Just when Ryosuke Isoya decided to increase troops to Taierzhuang, Liu Yimin, who had been thinking about how to drag the footsteps of the 16th Division and the 5th Division to reinforce Taierzhuang, suddenly became enlightened that the 16th Division would not go south to reinforce Taierzhuang, the reason was very simple, the base camp of the army was probably beginning to brew the battle of Xuzhou at this time, and now the hundreds of thousands of [***] north of Xuzhou are difficult to enter the eyes of the base camp of the army, and they are afraid that they want to use Chiang Kai-shek's mentality of defending Xuzhou to fish and eliminate the main force around Xuzhou in one fell swoop.

As soon as this thought came up, Liu Yimin became excited, and his mind was full of reasons why the 16th Division would not reinforce one by one. You must know that in history, the battle of Xuzhou was to quietly cast a net, and the 200,000 troops quietly attacked Xuzhou, and when Chiang Kai-shek understood it, it was time for the army to close the net.

Thinking about it again, during the Battle of Taierzhuang in history, the 114th Division was stationed in Yanzhou, and the 14th Division was on standby in northern Henan, not to mention that these two troops did not reinforce on a large scale, even the 10th Division itself only dispatched a Segu detachment to attack Taierzhuang, and its Eighth Brigade did not move at all. The Fifth Division only dispatched a Sakamoto brigade to attack Linyi, and then went south to reinforce it. Therefore, after the victory in Taierzhuang, the 10th Division and the 5th Division were still the main force in the Battle of Xuzhou, playing the role of the vanguard.

The reason for this is that, on the one hand, the army's self-confidence is highly inflated, thinking that the Segu detachment can take Taierzhuang, and it is impossible to imagine that the Segu detachment will fall into the trap of the fifth war zone in Taierzhuang. In fact, Seishiro Itagaki fought half of China with half of the division. Although history has changed now, the top brass of the Yue army probably still thinks that the reason why their instructors can inflict heavy losses on the Yue army is mainly due to conspiracy and trickery. I am afraid that none of them will admit the fact that the tactical thinking of the Yue army is backward. In their hearts, they have never seen the combat effectiveness of [***]. On the other hand, the expansion faction and the non-expansion faction in the base camp of the Yue Army were in a fierce debate at this time, which led to the Second Army issuing the combat order of the 10th Division to destroy the enemy north of the canal, and did not issue an order to cross the canal and attack Xuzhou. It was Taierzhuang, and it was also after the attack of the Taierzhuang detachment was blocked and the main force of the 63rd Wing of Furong Zhenping arrived that he ordered the 63rd Wing to decisively occupy Taierzhuang.

Since the 16th Division will not be reinforced, the 5th Division, which is entangled with the troops of the 1st Theater in southwestern Lu, will not be reinforced, and if they are dispatched, there will inevitably be a telegram from there on the plateau, and a very important task of the 1st Brigade is to keep an eye on the 5th Division, and the plateau will definitely make detailed arrangements.

In this way, the 114th Division in Yanzhou will not be dispatched. This unfortunate division first lost a brigade in the train derailment incident at Jieshou Station, and then lost a special train transporting ammunition and baggage at Dawenkou Station. Their task now is probably to cooperate with the 10th Brigade of Reading Li Mixed Regiment, stationed in Tai'an, to repair the Jinpu Road as soon as possible and ensure the safety of the Jinpu Road.

After doing the math, Liu Yimin felt that Ryosuke Isoya was most likely to send reinforcements to Linyi's 39th Wing to the south to support. In this way, we can not only strengthen the combat strength of the southern front, but also receive the outstanding effect of surprise troops.

After the situation of the Yue army was basically settled, Liu Yimin began to examine the situation of the two sides on the front line of Taierzhuang.

Liu Yimin knew that the main reason for Taierzhuang's great victory in history was naturally that he shared the same hatred for the enemy, commanded properly, and provided effective support, but at the same time, it was also caused by the unclear situation of the army and the enemy, poor communication, and command errors.

The unclear situation of the enemy means that the army has not figured out how many [***] teams there are on the front line of Taierzhuang from beginning to end, and has not figured out that there is only one regiment in Taierzhuang, the core position of the Taierzhuang Campaign, is defending. If the army knew the strength of the defenders, it would be difficult to say whether Taierzhuang could hold it.

The reason for the poor communication was that there was a problem in the connection between the Seya detachment of the 10th Division and the Sakamoto detachment of the 5th Division, which could not act in unison, and even the specific time of the retreat of the Sakamoto detachment was not clear to the Seya detachment.

