Chapter 221: Crush the desperate devil!
Zheng Guiting is a native of Shimen, Hunan, and has a relationship with Guan Zhidao, Du Guangting and other countries. The famous generals of the army were all born in the first phase of Whampoa.
He participated in the Eastern Expedition and the Northern Expedition, although he was not as famous as Guan Zhidao, Du Guangting and others, but he was also a famous general.
Today, if it weren't for Zheng Guiting, regardless of personal gains and losses, voluntarily put down his body and obeyed Yang Jing's instructions to lead his troops to attack Teng County, and let Isoya Ryosuke divide his troops to support, it is unknown whether this battle can be won.
Therefore, after returning the salute, Yang Jing smiled slightly and took the initiative to stretch out his right hand that had taken off his gloves, and said very friendly: "Chief Zheng has won the award, today's battle, without the full assistance of your department and all the brothers of the 52nd Army, it is impossible to win the victory."
It is even more impossible to reverse the crisis on the battlefield in Xuzhou!
Of course, it is also inseparable from the bloody battles and heroic battles of tens of thousands of brothers of the Northwest Army of the 2nd Army!
It can be said that no one can win this battle without anyone!
Therefore, the victory of this battle belongs to all our participating troops! It belongs to me, Yang Jing and all of you!
Its main credit belongs to the 2nd Army and the 52nd Army!
In addition, I have already called the Theater Command to ask for credit to all the commanders and the brothers in the various departments! ”
Everyone carries the sedan chair, Yang Jing's words, Zheng Guiting loves to listen to them, Sun Fanglu, Chi Fengcheng and others also love to listen to them.
"No, no, no! Advisor Yang, this battle can be won, all thanks to your wise guidance.
If it weren't for your clever strategy, no matter how brave we were, we would never have won such a big victory! ”
General Sun Fanglu's words came from the bottom of his heart, because as he said, all this was indeed because Yang Jing's tactics were properly commanded and the little devil was taken to death.
It can even be said that everything is under Yang Jing's plan and control!
Although the casualties of all divisions were heavy, even the casualties of the 2nd Army and the Tiger Regiment were more than half, except for the 2nd Division.
But this is war, especially in the face of such a difficult enemy as the Japanese army, if you want to win, casualties are inevitable!
Before the old man appointed Yang Jing as the temporary commander of the Battle of Taierzhuang, Sun Fanglu was still a little unconvinced, and he was also a general.
But now, he has finished being impressed by Yang Jing's ability.
At this moment, another character has been added.
Many people tend to be proud of their credit, and even like to take credit and shirk responsibility.
Yang Jing is different, not only is he not arrogant, but he is also very humble and low-key.
At the same time, he did not compete for credit, and this battle was obviously his main merit, but he gave it all up and credited it to the 2nd Army and the 52nd Army.
Let's ask, who doesn't like such a person who is capable and not arrogant, and at the same time does not compete for credit?
"Yes! The 10th and 14th Divisions of the Japanese Army were almost completely annihilated in this battle, thanks to the superb tactical guidance of Advisor Yang! ”
General Zheng Guiting also chimed in.
"Buzz!"
"Buzz! ——”
However, before they could chat for a while, dozens of devil fighters appeared in the distant sky.
The devil aviation has learned that the battle for Taierzhuang is over, and the 10th and 14th divisions have been almost completely annihilated.
Therefore, without the slightest hesitation, these guys immediately drove the fighters, like goshawks fighting rabbits, and swooped down fiercely towards the 30th Division, the 31st Division, and the soldiers of the Tiger Regiment who were cleaning up the battlefield on the ground.
"Da Da Da!"
"Dada ——”
The airborne machine guns were fired in full force, and the dense rain of bullets hit the ground, and suddenly pulled up a stream of smoke and dust, and some soldiers who could not evade were beaten into a hornet's nest one after another, and died tragically in a pool of blood on the spot, martyrdom!
"Hurricane!"
"Hurricane! ——”
Bombs are also like hens laying eggs, constantly falling from the bottom of the bomber's belly.
"Boom!"
"Boom, boom, boom! ——”
After the bomb hit the ground, a violent explosion suddenly occurred, causing the entire battlefield to burst into flames again, and thick smoke rose everywhere.
On the ground, the corpses of some soldiers on both sides of the enemy who had not yet had time to restrain were affected one after another, and were blown into a pool of stumps and broken arms, scattered and splashed with the huge shock wave generated by the explosion.
Not to be outdone, the officers and men of the Tiger Regiment, the 30th Division, and the 31st Division set up anti-aircraft machine guns, light and heavy machine guns, and opened heavy fire on the air.
The dense and scorching bullets shot out like a storm, and suddenly formed a huge fire interception net in mid-air.
"Poof!"
"Bo Bo Bo! ——”
The arrogant devil air force keeps the flight altitude very low.
