At this time, the Japanese commander who had arrived at the Liangzhou River Bridge sent a telegram, saying that the Liangzhou River Bridge had fallen into the hands of the enemy. There were many enemy troops guarding the bridge, and they had built relatively complete fortifications. There were also a large number of enemy troops guarding the bridge.
Tanks and armored vehicles provide cover.
They have launched several attacks. Not only were they unable to capture the bridge, but they also suffered heavy casualties. They requested tactical guidance.
Knowing that the situation was critical, the commander of the 37th Division immediately ordered each brigade to leave some troops to continue to delay the offensive of the Guo army. The rest of the troops immediately rushed to the Liangzhou River Bridge to concentrate their forces. They must capture the bridge and open up the connection with the other side.
Liaison between the 33rd garrison division.
After issuing the order, he immediately drove to the Liangzhou River Bridge with the division headquarters and directly affiliated teams. He wanted to personally command the capture of the bridge. At the same time, he also sent a telegram to the commander of the 32nd garrison division,
Let him quickly send troops to attack the bridge from the south.
The commander of the 32nd Japanese garrison division was also very anxious at this time. He also knew the importance of the bridge to the entire war situation. After receiving the report of the accident on the bridge, he immediately went to the bridge.
At the beginning, he received reports that the number of enemy troops was not large, so he only issued orders to the Japanese troops around the bridge and told them to rush to the bridge.
Later, I learned that the enemy had arrived with many reinforcements and armored fighting vehicles, and I realized that the problem had become more serious. The enemy must have made a big move by exerting such great effort to seize the bridge.
Soon after, he received a report from the forward position that the 72nd Army of the Fruit Army stationed in Sangcheng had launched an attack on his division. He was under great pressure and hoped to get support from the 37th Division, so
The bridge is even more important.
So he sent an additional infantry regiment to rush to the bridge, and at the same time ordered the troops of the 3rd Division of Huang Xiejun to rush to the bridge to help the Japanese army retake the bridge.
Zhongtiao Mountain Headquarters.
General Fu, the Chief of Staff and others stood in front of the combat map. Looking at the schematic diagram of the current positions of the various units in Zhongtiao Mountain marked by the staff on the map, the Chief of Staff said excitedly: "Now our army has six
The 120,000 troops of the Japanese Army have formed an encirclement on the Japanese 37th Division. As long as the Dalong brothers and Li Zhendong can hold the Liangzhou River Bridge, the Japanese army will be unable to fly. This battle is likely to destroy the Japanese division. If
If that happens, it will be a big victory."
General Fu nodded and said: "This battle has been going quite smoothly so far. The Japanese army was not aware of our army's plan. Now they are completely passive. Japanese reinforcements will not be able to arrive within at least two days."
, this is indeed a great opportunity to annihilate the Japanese 37th Division.
As long as we can capture the Japanese 37th Division, our main force can cross the Liangzhou River Bridge to join forces with the 72nd Army, and then capture the Japanese 33rd Division. In this way, we and the Ninth Theater Division
The troops' defense zones will now be integrated into one, and life will be easier in the future."
The staff officers in the war room were also very excited about the current situation. The Guo Army's troops had been basically suppressed by the Japanese army. They were originally stationed in the bustling city, but now they were forced to retreat into the Zhongtiao Mountains. They felt that
I was very frustrated. Now I finally found an opportunity to eat part of the main force of the Japanese army. Everyone felt like they were out of breath. So everyone was talking happily.
General Fu ordered all ministries to attack bravely, narrow the encirclement as soon as possible, and annihilate the Japanese army on the banks of the Liangzhou River.
Taiyuan City.
Since this time, Yoshio Shinozuka has spent most of his time staring at the combat map on the wall of the war room. He has clearly seen that the situation between the enemy and ourselves marked on the map shows that the defense scope of the 37th Division has been shrinking, and the defense of the 37th Division has been shrinking.
The situation of the 33rd Division was similar. The forward position of the 112th Division was at least two days away from the Liangzhou River Bridge. He was very worried about whether the 37th Division and the 33rd garrison Division, which were surrounded by the enemy, could
Do you want to hold on until reinforcements arrive?
At this time, the chief of staff came over with a solemn expression and said worriedly: "Your Excellency, Commander, I have just received a telegram from the 37th Division. The anti-Japanese armed forces occupying the Liangzhou River Bridge belong to Xu Dalong. They have a large number of armored vehicles.
Along with the cavalry, they were followed by troops from the Guo Army. They had firmly defended the Liangzhou River Bridge. The 37th Division had launched several attacks on the bridge, and it was difficult to break through the enemy's position.
