1937年底,日本侵略军在攻陷上海、南京后,开始实施打通津浦路的作战计划,其上海派遣军第十一、十三师团等部陆续北渡长江,准备与北路日军遥相配合,南北突击战略要地徐州,以图沟通华东、华中,扩大对中国的侵略。为阻遏日军的攻势,驻守津浦路沿线的中国第五战区部队依照国民政府军事委员会的部署,在津浦路北段实施攻势行动,在南段实施防御作战,以求粉 At the end of 1937, after the Japanese aggression forces captured Shanghai and Nanjing, they began to carry out the operational plan of opening up the Jinpu Road. The 11th and 13th Divisions sent by the Shanghai continually went northward to cross the Yangtze River to prepare for the telepathic cooperation with North Japanese troops. Xuzhou, an indiscriminate strategic location in north and south, attempted to communicate with East China and Central China and expand its aggression against China. In order to stop the Japanese offensive, the 5th Chinese Theater Army stationed along Jinpu Road conducted an offensive operation on the northern section of Jinpu Road and a defensive operation on the southern section in accordance with the deployment of the Military Commission of the National Government to seek a