Just as the security department made a major breakthrough in Russia and the left line army of the Northern Expedition Army entered the Shanxi region to fight, there was a very fierce debate within the Northern Expedition Army on the battlefield in Shandong.

This debate is unprecedented, and Bai Chongxi had a major disagreement with Jiang Baili for the first time.

"Jiansheng, we have to have big problems with your approach. Have you considered political influence and risks?" Jiang Baili was shocked by Bai Chongxi's plan just now. Lao Bai is Lao Bai, and his ideas are really imaginative. The original combat plan has been completely denied by him. According to the original plan, the Youth Army used Jinan, a must-attack place for the Japanese army to concentrate superior forces to carry out a defensive operation, and strive to consume the Japanese army's vitality to the greatest extent. However, when Wuhan was determined to liquidate it at one time, Bai Chongxi quickly rejected the original plan. Instead, it was a bolder and more terrifying plan. At least so did Jiang Baili think.

According to Bai Chongxi's strategic thinking, the original defense battle of Jinan eventually turned into a siege and annihilation battle. Specifically, Bai Chongxi planned to use Zhang Zizhong's First Division as 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 soon as the Japanese army entered Jinan, all units of the Northern Expedition Army would immediately encircle it, cut off its traffic lines, and control the key terrain around Jinan. Then, they would naturally be trapped and starved to death and then eliminate it.

It was precisely because of this that Bai Chongxi did not waver in Jiang Baili's doubts: "What political impact can be lost in Jinan? We will finally wipe out the Japanese army. I believe the general understands it. As long as the answer we gave in the final satisfaction, he will not care about the previous details."

Jiang Baili knew that Bai Chongxi was essentially a stubborn person and would not turn back what he knew. He sighed and said, "What should the people in Jinan do? There are more than 100,000 people."

"All transfers, this city is firm and clears the fields. At the same time, our army began to build defensive positions towards Jinan on the west and south of Jinan, and the artillery identifies the shooting elements. In addition, the armored troops and the air force entered the standby state. I guess that even if Zhang Zizhong was fooled, the Japanese army would not be so stupid as to drive all three divisions into Jinan, and the logistics support line must focus on defense. However, they are too arrogant. Three divisions and such a long transportation line, even if I don't show my tricks, the bandits under Sun Meiyao alone are enough for them to drink a pot. I have never encountered such a stupid opponent in so many years."

Jiang Baili shook his head in disagreement and said, "Don't think it's easy to deal with. Even if the Japanese army makes a strategic mistake, we may not be able to get any advantage at the tactical level. One person who accidentally suffers is us. Jiansheng, defensive war and siege war are completely different ways of playing. You have to think carefully. Just the number of casualties is a huge difference."

Bai Chongxi said very disdainfully: "Where can't die in war? What's the point of dying a few people?"

"You..." Jiang Baili was choked and couldn't speak this time. He suddenly remembered what kind of person Bai Chongxi was. As he walked from Minyuan, Bai Chongxi, who was the title of the first general of the Youth Army, was covered with the bones of the soldiers of both sides of the enemy and us. This was a guy who did not do anything to win.

The upper level reached an agreement on strategic decision-making, and the order conveyed by Zhang Zizhong was much clearer, just two words "temptation to lure the enemy".

It is easy to lure the enemy, but it is extremely difficult to do. It is too unbelievable. After all, the young army is famous and you will collapse at a touch, the Japanese commander will probably give up the pursuit. Similarly, it is not enough to be too fierce. If you act too fiercely and destroy the young mind of the imperial army, the consequences will be great. If the Japanese finally retreat to Qingdao and cannot defend it with the navy's firepower advantage, it will be enough to make the entire young army suffer a headache. So lure the enemy is really a technical job, and not ordinary people can play and play well.

Zhang Zizhong was obviously not as honest as he looked. He had already formulated a complete set of plans to lure enemies. This plan was absolutely unprecedented, so it aroused amazement from Zhang Zizhong's subordinates as soon as it was thrown out.

However, Zhang Zizhong had already established absolute prestige in the entire First Division through a series of military achievements, so although everyone expressed serious discomfort in understanding his orders, he still chose to execute them without fail.

