Taierzhuang, as the Huben army has advanced the battle line forward, Sun Lianzhong moved his headquarters to the Taierzhuang walled city again, one is to facilitate the command of the troops, and the other is to inspect and comfort the officers and soldiers of the 31st Division who fought bloody battles with Yukou one after another.

At the head of the city, Sun Lianzhong, accompanied by Chi Fengcheng and other generals, was inspecting and condolences to the officers and soldiers who were sticking to the city defense, and suddenly a communications staff officer hurriedly ran over, saluted Sun Lianzhong and reported: "General, the 27th Division has sent news that the Segu detachment of the Segu detachment from the direction of Zaozhuang and Yicheng has begun to retreat before the battle with the Tiger Ben army, Qiao Anbang commanded the Tiger Ben army to take advantage of the situation to pursue, and the other two partial divisions cut off the retreat of the Segu detachment in a roundabout way, and now the Tiger Ben army has divided and surrounded the Segu detachment in Yicheng and Zaozhuang, Looking at the posture, I want to wipe out the Seya detachment in one fell swoop. ”

"Is the news true?" Sun Lianzhong changed color when he heard this, and asked in surprise. I have a deep understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Tiger Army, and throughout China, is there an army that can make the arrogant and invincible army flee without a fight?

Since the outbreak of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, it is common for a brigade to defeat a division, and a wing to defeat an army, and once relied on 128 cavalry to go down to Chengde, the capital of Rehe Province, without a fight, and the battle of Xinkou, the commander of the Fifth Division of the Army, Ban Heng Zhengshilang, defeated the 230,000 troops of the Jinsui Army of the Central Army with half a division.

It has always been [***] who heard the wind of Kou and lost heart, said that the army was prosperous, and [***] could not thwart its edge.

Now, it is said that the Kosegu detachment has more than 10,000 troops, chariots, heavy artillery, modern weapons and equipment, it can be said that it is well-equipped and well-trained, and the momentum is violent.

The communications staff officer hurriedly nodded and replied: "It's true, the 27th Division has been following the Tiger Ben Army in accordance with your orders, and has been closely monitoring the battle situation on the front line, so this news naturally cannot be fake." ”

Sun Lianzhong couldn't help but hit the knot hard when he heard this, and praised again and again: "Good job, this is worthy of being my Chinese Tiger Army, it is Chu Although the three households can die in Qin, how can I have no one in China?" China has such a tiger army, and there is an amazing pillar of talent like Qiao Anbang, Xiao Yue wants to destroy China? Hmph, idiot dreams! "What the chief said is yes, he was frightened when he heard his name, and fled without a fight, the Tiger Ben Army really boosted the morale of our army, and Qiao Anbang is really not simple." On the side, Chi Fengcheng nodded in agreement.

"Communications staff officer, immediately report this information to the Theater Commander's Department, and ask if our army can launch a counteroffensive on the whole front and cooperate with the Tiger Ben Army to besiege the Seya detachment!" Sun Lianzhong waved his hand with an awe-inspiring expression and commanded.

"Yes!" The communications staff officer hurriedly stepped forward to answer, and immediately turned around and took the order to leave.

……………… Xuzhou, the compound of the Governor's Department of the Fifth War Zone.

General Li Zongren, commander-in-chief of the Fifth Theater of Operations, was drinking water from a ceramic tea jar, and his old partner Bai Chongxi walked in happily, still holding a telegram in his hand.

Seeing Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi immediately waved the telegram in his hand, and said to Li Zongren with a smile: "Degong, good news, good news." ”

"Jiansheng, what's wrong? What's the good news? Li Zongren put down the teapot and turned around and asked.

"Sun Lianzhong just called to report that the Segu detachment fled without a fight when it heard the name of the Tiger Ben Army, and was pursued by the Tiger Ben Army, and was divided and surrounded in Yicheng and Zaozhuang, the telegram said that the Tiger Ben Army is currently storming the two places, and it seems that it wants to annihilate the Segu Detachment in one fell swoop." Bai Chongxi replied eloquently.

"Oh? The Seya detachment was surrounded by divisions? Li Zongren was obviously shocked, and then he said excitedly: "Okay, Qiao Anbang did a good job, no wonder he can eat 100,000 troops by himself!" ”

"Degong, the Segu detachment has been surrounded, the danger of Taierzhuang has been solved, and now is the turning point of the entire battle of Xuzhou, if you grasp it well, you will be able to defeat the two armies in one fell swoop and win the victory in this battle." Bai Chongxi reminded meaningfully.

"Uh-huh! Jiansheng, come here, let's plan well. Li Zongren nodded again and again, and immediately led Bai Chongxi to the war room inside, where an attendant adjutant had already opened the screen, and the huge map hanging on the wall of the war room was briefly revealed.

Li Bai and the others approached the map, Bai Chongxi picked up a command pole and pointed to the map: "Degong, you see, the Segu detachment is now surrounded by the Tiger Ben Legion, and the situation in the entire Zaozhuang area has been reversed in an instant, however, the 8th Brigade of the 10th Division of the Yue Army is in Teng County, which is less than 50 kilometers away from Zaozhuang, and it is absolutely impossible for them to sit back and watch the Seya Detachment be eaten by the Tiger Ben Army." ”

Li Zongren said without losing time: "In addition, there is also the 14th Division of the Yue Army stationed in Jining and Zoucheng. ”

"Well, so the 8th Brigade and the 14th Division will definitely send troops to reinforce Zaozhuang." Bai Chongxi nodded and continued.

"Jiansheng, what do you have a good idea?" Li Zongren asked.

