There is no doubt that a few lewd * * criminals * cheap little devils were solved by Lu Qiang and them, leaving a few corpses, as for the violated woman, she has disappeared, I don't know whether she fled or committed suicide, but Lu Qiang thought it was suicide, after all, women in this era are still very strict about chastity.

"Buzz buzz~~~" more than a dozen planes flew through the air, the target direction is Tengxian side, the battle in Tengxian area is in full swing, a large number of planes come and go every day, full of loads, empty back, sometimes one or two less, or black smoke, it seems that the air battle there is also very tragic.

It wasn't until the little devil's plane lost its figure that several people retracted their gaze and said, "Let's go." Lu Qiang waved his hand and beckoned them to go.

"Peng! Peng! Peng!!! "Hundreds of kilograms of bombs were dropped from the belly of the plane, and the entire battlefield of the national army was shrouded in flames, and the dust in the sky made people unable to open their eyes. The national soldiers who failed to pass the soil work were killed in batches, and those who survived were all red-eyed, several Czech machine guns smoked, the barrels were replaced, and yellow bullet casings rained down in the trenches.

"Boom!" A grenade landed on the seat of this machine gun, and then exploded, the flesh of the soldier was directly torn apart, the internal organs flew everywhere, the Czech machine gun, now nowhere to be found, except for a more twisted barrel stuck in the head of the second shooter who had lost an arm, and nothing flowed out, because whether it was blood or brains, it was scalded by the hot barrel, condensed into a solid state, and it also exuded a tempting fragrance.

"Onboard!" "Onboard!"

The attacking Japanese troops, shouting "onboard" charge, crooked handles, and grenadiers all opened fire and threw grenades less than 100 meters from the positions of the national troops.

"Whew!" A bullet flying from the side shot into the temple of a devil holding a grenadier, and then flew out from the other side with a string of red unknown objects, after all, the penetration of SVD is very good, and the hairy thing is thick-skinned, durable, and powerful.

"Hit, next." The distance was nearly a thousand meters, and Lu Qiang thought that he didn't have the strength to hit a thousand meters away, so he honestly picked up the telescope as an observer, and eliminated the devil's machine gunner and grenadier one by one.

"Retreat! Retreat......" machine guns and grenadiers all lost their effectiveness, and a devil soldier Cao immediately shouted "retreat". However, because he stood up when he shouted, something was obvious, and before the second voice was shouted, he was hung by the leopard.

"Report to the regimental seat, the Japanese army has been repulsed."

"Good!" The commander of the 741st regiment shouted, because the Japanese attack failed, he was very happy, everyone else was beaten by the Japanese army, but he blocked the Japanese army, he had to ask for credit, how much to report? 500 kills? No, if you don't kill 1000 enemies, you can do this, just report it.

"Let's go, go to the position, and encourage morale." The regiment commander was very happy and decided to go to the position to have a look and play majestic, so he put on a big cloak and took him to the front line of the position, holding a telescope, under the stars and moons of a group of people, looking at the devil's position, pointing fingers, quite a "general" style. And what this regiment commander did was undoubtedly telling the devil: "I'm here, you guys are going to beat me!" If you don't beat me, you're a grandson."

"Whew!" There was a piercing scream, and a black thing flew out of the rear position of the devil, followed by a large group of black ones, all with a screaming sound that pierced the air.

"Anti-artillery !!"

"Boom, boom, boom!!" The explosions were incessant, and they all exploded in the place where the regiment commander was.

"Death!" Lu Qiang saw all this through the binoculars, and sighed that the stupid/forced head of the regiment would really die by himself, and he also brought a vote of people to die.

"The regiment commander is dead~~~" A heart-rending roar sounded in the position of the national army, and then the army's heart was in turmoil, and then ...... There was no then, they were all scattered, it was too late to run, and all kinds of guns and ammunition were thrown everywhere.

"It's hopeless, let's withdraw." Lu Qiang looked at the Japanese troops who had attacked the position, shook his head helplessly, and beckoned the leopard to retreat.

"Boss, is the battle over so soon?" Hu Zhuang, who was resting in place, saw Lu Qiang and the leopard coming back, and immediately stepped forward to ask.

"Destroyed by a rat dropping." Lu Qiang scolded, and then repeated what had just happened.

"That stupid/forced regiment leader, isn't this sending it to the devil's muzzle." When the lynx heard this, he was indignant and said that he wanted to whip the corpse (however, it seemed that the corpse was gone, and it was all scum).

