The shock caused by the great change in northern Lubei was greater than that caused by the great change in Jiaodong, and after receiving the report, Matsui Shigen fell to the ground, "It was easy to wake up, look at the officers around him, struggle to get up, push away everyone, and stumble to the map." //、М/

"Order the 1st Chariot Division to immediately reinforce Dexian! Ordered the 212th Division to immediately counterattack Leling and Ningjin! Matsui Ishone cried out almost frantically.

"No!" Chief of Staff Tadao Teragaki hurriedly stopped, the ** team was attacking Liaocheng, "the first chariot division is the scheduled counterattack force", and the 212th division is undertaking the northern defense task, once these two divisions are transferred, Liaocheng's strength will be weakened by half.

"Nonsense!" Matsui Ishone was unusually violent, and his waving hands almost hit Tadao Teragaki in the face.

In the headquarters, the atmosphere was extremely tense: "If the puppet army of Lubei advances west to attack Dexian, or attack any point on the Jinpu line and cut off the Jinpu line, the entire Shandong front line will be strategically surrounded."

"Commander!" Teragaki Tadao also couldn't care about it, and shouted loudly: "The four armies of the Zhina Army are attacking the periphery of Jinan, and Jinan is surrounded on three sides; To the west, the three group armies of the China Army are storming the Taishan defense line, and north of the Yellow River, the China Army is still three group armies besieging Liaocheng, and all fronts are struggling to defend "General China has made full use of the breadth and width of the battlefield and has formed an advantage in all parts, Commander, our situation is very dangerous!" It is not considered to counterattack Lubei now, but to retreat, withdraw the troops of the Taishan defense line to the north of the Yellow River, and abandon Jinan! ”

Teragaki Tadao is really anxious, the use of troops on all fronts has reached the limit, and Guan Lin Zheng in the east led his troops to kill from the Jiaoji line, although the 62nd Division was transferred back to Jinan to defend Jinan, but the 62nd Division is a three-wing division, and the total strength is only more than 14,000 people, plus the Jinan garrison, the "gendarmerie" and other troops, the total strength is only 18,000 people, which seems to be a lot, but how big Jinan is, this amount of troops is only enough to defend the inner and outer cities.

In addition, there are some Imperial Cooperative troops and peace rescuers in the city, but these troops not only can't share their worries, but they must also guard against their judgment. Matsui Shigen arranged all these puppet troops outside the city, and the Japanese army only deployed two brigades outside the city, one on the C line of Maoling Mountain and Yanchi Mountain in the east of the city, and the other was responsible for guarding the Qinglong Mountain and Huilongling line in the south of the city.

In the north of the city, in the areas of Luokou, Xincheng, Yaoshan, and Huangtai Mountain, Matsui Ishine deployed a wing of troops, leaving a wing and two brigades in the city, and 3,000 garrisons and gendarmerie in the city were responsible for guarding the inner city.

This troop deployment is shocking, there are only more than 6,000 people in the outer city, and even if you add the soldiers in the township, "there are only more than 10,000 people." More than 10,000 people were distributed on the wide city wall of Jinan, and not even a single battlement was assigned to one person.

Jinan is so critical, "but the Taishan defense line is even more dangerous."

The 36th Group Army first stormed Tiantian Mountain, the highest point in the territory, but the main force of the 78th Army unexpectedly attacked and captured the Wangshan Pass by the Yellow River, and then opened the road with tanks to capture Xiaoli Town, Changqing County, and after going around to the side of the Taishan defense line in one fell swoop, Matsui Shigen hurriedly transferred the Yamaguchi Wing from the 59th Division to intercept it, but this move weakened the frontal defense line, and Du Yuming and Zhong Bin seized the opportunity to attack.

As of today, Tai'an has been lost, Qu Zhuo has lost the Taishan defensive line, and the important support point of Tiantian Mountain in the north has been lost, "Du Yuming took advantage of the situation to continue to attack the second line of defense of the Japanese army.

The front of the Taishan defense line is shaky, and the Laiwu area on the flank is already full of holes. After the transfer of the 62nd Division, the defensive line was insufficient. Lan Yundong seized the fighter plane and used Chen Mingren's new third army to flank Yiyuan to attract the 6th Mixed Brigade in the area, and Huang Botao's 55th Army attacked Lianhuā Mountain from the front and forced Laiwu to defend the enemy.

In addition to the frontal assault, Guan Linzheng, who was advancing west along the Jiaoji Line, dispatched the 47th Army to kill along the Zilai Highway, and it was already difficult for the remaining three brigades of the Sixth Mixed Brigade to resist Chen Mingren.

There is a huge shortage in the Laiwu defense area. "How could Lan Yundong give up this opportunity, and immediately ordered Chen Mingren to go around to the northwest of Laiwu, seize Qingshi Pass, cut off the Zilai Highway, and form a flanking attack with the 47th Army advancing west along the Zilai Highway against the enemy in Boshan.

However, Lan Yundong's appetite was not the Japanese army of the four brigades in the Boshan District, and after cutting off the Zilai Highway, "he immediately ordered Wang Guobin to lead the 38th Division and the old." The division marched west along the Zilai Highway and seized Nanwei Mountain to the west of Laiwu.

The battle has developed to the present, Teragaki Tadao and the staff officers have already concluded that the battle has failed, the Chinese army has made full use of the battlefield space, the advantage of troops to the extreme, the imperial army has fallen into passivity in the entire battlefield, Teragaki Tadao even pessimistically concluded, if not retreat, or three days "the fifth mixed brigade in the Laiwu area will be wiped out, so that the entire Taishan defense line will actually be broken through" What we need to do now is to retreat from the south of the Yellow River" instead of sending troops to counterattack.