It looks like it will be difficult to recapture the Liangzhou River Bridge anytime soon.
The 33rd garrison division also launched an attack on the Liangzhou River Bridge. Their situation was even worse. Not only did the troops sent fail to capture the bridge defenders' positions, but they were launched by the enemy in a counterattack. More than one infantryman has been lost so far.
The strength of the brigade.”
Yoshio Shinozuka had a headache when he heard Xu Dalong's name. He heard a while ago that Xu Dalong was driven away from the Mawu Mountain base, and he was secretly glad. He didn't expect that this guy would come back again. Not only that, but he would also fight with the Guo Army.
The troops came together to cause trouble for the Japanese army, and their combat effectiveness was so strong that whether it was the 37th Division or the 33rd Guarding Division, it would be difficult to eliminate them and recapture the bridge.
Xu Dalong guarded the Liangzhou River Bridge and cut off the communication between the two divisions. Both divisions were in danger of being defeated individually.
Yoshio Shinozuka frowned, thought for a long time, and said: "Xu Dalong is personally guarding the Liangzhou River Bridge. It may be difficult to recapture the bridge. Unless the two divisions concentrate their main forces to deal with Xu Dalong and the others,
It is possible to recapture the bridge.
But now both divisions are under attack from the Guo army and cannot mobilize troops to seize the bridge. This is not the way to go."
The Chief of Staff also thought so. He said: "Your Excellency, Commander, I have carefully studied the situation on the battlefield. On the surface, it seems that our army is very dangerous, but in fact, there is also a war opportunity brewing."
The chief of staff said: "On the surface, the situation on the battlefield in the Liangzhou River area is that the two divisions of our army have been divided and surrounded by the enemy and are under siege. However, this is not necessarily the case. Look here."
The chief of staff walked to the map, drew a circle on the Liangzhou River Bridge with his finger, and then said: "Now that Xu Dalong's troops have occupied the Liangzhou River Bridge, they are also surrounded by two major groups of our army.
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This is an excellent opportunity to eliminate Xu Dalong and his guerrillas. Although they have seized the Liangzhou River Bridge and defended it, they have no foreign aid, weapons, ammunition, and food. All supplies cannot be replenished. They themselves
The supplies we carry can't last long. As long as the troops of our two divisions can block the Guo army's attack, it won't take long for Xu Dalong's troops to be in a situation where they will run out of ammunition and food.
Isn’t this an excellent fighter plane to encircle and annihilate them?”
After hearing this, Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes lit up and he said: "You are right. But the Guo army dispatched a lot of troops this time and the offensive was very fierce. How could the 37th Division and the 33rd Division resist it?
What about the enemy attack?"
The chief of staff said: "Your Excellency, Commander, you don't need to worry too much about this. In all the previous battles, the Guo Army's troops far exceeded the number of our troops, but they could not stop the Yellow Army's attack at all.
The reasons for this are, on the one hand, that their weapons and equipment, training and tactics are very backward. Another important reason is that they are not united. The officers and soldiers are afraid of the enemy and avoid fighting. Why don't we make a fuss about this?
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Yoshio Shinozuka nodded and said, "This is a good idea, let's continue."
The chief of staff said: "There are currently about six enemy armies attacking the 37th Division, with a strength of more than 100,000. Don't say that the 11th and 2nd Divisions cannot arrive on the battlefield within a short period of time. Even if they do, their strength will be very low.
There is no advantage. It is very likely that something happened to the 37th Division before they arrived.
Instead of this, it is better to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao in the Thirty-Six Strategies. The 112th Division can gather all the vehicles and horses to form a rapid force and go to the Liangzhou River battlefield, so that they can greatly shorten the time to reach the battlefield.
When they get there, their main task is to threaten the enemy's rear and contain the enemy's strength.
The main force of the 112th Division no longer rushed to the Liangzhou River battlefield, but directly attacked the Zhongtiao Shanguo Army's defense area and went straight to the location of the enemy's command organization.
The troops of the Guo Army are worried that their home base will be lost, so they will definitely mobilize a large number of troops from the front line to return reinforcements, so as to reduce the pressure on the 37th Division. The troops of the Guo Army will only fight against the wind, and now they have the strength in numbers.
The offensive is fierce, but once some of the troops are mobilized, the generals will consider the casualties of their own troops, and the fast mobile troops of the 112th Division will attack them from behind. If the army is attacked from both sides, even if the entire army will not retreat,
A large number of troops will also be deployed to ensure that their retreat is not cut off, which will divert part of the troops from attacking the 37th Division.
