At this time, Akiyama Yiyun did not know that Lang Ya had already killed him outside his headquarters!
Akiyama Yoshiyun was still worried because the 7th Infantry Regiment's attack on Yangqiao Village did not go smoothly.
The 7th Infantry Regiment concentrated the strength of two infantry brigades. From the afternoon until now, it launched at least ten large-scale attacks in eight hours, but they were all stubbornly pushed back by the New Fourth Army stationed at the bridgehead position.
The New Fourth Army at the bridgehead went crazy and launched counterattacks over and over again!
The New Fourth Army was so tenacious that the Seventh Infantry Regiment turned its attention to the flanks.
Taking advantage of the New Fourth Army's attention being firmly attracted to the bridgehead position, the captain of the 7th Infantry Regiment, Isa Kazuo, ordered an infantry squadron to quietly cross the Yang River in an attempt to outflank the New Fourth Army from behind. As a result, they were attacked at the entrance of Yangqiao Village.
In the ambush of the National Army, in just half an hour, a squadron that waded across the river was completely annihilated!
The frontal attack was blocked, and the outflanking was blocked again. This time Isa Kazuo was blinded.
Isa Kazuo had nothing to do, so he immediately sent a telegram to Akiyama Yoshiyuki, requesting fire support from the mountain artillery regiment.
However, Akiyama Yoshiyun had doubts in his heart about whether to invest the mountain artillery unit in the direction of Yangqiao Village.
Although there was little movement from the Eighty-ninth Army of the National Army in the direction of Yongxing Town and the New Fourth Army in the direction of Gaozuo Town, who knows when they will launch an attack? What if the Shan Artillery Regiment is transferred to the direction of Yangqiao Village?
At that time, the Eighty-ninth Army of the National Army and the New Fourth Army suddenly attacked, and the Thirty-fifth Infantry Regiment might not be able to stop them.
The reason why Akiyama Yoshiyun is so entangled is actually because he has too few chips in his hand.
In the first stage of the Battle of Xuzhou, the 9th Division and the 13th Division were severely damaged by the Kuomintang Army in Huainan and Bengbu. Although they finally broke out by luck, they lost almost all their heavy equipment. Since the base camp was unable to replenish it,
The mountain artillery regiment of the Ninth Division actually only has twelve 75-caliber mountain artillery.
It is precisely because there are too few mountain cannons that Akiyama Yoshiyun is so entangled.
If there is a fully-organized mountain artillery regiment, what's the harm in transferring a brigade there?
However, after receiving another telegram from Isa Kazuo asking for help, Akiyama Yoshiyun decided to transfer the mountain artillery unit to the direction of Yangqiao Village. In any case, he had to get through Yangqiao Village first. Otherwise, the retreat would not be opened, and the north and south wings would be blocked.
The National Army and the New Fourth Army took the opportunity to crush them again, and their Akiyama detachment might really be wiped out.
At that moment, Akiyama Yiyun turned around and shouted outside the tent: "Yagita-san?"
A figure opened the curtain and came in. Akiyama Yiyun looked closely, but it was not his adjutant Yanagita Sota, but a very unfamiliar second lieutenant officer. However, Akiyama Yiyun did not feel anything unusual, he just felt a little angry.
, then asked the second lieutenant in a very stiff tone: "Where is Sota Yanagita?"
"Souta Yanagita?" the second lieutenant said, "Are you talking about him?"
As he spoke, the second lieutenant brought his right hand in front of him. Akiyama Yiyun was surprised to find that the second lieutenant actually held a human head in his hand. The face of the head looked very ferocious. Obviously, he
Before he died, he was so frightened that his facial expression was distorted.
What’s even more terrifying is that the neck of the human head is irregular and seems to have been torn off by someone! Akiyama Yoshiyun took a closer look and found that the head actually belonged to Sota Yanagita!
Yanagita Sota was actually killed, and the murderer entered his headquarters with his head?
Akiyama Yiyun's mind was stuck for a moment, and then he thought of a possibility!
"Baga!" Akiyama Yiyun took a breath of air and instinctively stepped back, "Who are you?"
The second lieutenant smiled ferociously, took a step forward and approached Akiyama Yiyun, and then said with a smile: "My surname is Xu, you can guess my name."
"Smart." Xu Rui grinned and said with a sinister smile, "It seems that there are still smart people among you Japanese."
"Baga." Akiyama Yiyun took another step back, and his right hand unconsciously reached for the saber at his waist. Unfortunately, Xu Rui could not give him another chance to draw the saber. The next moment, Xu Rui struck with lightning.
He stretched out his right hand, grabbed Akiyama Giyun's throat, and then squeezed with a sudden force. Hearing a click, Akiyama Giyun's neck bones were crushed to pieces, and in the next moment, Akiyama Giyun's head was
, and immediately drooped down softly.
Xu Rui grabbed and crushed Akiyama Yiyun's neck bone, then waved his hand, and Leng Tiefeng rushed in with more than a dozen wolves.
Xu Rui Leng Jun's eyes swept across the faces of Leng Tiefeng and a dozen Lang Ya, and said in a deep voice: "Act separately and prioritize the destruction of the Japs' arsenals, oil depots and field hospitals!"
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Gaozuo Town, the front commander of the First Team of the New Fourth Army.
Commander Chen Yi was pacing back and forth in the command post. From time to time he would stop and look out the window. Seeing that the night outside the window was still quiet, he lowered his head and continued pacing back and forth. Deputy Commander Fu Qiutao stood next to the commander.
