Tang Enbo saw that the Japanese position in front was so tightly defended, and he did not have many artillery due to the march. If he wanted to attack by force, it would only be a matter of time before he could capture it. But if the Fifth Division behind him broke through Guan Zhenglin's defense by then,
If you are flanked, the fun will be great.
Tang Enbo pointed at the map and said, "Order: Guan Zhenglin's tribe immediately retreats while fighting to lure the Japanese army here. Order, 333 brigade to prepare to respond to prevent Guan Zhenglin's false defeat from becoming a real defeat. Order, 75th Army and 13th Army to move to
On both sides, I ordered the 85th Army, which is still on the road, to divert to the rear and surround me with the vanguard of the Fifth Division."
Chief of Staff Wan Jianpan thought for a while and said, "I'm worried that this will put too much pressure on Taierzhuang. Should we reconsider it?"
Tang Enbo smiled and said, "Hu Lian will arrive at Taierzhuang soon. They can withstand it. Besides, who are those in Taierzhuang? The Northwest Army! These people are dead, and the principal will only be happy. Don't worry, he will send us right away."
The strategic plan will be handed over to Chief Li and the Chairman of the Committee.”
——Xuzhou
Li Zongren put down the telegram, shook his head and said, "This encirclement is getting bigger and bigger, and I don't know if it can be swallowed. I ordered, agreed with the strategic adjustment of Tang Enbo's troops, and ordered Sun Yuanliang's and Liao Yaoxiang's troops to speed up their march northward and prepare to enter after the second stage."
In the third stage, where is Hu Lian?"
Li Pinxian smiled and said, "Hu Lian is a bit aggressive. He has already arrived at Taierzhuang. With his troops, Taierzhuang is as stable as Mount Tai."
Li Zongren hummed, "I have momentum, but I don't know if it is ruthless anymore."
——Taierzhuang
Hu Lian licked his lips and looked at the Japanese position not far away. Hu Lian marched quickly to the vicinity of Taierzhuang. He did not join forces with Sun Lianzhong, but came to Xinzhuang on the flank of the Japanese army. Here, there was a squadron of Japanese soldiers guarding
On the flank, perhaps because the Japanese army was attacking at this time, the Japanese army did not have many defensive troops on the flank, but put all the main troops on the front line of Taierzhuang.
Hu Lian dropped the telescope, took out a dice from his pocket, kept touching it and said, "Is the main force of the Japs still in Taierzhuang?"
A National Army officer with a bandage on his head said, "Sir, it's absolutely true. Now Taierzhuang is bleeding like a river. The Japanese will not retreat no matter how hard they fight. Commander Sun directly set up a machine gun. Whoever retreats will be killed, sir."
Send troops quickly."
Hu Lian shook his head and said, "Taierzhuang has turned into a stalemate. The thousands of people I entered were just trapped in it. It is too small and cannot be deployed at all. Order the troops to prepare more gongs, drums, charge horns, military flags and other things. We will start from now."
Attack from the side, and one of them will surround Wei and rescue Zhao."
Isotani Rensuke and a group of officers looked at the sand table nervously. From time to time, communications troops reported the latest situation. Isotani Rensuke shook his head and said, "The Chinese are too cunning. How many troops have they prepared for Taierzhuang? In this way, we can't even
There is no way to break through."
The Japanese officers who were originally aggressive and wanted to take Xuzhou had stopped talking at this time. The air force's advantage had been eliminated by the National Army aircraft that came from nowhere, and most of the artillery was wiped out by the National Army. Now they have to
What I was thinking about was no longer when we could reach Xuzhou, but how we could safely retreat back.
After all, there is not much ammunition and food left.
The man guarding Xinzhuang was Takeda Takeda. He looked at the listless soldiers one by one and felt extremely depressed. Taierzhuang had not been defeated after fighting for so long. Everyone had a bad premonition.
"It's time to eat, it's time to eat," the Japanese soldier from the cooking squad shouted, beating the gong.
Takeda Takeda picked up his pants and came to the officers' area. No matter what, he had to eat.
"Baga, what is this? Are you just going to let us eat this?" Suddenly, there was a burst of noise, mixed with the sound of flesh colliding. You could tell it was a fight.
Takeda Ken was so angry that he started fighting for a long time. He took out his pistol and shot into the sky, which scared the people around him. The crowd slowly separated, and they saw a tall man about 1.7 meters tall. The tall Japanese soldier grabbed a Japanese soldier who looked like he was from the cooking squad and was beating him.