"This regiment leader, forget if you die, you will die with a group of people." …… Several people denounced the head of the regiment who had become a scumbag.

"Alright, okay, let's go." Lu Rendao.

In order to carry out the southward advance operation, the 10th Division of the Japanese 2nd Army formed the Seya Detachment based on the 33rd Brigade in February (Major General Seya Kei replaced Major General Taejiro as the commander of the 33rd Brigade on March 1)

Kei Seya arrived in Yanzhou on March 8 to take over as the commander of the detachment, and at 20 o'clock in the evening of the same day, he received an order from the 10th Division "Zuojia No. 119", ordering it to prepare for the attack in order to "destroy the enemy along the Jinpu line at an appropriate time." At the same time, the division's chief of staff, Di Bujia Gui Dazuo, also issued a written instruction, requiring the detachment to "first enter the vicinity of the Jiehe River when attacking with the main force, and then, according to the situation at that time, hope to pursue it to the southern area of Tengxian County in one fell swoop." On March 13, after receiving the order of the 2nd Army to "destroy the enemy north of the Grand Canal", the commander of the 10th Division immediately issued a supplementary instruction to the Seya detachment to "pursue to Lincheng".

The 22nd Army of the Fifth Theater discovered that the enemy in front of it had from time to time to carry out powerful searches for the positions of the 125th Division in small detachments from 4 March, and Japanese planes also conducted frequent aerial reconnaissance to judge that the Japanese army would launch a large-scale attack. In order to stop the enemy in the area north of Teng County, around March 10, Sun Zhen readjusted his deployment: the headquarters of the 122nd Division and the 364th Brigade of the General Reserve in the Lincheng area were moved to Teng County, and the headquarters of the 124th Division was also moved from Li Guoyi to Teng County, and Wang Mingzhang, commander of the 122nd Division, was appointed as the forward commander of the 41st Army, and unified command of the 122nd Division and the 124th Division. Wang Mingzhang deployed the 364th Brigade of the 122nd Division to build positions in the area of Shahe, about 8 kilometers north of Tengxian County, to strengthen the depth of frontal defense; The 366th Brigade of the 122nd Division was ordered to enter and exit to the area in front of the city about 50 kilometers northeast of Tengxian County to cover the right flank of the first line of troops of the 45th Army. At this time, the main force of the 375th Brigade of the 125th Division of the 45th Army was on the east-west line of the Jiehe River, the main force of the 373rd Brigade was in Puyang Mountain, and the main force of the 127th Division was in the Longshan area.

At dawn on March 14, under the cover of aircraft and chariots, the Japanese Seya detachment began to attack the positions of the Chinese army from Liangxiadian, and soon broke through the outpost positions of Shiqiang, Xiakanbu, Baishishan, and Xiangcheng, and advanced to the line north of the main positions such as Shenjing, Jiehe, Puyangshan, and Longshan. The front-line units of the 22nd Army stubbornly resisted with the help of existing fortifications. The Japanese attacked the Japanese fiercely, and although the Chinese army suffered many casualties, its position remained unmoved.

At dawn on the 15th, in addition to continuing the frontal attack, the Japanese army also strengthened the offensive on both flanks and attempted to make a detour to the flank of the main position. The situation in the area of Longshan on the right flank was still stable due to the favorable terrain and the main defense of the 127th Division; On the left flank of the deep well, the 370th Brigade was weak, the casualties were too great, and the situation was critical. Wang Mingzhang hurriedly transferred the 372nd Brigade of the 124th Division, the only combat unit in Tengxian County, to Chitouji, south of Shenjing, to establish a second line of defense to cover the back of the 370th Brigade in Shenjing and strengthen the defense capability in depth.

