Chapter Ninety-Three: Adjustment
The morning came quickly, the soldiers slept well after last night's meal, and the observation posts began to rotate, which meant that a new day had arrived, the battle. It may erupt at any time, Zhang Wei got up early, looked around with a telescope, there was still no movement around, since yesterday, there have been no guns in various positions, it is really weird.
Zhang Wei was also thinking about whether to let the search class out and take a look.
On the 30th, the commander of the Seya detachment led the 10th Wing to advance to Taierzhuang, and arrived at Fan Village on the same day, and then joined the Sakamoto detachment to launch a flanking attack on the 2nd Army in Taierzhuang. The units of the 20th Army also have a new combat mission, and the 85th Army will move closer to the Taierzhuang area.
Just when Zhang Wei was puzzled, the sound of horses' hooves and horses driving came from behind, and the three or four platoons at the back hurriedly turned their guns. Several cavalry rushed to this side, and Zhang Wei saw in the binoculars that the khaki military uniform and German steel helmet were his own people.
"Hey, three or four rows, put the gun down, it's your own people."
The cavalry who came was in a hurry, and the one at the front didn't even have time to pull the reins, so he jumped off his horse, it seemed that there was an emergency.
Zhang Wei climbed out of the trench and held the cavalry of the national army who almost fell, the cavalry didn't have time to salute, panted and said: "Return to the team quickly, return to the regiment headquarters, the division headquarters ordered, the whole division is assembled, it is time to start, and the devils on the opposite side have withdrawn." ”
Zhang Wei understood, he must have gone to Taierzhuang.
"Understood. All assembled! When the cavalry had finished speaking, he mounted his horse and left. Hearing the order, the soldiers immediately crawled out of the trenches. The platoon leader of each platoon led the whole team.
"All the defense, all the extra guys are thrown away, run forward, and march to the starting place!"
"Run, go!" Just after the cavalry left, Zhang Wei and the officers and men of the independent company quickly followed and rushed in the original direction.
"Hurry up, the military situation is urgent."
"Don't be left behind, hurry." Under the supervision of the squad platoon leader, the independent company reached the place of departure - the outskirts of Qingshan with a high-intensity march of twenty minutes.
Let the troops rest in place first, Zhang Wei saw that in the 23rd regiment station, there was also wind and fire, the soldiers carried ammunition, extinguished the bonfire that was raised last night, and some communication cavalry kept going in and out, reporting the situation and the marching status of the troops. Zhang Wei walked into the tent of the regiment headquarters, Chen Chunyi was talking to the regiment, and Zhang Wei was waiting on the side with interest.
"Alright, keep an eye on the people below, and those recruits, don't let the troops mess up and leave when you're ready."
As soon as Chen Chun finished speaking, the group left and Zhang Wei walked up.
"How's your position, is something wrong?"
"There was a squadron of devils who wanted to hit us, and we pushed them back, I let a platoon detour to the rear, and the rest of the people came to a counter-charge and killed them."
"Good fight." Chen Chunyi believed in Zhang Wei, so he didn't question it. Next, Chen Chunyi told Zhang Wei about the current battlefield situation and changes in the situation, Zhang Wei also understood why he was in such a hurry, the Segu detachment that had just fought against the 85th Army had already gone to fight Taierzhuang, plus the Sakamoto detachment that stabbed over from behind, the pressure on the defenders of Taierzhuang was too great, and the troops must quickly encircle the encirclement, and also involve the Sakamoto detachment, if they can't arrive in time, then the 2nd Army in Taierzhuang will be very dangerous.
"So where do you go next?" Zhang Wei asked.
Chen Chun dragged Zhang Wei over and showed the map, Zhang Wei looked at the map, which was obviously not as good as the one captured by the devil squadron leader. But it's useless to give it to Chen Chunyi now.
