Fourth Division rested on the plain for a day, turned eastward on April [-], made a detour to Zhili, and retreated into the Tianjin Japanese Concession four days later.The whole journey was nearly [-] kilometers, and the road was unimpeded, and the Fengtian warlords did not send a single soldier to stop it!

In addition, it is worth mentioning that from Dezhou to Pingyuan County, a mere 30 kilometers away, the [-] troops of Commander-in-Chief Feng of the National Alliance Army actually walked for a whole day, and still did not arrive until the end of the Battle of Pingyuan!And the dive bombers of the First Army Aviation Division of the National Revolutionary Army did not show their heads from the beginning to the end... In fact, the Kuomintang Shandong Front Army Command in Tai'an and Luo Yaoguo, the chief of staff in Wuhan, did not even know that there was a plain war from beginning to end until April. Only on the [-]th did I read the news of the "Plain Victory" achieved by the Chinese Democratic Alliance Army in the newspaper.

"Well...the Chinese Communist Party fought a good battle. They blocked the Japanese army on the plain for nearly two days, killed and wounded nearly [-] Japanese invaders, and also recovered the three counties of Pingyuan, Qihe, and Yucheng. It is an unprecedented victory! It is worthy of our people. The Revolutionary Army is learning..."

Luo Yaoguo looked at a southern version of "Ta Kung Pao" and nodded while reading it, his face was full of admiration.He knows the weapons and equipment of the Second Red Army of the Communist Party of China and the National Coalition Army.Moreover, these two armies suffered heavy losses in the previous Jinan defense battle. They recovered their combat effectiveness in less than ten days and defeated the Japanese permanent division, which is known as the elite. It is really surprising.

"Hehe, I didn't expect you, the chief of staff, to learn about the battle situation from newspapers!" Sitting opposite Luo Yaoguo was that old Japanese mafia grandpa Toyama... Today his asking price has been reduced to 2000 million silver dollars in compensation, plus Extend the lease period of Kanto Prefecture for 30 years.

Chapter 0438

"Mr. Toushan." Luo Yaoguo put down the newspaper in his hand, took a sip of the freshly brewed tea on the coffee table, "The situation is now very clear, Japan is already on the verge of defeat, and your Fourth Division is already on the verge of defeat." The Red Army of the Communist Party of China was defeated in the north of the Yellow River! And the three divisions in the south of the Yellow River are now besieged by our National Revolutionary Army in Jinan City. The whole army has been wiped out! How can you still ask us for compensation in such a situation? Or else... we don’t need to compensate anyone, we let your Japanese army retreat from Shandong, and you return Qingdao to our country. But The assets and investment of the Japanese government and Japanese overseas Chinese in Qingdao can be purchased by our national government at a favorable price. What do you always think of this condition?"

Tou Shan's face was slightly livid, and a big hand covered with age spots gently stroked his snow-white beard.He naturally knew the inside story of the so-called Great Victory in Pingyuan.In this battle, from a tactical point of view, the fourth division of the Japanese army undoubtedly won, at least judging by the number of casualties, they must have won.It's just... From a strategic point of view, the Chinese army has indeed won the victory.The [-]th Division, which had won a game in the plains, only rested overnight, and the whole army turned around and retreated eastward towards Zhili. The plan to open up the Jinpu line fell through completely, and they didn't even dare to stay in the plains and the Qihe line to threaten Jinan City. The back of the foreign Kuomintang army!

This situation can be seen clearly by anyone with a little military knowledge, and the "shogun" Tou Shanman is no exception.Therefore, he was inclined to accept Luo Yaoguo's almost "tie" peace talks condition.It's just... those people in Tokyo don't know what's wrong, and they haven't given him instructions for a long time.Are these guys really planning to take the fortune of the empire to Shandong to gamble with the Chinese?The lifeline of the empire is Manchuria after all!Not Shandong.Moreover, the owner of Manchuria, Zhang Zuolin, is a cunning persimmon, but the young Kuomintang marshal in front of him is a big tiger in sheep's clothing!How can there be any reason to come and fight a tiger without pinching a persimmon?So stupid...don't know what fool is making the decision!Or is there any other purpose behind this that I haven't figured out for a while?

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Tokyo, Kasumigaseki.

Prime Minister Yuyuki Hamaguchi just sat lazily in his office, staring at the two "good news" with bloodshot eyes.One of them was brought by Ugaki Kazushige, the Minister of War with a beaming face, on the night of April [-]. According to the good news, "The Fourth Division of the Invincible Imperial Army and the vicinity of Pingyuan County in Shandong Province of China destroyed about [-] Chinese Communists." More than [-] Communists were killed and wounded, and [-] were captured..."

The other good news was just sent by Suzuki Soroku, the Chief of Staff of the General Staff Headquarters. This General Suzuki is sitting opposite Yuyuki Hamaguchi with his face livid, his head hanging down and not saying a word.This victory report reported that the Fourth Division had conquered cities and plundered land all the way.Right now the soldiers are pointing directly at the Bohai Bay!

Uh, what are they doing in Bohai Bay?Is it to escape by boat?It's not that Jinpu Road is going to be opened up, why is it getting farther and farther away from Jinpu Road now?Although Yuyuki Hamaguchi had never studied as a Japanese non-commissioned officer and had no experience in the army, he could still see the merits of these so-called "great victories".

There was dead silence in the office, and the two top figures in the Japanese military and political circles faced each other silently. I don't know how long it took before I heard Yuyuki Hamaguchi sigh softly: "Suzuki-kun, rescue the main force of the Shandong dispatched army trapped in Jinan City. ...There won't be any problems, right? Also, Mr. Toushan just sent a telegram from Wuhan...The Southern Branch of the Kuomintang is willing to end the war, as long as the empire completely retreats from Shandong. In this way...the big deal is that I, like Tanaka, will resign and go to the field ..."

Suzuki Shoroku smiled bitterly, and shook his head slightly: "Your Excellency, we are the courtiers of His Majesty after all, and now His Majesty has made up his mind to teach Shina a lesson, so we can only work hard to fulfill His Majesty's entrustment..."

With a bang, Yuyuki Hamaguchi slapped the heavy oak table hard, and stood up abruptly: "Is it His Majesty who wants to fight, or your army wants to fight! This war was launched because of my willfulness. It seems completely wrong now, can't I resign as Prime Minister? Then I will cut my belly! So you are satisfied?"

Suzuki Shoroku lowered his head with a wry smile: "Your Excellency, we are only the courtiers of His Majesty the Emperor, and what His Majesty wants is not our seppuku, but the commanding power... Please, Your Majesty, please return the military order, and His Majesty will directly lead the land Navy... from now on, this war will have nothing to do with your Excellency."