The 5th and 10th Divisions, gathering all the units that could fight, pursued the security regiment at all costs.

By the time the enemy's large forces were chasing, Li Hong had already shifted his artillery position.

On the way to retreat, in order to delay the enemy's pursuit, Li Hong led the assault team to attack and block the devils, and laid a lot of mines along the road.

Thousands of little devils were played by Li Hong and them, and they tossed around all night, and the enemy killed and wounded hundreds of people.

The enemy wasted so much time and paid a lot of casualties, and in the end did not catch up with the security regiment.

After Li Hong shook off the devil's chaser, he led the commando team to take the path and chase the large force of the security regiment.

By road, they are dozens of kilometers away from the main army, and the mountain road can shorten the distance by half, but the mountain road is more difficult.

Of course, the commando soldiers are all elite special forces who are good at mountain warfare, and the rugged mountain roads over the mountains are not difficult for them at all.

A few hours later.

After continuous rushing, Li Hong led the assault team to join the large army.

At this time, the officers and soldiers of the security regiment were resting on the side of the road.

The sentry on the side of the road soon spotted Li Hong and shouted loudly.

"Tuanza, it's Tuanza who is back!!"

Li Hong sat on the ground, exhaled a few breaths, and then ate field dry food to satisfy his hunger.

After a short rest, the communications officer handed over a telegram.

"Regimental seat, war zone telegram!"

Li Hong took the telegram and glanced at it, and the theater command asked in the telegram whether the various units of the security regiment had withdrawn from Nanguan County.

"Call back to the theater command immediately, all the departments of the security regiment have been evacuated from Nanguan County!"

In accordance with Li Hong's wishes, the communications corps immediately sent a telegram back to the war zone.

Less than ten minutes later, another telegram came from the theater command.

"Tuanzao, the theater command ordered our entire regiment to evacuate to Nanfeng Town, south of Xuzhou City, to rest and recuperate."

After listening to the report of the communication soldier, Li Hong spread out a map, his eyes quickly swept over the map, and quickly found the location of Nanfeng Town.

Li Hong stared at the map, carefully looked at all the routes to Nanfeng Town, and at the same time, he was also thinking about which route would be safer to take.

After thinking for a moment, he took out a pen and worked on the map to plan the marching route of the security regiment.

Subsequently, the troops of the security regiment immediately marched to Nanfeng County in accordance with the route set by Li Hong.

……

Japanese Army, Headquarters of the North China Front.

Not long ago, the commander of the North China Front, Terauchi Shouichi, learned of the fighting in Nanguan County.

"Bagaya Road, the 5th Division, the 10th Division, tens of thousands of troops besieged Nanguan County, but the security regiment ran away, waste, what an incompetent waste !!"

Shouichi Terauchi was furious at the command headquarters and angrily threw the teapot on the conference table.

If Itagaki and Isoya were standing at the headquarters, Shouichi Terauchi would really want to slap these two incompetent guys to death.

The two divisions and the security regiment fought fiercely for many days, and the losses were not forgotten, but it was just an empty city that the security regiment voluntarily abandoned.

Terauchi Shouichi's goal is not just a small Nanguan County, his ultimate goal is to completely annihilate the security group.

Li Hong's security regiment repeatedly defeated the Japanese army, which gave the devil generals a headache.

The security regiment has long become a major problem for the Japanese army in Central and North China, and the commander of the devil tried every possible means to get rid of Li Hong, but his long-cherished wish did not succeed.

"Baga, is this Li Hong the devil? Why did our Imperial Japanese Army fail to annihilate the security regiment with all its might, and why, can anyone tell me why?!!! ”

The devil generals of the Terauchi Shouichi Chong command roared loudly, and he angrily grabbed the collars of the devil officers and asked loudly one by one.

The devil officers in the command headquarters lowered their heads and didn't dare to make a sound, they could only let the commander reprimand and scold.

The scolding of the devil headquarters lasted for more than ten minutes, and suddenly, a devil lieutenant general stood up.

This lieutenant general officer of the Japanese army is Mitsuo Watanabe, chief of staff of the North China Front of the Japanese army.

"Your Excellency, Commander, please calm your anger."

Watanabe Mitsuo persuaded Terauchi Shou to say a few words, and he continued: "Your Excellency Commander, our current goal is not just a security regiment, we should consider the entire Xuzhou battle ......situation because we focus on the overall situation."

Terauchi Shouichi sighed for a long time, and said regretfully: "In the battle of Nanguan County, there was no total annihilation of the security regiment, and I am afraid it will be difficult to have such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity on the battlefield in the future!" ”

"Commander, it is indeed a pity to let the security regiment escape, although we lost to the security regiment in the battle, but Nanguan County and Teng County were both captured by us, so to speak, strategically it was our Imperial Japanese Army who won this victory!"

"Watanabe-kun, that's reasonable."

After hearing the other party's words, Shouichi Terauchi felt a lot relieved.

Instead, Shouichi Terauchi asked the chief of staff, Mitsuo Watanabe: "Watanabe-kun, you have always been resourceful, you can tell us about our next offensive plan." ”

Watanabe thought for a moment, picked up a baton, and walked under the map.

He pointed to the location of Taierzhuang on the map with his baton and said rigorously: "Ladies and gentlemen, please see, according to the situation detected by the flight scouts, at present, the 5th Theater of the National Army has frequently mobilized troops to gather heavy troops in the Taierzhuang area to block the advance of our army. ”

"The army of the entire 5th Theater of Operations in China, there are not a few troops with strong combat effectiveness, and with the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army, they also want to block our Imperial Japanese Army, which is simply a mantis arm blocking the car!"

"That's right, the Chinese army is too self-sufficient!" Several devil generals said contemptuously.

The devil officers and generals of the headquarters discussed for a while, and Terauchi Shouichi asked Watanabe Mitsuo to continue.

Watanabe Mitsuo looked serious and continued: "Ladies and gentlemen, the intention of the Chinese army is obvious, they want to rely on the advantage of a large number of troops to start a decisive battle with our Imperial Japanese Army in Taierzhuang. ”

"Commander, most of the troops in the 5th Theater of the National Army are miscellaneous military systems, and there are not many elite troops, and the advice of our subordinates is that we concentrate the elite troops, defeat the defenders of Taierzhuang in one fell swoop, and take advantage of the situation to take the ...... in the Xuzhou area."

Terauchi Shou nodded slightly, thought carefully for a moment, and ordered loudly to the signal soldiers: "Order, the 5th Division, the rest of the 10th Division are immediately rebuilt, and the 4th Division of Osaka, the three divisions are advancing together, and immediately assemble in the Taierzhuang area." ”

As soon as Terauchi Shouichi gave the order, at this time, Watanabe Mitsuo reminded: "Your Excellency Commander, the 5th Division and the 10th Division can serve as the main force for the attack on Taierzhuang, as for the 4th Division in Osaka, it is not suitable for the main attack on Taierzhuang, and it is suggested that the 4th Division can be used as a counterforce to plan the attack of the 5th and 10th Divisions." ”

The 4th Osaka Division had just been transferred from the Kwantung Military Headquarters, and this division was also a division of the Japanese army.

(End of chapter)