From time to time, I looked down at the watch on my wrist and saw that the hour hand was pointing to zero, and I couldn't help but look anxious.
At a certain moment, the sky outside the window suddenly lit up, and the dazzling red light shone through the window, illuminating the entire command post as bright as day. Commander Chen Yi and Deputy Commander Fu Qiutao turned to look out the window at the same time, and saw the northwest
A huge red light has risen in the direction and is soaring high into the sky.
Deputy Commander Fu Qiutao immediately shouted: "The explosion came from the direction of Donggou Town!"
"Xiao Xu, it must be Xiao Xu!" Commander Chen Yi also said excitedly, "It must be him!"
At this time, the rumbling explosion finally reached Gaozuo Town, deafening everyone.
However, Commander Chen Yi was overjoyed and turned around and shouted: "Old man, please inform all regiments immediately that the general attack has begun!"
"Okay!" Commander Fu Qiutao agreed, turned around and shouted, "Guard, send the flare!"
The next moment, two red signal flares blasted off from the front of a New Fourth Army detachment. Then, more than 16,000 officers and soldiers from eight main regiments, who had been waiting for a long time, headed towards the Qiu Shan detachment from a six to seven kilometer long front.
The right wing launched a thunderous attack, and almost at the same time, the 89th Army on the left also launched a fierce attack.
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Itagaki Seishiro was woken up by his adjutant Togo Kota at four in the morning.
"Your Excellency, Commander!" Dongxiang Haotai said solemnly, "I just received an urgent call from the Ninth Division. The Akiyama detachment was collectively shattered on the battlefield of Donggou Town five minutes ago!"
"Nani?" Itagaki Seishiro stood up in surprise and said in a voiceless voice, "The collective jade is broken?"
"Hai." Togo Kota paused and said, "Including the detachment leader, Major General Akiyama Yoshiyun, there are more than 15,000 people in the entire detachment. No one survived. Everyone died for the empire."
"Baga, Baga Garu!" Itagaki Seishiro said angrily, "Why is this happening? What on earth does this idiot Akiyama Yoshiyun do? A detachment, and the cooperation of Han Deqin's National Army 89th Army, actually
Can't deal with a detachment of the New Fourth Military Region? How did he fight?"
Because he did not want to be reprimanded, Akiyama Yoshiyun did not truthfully report the battle situation in Donggou Town.
What Akiyama Yoshiyun wanted was to wait until the entire detachment was safely evacuated before reporting.
Therefore, until now, Itagaki Seishiro did not know that the Akiyama Detachment had been encircled, and that the Akiyama Detachment was jointly attacking the New Fourth Army with the 89th Army of the National Army.
"Your Excellency, Commander." Dongxiang Kota shook his head and said, "Han Deqin's Eighty-ninth Army of the National Army rebelled. Instead of cooperating with the Imperial Army to deal with the New Fourth Army, they cooperated with the New Fourth Army to sneak attack the Imperial Army from the flank. The Akiyama Detachment retreated due to
If they fail to do so, they will be surrounded by the National Army and the New Fourth Army, and then the command system will be destroyed by the Spike Force, leading to command chaos. Finally, under the continuous fierce attacks of the National Army and the New Fourth Army, they will be defeated and eventually collectively shattered."
"Baga, Langya, Langya again!" Itagaki Seishiro was furious, "Damn it, damn Langya, I knew it would be like this, I knew it would be like this! Bagagaru!"
Dongxiang Kota added: "Your Excellency, Commander, the Akiyama detachment has been collectively destroyed, and Huaiyin's defense has become empty. If the Eighty-ninth Army of the National Army continues to jointly operate with the New Fourth Army and takes the opportunity to launch a counterattack against Huaiyin City, then Huaiyin City will not be able to reach Huaiyin City alone."
I’m afraid half the regiment’s defenders won’t be able to defend it!”
The Ninth Division is responsible for the security and garrison tasks of the entire Huaiyin area. In addition to Huaiyin City, the Huaiyin area also has more than a dozen surrounding counties and stronghold towns along the highway. These counties and stronghold towns all need to be divided into garrison troops. Although each of them needs to be stationed separately.
There are not many defenders in the county and strongholds, but the total number is very considerable.
Nearly two regiments of the infantry regiment of the 9th Division are stationed in various counties and strongholds. This is why Yoshizumi Ryosuke did not invade Yancheng with the entire division, but only used the 6th Infantry Brigade as the basis to form the Akiyama Detachment.
The main reason is that Yoshizumi Ryosuke only has one mobile force at hand, the 6th Infantry Brigade.
At present, the Qiu Shan detachment has been completely wiped out. The remaining 18th Infantry Brigade of the Ninth Division is stationed in various places. The defenders in Huaiyin City have only one and a half brigade left. The strength of this one and a half brigade is obviously not enough.
It may be able to withstand the joint attack of the 89th Army of the National Army and a unit of the New Fourth Army.
Moreover, at this time, it is too late to gather the troops stationed in various counties, strongholds and market towns into Huaiyin City. Therefore, the safest strategy is to abandon Huaiyin, and abandoning Huaiyin City has an additional benefit, that is, using
Huaiyin City provoked friction between the National Army and the New Fourth Army.
Aren't your New Fourth Army and the National Army fighting together? Well, I will give you a big sweet date now, but I want to see how you allocate this big sweet date!
At that moment, Itagaki Seishiro said in a deep voice: "Order, abandon Huaiyin!"
"Hai!" Dongxiang Haotai paused, turned around and left in a hurry.