Since the operational guidance of the 22nd Group Army was an attempt to stop the Japanese army north of Tengxian County with positional defense, all the main combat units were deployed in various places north of Tengxian County before and after the Japanese attack, and there were only two divisions of the 122nd and 124th divisions and one brigade headquarters of the 364th Brigade in the Chengguan area of Tengxian County, and there were a total of four special service companies of combat units. When the battle was raging, the casualties in the positions outside the city had increased sharply, and the situation was extremely grim, the Fifth War Zone sent a telegram to Sun Zhen: "Teng County is a key point in the northern section of the Jinpu Road, which has a bearing on the overall situation, and should be defended to the death." At the same time, inform the 20th Army Corps that the 85th Army was on its way to help. After Sun Zhen informed Wang Mingzhang of the situation and orders, Wang Mingzhang decided to strengthen the city's defense forces, stick to it and wait for reinforcements, and immediately ordered the 366th Brigade in front of the city to rush back to Tengxian County; ordered the 364th Brigade to blow up the railway bridge, leaving 1 battalion to defend Beishahe, 1 battalion to defend Chengxihong Town, and the rest to withdraw into the city; The special battalion of the 41st Army in Lincheng was ordered to rush to Teng County.

At dusk on the 15th, the Jiehe position had been broken through, and Yongsan was surrounded by the enemy. The 366th Brigade returned from the front of the city and only the first battalion withdrew to Tengxian, and the main force encountered the Japanese army's detour main force near Chengtou Village and was forced to retreat in the direction of Lincheng. By the night of the 15th, although there were many troops in the Chengguan area of Tengxian County, the actual combat troops were only 11 infantry companies and 1 mortar company, totaling more than 2,000 people; In addition, there are about 500 people in the four special service companies of the division and brigade headquarters, and about 500 people in the local armed forces of Tengxian County. There are more than 3,000 people in total. Zhang Xuanwu, commander of the 727th Regiment of the 364th Brigade of the 122nd Division, which had retreated from Beishahe into the city, was appointed as the commander of Tengxian County's urban defense, and commanded all combat units in Chengguan in a unified manner. He deployed one battalion of the 398th Brigade retreating from the front of the city to defend Dongguan, ordered one battalion of the 727th Regiment to defend the east and north city walls, and ordered the 41st Army Special Service Battalion from Lincheng to defend the west and south city walls; The rest were in reserve, controlled inside the east gate.

When the Japanese Seya detachment advanced to the vicinity of Teng County, the troops were divided into two groups. The main force of its detachment attacked Tengxian, and the 63rd Wing, equipped with an artillery and chariot, made a detour from Xinzhuang and Zhongdingshan to the south of Tengxian, cutting off the retreat of the Chinese army in Tengxian and advancing to Lincheng.

At 8 o'clock on the 16th, the Seya detachment left a part of its forces to continue to attack Beishahe, and the main force launched an attack on Tengxian in a roundabout way. After about 2 hours of artillery preparation for Dongguan, the concentrated fire blasted a gap in the earthen wall around Dongguan, and under the cover of heavy machine-gun fire, about 2 squads of infantry rushed to the gap. The defenders blocked the gap with dense grenade fire and repelled the enemy. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Japanese launched five consecutive attacks on Dongguan, all of which were repulsed by the defenders. However, the defenders suffered too many casualties, and they transferred reserves from the city three times to replenish them. After the Japanese army was reorganized, it organized the sixth assault at about 17 o'clock, and the assault force was changed to three echelons to carry out a wave attack, and at the same time, it also extended its firepower to the east gate and the city to carry out blocking and firing to prevent the reinforcement of troops in the city. After fierce hand-to-hand fighting, at dusk, the third wave of Japanese assault troops rushed into Dongguan, with a strength of about 1 squad. That night, the defenders mobilized an additional company from the city to organize a counterattack, annihilated most of the enemy who broke through, and recovered Dongguan. At around 24 o'clock, the remnants of the 370th Brigade and the 372nd Brigade defending Shenjing and Chitouji and the two battalions of the 727th Regiment defending Beishahe and Hongcho retreated into the city from the West Gate. At this time, all units of the 45th Army in the north of Tengxian County had broken through their positions and retreated to Weishan Lake and Yixian.

At about 6 o'clock on the 17th, the Japanese army attacked Dongguan again under the cover of aircraft and artillery fire, but there was still no progress. In the afternoon, the main direction of attack was changed to the south of the city, and the 15-centimeter howitzer was used to bombard the city wall with concentrated fire, causing most of the defenders on the city wall to die. At 15:30, the Japanese army burst through the city wall from the collapsed place and quickly expanded the results to the east and west city walls. The remnants of the defenders retreated from the West Gate to Xiguan Station. Soon, the Dongguan and West City Gatehouses were occupied by the Japanese army, and only the defenders in the city, the north gate and the northeast corner continued to resist, and Wang Mingzhang commanded the street battle near the crossroads in the city. However, under the pressure of the powerful firepower of the Japanese army, the defenders gradually lost their command. Wang Mingzhang attempted to go to Xiguan Station to organize the remnants of the place to continue to defend, but was shot and died on the way to transfer. The remnants of the defenders in the city are still fighting on their own, fighting house by house. At noon on the 18th, the Japanese army completely occupied the county seat of Teng.

