The great victory in Taierzhuang was the first brilliant victory on the frontal battlefield, and the Chinese side naturally wanted to start the propaganda machine to vigorously publicize it, not only did the Chinese newspapers and radio concentrate on propaganda, but even the eyes of foreign reporters in China were all focused on Taierzhuang, interviewing, taking pictures, and publishing articles.

Before the Lugou Bridge Incident, the Japanese army was so arrogant that they got carried away and shouted for the destruction of China in three months! Now that the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression has been fought for 9 months and almost 10 months, the Japanese army has not only failed to win a quick victory and destroy China, but on the contrary, it has been repeatedly ambushed and attacked by the Eighth Route Army on the battlefield in Shanxi, and this time it has fought a big defeat in Taierzhuang.

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Xiao Siming laughed out loud and said: "You said it easily, as if the storyteller was babbling about "Three Kingdoms" there! If it's really like you said, do the little devils still dare to start the Lugou Bridge Incident? ”

Ma Zhenhua asked suspiciously: "Could it be that Taierzhuang's victory is fake?" ”

Xiao Siming shook his head and said that Taierzhuang's victory was naturally true, absolutely true! The Japanese army did indeed fight a great defeat and suffered heavy casualties. But the casualties of the Japanese army were not as great as we advertised! Exaggerating the results of the war is not only a chronic disease of ****, but also the need to encourage the people to persist in the War of Resistance. In fact, it was only the Sakamoto detachment of the Fifth Division that attacked Linyi, that is, the troops of almost a brigade. The Japanese army attacking Taierzhuang was the Seya Detachment of the 10th Division, which was also a brigade. Combined with the artillery, tanks, armored vehicles and other units under their command, the strength of the Japanese army was two brigades, and when added together, it was only 15,000 or 6,000 people. Among them, Sakamoto's detachment had already retreated to Linyi on the night of April 2, and their losses occurred mainly in the battle to capture the city of Linyi. The Segu detachment ran into a wall in Taierzhuang, and was almost completely annihilated, and the remnants retreated to Yixian. In other words, it is possible for the Japanese troops on these two routes to suffer more than 10,000 casualties, but to say that Taierzhuang won a victory to destroy tens of thousands of Japanese troops is purely a propaganda need!

Xing Renfu was silent for a while, and said in disappointment for a long time: "I only destroyed more than 10,000 devils!" ”

Wang Lushui reacted, took a breath, and said to Xing Renfu: "Destroying more than 10,000 devils is already a great achievement!" If it weren't for Li Zongren's command, if it was replaced by Song Zheyuan, Liu Zhi, and Han Fuqu, it would definitely be another thousand-mile rout. This Li Zongren is not simple, and the fifth war zone is not simple! ”

Xiao Siming nodded: "The political commissar is right, this battle has completely established Li Zongren's status as a famous anti-Japanese general!" All the troops participating in the war in the Fifth Theater are doing well! I want it! ”

Hu Qingyun didn't speak for a while, he lowered his head and was calculating, and after calculating, he couldn't help but say: "Anyway, the current battlefield situation is favorable to the Chinese army. The First Army of the Japanese Army was deeply trapped in the Shanxi battlefield and could not spare troops to reinforce the Shandong battlefield. The Japanese army in Shandong now only has the 5th and 10th Divisions, and it has just suffered a defeat, and without a month or two of replenishment, it cannot recover its combat effectiveness. In the short term, it is indeed a good time for the Fifth War Zone to counterattack Shandong! If the troops of the Fifth Theater are sufficient, it is possible to recapture Jinan! ”

I am afraid that at this time, the Fifth Theater Commander's Department and the Wuhan Military Commission are all Hu Qingyun's views.

Xiao Siming naturally knew the situation in the later stage of the Battle of Xuzhou, and even knew that the Japanese army had begun to deploy troops at this time to prepare to gather the main force of the Fifth Theater around Xuzhou, but he was only a small regiment-level cadre now, and no one believed him. Moreover, if you talk too much, he will become a god!

The only thing Xiao Siming can do now is to seize the time to bury his head in the development of the Jilu border, and then seize the opportunity of the Japanese army to move troops and ammunition supplies to the south, and give the little devil a few more ruthless blows, so as to delay the Japanese army's offensive speed as much as possible and provide more time for the transfer of the main force in the Fifth Theater.

In fact, Xiao Siming was right, at this time, as in history, after the great victory of Taierzhuang was publicized by reporters from various countries, Emperor Hirohito, who was most concerned about what foreigners thought of Japan, was completely annoyed, and summoned Prince Zaihito Miyajito, chief of the General Staff, and Sugiyama Moto, the minister of the army, to scold them and instruct the army to take swift measures to restore its international influence.

The fiasco of Taierzhuang was indeed unexpected by the Japanese army!

At the beginning of the war, the Japanese army's theory of quick victory had gone bankrupt, and the Japanese army base camp had begun to study the issue of consolidating the occupied areas, and the order given to the North China Front was also to purge the Chinese armed forces in the occupied areas and restore law and order in the occupied areas. The instructions for the Shandong battlefield were clearly stated by the order of the Japanese base camp, that is, the 10th Division was to defend to the south, and the 5th Division was deployed on the Qingdao and Jiaoji railways, and if necessary, it could be quickly thrown into other battlefields.

It is a pity that the commander of the North China Front, General Terauchi Shouichi, has his own ideas, he wants to take advantage of the opportunity of the Fifth Division in hand, capture Xuzhou, and then open up the southern section of the Jinpu Road and the Central China Dispatch Army, and then advance west along the Longhai Road to seize the Central Plains, and then go south to attack Wuhan.

