readx; Tang Enbo and a few staff officers couldn't help but feel lonely, so they ran to the front line to watch the battle. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info "Our troops have the upper hand, see if we can launch a general offensive as soon as possible?" A few staff officers behind Tang Enbo said.

"Yes! In this way, you will personally go to the divisions on the front line to supervise the battle, and be sure to eliminate the Linyi detachment before it gets dark today. As soon as he had finished giving the order, he saw a man on a bicycle galloping towards him. Townenburg's guards raised their guns one after another.

"Don't shoot, it looks like I sent out to reconnoitre." Tang Enbo hurriedly stopped the guard's shooting, and when the bicycle walked in, he found that it was Qian Jianhui, who was already tired, blushing and thick-necked.

"What's going on?" Towne asked.

"The Sakamoto detachment of the army, about 5,000 infantry and cavalry artillery appeared in the direction of Lanling, and now they are marching along the Taiwei Highway to Taierzhuang, and it is only half a day's journey from Taierzhuang." This broken car is old and has lost its chain, and when it fell off the chain not long ago, it fell down because of the speed, and Qian Jianhui was thrown into the dust.

"The Sakamoto detachment was not driven across the Yi River by Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun a long time ago and retreated to Ju County. How could it appear in Lanling, it can't be a doppelganger, right? Tang Enbo said suspiciously.

"I didn't believe it at first, but then I found out." Qian Jianhui wiped the sweat from his forehead: "After we finished the battle of Linyi, our 59th Army suffered heavy losses due to its combat bravery. Taking the 38th Division as an example, there were only more than 3,000 people left, which was reduced to a brigade. Therefore, General Zhang handed over Linyi to Pang Bingxun for defense according to the order, but he made up for it outside the city. The Sakamoto detachment of the little devil was replenished again, and he killed the Yihe River and then attacked Linyi.

Pang Bingxun defended the city to the death, and said that the army could not attack Linyi for a long time. So he left a false attack on Linyi, but the main force bypassed Linyi by night, marched west along the Taiwei Highway, and captured Lanling. ”

"! The Sakamoto detachment wanted to attack Taierzhuang, but I didn't let him get his wish. Tang Enbo said: "Order Zhang Yaoming to draw a division to run to Lanling, control the Wei Highway, and intercept the westward advance of the Sakamoto detachment. ”

With such a division of troops, the depth of the encirclement line of the Guo Jiaji garrison became shallower, and the pressure on the Linyi detachment of the army decreased sharply. Xiao Yueben even organized several small-scale counteroffensives, and some of the positions that the defenders had just gained were lost one after another.

"! Why take away a division? The head of the group in front was furious: "Little devil, Lao Tzu fought with you." The regiment commander then gathered another battalion of troops to assault the devils in front of him, and thousands of soldiers fought together.

"Captain! Oh no, our flank is attacked by little devil reinforcements, I'm afraid we won't be able to withstand it. "A soldier has finally found the rising regiment commander who has been killed a long time ago.

"Get out of the way! If the little devil wants to stand out from me, he will put Lao Tzu down first. The regimental commander brandished a broadsword and killed the little devil who was fighting with the Chinese soldiers with bayonets.

"Order the troops, intercept the nearest reinforcements." Townembo pointed to the Seya detachment, which was attacking the defenders' outlying positions.

"I can't pull it out, I think we'd better withdraw from the army." A staff officer whispered. After thinking about it, Tang Enbo felt that this was not the time to be emotional, so he led the soldiers back to hug the calf and fortify it.

After Seya Qi rescued the Linyi detachment, he wanted to adjust the deployment and fight a decisive battle with Tang Enbo's troops. The Linyi detachment Chichai Yaezo fought fiercely with Tang Enbo for several days, knowing that Tang Enbo's department was strong, and the Seya detachment was probably not an opponent. So he persuaded: "Tang Enbo's 20th Army relies on the calf to fight, can attack, retreat can defend, has been invincible, eager to win. It is better to join the strength of our two armies now, from the Linzao branch line, to the south of Taierzhuang. That was my Linyi detachment, Sakamoto detachment, and Taierzhuang dispatch army meeting in Taierzhuang. With the strength of our three armies, and the support of aircraft and heavy artillery, Taierzhuang will be broken. If the Tang Enbo army follows to Taierzhuang, and we fight him again, we will surely be able to win it all. ”

Seya was overjoyed to hear Akashiba Yaezo's suggestion, so he followed his plan. First, telegraphed to the Sakamoto detachment to quickly capture Lanling and march to Taierzhuang; Second, it ordered the Hanzhuang division stationed in front of the Jinpu line, crossed the canal and attacked to the south, and planned to fight on the main battlefield of Taierzhuang; Third, he personally commanded the Linyi detachment and reinforcements, plus about 10,000 reinforcements from Jinan, entered the north gate of Taierzhuang, and sent the remnants of Taierzhuang to surround Taierzhuang on three sides and attack with all their might.