When the Japanese army began to attack on the 14th, Li Zongren, commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations, sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, requesting that the 4th Division of the 85th Army of Tang Enbo's 20th Army Corps, which was under the direct control of the Military Commission in eastern Henan, reinforce the Jinpu Road. After agreeing, he immediately telegraphed to Tang Enbo: "The enemy has increased its forces in the north of Jinpu and launched a large-scale counteroffensive to contain our operation in southern Lunan, and Deng (referring to the 22nd Group Army) has few soldiers and inferior weapons, a weak front, and empty wings, and it may be difficult to resist the enemy, so I have sent a telegram to the 85th Army of the Gui Corps stationed in Shangqiu as a whole division (referring to the 4th Division), which will be transported by train to the vicinity of Tengxian County as the general reserve of the 22nd Group Army. On the one hand, Tang Enbo sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek: "I sincerely make it clear that the army will be under the jurisdiction of the system, so as to clarify the responsibilities"; On the one hand, he sent a telegram to Li Zongren: "I sincerely transfer all this corps to the northern section of Jinpu to attack, and avoid dividing and using it piecemeal, so as to benefit the battle situation and eliminate dispersion, or make attrition at no cost." "In fact, he refused to let the headquarters be transferred to someone else's command. At 21 o'clock that night, Tang Enbo received a call from Chiang Kai-shek, ordering him to "prepare to transport the 85th Army from Shangqiu to Lincheng by car through Xuzhou that night, and arrive at Lincheng before dawn on the 17th to assemble", Chiang agreed that the 52nd Army would also be transferred eastward, although it was subordinate to the Fifth War Zone, but the whole army still waited for Tang to "command Xuzhou". Tang then replied to Li Zongren and promised to order the 4th Division to set off. At 11 o'clock on the 15th, Li Zongren telegraphed to Tang Enbo: "The frontal enemy of the railway has broken through the Jiehe position and entered the vicinity of Twenty Lipu", and quickly ordered the 4th Division to "take the lead and drive to the vicinity of Tengxian County to increase the frontal resistance of the 22nd Group Army", and at the same time asked the 85th Army to "assemble the main force in the northeast area of Lincheng and stand by for attack".

On the 16th, when the positions of the 45th Army north of Tengxian County were lost one after another, the 122nd Division of the 41st Army had been besieged in the middle of Tengxian County, and the situation on the front line had deteriorated greatly, the Fifth Theater was still planning to wipe out the attacking Japanese troops north of Tengxian County. At 16 o'clock on the same day, an operational order was issued, the main contents of which were: "(1) In order to contain our attack in southern Lunan, the enemy is now concentrating its forces south of Jinan and attacking our 22nd Group Army from the front of the railway. (2) The theater of operations is to encircle the enemy from the east side of the railway and annihilate him in the area south of Zou County in order to defeat the enemy moving south of the Jinpu Line. (3) The 22nd Army should try its best to resist the enemy on the spot, and after the 85th Army succeeded in a roundabout, it should turn to the offensive in order to achieve the effect of flanking the front and rear. (4) Except for the 85th Army, which directly supported the 22nd Group Army in consolidating the defense of Tengxian County, the main force attacked the enemy from the area east of the railway, and after reaching the southern highlands of Zou County, the camera went south to attack the enemy south of Liangxiadian with the 22nd Group Army and gathered and annihilated it. In the middle of the roundabout movement, a very strong detachment on the right must be sent to guard the advance. (5) The 3rd Army (owed to the 51st Army) should counterattack the enemy on all fronts, and attack and advance from the area north of Jining to the north of Yanzhou with strong forces, in an effort to block the enemy's return route and prevent its reinforcements. "When the vanguard of the 4th Division of the 85th Army reached the Nansha River south of Teng County, it encountered the vanguard of the 63rd Wing of the Japanese Army, which was detouring to Lincheng. Tang Enbo adhered to the policy of "avoiding a decisive battle in Lincheng" and urgently ordered the 85th Army to "occupy the fronts of Lincheng and Guanqiao with the Shu Brigade of the 89th Division (267th Brigade)" and "the main force to gather in the vicinity of Dongxijishan and Fenghuangzhuang", and did not send troops to reinforce Tengxian. On the morning of the 17th, the 63rd Wing of the Japanese Army began to attack Guanqiao, and with a force, it made a detour to Lincheng south of Guanqiao. After the battle, the 85th Army retreated to the area of Yixian (now Zaozhuang South), and the General Headquarters of the 22nd Army retreated to Liguoyi, and Lincheng was occupied by the Japanese army.

