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Just as the security department made a major breakthrough in Russia and the Northern Expeditionary Army's left army entered the Shanxi area to fight, on the Shandong battlefield, a very intense debate took place within the Northern Expeditionary Army.

This debate was unprecedented, and it was the first time that Bai Chongxi had a major disagreement with Jiang Baili.

"Jiansheng, with your approach, we are going to have big problems. Have you considered the political impact and risks?" Jiang Baili was taken aback by Bai Chongxi's plan just now.Lao Bai is Lao Bai, his ideas are really wild, and the original battle plan has been completely negated by him.According to the original plan, the youth army took advantage of Jinan, a place that the Japanese army must attack, to concentrate its superior forces to carry out a defensive operation, and strive to consume the active forces of the Japanese army to the greatest extent.But when Wuhan decided to liquidate at once, Bai Chongxi quickly vetoed the original plan.It was replaced by a bolder and more terrifying plan, at least Jiang Baili thought so.

According to Bai Chongxi's strategic thinking, the original Jinan defense war eventually turned into a siege and annihilation war.Specifically, Bai Chongxi planned to use Zhang Zizhong's first division as a bait to continuously attract the main force of the Japanese army to Jinan, and then pretended to be defeated and threw the big bait of Jinan to the Japanese army.As long as the Japanese army entered Jinan, the various departments of the Northern Expeditionary Army immediately encircled it, cut off its communication lines, and controlled the key terrain around Jinan.

Having recognized this point, Bai Chongxi did not waver in the face of Jiang Baili's doubts: "The loss of Jinan can have any political impact. Our final annihilation of the Japanese army is a main goal of this war. I believe the commander-in-chief is I understand, as long as he is satisfied with the final answer sheet we handed over, he won't care about the little things before."

Jiang Baili knew that Bai Chongxi was a stubborn person in essence, and he would not look back on things he was sure of.He sighed and said, "What about the people in Jinan? There are 10,000+ people."

"All transfers, the city's walls were cleared, and our army began to build defensive positions facing Jinan from the west and south of Jinan. The artillery calibrated the shooting elements. In addition, the armored forces and the air force were on standby. I guess the Japanese army was Zhang Zizhong. I wouldn't be so stupid as to drive all three divisions into Jinan. The logistics support line must be focused on defense. But they are too arrogant. Three divisions and such a long communication line, even if I don't show my unique skills, The bandit soldiers under Sun Meiyao alone are enough for them to drink a pot, and I have never met such a stupid opponent in all these years of leading troops."

Jiang Baili shook his head in disapproval and said: "Don't think that they are easy to deal with. Even if the Japanese army made a mistake in strategy, we may not be able to get any advantage at the tactical level. We are the one who suffers accidentally. Jiansheng, defensive warfare and Siege warfare is completely two different styles of play, you have to think carefully, the number of casualties alone is very different."

Bai Chongxi said very disdainfully: "How can anyone survive in a war? What does it matter how many people die?"

"You..." Jiang Baili was choked and speechless this time, and he suddenly remembered what kind of person Bai Chongxi was.All the way from the Yuan Dynasty, Bai Chongxi, who bears the title of the No.1 general of the Youth Army, is full of bones of soldiers from both the enemy and us. This is a guy who will do whatever it takes to win.

The upper management reached a consensus on strategic decision-making, and the order conveyed to Zhang Zizhong was much clearer, just two words "lure the enemy".

This lure to the enemy is easy to say but not easy to do. It is too unbelievable. After all, the youth army is famous. If you are defeated at the first touch, it is estimated that the commander of the Japanese army will give up the pursuit.Similarly, it's not okay to be too fierce. If you behave too vigorously and destroy the young mind of the imperial army, the consequences will also be very bad.If the Japanese finally retreated to Qingdao, relying on the navy's firepower advantage, it would be enough to cause headaches for the entire youth army.So luring the enemy is really a technical job, and not ordinary people can play it well.

Zhang Zizhong was obviously not as loyal and honest as he appeared on the outside. He had already drawn up a whole set of plans to lure the enemy. This plan was absolutely unprecedented, so that Zhang Zizhong's subordinates were amazed as soon as he threw it out.

However, Zhang Zizhong had already established absolute prestige in the entire First Division through a series of military exploits, so although everyone expressed serious incomprehension of his order, they still chose to carry it out.

As the arrow of the entire Japanese army, Shigeru Honjo's division rushed towards Linzi without hesitation. On November 11, the vanguard troops of China and Japan had an encounter. The battle lasted only 19 minutes. * The team voluntarily withdrew and the battle ended.A total of 15 Japanese soldiers were killed and 21 were injured.What shocked Ben Zhuangfan was that the Chinese soldiers did not leave even a single corpse behind, which shows how leisurely their retreat was.In the next two days, there were eleven battles between the Chinese and Japanese armies, all of which ended in victory for the Japanese army without exception, but the casualties were also increasing. In the largest battle, the Japanese army suffered more than 35 casualties.The only thing that pleased Shigeru Honjo was that although the Chinese army fought very tenaciously, a large number of corpses began to appear on the battlefield, which shows that the Chinese people lost their previous calmness.

