Chapter 900: Fleeing

After Honma Masa, commander of the 27th Division of the Japanese Army, ordered the Japanese puppet troops in Yanzhou, Jining, Qufu, Surabaya, and Zou counties to quickly shrink towards the county seat, he stared at the dawn with his eyes.

The East finally showed a bright color, and Honma Masaka couldn't wait to urge the contact aviation to cover the main force of the division to return to the front line of Yanzhou and Qufu.

The Japanese planes were dispatched, in a group of four, to cover the main force of the 27th Division to retreat along the highway from Tai'an to Yanzhou and the highway from Feicheng to Yanzhou.

After the Japanese army retreated, Honma Masaan understood what mine warfare and tunnel warfare were.

Liu Yimin originally judged that after the Japanese army learned that our army had attacked and occupied the county seat of Yixian, Zaozhuang and Tengxian, it would shrink in the north and south at the same time. However, the intelligence confession in the middle of the night on the 9th showed that the Japanese puppet troops in Yanzhou, Jining, Qufu, Surabaya, and Zou counties were all concentrating on the county seat, and the North China Front Army was unwilling to abandon these strategic fulcrums, and the main force of the 27th Division was likely to return to its original defensive position. Therefore, on the way to Tengxian County, Liu Yimin gave orders to Wang Jian'an, commander of the Taixi Garrison Brigade, and Zhang Haitao, commander of the Tai'an Detachment, asking them to urgently set up an emergency arrangement, use mine warfare and tunnel warfare to delay the Japanese army, and slim down the 27th Division. In this way, the Taixi Garrison Brigade, the Tai'an Detachment and the armed forces of the premises quickly drove to clear the wilderness and set up a mine array, so that the devils could try the power of iron watermelon, stone watermelon, clay pot watermelon and tunnel warfare.

It is 8 or 90 kilometers from Tai'an to Qufu, and 11 or 20 kilometers from Feicheng to Yanzhou. According to Honma's thoughts, these two highway lines are still under the control of the Japanese puppet army, and his army is marching rapidly under the cover of aircraft, and it can completely withdraw to Yanzhou and Qufu in two days.

Honma Masaka calculated that the main force of the Eighth Route Army proposed a major battle in Fei County last night and eliminated the main force of the 10th Division. At the very least, the Eighth Route Army also had to rest for a day in Fei County. In this case, even if Liu Yimin had the heart to calculate his 27th Division, from Feixian to Qufu and Yanzhou for 27 or 80 miles, except for Liu Yimin's cavalry and the infantry carried by cars, his main infantry force wanted to arrive, and in any case, it would be after October 12. Because of the reconnaissance and bombing of imperial fighters during the day, the Eighth Route Army could not march, so they could only use the night to march. According to the marching speed of the infantry, under normal circumstances, the infantry of the Eighth Route Army would have to take three nights to rush from Fei County to Qufu and Yanzhou. At this time, the main forces of the 27th Division have already returned to Yanzhou and Qufu, and I am afraid that the Fifth Division and the 114th Division, which are rushing to the Shandong battlefield, have already arrived at Qingdao and Lianyungang by boat.

As long as the main force returns, relying on a strong defensive fortification, Honma Masana doesn't believe that Liu Yimin can do anything with him. Because he already knew that the Eighth Route Army had instigated a strong attack on the 32nd Division, the 36th Division, and the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Guards Division on the Jiaoji Road last night. Honma Masaka believes that at least Liu Yimin's army is divided into troops to fight, and Liu Yimin will definitely leave a large number of troops to consolidate the Fei County, Yi County, and Teng County areas, and clear the remnants of the imperial army in this area.

As for the issue of the Eighth Route Army's attack on Teng County, Zaozhuang, and Yi County, Honma Masaka arbitrarily believed that it was the masterpiece of the elite team of the Eighth Route Army. That army deserves to do some kind of sneak attack, and if it encounters a regular battle with a large army, they will be torn apart by shrapnel and bullets.