"Taking advantage of the momentum of the Tiger Army, the 10th Division of the Yue Army will be completely annihilated, and if the 10th Division is annihilated by our army, the Fifth Division on the East Road will inevitably retreat back to Linyi. At that time, we can take the Tiger Ben Army as the vanguard, wave our division eastward, go straight to Linyi, and drive the Fifth Division back to Qingdao. At this point, the Battle of Xuzhou will end in the victory of our army! Bai Chongxi said in an astonishingly deep voice.

"Huh? Borrowing the momentum of the Tiger Army? Annihilation of the 10th Division? Li Zongren was taken aback when he heard this, and then a fine light flashed in his eyes, and he said, "Jiansheng, tell me about the specific plan in your heart." ”

Bai Chongxi raised his forehead, and then pointed to the map and said: "Degong, you see, the 14th Division of the army is far away in Jining and Zoucheng, so the first to reinforce the Segu detachment must be the 8th Brigade in Tengzhou, we can order Tang Enbo's troops to bypass the Zaozhuang and Yicheng battlefields, set up an ambush on the road of Zaozhuang in Tengxian County to wait for the 8th Brigade to come, and order Tang Enbo's troops to surround this 8th Brigade, that is, not to let it reinforce Zaozhuang, and not to let him withdraw to Tengxian." ”

"But, Jiansheng, have you thought about it, Tang Enbo's army has nearly 200,000 troops, and if you bypass Zaozhuang and set up an ambush, it is impossible to hide from the eyes of the army. Moreover, even if we encircle the 8th Division, if we can't eliminate it in time, the 14th Division of the Yue Army in the Jining and Zou Cheng areas will arrive, and Tang Enbo's troops will be caught in the two sides of the Yue Army, and it is very likely that the Yue Army will be defeated. Li Zongren frowned.

"Degong, this can rest assured, first of all, there is no need for Tang Enbo's department to conceal his whereabouts, you can rest assured that you can march boldly at full speed, and you only need to pay attention to preventing attacks by military aircraft along the way, because the Seya detachment is surrounded, the situation is extremely urgent, and the 8th Brigade will learn that there are our army blocking troops on the way to Zaozhuang, and they will also desperately advance in order to rescue the Seya detachment, as you said, there is still the 14th Division behind them, and the commander of the army will definitely think that even if they fall into the encirclement of our army, The 14th Division could also quickly reinforce them. Bai Chongxi talked eloquently, paused and pointed the command pole to Zaozhuang and Yicheng on the map, and continued: "As I said just now, the task of the Tang Enbo Group only needs to surround and drag the 8th Division, and it can leave sufficient reserves to prevent the reinforcements of the 14th Division of the Yue Army.

The combat effectiveness of this eighth brigade is slightly inferior to that of the Seya detachment, which is almost equipped with the entire 10th Division's combat vehicles, artillery, heavy artillery and other equipment, and the eighth brigade is far behind, with the addition of the Tiger Army, it is easy to eliminate them! ”

After listening to Bai Chongxi's analysis, Li Zongren immediately understood, and immediately nodded: "In the end, this battle still depends on whether the Tiger Ben Army can capture Zaozhuang and Yicheng as soon as possible and annihilate the Segu detachment. ”

"Yes, as long as they can annihilate the Seya detachment as soon as possible, victory will definitely belong to us." Bai Chongxi Road.

"However, as you said, the Seya detachment is equipped with the tanks and heavy artillery of the entire 10th Division, and no matter how strong the combat effectiveness of the Tiger Army is, I'm afraid it won't hurt to eat it in a short time, right?" Li Zongren said worriedly.

"Degong can rest assured, with the combat effectiveness of the Tiger Army, Zaozhuang and Yicheng will be broken within three hours, and the Segu detachment will be completely annihilated!" Bai Chongxi said quite confidently.

"Okay, just do what Jiansheng said, and immediately send an urgent telegram to Tang Enbo, Sun Lianzhong, and Qiao Anbang to inform them of this latest battle plan, and strictly order them to fight according to the battle plan, and all units will cooperate sincerely to create a great victory in Zaozhuang!" Li Zongren nodded.

"Hmmm! I'll go half right away. Bai Chongxi also nodded, and then turned around and walked out.

…………………………………… Guo Zhuang, the headquarters of the Tiger Ben Army.

Qiao Anbang is smoking in the headquarters, the front-line troops have surrounded Zaozhuang and Yicheng, and are taking turns to attack, he, the army commander, naturally has no need to go to the front line to lead the charge, now he needs to do more to coordinate the overall situation, as for the charge, he has his own generals to do it.

Suddenly, in the sound of slight footsteps, Yali walked quickly towards Qiao Anbang with a message in hand.

"Yali, what's wrong?" Qiao Anbang asked immediately when he saw Yali holding a telegram in her hand.

"Take a look, Commander." Seeing that Liang Jiahan was not far from Qiao Anbang, Yali did not call Qiao Anbang the master.

After receiving the telegram from Yali's hand, Qiao Anbang lowered his head and began to look at it hurriedly, and after a long time, Qiao Anbang couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi still have some strategic and tactical vision, but doing so is tantamount to pulling teeth from the tiger's mouth." ”

Qiao Anbang put down the telegram in his hand, took another puff of the little cigarette left in his hand, and then slammed the cigarette butt into the ground, twisted it out with his foot, spit out the smoke in his mouth, and said in a cold voice, "Send electricity to the forward troops, order them, at all costs, to capture Zaozhuang and Yicheng within three hours, and completely annihilate the Segu detachment!" ”

"Yes!" Yali hurriedly straightened her chest and happily responded, and then turned around and walked away quickly.

(To be continued)