If the Japanese army had sent reinforcements to Lianzhen in a big way last night, Xiao Siming would have to block it. www.biquge.info It is a pity that because the three devil squads and two pseudo-garrison companies of Lianzhen dispatched from Dongguang County and Wuqiao County were completely annihilated, the Japanese army could not figure out the truth and did not dare to dispatch at night, and they did not have enough troops to reinforce Lianzhen, so they could only draw and assemble troops overnight.

At this time, the advance brigade had already withdrawn from Lianzhen. The little devil searched around Lianzhen, where could he still find the trace of the advance team?

Yoshio Nagano, the commander of the 40th Wing of the 8th Infantry Brigade of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army, who personally rushed to Lianzhen to inspect Lianzhen, asked the chairman of Lianzhen and the deputy stationmaster of the railway station who ran back, and he went so far as to chase after the wind and speculate wildly, believing that the 20th Army of Tang Enbo, with the intelligence support of the military commander and the central commander's special service station in Tianjin, and with the cooperation of the surrounding miscellaneous armed forces, sent troops to attack Lianzhen for a long time, and the sneak attack was successful in one fell swoop!

Based on this judgment, Yoshio Nagano immediately reported to the brigade headquarters and the division headquarters, and asked the division headquarters and brigade headquarters to order the troops along the highway leading from Dexian County to Shijiazhuang and Jinan to strengthen the search and investigation, and be sure to intercept the Chinese troops who attacked Lianzhen and recapture the intercepted ammunition supplies, combat vehicles, and armored vehicles!

Because of the miscalculation of the opponent, Yoshio Nagano was worried that the Chinese army that attacked Lianzhen would give him another attack near Dexian County, so he ordered the captain of the Japanese army stationed in Cangxian County to transfer troops to strengthen the garrison of Lianzhen, recruit people, and cooperate with the Second Railway Wing, the Independent Railway Works Brigade, and the Field Railway Plant to quickly build the railway and restore the passage of Jinpu Road; Ordered the armored patrol car he brought with him to patrol the railway south of Lianzhen without stopping.

Yoshio Nagano himself hurried back to Tokuxian, where he personally deployed to intercept and pursue the Central Army retreating from Lianzhen along the west bank of the canal.

Yoshio Nagano is correct in one point, that is, the Chinese army that attacked Lianzhen will not come a second time, and it is impossible to attack Lianzhen in a row!

This is not because Yoshio Nagano is smart, but because the railway was interrupted, and the Japanese army gathered in Lianzhen to repair the railway, and there was no oil and water at all, where would Xiao Siming fight Lianzhen at this time!

The captain of the Japanese army stationed in Cangxian was bent on pursuing the Chinese troops who had attacked Lianzhen and recovering the looted weapons, equipment, and ammunition supplies, but he did not expect that the commander of the unit, Yoshio Nagano, was worried that Dexian would be lost, and was eager to pursue the Central Army retreating along the west bank of the canal with chariots and armored vehicles, so he hurriedly evacuated Lianzhen.

Fearing that his samurai honor would be tarnished, this Japanese captain actually crossed the wing commander and brigade commander and sent a direct report to the division headquarters, asking for an increase in troops, eliminating Zhang Guoji's division between Dongguang and Wuqiao, and pursuing the wandering forces retreating south along the east bank of the canal from Lianzhen!

I don't know what Zhang Guoji offended this devil captain at. This guy actually bit him to the death, and insisted on buttoning the black cauldron that attacked the Lianzhen train station on the top of his head!

The eyes of the 10th Division were all fixed on the front line of Taierzhuang, but this incident occurred again in the northern section of the Jinpu Road, and the commander of the division, Lieutenant General Ryosuke Isoya, scolded Baga at the mouth of the division headquarters, and after scolding, he called the commander of the Second Army, Lieutenant General Nishio Shouzo, and asked Lieutenant General Nishio Shouzo to quickly contact the front army headquarters, send additional troops to strengthen the defense of Jinpu Road, and at the same time urgently replenish the Seya detachment from Qingdao.

Originally, the Japanese army had a special railway garrison and maintenance unit. At the time of the Lugou Bridge Incident, the Japanese Army's First and Second Railway Wings both sent troops to North China, which played a key role in the Japanese army's rapid construction of the railway and the use of the railway to transport troops. At this time, the operation in the Pingjin area had long ended, Taiyuan and Jinan had already been occupied by the Japanese army, and the First Railway Wing transferred to North China had been transferred back to the northeast. On the Jinpu Road, there was the Second Railway Wing of the Japanese Army, and the wing headquarters was stationed in Tianjin. But Jinpu Road is so long, where can a wing be guarded? Moreover, they also have to undertake the task of building and maintaining railways, and undertaking the task of garrisoning the Jiaoji Railway, and there are very few troops that can really be used for combat duty. In fact, they only cared about the maintenance of the railway, and the task of combat garrison could only be transferred to the Fifth Division on the Jiaoji Railway and the Tenth Division on the Jinpu Road.

Because of the lack of garrison troops, the elite 5th Division became the Jiaoji Railway Garrison, and the 10th Division became the Jinpu Road Garrison. Since then, the 5th Division attacking Linyi has insufficient troops, and there is only one Sakamoto detachment; The 10th Division, which attacked Taierzhuang, was also under-manned, with only one Seya detachment. The Seya detachment could not capture Taierzhuang, and the Sakamoto detachment, which served as a flank attacker, could not capture Linyi City. The fighting in both directions was fierce, with countless casualties, but the Japanese just couldn't attack!

