"Commander, what are we going to do? Will the decoy units of the 1st Division, 1st Regiment and 2nd Regiment be withdrawn? Wang Gensheng saw that Qiao Anbang was silent and asked urgently.

Qiao Anbang ignored Wang Gensheng, but walked straight to the map and began to look at the map.

Just when Qiao Anbang was thinking hard about countermeasures, there was a rush of footsteps outside the headquarters, and when he looked back, Yali had already walked in with a tall chest, and then he saluted Qiao Anbang and said: "Military seat, the first and third divisions have called again to report that the army in the direction of Zaozhuang and Yicheng has begun to retreat, and they want to retreat depending on the situation." Now the divisions ask for instructions on whether to pursue? ”

"Huh? Kai Seya, this old devil is very cunning! Qiao Anbang was slightly startled when he heard this, he didn't know that Seya Kai was frightened away by the great reputation of his Tiger Army, so he turned his head and continued to stare at the map, judging from the map, if the Seya detachment was allowed to retreat back to Zaozhuang and Yicheng, and then wanted to surround them, it was necessary to send mobile troops to the rear of Zaozhuang and Yicheng, so that the roundabout troops would have to directly face the two main brigades of the 10th Division and the Seya Detachment. If Tang Enbo's troops could not join the battle quickly, even if the Tiger Army could retreat in its entirety, the battle plan to encircle and annihilate the Seya Detachment and even the 10th and 14th Divisions would be in vain.

After pondering for a long time, Qiao Anbang immediately turned his head and said to Yali: "Immediately send a telegram to Li Yifeng and Li Jupeng, and order the first and third divisions to send a regiment each, each regiment is supplemented by a tank battalion, and the headquarters of the first division immediately marches west along Weishan Lake, and quickly intersperses with Lincheng (now Xuecheng District, Zaozhuang City) southwest of Zaozhuang, cut off the Linzao Railway, and cut off the connection between the Segu detachment and the 8th Brigade of the Tengxian Army."

The headquarters of the 3rd Division marched along Malantun, Nitou, and Zuozhuang to Yicheng Shanting, and it was necessary to cut off the retreat of the 63rd Wing of the Yue Army to Zaozhuang and Tengxian.

The rest of the divisions and regiments immediately attacked on all fronts to pursue the Seya detachment, and it was necessary to pursue the Seya detachment in the Yicheng and Zaozhuang areas. ”

"Yes!" Yali stepped forward and turned to leave.

Seeing Yali Qianying leave, Qiao Anbang couldn't help but sigh, the war can never be carried out according to anyone's personal wishes, if the Segu detachment retreats back to Zaozhuang and Yicheng on all fronts, then the battle plan of the Tiger Ben Army to encircle and send reinforcements will be in vain.

The reason is very simple, it is impossible for the Tiger Army to eat the two divisions of the Yue Army in a head-to-head confrontation with its own strength, although the Hu Ben Army in the Battle of Huainan has annihilated and defeated the three divisions of the Yue Army, but at this time and that time, the battlefield situation at that time was different from now.

At the beginning, the 9th Division and the 114th Division of the Yue Army were both in the field and had no strong fortifications, and the Tiger Ben Army suddenly launched an attack at night with armored troops, and the Yue Army was caught off guard, how could it not be defeated? If the three divisions of the Yue Army are allowed to fight head-on with the Tiger Ben Army in a dignified manner, even if they cannot defeat the Tiger Ben Army, they will not fall into the end of the annihilation of the three divisions and regiments.

Now the situation in the area of Taierzhuang is very different from Huainan, the Tiger Ben Army has the ability to surround and annihilate the Segu detachment before the reinforcements of the Yue Army arrive, but it is unable to involve the reinforcements of the Yue Army in the annihilation.

Therefore, Qiao Anbang clearly changed the battle plan immediately, using two infantry regiments and two tank battalions as mobile detour troops to intersperse with roundabouts, cut off the retreat of the Seya detachment of the Yue army, and was responsible for blocking the reinforcements of the Yue army in the direction of Teng County and other directions, and pursued and annihilated the Seya detachment with the main force with all its might.

If the Seya detachment is annihilated, the 10th Division will also suffer heavy losses, and it will be unable to continue to invade the Taierzhuang area in a short period of time, Qiao Anbang can take this opportunity to lead the main force of the Tiger Ben Army to quickly move east to meet the Sakamoto detachment of the Fifth Division of the Yue Army, and then eat the Sakamoto detachment, the entire Xuzhou battlefield will be able to turn the corner, at that time, the Tiger Ben Army has two choices, either to the east to recover Linyi, or to the west to attack Teng County.

It is best to drive the army out of the southern Lunan area, at this time the army of Central China has lost more than half, and it is impossible to attack in a short period of time, if the North China Front of the army is severely damaged, and the North China army is unable to go south, then the battle of Xuzhou can be declared over for the time being.

Xuzhou ensured that it was not lost, and Qiao Anbang could take the opportunity to gather the defeated troops, continue to expand the troops, and prepare for the next stage of the decisive battle with the Yue army.

After all, at this time, the national strength of the Yue army still exists, and it is far from the time when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, and after suffering the heavy losses of the Tiger Ben Army in a row, the next combat focus of the Yue Army should be to eliminate the Tiger Ben Army, which has become a big trouble for them.

………………………… After receiving Qiao Anbang's order, the 1st and 3rd Divisions each sent a regiment and a tank battalion to begin a maneuver and detour towards Zaozhuang and Yicheng, while the rest of the main regiments, with the assistance of the main force of the armored brigade, launched a full-line pursuit of the Segu detachment, which was retreating towards Zaozhuang and Yicheng.

