On this night, the night was surprisingly good, except for the armored group, the other units of the Eighth Route Army who were responsible for the task of interspersing and dividing did not even have to shoot torches, like tigers going down the mountain foraging for food in the dark, and like sharp knives when they were untying cattle, interspersed with detours in the gaps in the Japanese puppet army's defense line, dividing the little devils into pieces of small cakes, and then calling for artillery fire and targeted killing.

Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan personally commanded the 1st Brigade, the 1st Brigade, the 4th Brigade, and the Cavalry Brigade to implement the tactics of breaking through in the middle. When the 1st Battalion captured Niushan Town, Liu Yimin strictly ordered all troops to expand their battle results, spread out in the east and west directions, seize the devils, divide the devils, and completely tear apart the enemy in front of them with a powerful attack force like drinking soup.

Luo Ronghuan saw that Liu Yimin's majestic posture when he gave the order was like a swarthy mountain peak in the night in the Yiméng Mountains.

Just as he was about to shout, he remembered that Jingjing had been sacrificed. Even if you don't sacrifice, you can't take pictures this night. Looking at Liu Yimin again, there was a bit of coldness in the resoluteness on his face, and he felt that he had partnered with Liu Yimin for so long, and he didn't know enough about him. Not to mention other people, Xiang Jingjing and Li Chengyi, one has a deep love for him, and the other is in charge of life and security by his side for a long time, both of them have followed him all the way, and their sacrifice may hurt Liu Yimin the most.

Luo Ronghuan didn't have time to think about it, this was the time of the Great War, although our army took the little devil by surprise, but after all, there was the Sixth Division of the Japanese Army in Lianyungang, and the Ninth Division of the Japanese Army in the Suzhou-Anhui region. If these two Japanese troops are reinforced, they may form a flank attack on our troops at any time. Of course, Luo Ronghuan knew in his heart that with his current strength, he was not afraid of the Japanese army coming to attack. But to win the battle, you must win it neatly, and you can't cause big casualties, which may make Liu Yimin's face even colder.

Now Liu Yimin, commanding the war is like flowing water, and every link is interlocking.

The Panzer Group pays attention to overwhelming momentum and assault, they are the waves of the entire middle breakthrough offensive, and the attacking forces that follow are the tides that push the waves, one bo and one bo towards the devil's defense line. In Liu Yimin's words, that is, to completely drown the little devils, so that they can't stand, can't lift kùzi, can't run, can only raise their hands and kneel to beg for mercy.

At this time of the battle, the sudden purpose of the battle was achieved, and the goal of breaking through the defense line of the devils in the middle was achieved, and the next thing to see was whether the goal of dividing and encircling the devils between Pixian and Haizhou could be successfully achieved. If it is realized, the 114th Division will be crippled, and it will have to shed its skin if it does not die. Judging by the current state of war, this goal should be achieved soon.

Luo Ronghuan reminded Liu Yimin that he must implement the battle plan and not go too deep to the south to avoid encountering the counterattack of the Japanese Ninth Division.

Liu Yimin said lightly: "It's better for them to have the courage to fight back, Lao Tzu is waiting for them!" ”

Luo Ronghuan said again, you have to guard against the Sixth Division, which is a beast that will bite people.

Liu Yimin naturally knew about these circumstances that he had strengthened the firepower of the southeastern Lu detachment, especially the anti-tank capability. It's night again, and the Sixth Division just wants reinforcements, so I'm afraid we have to think about the risk of reinforcements at night. Even if it really went west for reinforcements, and there were no devil planes to make trouble, how could Liu Yimin be afraid of its Sixth Division, which had just been hit hard!

Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan were predicting the actions of the Sixth Division and the Ninth Division, but the commander of the 114th Division, Shigeji Suematsu, was asking for help from these two permanent divisions.

Realizing the crisis, Shigeharu Suematsu couldn't sit still at the division headquarters, so he hurriedly went to the city wall of Pixian County to personally observe the situation on the battlefield.

It's night, let alone night, even if it's daytime, it is impossible for Shigeji Suematsu to see Haizhou from the county seat of Pixian. However, Shigeji Suematsu, who had climbed the city wall, saw the continuous roar of the artillery group when the Fifth Brigade and the New Fifth Brigade attacked between Xin'an Town and Pixian. Just listening to the sound of artillery, Shigeharu Suematsu knew that the long snake formation set up by his 114th Division could not stop the offensive of the Eighth Route Army at all.

After descending the city wall and returning to the division headquarters, Shigeharu Suematsu did not stop for a moment, and asked Yamashita Fengwen Pao, who was sitting in Xuzhou, for urgent tactical guidance, and begged His Excellency the Chief of Staff to allow the 114th Division to shrink its defensive line and retreat in the direction of Xuzhou and Lianyungang.

Yamashita Fengwen did not agree with the retreat of Suematsu Shigeji to Xuzhou and Lianyungang, and confidently told Suematsu Shigeji that the counterattack of the Eighth Route Army was terrible, as long as the 114th Division held out until dawn, the eastern section of Longhai Road was Liu Yimin's burial ground, and he would report to the base camp and mobilize all the fighters that could be mobilized to rush to the battlefield, and at the same time report to His Excellency the commander and the base camp, and mobilize the Sixth Division and the Ninth Division to reinforce and flank the Eighth Route Army.

