Chapter 2: The ninth section of the Jinpu Road Defensive Battle Linyi broke the army

**The team invested nearly two armies in Hedong (Type B Army, two divisions per army, ~, Jianchuan Meiji only fought for half a day, and he felt powerless to support, he could neither move closer to the east bank of the river nor hold Phoenix Ridge, Jianchuan telegraph board, he was no longer able to hold Phoenix Ridge, and asked to retreat to the northeast.

Shocked when he received the report, Ban hurriedly ordered the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, which was cruising in Hedong to confront Zhang Zhen's 110th Division, to immediately turn around and reinforce Phoenix Ridge. The 3rd Cavalry Brigade has 5,400 people and about 4,000 combat soldiers, including three cavalry brigades, a machine gun brigade, and a squadron of tank armored vehicles attached to them for combat. But now that the main forces of the Twentieth Army have been put into battle, it is useless for them to continue to stay here, and they are now used as reinforcements to support the Ninth Brigade.

After receiving the order, Inayama Kameho immediately led his troops to make a detour through Xianggong Town, led by an armored squadron, and launched a counterattack against the new 38th Division. Tieliu and galloping war horses, Daoshan thought that destroying the squadron ** was as easy as a hand, but the new 38th Division gave them a blow to the head, Li Hong's third brigade was near Xiaomaotszhuang, mainly with bazookas and anti-aircraft guns, designed a death trap for the armored squadron, and Daoshan Kamebao's armored squadron was all wiped out in the field outside Xiaomaocizhuang in less than half an hour.

The destruction of the armored squadron made Daoshan's counterattack suddenly lose its edge, and the offensive was frustrated, Li Hong seized the opportunity to launch an attack, and in the artillery fire, the Japanese cavalry fell one after another, and the third brigade rushed into Louzi Village and defeated the counterattack of the third brigade.

At the same time, the 1st and 2nd Brigades of the New 38th Division, under the personal command of Sun Liren, attacked Liujia Heidun, Guojia Heidun, and He Guanzhuang, and attacked Fenghuangling from behind.

Fenghuangling is not a mountain, but a string of pearl-like villages, the head of which is Liujia Heidun, Guojia Heidun, and He Guanzhuang; At the tail is Panjia Lake, the Jade Emperor Temple, and the stone monument, a series of villages dotted on the map like a phoenix with wings spread.

The new 38th Division rushed from the head of the phoenix, Wang Zhonglian commanded the 85th Army to rush from the tail of the phoenix, the 3rd Cavalry Brigade failed to counterattack, Zhang Zhen's 110th Division also forced from behind, and the 3rd Cavalry Brigade was also caught in a two-sided attack.

The 85th Army, the new 38th Division, and the 110th Division were forced from three sides, and the area that Jianchuan could move became more and more fierce, and the 38th Division's attack momentum became more and more fierce, and the battle lasted until the afternoon, the new 38th Division annihilated the Nakano Brigade, conquered Liujia Heidun, and He Guanzhuang, the commander of the 11th Wing, Guan Gu, was seriously wounded, the two brigades were defeated, and the 1st Brigade rushed into Wangjia Heidun.

The situation in the east was critical, Jianchuan was forced to draw reinforcements from the Liuye Brigade from the western front, and at the same time asked the board to retreat again, without waiting for the telegram from the board, Chen Daqing, the fourth division of the 85th Army, conquered the stone tablet, and the forward rushed into Xixuzhuang, and Zhang Xue of the 89th Division conquered the Jade Emperor Temple in the middle, and then the troops were divided into two routes, and the deputy division commander Li Mian led the 265th to attack Panjiahu, and Zhang Xuezhong led the 267th Brigade and the ** Brigade to attack Dongsijia and Dadianzi.

By evening, the situation in Jianchuan had completely deteriorated, and Jianchuan could no longer care about Itagaku, leaving the 11th Wing to block the new 38th Division, which was the most aggressive, and he personally led the rest of the troops to escape from the encirclement that had not yet been closed through Yihe Ling, and met with the 3rd Brigade at Heiduntun.