The situation of command mistakes can be known by a discerning person at a glance. At that time, after the army occupied Lincheng, it was not to concentrate the main force and go directly south to Taierzhuang, but to occupy Yixian and Hanzhuang, leaving time for the defenders to deploy calmly. At the same time, during the attack on Taierzhuang, the operational thinking of the base camp, the Second Army, and the 10th Division was not unified, resulting in the confusion of the thinking of the attacking troops. Like the 10th Wing, which was advancing eastward from Hanzhuang, received an order to go to Yixian to meet the Sakamoto detachment when it was six kilometers away from Taierzhuang, and then attacked with the Sakamoto detachment from east to west. At this time, the [***] squadron had begun to close the net, and the general trend of the army had gone, and it was difficult to supply ammunition, so it was naturally going to be defeated. In particular, the troops that directly attacked Taierzhuang had always been a large brigade at the beginning, and after the main force of Furong Zhenping's 63rd Wing arrived, they did not concentrate on attacking Taierzhuang with all their strength, and he had to separate his troops to deal with the attack of the defenders west of Taierzhuang. If Furong Zhenping went to Taierzhuang desperately and went straight down to Taierzhuang, the defenders of Taierzhuang would not be able to support it.

But now the situation has changed, if the 39th Wing bypasses Linyi and goes south, all the units of the 10th Division will be there. In this way, the troops of the Yue army attacking Taierzhuang were a whole, and the command was as good as expected, not only did the strength of the troops that attacked Taierzhuang exceed the strength of the historical attack on Taierzhuang, but the problem of poor communication was also solved. In particular, after the 39th Wing arrived on the battlefield, it formed a support corps together with the 40th Wing, and as long as Ryosuke Isoya gave an order, it could kill on any front. It seems that whether Taierzhuang can hold on to it has become a problem.

At present, there are three problems that need to be solved urgently: First, Li Zongren must be reminded to increase the defensive strength of Taierzhuang, which cannot be defended by relying on one regiment of the 31st Division alone. The second is to remind Li Zongren's 39th Wing to go south to support, and Lanling Town is the place where this wing will inevitably pass. The third is to remind Chiang Kai-shek and Li Zongren that they must fight a quick battle and make a quick decision, and must not fall into the trap of the army.

As for the rest, Liu Yimin thought about it and felt that there was not much of a problem for the time being, there was no problem with the firepower of the Taierzhuang defense line, like the mechanized heavy artillery company that Bai Chongxi transferred to Taierzhuang, which was towed by a ten-wheeled truck, which was much more advanced than the artillery of the Yue army, and there was no need to worry about the artillery fire of the Yue army during the artillery battle, as long as he paid attention to air defense. The anti-aircraft artillery equipped by the defenders can completely deal with the tanks of the Yue army, and in history, the Taierzhuang battle anti-aircraft artillery platoon destroyed five tanks of the Yue army in one battle, so that the tanks of the Yue army did not dare to advance in isolation. Although I don't know if Chiang Kai-shek's gas masks were sent at this time, the poison gas used by the army in Taierzhuang in history did not work, which proves that the defenders have anti-gas equipment.

After thinking about it, Liu Yimin felt that the plan of the Yue army was already very clear, and since this was the case, it was better to make a plan, grasp the psychology of the Yue army to underestimate the enemy and prepare to catch a big fish, and concentrate on eliminating the main force of the 10th Division as soon as possible, so that the devils could steal chickens without a handful of rice. That is, the common people often say that if you are like a ghost, you have to drink the old lady's footwashing water.

Liu Yimin decided to send a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek and Li Zongren to remind them. So, he put pen to paper and wrote: "The Central Committee and the General Headquarters transfer Chairman Jiang Zongren and General Li Zongren:

In Lunan and the fierce battle with the Kou, the morale of the Chinese people to resist was greatly increased. It has now been learned from reliable sources that Lieutenant General Ryosuke Isoya, commander of the enemy's 10th Division, has ordered Major General Seya Kai of the 33rd Brigade to command the Seya Detachment to attack the front line of Taierzhuang with all its might, ordered the 40th Wing of the 8th Brigade to take over the garrison task from Jiehe to Tengxian, Lincheng, Zaozhuang, and Yixian, and ordered Major General Lai Wuping, commander of the 8th Brigade, to lead the 39th Wing supporting the Linyi operation to secretly withdraw from the Linyi battlefield, bypass Linyi, and go south to reinforce the Taierzhuang operation. Judging by the distance and time, the enemy should arrive at Lanling Town around 1 April, and then turn to the east to attack. After the 39th Wing moves south, the enemy's 16th Division may take over the attack on Linyi.