On the 18th, the 20th Army of the 52nd Army Corps reached the Hanzhuang and Liguoyi areas, and occupied Shagou with the 2nd Brigade of the 8th Division to cover the deployment of the main force on the south bank of the canal.

Battle of the Linyi area

In order to cooperate with the operation of the 10th Division on the front of Jinpu Road, the Sakamoto Detachment of the Japanese 5th Division, after resting and redeploying the tank squadron, began to concentrate its forces under the cover of aircraft, artillery and combat vehicles on March 9, and relaunched an offensive from Tangtou to the 40th Army in the northeast area of Linyi. Although the defenders fought desperately, the positions were constantly broken through by the enemy. To the east of the Yihe River and south of Tangtou, Baita, Shaling, Taiping, Tingzitou and other places have been lost. The 40th Army was pressed to the outskirts of Linyi.

As early as when the Japanese army had just captured Tangtou, Li Zongren had telegraphed Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army to "transport it from Tengxian County to Yixian County to Linyi on the same day, take over the task of Pang (Bingxun), break the enemy in Ju and Yi, restore Ju and Yi counties and hold them." At this time, the 59th Army was moving towards Linyi. In order to enable Pang Bingxun's army and Zhang Zizhong's army to better coordinate operations, Li Zongren specially sent Xu Zuyi, chief of staff of the theater, to Linyi to guide the operation on behalf of the commander of the theater. He also called Pang Bingxun, to the effect that Linyi is the barrier between Taierzhuang and Xuzhou, and must be resolutely defended to resist the enemy's advance. In addition to ordering Zhang Zizhong's troops to come for reinforcements, he also sent the chief of staff of the headquarters to the nearest command. After Pang Bingxun received the telegram, he readjusted his deployment and shortened the battle line, using the 115th Brigade (owed to the 229th Regiment) to defend the line from Taoyuan to Jiangjiazhuang, the 116th Brigade to defend the line from Jiangjiazhuang to Huangshan, and the 229th Regiment, the supplementary regiment, and the teams directly under the army and division as the general reserve, controlling the Chengguan area in Linyi, with Ma Fawu, commander of the 89th Division, as the commander-in-chief of the front.

On March 11, Xu Zuyi and Zhang Zizhong led the 59th Army to march from Yixian County and arrived in the western area of Linyi on the 12th, and held an operational meeting on the same day. After the two army commanders got to know each other in a unified way, Xu Zuyi issued an operational order in the name of the commander of the Fifth Theater on the 13th. The main contents are: "(1) The 59th Army occupied the high ground around Shijiatun with one section, and flanked it between Gegou and Baita to contain the enemy's reinforcements; The main force crossed the river from the boat to the large and small Jiangzhuang, turned southward, echoed with the 40th Army, and surrounded and annihilated the enemy's main force in the area south of Xianggongzhuang, Dongzhuangtun and Tingzitou. The Marines in the vicinity of Gosato were temporarily under command. (2) The 40th Army echoed with the 59th Army from the east bank of the Yi River with the main force, encircling the enemy's main force and annihilating it; In one part of the west bank of the Yi River, cross the river to flank the enemy near Youjiazhuang. (3) The operational territory of the two armies (omitted). (4) The above divisions were prepared on the evening of the 13th, and the attack began at dawn on the 14th. ”

The 59th Army, with the 1st Battalion of Field Artillery attached to the 38th Division as the left flank, set off at 16 o'clock on the 13th, first occupied Chachashan with 1 battalion, and covered the main force of the division to the east in the Shijiatun, Liujiahu, and Diaoyutai areas; The 113th Brigade and the 112th Brigade were the first attack forces, attacking the enemy in the areas of Zhangjiazhuang, Baita, and Shaling; The 114th Brigade is in reserve, and the division headquarters is located in Liujiahu. The 180th Division (owed to the 81st Brigade) attached the 1st Battalion of Mountain Artillery as the right flank, set off at 16:30 on the 13th, and spread eastward to the area of Qianjingzhuang and Xiaofeizhuang; The 26th Brigade served as the first line of attack force to attack the enemy in the vicinity of Xu Taiping and Tingzitou; The 39th Brigade was in reserve, and the division headquarters was located near the central quiet area. The military headquarters was located in the village of Jupan at the beginning of the offensive.