As soon as he began to retreat, Honma Masaan sensed that something was wrong. There are no roads, but the country roads and roads are all mined, and explosions are heard one after another. Honma Masakami had no choice but to send all the sappers out to clear the mines. As a result, the demining sappers were either shot and killed by the Eighth Route Army, or were injured by the Eighth Route Army's sons and mothers, making them cry and call their mothers.

Honma Masana immediately woke up, thinking that he would not be able to withdraw to Yanzhou and Qufu so smoothly, and if he didn't do well, he would fall into the outflanking circle of the Eighth Route Army. Therefore, he hurriedly told Iida Zhenggu, commander of the 12th Army, that he requested the air force to strengthen reconnaissance and bombing of Lunan and that the defenders of Jining, Zouxian, and Surabaya should be allowed to immediately concentrate on Qufu and Yanzhou while there were planes covering them during the day.

Iida Zhengu is indeed not simple, the Eighth Route Army has instigated the whole front, and the Japanese defense in Shandong has been riddled with holes, and it is still very calm. After receiving Masayo Honma's account, this old devil actually remembered the method used by Yoshio Shinozuka to destroy the mine array with aerial bombs, and ordered the aviation to use aerial bombs to open the way for the 27th Division, ordered the troops of the 27th Division remaining in Zou County and Surabaya to immediately concentrate on Qufu and Yanzhou, and ordered the Japanese puppet army stationed in Yanzhou and Qufu to prepare for the withdrawal of the main force of the 27th Division.

From 7 a.m. to 11 a.m., the main force of the 27th Division of the Japanese Army, under the cover of aircraft, did everything in its might, kicked at the invisible enemy, and finally withdrew to the line of Beijipo south of Tai'an and Anjiazhuang on the north bank of the Wen River.

When I got here, Honma Masaan didn't leave.

The 27th Division of the Japanese Army was now divided into several parts, one on the Anjiazhuang line, one on the Beijipo, one on Qufu, and one on Yanzhou. If at the beginning of the war, a division of the Japanese army guarded four places, it would not be nothing, and the squadron would have to pay many casualties if it wanted to destroy the 27th Division. Now it's not compatible, the instructor of the Eighth Route Army concentrated on using artillery fire, and he had already beaten the devil with fear, where did Honma Masaka dare to take risks!

After Honma Masaan withdrew to Anjiazhuang, he immediately contacted the infantry commander who remained behind, and after learning that the army had completed its contraction and entrenched in Qufu and Yanzhou, his heart calmed down for a while. But then, his heart tugged.

At this time, the commander of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army, Atsuro Umemura, who had escaped from Yixian, Nanzao Yunzi and Wang Jimei, who had escaped from Zaozhuang, and Wang Huaidang, the captain of the night raid who had fled to the city and then continued to flee south, had already told the Japanese army about the situation, and the Japanese army was basically clear about the situation in Lunan. It was known that the Eighth Route Army dispatched a large-scale cavalry army to attack and occupy Zaozhuang, Yixian County, and Tengxian County.

Honma, who was clear about the situation in Lunan, did not dare to advance to Yanzhou and Qufu anymore. On the contrary, Honma Masahimi told the commander of the 12th Army, Iida Sadagu, that he request a change in the battle plan, immediately abandon Qufu and Yanzhou, and let the entire 27th Division move closer to Tai'an, rely on Tai'an to fortify, and wait for reinforcements from the main force.