For a time, several devils were hit by a dense rain of bullets.
One of the fighters was hit in the windshield while diving, and a 12.7mm caliber anti-aircraft machine gun shell, after penetrating the windshield, hit the left shoulder of the Devil Air Force.
In pain, the devil aviation immediately lost control of the fighter, and before it had time to raise its altitude, it directly crashed into the ground.
There was also a Devil fighter whose fuel tank was hit, and the sparks generated by the bullet rubbing against the skin of the fuel tank immediately ignited the jet fuel.
Then, the fire spread rapidly with the wind, so that most of the fuselage was wrapped in flames, and the devil fighter directly turned into a huge fireball.
A moment later, the fighter exploded directly and disintegrated in the air.
Shattered parts of various aircraft scattered and splashed along with the shock wave generated by the explosion, and after the potential energy was exhausted, they fell to the ground due to gravity.
Seeing this, the rest of the devil air force was so frightened that they all rushed to the height of the fighters.
In particular, those guys who were hit in the fuselage almost scared out of the urine.
Since the ground forces had been completely annihilated, no matter how hard the devil air force tried, it was impossible to turn the tide of the battle, so after the bombers had dropped the bombs they carried, they returned directly to the ship under the escort of the fighter group.
The 30th Division, the 31st Division, and the Tiger Regiment continued to clean up the battlefield.
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The picture pulls to the mill.
After learning that the 10th and 14th Divisions of the Japanese Army were defeated in Taierzhuang and were almost completely annihilated, the old devil Shouichi Terauchi first scolded Ryosuke Isoya and Kenji Dohihara fiercely in the air.
Then a death order was given to the 114th Division.
It is ordered to take advantage of the Taierzhuang area of China. Before the army had time to withdraw reinforcements, it broke through the mill village in one fell swoop and took advantage of the weakness to take Xuzhou!
In this way, they will be able to cut off the Longhai Railway Line and the Jinpu Railway Line, and they will also be able to make up for the losses of the 10th and 14th Divisions that were almost completely annihilated.
Therefore, Lieutenant General Shigeharu Suematsu, commander of the 114th Division, personally supervised the battle, and commanded the four field infantry wings of the post to launch a more fierce attack on Liu Ziliang's headquarters under the cover of artillery and tank fighting vehicle groups.
Moreover, a large number of devils' land-based and sea-based aviation units were also ordered.
One after another, they drove the fighter planes and covered the sky and the sun.
It is bound to assist the 114th Division to break through the defense line of Liu Ziliang's Nian Zhuang and take Xuzhou!
Under the combined firepower of the Japanese ground artillery fire and aerial bombardment, the casualties of the 119th and 143rd Divisions under Liu Ziliang's division soared in a straight line, and the losses were very heavy.
There is no air supremacy, and there is a lack of anti-aircraft weapons, and that's it, it is almost impossible to gain the upper hand in battle.
The only possibility of victory is probably to pile up human lives, and many, many human lives to pile up!
After dawn, the 114th Wing of the Japanese Cavalry, supported by reconnaissance aircraft, was ordered to bypass the village and outflank the rear of the 68th Army.
Subsequently, more and more devil infantry also outflanked the two flanks under the guidance of the cavalry.
At night, the devil did not know the truth and did not dare to make a detour without authorization, for fear of being ambushed by the defenders.
But after dawn it was different, with the intelligence assistance of reconnaissance aircraft, as well as the fire support of fighters and bombers.
On the ground, there are tanks and combat vehicles in front of them.
Shigeharu Suematsu, an old devil, was able to confidently and boldly exercise his command, and gave full play to the strength and equipment advantages of the 114th Division!
There is no need for much tactics at all.
In fact, the Japanese army did not have too many, too clever tactics.
It is nothing more than ground artillery bombardment, aerial fighter bombing and dive strafing, and then cooperating with the tank and combat vehicle group to open the road from the front, directly tearing apart the defenders' defense line with powerful firepower!
In addition, the quality of the Japanese soldiers, whether it is the ability to fight with white knives or marksmanship, is far superior to that of China. Army.
So, even without the need for tactics, it is easy to crush China that is at war with it. Army.
Liu Ziliang saw that after the Japanese army learned the news of the defeat of the 10th Division and the 14th Division at Taierzhuang, instead of retreating, they had a situation of encircling his entire army in a roundabout way.
It's scary!
However, he did not dare to retreat without authorization, and went to Xuzhou in danger!
So you can only send a telegram to the theater command and ask for reinforcements!
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And at this time, in order to further crush China . The will of the army to resist.
A large number of devil fighters directly drove away from the battlefield and flew over Xuzhou.
Carry out dive-strafing and bombing of Xuzhou City.
However, because Xuzhou City deployed a lot of air defense weapons, the devil aviation did not dare to be too arrogant.
Instead, they maintained a safer altitude and carried out bombing.
