Now that the battle of Yingzhou has ended, and the battlefield on the northern front has also moved to the Xuzhou area, Pheasant Heji has been safe, and the local people have begun to return to their hometowns.

………………………………………… Xuzhou South, Tongshan County, the 109th and 14th Army Joint Headquarters.

In order to counterattack Xuzhou, Banheng Seishiro's deployment was to block the 6th and 7th divisions of the Huben Army and the pursuit troops of the 5th Theater in Henan with the 5th and 10th Divisions respectively, and the 14th and 109th Divisions with strong combat strength as the main force to counterattack Xuzhou.

In order to facilitate the unified command to capture Xuzhou, the headquarters of the commander of the 109th Division of the 14th Division was under the unified command of Kenji Dohihara, the commander of the 14th Division.

In the headquarters, Kenji Dohihara and the commander of the 109th Division, Shigehou Yamaoka and others gathered to discuss the battle situation, and Itatsune Seishiro strode in under the guidance of an adjutant.

Kenji Dohihara and Yamaoka Houzhong and the others hurriedly got up to greet them, and asked in surprise, "Banhengjun, why are you here?" ”

Itachi Seishiro waved his hand and said, "Everyone, you must have received the latest telegram from the Front Army Headquarters, right?" ”

"Hmm!" Kenji Tsuchihara and Yamaoka and the others nodded at the same time, "It didn't take long to receive it. ”

"And what do you guys think about that?" Seishiro Itatsune asked.

Tu Fei Yuan Xian and the second old man annihilated the giant cunning, how could he not see the pros and cons of this? At the moment, he was worried: "This move of the front army may have very adverse consequences for our departments!" ”

"Hmm!" Shan Gang also nodded and agreed: "Now that the imperial army on the southern front battlefield has fully retreated, it is meaningless for us to continue to fight here except for increasing unnecessary sacrifices. If the encirclement of the Chinese is not broken as soon as possible and withdrawn to North China, the situation is likely to become extremely bad! ”

"Tu Fei Jun, Shan Gang Jun, what you said is right to the point, I am here for this matter!" Itako Seishiro said happily.

"What can Ban Hengjun do?" Tohihara Ken's eyes are dewful.

"Commander Terauchi's decision seems to me to be extremely stupid, and if we don't act decisively, we may end up with total annihilation." Ban Heng Seishiro said and looked at the faces of the two of them without much abnormality, and continued: "I have decided that we should immediately concentrate all our forces to launch a fierce attack on Xuzhou before the reinforcements of the southern front of the main force of the Tiger Ben Army of the Zhina Tiger Army arrive, capture Xuzhou with lightning speed, and open up the connection between our four divisions in North China!" ”

"However, once we break through, we will inevitably be followed and pursued by the Zhina army, so Shandong may have to gain and lose." Kenji Dohihara frowned worriedly.

"Tu Feijun, if necessary, the imperial army can take the initiative to abandon the occupied areas south of the Yellow River, and its troops will be on the north bank of the Yellow River to secure Hebei and Shanxi, as long as the counterattack of the people of China is blocked, the imperial army will definitely be able to make a comeback!" Itachi Seishiro Road.

"Hmm!" Kenji Dohihara thought about it carefully, nodded silently, and said, "It seems that this is the only way." "After all, Kenji Dohihara doesn't want his 14th Division to end up in the annihilation of the whole army, and the current situation can be seen by fools, if they don't break through quickly before the reinforcements of the Tiger Ben Army arrive, then their four divisions are very likely to follow in the footsteps of the three main divisions in Central China.

"Yamaoka-kun, what do you think?" Itahima Seishiro saw that Kenji Dohihara agreed, and asked instead.

"I also agree with your decision of Ban Hengjun and Tu Feijun!" The hill was heavy, and he replied without any sluggishness.

"In this way, we are tantamount to disobeying the orders of the Front Command!" The chief of staff of the 109th Division on the side, Kuramoge Shuzo Daisa, said with some concern.

"Cangmao-kun, do you want to put my hundreds of thousands of imperial soldiers to death?" Itako Seishiro couldn't help but scold angrily.

"Your Excellency General, please calm your anger, that's not what you mean!" Cangmao Zhouzang Dazuo hurriedly bowed his head and said.

"Yamaoka-kun and I are military commanders, what responsibility do we have! As an emperor [***] person, you only need to carry out the orders of the chief, do you understand? Itako Seishiro continued to reprimand.

"Hai, what the general instructed is that the lowly duty understands!" Cangmao Zhouzang bowed his head again and said.

"Okay, Ban Hengjun, without further ado, let's quickly inform the 10th Division." Kenji Dohihara hits the round field.

"Hmm!" Itachi Seishiro nodded and said, "I already sent a telegram to the 10th Division before I came, presumably they should be coming this way now!" Tonight, we will take advantage of the night to suddenly launch an attack, and the people of China will be caught off guard, please remember that if you can't recapture Xuzhou City before dawn, you just want to break through the field defense positions of the people of China, and then directly break through the siege and retreat north, and you must not be entangled by the people of China! Be sure to do it quickly! ”

"Yo Xi, without further ado, let's quickly deploy and prepare!" Kenji Dohihara happily got up and said.

Several old devils nodded, and then walked out one after another.

