Mid-August.

**aspect.

The troops besieged Zhengzhou, Kaifeng and Luoyang had sufficient weapons and ammunition, and each unit made significant progress. After nearly ten days of bloody battles, most of the troops were already at the gate.

More than half of the Japanese were killed or injured in these three big cities. Since the Japanese had no supplies, the ammunition in the city was about to be exhausted, and the Japanese were about to fall into trouble.

Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army was extremely active on the Shandong battlefield. Since reviving more than a dozen small counties around Jinan, the Eighth Route Army attacked everywhere, and almost half of Shandong was restored by the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army's troops in Shandong have reached nearly 200,000. If the county brigade, district squad and other militia teams are added, the number of the Eighth Route Army has far exceeded 300,000, which is far superior in terms of number of people.

Several medium-sized cities such as Zibo, Tai'an, and Liaocheng in Shandong were also successively restored by the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army has also captured a lot. At present, the Eighth Route Army is expanding its results.

The 36th Army.

During this period, the 36th Army Group was unstoppable and its momentum was unstoppable. Not only did it successfully recover Dezhou and Cangzhou, but the vanguard of the 36th Army Group, the 6th Column, had approached Jining, and the 6th Column's troops were aimed directly at Xuzhou.

In addition, the recruitment work of the 36th Army Group is coming to an end. In newly revived cities such as Peiping, Tianjin, Tangshan, Qinhuangdao, Shijiazhuang, and Baoding, the recruitment sites are extremely popular.

A large number of young people with ambition are proud to be able to join the 36th Army and go to the front line to kill the Japanese. Originally, the 36th Army only planned to recruit more than 100,000 people, but at least 300,000 to enlist in the army.

The 36th Army selected the best, and many educated and passionate young people joined the ranks of the 36th Army.

In Datong.

Liao Yaoxiang, who has recently joined the 36th Army, was also entrusted with an important task and took office as the commander of the newly established 36th Army's ** Division.

Originally, Zhang Yunfei was going to send Liao Yaoxiang to serve as the commander of the infantry division under a column. However, after consideration, Zhang Yunfei believed that serving as the commander of the column would be subject to many restrictions, which may be detrimental to the full play of Liao Yaoxiang's military talents.

Finally, Zhang Yunfei simply established the ** Division of the 36th Army, and drew thousands of veterans from the guard division, added more than 10,000 new recruits to form the ** Division.

Liao Yaoxiang was appointed as the major general commander of the ** Division, and appointed Liao Yaoxiang as the chief of staff, political commissar and two deputy commanders.

The ** Division is directly under the command of the 36th Army. The entire division has more than 20,000 people. It is currently the largest division with two brigades and six regiments, plus a mechanized infantry regiment, tank regiment, artillery regiment, and a total of nine regiments. The garrison is tentatively set to Zhangjiakou.

As soon as the ** division was established, Liao Yaoxiang immediately felt like he had changed his body. His whole body burst out with amazing passion and energy. The various groups of the ** division were immediately involved in intense training.

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Xuzhou.

The command headquarters of the Japanese North China Front Army has now been moved to Xuzhou. Under the attack of the 36th Army, the command headquarters of the Japanese was moved from Peiping to Tianjin, and now, from Tianjin to Xuzhou.

Nishio Suzuo and a group of senior Japanese officers have been in Xuzhou for many days.

But now, although I came to Xuzhou, Nishio Shuzao's life was not easy. Bad news from the front line came one by one. Nishio Shuzao felt that he had become more than a teenager in the past few days.

today.

Nishio Suzuo was still as usual, frowning as she looked at the map in front of her and was dazed, as if flowers could be seen on the map.

The military map in front of Nishio Shousaku was marked in a mess and looked dazzling, which also shows how complicated the current war situation is.

The Japanese Chief of Staff pushed the door and saw that Nishio Suzuo was still looking at the map. He couldn't help but sigh, stood quietly to the side, silently, and his head was drooping.

In fact, the Japanese Chief of Staff came in to report on their work, and the front-line troops sent several telegrams, and the situation was worse and worse.

After looking at the map for a long time, Nishio Suzuo noticed that the Japanese Chief of Staff had come in and stood quietly aside. Seeing this, Nishio Suzuo frowned.

Nishio Suzusaki said a little impatiently: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, what news is there?"

The Chief of Staff of the Japanese Detachment said, "Your Excellency Commander, the front-line troops have sent some telegrams. At present, the two and three hundred thousand ** troops that besieged Zhengzhou, Kaifeng and Luoyang have almost approached the suburbs of these three cities after nearly 50,000 casualties."

Seeing that the ** troops were about to reach the city, Nishio Suzuo immediately asked with concern: "How many troops do we have in these three cities?"

"We have less than 50,000 warriors in these three cities, but the Imperial Army still has 50,000 or 60,000."

"Baga! Have our broken warriors already exceeded 50,000?"

"Hi!"

The Japanese Chief of Staff, his head lowered, and he did not dare to look at Nishio Suzuki's snatching eyes.