I think that in this case, the 37th Division will definitely be able to hold its position and prevent the Guojun troops from joining Xu Dalong's troops.
In order to confuse the enemy, a rapid mobile force can be formed from the 110th Division to go to the Liangzhou River battlefield for reinforcements. Although they are relatively far from the Liangzhou River area, they can first use railway mobility to arrive from Huanshui County
Get off the car and then take a car to the Liangzhou River area. In this case, the speed can be greatly accelerated, and you can even reach the battlefield before the fast mobile troops of the 112th Division.
The troops of the Guo Army were temporarily unable to figure out the strength of our army. They were worried that their retreat would be cut off, which would definitely cause a huge panic. Even if they could not eat these Guo Army troops, they could still completely block them in the defense of the 37th Division.
On the outside of the position, the 37th Division and the 33rd Division can free up their hands and go all out to deal with Xu Dalong's troops in the encirclement, and they can completely annihilate them in one fell swoop."
As the chief of staff explained, Shinozuka Yoshio's frown gradually relaxed. Finally, his eyes began to shine, and he couldn't help but clapped his hands and praised: "What a great idea. Now go and give it to the 112th Division and the 112th Infantry Division."
The 110th Division issued an order for them to start taking action according to the battle plan you formulated."
The chief of staff said "Ha Yin," and went to issue combat orders.
Soon after, he came back and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, you have given orders to the 110th Division and the 112th Division to have their fast mobile troops arrive at the Liangzhou River battlefield within one day."
Yoshio Shinozuka relaxed and felt much better.
He said with some hope: "If this battle can be carried out according to our plan, it is really possible to completely annihilate Xu Dalong and his guerrillas. If this goal can be achieved, a serious problem for the First Army will be eliminated."
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Speaking of this, he personally drafted two telegrams and sent them to the 37th Division and the 33rd Division, telling them the newly formulated combat plan of the First Army and asking them to resolutely resist the attack of the Guo Army until
After the Guo army's offensive weakened, they concentrated their forces to destroy Xu Dalong's troops.
Zhongtiao Mountain Headquarters.
General Fu and the Chief of Staff both felt very relaxed at this time. The offensive of various departments of the Guo army was very fierce and they were gradually compressing the Japanese defensive positions. According to this momentum, they should be able to break through the Japanese positions within 20 hours, and with Xu Dalong and
Li Zhendong and others met.
Because they were in a good mood, the two of them talked very easily. They even made tea and chatted while drinking.
At this moment, the director of the intelligence department hurried over and said very nervously: "Report to the commander, the Japanese 112th Division did not go to the Liangzhou River area, but suddenly turned and came towards the Zhongtiao Mountain Headquarters.
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"What?" General Fu and the Chief of Staff were both shocked. They hurried to the battle map and studied it.
The chief of staff said: "Commander, our main force has already gone to the Liangzhou River area. There are not many reserves left here, and there is no way to stop the attack of the Japanese 112th Division.
If we are invaded by Japanese invaders, our rear units will not be able to be saved, so we should quickly send some of our troops back."
General Fu also felt a headache. He said: "I didn't expect that the little devil would come here. The situation is indeed very serious. We need to increase the number of troops to strengthen the defense. But if the troops are transferred back from the front line, it will change the balance between the enemy's and our forces there.
, our army’s numerical advantage over the enemy will be greatly weakened, making this battle difficult to fight.”
The chief of staff said: "Commander, the problem now is that Zhongtiao Mountain is our core territory. If we lose it, what is the use of opening up the connection with the Ninth War Zone? The Battle of Liangzhou River started
It doesn't matter if we don't go down, as long as we keep our foundation, we can restart the Liangzhou River Battle in the future.
Please make up your mind quickly and mobilize your troops to defend Zhongtiao Mountain."
General Fu knew that this was inappropriate. If the frontline troops were transferred back, not only would the Battle of Liangzhou River not be able to continue, but even Xu Dalong, Li Zhendong and others would be buried there in vain.
General Fu cannot do such unjust things, but Zhongtiao Mountain is General Fu's home base and his foundation. Without Zhongtiao Mountain, his troops will become water without a source and lose their strength.
Without the basic supply of materials and soldiers, it will be difficult for his troops to maintain themselves. Without troops, he will be just a bare commander, and then he will be nothing.
After careful consideration, he decided to deploy the 26th Army and the 54th Army, which were closest to Zhongtiao Mountain, from the front line to support Zhongtiao Mountain, while the remaining troops continued to attack the Japanese 37th Division.