At 4 o'clock on the 14th, all units of the 59th Army forcibly crossed the Yi River and began to attack, and the troops of the 39th Division in Hexi also attacked the enemy in front of them at the same time. The 117th Brigade on the right flank of the 39th Division made good progress, repelling the enemy in front of it and advancing to the line of Dongxiwangzhuang and Dongxishazhuang; The 115th Brigade on the left flank fought all day without progress. After fierce fighting, the 180th Division captured Tingzitou at 16 o'clock, and the Japanese retreated south. The 180th Division followed the pursuit, and by the 15th, it had captured six or seven villages including Xu Taiping, Guo Taiping, and Da Taiping. The 38th Division attacked Shaling, encountered strong resistance from the enemy, and fought fiercely for two days and nights, but still made no progress. Before dawn on the 16th, the Japanese reinforcements arrived, turned to a counterattack, crossed the Yi River from the junction of the two brigades from Shaling, and attacked the rear of the 38th Division "Yatou, Liujiahu, Miaojiazhuang, and Diaoyutai lines, and bombed with more than 10 aircraft", and fought fiercely with the 111th Brigade of the 38th Division Reserve in the Yatou and Miaojiazhuang areas, and captured Chuanliu and Liujiahu.

Zhang Zizhong quickly took measures according to the battle situation at that time and adjusted the deployment: the 38th Division was ordered to strengthen the defense of Chaye Mountain with a powerful 1 regiment as the main support point of the army; ordered the cavalry battalion of the military headquarters to cross the Yi River from Shijiatun to the east, attack Gegou and Tangtoujian, and harass the enemy's rear; Ordered all the troops that had advanced to the east of the river to withdraw to the west of the river and block the enemy crossing to the west of the river. The two sides launched a fierce hand-to-hand battle in the area of Liujiahu, "Liujiahu was lost and regained four times, and the cliff head was lost and regained three times." Chachashan was once occupied by the enemy, but it was immediately recaptured." By the morning of the 17th, the 59th Army had suffered more than 6,000 casualties, the battalion commanders of the front-line combat units had suffered one-third casualties, and the company and platoon commanders had all changed hands, but the unit still held its position and fought stubbornly. At this time, the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties and was no longer able to launch a strong attack. Zhang Zizhong mastered the fighter planes, concentrated all his efforts on organizing a counterattack, and after dusk of the same day, took advantage of the enemy's favorable condition that he could not get aircraft support and was not accustomed to night fighting, he launched an attack on the enemy in Hexi. In fierce battles all night, nearly half of the Japanese troops who crossed to the west of the river were annihilated in hand-to-hand combat. Among the bodies abandoned by the Japanese army, a number of officers were found, including the commander of the 11th Wing, Saichiro Nagano, the commander of the 3rd Brigade, Muta Nakasa, and the leader of the 9th Squadron. According to Private Yuli Lufu, a first-class soldier captured at Liujiahu, the Sakamoto detachment of the 5th Division suffered more than 3,000 casualties in this battle on both sides of the Yi River. Most of the Japanese army retreated to Juxian, and one retreated to Tangtou. Zhang Zizhong ordered the 38th Brigade of the 114th Division to pursue in the direction of Tangtou and stop at the line of Lijia Wuhu south of Tangtou. The rest of the troops, except for one unit along the west bank of the Yi River and the area around Chaye Mountain, all assembled in the area of Liujiahu to rest and recuperate. After the Japanese army east of the Yihe River withdrew its main force to the north, it also retreated to the area of Fujiachi and Caopo, and the 39th Division advanced to the line of Shujiazhuang (Shuyizhuang).