Sun Liren was the first to notice signs of escape from Jianchuan. Command the troops to pounce. encircled the Eleventh Wing in the Phoenix Ridge area; After Wang Zhonglian learned that Jianchuan had fled. While telegraphing Zhuang Jihua. While directing the troops to pursue overnight.

Zhuang Jihua got the report. Immediately ordered Zhang Zhen to attack Guanjialing...... The 3rd Brigade of the New 38th Division attacked Nanxinzhuang. Close the door to the place where the Japanese army fled eastward. The Ninth Brigade must be annihilated.

The smooth development of the war was somewhat surprising to Zhuang Jihua. Foam fights back. The two main divisions of the 101st Army fought a 23rd brigade. Three whole days. It has not been completely annihilated. The combat effectiveness of the new 38th Division and the 85th Army and Ground Division was not comparable to that of the 104th Division of Lan Yundong and the 106th Division of An'en. It only lasted for half a day. The Ninth Brigade is about to run away. And there is also a 3rd Brigade of Cavalry in conjunction with the operation.

"It seems that the combat effectiveness of the little devil has decreased a lot." Zhuang Jihua handed the telegram to Pang Bingxun and said: "This Ninth Brigade is far worse than the Guangde Guoqi Dengke. ”

Pang Bingxun shook his head in his heart. He didn't feel that way at all. In his opinion. The Japanese offensive was still fierce. The will to fight is still so tenacious. There must have been other reasons for the collapse so quickly.

"Order Wang Zhonglian and Sun Liren. Don't just eat the bones that others throw at them. Their mission was to completely destroy the Ninth Brigade. Zhuang Jihua looked a little worried.

After the new 22nd Division was put into the battlefield north of the city, Liao Yaoxiang took over the Zaogoutou area and withstood the attack of the 16th Division, Zhang Zizhong and Liao Yaoxiang were not people waiting to be killed, and the two of them decided to transfer a brigade from the new 22nd Division, plus the 112th Brigade of Huang Weigang's division of the 38th Division, and Zhang Zizhong personally led a counterattack in Yihetun.

Itagaki still commanded the troops to attack the second division of Zheng Dongguo, but the offensive from the 75th Brigade and the 73rd Brigade from behind became more and more fierce, especially the 73rd Brigade that came out of Lincheng, after crossing the river, successively conquered Qianpi, Qufang, and Bali Guanzhuang,

The stinger came from the ribs, and Itagaki was forced to draw a Dai Anlan attack from the attacking force, but after evening, after Guan Linzheng put the 4th Brigade of the new 38th Division into the battlefield, Ban found that his ground defense area was simply full of loopholes, and the two brigades could not defend such a vast area at all.

Guan Linzheng's task was originally to block Itagaki's reinforcements and ensure the safety of the flanks of the Hedong battlefield, but he didn't want to be a supporting role like this.

Guan Linzheng's killer weapon was Zheng Bicheng's unit of the Fourth Brigade of the New 38th Division, who ordered Zheng Bicheng to smuggle across the river in Zhu Gao that night.

In the battlefield north of the city, the Itagaki Fifth Division had only one 21st Brigade and two infantry wings, an artillery wing, an engineer wing, and a light and heavy infantry wing. The 2nd Division's hold and the 25th Division's attack had already attracted all the strength of Itagaki Land, and there was not much strength to monitor the eastern section of the river.

Zheng Bicheng's smuggling operation was very smooth, after crossing the river, Zheng Bicheng found that there was almost no trace of the Japanese army on the other side, he immediately assembled the vanguard group to attack Zhu Gao Village, there was no Japanese army in Zhu Gao Village, Zheng Bicheng immediately launched an attack on Ye Chengzi, and there was no Japanese army in the same place, which made Zheng Bicheng a little puzzled, he sent a telegram to Guan Linzheng to explain the situation in this area, Guan Lin Zheng reported great joy when he heard about it, and immediately ordered him to ignore Sanhe Street, and plunged into the depth of the Japanese army with the main force, and at the same time telegraphed Zhuang Jihua to order Zheng Dongguo to change from defense to attack, Launched an attack on Itagaki and forced Itagaki to fight on two fronts.