At this time, the original appreciation and respect for Yamashita Fengwen was gone, and he knew that this guy didn't know Liu Yimin and his mentor at all. If the 114th Division had been able to hold out until dawn, there would have been no tragedy of the 8th, 10th, and 14th Divisions and the collective broken garrison divisions.

After scolding a few times, Shigeharu Suematsu sent a 100,000 urgent telegram to Shanshan Yuan, asking for urgent tactical guidance, and begging His Excellency the Commander to approve the retreat of the 114th Division in the direction of Xuzhou and Lianyungang. Because the Ninth Division swept dang in northeastern Anhui and northern Jiangsu, it could not gather troops for a while. The Sixth Division is on standby in Lianyungang, but it can quickly come to the east's aid, but what is worrying is what if the Eighth Route Army repeats its old tricks and staging a big drama of ambushing the Sixth Division?

When Shanshan received the telegram, he was taking Muto Akira to the headquarters to consider the implementation of the battle plan for Qingdao fishing! As soon as he saw the telegram, the old devil was shocked, and exclaimed, "What is Liu Yimin going to do?" ”

Screaming that the problem would not be solved, Shanshan Yuan hurriedly discussed with Muto Zhang and the two of them on the map. After discussing for a while, Shanshanyuan issued an order, allowing the 114th Division to shrink its troops to the county towns of Haizhou and Pixian, and to build strong fortifications to defend these two county seats; He also ordered the 6th Division to attack and advance to Haizhou to reinforce the 114th Division; The 9th Division was ordered to gather troops overnight and prepare for reinforcements.

The reason for this deployment was mainly due to the judgment of both Shanshan Yuan and Muto Akira that the Eighth Route Army would launch such a large-scale attack, and the 114th Division, which was scattered, would definitely not be able to stop it. However, the strategic position of Pixian and Haizhou is very important and cannot be discarded at will. As long as these two points can be held, it can win valuable time for strengthening the Xuzhou garrison. As long as the 114th Division holds out on these two key points until dawn, the 114th Division will be able to receive strong support from the air force.

As for whether the Sixth Division would fall into the ambush circle of the Eighth Route Army, Shanshan Yuan and Muto Zhang were confident that they would not, because Lianyungang was too close to Haizhou City, and it was impossible for Liu Yimin to set up an ambush here.

It's really hard for Shanshan Yuan and Muto Zhang, these two guys actually judged that the Eighth Route Army's attack on the 114th Division was probably due to the top-secret information that the 9th Division was moving south to sweep dang and the 6th Division was transferred eastward. Otherwise, Liu Yimin would not have adopted such a forceful offensive tactic. This is not Liu Yimin's style of fighting! Besides, if the Sixth Division and the Ninth Division had not been transferred, Liu Yimin would not have swallowed the appetite of the three elite divisions in one fell swoop.

In Shanshanyuan's view, not only Liu Yimin does not have this appetite, but any army in the world does not have this appetite. That's three elite divisions!

Although Shanshanyuan did not approve the retreat of the 114th Division to Xuzhou and Lianyungang, Suematsu Shigeji was already very impressed, and he hurriedly ordered all the troops west of Niushan Town to concentrate in Pi County, and the troops east of Niushan Town to concentrate in Haizhou City, and they must defend these two key points to the death.

If you want to run at this time, I'm afraid it's a little late, the Eighth Route Army has mobilized five infantry brigades, an infantry detachment, a cavalry brigade, an artillery brigade, and an air defense brigade, with a total strength of more than 10,000 people.

The little devil's run saved the Eighth Route Army a lot of trouble. Panzer groups are in pursuit, cavalry brigades are in pursuit, and units are in pursuit. Bullets kill, shells kill, sabers kill too, and even the tracks of tanks need the blood of little devils to stain red. Later, the Eighth Route Army blew the trumpet of the charge, and the ticking trumpet urged the soldiers, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, the little devil is in front!

The Japanese army was indeed a well-trained army. After the Sixth Division received the order, a terrible whistle sounded over the entire Lianyungang sky. An hour later, the search unit of the 6th Division began to attack and advance towards Haizhou City in a combat posture, and the main force also began to complete the assembly in 6 consecutive formations and began to hit the road in 6 consecutive ways.

As soon as the Sixth Division advanced westward for reinforcements, it brought out the operational intentions of the Eighth Route Army, and it turned out that the Eighth Route Army actually cut off the connection between Lianyungang and Haizhou, and this was not an attempt to completely annihilate the 114th Division?

Looking at the telegram of the commander of the 6th Division, Shiro Inaba, about the search squadron for the jade shattering, the destruction of the chariot, and the severance of the connection between Lianyungang and Haizhou City by the Eighth Route Army, Shanshanyuan seemed to see the scene of the 114th Division being completely annihilated, and strictly ordered the 6th Division to resolutely attack and advance, and be sure to open up the connection with Haizhou.

After the Sixth Division had exhausted all its efforts to join forces with the Japanese army in Haizhou City, Shiro Inaba realized that the Eighth Route Army had stopped attacking and withdrew! And it was withdrawn cleanly, and the station property was also cleaned.

Early the next morning, the Eighth Route Army sent a war report to the whole country in the form of a telegram, announcing the results of the tutor's re-battle on the eastern section of Longhai Road, and at the same time announcing the news of Jingjing's sacrifice, and began to publish Liu Yimin's commemorative articles and inscriptions from the central government.

After listening to the news broadcast, Shanshan Motocai, commander of the Japanese North China Front, suddenly realized that he had exclaimed "I see."