Because of these two ideas, the North China Front's instruction to the Second Army was to let the 10th Division actively defend to the south, which led to the operation of the Seya Detachment to go south to capture Tengxian and Taierzhuang.

To put it bluntly, after realizing that it was impossible to win a quick victory in the war of aggression against China, the Japanese army base camp consciously revised its strategy. And General Terauchi Shouichi disagreed with the base camp, and what he wanted to implement was the strategy originally formulated by the Japanese army base camp to completely annihilate China!

The reason why only one Seya detachment was sent south to attack along the Jinpu Road, and the other Sakamoto detachment was sent to respond from the flank of Linyi, because the Chinese army on the Shandong battlefield had retreated, and the Japanese army thought that the strength of one wing could capture any point they wanted to capture, and the enemy would be light!

Because of the light enemy, General Terauchi Shouichi's focus was on Shanxi's "pacification operation" and the siege of southeast Jin by the Nine Roads, and when he realized that the enemy was light, it was too late to save the Seya detachment.

Now that Prince Zaihito Miyaji, chief of the General Staff, and Sugiyama Moto, the chief of the General Staff, were rebuked by His Majesty the Emperor, and communicated with General Toshiichi Terauchi, commander of the North China Front, and Toshiroku Hata, commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, the Japanese army headquarters quickly came up with an operational plan for launching the Battle of Xuzhou and gathering and annihilating the main forces of the Fifth Theater.

A huge conspiracy is out!

This is a question at the strategic level, Wang Lushui, Xiao Siming, Hu Qingyun, Huo Cheng, Ma Zhenhua, Xing Renfu No matter how in-depth they discuss here, it is useless!

Wang Lushui asked Xiao Siming what were the results of the guerrilla war on Jinpu Road this time? How did you come back so soon!

Xiao Siming gave a briefing on the battle to blow up the Ziya River Railway Bridge, saying that although he only blew up the Ziya River Railway Bridge, he had already completed the task of the division headquarters, the headquarters, and the Military Commission to go to the Jinpu Road to guerrilla attacks and contain the Japanese troops in Pingjin. The railway bridge is different from the railway in Lianzhen, and the Japanese army could not build it at all without a month or two. In this way, even if the Japanese army in Pingjin wanted to go south for reinforcements, they could only rely on cars to transport troops and run on two legs, and the speed of reinforcement was greatly slowed down.

As soon as Wang Lushui heard this, he asked Xiao Siming if he had sent a report to the division headquarters?

Xiao Siming said that this is a small battle, where is the need to report to the division headquarters!

Wang Lushui criticized Xiao Siming for saying that it was wrong, blowing up the Ziya River railway bridge, destroying the Japanese bridge-guarding squad and a brigade transported by the military train, and I did not suffer any casualties, what a great result this is, how could I not report it to the division headquarters immediately?

Xiao Siming had no choice but to explain that when the advance brigade first arrived at the Jilu border, it had to try its best to confuse the Japanese army, and not let the Japanese army know that it was the regular troops of the Eighth Route Army who had arrived at the Jilu border. In that case, the little devil will immediately mobilize heavy troops to besiege the Jilu border. At this time, the victory is reported and the results are rendered, which will do more harm than good!

There is a point in that!

Wang Lushui thought about it and said that no matter what, he still had to report to the division headquarters. The bombing of the railway bridge and the slowing down of the Japanese army's troop movement are a major strategic event, and the General Headquarters, the Military Commission, and the Fifth Theater can all be used in deployment!

What Wang Lushui said was also reasonable, but Xiao Siming was afraid that after the Military Commission and the Fifth Theater Commander's Department learned the news of the bombing of the Ziya River Bridge, they would misjudge the Japanese army's ability to transfer and transport troops, and strengthen their determination to fight the Japanese army in Xuzhou, and then the gains outweighed the losses!

Xiao Siming wanted to persuade Wang Lushui again, and Chen Qiang, the director of the radio station, sent a telegram.

Xiao Siming took it and saw that it was a call from the division headquarters, saying that he had received a telegram from the Wuhan Military Commission from the headquarters, demanding that the specific results of the blow-up of the Ziya River railway bridge be reported quickly, and that the extent of the damage to the bridge must be clearly reported, and how long it will take for the Japanese army to repair it!

After reading the telegram, Xiao Siming said depressedly: "Political commissar, we don't need to report it, the Military Commission already knows the news of the northern bombing of the Ziya River Railway Bridge!" ”

Wang Lushui took the telegram and read it, and asked suspiciously: "We didn't report it, and the division headquarters and headquarters didn't know about it, so why did Chairman Jiang know about it first?" ”

Xiao Siming said that either the military commanders in Tianjin learned of the news and reported it, or the Japanese pseudo-radio station in Pingjin inadvertently reported the news that Jinpu Road was temporarily impassable.

Wang Lushui stopped talking, took out a pen from his jacket pocket, asked Chen Qiang to bring paper, and directly drafted a telegram to the division headquarters to report to the division headquarters that Xiao Siming, the captain of the advance brigade, personally led the cavalry company to blow up the Ziya River Railway Bridge, eliminate the Japanese bridge guard team and an infantry brigade of the 114th Division carried by Junluo, and specially explained that the military column fell into the Ziya River and failed to capture the weapons and ammunition carried on the military column.

As for the extent of the damage to the Ziya River Bridge, Wang Lushui said on the telegram that the bridge had been completely destroyed, and it was impossible for the Japanese army to repair and open to traffic in the short term.

This is Wang Lushui's heartfelt in view of the fact that after the Lianzhen Railway Station was attacked and occupied, the Japanese army only took two or three days to repair and open to traffic, and he didn't say anything to death!

After drafting, Wang Lushui showed Xiao Siming the manuscript, and then handed it over to Chen Qiang to take it and send it! (To be continued.) )