After putting down the phone, Qiao Anbang immediately turned his head to Liang Jiahan, who was standing behind him, and said: "Adjutant Liang, go and tell Yali immediately, let her immediately send a telegram to each division, and the whole army will speed up the march, quickly advance in the direction of Tancheng, and pursue the Sakamoto detachment of the fifth division!" ”

"Yes!" Liang Jiahan hurriedly straightened his chest and responded, his full and straight ** military uniform was towering high, and Qiao Anbang, who was watching, couldn't help but stare at him.

Seeing Qiao Anbang's eyes suddenly staring at his chest, Liang Jiahan immediately turned around and left quickly, but he was secretly happy in his heart, he was still quite satisfied with his figure, and the reason why he deliberately raised his chest high just now was to confirm whether he could attract Qiao Anbang's eyes.

Because many times, Liang Jiahan intentionally or unintentionally found that Qiao Anbang couldn't help but stare at the pair of towering crisp breasts of Lieutenant Colonel Liu of the Communications Battalion.

That's why I did what I did just now, in short, a woman's mind is sometimes really strange, even if Joan Bang II is a human being, he can't figure it out.

Seeing Liang Jiahan Qianying walking into the confidential room next to him, Qiao Anbang couldn't help but scratch his head, obviously his gaffe just now was fully seen by others, and he couldn't help but wonder for a while.

…………………… Tancheng, located in the Lunan Plain between the two major Yimeng mountain water systems of Yishui and Shuhe, is an ancient county town for more than 1,000 years, Tancheng is connected to Linyi in the north, Taierzhuang and Xuzhou in the west, Suqian, an important town in northern Jiangsu in the south, and only more than 100 kilometers away from Lianyungang and Yuezhao Port in the east, which are known as the bridgehead of the Eurasian continent.

The Battle of Xuzhou, the land of northern Jiangsu and southern Lunan was in flames, and with the successive losses of Linyi and other places, it became the last fortress of the [***] troops of the Fifth War Zone to hold southern and northern Jiangsu to ensure Xuzhou and Taierzhuang.

Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army and Pang Bingxun's 40th Army, which were defeated and retreated here from the direction of Linyi, relied on the city defense of Tancheng and resisted bloodily, until Chu Jingming was ordered by Qiao Anbang to lead an infantry regiment and a tank battalion of the Huben Army to rush to help, which could be regarded as stabilizing the defense line and containing the offensive of the Sakamoto Detachment (21st Brigade) of the 5th Division of the Yue Army.

While Qiao Anbang led his troops to annihilate the two main brigades of the 10th Division, the Sakamoto detachment launched several attacks on Tancheng under the cover of aircraft and tanks, but without exception they were repelled by the 59th Army and Chu Jingming's troops.

In particular, the tank battalion brought by the Tiger Ben Army opened the eyes of the 59th Army and other [***] soldiers, and the tanks of the Yue Army against them were all destroyed by them, knocked over, and crushed into powder.

In front of the tank troops of the Tiger Army, the thin-skinned tanks of the devil cannot be compared with them in terms of firepower, armor and size, and naturally cannot be the opponent of the No. 4 tank group.

After receiving Qiao Anbang's call, Chu Jingming immediately ordered the tank battalion and the second regiment of the second division to take the initiative to attack, and with the tank battalion as the lead, they began to pursue the Sakamoto detachment that took the initiative to retreat.

At the same time, Chu Jingming also found Zhang Zizhong and explained Qiao Anbang's instructions to him, although Zhang Zizhong's position is higher than Qiao Anbang, but he admires this famous young anti-Japanese hero, and Qiao Anbang sent troops to help in the difficult situation this time, which made him have a good impression of Qiao Anbang.

So he immediately agreed to Qiao Anbang's suggestion, and together with General Pang Bingxun, the commander of the 40th Army, he personally led the officers and soldiers of the 59th and 40th Armies to go out of the city with the Huben Army to pursue the Sakamoto detachment.

Due to the pursuit of the 2nd Regiment of the 2nd Division of the Huben Army and Zhang Zizhong's subordinates, the retreat of the Sakamoto detachment of the Sakamoto Army was forced to stop, especially the tank battalion equipped with the 2nd Regiment, which caused great trouble to the devils.

The head of the Sakamoto detachment, Major General Ban Shun, had to order his troops to return fire, and the two sides fought fierce battles again in the area of Quanyuan and Zhuangshan, about 15 kilometers north of Tancheng.

In order to be able to get rid of the pursuit of the pursuers, the version Shun was determined to defeat the pursuing troops of [***] in one fell swoop, and then calmly retreated, but the version Shun soon found that the pursuing squadron [***] was very cunning, and did not fight a decisive battle with him, but kept harassing the tank and cavalry units with strong mobile surnames.

