Chapter 19 Chapter 19 Chinese Kung Fu

Among the three Japanese players surrounding Li Zongren, Itagaki is undoubtedly the most famous. Although he was beaten by Chen Changjie so much that he almost showed his original shape, with Xiangyue's secret help, he took Taiyuan from Fu Zuoyi, who was famous for being good at defending the city, in just one day. Everyone knows Itagaki and his "Steel Army", which seem to be the main force of the largest Japanese army in North China. In the Battle of Xinkou, the Banyuan Division suffered a lot of losses in the shopping. Although they immediately took a rest and replenishment, the things that lost their vitality could not be repaired immediately, which also paved the way for his subsequent defeat in Linyi.

That is to say, but looking around, there is still nowhere to be found a domestic general who can be as short as Itagaki. Taking advantage of Banyuan's lawsuit against the navy in Qingdao, Li Zongren was eager to find a general - not necessarily able to compete with Banyuan, but as long as he could handle the situation. There are no generals in Shu, and Liao Hua is the vanguard.However, the five wars are divided into generals, and there are very few generals and generals. At a glance, almost all of them are poor masters. Standing under the tent, Han Deqin pointed at himself: Commander called me?

Lao Li grinned and quickly averted his gaze. Han Deqin was at the bottom of the Fifth Theater Army, and his unit was reorganized from the Jiangsu Security Team. It was not a regular army in the first place. Although the vest was changed, it was just a better appearance. The security team is definitely not good. Is there anything a little more pleasing to the eye? The staff on the side reminded: Sir, don't pick and choose, there are only two left, either one or the other. One is Miao Chengliu of the Northeast Army. The combat effectiveness of the Northeast Army is mediocre, but there are differences among them. Yu Xuezhong is considered to be the best in general, and Miao Chengliu can only be ranked in the middle and bottom. As early as during the Great Wall War of Resistance, this man looked out of breath when fighting It was unbearable to watch.

Old Li sighed.Maybe Miao Chengliu will be stronger than Han Deqin, but it is no match for Itagaki. Then only the last digit can be used. The last general is Pang Bingxun.Pang Bingxun also belonged to the branch of the old Northwest Army. In the past, he limped one leg due to an injury, so he got the nickname "Pang Lame". Pang Bingxun is a veteran, and "old" means very old. This year, he was nearly 60 years old, and probably the entire old Northwest Army generals, among those still in the army, were counted one by one, and none was older than him. It is true that Pang Cripple is able to serve in the army at such a long age, and he is not retired. It is true that Pang Cripple is nicknamed "the tumbler in the army", and his military position can also give people the illusion that he is The commander of the legion is bigger than the commander of the army.

However, Pang Bingxun was able to be promoted to this position not because of his military achievements, but simply because he was too old. No one was ashamed to command him anymore, so he was simply allowed to command a "legion" by himself. The so-called Pang Legion is even more ridiculous. It is not a large-scale synthetic corps, but just five infantry regiments gathered together. In the past, Li Zongren "always stayed in the south of the Yangtze River and rarely came to North China". He was not familiar with these people in the old Northwest Army. He met Pang Bingxun for the first time when he took office in the Fifth War Zone.

This meeting almost made Li Zongren blush. In front of Pang Bingxun, he can only be called Xiao Li, and he is the old Pang Li.The old army paid attention to etiquette, and the younger commanded the older ones, which always made people feel awkward. Xiao Li had no choice but to say hello to Lao Pang first: In terms of age and seniority, you are the big brother and I am the younger brother. After being polite, let’s get to the real thing. Li Zongren asked Pang Bingxun if he had any difficulties and needed my help to solve them. As the old saying goes, burning incense in cold temples, there are only a few generals in the fifth war zone. If you want others to come to the temple to burn incense for you, of course you must first show the "efficiency of the Bodhisattva" and help them realize a few wishes.