After receiving the telegram from Honma Masan, Iida Sada's stubborn smile and scolded Honma Masaan for being a coward, and he didn't even have the courage to stop fighting with the Eighth Route Army. It was Lin Qianzaburo who reminded him that the current situation in Shandong was extremely bad, and in the northwest of Shandong, after the main forces of the 110th Division and the Guards Division rushed to Dexian, because they were withdrawn from the Shanxi battlefield, the army had to take a short break to recuperate and make up for the ammunition before it could enter the battle, while the Eighth Route Army in northwest Shandong had been recuperating for so long, and was staring at the imperial army, looking forward to the imperial army dividing its troops to attack, so that they could take a hard bite. The main force of the imperial army in Luzhong suffered heavy losses by the main force of the Eighth Route Army last night, and first of all, it had to consider maintaining the smooth passage of the Jiaoji Road; On the Xuzhou side, before the 114th Division arrived, the 9th Division was not allowed to move at all, and if it moved, there would be big problems; The 38th Division of Lu Nanbiao has been retracted to Cao County, and it would be good if it could hold Cao County. In a short period of time, the 27th Division was a lone army in Lunan, and it was easy to fall into the outflanking circle of the Eighth Route Army and be eaten and lost. At the moment, it is still the best policy to retract Tai'an and stick to it proposed by Honma Masaka.

Lin Qianzaburo was later the chief adviser of the Japanese army invading China, and he was calm and grasped the key to the problem at once.

Iida Sadagu took Hayashi Asa Saburo's suggestion and immediately reported to Tada Jun, commander of the North China Front, that Qufu and Yanzhou be abandoned, and that the 27th Division should retreat to Tai'an, and that the 16th Brigade be strengthened together with the self-reliant 16th Brigade.

Retreating without a fight, especially abandoning the Lunan Plain area, this matter is a bit big, and Tada Jun can't be the master, he has to ask the Chinese dispatch army headquarters and base camp for instructions, and it is clear that if he does not abandon Qufu and Yanzhou, the 27th Division army there will definitely become the attack point of Liu Yimin's instructor, and it is likely to be broken collectively again. As long as the 27th Division withdraws to Tai'an and relies on its position to hold on, it can hold on until the 5th Division and the 114th Division return to Shandong. When the time comes, reoccupy the Lunan area and buy the Jinpu Road.

Tada Jun also saw the serious consequences of the 27th Division returning to Yanzhou and becoming a lone army, he didn't want to lose another division, he couldn't afford to lose that person.

Before the headquarters and the commander of the Chinese Dispatch Army, Nishio Toshizo, could reply to the telegram, Tada ordered Iida Sadagu to immediately notify Lieutenant General Masayo Honma, commander of the 27th Division in Anjiazhuang, to immediately transfer his troops to Taian. Honma Masamei informed the garrisons in Qufu and Yanzhou that preparations were quickly made to withdraw to Tai'an. and ordered Lieutenant General Toshinori Kinoshita of the 3rd Flying Group to cover the retreat of the army with all his might.

Honma Masana gave the Japanese puppet army in Qufu and Yanzhou an order to prepare for retreat, and those who fled from Zouxian, Surabaya, and Jining to Qufu and Yanzhou were the first to lose their breath, and those who dragged their families with their mouths, regardless of whether they were tired or not, rode in horse-drawn carts, ox carts, mules, donkeys, bicycles, and all sorts of things, began to flee along the highway to the purpose of Tai'an. As soon as the order of the base camp and the General Headquarters of the Chinese Dispatch Army approved the abandonment of Qufu and Yanzhou, the Japanese puppet army swarmed out and fled along the main road towards the purpose of Tai'an Biao.

Fortunately, with the escort of Japanese aircraft, the Eighth Route Army could not get close to the road, and these Japanese puppet troops who fled in a hurry were safe for the time being.

In one day, the Japanese puppet army in the land of Lunan escaped cleanly, and they didn't even have time to do such a bad thing as destroying the city.

It was not that the Japanese army had no time to destroy the city, the main thing was that Tada Jun and Iida Sadagu believed that they would soon fight back, and did not order the Japanese puppet army to destroy the city.

It's really difficult for the Japanese puppet army, the escape speed is really fast, from noon to dark, the Japanese puppet army in Yanzhou and Qufu actually fled to Ciyao Town on Jinpu Road, which is simply amazing. Although the 27th Division was an elite Japanese army reorganized from the North China Garrison Brigade, the Japanese army did not forget to send troops to cover behind the palace and let the engineers lay mines on the roads and main roads, planning to delay the pursuit that the Eighth Route Army might instigate.

