At 1 a.m. on March 24, 1938, at the north position of Linyi County, the soldiers of the former 40th Army were packing up their things. The superiors ordered them to come down and they were about to retreat.

The soldiers of the 1st Battalion and 2nd Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the Independent Division quickly entered the position, took out their guns, and pointed them into the distance.

The soldiers of the 40th Army were puzzled and immediately said, "Aren't you retreat?" Then, a colonel of the 40th Army walked out and saluted a major battalion commander of the 1st Regiment of the Independent Division, "Liu Sheng, the commander of the 68th Regiment of the 39th Division of the 40th Army, the 5th War Zone of the National Revolutionary Army, Liu Sheng."

"He is the battalion commander of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Independent Division of the 5th War Zone of the National Revolutionary Army, Wang Zhi, the commander of the 1st Battalion, saluted.

"Brother, haven't the superior given an order to retreat?" Liu Sheng asked.

"The order I received was that my independent division would defend Linyi to the death." Wang Zhi replied coldly. He was the remaining company commander of the 88th Division of the German Armored Division. He was a former student of the Whampoa Military Academy. He participated in several battles. After breaking through the Nanjing Defense War, he wandered all the way and accidentally arrived in Suqian. He met Zhou Weiguo's headquarters, who was originally from the 87th Division. The 88th Division and the 87th Division are both direct descendants of the Central Army, the German Armored Division. However, almost all of them were disabled in the Nanjing Defense War. He was unwilling to accept it and joined Zhou Weiguo's headquarters.

"Ah?" Liu Sheng shook his head and said, "Since that's the case, come on, brothers!"

"Thank you." Wang Zhi replied, and immediately arranged the soldiers to defend.

The same scene happened around Linyi County.

In Linyi County

"What!" Yu Xuezhong slapped the table and said angrily, "No! You are disobeying on the battlefield!"

Zhou Weiguo shook his head and said, "In the telegram from the command center, only the 40th Army, 59th Army, 22nd Army and your 3rd Army, there is no independent division in your command."

"Weiguo, don't be stupid!" Zhang Zizhong advised, "You only have two regiments and 8,000 people now. You told me that you want to guard Linyi? Do you treat the lives of soldiers as a joke?"

"Brother Xunchen, don't worry, I'm not a person who knows the world's strengths." Zhou Weiguo smiled and said calmly, "Believe me."

Zhang Zizhong was silent and then said, "Military means I cannot disobey, but I have a good player, you have to accept it. Zhao Sheng, 28 years old,

He is a third-class private, knows martial arts and is very good at it." Then, Zhang Zizhong said to a soldier behind him, "Zhao Sheng, from today on, you will be the soldier of Zhou Weiguo Commander Zhou!"

"Yes!" Zhao Sheng walked forward, saluted Zhou Weiguo, and said, "Hello, commander!"

"Thank you. Just be my guard first." Zhou Weiguo smiled helplessly.

"Brother, I won't say anything anymore, take care of myself." Pang Bingxun said helplessly, then walked out of the hall.

Then, Yu Xuezhong sighed helplessly, saluted Zhou Weiguo, and said, "Although I understand your plot, I cannot agree with your approach. Take care!"

"Thank you, General!" Zhou Weiguo returned the gift, and then watched Yu Xuezhong walk out of the hall.

Zhang Zizhong patted Zhou Weiguo on the shoulder, "Weiguo, you are still young, please take care of your life. Only by living can you drive the Japanese out of China."

Zhou Weiguo nodded and sighed that Zhang Zizhong is indeed worthy of being Zhang Zizhong.

"After I retreat, I will be stationed near the East China Sea, not too far from you. I will leave a regiment in Linshu County, ready to support you at any time." After Zhang Zizhong finished speaking, he saluted Zhou Weiguo.

"Thank you, Brother Xunchen." After Zhou Weiguo returned the gift, he took care of him."

"Take care of yourself."

...

At 3 a.m. on March 24, 1938, the 3rd Army, the 40th Army, and the 59th Army withdrew from Linyi.