Pang Bingxun's first wish was not to lay off his soldiers. According to the establishment sequence, one of Pang Bingxun's secret service regiments was overstaffed, and the command department asked it to "merge".The so-called merging means merging into the other four regiments, and the food and salary can only be paid according to those four regiments. The problem is that each group of Pang Bingxun has a full number of people. If there are too many monks and too little porridge, everyone will not be able to eat enough on average. If Pang Bingxun refused to "merge", he would have to disband the spy team, otherwise he would face the punishment of stopping all food and salaries.

After hearing this, Li Zongren said that such a reduction in troops is indeed unfair, and he will definitely fight for this matter for you.Is there any more? Pang Bingxun's second wish is to replenish guns and ammunition. Li Zongren also nodded. The first wish was soon realized for Pang Bingxun.In fact, it is not difficult to say, it is Li Zongren's greeting to the top, but the establishment of a regiment is reserved, and even the commander of the theater has spoken in person, who will refute this face. It is also quite simple to realize the second wish.The troops assembled in the fifth war zone are limited, and the number of people is small, so it is easy to divide the fruit. What's more, Pang Bingxun is so poor that he has never expected to supply tanks and cannons. Muzzled.

When Pang Bingxun saw that "Li Bodhisattva" was so effective, he was very grateful for a while. The mountain is not high, as long as it can be cats, it seems that this time in the Fifth War Zone, it is indeed the right temple and the right incense. Pang Bingxun swore to Li Zongren that if he was sent from the Fifth War Zone, he would never save his strength and would fight the devils to the end. Soon it was time to fulfill his wish. Li Zongren transferred Pang Bingxun to Linyi to resist the Banyuan Division. The latter readily accepted the order, and thus created a classic that illuminated his life.

We may have to ask, why would an old man in his sixtieth year and five regiments of children dare to fight against the so-called "Itagaki division, the best in the Imperial Japanese Army"? In fact, this question is related to another question. That is, how Pang Bingxun became a "tumbler" in the domestic military circle where you sang and I appeared on the stage.You know, in the branch of the old Northwest Army, Pang Bingxun was so small that it was almost negligible whether it was the barrel of the gun or the territory. Not to mention compared with Song Zheyuan and Han Fuju, he was even inferior to Shi Yousan.