Liu Yimin, who was recuperating in Teng County, already knew about the frantic escape of the Japanese puppet army in Lunan to the south and north before Shen Zui sent him the telegram sent to the Military Commission. But he had no choice, the Japanese planes were dispatched on a large scale to cover the retreat of the ground army, and the Eighth Route Army was not allowed to pursue at all, and the Japanese aircraft group was worried that it could not find the main force of the Eighth Route Army!

Night is the world of the Eighth Route Army!

The hasty escape of the Japanese puppet army did not and could not escape the eyes of the scouts of the Eighth Route Army!

Wang Jian'an, commander of the Taixi Garrison Brigade, was a native of Huang'an, Hubei, and began to herd cattle for the family of the landowner Wang Shaoshan at the age of 14, and was humiliated. When he was 17 years old, Wang Jian'an burned down the house of Wang Shaoshan's family, and ran to the new barracks of Wu Peifu's army in Wuhan to carry guns and eat food. Later, Wang Jian'an found out that Wu Peifu's army was indispensable, purely to care for the dogs of the rich and bullying the poor, so he ran back to his hometown, gathered 60 poor buddies, and made contacts, and started the peasant army. During the Jute Uprising, 20-year-old Wang Jian'an joined the Red Army with his peasant armament, starting from the deputy squad leader, all the way to the political commissar of the Red Fourth Army, the main force of the Red Fourth Front Army.

During the day, the Japanese army had Japanese aircraft to cover, and the Eighth Route Army could only use mine arrays to delay the devils, making Wang Jian'an angry. Moreover, Wang Jian'an never imagined that the Japanese army would be so seedless, and would turn to Tai'an to retreat after staying in Anjiazhuang, and even the Japanese puppet army in Ningyang City joined the ranks of fleeing. His furnishings were all carried out along the highway from Feicheng to Yanzhou, and the devil's escape disrupted Wang Jian'an's furnishings, and it was too late to adjust the furnishings.

Now it's okay, it's dark, and the devils have all withdrawn to the gap between Tai'an and the magnetic kiln, and began to camp, and rely on railways and highways to defend. Wang Jian'an's opportunity has come.

Wang Jian'an immediately reported to Liu and Luo, saying that he would set up a flanking circle around Tai'an City to trap the devils.

After sending the telegram, Wang Jian'an ordered the armies of the Taixi Garrison Brigade and the premises of several counties in Taixi to concentrate on the city of Tai'an, pounce on it, and carry out a night battle against the devils, so as to ensure that the devils stay in Tai'an, expecting the main force to arrive and annihilate them in one fell swoop.

In an instant, Taixi's Eighth Route Army, county brigade, district team, and militia team all went out of the tunnel, carrying heavy machine guns and pulling infantry guns, and rushed towards Tai'an City from all directions.

Wang Jian'an is thinking this way, and Zhang Haitao of the Tai'an detachment is also thinking this way, and he gave more direct orders to the regiments of the Tai'an detachment: "If the devil is instigated, it's up to us." Pounce on it, surround the devil, and take advantage of the night to smash it! ”

As a result, the Tai'an detachment, which had just retreated from Dawenkou, pounced on Dawenkou Town again under the cover of night.

Zhang Haitao's meaning is to reoccupy Dawenkou, cut off the connection between Tai'an and the magnetic kiln, and divide the Japanese puppet army.

After receiving the telegrams from Wang Jian'an and Zhang Haitao, Liu Yimin thought about it carefully and felt that the Japanese army would not have strong reinforcements to save the 27th Division in one or two days, and it was just right to divide the 27th Division and annihilate it. Therefore, Liu Yimin immediately ordered the main force resting in Tengxian County to immediately untie the cable and go to the purpose of Tai'an Biao by separate routes.

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