For a time, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army launched the first large-scale attack since the Battle of Xuzhou under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles, and the highway from Taierzhuang to Zaozhuang and Yicheng was full of artillery fire and shouts, and the Segu detachment that was pursued blocked the pursuit of the Tiger Ben Army with a small part of its forces, and the main force fled to Yicheng and Zaozhuang in a hurry.

The battle was carried out until noon, the main force of the Tiger Army had divided and surrounded the Seya detachment in Yicheng and Zaozhuang, during which Seya Kai wanted to lead his troops to retreat to Tengxian, but was strongly blocked by the detour troops of the first division of Lincheng who had arrived early, and the Seya detachment, which had suffered heavy losses, had to retreat to Zaozhuang.

In Zaozhuang City, it is already boiling at this moment, and some ordinary clothes can be seen everywhere on the street, they either carry the wounded, or transport ammunition supplies to the city tower, as early as before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War there were many merchants in the Zaozhuang area, they contracted coal mines, and squeezed the local people. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, these cunning merchants hid with the help of the local Han Anniversary.

After Zaozhuang was captured by the army, these merchants appeared one after another, with their own army as the backing, these merchants were even more unscrupulous, rampant and domineering oppression and oppression of the local Chinese people and workers, and now seeing that the invincible imperial army in the past was about to fail, these merchants in order to protect their interests in Zaozhuang, they have organized and equipped weapons to help the Seya detachment defend the city.

They knew very well that if their army was defeated and retreated, their interests in Zaozhuang would also be completely lost.

With the help of these merchants, the strength of the Seya detachment increased slightly.

The headquarters of the Seya detachment located in the middle of the city.

With a heavy face, Seya Kai was staring at the sun flag hanging at the headquarters, and a chief of staff behind him was reporting to him that the 63rd Wing had just sent an urgent telegram from Yicheng: "The attack on our Zhina Army is well-equipped, and its combat effectiveness is so strong, it is the first time since the war against China, although the warriors of our imperial army are resisting hard, they still suffer heavy casualties, and at this critical moment, please ask the general to request reinforcements from the division headquarters as soon as possible, otherwise our detachment is in danger of being annihilated......

"Yaga! That's enough! Kei Seya was impatient and suddenly turned his head and shouted loudly, as a major general of the imperial army, how could he not know how dangerous the situation that this detachment was facing now? It must be known that the opponent is the Chinese Tiger Army, which has just eaten the 100,000 troops of the imperial army in Huainan, and Seya Kai knows very well that if there are no reinforcements, then what will be the fate that awaits him.

After pondering for a moment, Seya Kai immediately ordered the communications staff officer in a cold voice: "Immediately report to the division commander that our troops are surrounded by the Chinese Tiger Army in Zaozhuang and Yicheng. After a series of hard battles, the headquarters suffered heavy losses and was unable to break through the enemy in front of them, so he asked His Excellency the division commander to send reinforcements as soon as possible. ”

"Yes!" The communications staff officer bowed his head abruptly and immediately turned to leave.

………………………… Teng County, the headquarters of the 10th Division of the Army.

The current chief of staff of the 10th Division, Tibujia Gui Dazuo, hurriedly walked into the headquarters with a piece of paper in his hand, and saluted to the division commander Ryosuke Isoya, who was studying the battle situation in front of the map, and saluted: "Your Excellency, division commander, no, the Seya detachment has just sent an urgent telegram, they were surrounded by the heavy troops of the Tiger Ben Army, the ace unit of China, in Zaozhuang and Yicheng, and the Seya detachment suffered heavy losses. ”

"What? The Tiger Army? Joan Bang's troops? Ryosuke Isoya was shocked when he heard this, and couldn't help but gasp, and immediately reprimanded angrily: "Yaga, aren't they in Huainan? How did it suddenly appear here? What the hell does the intelligence department of the Imperial Army do? ”

The chief of staff was gloomy when he heard this, and he couldn't explain this problem.

In fact, Ryosuke Isoya really wronged their intelligence department, first of all, the Tiger Ben Army was unknown before the Battle of Nanjing, and the intelligence department of the Yue Army had a complete blank information about Qiao Anbang and his Tiger Ben Army.

Some time ago, the Central China Front Army Headquarters broke into the Tiger Army's Kawashima Yoshiko and Nanzao Yunzi were arrested by Qiao Anbang again, and the Tiger Army marched all the way from Huainan to Xuzhou, and after arriving in Xuzhou, they quietly arrived in Taierzhuang at night, and the intelligence department of the Yue Army had no time to collect information on the location of the Tiger Ben Army, so how could they provide intelligence to the combat troops?

"General, now is not the time to be held responsible, Qiao Anbang's Tiger Army is the strongest fighting force in the Chinese army, and now that the Seya detachment is surrounded by it, the situation must be extremely urgent, let's send reinforcements as soon as possible, it's over, I'm afraid the Seya detachment will be in danger." Ti Bu Jiagui pondered for a moment and reminded.

"Well, as Ti Bujun said, this Tiger Army's combat effectiveness is extremely strong, and it may be difficult for my 10th Division to defeat it alone." Ryosuke Isoya paused and ordered: "In this way, you immediately send a telegram to Dohihara-kun, ask the 14th Division to send troops to reinforce the Seya detachment as soon as possible, and order the Laiwu Brigade (Eighth Brigade) to set off immediately to reinforce Zaozhuang!" ”

"Hay! Immediately go and do it. He bowed his head suddenly, and immediately took the saber and walked away quickly.

(To be continued)