Such small fish and shrimps may be eaten by big guys if they are not careful. There have been too many such things in the past.So, what is the secret of Lao Pang's longevity? In addition to his tactful handling of the world and never offending others, it is an important aspect to know the pain and heat of the subordinates, and to be able to win the hearts of the people. On the battlefield, bullying the weak and fearing the strong is almost a common rule.Since the era of the old Northwest Army, battles have been fought one after another, and Pang Bingxun has become the primary target of the opponent's pain almost every time, and because of this, he is often rushed to the ground. It is strange to say that after being rushed so many times, there are still so many people in Pang Bingxun's department. Everyone gradually discovered that Pang Bingxun's soldiers, like the pigeons released by his old man, would fly back by themselves. When scattered or defeated, these men were captured or incorporated, but they would sneak back into the army if given the chance, and sometimes bring back a gun or two to the poor poor family. Such nostalgia is due to the fact that Lao Pang is really good to his children and soldiers, just like the grandfather treats his children and grandchildren. Soldiers also have a heart, you treat them well, they will remember it in their hearts, so even when the cripples are in trouble, no one hates the poor and loves the rich, and finds another high-ranking branch. At first glance, Pang Juntuan is really shabby, but if you understand these secrets, you will know that this is actually a very cohesive team. When fighting, cohesion is equal to combat effectiveness. It's a pity that in this world, people tend to pay more attention to the appearance of clothing. During the Great Wall War, although Pang Bingxun and his Pang Legion signed up enthusiastically, no one thought they could fight, and they were put in an unknown corner. What is the use of it. Li Zongren's decision to use Pang Bingxun is not entirely because of his insight, but more because he has no second choice.If you hand over people like Xue Yue, Hu Zongnan, and Wang Yaowu to Lao Li at this time, he will be crazy, and he must use "Grandpa Pang"? Pang Bingxun set up camp in Linyi, when he got information that the enemy had sent troops to Ju County.According to intelligence, the enemy who invaded Ju County was not the Itagaki Division, but a puppet army. Considering the limited combat power of the puppet army, and the importance of building deep trenches and high fortifications in Linyi, Pang Bingxun only took out one brigade to aid Ju County. He didn't expect that those who came were not puppet troops, but the genuine vanguard of Itagaki Division. Before Pang Juntuan came to help, there was only a guerrilla team defending Ju County, and the captain was Liu Zhendong. Liu Zhendong is a native of Shandong. He was born as a carpenter. It is said that he can carve with his own hands, and he is especially good at micro-carving peach pits, that is, carving various figures on small peach pits. At that time, many Shandong people were the protagonists in the pass through the Guandong. Liu Zhendong was left in the Fengjun as a clerical officer because of his carving skills during the process of entering the Guandong. . After the "September 18th", the brigade commander angrily resigned to Zhang Xueliang because of the Northeast Army's non-resistance policy.Since then, the list of generals of the Northeast Volunteer Army and the Anti-Japanese Allied Army has repeatedly included his famous name. Basically, he will go wherever he can resist the Japanese. In fact, his family was already very rich at that time, so it was fine to enjoy life at home without doing anything, but Liu Zhendong said that if there is no country, there will be no family. When the Anti-Japanese War broke out, he ran around Nanjing, and finally got a letter of commission for the commander of a guerrilla column. There is a "guerrilla column", but it is just a leather bag company, and the "commander" is a polished man, and he has to recruit soldiers by himself. So he simply returned to his hometown, sold all his property, and then recruited a guerrilla army. At the inaugural meeting, Commander Liu shocked everyone with his words. He said, I used to be in the Northeast Army, and people said I was lewd, and I got five wives back and forth. I admit this, but even though I am lecherous, I am patriotic. . According to the description on the commission letter, Liu Zhendong belongs to the Fifth War Zone, but his "guerrilla column" is far inferior to Han Deqin's security team. There are few guns, and many of them use cold weapons: machetes on their shoulders, red tasseled guns in their hands . Li Zongren was pitiful at that time, he wanted everyone who came, but he never imagined that Liu Zhendong could really help him fight any battles, he just acted as a cheerleader and helped the momentum. The military supplies he sent to Liu Zhendong matched those of the cheerleaders: one grenade for each person, and one military lunch box for eating. However, little people can sometimes come in handy. Before the Banyuan Division arrived, Ju