"Your Excellency, the two battles in Xuzhou and Nanjing have proved that the military department's original estimate of the combat effectiveness of the ** army is wrong," Ligao retorted without showing weakness: "The latest combat strength comparison of the military department is that the two ** Southwest Army want to be a division of the imperial army, so calculated, it is about a ratio of one to two to three, and each army of the forty-ninth group army is equivalent to an imperial army division, so that the strength of General Honma is too weak." Full/Ben/Small/Say/Net"

"Bastard, you are the prestige of others, and the spirit of the Emperor Army!" An officer angrily jumped out to accuse Ligao, but more officers remained silent, and Ligao's accurate judgment of supporting the war in Jizhong had invisibly improved his status in the hearts of Sugiyama's staff, and also gave him a group of supporters.

"The spirit of the imperial army is not shouted loudly," someone in the crowd said calmly, Ligao turned his head to look, it turned out to be Qingcheng Xiaoshan of the Intelligence Section, he looked at the shouting person with disdain, and then said to Sugiyama Yuan: "Your Excellency, I think that Ligaojun's judgment is very reasonable, and the troops under the command of Xue Yue have 300,000, including the elite German armor division and the 71st and 72nd armies of the Central Military Academy Teaching Team, these troops have been proven in the battles of Songhu and Nanjing, and their combat effectiveness is very strong. It cannot be compared with other ** local armies. ”

"But, have you thought about it," Okabe Naosaburo came forward to support Jiang Teng at this time: "The four divisions led by General Honma are already on the edge of the Yellow River, and the ** Army has been aware of our strategic intentions, and the 49th Group Army is going north to prove that if we delay and the ** Army takes the opportunity to abandon Xuzhou, our strategy will be completely frustrated." ”

This remark hit the weakness of Ligao support, Ligao support and Qingcheng stopped talking, Sugiyama Yuan looked around, and nodded with satisfaction: "You can soberly analyze the strength of the enemy and me, I am very happy in my heart, Ligaojun, you are right, the 300,000 ** elite led by Xue Yue did not appear, indicating that the ** army must have a plan, what is this plot?" ”

Sugiyama Yuan stared at Jiang Teng, which made Jiang Teng's heart feel empty: "After the victory of the two battles in Nanjing and Xuzhou, the confidence became stronger and the appetite became bigger, this time they targeted the four divisions under the command of Honma, 100,000 imperial troops. ”

Okabe and Eto's faces did not change, and Tarigaka suddenly regretted it in his heart, and he immediately thought that Sugiyama Moto's heart must have been a vague idea before this, but his own words strengthened his judgment, how could he inadvertently make such a big mistake, and how would he explain it to Mr. in the future.

Looking at Ligao's uncertain face, Sugiyama Mototo asked with interest: "What, Ligao-kun, do you have any ideas again?" ”

"Yes," Ligao hurriedly gathered his mind and replied respectfully: "I'm thinking about the words of the chief of staff of the Okabe, with the shrewdness of the ** general, he must have discovered our intentions, if this ma stops on the bank of the Yellow River, the main elite of the ** army in Xuzhou may escape, and the humble position is in a dilemma, I don't know how to solve it." ”

"Yes, this is a dilemma," Sugiyama Yuan was more satisfied with the support of Li Gao, he put his hands in his trouser pockets, and walked two steps: "The battlefield is not the same place, order Kazuki Kiyoji, immediately adjust the attack direction of the 41st Division, go south from Huaxian, attack Yanjin, entangle the main force of Xue Yue's army, and ensure the safety of the flanks of Honma, and the 17th Division leaves no less than one brigade to establish a blocking line on the front line of Wanli and Zhangsanzhai to ensure the safety of the flanks." ”

He pondered and added an order: "The Fifth Mixed Brigade will be transferred to the Henan battlefield and placed under the command of the 37th Division." ”

Sugiyama didn't know that what really solved the problem for him was this improvised idea, and it was because of Yasuken Nakajima's Fifth Mixed Brigade that he saved the collapse of the battlefield on the Northern Front, and then trapped the ** squadron in a predicament.