For a time, the fierce sound of machine guns, the deafening sound of bomb explosions, and the sharp and rapid air defense sirens intertwined and sounded in Xuzhou City.
It is worth mentioning that because the news of the landing of the 114th Division of the Japanese Army from Haizhou Bay has spread far and wide.
Many citizens began to flee and flocked outside the city.
As a result, the devil air force immediately aimed at these innocent civilians.
Under the dive-strafing and bombing of the devil aviation, countless innocent people of Xuzhou fell in pools of blood.
The screams came and went!
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Fifth Theater Command.
Li Delin didn't pay much attention to the Japanese air raids, because there were things that made him more restless and urgent than this.
That is, Liu Ziliang's department can't hold the village.
And once the mill is lost, Xuzhou will suddenly open the door, and there will be no danger to defend!
At that time, the victory in the battle of Taierzhuang will not be enough to save the defeat of this battle!
At this time, a communications staff officer took a telegram and quickly ran to Li Delin's body and saluted: "Report, the Ministry of Intelligence is in an emergency!" ”
Li Delin took a look, and his already gloomy face was almost dripping water.
"Damn! This hateful Tang Keqin, I must go to the commission to impeach him! ”
Bai Jiansheng asked urgently, "Duke De, what's wrong?" ”
Li De raised his hand, Bai Jiansheng took the telegram and looked at it, and it was difficult to see the extreme on his face.
Just now, Liu Ziliang sent a telegram asking for help from Nian Zhuang.
So, Li Delin sent a telegram to ask where Tang Keqin's headquarters had arrived.
As a result, what is infuriating is that the 13th Army and the 85th Army under Tang Keqin's headquarters are still east of Weishan Lake, in the area of Pei County.
Since Yang Jing launched an attack, he has not moved an inch.
It turned out that Tang Keqin did not appoint himself because the old man appointed Yang Jing as the temporary commander of the Battle of Taierzhuang.
This made him very dissatisfied, and he stopped moving forward that night and chose to rest on the spot.
Subsequently, after Yang Jing led his troops to defeat the Japanese 10th Division and the 14th Division, Tang Keqin's dissatisfaction was raised to the extreme.
So much so that he disobeyed General Li Delin's order, and promised to speed up and lead his troops to rush to the village to support.
In fact, he was still stationed in the Peixian area, and there was no movement.
If it weren't for the call from the military commander, Li Delin, Bai Jiansheng and others were only afraid that Xuzhou would be captured by the 114th Division of the Japanese Army, and they would still be in the dark.
Although Bai Jiansheng was angry, he did not lose his mind, and immediately said: "Duke De, I have long said that this Tang Keqin is unreliable!"
However, now is not the time to get angry, as for how to deal with this Tang Keqin, it is up to him to decide.
For the sake of today's plan, we have to think about how to defeat the enemy of the mill! ”
Li Delin asked, "Brother Jiansheng, I don't know if you have a good plan?" ”
Bai Jiansheng said: "Now, we can only pin our hopes on the Tiger Regiment of Taierzhuang, the 2nd Group Army, and the 52nd Army!"
These three elite main forces have just won a big victory in Taierzhuang, and their morale is flourishing, as long as they can rush back to Xuzhou in time, they will be able to easily defeat the attack of the Japanese 114th Division! ”
"Only by repelling the Japanese 114th Division first, can we calmly deploy the next battle!
Besides, the commission has also ordered us to destroy this incoming enemy army! ”
Li Delin nodded thoughtfully and said: "Immediately telegraph Yang Jing, Sun Fanglu, and Guan Zhidao and other departments to return to Xuzhou as soon as possible!" ”
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It must be worth mentioning that with the defeat of the 10th and 14th Divisions of the Japanese Army in Taierzhuang, the 11th Brigade of the Japanese Army stationed in Tun also gave up the plan to continue to support the south.
General Guan Zhidao, who led the 25th Division north of Tengxian to block the Japanese garrison in Tun and formed the 11th Brigade, led his troops back to Tengxian.
Clean up the battlefield and receive all kinds of materials and equipment captured by the 2nd Division in Tengxian.
Therefore, the troops of the 52nd Army in Taierzhuang at that time were actually only the 2nd Division of General Zheng Guiting.
After receiving the urgent order from General Li Delin, Yang Jing, Sun Fanglu, Zheng Guiting and others left small logistics baggage troops to continue to clean up the battlefield and escort various other heavy materials.
And he personally led their respective main forces, urgently left Taierzhuang, and rushed to Xuzhou along the Jinpu railway line.
The distance from Taierzhuang to Xuzhou is only less than 150 miles, and the three main forces are all lightly armed, with an average of more than 30 miles in an hour.
Yang Jing, Sun Fanglu, and Zheng Guiting only took a little more than four hours, and before noon, they led their troops to Xuzhou.
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