County had been reduced to an empty city, and it was Liu Zhendong who served as the temporary guard. After he entered the city, he scattered the guerrillas on the towers. Unexpectedly, the towers were very long and there were very few guerrillas. Even one guerrilla was spread out every 100 meters on average. Looking at this scene, Liu Zhendong himself was also happy: Are we playing an empty city trick with the devils? Just then, reinforcements from the Pang Legion arrived.Because the road was in a hurry, the troops hadn't eaten yet, and all of them were extremely tired, so the brigade leader discussed with Liu Zhendong whether the guerrillas could be in charge of security in front for the time being, and the two sides would hand over the defense of the city after eating. Commander Liu was a bold person, and he immediately agreed. Unexpectedly, after returning, the chief of staff of the guerrilla army proposed that the troops should be withdrawn from the city, "to harass the Japanese invaders behind the scenes." To be honest, the so-called "stalking from behind" and so on are all nonsense.You are struggling to defend the city from a high position on the top of the city, and you are still "harassing". You really think that the Banyuan Division is a puppet army, right? But the words can't be so clear. The hidden meaning of the chief of staff is actually that it is not the material for us to fight regular warfare. We should avoid it and put two cold shots from a distance. Liu Zhendong had already agreed to him, but changed his mind at the last moment, and he couldn't get through it just because of face, so he replied very unhappy: "Raise soldiers for a thousand days, use them for a while, why talk about fighting against Japan if you are afraid of death?" The guerrillas quarreled endlessly, and someone called the brigade commander. After the latter suggested, it was decided to defend the city together, and Liu Zhendong was the commander-in-chief of the city defense. If the commander-in-chief is really selected, it should be the brigade commander. Liu Zhendong also knows that the other party is encouraging him, so he vowed in public: We will live and die with Ju County. The Itagaki Division arrived in a car. It was still far away, but the guerrillas were guerrillas after all, and they had no experience in fighting. After seeing it, they threw grenades and shot again. The devils didn't hit them, but they reported to the regular army behind. The two sides immediately switched defenses, but Liu Zhendong still stood on the top of the wall. Commander Liu has become Commander Liu, so he thinks that he can't let go of the line of fire and must continue to fight.It is said that it is the commander-in-chief, but of course it cannot command the regular army. It just runs back and forth, pointing out the breakthrough areas and routes of the Japanese army. While running, a mortar shell landed on the top of the city, and Liu Zhendong fell to the ground and died in the line of duty. From a carpenter artist to a major general and brigade commander, from a wealthy family to destroying his family to relieve difficulties, Liu Zhendong's life journey can be described as ups and downs, and it is also a typical portrayal of countless brave men in that era. No one is dead, only life is wonderful or not. It was a regiment of the Banyuan Division that attacked Juxian County. Because Pang Bingxun initially judged that it was a puppet army, he only sent one brigade, a total of two regiments, to defend the city on the first day, but could not hold it on the second day, so he had to retreat Tangtou Town, Linyi's forward position. At this time, the Itagaki Division had increased its unit to the size of a brigade, and Pang Bingxun had also raised two regiments to three regiments, and the two sides fought fiercely in Tangtou. At the same time as the frontal attack, Itagaki played another trick. He sent a special team across the Yimeng mountain area in an attempt to launch a sneak attack on Linyi. Mr. Pang is old-fashioned, but he also knows how to see all directions and listen to all directions. When he found out, he immediately sent the reserve team over. This reserve team is the regiment he pleaded with Li Zongren to protect, called the secret service regiment. In fact, its combat effectiveness is very strong, ranking first among the five regiments. Inside, there is a Japanese special forces unit, and the task force organized by Itagaki roughly belongs to this type, but it is not as mysterious as it appears on TV. Since they wanted to steal money, the number of people would not be large, there were only a hundred or so, and they lacked heavy weapons. They only brought a heavy machine gun and a mortar.In contrast, Pang Bingxun's special agent group was not inferior to Li Yunlong's independent group. As soon as the two sides exchanged fire, the special task force knew it was not an opponent, so they quickly let go and slipped away. When the spy team came to hunt in the mountains, they had to bring something back, so wherever they were willing to give up, they followed suit, and finally locked the task force in a stockade. The Japanese plane came to reinforce it, and the stronghold was