At this moment, Sugiyama Motozheng was immersed in the pride of seeing through the combat intentions of the squadron, and after a pause, he said sternly: "Telegraph Commander Xiwei to strengthen the attack, and order to hit Tai'an, Laiwu, and Antengliji within three days, Juxian must be conquered within three days, and Linyi within seven days, his progress is too slow!" ”

"Hay!" All the officers solemnly agreed in unison.

With the adjustment of the plans of the supreme commanders of both sides, the wheels of war are running at high speed.

On the banks of the Yellow River, neither Hu Zongnan nor Li Wen could stop the Japanese onslaught, before sunset, the Japanese broke through their defensive lines, Hu Zongnan led his troops to retreat into Dongming County, Li Wen then also retreated into Zhencheng, and Lin Yuesheng led his troops to Dongming to meet Hu Zongnan.

That night, Song Xilian led the main force of the 78th Army to Dongming, Zhong Bin led the 176th Division to Zhencheng, launched a counterattack in Zhencheng that night, the Japanese army was caught off guard, the front line fell into chaos, the division commander Heiyan Yoshikatsu commanded the follow-up troops to launch a counterattack, the two sides fought fiercely all night, and by the dawn, Zhong Bin led his troops to withdraw into Zhencheng.

The arrival of Song Xilian stabilized the situation on the south bank of the Yellow River, but on the whole, the battle situation was still unfavorable, and Honma Masaharu led three divisions to cross the river by separate routes.

The Japanese army crossed the river in a big way, and Xue Yue, who was peeping at the side, immediately released all the hidden strength, and Tang Shizun led the 22nd Group Army out of Yanjin to cross the Liuqing River in the northwest direction to attack Huaxian, and directly take Puyang, preparing to cut off the rear road of the four divisions of Honma in one fell swoop.

To the south of Yanjin, Xue Yue deployed the 71st Army and the 72nd Army, attacked Fangli Zhang Sanzhai through Changheng Niushikou, and rushed straight to the flank of the 17th Division. Soon after Tang Shizun crossed the river, he encountered the 41st Division from Huaxian to the south.

Tang Shizun commanded the elite of Liu Xiang's lineage, with a total of 100,000 troops, including Liu Xiang's starting unit, the 21st Army, and the elite 23rd Army, which was reorganized by Pan Wenhua's instructor, and more than one-third of the grassroots officers had been trained in Chongqing, and their combat methods were almost the same as those of Yang Sen's 24th Group Army and Deng Xihou's 23rd Group Army.

Yang Sen, Deng Xihou and others went out of Sichuan after the good news was frequent, both of them were promoted to general, won the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal, which made Tang Shizun Pan Wenhua envious, plus the Sichuan Army's extraordinary achievements, they felt the people's support for the Sichuan Army in various places, in Wuhan there was even a Sichuan Army soldier who did not charge money for the owner of the restaurant, the 22nd Group Army was not like other troops, on the contrary, the war was high, and some low-level officers were dissatisfied with the transfer to the First War Zone, because they thought that there were not many battles in the First War Zone, The real big war is in the five theaters.

When Xue Yue ordered them to cross the river and attack the Japanese army on their backs, the group army did not have the slightest worry, Tang Shizunman agreed without care, and the whole army was as happy as a festival, and the 21st Army took the lead in crossing the river in Mazhuang that day, and Pan Wenhua, deputy commander of the group army and commander of the 23rd Army, also led his troops to cross the river at Banpodian.

After the 21st Army crossed the river, the commander of the 873rd Regiment of the forward, Ling Jian, led his troops to occupy Qinzhuang, and then attacked and advanced to Fengzhuang Town without waiting for follow-up troops; The same was true of the 23rd Army that crossed the river on the right flank, and Chen Liexun's regiment of the 148th Division, which crossed the river in front, occupied Shatuozhuang regardless of the follow-up troops, and then attacked Liuquan, Chen Liexun was even more daring, and his three battalions were divided into three roads and marched in unison.