Before dawn, Zhou Weiguo came to the empty arsenal of the 40th Army alone, exchanged 200 German-made MG34 general machine guns and a large number of bullets, exchanged 60 large-caliber cannons and a large number of shells. Then he looked at the system carefully. In addition to machine guns and artillery, he exchanged a large number of grenades and compressed biscuits to ensure logistics. Zhou Weiguo hesitated when choosing rifles. He had long wanted to position the standard equipment of the independent division as an automatic rifle, but during the Nanjing Defense War, he had few war points and could not afford to exchange. Now, the war points are enough, and he doesn't know what to choose.

Speaking of automatic rifles, many people will confuse submachine guns with it. Automatic rifles use gunpowder energy to release gunpowder and automatically load and retract the shell. The range it refers to is relatively wide, with fast and slow shooting speed. However, the most significant difference with submachine guns is the long range (such as the Japanese 38 gun can reach 800 or even 1,000 meters), the bullet kinetic energy and usually have greater lethality. Submachine guns are also automatic guns, which are characterized by their fast shooting speed. However, the range is short and the power is small at a long distance (using pistol bullets, the effective killing distance is no more than 200 meters. The original intention of its design is to be used for melee trench warfare). Assault rifles are a type of automatic rifle, characterized by their rate of fire similar to submachine guns (fast), and their power is as large as rifles. Assault rifles have become the main weapon of modern infantry, but their range has become as far as the old rifle. But unfortunately, the bullets of assault rifles are smaller than those currently available.

Therefore, Zhou Weiguo still considered automatic rifles. During World War II, many excellent automatic rifles emerged.

Subsequently, Zhou Weiguo chose the German-made G43 rifle. The G43 rifle is a semi-automatic rifle. It can be said that the G43 rifle is not inferior to the US M1 rifle in design. However, Germany's production capacity and raw materials during the war were not kept up, so the G43 production was lower. Although the G43 rifle had not been developed, it is now 1938, and it is only a few years since 1943. Therefore, the price of the G43 is not expensive. Each one is 5 points. Zhou Weiguo then exchanged 10,000 G43 rifles and corresponding ammunition.

The main thing is that the bullet caliber of the G43 rifle is the same as the Mauser they are now equipped with.

Then, another 2,000 points were spent to exchange for 100 German-made HKMP5 submachine guns. Since this series of submachine guns were won by the army, security forces and police forces from many countries to use as standard guns, they have extremely high reputation. Even in later generations, MP5 was the first choice for the special forces standard weapons in many countries and regions. He also wanted to change his special forces.

More than 100,000 war points will continue, and the chances of winning in defending Linyi will be a little more.

After overnight, Zhou Weiguo asked the troops to change their clothes.

...

March 24, 1938 at 7:00

Suqian Qingshan Village

"I want to take the ambulance team to Linyi!" Xiao Ya said to Fang Shengli, "It's useless if you don't agree."

"Xiao Ya." Fang Shengli was helpless. Since Zhou Weiguo came back from the telegram that he wanted to guard Linyi, Xiao Ya had been clamoring to go to Linyi. Of course, he was taking the ambulance team with him.

"Deputy Division Commander, I think the ambulance team is going to Linyi." Li Weimin said on the side, "As long as it is a war, there will be sacrifices and casualties, but the lives of the soldiers are precious. Therefore, the ambulance team must go to the front line."

Fang Shengli was silent.

"And most of the time our ambulance team also participated in military training." Xiao Ya said again, "So, if you don't agree, I will take the ambulance team there."

"I understand." Fang Shengli sighed and said, "I will take the Third Regiment with you. Weimin, you stay in Suqian and continue to recruit soldiers. Now our funds should be enough to persist for more than a year. The most important thing is to protect our industrial foundation, which is the hope of the country's future."

"I know." Li Weimin said, "A German engineer is already on the way. I believe that everything will definitely get better."

"Yes." Fang Shengli nodded and then said, "Call the battalion-level and above cadres to hold a meeting."

"good."

After 15 minutes

"After receiving the order of the division commander, the third regiment of the first brigade will go to Linyi." Fang Shengli said lightly, "In Suqian, the command of Staff Li, the recruitment will be expanded and the training will be stepped up."

"yes!"

"The 3rd Regiment is ready immediately and set off in 1 hour! The same is true for the ambulance team!" Fang Shengli looked at everyone and said.