In view of the above enemy situation, Chairman Chiang and General Li are requested to consider whether it is possible to find suitable terrain between Linyi and Lanling to set up an ambush and annihilate the enemy's 39th Wing. 2. Taierzhuang is the core position of the canal defense line, which must not be lost, and must keep the traffic smooth and reinforce at any time. The defenders of Shonai need to maintain the level of one brigade, otherwise they will not be able to resist the enemy's wing-sized attack. 3. This battle should be resolved quickly, as if it drags on for too long, it is easy for the enemy to see through our army's attempt to gather and annihilate the main force of the 10th Division, or to break away from the net, or to mobilize a large army for reinforcements. Therefore, it is imperative that the main army of our troops infiltrating behind enemy lines act quickly, and change later. Fourth, Xuzhou is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and is suitable for the movement of the enemy's mechanized corps. The army can mobilize a large army at any time to encircle and annihilate our heavy army group. Therefore, after this battle, it is necessary to deploy as soon as possible to deal with the encirclement and suppression of the enemy's army. ”

After writing it, I thought to myself that as long as I knew that the 39th Wing would secretly go south, with Li Zongren's ability, there would naturally be a way to deal with it. Historically, the reason why Townenburg's army stayed in the mountains was not because Townenburg was cowardly, nor was it because Townenberg sat back and ignored the heavy losses of friendly forces and was bent on preserving strength. The main reason was actually that the strength of the Sakamoto detachment that was supported by the south was not clear to some extent, and the Sakamoto detachment, which was afraid of the sudden appearance, copied the back of the 20th Army Corps. Once it was decided, Tang Enbo no longer hesitated. Historically, after the Sakamoto detachment went south in concealment, Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army on the Linyi front line did not notice it, which affected the time of closing the net in the Taierzhuang battle. Li Zongren has always accused Tang Enbo of not obeying commands and being cowardly and afraid of war, but Chiang Kai-shek saw it clearly, and after the war, he told Zhang Zizhong that the southward movement of the Sakamoto detachment was a shame for the 59th Army.

As for the front line of Taierzhuang, Li Zongren originally wanted to use the Second Army to rely on the canal to consume the enemy, whether it was Seya Kai or Isoya Ryosuke, as long as they couldn't see through it for the time being, they would definitely hit the southern wall.

Thinking about it, Liu Yimin wanted to simply concentrate on teaching the 1st Brigade, the Cavalry Brigade, the 5th Brigade and the artillery, and directly kill Lunan to copy the rear road of the army, and eliminate the 10th Division of Ryosuke Isoya in one fell swoop. However, he still held back, [***] needs a big victory too much, since he knows that Taierzhuang's victory is destined to happen, why bother to intervene again, so that [***] is both like a victory and a little regret of winning with the help of the instructor? Besides, it is impossible for his own mentor to conquer the world, he really beats the devil too badly now, and the gains outweigh the losses in strategy. If the army gives up fighting the Soviet Union and the United States because of this, and mobilizes hundreds of divisions and regiments to fight China, it will be a sinner. Even if he once vowed to rely on the Chinese's own strength to defeat the invaders, then he had to let the artillery of the US army consume the devils, right?

After handing over Qian Zhuangfei to the headquarters quickly, Liu Yimin sent a telegram to the Fifth Brigade to ask how the task of destroying the supply line of the 16th Division had been completed.

Hong Chaoyuan reported that since the division of troops was launched, several regiments from Xintai, Mengyin, and Yishui have acted as battalions and companies, mobilized the masses, and attacked the Yuekou in the name of the Lunan anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment. In the past few days, all regiments have made gains, the main road from Laiwu to Mengyin is basically controlled by our army, and a considerable part of the supply lines of the 16th Division have fallen into the hands of our army.

At the end of the telegram, Hong Chaoyuan said excitedly: "Lunan is really a good place, and the people here are very supportive of us. Everywhere our army went, the soldiers could eat hot meals and drink hot tea. Don't say that those young offspring, even the big ladies with bound feet take the initiative to make pancakes for the soldiers. It felt like going back to the old base. ”

After reading the telegram, Liu Yimin sent another telegram to Hong Chaoyuan, saying that the main task at present is to mobilize the masses, establish political power, and expand local armed forces. The troops should step up discipline education, love the common people as they love their parents and brothers and sisters, protect the common people as they protect their own eyes, and quickly mingle with the old folks in Lunan Province. The 16th Division was mainly engaged in guerrilla warfare and ambush warfare, and it was not allowed to go head-to-head with it, so that the 16th Division felt like a man on its back, felt a threat everywhere and at all times, and could not find the source of the threat, so it did not dare to let go of the attack on Linyi. Do not capture enemy fortified towns in the short term.