Honjo Han's division was an arrow for the entire Japanese army and rushed towards Linzi without hesitation. On November 19, the vanguard of China and Japan had an encounter. The battle lasted only fifteen minutes, and ended with the voluntary withdrawal of the Chinese team. The Japanese army was killed in a total of 21 people and injured 35 people. What shocked Honjo Han was that the Chinese soldiers did not leave even a body, which showed how calm their retreat was. In the following two days, eleven battles occurred in the Chinese and Japanese army, and without exception, they all ended with the victory of the Japanese army, but the casualties became increasingly large. The largest battle reached more than 120 casualties. The only thing that made Honjo Han relieved was that although the Chinese army was very tenacious in fighting, a large number of remains of corpses began to appear on the battlefield, which shows that the Chinese people lost their previous calmness.

On November 22, less than five miles from Linzi, the Chinese and Japanese troops launched a large-scale fierce battle. During the battle, Zhang Zizhong's First Division used heavy artillery to bombard the Japanese army. A Japanese squadron leader and two squadron captains were accidentally hit and went back to see their great master Amaterasu. In this battle, the Japanese casualties were directly broken by 500. However, the Chinese army had obvious problems with the use of firepower, and soon their infantry defense line was broken. Two French heavy artillery did not have time to retreat and were killed by the Chinese army. On November 23, Honjo Shizuo ordered an attack on Linzi despite the fatigue of the Japanese army's continuous days of fighting.

Zhang Zizhong ordered the defense to die, and the battle lasted for two days. After paying more than a thousand people, the Japanese army took Linzi. Zhang Zizhong organized the 1st Division to continue to retreat. Honjo Shin was worried about the failure to defeat the No. 1 combat unit of Nanchina. He could no longer wait for the two divisions on the way, and he was determined to continue to pursue the near-end.

However, they immediately suffered a great loss because Zhang Zizhong had little appetite for the division of Man Zhuang Shin.

The battle took place in Zhoucun, and this battle was actually a battle. In the past five days, due to Zhang Zizhong's order, the First Division lost its territory all the way. The officers and soldiers of the upper class knew that this was luring the enemy deeper, but the officers and soldiers of the lower class did not understand this. What's even more serious is that the cultural literacy of the officers and soldiers of the First Division was generally higher than that of other divisions, which made them less blind to obeying the orders of the superiors. They were very dissatisfied with the continuous retreat. They should know that these guys usually rely on their soldiers of the First Division, and they saw that other brothers were using their nostrils. Although the other brothers hated this, they were helpless of the First Division's outstanding military achievements, so they endured it. If the First Division suffered a defeat this time, it would probably be their turn to look at other people's nostrils in the future. Thinking of this, the officers and soldiers of the First Division who were arrogant would stop doing it. They found their respective officers and demanded to fight a good battle with the Japanese.

The morale of the army is available. Zhang Zizhong, who is worried that Honjo Shizuo's army will advance alone and eventually destroy the overall situation on his own, also decided to give this arrogant Japanese division a heavy blow.

Zhoucun, a place not far from Linzi City, became Zhang Zizhong's first choice. He summoned officers above the camp to give a speech: "We must give the little Japanese a head-on blow in this place, so as not to be too arrogant and destroy our plan to lure the enemy into depth. I ask you to show your best condition and give the little Japanese a lesson that will be unforgettable for them to be."

When the vanguard brigade of the Honjo Teng Division appeared in Zhoucun, the first time it was fired by various artillery fires from the First Division. The soldiers of the Miyagi Brigade felt fear for the first time since landing in Shandong. They could not imagine that the firepower of the Chinese army could be so rapid that they could not bear it. It was this first round of artillery attack that the entire Miyagi Brigade's 500 Japanese troops immediately suffered more than one-fifth of the casualties, and the entire marching formation was in chaos.

Immediately afterwards, the First Division dispatched two regiments of 103 and 104 to launch a charge and rushed directly to the road where the Miyagi Brigade was located, and beat the Miyagi Brigade who had not yet figured out the situation.

The power of the grenade and bayonet 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 were smashed towards the Japanese army like raindrops. Captain Miyagi was hit by a grenade in this round of grenade rain and was thrown into the sky by the impact of the explosion. When it landed, Miyagi struggled hard and rushed to the Yasukuni Shrine.

The Japanese army was indeed tenacious. After losing the captain, they still stubbornly searched for all covers and tried hard to fight against the Chinese team that was rushing like a tide. They pulled the trigger frantically and fired the bullets in the rifle. When the distance between the Chinese soldiers was getting closer and closer, they knew they were doomed and jumped up again, bravely using bayonets to fight against the Chinese people. Unfortunately, they were like stones that had been thrown into the tide, and disappeared as soon as they aroused a little.
Chapter completed!