"You see, we are now in Qingshan, the division has been assembled, some troops who can't wait have begun to advance, the whole division is going to Lanling Town, there are Japanese troops there, and our regiment is responsible for covering the right flank of the division, but you can also rest assured, the devil's large army has all been transferred, and there is no large force of Japanese troops along the way."
"Understood, Commander Chen, we will act together with the regimental headquarters."
Chen Chun nodded, then put away the map, and asked the guards and staff officers to pack up and prepare to leave. Zhang Wei left the regiment headquarters, and the officers and soldiers of the independent company outside were almost resting, holding weapons one by one, watching the soldiers coming and going.
"The company commander is back."
"Alright, all stand and get ready to go." The officers and men of a company quickly changed to a marching state, in a state of marching alert, with guns on their shoulders, Hao Zhong's second platoon took the initiative to serve as a sentry platoon, and the forward squad was also discharged from the second platoon.
Zhang Wei saw that the team was ready, and the camp was still chaotic, and thought: Let's withdraw first, don't mess with this.
"Walk, target, five hundred meters away from the side of the road." Following Zhang Wei's order, the troops slowly marched to the side of the road 500 meters away, on alert and waiting for the action of the regimental headquarters.
And the regimental headquarters of the 23rd regiment, also took advantage of this time to complete preparations and evacuate the camp.
The 23rd Regiment soon began to march, and at the same time, the transfer of units of the 4th Division and the 85th Army also began. The division's mountain artillery battalion did not hesitate to rush forward with horsepower, but the marching speed of the troops directly under the division was relatively slow (there were a large number of non-combat and civilian personnel), and now they could not take care of it, and they were almost marching at full speed.
Tens of thousands of troops, from the mountainous area and the Japanese army's staggered positions, quickly assembled, all the way to the direction of Lanling Town, where, the troops of the 52nd Army have arrived, are being deployed on the spot, only waiting for the troops of the 85th Army to arrive one after another, before launching an attack.
The two sides were ready to attack, and the Japanese Seya detachment had already arrived at Taierzhuang, and the Sakamoto detachment had already entered the encirclement of the Tang Army.
Li Zongren was naturally very shocked when he learned of the attack of the Japanese Sakamoto detachment, but Tang Enbo's non-attack made him even more angry, at least, in his opinion, there was still a lot to be done to annihilate the Japanese army. The appearance of the Japanese Sakamoto detachment really made him wipe a cold sweat, and now the Linyi defenders have no time to stop it, Li Zongren can only order the 139th Division of the 32nd Army to go south to block the Japanese Sakamoto detachment, and also join the 20th Army Detachment.
There was no other way, all the treasures and the last hope were pressed on the Tang Army, and in the end, he put the newly arrived 75th Army into battle and once again assigned its command to the Tang Army.
The 20th Army's counteroffensive gradually began, the 85th Army attacked the area around Lanling, and the 52nd Army was already near Taierzhuang, ready to attack at any time, just waiting for all the Japanese Sakamoto detachments to enter the encirclement.
Sakamoto Shun, now is still very rampant, since the fight to the south, Sakamoto detachment has not encountered any decent resistance, the combat casualties of the troops these days, not even 20 people, Sakamoto Shun more and more feel that the 63 Wing under Taierzhuang is really incompetent, obviously a very good battle! Through the radio, he had already learned about the current situation of the Seya detachment, and that the 63rd Wing and the 10th Wing from Zaozhuang Yi County were flanking the Chinese army, and the battle was still fierce.
Sakamoto believed that radio alone was useless, and that it was necessary to make contact with the Seya detachment. He called in the radio soldiers and gave the order for a sortie that had not been seen in the past few days.
"Order, the first brigade in the vanguard, quickly attack and advance, and contact the Seya troops." Sakamoto's order was simple, call and get in touch. At this time, the 75th Army of the Chinese army was desperately marching with the aim of blocking the Sakamoto detachment, and judging by the current situation, it was obvious that it was too late.