At this time, Nishio Shouzuo was very angry. When will it start, ** can still score a 1:1 casualty ratio with his own troops.

In the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Japanese were often able to fight two or three divisions of the Kuomintang. Now, there is a 1:1 casualty ratio, which Nishio Suzuki was unacceptable for the time being.

The two sides fought fiercely for nearly ten days, and 50,000 soldiers were killed on the ** side, and more than 50,000 Japanese were killed on the Japanese side, and the death toll on both sides was roughly the same.

The Chief of Staff of the Japanese was very angry when he saw Nishio Suzuo and said in a low voice: "Your Excellency Commander, the 36th Army has airdropped supplies to the ** troops in Zhengzhou, Kaifeng and Luoyang, and dropped a large amount of ammunition with aircraft."

"Baga! The 36th Army is dead!"

Nishio Suzuo screamed in anger, a little lost in her mind.

After two or three minutes, Nishio Suzuo stopped shouting. The Japanese Chief of Staff continued: "Commander, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the 36th Army have been moving south. The vanguard, at least 30,000 to 40,000 people, have already headed straight to Xuzhou. Currently, it is only nearly a hundred kilometers away from Jining City."

Upon hearing this, Nishio Shuzao's face looked extremely ugly. Then he coughed violently. The Japanese Chief of Staff quickly took out a snow-white handkerchief for Nishio Shuzao.

Nishio Suzusao took the handkerchief and covered her mouth and coughed violently. It took a long time to stop. There was a ball of red blood on the handkerchief, which seemed shocking.

Nishio Suzusaki, under a series of failures, was exhausted physically and mentally, and her body was collapsed. Now she was holding on.

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Zhangjiakou, the ** division headquarters.

A few days ago, Liao Yaoxiang came to Zhangjiakou, a big city, the former provincial capital. Now, Liao Yaoxiang is inspecting the training of the soldiers at the base of the First Regiment of the Infantry Brigade in the West.

Liao Yaoxiang was wearing an olive green major general's regular uniform. Looking at the soldiers wearing camouflage uniforms, they were training enthusiastically. Liao Yaoxiang's heart has not yet completely calmed down.

The establishment of the ** Division made Liao Yaoxiang a little unbelievable that this was true. One division actually had a mechanized infantry regiment, tank regiment and artillery regiment.

This is so incredible. Even the most elite Central Army, even the Central Army Training Corps, Tax Police Corps, etc., did not have such configurations.

As soon as he saw the troop system issued by the 36th Army, Liao Yaoxiang was so shocked that he did not come back to his senses for a long time, but what shocked Liao Yaoxiang even more was still behind.

When Liao Yaoxiang saw a 105mm howitzer, a Type 39 tank, and a Type 39 armored personnel carrier, he felt like he was dreaming. Such equipment was too awesome.

In addition to these heavy equipment, soldiers' light weapons, AK-47 assault rifles, squad machine guns for ammunition chains, sniper rifles, 40mm rocket launchers, etc.

Although Liao Yaoxiang has been very busy these days, he has been unable to calm down and is full of excitement and joy.

Now, in just a few days, Liao Yaoxiang was so impressed by Zhang Yunfei that he was full of gratitude to Zhang Yunfei. Such an advanced and well-equipped unit made him a division commander. This great kindness made Liao Yaoxiang feel a little incomparable.

This is what Liao Yaoxiang feels like now when a scholar dies for his confidant.

Such a well-equipped unit, even if he lets himself be a regiment commander, Liao Yaoxiang will be happy and full of energy.

Liao Yaoxiang stood next to the training ground and watched the soldiers conducting queue training. There were also bursts of shooting sounds coming from afar, and many soldiers were conducting shooting training.

Although there are many new recruits in the ** Division, there are also many veterans, and the number of veterans exceeds one-quarter. Under the leadership of these veterans, these new recruits have become a little soldier in just a few days.

After watching the team training of the recruits for a while, Liao Yaoxiang, accompanied by several senior commanders of the ** Division, came to this shooting training ground again.

On the training ground, at least one company of soldiers were conducting shooting exercises. The gunshots of "da, da, da" were heard one after another, and the soldiers were lying on the ground and shooting seriously.

The 36th Army has sufficient ammunition, and the shooting training of the ** Division, each soldier needs to fire dozens of bullets every day. Today, each of these trained soldiers has two magazines.

Liao Yaoxiang looked at a soldier who was shooting and the ak-47 assault rifle in the soldier's hand, and couldn't help but have the urge to shoot a few shots.

Liao Yaoxiang tried this automatic weapon called the "ak-47" assault rifle two days ago and found that not only has great power, but also has strong firepower, but also has no low shooting accuracy. Within a range of two or three hundred meters, if it is fired, the shooting accuracy is even more amazing.

In the end, Liao Yaoxiang suppressed the impulse in his heart and made a secret decision in his heart that he must not train this army well to repay General Zhang's kindness for his kindness.

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