Guan Linzheng's telegram made Zhuang Jihua's heart pound, he measured the entire battlefield, Hedong defeated the Ninth Brigade and the Third Cavalry Brigade is a foregone conclusion, the rest depends on Sun Liren and Wang Zhonglian's pursuit effect, the north of the city battlefield, the offensive of the 16th Division was contained, Banyuan was besieged by a whole army of the 52nd Army and a brigade of the new 38th Division, if the connection between Banyuan and the 16th Division can be cut off, and Banyuan can be completely annihilated, this is not a great victory, and even the Xuzhou battlefield will be completely changed.

But calm down, Zhuang Jihua felt that he still couldn't move lightly, and he counterattacked, the 23rd Brigade failed to be completely annihilated because of the lack of troops, and now the board is also a brigade, and the name of the Steel Army is by no means false, the combat effectiveness of the 21st Brigade is more than that of the 23rd Brigade, with the 52nd Army's two divisions and four brigades, even if Zheng Bicheng's brigade is added, there are only five brigades, and what the six brigades of Moshui can't do, five brigades can do? Zhuang Jihua couldn't make such a determination.

"Telegraph to Guan Linzheng, the six brigades of our army have not yet been able to annihilate the 23rd Brigade that is inferior to the 21st Brigade in combat strength, and your five brigades can now annihilate the 21st Brigade? At present, the offensive defense against Itagaki is still adopted, and the attack of Zheng Bicheng's brigade should not go too deep, and it should be combined with the 75th brigade as soon as possible. ”

After Itagaki learned that a squadron appeared on the battlefield, he immediately understood that his offensive would definitely not be sustainable, and Itagaki immediately made adjustments, telegraphing the 16th Division to move closer to him, and then blocked Zheng Dongguo with two brigades of the 21st Wing, the 43rd Wing turned around and established a defensive line on the north bank of the river, and the 5th Cavalry Wing harassed Zheng Dongguo on the flank.

After Itagaki gave up the attack, the true colors of the steel army of the Fifth Division were revealed, Zheng Bicheng took advantage of the initial advantage, and met the real resistance line of the Japanese army in Qianpizhuang, Zheng Bicheng commanded the troops to launch a strong attack, the Japanese Nakatani Brigade did not flinch, and did not retreat from the front skin, on Sanhe Street, the Japanese Pingjing Brigade and the 75th Brigade fought inseparably, Guan Linzheng personally supervised the battle at the front, he very much hoped that the 75th Brigade could bring him honor, but in the middle of the night, Pingjing's position only retreated 50 meters. Also encountering difficulties was the Dai Anlan Division of the 73rd Brigade.

Dai Anlan's fierce attack made Itagaki pay special attention to him, except for one brigade, after stopping the attack, Ban dispatched another brigade and decided to eliminate this arrogant squadron first.

After dawn, Itagaki ordered the wing commander of the 43rd Wing, Oba Sihei, to lead two brigades to counterattack the Dai Anlan Division.

"The Steel Army lives up to its name, and Itagaki is still trying to fight back at this time." After Guan Linzheng received Dai Anlan's telegram, he couldn't help but admire Itagaki a little, and fought fiercely all night, except for Zheng Bicheng to make some progress, Dai Anlan and Zhang Hanchu hardly made any progress, Zhuang Jihua's original concerns have now been fully confirmed.

"Order Dai Anlan to hold on, attract the main force of the Japanese army, order Zheng Bicheng to increase the intensity of the attack, and order Zheng Dongguo to abandon the defense and turn to the attack." Guan Linzheng quickly decided on his strategy.

With Guan Linzheng's order, there was a fierce battle on all fronts in the northern part of the city. At the front of the river, Dachang commanded two brigades to launch a fierce attack on Dai Anlan, and Dai Anlan guarded Bali Guanzhuang and fought fiercely with Dachang.

The 16th Division gave up the attack on Zaogoutou and moved closer to Banyuan with all its might, Zhang Zizhong's counterattack was successful, and moved to the flank of Zaogoutou, Liao Yaoxiang killed Zaogoutou and launched a fierce battle with the 30th Brigade in the east of Zaogoutou. To this north of the city, the two sides of the battlefield are twisted together, or attack or defend, within a radius of dozens of miles, the sound of cannons, gunshots, and killings are endless, ** one after another.

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