too strong to be breached for a while, but the secret service team got an unexpected harvest. They picked up a bag from the ground that had been dropped from the plane.Of course, the bag was given to the special task force, but unexpectedly, by mistake, it fell into the hands of the special task force. There were documents in Japanese in the secret service group, and they were translated and shown to the head of the group, who laughed when he saw it. It says: Six cars will come to pick you up. Later, Pang Bingxun received a report from the secret service team in Linyi, asking him to send two drivers to the mountainous area. At first, Pang Bingxun thought that the special service team was running out of bullets and needed to transport the bullets there, but the other side said no, just go to the people. If you go, you can pull another car back. Old Pang was skeptical, he didn't believe that there was such a good thing in the world.Unexpectedly, when the driver came back, he really brought back a car, which was a six-wheeled military truck. It turned out that based on the intelligence they picked up, the secret service team adopted the tactic of encircling the spot and ambushing the Japanese army convoy on the side of the road. Finally, three vehicles were destroyed and one was captured. The truck that drove back was the captured spoils. For Pang Legion, this is definitely a good sign of success.Lao Pang felt that the car was not powerful enough, so he simply asked someone to paste a note saying "the armored car of the captured Japanese army", and then drove it to the gate of the Linyi headquarters for public exhibition. Few of the people at that time had actually seen a tank or an armored vehicle. Seeing the six-wheeled vehicle, which looked very long and large, most of them believed it to be true. For a while, there were crowds of spectators, as if they were going to a market, and they all said that it was a huge army. No, the next one must continue to win the battle. After the successful ambush, the secret service group prepared to continue to besiege the cottage, but suddenly received an order from Pang Bingxun to return to defense immediately, so they had to withdraw from the siege. On the way to retreat, the secret service team did not forget to destroy the mountain roads to completely cut off the devil's sneak attack. Lao Pang's transfer back to the secret service regiment was purely helpless: after nearly a week of defeating the Itagaki Division, the three regiments were finally unable to fight anymore and had to withdraw from Tangtou. The last regiment in his hand was also taken out to hold back the opponent south of Tangtou, and the reason why Pang Bingxun hurriedly dispatched the special agent regiment was to use this regiment to attack the Japanese army from the side. The Secret Service Corps was indeed the leader of the five regiments. They gave full play to the ruthlessness and tenacity of Pang Juntuan's stalking. They not only attacked during the day, but also set up death squads to launch frequent night attacks to disrupt the enemy's position. At the most intense time, even the cooks of the regiment took up their guns and joined the battle.Wouldn't it be a pity if such a capable army was dismissed at that time. With a random punch, the Itagaki division was almost stunned. The latter hurriedly withdrew from the south of Tangtou and returned to Tangtou. Linyi's first crisis was thus resolved. Pang Bingxun's chess pieces are limited, but his skills are good. If you ask me, with this ability, Lao Pang can definitely be classified as a grassroots general. At that time, a large spectator group gathered in Xuzhou, including Chinese and foreign journalists, as well as British and American military officers. Everyone sat in the auditorium and held up binoculars to watch, but the scene above the boxing ring was quite unexpected. One side is known as the best sumo wrestler in Japan, young and vigorous, standing up like a mountain of meat, while the other side has a big white beard. The reason is that even if the young man tried his best, he still couldn't drive the older man off the stage. The latter not only jumped around, but even forced the other party to take a few steps back. Could this be the legendary Chinese Kung Fu? Pang Bingxun became famous overnight, and everyone thought that this old man must be an extraordinary person, otherwise how could he be so amazing. In fact, Itagaki still has the advantage at this time, after all, he is the attacker, and Pang Bingxun is the defender, but the audience doesn't care about this. How famous is your Itagaki, and how big is your family? With you, you should come out and knock your opponent to the ground with one finger. If you can’t do it now, you look pretty embarrassed. Let’s give it a shot. Hissing, booing twice, that's all polite, it's enough to not coax you down. What's more, those who are unkind, after returning to the room, will write reports with embellishments, saying Itagaki, the "number one general", is useless. Under such circumstances, Itagaki naturally lost face. At the same time, he also felt that although the Pang Legion was a miscellaneous force, it should not be underestimated, so