After sending the telegram, Liu Yimin consciously moved away from the stone that was pressed in his heart, and the victory of Taierzhuang would not disappear because of the butterfly effect caused by his arrival, so he waited to receive the battle report of the victory of Taierzhuang. Happy in his heart, Liu Yimin couldn't help but hum softly the "Two Butterflies" sung by Pang Long in his original time and space: "My dear, you fly slowly, be careful of the thorny roses in front." Honey, open your mouth, the scent of flowers in the wind will intoxicate you. Fly with me, my dear, through the jungle to see the stream. Come and dance, dear, there will be no darkness in the spring of love. I am entangled with you and flying, flying over this red dust forever. Chase you all your life, love me a thousand times, live up to my tenderness and your beauty. I am entangled with you and flying, flying over this red dust forever. When the autumn wind is over, the autumn leaves will fall into piles, and there will be no regrets about withering with you."

was humming fun, and Huang Feihu reported that the artillery brigade commander Li Chang was here.

After Li Chang came in, he saw Liu Yimin's face with joy, and thought that there was something good, so he pestered and inquired, asking if there was another big battle and whether the artillery brigade could be commanded in a unified manner.

Liu Yimin thought it was funny, this guy never forgot to command the artillery of the whole division in a unified manner. However, Liu Yimin liked Li Chang, so he asked Huang Wenhu to take out a bottle of wine and drink it with Li Chang.

Liu Yimin asked Li Chang while drinking, have all the shell shells in these battles been handed over to logistics? How much more shells are in reserve?

As soon as Li Chang heard about the artillery and shells, he reported that all the shell shells had been handed in, and the ammunition reserves could be used for a few more battles, but the arsenal had to be completed and started as soon as possible. Now there are more guns and more models. Like mortar shells, since the army rarely uses mortars, it is difficult to replenish artillery shells, and the more they are used, the less they are used.

The two of them chatted while drinking, and at the end of the drink, Li Chang said that the division commander only knew that he was sleeping with his wife in his arms, and he didn't know that he cared about his subordinates. Is it to ask the division commander to send a telegram to Xi'an, asking the families of the cadres to come to Shandong to work?

As soon as Liu Yimin heard it, he laughed at Li Chang for being unproductive, and he missed his wife after how long they had been separated.

Li Chang borrowed the strength of the wine and said drunkly, the division commander is a full man who doesn't know that a hungry man is hungry. I don't know who it is, I talked with my wife several times a night, and I couldn't sleep. You can't do this if you're in good health, even an iron man will be tired.

The two of them laughed and scolded, and it was not until Liu Yimin agreed to bring the cadres' families that Li Chang left drunk.

Liu Yimin's telegram came too timely. Chiang Kai-shek, who was in Kaifeng, was taken aback after reading the telegram, and hurriedly went to the battle map to examine it carefully, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that Liu Yimin's judgment was reasonable. The forces in the Linyi direction must be strengthened, and it is best to allow Li Delin to dispatch some troops to eliminate the 39th Wing of Yuekou and ensure the safety of the eastern front of Taierzhuang.

After much deliberation, Chiang Kai-shek decided to forward Liu Yimin's telegram to Li Zongren, and attached a telegram saying: "The enemy situation described in Liu Yimin's telegram should be taken seriously, the strength of the defenders of Taierzhuang should be strengthened as soon as possible, and the enemy's 39th Wing should be ambushed with powerful troops, and at least troops should be sent to resolutely block it, so as to ensure the smooth progress of the Taierzhuang operation." ”

After sending the telegram, Chiang Kai-shek felt that the hidden danger had been eliminated, and he was happy, so he personally wrote a letter to Liu Yimin and sent it to the headquarters of the 18th Group Army to transfer Liu Yimin by telegram. Chiang Kai-shek wrote in the letter: "I am very relieved to receive a telegram. If every general of the revolutionary army can be so mindful of the overall situation and wholeheartedly plan for the country's war of resistance, why worry about the invincibility of the resistance and the immortality of the Japanese invaders? Pan Du led his troops to actively fight, contain the army, and cooperate with the battle situation in southern Lunan. Any opinions on the battle situation in the future can be reported directly to the base camp. You can report to Zhu and Peng of the 18th Group Army and ask for the password to contact the base camp. Yaoguang's parents have been sent to Xi'an to reunite them. Wei Yaoguang is young and ignorant, please bear with me and protect her safety. As soon as there is good news, report it to me in time. Madame was very worried. ”

