At the same time that Yang Chen led the Tiger Ben Regiment and the Japanese 10th Division and the 20th Division to confront Taierzhuang, the naval transport fleet transporting the Japanese 114th Division and a task force of the 1st Fleet rushed from Qingdao were transported.

Finally arrived in the waters of Lianyungang, after some planning.

The Japanese decided to land at night, when the defenders of Lianyungang were most tired and at the same time most distracted.

That is, the night of the day when the Tiger Ben Regiment officially took over the defense of Taierzhuang. (Initial launch, domain name (remember _ three.)

On this day, with the arrival of the follow-up units of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army, the embarrassed and angry Kawagishi Fumizaburo continued to lead the army to attack Taierzhuang, during which he even called for fire support from the air many times.

The field positions guarded by the Tiger Ben Regiment and the urban area of Taierzhuang were constantly strategically bombed.

However, although the Japanese army's offensive was fierce, they were all repelled one by one by Yang Chen's Tiger Regiment.

The two sides fought for a bloody day, and the victory was not scored.

All the urban areas are still in the hands of the Tiger Bentuan, and not an inch of land has been lost.

At night, the threat of field artillery will be greatly reduced by the inability of the aviation units to provide them with air fire support.

Therefore, instead of attacking again, the devil began to take a short break in the hope of regaining his strength and energy. Starters

After all, the continuous attack and conquest is also very huge for the mental and physical consumption of the little devil.

The fighting in Taierzhuang was temporarily suspended.

At that time, the country. All the main forces of the Fifth Theater of Operations were deployed along the Jinpu Railway, and Lianyungang was garrisoned by only one local security regiment and a number of police gendarmerie units in the city.

The total strength is only 2000, not to mention a sneak attack, even if it is a head-to-head battle.

These 2,000 local miscellaneous troops could not be the opponent of the elite 114th Division of the Japanese army.

The reason why the devil chose to land at night was just to catch the defenders by surprise and solve the battle as quickly as possible.

You can directly rush to Xuzhou overnight and carry out a surprise attack on the fifth war zone.

Thus directly ending the entire battle of Xuzhou and winning this battle.

Once the devil's move is achieved, the entire Jinpu Railway will be completely opened by the Japanese army and occupied and controlled.

The Japanese army could then advance westward along the Longhai railway line and capture Zhengzhou, Luoyang and other important towns in the Central Plains.

After that, it could continue along the Pinghan Railway (from Beiping to Wuhan) and directly wave the army to capture the three towns of Wuhan.

In order to achieve its strategic goal of destroying the whole of China and then realizing the glory of the whole of Greater East Asia.

It's night.

At twelve o'clock in the evening, in the direction of Lianyungang's Linhai Wharf.

A large number of Japanese troops were quietly approaching the dock under the cover of night, taking advantage of the cover of landing ships and rubber boats.

It was late at night, and it was cold and windy.

The hundreds of defenders on the docks, most of them, except for a few patrols who stood and patrolled listlessly, slept in the warm barracks.

It's not that they are low in vigilance, but no one thought that at this time, the devils would sneak attack Lianyungang from the sea.

Don't say these ragtag defenders are unexpected.

In fact, even Li Delin and others were born as warlords in the old era, and they lacked sufficient understanding of modernization and the integration of sea, land and air operations.

As for Yang Chen, he is just a small regiment leader now, and it is one thing to not be in his position and not seek politics.

On the other hand, his status is limited, and the information he has access to is also limited.

For example, the specific distribution and deployment of all the important main divisions and regiments of the Japanese army on the battlefields in North China and Central China.

It was all on the desk of the staff office of the Military Council, headed by the chairman.

Therefore, even if Yang Chen was a traverser, it was impossible to predict this.

After all, even if the system is added, he is just a mortal, not a god who can predict the future and everything.

Therefore, the devil's surprise attack on the detour landing from the sea this time surprised everyone.

When the landing ships were about to dock, the 114th Division, which was responsible for covering the landing of dozens of large and small warships on the sea in the distance, suddenly opened fire.

Hundreds of naval guns, large and small, fired one after another.

In an instant, hundreds of cannons rang out, and powerful cannonballs rose into the air.

Piercing the inky night sky, the tiger roared towards the docks.

The tranquility of the night, too, was completely shattered this time.

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom! ——”

With a loud noise, the silence of the night was completely broken at this moment.

Clusters of dazzling red light suddenly rose to the ground, illuminating half of the sky.

The entire wharf turned into a sea of fire in an instant, and the barracks on the wharf were directly razed to the ground.

The hundreds of defenders inside were still asleep, and they died one after another.

The landing force of the devils also opened fire one after another, and the light and heavy machine guns fired a large number of dense and hot bullets.

The soldiers who were patrolling and standing guard on the beach were shot one after another.

"Kill the chicken and give it!"

"Kill the chicken and give it!"

Then, under the command of a group of devil officers, the landing ships suddenly accelerated and approached the shore.

Thousands of devil soldiers jumped from the deck, from the cabin of the landing ship.

Wading waist-deep in the water, they rushed to the pier.

Under the cover of the powerful firepower of the naval guns, the devil soldiers of the 114th Division successfully landed from Haizhou Bay with almost no effort.

Two hours later, the 114th Infantry Wing of the 127th Brigade of the 65th Brigade, the first landing force of the 114th Division, successfully attacked Lianyungang.

At this time, the other three main field wings of the 114th Division had bypassed Lianyungang under the cover of darkness long before the 65th Infantry Wing launched an attack on Lianyungang.

Advance west along the Longhai railway line and take Xuzhou.

……

General Li Delin and General Bai Jiansheng did not get the shocking news until two o'clock in the morning, that is, after the fall of Lianyungang.

Both were woken up from their sleep by the staff officers left behind.

After arriving at the headquarters and understanding the situation.

General Li Delin couldn't help but change color: "Lianyungang is lost, Xuzhou is attacked by the enemy, and it is bound to be in danger, how can this be good?"

General Xiao Zhuge Bai Jiansheng did not express his position immediately, but frowned and pondered with a solemn face, obviously thinking about countermeasures.

This earth-shattering change, if not handled carefully, will directly lead to the fiasco of the Battle of Xuzhou.

And then the entire North China and East China will fall under the iron heel of the Japanese army.

It will even lead to a sharp decline in the situation of the entire Chinese War of Resistance against Japan, which will be out of control and fall into a dangerous situation from which it will never recover.

"Jiansheng, can you tell me what you think?"

Seeing that all the staff officers bowed their heads and remained silent, General Li Delin finally fixed his gaze on General Bai Jiansheng's face.

With a look of hope on his face, it seemed that he hoped to get a satisfactory answer from his mouth.

After a moment of silence, General Bai Jiansheng slowly raised his head and looked at General Li Delin and said, "Duke De, I now have two paths for you to choose from."

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