"Baga, what's going on with you? If you don't want to eat, don't eat at all." Takeda Takeda grabbed the Japanese soldier, stood on tiptoe and gave him a slap in the face.
"Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, I'm not the one causing trouble. Look, what are we eating today?" the Japanese soldier said, not daring to resist.
Takeda Takeru walked over and took a look, but he saw a few black ball-like things.
"What is this?" Takeda Ken asked as he touched it.
"Wild vegetable dumplings." The cook said in a low voice, "This is not rice, it is cornmeal. This is all that is left now. The rice is only for the officers."
Takeda Takeda looked at the soldier in the cooking squad and asked, "Where's the rice? The soldiers don't even have rice to eat, so they should beat you."
The sergeant in charge of logistics came out and said, "No, it's all eaten. The regiment hasn't distributed food for three days. These were all stolen from the homes of local people."
Takeda Takeru turned around and asked, "What's going on?"
The sergeant shook his head and said, "Our logistics line has been cut off. Not only the food, but also the ammunition has not been replenished. This food is only enough for us to eat for five days. We can't find new food for five days." , we are about to run out of food."
Togada punched the tree trunk angrily, looked at the soldiers surrounding him, laughed suddenly, then ate a dumpling and said, "Gentlemen, we are all warriors of the emperor. Is this the right thing to do?" Can't we let you kill the enemy? Let's eat a lot and gain strength. If we kill the Chinese people, we can get new food."
The Japanese soldiers were infected by Takeda Takeda's words and shouted, "Kill all the Chinese people, kill all the Chinese people!!"
"Damn it, you still want to kill us?" Hu Lian was furious when he heard the loud "Kill the Chinese" slogan.
"Mortars, fire them for me." Hu Lian waved and shouted, but saw more than twenty mortars lined up in a row, all of them fired three rounds of shells at extremely fast speeds. There was no other way, in order to march in a hurry , I don’t have many artillery shells, so I can only save a few.
"Brothers, charge for me, the artillery is following me, ready for fire support at any time." Hu Lian stood up and shouted to the soldiers behind him. He saw countless figures emerging from the ground, blowing towards Xinzhuang like the wind.
Takeda Takeda looked at the Japanese soldiers whose fighting spirit had been rekindled by him, and nodded with satisfaction. He felt that his story could be compared with that of famous generals in ancient times.
Hearing a "wuwuwu" sound, Toga Tianjian looked up in confusion, only to see dozens of artillery shells flying towards him.
"Nani?" Before Togada Ken could finish his words, the sound of explosions covered his voice. In the blood, one arm flew high, still holding the black wild vegetable rice ball tightly in his hand. .
"Enemy attack!!" A Japanese soldier shouted in panic, only to see countless Nationalist troops rushing toward him.
——Tenth Division Headquarters
"Baga, where did the Chinese army come from? They actually came to our flank." Isotani Rensuke said anxiously, "How many people are there? Have you found out?"
The signal soldier said, "Looking at the number of people in the flag, it should be the size of a Chinese army."
Tsubujiagui said worriedly, "It's another army. We have been surrounded by nearly four Chinese armies. Your Excellency, division commander, I think we should move strategically first. Now our ammunition supply can no longer support our fight." It’s down. The Air Force has no way to drop any more ammunition, so it’s better to find a way to join the Fifth Division first.”
Isotani Rensuke nodded helplessly and said, "Okay, order the troops to prepare for transfer. Also, let the aviation force give us tactical guidance, otherwise we will not be able to transfer safely."
Terauchi Juichi looked at the telegram from the Tenth Division requesting a strategic shift, and his heart could not be calm for a long time. Will the first defeat between China and Japan happen at his own hands? Terauchi Juichi could not accept this reality, and he sighed helplessly. He took a breath and said, "It is better to retreat than to be wiped out."
He immediately called the aviation unit and said, "Order: All North China Air Forces gather together to open a channel for the 10th Division to move smoothly."
——Taierzhuang
Sun Lianzhong in the headquarters suddenly found that the sound of gunfire had stopped. An idea flashed in his mind. He walked out of the door in disbelief and came to the observation deck. He looked through the binoculars and saw that the Japanese troops were retreating. They were almost there. Completely quit Taierzhuang.
Sun Lianzhong didn't even have time to get down, so he shouted excitedly, "Quick, order the whole army to attack, tell Wu Pengju to let his cavalry chase me!!"
