Zhou Weiguo and others had long expected this, and the troops of the 5th War Zone of the National Army also made corresponding adjustments. Zhou Weiguo and the 40th and 59th Army were besieged Linyi and built a large number of trenches near Linyi. At the same time, the 59th Army also occupied the highlands near Linyi, and the Hongxia Mountain (fictional) that was stationed before. Therefore, Linyi's position is divided into two parts, part of which is the Hongxia Mountain position outside the 59th Army City, and part of which is Linyi County.

The special forces led by Zhou Weiguo, as a mobile team, will temporarily help defend Linyi County during the day, and have confidential tasks at night.

After a while, the sound of the planes above Linyi County became more and more obvious.

"Secret!" The officers shouted that the soldiers were hiding.

"Touch~" The bomb fell, and a burst of dust flew on the exploded position.

"Huh~bang~"

At this moment, several black cloths were suddenly unveiled on the walls of Linyi County, revealing the pitch-black barrel, with a total of 25 guns. The barrel was facing upwards, and behind the gun were soldiers operating the machine gun.

Sparks burst out from the barrel.

Soon, a Japanese bomber was hit and fell into the distance with black smoke.

...

"Baga, how could the Chinese have anti-aircraft machine guns!" Seeing this, other Japanese bombers pulled up and climbed. Even so, three more Japanese bombers were still shot down from high altitude.

...

"Yeah!" A cheer was heard in Linyi County. The soldiers were used to seeing Japanese bombers rampant in the airspace of their motherland, and countless compatriots and comrades died under the Japanese bombing. At that time, they could do nothing. At this time, they could also defend air defense! They no longer had to be as afraid of Japanese planes as before! The machine guns were naturally the MG34 machine guns made by Zhou Weiguo. Although the 40th Army was a miscellaneous army, the entire army still had some 7.92mm bullets. Zhou Weiguo would not take these machine guns away at that time, after all, there were not many points.

Soon, the Japanese shelling came.

There are round after round of bombing.

Without the reminder of the superior, the soldiers can consciously hide in the anti-aircraft hole, so the casualties are greatly reduced.

On the east and north of Linyi County, the Japanese army formed the 3rd and 5th Brigades to attack.

On the south side of Linyi County, the Hongxia Mountain position stationed by the 59th Army, was not attacked by the Japanese army from Linyi County. On the contrary, on the west side of Linyi City, the 13th Division of the Japanese army attacked fiercely, while the 16th Division attacked the Hongxia Mountain position.

In Linyi alone, nearly 200,000 soldiers were fighting.

This is not the troops on the way between the National Army and the Japanese Army.

Linyi is a mess.

Li Zongren, the commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone of the National Army, hoped to give the Japanese army a center, so he mobilized two more troops from the army to support. The entire Xuzhou area was mobilized by the battle of Linyi.

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Suqian Qingshan Village

"Deputy Commander, let me go!" A lieutenant colonel stood up and saluted, "I will definitely bring the teacher's seat back safely!"

"Xinda, sit down first." Fang Shengli waved his hand. At this time, he was already the deputy commander of the Independent Division and the commander of the First Brigade.

"I'll go!" a colonel stood up and said the same.

"Okay, you all sit down." Fang Shengli said helplessly, "Let Staff Li tell you something."

Seeing this, Li Weimin stood up and instructed on the map, "At this time, the division seats and the 40th and 59th Army were both in Linyi, surrounded by the 3rd and 5th Mixed Brigades, the 13th Division and the 16th Division. At the same time, Commander Li Zongren, the commander of the 5th War Zone, had already drawn the 3rd Army of Chief Yu Xuezhong and the 22nd Army of Chief Deng Xihou's support and launched an attack from behind the Japanese, intending to annihilate the Japanese invaders outside Linyi. Although our independent division has not been transferred, how could the division commander go to the battlefield and the soldiers are still at ease?"

"So, we have to send some troops to Linyi to support the division. But because our division was short-lived and there were not many veterans." Li Weimin said, "But the new recruits have also seen blood. After all, the bandits in Suqian were beaten clean by us. So, after discussing with the deputy division commander, I decided to send two regiments, that is, two-thirds of our current troops, to support the division." At this time, Li Weimin was already a growing combat staff officer with a military rank.

"Staff Officer Li, just tell the Deputy Division Commander directly. Which two regiments are there?" Gan Xinda said, Gan Xinda, Lieutenant Colonel, 20 years old, graduate of the 10th phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, and is currently the acting leader of the Second Regiment of the First Brigade of the Independent Division.

"Yes, just say it directly." Zhang Xin stood up, helpless. At this time, he was already the captain's regiment commander. After following Zhou Weiguo in so many battles, the one he admired the most was Zhou Weiguo. Although he was still the colonel's regiment commander at this time, he also knew that the Independent Division had only put on airs at this time. Compared with the empty brigade commander under his command, he preferred the regiment commander with real power. At this time, he was already the commander of the First Regiment of the Independent Division's 1st Brigade.

"Although I am the commander of the Third Regiment, brigade officer Li, you cannot be partial to the First Regiment and the Second Regiment." Yang Shu, the third Regiment leader, stood up and said lightly.

"I won't be biased." Fang Shengli said quickly.

"So, this time the first regiment and the second regiment were the first regiment and the second regiment." Li Weimin then said, "Order: Zhang Xin, the first regiment of the First Brigade of the Independent Division, and Gan Xinda, the Second regiment, immediately lead his troops to Linyi to support the division."

"Yes!" Zhang Xin and Gan Xinda stood up, saluted, and then sat down.

Fang Shengli looked at Yang Shu's face and was helpless. Yang Shu was a veteran under his command. It took only about 3 months to be promoted from battalion commander to deputy division commander and brigade commander. Yang Shu had only been promoted from his deputy battalion commander to deputy regiment commander. It was only about 3 months until he was promoted to regiment commander this time. Yang Shu was not a professional, but was a person who responded very quickly on the occasion, so he was valued by him to get such a rapid promotion. Then, Fang Shengli said, "The Third Regiment is responsible for recruiting new recruits within one month. It is important to recruit the entire organization. It doesn't matter if you recruit as much as you recruit. I dare to collect as much as you recruit."

"Yes!" Yang Shu also knew Fang Shengli's personality, and then he took the order helplessly.

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March 21, 1938

The second regiment of the First Regiment of the First Brigade of the Suqian Independent Division has a total of 8,000 people, and went north to support Linyi.

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March 21, 1938

A total of 100,000 troops from the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, the 6th Infantry Brigade, the 18th Infantry Brigade, the 11th Division, the 101st Division and the Zhongtou Detachment set out from Nanjing and Shanghai to encircle the Chinese army in Linyi and the Chinese army that is supporting the Linyi region.
Chapter completed!