In fact, it was not that the 59th Army did not dare to fight a decisive battle with the devils, but because the 40th Army and the 59th Army had suffered heavy losses and serious troop attrition, they were simply unable to fight a decisive battle with the Sakamoto detachment in the field.

In the battle of Linyi, the 40th Army was almost wiped out, and the 59th Army also fought a bloody battle with the Fifth Division and two mixed brigades in order to rescue the 40th Army, and finally more than half of the casualties of the whole army, together with the remnants of the 40th Army, fought and retreated, but fortunately received reinforcements from the Huben Army in Tancheng, so as to block the attack of the Yue Army.

However, the battle of Linyi, although Zhang Zizhong's department suffered heavy losses, but with his old comrade-in-arms and old enemy Pang Bingxun ice to release the suspicions, many years of grievances in the national righteousness and national interests before the ice disintegrated, the two fought together, bloody resistance to the enemy, although they paid heavy casualties, but also caused greater casualties to the army, it is also with the bloody fight of their two divisions that blocked the fifth division of the army of the army, thus causing the 10th division of the army to go deep alone, creating an opportunity for the tiger army to encircle and annihilate the 10th division.

In the Battle of Xinkou last year, Yan Xishan and Wei Lihuang's dozens of divisions of more than 300,000 troops failed to stop half of Ban Heng Zhengshiro's division, but now Zhang and Pang are not as good as the main force of the second theater, but they can block the fifth division for nearly a month, from which it can be seen that the Northwest Army is strong in combat power and strong in fighting spirit!

In the end, the Fifth Division was reinforced by two mixed brigades of the North China Front, and its strength increased greatly, so that it was able to defeat Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun and capture Linyi.

Therefore, Zhang Zizhong, Pang Bingxun, Chu Jingming and others made a very wise decision to attack and harass, drag the Sakamoto detachment of the Yue army, and wait for the arrival of the main force of Qiao Anbang's tiger army before besieging the Sakamoto detachment.

Under the attack of [***], Sakamoto's detachment was in a dilemma, unable to fight, unable to retreat, and the detachment leader Sakamoto Shun had no choice but to ask the division commander Itako Seishiro for help.

…………………… Linyi, Headquarters of the Fifth Division.

Chief of Staff Sakurada Takeshi hurriedly walked into the headquarters with a telegram in his hand, and saluted to Itahima Seisishiro: "General, Sakamoto-kun is calling, they are being pursued by the Tancheng Shina army and cannot retreat smoothly, Sakamoto-kun requests urgent tactical guidance. ”

"With the little strength of the army in Tancheng City, still dare to pursue the imperial army? Let Sakamoto Shun turn back and defeat them and then retreat, it will be in time. Itahima Seishiro said without thinking.

"General, do you know, Sakamoto-kun said in the telegram that the Chinese army is very cunning, and does not fight a decisive battle with the imperial army, but uses tanks, armored troops and cavalry to carry out unlimited attacks on the Sakamoto detachment, and the Sakamoto detachment can't fight if it wants to fight, it can't retreat, and it is in an embarrassing situation." Takeshi Sakurada said with a heavy face.

"Huh? It seems that the purpose of the Shina people is to drag down the Sakamoto detachment. Itachi Seishiro pondered for a while.

"General, what should we do, the intelligence shows that the main force of the Chinese army is currently marching towards Tancheng on a large scale. If it drags on any longer, the situation will only become more and more unfavorable for Sakamoto's detachment. Takeshi Sakurada said with a solemn expression.

Banheng Seishiro paced back and forth, pondered for a long time, stopped in the rear and turned around and said coldly: "I decided to personally lead the 44th and 45th mixed brigades to go south immediately, gallop to the aid of the Sakamoto detachment, and assist the Sakamoto detachment in defeating the pursuing force of the Shina army before the main force of the Shina Army arrives, and take the retreat of the Sakamoto detachment!" ”

"General, I'm afraid that this will send a telegram to Commander Shouichi Terauchi, asking him to temporarily transfer the command of the 44th and 45th mixed brigades to our division." Takeshi Sakurada said thoughtfully.

"Yes, Sakurada-kun, you will immediately send a telegram to Commander Terauchi to inform him of the situation so that we can move," Itatsune Seishiro nodded.

"Hai, let's do it right away." Sakurada Takeshi suddenly bowed his head in response, and then turned around and took the order.

………………………………………… 6 Beiping, the headquarters of the North China Front Army.

Chief of Staff Okabe Naosaburo walked into Terauchi Shouichi's study again with a telegram in his hand, and said to Terauchi Shouyi, who was closing his eyes and recuperating: "Your Excellency General, Banheng Seijun is calling. ”

"Huh? Banheng: What's the urgency of him? Terauchi Shouichi heard that the Fifth Division suddenly came to his senses, and he admired the imperial warrior Itachi Seishiro very much.