"yes!"

...

Chongqing

"What! Zhou Weiguo, what does he want to do!" Old Jiang angrily patted the table!

"Principal, calm down." Dai Li said quickly.

"Go, let Li Zongren withdraw his Zhou Weiguo quickly. The large army has been withdrawn. He has a division, and he has not yet been fully equipped. The equipment is not supported by us now. I won't say what happened. There are only 10,000 people. I want to stuff the Japanese into teeth."

"Sir Li Zongren has already called."

"Hmm? That little bastard or not to withdraw?"

"Yes, Zhou Weiguo said that he vowed to live and die with his position."

"Go, now go to the confidential room, I will send him a telegram in person." Lao Jiang said, "Look, the nearly 100,000 gains in Linyi's position are basically participated or even led by Zhou Weiguo. If such a talent is lost, the party and the country will suffer a great loss."

"The principal is right."

...

Linyi

Zhou Weiguo received a telegram from Chiang Kai-shek, and he was amused and crying. He knew that Chiang Kai-shek's love for him was also the reason why he was promoted from colonel to lieutenant general, but he really didn't want to retreat again.

During the Battle of Nanjing, he was seriously injured, and there was no way to retreat with 300 remaining troops.

When he passed by Yangzhou, he did not take action, so he took the remnants to bypass it. He thought that he could not remain calm after seeing the people suffer, so he simply escaped.

But this time, although the Japanese army was coming in Linyi, he still had nearly 10,000 soldiers, so many war points equipment, and knowledge beyond his predecessors, so he didn't want to escape.

Then, he asked someone to reply, "The country has reached such a point, and there is no other way except for us to die for it. I believe that as long as we can make up this determination, our country and our nation with a history of 5,000 years will never be destroyed by the Japanese slaves of the three islands. The determination to die for the country and nation is unclear, and the stones will not change at all. But please rest assured that the principal will not speak the word "death" lightly, and will retain a useful body and continue to defend the territory and fight against the enemy until the Japanese are driven out of our Chinese territory."

...

After receiving the telegram from Zhou Weiguo, Lao Jiang sighed and said, "Send a telegram to Li Zongren. No matter what, I want Zhou Weiguo to live and let him find a way."

"yes!"

...

At the same time, Chiang Kai-shek also made the telegram from Zhou Weiguo back and Zhou Weiguo's achievements in Linyi to the media. He wanted to establish Zhou Weiguo as a national hero and stimulate the morale of the people.

For a time, the enthusiasm of joining the army in various places increased.

Although Chiang Kai-shek knew that it was dangerous for Zhou Wei to do this. But state affairs were like this and had to do so.

...

Yan'an

"Hey, Weiguo this Zhou is such a good seedling." The great man sighed, "What a pity."

"I have already told our underground comrades to protect this young man." Mr. Zhou said, "Now I know that the major general brigade commander who sold us equipment before was Zhou Weiguo. He was already a lieutenant general and commander in just one month. He is really a fearful young man."

"Indeed, nearly 100,000 enemies were wiped out in Linyi, but there was an unprecedented victory." General Peng also said.

"He was willing to sell equipment to us before, which means he was not resistant to our party." The great man analyzed, "Comrade Enlai, do you know the specific situation of selling equipment?"

"Then I will talk about it." Then, Mr. Zhou talked about the relationship between Zhang Chu, Chen Yi and Zhou Weiguo, and at the same time, he also focused on the relationship between Chen Yi and Zhou Weiguo. Within the Communist Party, marriage requires organizational approval, so Chen Yi later reported her and Zhou Weiguo's affairs.

"It's great to be young." The great man smiled, "It can be seen that Weiguo this week is also a teenager."

"Yes, that's good." General Peng also laughed.

"Let's do this, let's arrange for Comrade Zhang Chu to continue to contact Zhou Weiguo. As for that girl, it depends on their fate." The great man smiled, "Where is the area where Comrade Zhang Chu and Comrade Chen Yi are in now?"

"It's a coincidence that the two happened to go to Comrade Qiu Ming's Independent Second Regiment." Mr. Zhou smiled.
To be continued...