"Attacking Qufu in the south? Commander, isn't it a little too anxious? The commander of the first battalion, Zhang Dabiao, frowned, and said with a solemn look in his eyes.

For Zhang Dabiao, if he attacked Qufu in the south, he would inevitably encounter the Japanese garrison troops in Ningyang and Surabaya in the direction of the two flanks of Qufu. If you want to attack Qufu in the south, you must solve the danger of the enemy forces in the two cities of Ningyang and Surabaya on both flanks of Qufu.

In this way, when the cavalry goes south to attack Qufu, it is necessary to solve the enemy threat on both flanks before they can attack Qufu with confidence. In this way, it is necessary to divide the troops to attack Ningyang and Surabaya, otherwise the main force will go south to attack Qufu directly, and it will be easy to encounter the enemy's attack on both flanks, and the danger will be too great.

As soon as Zhang Dabiao's words came out, Li Yunlong knew what the battalion commander meant, just smiled, pointed to the military map on the table, and said: "Judging from the map, it is not possible for us to withdraw to Mount Tai at this time, and if we stay in one place for a long time, it is bound to be easy to encounter the heavy encirclement and suppression of the little devils." At this time, the Shandong region was still temporarily under the control of the main force of the Japanese 12th Army under the command of Iida Sadagu, and Iida Sadagu could calmly mobilize elite heavy troops at any time to encircle and suppress us in the Taishan Mountains. Once we spend too much time in one place, it will inevitably give Iida Sadagu the opportunity to mobilize heavy troops to encircle and suppress. Therefore, in the capture of Tai'an, our main goal is to eat as much of the Japanese army's living force as possible. ”。

"Yes, Commander, you're so right." Zhang Dabiao nodded, agreed with Li Yunlong's analysis, and immediately said in a condensed voice: "Regiment leader, it's just that if we attack Qufu, we will inevitably encounter the enemy attack of Ningyang and Surabaya in the direction of Qufu, which is a bit dangerous!" ”。

The others also nodded in agreement. You must know that Qufu is an important city on the road from Jinan to Xuzhou, and its strategic location is important.

Li Yunlong said indifferently: "After the troops have cleaned up and replenished the grain, grass and ammunition, if there is no way to take away the rest of the capture, they will all be blown up." As for your worries, don't worry. We are now a cavalry, more than 2,000 horsemen enough to cross the Shandong border. It is impossible for the little devils to easily tie us up with infantry and flank us. Ordered the troops, five minutes later, to prepare to assemble and go. We must take advantage of the fact that Iida Sadagu has no time to mobilize troops to encircle Tai'an, jump out of Iida Sada's next encirclement of Tai'an, and take the initiative to go south. Before the little devils attack us, take the initiative and seize the initiative. ”。

"Yes, Captain!" Seeing that Li Yunlong had made up his mind, everyone had no choice but to stand up and salute, and then they rushed out one after another, each ready.

Five minutes passed quickly, Li Yunlong was not greedy to conquer Tai'an, after completely annihilating Xiaogong Yamacheng in Tai'an City, the main force quickly withdrew from Tai'an City and went south along the railway line, and the starry night used war horses as a support to attack Qufu.

When Li Yunlong's main cavalry withdrew from Tai'an City, the Japanese staff officers who were lucky enough to escape from the regimental headquarters of the 10th Brigade of the Japanese Army urgently reported the news of the loss of Tai'an to Jinan City through a hidden telephone.

In the city of Jinan, Lieutenant General Iida Sadagu, commander of the 12th Army, who had just slept in a thick windbreaker under the persuasion of the chief of staff, Major General Keita Takeda, woke up with a noisy knock on the door.

"Baga Ya Lu, who?" Iida Zhengu had just fallen asleep, and he was dreaming of capturing Li Yunlong alive in his sleep, and the scene of the emperor promoting him to a knighthood, was awakened by a burst of knocks on the door, and he was naturally very dissatisfied and angry.