According to Pang Bingxun's report at 24 o'clock on the 18th about the losses of the Japanese army on the Linyi side (the report reported that the Japanese army "suffered more than 5,000 wounded and killed more than 3,000"), Li Zongren judged that the Japanese army was temporarily unable to organize a large-scale offensive, and on the 19th, Yixian County was lost, and the frontal situation on Jinpu Road was tense, so on the 20th, he ordered the 59th Army to leave one brigade to cooperate with the 40th Army to defend Linyi, and the main force was transferred to "After assembling and rectifying Fei County, take advantage of the situation to the north and south of Teng County, echo with the troops of the 3rd Army crossing the river near Nanyang Town, and intercept the enemy who is moving south or retreating north." Zhang Zizhong left the 114th Brigade under the command of Pang Bingxun, and since he led the main force of the army to move to Fei County on the evening of the 20th. On the 22nd, he received a telegram from Chiang Kai-shek, which changed the order that "the main force must still cooperate with the Pang Army to clear out the remnants of the enemy in front of Linyi, and attack Qufu through Surabaya with about three to four regiments to contain the enemy", but at this time the main force of the army had already left Linyi.

On the 25th, the left flank positions of Taoyuan and Sanguanmiao of the 40th Army were broken through by the Japanese army and retreated to the area of Jiuqudian. The 59th Army hurriedly transferred three regiments from the 38th Division, crossed the Yi River west at 20 o'clock on the same day, and carried out a night attack on the enemy who had occupied Taoyuan and Sanguanmiao, and recovered Taoyuan, but Sanguanmiao failed to capture. Throughout the day on the 26th, both sides of the Yi River were in fierce and repeated battles. By dusk, the 3 regiments of the 59th Army in Taoyuan "suffered a setback in their sortie and retreated to Hexi"; Under the onslaught of the Japanese army, the troops in the area of the ancient city shortened the battle line in order to "save troops", and also retreated to the Shilipu and the front and rear gangtou lines. The situation in Linyi is becoming more urgent again. Pang Bingxun telegraphed to Chiang Kai-shek: "The army has suffered all casualties, and the total number of combat soldiers is now less than 1,000. Xu Zuyi also telegraphed Li Zongren at 15 o'clock on the 26th: "The Pang army has suffered huge losses...... It has lost its combat effectiveness, although half of the strength of Zhang's army is left, and the morale is very poor compared with before, there is no fresh reinforcement, Linyi is difficult to defend, and it is decided as soon as possible. Li Zongren urgently transferred the 333rd Brigade of the 111th Division of the 57th Army and the cavalry regiment of the 20th Army Corps to help.

Beginning at dawn on the 27th, the Japanese army directed its main offensive direction to Zhang Zizhong's department west of the Yi River. On the night of the 28th, Zhang Zizhong telegraphed to Li Zongren: "The fierceness of the war is unprecedented...... In the past two days, the army has suffered 2,000 casualties, and the number of casualties in the company has reached more than 10,000. The job is still alive, and he will fight the enemy to the end. "At 7 o'clock on the 29th, the 333rd Brigade arrived at the east of Linyi City, and in the afternoon, the cavalry regiment of the 20th Army Corps also reached the west of Linyi City. However, at this time, the Japanese 2nd Army "ordered the 5th Division to rescue the Seya Detachment due to the tight battle situation on the side of the Seya Detachment (Taierzhuang)." So the 5th Division ordered the Sakamoto detachment to temporarily suspend the attack on Yizhou (Linyi) and go to the rescue of the Seya detachment. The captain of the Sakamoto detachment left about 2 infantry brigades near Linyi, and the main force began to narrow the battle line on the night of the 29th and withdraw its troops south." The situation in Linyi has eased somewhat.

On March 30, the defenders of Linyi discovered that the Japanese army was "retreating northward", and immediately "ordered the 333rd Brigade to pursue along the Yi River and the cavalry regiment to the area of Aishan and Yitangji". Seishiro Itagaki of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army advanced west at Sakamoto Detachment on March 31 and then to Yitangji northwest of Linyi, commanding the two brigades left behind by Sakamoto's detachment to stop the pursuing Chinese troops south of Tangtou and Yitangji, and then readjust the deployment and deploy additional troops to prepare for another attack. Although there was still daily fighting in the Linyi area, the situation was relatively stable until the Japanese launched a large-scale attack. In more than one month of fighting in the Linyi area, the 59th Army and the 40th Army suffered more than 10,000 casualties. The Japanese 5th Division suffered about 3,000 casualties and failed to complete the task of capturing Linyi. This was the second serious setback suffered by the division since its invasion of China, following the setback at Pingxingguan.