After Mr. Zhu received the telegram, he read it and smiled at Zuo Quan: "This old Jiang, if you don't write a paragraph about Chen Yaoguang later, this telegram is indeed very earnest." added the words of the father-in-law to his son-in-law at the end, which made people feel goosebumps all over their bodies. ”

Zuo Quan smiled: "If Chairman Jiang knew that Liu Yimin led the 100,000 army of his mentor to Shandong, I am afraid that his lungs would be blown up." However, the chairman of the committee was still very shrewd, knowing that if he sent someone to send a radio station and a codebook to Liu Yimin, Liu Yimin would definitely not want it, so he asked Liu Yimin to report to the headquarters and ask for a contact password. It is estimated that he also knows that Comrade Liu Yimin will not ask for the password to contact him. ”

Mr. Zhu thought for a while and said, "Forward Chiang Kai-shek's telegram to Liu Yimin and ask him if he can take the time to build another airfield." Lao Mao sent a telegram saying that Feng Dafei and Chang Qiankun had asked for war many times, and if the plane entered the war, there would inevitably be losses. The task of how to make up for the combat losses of aircraft is left to the instructor. ”

Zuo Quan saw that Mr. Zhu was happy, so he quipped: "Mr. Jiang, Chairman Jiang gave Comrade Liu Yimin military ranks and medals, and he didn't forget to give bonuses and beauties. Why are you sending a telegram as a task, it's a bit too unkind! ”

Mr. Zhu said: "It's good that you are a left-handed person, and you compare it like this." Comrade Liu Yimin liked the tasks we gave him and did not like the things that Chairman Chiang gave him. There is simply no comparable surname for this. ”

Zuo Quan still laughed.

After Li Zongren received the telegram from Chiang Kai-shek, he and Bai Chongxi and Liu Fei carefully studied and concluded that the 39th Wing was very likely to go south for reinforcements. Because the 16th Division of the Army is near Linyi, it can completely replace the 39th Wing to attack Linyi. As a result, the Linyi defenders will face more pressure. The only plan was to destroy the main force of the 10th Division before the 16th Division captured Linyi and went south for reinforcements, so that the 16th Division would not dare to go south easily for fear of being annihilated, and Xuzhou would be consolidated.

As for the 39th Wing, since it was sent to the door, Liu Yimin made it very clear where the army marched and assembled, and it would not be interesting to be polite, of course, he had to find a way to ambush it.

The top priority at the moment is to quickly strengthen the garrison in Taierzhuang and keep an eye on the attack at the wing level of the army.

Li Zongren's hand reached for the telephone, and he wanted to talk directly to Sun Lianzhong.

Ryosuke Isoya never dreamed that his deployment would be guessed by the [***] team, and he kept urging the ministries to speed up their actions.

On the 29th, Seya Kai arrived at the front line of Taierzhuang and took over the command of the battlefield.

Kei Seya was appointed commander of the 33rd Brigade on March 1. This guy used to be an instructor at the Army University, and he taught how to fight against the Chinese [***] team, and he thought he was very familiar with the Chinese [***] team, and he was bent on creating miracles on the Chinese battlefield and making contributions to the emperor. He never expected that from Jiehe to Teng County, the elite 10th Wing would be severely damaged by a squadron like Hanako, and almost lost its combat effectiveness. Fortunately, the commander of the division not only did not hold him accountable, but also quickly supplemented the loss of the 10th Wing with the reserve strength of the division and regiment, so that the 10th Wing could go to the battlefield with full personnel.

A few days passed, and the 63rd Wing, equipped with chariots, artillery, and cavalry, under the cover of the aviation force, could not take a small Taierzhuang, and the face of the imperial army was lost.

Seya Kai couldn't figure it out, when did the [***] team, which is like scattered sand, become so tenacious and so not afraid of death? Is this still a [***] team?

After listening to Fukuei Shinpei's report on the battle situation, Seya Kai risked being discovered by the [***] team and went to the front to observe the defense of the [***] team on the front line of Taierzhuang.

Seeing this, Seya Kai smiled, there is a huge Taierzhuang, and all the houses have no roofs, which must be the credit of bombs and shells. It seems that a few days of fighting still had an effect.

After returning to the headquarters, Seya Kei directly adjusted his deployment, attacking the left and right flanks of Taierzhuang with the 10th Wing, and concentrating all his strength on capturing Taierzhuang with the 63rd Wing. Capture the southeast corner first, then expand the occupation area near the north gate, and then concentrate on the northwest corner. In the end, he made an all-out assault on Shonai and completely wiped out the defenders.

After adjusting the deployment, Kei Seya ordered the tank squadron to concentrate nine tanks and break through the canal from the northwest, striving to break through the defenders' defense line in one fell swoop.

(To be continued)