All because of the lack of troops!

The Seya detachment in Taierzhuang asked for an increase in troops, the Sakamoto detachment in Linyi asked for an increase in troops, and both directions asked for replenishment, and at this time the three military trains transported to the front line in Taierzhuang were all in trouble, not only the ammunition supply was lost, but even the eight combat vehicles and four armored vehicles that were replenished were also lost, and more than 1,000 supplementary troops were also lost.

Therefore, after receiving a call from Ryosuke Isoya, Lieutenant General Nishio Toshizo, commander of the Second Army, scolded Lieutenant General Ryosuke Isoya on the phone, scolding him for being incompetent, stupid, and wasteful, and the Seya detachment attacking Xuzhou was blocked in Taierzhuang, and the 8th Brigade guarding the Jinpu Road could not even hold a railway line, so that the Chinese army made a successful sneak attack, losing so many soldiers and equipment supplies, and the face of His Majesty the Emperor and the face of the Japanese Army were all lost to the 10th Division!

Scolding and scolding, Nishio Shouzo has no choice but to take Lieutenant General Ryosuke Isoya, and he just scolds a few words.

After scolding Ryosuke Isoya, Lieutenant General Nishio Shouzo sent another telegram to the headquarters of the North China Front, asking if the pacification operation was over? When will the 16th Division and the 108th Division, which belong to the Second Army, be rebuilt?

Nishio Shouzo was regarded as a veteran general in the Japanese army, and he personally sent a telegram to the North China Front Headquarters asking for reinforcement of troops, indicating that the First Army's troops for the Shandong battlefield were indeed insufficient.

At this time, whether it was Nishio Shouzo or Isoya Ryosuke, they didn't expect that the Seya detachment would be defeated in Taierzhuang, and they thought that the Linyi defenders had reached the last moment of collapse, and the Taierzhuang defenders would support for a day or two at most, and they would soon collapse. And once the defenders of Linyi and Taierzhuang collapse, the Chinese army will repeat the old battles of Pinghan Road, Jinpu Road, Taiyuan and Songhu, and scramble to break and flee.

Because he didn't expect Taierzhuang to be a trap set by the Fifth War Zone, Nishio Shouzo only asked the North China Front when the 16th Division and the 108th Division would be rebuilt, and did not ask the Front Army to increase his troops again. Because as long as the 16th Division and the 108th Division can be rebuilt, his strength will be very sufficient.

The North China Front is now planning a nine-way siege of the base area in the southeast of Shanxi, where is it possible to return the 16th Division and the 108th Division to the Second Army?

After receiving a telegram from the North China Front saying that the 16th Division and the 108th Division could not be returned to the Second Army for the time being, Nishio Shouzo reported that Lianzhen had been attacked by the Chinese army, that all three military trains had been intercepted by the Chinese army, and that the weapons, ammunition, food and socks for the Seya detachment, eight combat vehicles, and four armored vehicles carried on the vehicles had all fallen into the hands of the Chinese army. In particular, the more than 1,000 reinforcements on the second military column that day were also collectively shattered, just like the troops of the three squads defending and reinforcing the town. The railway was damaged, which seriously affected the front-line operations in Taierzhuang.

At this moment, even the headquarters of the North China Front Army was shaken!

The North China Front Army Headquarters immediately ordered the First Army to quickly withdraw from the independent mixed third brigade and the independent mixed fourth brigade in Shouyang, and the independent mixed fourth brigade to return to the Baoding area, and the independent mixed third brigade to be transferred to Dexian to undertake the garrison task of Jinpu Road; ordered the 114th Division, which had just been transferred from Central China to the North China Front Army in February, to be quickly transferred to Yanzhou, Shandong, to undertake the rear garrison of the 10th Division, and to cooperate with the 10th Division to capture Xuzhou; The Second Army was ordered to transfer the independent mixed Fifth Brigade stationed in Tianjin to Cangxian and undertake the task of garrisoning the Jinpu Road from Tianjin to Cangxian to Dexian.

At the same time, the North China Front reported to the base camp, requesting that the Third Railway Wing be transferred to North China to fight, and that the wing headquarters be stationed in Jinan, and that the base camp should form at least five more independent railway brigades for the North China Front Army to be used for the garrison of the railway line and to free up field divisions and regiments for offensive operations.

General Terauchi Shouyi of the North China Front Army is forcing the base camp to expand the army again!

The order of the North China Front was decisive and forceful, and the commander of the Second Army, Lieutenant General Nishio Toshizo, and the commander of the 10th Division, Lieutenant General Ryosuke Isoya, were both shocked!

It is a pity that Zhengtai Road has not yet been repaired, Jinpu Road has just been destroyed, and the 114th Division of the Japanese Army, whether it is the 3rd Brigade or the 4th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade, can only run on two legs, and it will definitely not be able to rush to the destination within a few days.

The 8th Infantry Brigade of the 10th Division had to honestly guard the Jinpu Road and the road from Dexian to Shijiazhuang for the time being, and saw that the Segu Detachment was blocked in Taierzhuang and could not do anything!

No one can save the fate of the Seya detachment's defeat in Taierzhuang!

Moreover, because the military train was intercepted, the weapons, ammunition and supplies transported to the Taierzhuang front line all became the trophies of the Eighth Route Army, although the Japanese army could transfer supplies from Qingdao and Jinan to the Segu detachment, but they could not replenish the Segu detachment with more than 1,000 soldiers, eight tanks, and four armored vehicles, and the pressure on the defenders of Taierzhuang was relatively lightened. (To be continued.) )