he hurriedly dispatched a reinforcement from Qingdao, bringing the frontline troops to 5,000. Reinforced special forces such as tanks and artillery. After recovering their vigor, the Itagaki Division rushed towards Linyi aggressively again. Pang Bingxun's several regiments, those who could fight and those who could not, lined up and started a tug-of-war with the Japanese army. After the battle, all of them suffered heavy casualties. The position south of Tangtou was lost again, and the Japanese army pushed all the way to Yihe. The Yihe River is just across the river from Linyi City, and its position is less than three miles away from Pang Bingxun's headquarters. When he obviously felt powerless, Pang Bingxun picked up the phone and called the Chief of the Fifth War Zone for emergency. At this time, Li Zongren just added a new strong general. If you look at the root cause, this general is also from the old Northwest Army, but the problem is precisely here. Although this general and Lao Pang were colleagues in the past, the two have some history. With unclear grievances and grievances, and both sides are warriors, there must be a "handsome" who is responsible for coordinating the overall situation. Li Zongren himself wants to sit in the Xuzhou base camp, so handsome? I have a little book that I hold dear personally, and this is it.The author, Mr. Shen Sanbai, is a poor scholar in Gusu, but he is best at managing small and medium-sized households. He himself said that the only thing he likes in his life is "I abandon what others treasure, and I take what others abandon." Lao Li is now a poor man on the battlefield, and everything is a treasure. He can't get "renzhen" for a while, so there is no "I abandon it" at all, but "ren's abandonment" must be picked up quickly. The handsome talent he picked up was named Xu Zuyi. Xu Zuyi, born in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, graduated from the third period of Baoding Military Academy, and later studied in Japan, and studied in Lu Shi and the Chinese class of Lu University. Xu Zuyi had been working in the Northeast Army before, and this army was unlucky, so he was also unlucky.The most unlucky time was when I was forced to be put on the shelves by everyone in Beijing, and I was forced to negotiate with the Japanese. A "Tanggu Armistice Agreement" ruined my reputation. In fact, others are very smart and capable.In those days, there were quite a few people who went to Lu Shi, but not many could go to the mainland to study again.Bai Chongxi had seen Xu Zuyi's battle plan with his own eyes, and even he praised Xu Zuyi for his excellent tactical skills, and he was a rare chief of staff. Being able to get such praise from "Little Zhuge" shows Xu Zuyi's staff skills. Perhaps it was precisely because of Bai Chongxi's strong recommendation that Li Zongren appointed Xu Zuyi as the chief of staff of the fifth war zone, and entrusted him with a big task at the most tense moment of the Linyi battlefield. Before Xu Zuyi set off, he called Pang Bingxun, and the first sentence he asked was very good. He asked: How many reserves do you have? Lao Pang replied with a bitter face: No more, I even sent the guards to the front line, and I want the reserve team, can you see me, an old man? Although he already knew that the situation ahead was not good, Xu Zuyi was still surprised when he heard that there was only Pang Bingxun behind Linyi. When he arrived in Linyi City, he realized that the situation was even worse than what Pang Bingxun said, more than ten times worse. Japanese artillery shells roared over the Linyi headquarters from time to time, and some even exploded directly in the courtyard. You think, the front line is less than three miles away from here, so even if the poor artillery bombards here, it will be a big problem. Xu Zuyi came out of a regular military academy, and he never imagined commanding operations in such a situation. While drawing a picture for deployment, at the same time, you have to beware of shells exploding around you. How can this picture be drawn well? Move quickly, at least 20 miles south of the city. But Mr. Pang refused to move, and said that Linyi City was easy to defend and difficult to attack. When the Northern Expeditionary Army attacked Zhang Zongchang, they could not penetrate the city wall with wild artillery. Xu Zuyi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, when was the Northern Expedition, and when is it now, can the mountain artillery of the Northern Expedition compare with the heavy artillery of the Japanese army? Seeing that the young man's leader was determined, the old man told the truth: I can't retreat. If the frontline troops know that Pang is retreating in danger, and if I retreat for 20 miles, the morale will definitely be shaken, and Linyi City will not be able to defend it. The two sides could not settle down, so they had to report to the Chief of the Fifth War Zone for a ruling.Li Zongren was born in actual combat, and felt that Pang Bingxun's words were justified, so he responded and respected the latter's opinion. As a result, the old and the young waited for the arrival of the rescuers amidst the explosions one after another with anxiety.