Six years ago, he suffered a crushing defeat under the city of Nanjing, so that he was transferred back to China, "in order to wash away the shame, he was even willing to be a general, condescending to the commander of the 12th Army" He could not accept another defeat "He could not accept another defeat" and returned to China in shame and transferred to the reserve.

"Nope! I will never give up on Jinan! Matsui Ishone roared irritably, his thin face exuding fanatical despair, "Six years ago, General Shina stepped on his shoulders and stepped on the throne of the god of war" Today, he never wants to be his stepping stone again.

Tadao Teragaki was a little desperate, the staff officers around him were solemn, and the head of the first section, Liu Cheng Thirteen, took the lead in standing up in support: "Commander, the combat division has conducted battlefield deductions, the commander of the Laiwu Banben Brigade can still hold for about three days, and the commander of the Boshan Longteng Brigade may not be able to hold it for even three days, once Laiwu Boshan is lost, the Chinese army can act at will on the battlefield, commander, now is the time to make up your mind, the strong man breaks his wrist and abandons the south of the Yellow River." ”

Liu Cheng was originally a representative of the Feng Shaozhuang faction of the 12th Army, and his advocacy has always been fierce, while Teragaki Tadao was a representative of the moderate faction in the army, and now the Shaozhuang faction and the moderate faction are in the same stream, and in the war room, "all the staff officers are solemn and silent, only the sound of artillery faintly heard in the distance."

Just as Matsui Ishine was about to roar again, a staff officer ran in from outside: "Report, the commander of the Boshan Ryuto Brigade has called, the Shina Army is attacking fiercely and has approached the city wall, Captain Matsuki is killed in battle, Captain Hashimoto is seriously injured, and the commander of the Ryuto Brigade asks for tactical guidance." ”

Before Matsui Ishine could react, the phone rang violently, and Tadao Teragaki went over and grabbed the phone, it was the phone of Genjusan Nakasa, who guarded the Mimoling Mountain.

"Chief of Staff! The 13th Regiment of the Imperial Association Army was decided, and the Chinese Army began to attack Maoling Mountain! "Maoling Mountain must be defended! Teragaki Tadao didn't talk much nonsense, hung up the phone after a simple sentence, and then reported to Matsui Shigen, but before he finished speaking, the phone calls of the Japanese generals on the periphery came one after another, and the puppet troops stationed in the periphery all changed, and the Chinese army now began to attack Maoling Mountain, Yanchi Mountain, Qinglong Mountain, and Huilongling.

"Commander! Make up your mind! Teragaki Tadao saw that Matsui Ishine was still hesitating, so he couldn't help but urge again, Matsui Ishine heard a series of defeats, and his heart was really unwilling, and the battle was declared defeated not long after it began, which made it difficult for his heart to accept.

But now that so many subordinates are opposed, "Matsui Ishine is not easy to openly refuse, and in a hurry, he came up with an idea: "The abandonment of Jinan must be agreed by the North China Dispatch Army, ask Commander Okamura for instructions, if he agrees, we will abandon Jinan, and the whole army will retreat to the north of the Yellow River." "Hello! Teragaki Tadao rushed at Liucheng, and Liucheng immediately ordered a staff officer to draft a telegram to Beiping for instructions, and Teragaki Tadao immediately added: "Commander, in order to facilitate the retreat, the troops must be adjusted, the Sixth Mixed Brigade must abandon Boshan, the Fifth Mixed Brigade must also abandon Laiwu, and the troops of the Taishan defense line must also withdraw to the vicinity of Jinan. "Okay, so be it. Matsui Ishine looked at the map coldly, "Can Long Teng still retreat to Jihui?" ”

The Sixth Mixed Brigade has actually been surrounded by Lan Yundong and Guan Linzheng, and if they want to return to Jinan, they can only find a gap in the encirclement of the [Zhong] ** team, and only get out of the ......, "only rely on Amaterasu to protect it" and themselves. Teragaki Tadao's tone was equally pessimistic, the great retreat would inevitably lead to some chaos, and the [Middle] ** team would never let go of such an opportunity.

Okamura Ningji's telegram soon arrived, not only agreeing to their retreat to the north of the Yellow River, but also asking them to retreat to the Cangzhou area of Dexian County, Okamura Ningji's judgment in the telegram was even more pessimistic: "On the north bank of the Yellow River, the tanks of the Chinese army have disappeared, and according to local intelligence, there is a Chinese army to conquer Guanxian, it is estimated that this army is rushing to Linqing, and your actions must be fast!" Otherwise, it will be difficult to withdraw to Dexian County "even if the Yellow River is withdrawn", and the 1st and 5th Chariot Divisions should be ordered to immediately withdraw to Dexian, and Dexian must hold on! ”

Okamura Ninji had been paying close attention to the Shandong battlefield, and the situation on the battlefield made him anxious, but according to the Japanese tradition, the front-line commander had the right to decide, and if Matsui Ishine thought that he could still fight, "even if it was his superior, he could not intervene, let alone order to abandon the battle and retreat, otherwise he would be regarded as cowardly and lose the majesty of a samurai.

Retreat "Matsui Shigen now finally understood Zhuang Jihua's difficulties in Nanjing" his difficulties are even greater, before that, he was full of confidence, completely did not prepare for retreat, a large number of materials assembled in Jinan were not loaded, the army, the expatriates need to be transported, fortunately after the retreat of the 62nd Division, "Teragaki Tadao deployed a wing of troops near the crossing of the Yellow River, and at the same time to ensure the smooth traffic between the north and the south for the people, ordered the sappers to erect two pontoon bridges on the Yellow River.

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