Chapter 363: Urgent Reinforcements!
The defeat of the Fifth Division in Juxian was of course a matter of later affairs, and just when Seishiro Itagaki led his troops to march in a hurry to attack Taierzhuang, he received the news that the Fifth Division had been counterattacked by the Shina Army.
Although he had already thought of this possibility when he decided to break through, when this possibility really happened, Seishiro Itagaki still couldn't help but take a deep breath, with a worried look on his face.
He was worried about the 5th Division, and he was also worried about Yoshio Nakagawa.
In fact, when Nakagawa Yoshio said that he would lead a wing to break through and rush to Taierzhuang, Itagaki Seishiro already knew that Nakagawa Yoshio had already made up his mind.
He made up his mind to fight the Chinese army alone.
After all, if he leaves, he will be the only one left in the Fifth Division to face the counteroffensive of the Chinese Army alone with his troops, and the situation will definitely be very grim.
Both of them knew about this possibility, but Yoshio Nakagawa still resolutely insisted on his plan and still resolutely sent Seishiro Itagaki out!
Because, Yoshio Nakagawa is a pure soldier!
Although he is a little stubborn, everything he does is for the empire and the common prosperity of Greater East Asia!
And Chen Qingzhi is the biggest threat to their empire's construction of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, such an enemy must be strangled in the cradle, and the other party must not be given a chance to breathe and grow!
Otherwise, there will be endless troubles!
It is precisely because of this understanding that when Nakagawa Yoshio insists, Seishiro Itagaki will agree with his determination!
On the one hand, it is to kill Chen Qingzhi and gain the favor and support of those people in the base camp.
On the other hand, it is out of admiration for Yoshio Nakagawa!
Seishiro Itagaki is reluctant to be a person like Yoshio Nakagawa, because a person like him can easily fall behind in the local struggle, but no matter what, this can't stop Seishiro Itagaki from appreciating and admiring Yoshio Nakagawa!
He can't be Yoshio Nakagawa, so he admires Yoshio Nakagawa even more!
Holding the message in his hand tightly, Itagaki Seishiro took a deep look in the direction of Linyi, the worry and hesitation in his eyes gradually disappeared, replaced by firmness, until he turned his head, the worry on his face had all disappeared, only firmness and confidence remained, he tore the message to shreds, and then waved his hand directly, and shouted loudly: "Everyone, speed up!" ”
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The Fifth War Zone sent several teams to search on the road from Linyi to Taierzhuang, but all of them were evaded under the leadership of Itagaki Seishiro, and if it reached a situation where there was no way to avoid it, Itagaki Seishiro also directly led the troops to annihilate all this team.
Although the location was exposed, by the time reinforcements arrived at the scene, the 21st Wing led by Seishiro Itagaki had already fled without a trace.
Although Li Zongren knew that the target of this wing was Taierzhuang, and he wanted to set up a blocking defense line on the way through Taierzhuang, but when everyone did not expect it, the temporary transfer of a full regiment of troops did not stop Itagaki Seishiro's pace at all.
In the face of the resistance of the defenders, under the leadership of Itagaki Seishiro, a wing only took less than half an hour to break through their defensive position, and then did not love to fight, directly got rid of the entanglement of the defenders, and then went all the way to Taierzhuang.
Even the reinforcements haven't had time yet!
When the news here was transmitted to Li Zongren, who had been paying attention to this matter in the headquarters, Rao is Li Zongren was also greatly surprised after getting the news.
He really didn't expect that this wing of the Japanese army would have such a strong combat effectiveness!
The defensive position set up by a regiment was broken through in less than half an hour by the attack.
At this time, Li Zongren finally arrived at the slightest mishap.
Although more than 600,000 troops were involved in the Battle of Xuzhou, these more than 600,000 troops were distributed in the five provinces centered on Xuzhou, blocking the Japanese reinforcements everywhere.
At this time, the troops near Xuzhou have all been engaged in the battle in Taierzhuang, and even if they want to send troops to come, it will take a long time!
But for the current Taierzhuang, for the current Li Zongren, the most lacking thing is time!
At the critical moment of the Battle of Taierzhuang, the entire Taierzhuang had become a pot of porridge, the defenders and the Japanese army were in a stalemate with each other, and Li Zongren could not draw out too many troops in a short period of time.
If this wing of the Japanese army is directly interspersed into the Taierzhuang battle situation, with their combat effectiveness, no one can say how much impact and destructive power it can have!
But only one thing they understand is that Taierzhuang is really going to be bad!
Thinking of this, the only thing Li Zongren could do was to mobilize troops as soon as possible, and with such thoughts, Li Zongren immediately sent a telegram to Sun Lianzhong of the Second Group Army, asking the other side to send a reinforcement to the vicinity of Taierzhuang for maneuvering and reinforcing the battle situation in Taierzhuang at any time!
After receiving Li Zongren's telegram, Sun Lianzhong was also aware of the danger of Taierzhuang, so he did not dare to slack off, and immediately mobilized Feng Anbang's independent 44th Brigade.
But only Feng Anbang's independent 44th Brigade did not reassure Li Zongren.
After all, the Japanese army is a wing of the Fifth Division, and the opponent's previous record is still vivid, and whether an independent 44th Brigade can stop the other party with only one independent brigade, Li Zongren is not sure!
Therefore, in order to ensure that the response could be made in a timely manner, Li Zongren personally sent a flashlight to Tang Enbo's 20th Corps.
After getting Li Zongren's message, although Tang Enbo was not very convinced of Li Zongren, Li Zongren's recent actions and some methods when fighting the Japanese army also had to make Tang Enbo admire, plus the previous commission made him focus on the overall situation, so after Tang Enbo considered it for a while, he made a decision.
The 52nd Division of Zhang Yaoming, under the command of Guan Linzheng's 25th Army, rushed to Taierzhuang to reinforce the Battle of Taierzhuang!
Tang Enbo understands the result after the defeat of the Battle of Taierzhuang, so he definitely does not dare to make a moth at such a tense moment, otherwise, if there are some mistakes in the Battle of Taierzhuang because of his non-cooperation, even if he is the confidant of the commission, he will definitely not be able to please him!
Although Tang Enbo is a little dissatisfied with Li Zongren, he is also an anti-Japanese general, although there are usually some moths, but at the critical moment, there is absolutely no ambiguity!
Soon, the two troops had already set off and headed towards the area of Taierzhuang.
When he learned that Tang Enbo didn't have any moths, Li Zongren's heart that had been hanging was finally relaxed.
After all, what Li Zongren was most afraid of was that Tang Enbo would have infighting with him at this time, but now it seems that Tang Enbo still knows the general situation!