"Ban Heng Zhengjun said in the telegram that the Sakamoto detachment was entangled by the Shina army in Tancheng and could not get out and retreat, and Ban Heng Zhengjun wanted to personally lead the 44th and 45th Mixed Brigades south to meet the Sakamoto detachment, and asked the Front Army Command to hand over the command of the 44.45th Mixed Brigade to him." Naosaburo Okabe replied.

"The Sakamoto detachment is entangled in the Shina army?" Terauchi Shouichi frowned after hearing this, pondered for a moment, and then said: "Call back to Banheng Zhengjun and agree to his request, but don't fall in love with the battle, and respond to the northward retreat of the Sakamoto detachment as soon as possible, so as to avoid a decisive battle with the main force of the Shina army." ”

"Hay!" Naosaburo Okabe bowed his head suddenly, and then strode away with his saber on his shoulder.

…………………… On the dirt road from Taierzhuang to Tancheng, the main force of the Tiger Ben Army was marching along the dirt road, and the speed of the fully mechanized march left several of Tang Enbo's troops far behind.

In an armored command vehicle, Qiao Anbang opened a portable combat map with the help of Liang Jiahan, and was frowning at the map and pondering, Qiao Anbang's operational goal of this eastward advance was to attack the Fifth Division of the Yue Army, and the second was to recapture Linyi, an important town in southern Lunan.

Qiao Anbang didn't pay attention, and as he stared intently at the map and pondered tactics, a pair of large, watery eyes stared intently at his handsome face.

Suddenly, the moving armored car suddenly stopped, Qiao Anbang turned his head at the moment, just in time to meet the light wave emitted by Liang Jiahan's big watery eyes, the delicate red cherry mouth, the skin as white as snow, the big watery eyes with affection, and the long eyelashes blinking from time to time, Qiao Anbang suddenly came up with the idea of kissing her.

However, this idea was soon killed by the sound of hurried footsteps outside the car. The footsteps also brought Liang Jiahan back and forth from fantasy to reality, and immediately blushed, quickly turned his head, opened the car door, and saw Yali standing outside the car with a message in hand.

"Yali, is there a situation?" When Qiao Anbang saw Yali, he immediately asked, it was not urgent, Yali would definitely not come down to intercept the car.

Yali took a closer look at Liang Jiahan and Qiao Anbang, and found that both of them were neatly dressed, before replying: "I just listened to and deciphered the telegram sent by the Fifth Division of the Chinese Army to the headquarters of the North China Front, and the commander of the Fifth Division, Ita Heng Seishiro, plans to lead two mixed brigades south to meet the Sakamoto detachment that is entangled by our army!" "Since the North China Front had not fought with the Tiger Army before, and there had been no situation where the message had been deciphered and leaked secrets, it did not change the cipher code as frequently as the Central China Front, nor did it use the top-secret cipher.

So Yali could easily decipher it, and Yali could have reported the situation directly to Qiao Anbang through the car intercom, but out of some concerns, she still came to report to Qiao Anbang in person.

"It's not good, Ban Heng Zhengshiro, this old devil is not simple, Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army and Pang Bingxun's 40th Army have suffered heavy losses, he led two mixed brigades to the south, so Zhang and Pang are categorically powerless to resist, and only one regiment of my Tiger Ben Army will definitely not be able to stop tens of thousands of troops." After listening to this, Qiao Anbang analyzed at the moment.

"Shall we get over as soon as possible?" Liang Jiahan interjected rarely.

"Hmm." Qiao Anbang nodded, and then said to Yali: "Order all regiments to march at full speed, even if the wheels of the car are worn out, they must rush to Tancheng in front of Banheng Zhengshiro!" ”

"Yes!" Yali puffed up her chest and happily responded, and then turned and walked away quickly.

As Qiao Anbang's order was given, the automobile soldiers of each regiment accelerated in vain, and the soldiers who were resting in the carriage were suddenly awakened by a strong sense of turbulence.

"Damn, Xiao Li, you're crazy, drive so fast."

"That's it, you kid, don't go to the ditch." The soldiers immediately began to curse their mother.

"Shut up Lao Tzu, this is the order of the military seat, and if you grind the wheels of the car, you must rush to Tancheng in front of the Fifth Division of the Army, and those who are late will be severely punished!" A platoon commander sitting in the passenger seat shouted.

As soon as they heard that it was Qiao Anbang's order, the soldiers immediately shut up, what else was there to say, the order of the military seat, even if it was to go up the sword mountain and down the sea of fire, they must resolutely carry it out, which they had kept in mind since the day they joined the Tiger Ben Army.

As the car accelerated, dust began to rise all over the dirt road, and from a distance, it looked like a gray earth dragon winding and zigzag.

(To be continued)