On November 11, less than five miles away from Linzi, the Chinese and Japanese armies launched a relatively large-scale fierce battle.During the battle, Zhang Zizhong's first division bombarded the Japanese army with heavy artillery. One battalion leader and two squadron leaders of the Japanese army were accidentally hit, and they went back to see their Amaterasu.In this battle, the Japanese casualties directly broke five hundred.However, the Chinese army obviously had a problem with the use of firepower. Soon their infantry defense line was broken through, and the two French heavy artillery were killed by the Chinese army before they could retreat in time. On November 22, Honzhuang Fan ordered the attack on Linzi regardless of the fatigue of the Japanese army's days of fighting.

But Zhang Zizhong ordered to defend to the death, and the battle lasted for two full days. The Japanese army took Linzi after paying the price of more than a thousand people.Zhang Zizhong organized the first division to continue to retreat.Shigeru Honjo was very worried about his failure to defeat the No. [-] combat unit of Southern China. He couldn't wait for the two divisions that were still on the way, and he was determined to continue to pursue them.

But they immediately suffered a big loss, because Zhang Zizhong didn't have much appetite for a division of Benzhuang Fan.

The battle took place in Zhoucun, and this battle had to be fought.In the past five days, due to Zhang Zizhong's order, the First Division lost all the way. The upper-level officers knew that this was to lure the enemy in, but the lower-level officers and soldiers did not understand this.What's more terrible is that the cultural literacy of the officers and soldiers of the first division is generally higher than that of other divisions, which also makes them less blind to obey the orders of their superiors.They are very dissatisfied with the continuous retreat. You must know that these guys usually rely on themselves as soldiers of the first division, and see that other brother troops use their nostrils. Although the other brother troops hate this, they are helpless. Yu's First Division had outstanding military exploits, so he endured it.If the First Division loses all the way and eats it all the way this time, then it is probably my turn to look at other people's nostrils in the future. Thinking of this, the officers and soldiers of the First Division will stop doing it. They have found their respective officers and asked for a good job Fight against Little Japan.

The morale of the army is available, and Zhang Zizhong, who is worried that Fanzhuang Fan's solitary advance will eventually destroy his overall situation, also decided to deal a heavy blow to this arrogant Japanese division.

Zhoucun, a place not far from Linzi City, became Zhang Zizhong's first choice. He summoned the officers above the battalion and gave a lecture: "We must give Little Japan a head-on blow at this place, lest they be too arrogant and destroy our plan to lure the enemy into deep." plan. I ask you to show your best form and give Little Japan a lesson that will be unforgettable for their entire lives."

When the Miyagi Brigade, the vanguard brigade of the Honjo Fanshi Regiment, appeared in Zhoucun, it was first hit by a volley of artillery from the First Division.For the first time since the Shandong landing, the soldiers of the Miyaki Battalion felt fear. They really couldn't imagine that the firepower of the Chinese army could be so fast, so fast that they couldn't bear it.In this first round of shelling, the [-] Japanese soldiers in the entire Miyaki brigade immediately suffered more than one-fifth of the casualties, and the entire marching ranks were also in chaos.

Immediately after the first division, the 103rd and 104th regiments launched a charge, and rushed directly to the road where the Miyaki brigade was located, and beat up the Miyaki brigade who had not yet figured out the situation.

The power of grenades and bayonets has always been advocated by the Japanese army, but this time it was used on the Japanese army without exception.The grenades of the Chinese army slammed towards the Japanese army like raindrops as if they didn't need money. Captain Miyagi himself was hit by a grenade in this round of grenade rain, and was thrown violently by the impact of the explosion. Towards the sky, Miyaki struggled hard when he landed, and then rushed to the Yasukuni Shrine.

The Japanese army was really tenacious. After losing the captain, they still tenaciously searched for all bunkers and tried their best to fight against the Chinese squadrons that flooded in like a tide.They frantically pulled the trigger and fired the bullets in their rifles desperately. When the Chinese soldiers got closer and closer to them, they knew they were doomed and they would roar and jump up again, bravely using bayonets to fight The Chinese people risked their lives.It's a pity that they are like stones thrown into the waves, they disappear as soon as they stir up a little wave.

The battle lasted only 15 minutes and ended. The First Division also created a tactical precedent this time. Zhang Zizhong ordered to use all the MP18 submachine guns that had just been issued. common means of the enemy.The Japanese army was the first batch of victims, and the concentrated use of [-] submachine guns had a very obvious effect. Those brave Japanese soldiers were unceremoniously knocked down by the submachine guns as soon as they jumped up. All the officers and soldiers can only die collectively. . .