After occupying Fengzhuang Town, Ling Jizhi attacked Wangzhuang Town non-stop, and encountered Xinben Squadron, the vanguard of the 41st Division, in Yancun on the outskirts of Wangzhuang; Soon Chen Liexun also encountered the Japanese Yamamu squadron in Laodian, and a fierce battle immediately broke out between the two armies.

After receiving the news of encountering the Japanese army, Tang Shizun's command immediately became excited like chicken blood, and Tang Shizun immediately ordered the 146th Division Liu Zhaoli to lead the whole division to meet the battle, and the 147th Division detoured to Xiaotun from the northwest of Wangzhuang to Wangzhuang; At the same time, the Yang Guojiao Division of the 23rd Army moved forward quickly, making sure to defeat the Japanese army in front of him, and Chen Wanren's troops were inserted from the dry willow tree to the back of the old shop.

The Japanese army did not expect that the squadron would launch such a large number of troops as soon as it came up, and the Shanmu squadron and the Xinben squadron were defeated successively and retreated to Wangzhuang and Laodian.

When the 41st Division received the report, the division headquarters was in Huaxian County, the 41st Division was only recently established in Japan, and most of the soldiers in the unit were new recruits. Tanabe was well aware of the weakness of the troops, and at the same time, he also felt that this unit was different from the previous squadrons, they actually launched a fierce attack without any temptation, and the morale of the soldiers was extremely high, even if there was only one squad, they dared to take the initiative to challenge.

Tanabe felt a sense of loss and shame that he had never felt before, and the cowardly ** people actually ignored the prestige of the imperial army so much, and they must be taught a lesson.

But before he could figure out how to teach the ** army a lesson, the report of defeat on the front line came, Wangzhuang and Laodian were lost at the same time, the two vanguard troops Morimura Brigade and Gaogang Brigade were defeated, and the troops were quite shrunk towards Huaxian.

At the same time as the battle of Huaxian unfolded, the 71st Army and the 72nd Army also encountered the Kikuchi Brigade of the 17th Division of the Japanese Army in Fangli and Zhangsanzhai, and a fierce battle broke out. Kikuchi struggled to support himself in the face of two elite Chinese attacks, and was forced to ask Masaharu Honma for help. Seeing that the retreat of the river-crossing troops was threatened, Honma Masaharu hurriedly ordered the 36th Division, which was still in Hebei, to stop crossing the river and turn westward to block Xue Yue. The 36th Division rushed to reinforce Fangli and Zhang Sanzhai.

With the 36th Division stopping to cross the river, Bai Chongxi judged that the goal of dividing the Japanese army in the first stage of the campaign had been achieved.

After the 36th Division reinforced Kikuchi, Honma Masaharu was temporarily relieved by the battle in Hebei, turned his attention to Dongming and Zhencheng, and commanded his troops to launch a strong attack.

With the fierce fighting on both sides of the Yellow River, the Japanese army also launched attacks on several routes, and fierce battles were fought on all fronts around the Fifth Theater.

In Ju County, after receiving the order, An Teng was deeply ashamed, his three divisions were blocked by Tang Enbo to the east of Ju County, Tang Enbo divided the three armies in his hands into three divisions, respectively against the Fifth Division, the 39th Division, the 16th Division, and the 28th Division, of which Guan Linzheng strengthened Zhang Zhen's division, independently dealt with the 5th Division and the 39th Division, Wang Zhonglian's 85th Army against the 16th Division of Fengwen up the mountain, and the 13th Army against the 28th Division; These three armies were all German armies, while the 5th and 16th Divisions suffered heavy losses in the last battle, and the 16th Division was almost rebuilt, rising and falling, and the combat effectiveness of the two sides was not much different, and it was the opponent in chess. Anten could not find a way to break through Town's blockade for a while, so he had to order his troops to attack regardless of casualties.

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