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On March 18, just half a month after the Seventh Division was stationed in Bengbu, good news came from Shandong. The Chinese army counterattacked on the Linyi battlefield and achieved good results.
Four days ago, two armies of the Japanese 5th Division had reached the Youjiazhuang and Fanjiadun lines east of the Yi River, about 15 kilometers north of Linyi, while the other arm had reached the line north of Linyi and on the west bank of the Yi River. The front line near Diaoyutai and Liujia Lake, and complete control of the areas on both sides of the Yi River 15 kilometers north of Linyi, were engaged in a fierce battle with the defending 3rd Army Corps.
The defenders were under tremendous pressure and were out of breath. Fortunately, the 59th Army arrived in Linyi in time, which stopped the defenders from retreating.
After the reinforcements arrived, Xu Zuyi, chief of staff of the Fifth Theater Zone, formulated a counterattack deployment based on the battlefield conditions.
Xu Zuyi sent one part of the 59th Army forward to the north of Linyi and west of the Yi River, occupying the line positions of Chaye Mountain, Yatou, and Liujia Lake, and carried out side attacks to Gegou and Baita east of the Yi River to contain the enemy.
The main force is to cross the Yi River from the boat flow on the west bank of the Yi River to the large and small Jiangzhuang. Make a right turn attack to the east, echoing the 40th Army, encircling and annihilating the enemy's main force in the area south of the Dingzitou, Dongzhuangtun, and Xianggongzhuang lines.
The Marine Corps was temporarily under the command of the 59th Army in Dongli, north of Chaye Mountain. It marched eastward from the station, crossed the Yi River, and carried out a flank attack on Gegou on the east bank.
At the same time, the 40th Army launched a left-turn attack to the north from Huangshan, about 8 kilometers southeast of Linyi City and east of the Yi River, to Taoyuan, about 8 kilometers northeast of Linyi City, east of the Yi River, and coordinated with the 59th Army to encircle and destroy the enemy.
According to the above plan, the Linyi garrison launched a fierce attack on March 14. After four days of fierce fighting, the Chinese army in Linyi finally annihilated part of the main force of the enemy's 5th Division that broke into Linyi. The remaining enemy retreated to Tangtou Town and Ju to the north. county.
Subsequently, part of the 40th Army pursued towards Ju County and surrounded Tangtou Town. The situation was excellent.
However, after the good news was forwarded to the 7th Division through the Third War Zone Commander's Department, Li Guoyao became nervous. He knew that trouble was coming.
Li Guoyao knew a little bit about the whole story of the Linyi Defense War. Even though the front line of Linyi had launched a beautiful counterattack, the situation looked good, but soon due to command errors, the defenders fell into a bitter battle.
If nothing else goes wrong, after gaining the battlefield advantage, the 59th Army will follow the orders of the 5th Theater Command. Except for leaving the 112th Brigade of the 38th Division in Linyi under the command of the 3rd Army Corps, the rest of the troops will quickly move westward from the county to intercept Jinpu Road and Tengxian County. The enemies in the north and south areas evacuated the Linyi battlefield and advanced toward Feixian County in the northeast.
Since then, the Linyi battlefield, which was originally in a big situation, will be short of troops, and at this time the Japanese army has organized a counterattack. In order to change this gradually unfavorable situation, the theater commander also called the 59th Army and ordered them not to divide their troops into Sishui and Teng County, but to assist the 40th Army in annihilating the enemies north of Linyi.
The 59th Army, which was already on the road, immediately started to return to Linyi. However, it was already five days later when they returned to Linyi. However, the battlefield situation at this time was completely different. The Japanese reinforcements were close to the Sanguan Temple in the northern suburbs of Linyi and the Shishi Temple in the eastern suburbs. Buling.
Then the 59th Army immediately sent three regiments of the 38th Division to reinforce the 40th Army to Sanguan Temple and Taoyuan in the north of Linyi City, while the supplementary regiment of the 40th Army arrived at Jiuqudian in the east of Linyi City. After a night of fierce fighting, although Taoyuan was recaptured, Sanguan Temple could not be conquered. From then on, the situation in Linyi became even more unfavorable, and both the 3rd Army and the 59th Army fell into hard fighting.
However, due to the tenacious blocking of the defenders and the beautiful counterattack before, it put huge pressure on the Japanese army. In addition, the Japanese army had already captured Zaozhuang and was moving towards Taierzhuang, so they were extremely eager for the cooperation of the Japanese army on the southern front. .
Therefore, Li Guoyao judged that the Japanese base camp would soon ask the Central China Front Army to go north to attack Bengbu and complete the operational plan to open up the Jinpu Line. This means that the Bengbu Defense War is likely to start in the next few days.