Taierzhuang is in the southeast of Yi County, Shandong, adjacent to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in the south and Pi County, Jiangsu, and the west is the branch line of the Linzao Railway. Because Taierzhuang is located at the intersection of the Linzao Railway and the canal, the economy is relatively developed. Taierzhuang has more than 1,000 residents, which is about the same size as a town. And the city wall of Taierzhuang is all made of stones, and the city defense is very strong. The streets of the city are narrow enough for only one carriage to pass, and they are also paved with stones. In addition, most of the residential houses are made of stone, and Taierzhuang can be said to be a stone city!

And the frontal defense line of Taierzhuang is the Yixian County of the 31st Division!

At the beginning of the Battle of Xuzhou, Li Zongren, the commander of the Fifth Theater, immediately ordered Sun Lianzhong's Second Army to defend the front line of Taierzhuang. By the time it dawned on March 22, 1938, the Second Army had already arrived in the war zone. Sun Lianzhong ordered the troops to be divided into four teams, the first was Zhang Jinzhao's 30th Division, which defended the canal position on the left flank of Taierzhuang; the second was Huang Qiaosong's 207th Division, defending the canal position on the right flank of Taierzhuang; the third is Wu Pengju's 44th Brigade of Reading Force, guarding the canal bridge as the general reserve of the whole army; The fourth is the 33rd Division of Chifeng City, which is stationed in Yixian County and can be withdrawn from Taierzhuang as the central army at any time.

After thinking carefully, Chi Fengcheng walked around the city a few times and divided the troops into two teams. The first team was a reinforced regiment, with Wang Guanwu as the commander of the city, and the rest of the troops themselves led by themselves, occupying the outside of the city as a reserve.

In the early morning of March 23, 1938, the Taierzhuang dispatch team of the Yuejun Army entered the north gate of Yixian County under the leadership of Furong Zhenping. According to his previous combat experience, Furong Zhenping believed that Yixian was standing against the river, and the defenders would not dare to defend it, so he wanted to take Yixian in one go.

"Request plane support!" Furong Zhenping first asked the planes to bomb back and forth in Yixian, and then concentrated 20 heavy artillery and 50 mortars to bomb the urban area of Yixian.

Furong Zhenping saw in the telescope that most of the defenders on the Taierzhuang city wall were blown up, but the city wall was not much damaged.

"The defenders will be shocked to death even if they are not killed." Furong Zhenping waved his command knife to the soldiers behind him, and the soldiers of the Yixian County Dispatch Team rushed towards the Yixian city wall.

"Commander! The little devils are attacking the city. A soldier in the observation post of Crown Five shouted.

"! The little devil is finally coming up. Wang Guanwu straightened the steel helmet tilted on his head: "Artillery, call the artillery to suppress the little devil's machine gun fire." ”

Wang Guanwu walked into the observation window with a telescope, and there were already many little devils who were less than 100 meters close to the city wall of Yixian County.

"A battalion, go up to Lao Tzu. The little devil also has this ability, and at this time, he also used a ladder to attack the city, and asked the soldiers to throw grenades directly under the city. The crown five vigorously laughed at the tactics of the little devil: "Damn! Give Lao Tzu planes, warships, and heavy artillery, and Lao Tzu will be able to hit the capital of Xiao Yueben in a month. ”

A battalion of Chinese soldiers quickly ran up the north wall of Yixian County, and the soldiers moved away from the soldiers who were killed and injured by the heavy artillery of Xiao Yue'er's plane, and went directly to the female wall to shoot and drop bombs. Although the guns of the Chinese soldiers are not as accurate and have a long range as the guns of the Japanese army, the advantage is that there are more grenades. The soldier leaned against the wall and threw grenades at the city with his back to him. Especially those veterans, who were so badly damaged that they pulled the grenade and delayed it for two or three seconds before throwing it. The little devils on the ladder and under the city walls fell in large areas, and the first attack of the little devils ended in a tragic failure.

"Quick! Ordered the soldiers to withdraw. Wang Guanwu happily watched the little devil retreat, but within a few minutes, Guanwu ordered the soldiers to retreat as if he remembered something. Xiao said that the original tactic was to bombard the infantry with artillery, and then bombard with artillery if the infantry charge failed. The little devil suffered such a big loss from the defenders, it was impossible not to retaliate.

One of the guards next to Wang Guanwu quickly ran out of the observation post, but before he could run up the city wall, the little devil's heavy artillery, infantry artillery, and mortars bombarded the city wall. The guards waited for the army to finish bombing, and Langlang staggered up the city wall. In the smoke and dust that had not yet dissipated, the guards slapped the officers and soldiers who were still intact from the outside, but all of them died of internal bleeding without exception. The guards looked around the city wall, where were there still living Chinese soldiers on the city wall, and even the wounded who had not had time to carry them down with the first wave of clean-up were also killed by the little devils.

"Commander! It was late, and all the officers and men of that battalion "ran back to the observation post of Crown Five."

"! Little devils. Crown Five said through gritted teeth. Wang Guanwu clenched his fists with remorse, because of too much force, Wang Guanwu's palms actually clenched blood.