The tens of thousands of Chinese troops in Taierzhuang were all excited. Everyone knew that the Japs wanted to escape. Chi Fengcheng looked at his remaining more than a thousand brothers and said with red eyes, "Brothers, that little Japs will kill my brothers and take possession of me." They bullied my wife and daughter, took away my property, and now they want to run away. Do you agree or not?"
The remaining soldiers who had no comrades around them killed by the Japanese army and who had no hatred in their hearts shouted "Revenge! Revenge! Revenge!"
Chi Fengcheng nodded, waved his hand and said, "Brothers, chase me and wipe out the Japanese completely. I will never go home until the Japanese invaders are gone!!"
Isotani Rensuke never expected that he had just gathered up his troops, and nearly 70,000 national troops near Taierzhuang would rush up. They did not surround him, but just kept driving him north. Isotani Rensuke himself They were preparing to retreat. Seeing this, they simply closed their eyes, covered their ears, and rushed north. Along the way, Japanese troops kept falling behind and were killed by the National Army chasing them. In the end, even the cannons and tanks were killed because they had no gasoline. He abandoned it and threw it aside, and a fierce pursuit battle took place on the land of Lunan.
Isotani Rensuke looked at the empty sky and cursed, "Where are all those damn aviation troops? The empire has spent so much money to train them. Is this how they serve the empire?"
So where did the Japanese aviation force go?
——Jinan
Since Jinan was occupied by the Japanese army, Japanese aircraft have begun to use Jinan Airport to fight. After receiving the order to dispatch all the troops to cover the 10th Division, they have not finished licking the wounds of the last time and have begun to dispatch again. This time
Once, their plan was completely leaked.
Agent Jiang looked at the information in front of him and looked at the middle-aged man opposite him in disbelief. "Is this information true? Yu Nong, you should know how valuable our air force is."
Dai Li on the opposite side thought about the source of this information, gritted his teeth and said, "The student guarantees that the information above is absolutely true, and before the student came, he had consulted Chief of Staff Bai. He also believed that this plan was military-wise.
A very feasible policy for the Japanese army."
When Agent Jiang heard that Bai Chongxi thought it was true, he nodded and walked to the phone. After dialing the number, he said, "I am Agent Jiang, ordering Gao Zhihang to take off immediately with the Soviet volunteers and go to Zaozhuang to wait for the Japanese military aircraft."
Since they were going for an ambush, the National Army Air Force did not bring a single bomber this time. Instead, they brought all fighter jets. A fleet of hundreds of fighter jets quickly rushed to the predetermined location.
On the other side of the Japanese Air Force, more than 80 bombers and more than 40 fighter jets also took off one after another, followed by more than 40 bombers preparing to take off one hour after the first round.
This time the Japanese Air Force is full of confidence. They now have twenty of the latest 96 fighter jets in their fleet. This is a new type of aircraft with a maximum ceiling of 9,800 meters and a speed of 440 kilometers an hour.
Captain Taku Ueda of the Japanese Air Force, who led the team, looked at his aircraft proudly. This was the crystallization of industrial technology. The ignorant Chinese people would never be able to build their own aircraft.
Suddenly, he felt his eyes dazzled, and sparks were erupting from a plane next to him.
"Above, they are above!!" A sharp-eyed pilot yelled crazily. When Taku Ueda looked up, he only saw groups of planes diving downward, and their target was his own fleet.
"Baga!!!" Ueda Taku shouted. A plane quickly grew in size in his eyes. After a string of fire whips, the National Army plane passed by. He could clearly see the color of the pilot's hair.
, that is yellow.
"Baga, the Soviets must be the Soviets." Taku Ueda shouted angrily, turned the nose of the plane and said, "Retreat, retreat, this is a trap, we were ambushed."
—Lanling Town
Guan Zhenglin kept retreating. In just one day, he had retreated 20 miles. This was his limit. If he moved faster, the entire army would really be defeated.
Soon, he was back with the 333rd Brigade.
"Damn it, the little Jaap keeps following you like a dog, but doesn't dare to come up, and won't retreat. I asked General Wang, am I acting a bit fake?"
Wang Zhaozhi, commander of the 333rd Brigade, shook his head and said, "I think the Japanese army has other ideas. No matter what, let's act according to the plan first. The 10th Division is ahead. I don't know if Commander Tang has made arrangements."
It can be seen from the big map that with the 39th Regiment as the core, the two Japanese armies from the north and the south are converging here, and around them, Tang Enbo's troops have jumped to the outside again and started a new encirclement.