To be honest, it is only more than half a month since the Seventh Division entered Bengbu. All preparations have not been completed, and the troop training has only been carried out for more than ten days. Once the Japanese army launches an attack at this time, the consequences will be really unimaginable.
However, Li Guoyao had no idea what to do. He had no control over what the little devil did and could only passively defend.
To be honest, Li Guoyao also thought about taking the initiative to attack and capture Chu County before the Japanese reinforcements arrived. However, after thinking about it, he gave up. The reason is also very simple, that is, he was not sure about the garrison of a first-class Japanese division. Next, take Chu County.
Even if Chuxian is captured by virtue of superior strength, fighting fortified positions will inevitably cause heavy losses to the troops. This is definitely not in line with the current status of the Seventh Division.
After thinking about it again and again, Li Guoyao decided to convene a military meeting immediately to integrate the forces in his hands and prepare for the war.Prepare for the upcoming war!
March 20, Bengbu Garrison Headquarters, large conference room!
After receiving Li Guoyao's order, all officers at regiment level and above belonging to the 7th Division arrived at the conference room on time. In addition, there were many people with special status who were specially present, including Huang Mazi, Huang Shuya, and Hu Yuehua. , Lu Dingan, Yunhu et al.
Because there were too many people attending the meeting, Li Guoyao simply dismantled the round conference table used for the meeting and ordered more than a dozen rows of chairs to be placed in the conference room. There was not even a water glass. The conditions were a bit difficult.
With the arrival of Li Guoyao, Xu Hu, Wang Zhanhai, Ma Desheng and others, the meeting officially began!
After confirming that everyone was present, Li Guoyao said immediately: "I called you here today mainly for several reasons. The first is to ask about the progress of the tasks of various departments during this period. First, let's talk about the recruitment. , Lao Xu, you are responsible for this matter, tell me the situation!"
Xu Hu immediately stood up and said: "Master, after this period of recruitment, our department has recruited a total of 27,637 people, including 20,276 young men and 7,361 women. Currently, most of these people are scattered in various counties and districts for recruit training. "
Li Guoyao nodded and said: "Very good, let's talk about the training situation of the troops. The chief of staff is keeping an eye on this matter. Let's talk about the situation!"
Ma Desheng said immediately: "Reporting to the division commander, in addition to the newly recruited troops, there are currently 17,236 troops in our department who are still in training, including more than 2,000 troops under Huang Zhanhu's command!"
"Huang Zhanhu?"
Seeing Li Guoyao's confused look, Ma Desheng said with a hint of embarrassment: "It's just yellow hemp seeds!"
Li Guoyao looked up at Huang Dazi in the crowd and asked with a smile: "So your name is Huang Zhanhu. This is a good name. It is much better than that Huang Dazi!"
Huang Dazi¡¯s face twitched and he said, ¡°Sir, Huang Dazi is a bandit¡¯s name on the road. It was called by someone else, and I don¡¯t want to!¡±
Li Guoyao didn't say anything more, but said to Ma Desheng: "How was the training result?"
"I have just completed the queue training, which only involves a little bit of combat skills and tactical coordination. According to the training plan, it will be completed in another half a month! Then in the last half month, I will find some bandits or Japanese strongholds for actual combat testing. Basically, it will be We can go to the battlefield!" Ma Desheng said.
"Maybe the little devil won't give us so much time!" Li Guoyao said.
"Master, are the Japs going to attack Bengbu?" Ma Desheng asked in surprise.
"It's possible! But we'll talk about this later. Now each brigade will talk about their respective situations. Next, the division headquarters will replenish the troops of each brigade!" Li Guoyao said.
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Tengjiao, commander of the Du Eighth Brigade, immediately stood up and said: "Reporting to the division commander, our Du Eighth Brigade now has a total of 3,213 soldiers, with a shortage of 2,000 people!"
Then Xie Baojun, the commander of the Dujiu Brigade, stood up and said: "Reporting to the division seat, our Dujiu Brigade has a total of 3,010 soldiers, with a shortage of 2,000 people."
The last person to speak was Wen Debiao, commander of the 15th Independent Brigade: "Reporting to the division seat, our unit currently has 2,886 troops, with a vacancy of 2,500!"
After listening to the reports of the three main brigade commanders, Li Guoyao nodded immediately and said: "Replenish the troops of each brigade according to the shortage situation of each brigade, and leave this matter to the chief of staff!"
"Yes, I promise to complete the task!"
"In addition, the division headquarters has decided to add a new regiment to each brigade. The new recruits will be selected from the 20,000 recruited from each county. Deputy Division Commander Xu will be responsible for this matter!"