"Yaga! When did the soldiers of China become so tenacious? Furong Zhenping watched the soldiers sent return and said angrily.

"Please stop being angry, the soldiers have also suffered heavy losses." The staff officer beside him persuaded, "The ancients once said that there is no city that cannot be attacked. I think we will sacrifice some men and horses to capture Yixian. Let's see how long the people of China can withstand the shells in their flesh. ”

"It is worthy of me to be the warrior of this empire. The order goes down, continue to set up artillery to attack the city, Yixian is not down, you and I should go underground to serve the emperor. Fukurong said. The artillery of the army once again carried out an artillery attack on Yixian, and after the attack, the soldiers of Xiao Yueben howled and rushed to the north gate of Yixian under the instigation of Furong Zhenping.

"What to do? Commander. The officers at the observation post panicked.

"What's the panic? Just fight back the way you did before. The crown five slapped the table vigorously.

The mood of the officers in the observation post began to calm down. Wang Guanwu ordered a battalion of officers and soldiers to run up the city wall, and finally took special care of the soldiers to avoid the shelling of the little devil's revenge after the little devil retreated. Such a vicious battle can be fought five or six times at least and more than a dozen times in a single day. During the period, the army relied on the superiority of aircraft and heavy artillery, and rampage during the day, although the defenders fought bravely, they still suffered heavy losses and lost some positions.

Towards evening, Wang Guanwu's staff officers counted the number of soldiers injured and the gains and losses of the position. "Commander! The little devil's firepower was too fierce, and the soldiers suffered heavy damage. Besides, if you lose some positions, I'm afraid you won't be able to explain to the military seat and the division seat. ”

"Afraid of what? As you know, the reason why the little devils were able to conquer the city was nothing more than relying on ferocious heavy artillery and air fire support. With the courage of the soldiers alone, the little devils cannot compare with our soldiers. Wang Guanwu looked at the hazy sky in the smoke and dust, "It's almost night, organize several night attacks at night to take back our positions." ”

"Does it work?" The staff officer beside him asked cautiously.

"When did you get so scared of death?" Wang Guanwu looked at the staff officers around him in disappointment, "I don't need you for a night attack, your life is valuable, and Lao Tzu can't afford it." "The crown five breath is a little stiff.

"Commander"

"Don't talk about it." Wang Guanwu angrily summoned the guards, "Send the order, order a battalion of soldiers to be broken into pieces, and carry out a night attack on the little devil tonight, telling the soldiers that even if there is no victory, the little devil cannot be allowed to sleep peacefully." After speaking, Wang Guanwu threw his steel helmet to the ground.

"Yes!" The guards saluted and turned to walk out of the observation post, where the staff officers looked at Crown Five uneasily.

Nearly 500 soldiers with large swords on their backs and grenades on their waists gathered in Yixian County. The soldiers lined up in five horizontal lines, and quietly stretched out their hands in turn to hand out the large bowl of Haikou handed by the cooking troops. The soldiers carried the large wine jar and poured the wine for the soldiers in turn, and the wine in the bowl and the big knife behind him shone in the moonlight and reflected in the eyes of the crown five.

Wang Guanwu picked up the wine bowl in his hand, "Brothers, the country's strength is not good, and there are no planes and heavy artillery, so I have to use our flesh and blood to serve the country." Wang Guanwu saw the cold cheeks of the young soldiers in front of him, and the corners of his eyes moistened, "If it weren't for his duty, Lao Tzu would be willing to personally lead the team to do it." Okay, don't say anything else, grab the wine, dry! ”

Crown Five was the first to take a sip of the wine in the bowl, and then smashed the bowl to the ground with a flick of his hand. The five hundred Chinese warriors smashed the bowl in their hands in the same way, and if it weren't for the concealment of the night attack, the soldiers would have really wanted to shout so much.

"Battalion Commander Wang!" Wang Guanwu called the battalion commander who led the night attack, "Bring back all the brothers to Lao Tzu completely." ”

"Yes!" After receiving the order, Battalion Commander Wang turned around and led the team to run out from the north gate. Wang Guanwu looked at the majestic backs of the soldiers and was stunned on the spot.

The soldiers of the night raid team concentrated most of the short guns of the whole regiment, and the soldiers were either in groups of three or five, or in groups of a dozen, either in the first half of the night, or in the second half of the night, or slashing and smashing with broadswords and grenades, or relying on rapid-fire assaults with short guns.

Originally, the army that took advantage of it during the day did not expect that the defenders would have a night attack, and many of the little devils on the periphery were killed by Chinese soldiers in their dreams in the endless spring dream!

The soldiers of the night raid team tortured the little devils all night, and only returned to Yixian with the booty at dawn!

The next day, Fukurong Zhenping, who was still sleepy-eyed, received a loss report from the staff officer. The soldiers suffered numerous losses, some of the combat equipment was damaged and could not be used immediately, and most importantly, almost all the soldiers did not sleep all night, and their mental condition was not optimistic.

Furong Zhenping was furious when he heard this, shouting that the artillery would carry out a long artillery bombardment of Yi County!

(To be continued)