……………………………… On the highway from Huaiyin to Xuzhou, Li Pinxian, Wei Yunsong and others were leading the 31st Army and the 48th Army to march in the direction of Xuzhou.

In the previous repeated battles with the Yue army, whether it was the Battle of Songhu or the recent Battle of Xuzhou, the 11th Group Army was repeatedly defeated, even if there was a slight victory, it was a disastrous victory, and the continuous defeat of the battle made many soldiers have a phobia, and the Gui soldiers left their hometowns to fight, many people missed their hometowns, and returned to their hearts like arrows, so they naturally had no will to fight.

However, for this situation, Xiao Zhang Fei and Zhang Yichun may have seen too much, he had already taken precautions, and personally led a guard force to follow up with the main force, blocking most of the deserted soldiers, after he killed dozens of deserters in a row, intimidated by his Yinwei, no one dared to desert and escape.

However, Zhang Yichun is not a reckless man who loves to kill, and after making an example of a hundred people, he personally went to the army to enlighten and publicize.

"Brothers, everyone is a soldier who came out of Guangxi, I think that at the beginning, when we swore in Guangxi, the fathers and villagers in our hometown saved money to raise military funds for us, and men, women and children beat gongs and drums to send each other for dozens of miles, so that our Guangxi soldiers can win glory for the country and their hometown, and they can run away as soon as possible, and then return to their hometowns, instead of hoping that you will abandon the dignity and honor of soldiers one by one and become deserters!" Zhang Yichun said with righteous and awe-inspiring words.

"General, you are not from Guangxi, of course you don't understand our feelings." One of the warriors muttered quietly.

"Yes, although I am not from Guangxi, we are all Chinese, and now that I have hit Anhui, if we don't resist, they will soon hit Guangxi, where will you flee then?" Are you willing to watch your hometown and fellow villagers being slaughtered by devils? Zhang Yichun was not angry, but shouted even louder.

Although he is from the Gui family, he is not a general from Guangxi like Li Pinxian, Li Pinxian is from Hunan, and he is from Anhui.

Zhang Yichun's righteous words were said, and many Guangxi soldiers present bowed their heads in shame.

Yes, if they don't resist, since the devils can fight from the northeast to the Central Plains, they can also fight from the Central Plains to Liangguang, as Guangxi men, they will never allow their hometown to be invaded, and they will never sit idly by and watch their hometown fathers and elders be burned, killed and looted by the brutal devils.

Zhang Yichun lost no time in continuing to say aloud: "Brothers, as soldiers of Guangxi, we would rather die outside than let the flames of war burn to our hometown, let alone let the devil's shells fall into our own courtyard!" Please believe me, as long as you arrive in Xuzhou, our Commander-in-Chief Qiao will immediately make up the military salary for everyone, equipped with new equipment, and from today onwards, the military salary of the brothers will rise to six yuan per month, and it will be paid every month, and there will be no arrears! ”

"Is the sir?" Many soldiers looked at Zhang Yichun with questioning eyes, and all along, the officials did not say much about the salary, but none of them fulfilled it.

"If Zhang Mou is lying, he will be shot indiscriminately and killed!" Zhang Yichun swore awe-inspiringly.

"With the words of the chief, we will fight with you and Benzai to the end!" A major officer took advantage of the situation and took the lead and shouted loudly.

"That's right, fight to the end with the dog's Benzai!" Many Guangxi and Guangdong soldiers have spoken out one after another.

………………………… While the 31st Army and the 48th Army were marching towards Xuzhou, Qiao Anbang took the lead in returning to Xuzhou City on Yali's aircraft.

It was evening, in Xuzhou City, the Provisional General Headquarters of the 11th Group Army was brightly lit.

Xie Jinyuan, Li Yifeng, Zhang Xudong, and others gathered at the headquarters to congratulate the Tiger Ben Army on its victory on the battlefield on the southern front and the official expansion of the Tiger Army into a group army, and second, to receive combat missions.

Now that the 48th Army and the 31st Army have joined us, and the army has been trapped for many days, the sharpness, ammunition, and food are about to be exhausted, and the time is ripe to encircle and annihilate the main force of the army, and it is time to deploy an offensive battle plan.

Qiao Anbang first glanced at the henchmen and generals present with eyes like knives, and then said: "Everyone, due to the urgency of the battle situation, many matters such as expansion and awarding of titles have been postponed, and the top priority at the moment is to encircle and annihilate the main force of the North China Army that is besieged by us in the area of Tongshan and Xiao County!" ”

"Yes! Commander, you can assign us combat missions! Li Yifeng, Zhang Xudong and others nodded one after another.

"Okay, I have decided that from tomorrow onwards, the troops of the Fifth Theater will launch an all-out attack on the Japanese army in front of them, and the air force will give full assistance, and all divisions will concentrate all artillery fire to give me a fierce bombardment of the positions of the Japanese army, and then, with the armored brigade, the first division and the guard regiment as the main attacking forces, the 6th and 7th divisions will be responsible for containing the 5th Division of the Yue Army in the area of Guanqiao, and the 5th theater troops will be responsible for besieging the 10th Division of the Yue Army in the area of Xiao County!"

Before Qiao Anbang could finish his words, a deafening explosion and shouts of killing suddenly sounded outside the city.

(To be continued)