It's just that outside the door is the chief of staff of the army, Takeda Keita, who said in an anxious tone: "Your Excellency Commander, Tai'an battle report!" ”。

As soon as he heard the news of the battle report in Tai'an, Iida Sadagu suddenly fell asleep and sat up suddenly, "Come in, Chief of Staff!" ”。

Soon, Keita Takeda hurriedly pushed away the place where Iida Sadagu was enjoying a rest alone on the side of the military headquarters, and when he came in, his eyes were solemn and he reported urgently: "Your Excellency Commander, there is a call from Tai'an City, and Tai'an is lost." An infantry brigade defending the city reported that the regimental headquarters of the 10th Brigade had been conquered by the Chinese army. Just over ten minutes later, the Chinese army that conquered Tai'an had all withdrawn from Tai'an, and its whereabouts were unknown. ”。

"Nani? How can it be? Iida Sadagu, who had just fallen asleep because of the sleepy insects, couldn't believe it with his eyes wide open.

Takeda Keita also couldn't believe it, but said bitterly: "I have verified that the Tai'an personnel who called are a staff officer of the 10th Independent Brigade Command. According to his report, the command was attacked by more than 1,000 enemy cavalry, and the other side had mortars as support and bombarded the headquarters. At that time, there were less than 60 soldiers left in the 10th Independent Brigade Headquarters to hold the brigade headquarters, and it was completely impossible to block the onslaught of more than 1,000 cavalry. It didn't take long for the regimental headquarters of the 10th separate brigade to be broken by enemy troops. The chief of staff of the 10th Independent Brigade and Regiment who remained behind to command, Kenosa Nagayama, and other seven or eight senior commanders of the command below the level were all killed, and all the Imperial soldiers who held the headquarters were killed in battle. ”。

"Eight Ga Ya Road!"

Iida Zhengu slammed his fist on the table in front of him, and said angrily: "Is the other party a unit of the Eighth Route Army?" ”。

"Your Excellency Commander, your previous conjecture was right, it was Li Yunlong's cavalry of the Eighth Route Army. Near Tai'an, it is impossible to have more than two thousand cavalry units of the Chinese army. And the one that appeared under Tai'an City was only under Li Yunlong's department in the northern Taishan! Keita Takeda said heavily.

At this time, Iida Sadagu and Takeda Keita immediately rushed to the military headquarters and came to the side where the military map was placed to take a closer look.

The old devil Iida Zhengu had a solemn look in his eyes, and Li Yunlong's shot was too powerful. It's just that at present, he only knows that Li Yunlong may have bypassed Xiaogongshan, which entered the mountain to encircle and suppress, and became the main force of more than 6,000 Japanese troops, and rushed to Tai'an City in a roundabout way.

"Chief of Staff, the independent 10th Brigade commanded by Komiya Yama has more than 6,000 imperial soldiers and horses, can't you contact them?" Iida Sadagu frowned tightly and asked Keita Takeda, the chief of staff on the side.

If he contacted the main force of Xiaogong Shancheng at this time and ordered them to withdraw to the south, he might be able to block the possibility of the more than 2,000 cavalry of the Eighth Route Army commanded by Li Yunlong entering the Tai'an Mountains north, and force Li Yunlong's troops to turn south.

It's just that Takeda Keita smiled bitterly: "I haven't been able to contact the main force of Komiya Yama Cheng yet, Your Excellency Commander, Komiya Yama Cheng's troops, it is very likely that there was an accident." You must know that the 10th Independent Brigade Headquarters has several radio stations, which can be contacted by the Jinan City Military Headquarters at any time. It is impossible that until now, it has been more than an hour and the military department has not been contacted! ”。

"Ya Ga Road, Xiao Miyayama is a meritorious guy, after the war, I will punish this guy heavily!"

Iida Zhengu said angrily: "Chief of Staff, order the garrisons of Qufu, Ningyang, and Surabaya to speed up and go north, and Li Yunlong must be blocked from going south!" ”。

"Your Excellency Commander, could it be that Li Yunlong's troops withdrew from Tai'an, which had already been captured, and intended to go south and force Qufu?" Keita Takeda exclaimed.