Nansha River Battlefield, the temporary headquarters of the 8th Brigade of the Army.

"Boom, boom, boom......!" On the battlefield, the sound of artillery rumbled, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.

In the temporary headquarters of the 8th Brigade and Regiment, the sound of the radio and the ringing of telephones rang from time to time, and from time to time there were military communications and staff officers coming and going, and the entire command headquarters was extremely noisy.

Lai Wuping, who is currently the commander of the 8th Brigade Major General, is holding a telescope and looking at the battlefield with artillery fire in the company of Chief of Staff Shigetsu Miki, "Your Excellency General, Tang Enbo's army is attacking very fiercely. Chongyue Miki put down the telescope in his hand and turned his head sideways to Lai Wuping on the side and said in a deep voice.

"Well, the army of the Tang Department is well-equipped and has strong combat effectiveness, and it should be second only to the Tiger Army of Qiao Anbang's department." Lai Wuping nodded with a very heavy heart. At present, Lai Wuping's 8th Brigade is surrounded by more than 100,000 troops of Tang Enbo, and although it can barely block the attack of Tang Enbo's headquarters with the support of the aviation force, relying on the ring fortifications, it is no longer able to break out of the encirclement.

"General, don't worry too much, General Tu Feiyuan's 14th Division is less than thirty kilometers away from us, and I believe that we will be able to meet us soon." Chongyue Miki saw Lai Wuping's solemn expression, and immediately said with relief.

"Hmm." Lai Wuping nodded silently, put down the binoculars and turned around and walked to the conference table made of ammunition boxes and sat down, in fact, Lai Wuping was not worried about whether the 14th Division could arrive, he was most worried about whether the Tiger Ben Army of the Seya Detachment had just been eliminated would join this battle, as long as the Tiger Ben Army did not join, then his 8th Brigade could still successfully break out of the encirclement of Tang Enbo's department under the reception of the 14th Division.

………………………… Xiji Town, more than ten kilometers northwest of the Nansha River Battlefield, was the headquarters of Tang Enbo's 20th Army Corps.

In the headquarters, Tang Enbo was holding one hand, smoking a cigarette while staring at the combat map in front of him, and was pondering, when a rush of footsteps suddenly sounded behind him.

When Tang Enbo heard the sound, he turned around and saw that the chief of staff had already walked in in a hurry, and saluted Tang Enbo with a snap: "General seat, the 52nd Army reports that Qiao Anbang's Tiger Ben Army has arrived from Yicheng and Zaozhuang, and the 52nd Army asks for instructions, do you want to let them pass through and enter the battlefield?" ”

"Tiger Army?" Tang Enbo was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then said with some displeasure: "This Qiao Anbang, it's quite positive to grab the battle merit." With six armies and more than 100,000 troops, can't we wipe out just one 8th Brigade of the Army?! Tell the 52nd Army that the Tiger Ben Army is not allowed to pass through, and let them stay put. ”

"However, the reconnaissance unit of the 75th Army found that the 14th Division of the Yue Army had passed through Tengxian County and was currently rushing towards the Nansha River, and it seemed that it was coming to rescue the 8th Brigade." The chief of staff said with some concern.

"Strictly order Zhou Lei, be sure to block the 14th Division for me, buy time for the main force of the corps to encircle and annihilate the 8th Brigade, no matter what, this time I must eat the 8th Brigade, win glory for the principal, and raise the prestige of my Whampoa Army!" Towne's righteous words.

"Yes!" The chief of staff no longer persuaded him, immediately stood upright, and immediately turned around and took the order.

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

Qiao Anbang had just spoken with Chu Jingming on the phone, on the eastern front, after receiving reinforcements from the second division and the second regiment led by Chu Jingming, Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun's troops finally contained the offensive of the Sakamoto detachment and stabilized the battle line in the area of Tancheng.

As soon as Qiao Anbang put down the phone, Yali walked out of the confidential room on the side, and before she could stand up, she reported to Qiao Anbang: "General, the first division called, saying that the 52nd Army under Tang Enbo's department prevented our army from entering the battlefield, and Division Commander Li called to ask for instructions on what to do." ”

"What? Townenburg won't let us pass? Tang Enbo is afraid that we will compete with him for war achievements! Qiao Anbang's brows suddenly frowned when he heard this, he paced back and forth with one hand and muttered for a while, then raised his head and said to Yali: "Send a telegram to the divisions, tell Li Yifeng that they will be stationed on the spot for the time being, and wait and see what happens." Reinforcements from the 14th Division were coming, and when Towne was under attack, he would ask our troops to join the battle. ”

"Yes!" Yali answered, and quickly turned to leave.

…………………… Xuzhou, Fifth Theater Command.

Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi were anxiously waiting for the battle situation on the front line, and suddenly, a colonel's communications staff officer rushed out of the confidential room next door, and quickly came to Li Bai and the two of them and stood up and saluted: "General seat, Chief Bai, the second group army has good news, more than half an hour ago, the Tiger Ben army has captured Yicheng and Zaozhuang, and completely annihilated the Segu detachment. The 27th and 31st Divisions of the Second Army's Second Army had taken over the defenses of Zaozhuang and Yicheng from the Huben Army, but according to front-line intelligence, the Huben Army did not appear to have participated in the Nansha River battle. ”

Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi were overjoyed at first, and then asked, "Why?" Why didn't the Tiger Army participate in the battle? ”

"Returning to the headquarters, the 52nd Army under Tang Enbo's command prevented the Tiger Army from entering the battlefield." The colonel's staff officer stepped forward and replied.

"Huh? This Townenburg, what does he want to do? Li Zongren was furious when he heard this.

"Duke De must not be angry, Tang Enbo is afraid that the Tiger Ben Army will fight for his military exploits, so he will not let the Tiger Ben Army participate in the war." Bai Chongxi said thoughtfully.

"Hmph, Tang Enbo is a man, he is too much to be a division commander, this kind of person Chairman Jiang even takes him as a confidant and appoints him to the post of army commander, which is really a mistake for the country and the army!" Li Zongren snorted angrily. Li Zongren has never had a good impression of Tang Enbo.

"Don't be impatient, at present, the 14th Division of the Army has rushed to the vicinity of the Nansha River, its purpose is very clear, that is, to rescue the 8th Brigade surrounded by the 20th Army, once the blocking force of the 20th Army Corps cannot block the attack of the 14th Division, then the 8th Brigade will take the opportunity to counterattack, Tang Enbo will inevitably be difficult to support by the enemy, at that time, I am afraid he should take the initiative to ask Qiao Anbang's headquarters to participate in the battle!" Bai Chongxi analyzed.

"Or send a telegram to Tang Enbo, telling him to focus on the overall situation, immediately let the Tiger Ben Army participate in the battle, and make every effort to encircle and annihilate the 8th Brigade to ensure the victory of this battle!" Li Zongren sighed and said.

"Yes!" The colonel's staff officer hurriedly stood up and immediately turned to leave.

…………………… On the west line of the Nansha River, the 75th Army blocked the position.

After the 14th Division arrived, it immediately launched a fierce attack on the 75th Army in Zhouli under the cover of aircraft, tanks, and heavy artillery, and the 139th and 6th Divisions of the 75th Army resisted with all their might, and the battle entered a fierce white-hot level from the beginning.

The 14th Division attacked with all its might in order to rescue the 8th Brigade. The 14th Division of the Army is the strength of 17 permanent divisions and regiments, well-equipped, with a large number of personnel, and its combat effectiveness is among the best among the 17 permanent divisions and regiments, while the total strength of the 75th Army is only about 20,000 people, and it has no upper hand in terms of strength; under the all-out onslaught of the 14th Division, the 6th and 139th Divisions suffered heavy casualties, and in less than an hour of close fighting, the two divisions lost several battalions.

The situation was particularly severe, and Zhou Lei, commander of the 75th Army, hurriedly reported the situation to Tang Enbo.

Xiji Town, Headquarters of the Twentieth Army Corps.

Tang Enbo had just received an urgent telegram from Li Zongren from Xuzhou, and after reading it briefly, he put the telegram aside with great displeasure and said disdainfully: "Call back to the headquarters of the commander of the theater, just say that the morale of our generals is like a rainbow, and it is completely possible to wipe out the 8th Brigade before the reinforcements arrive, and the Tiger Ben Army will continue to fight, so it should have a good rest!" Please rest assured that before dark, our department will definitely be able to completely annihilate the 8th Brigade! ”

Before the chief of staff left, a signal soldier hurriedly walked in with a rush of footsteps, and before he could stand up and salute, he hurriedly said to Tang Enbo: "General seat, it's not good, the 14th Division is attacking fiercely, the 75th Army has suffered heavy casualties, and Commander Zhou has called urgently!" ”

"What?" Tang Enbo was shocked when he heard this, and scolded angrily: "Rice buckets, all fucking rice buckets, one army can't stop a devil and a division!" ”

"Please calm your anger, as far as you know, the 14th Division of the Army is well-equipped and has a large number of soldiers, and it belongs to a division with strong combat effectiveness, and the 75th Army alone is probably really difficult to resist!" The chief of staff paused and said: "Now the main force of our army is besieging the 8th Brigade, and we really can't draw extra troops to block it, in my humble opinion, let's hurry up and let the Tiger Ben Army participate in the battle, with their joining, we will be able to encircle and annihilate the 8th Brigade as soon as possible, once the 8th Brigade is annihilated, the 14th Division will retreat without a fight." ”

Tang Enbo's face turned blue with anger, and he waved his hand in embarrassment for a long time and said: "Inform the 52nd Army, release it immediately, and invite the Tiger Army to participate in the battle." ”

"Yes!" The chief of staff and the signal corps stepped forward at the same time, and the signal corps turned and took the order.

After seeing the signal corps leave, the chief of staff saw Tang Enbo's angry face, and immediately stepped forward and whispered: "Commander, don't be too angry, the Tiger Army is well equipped and has strong combat effectiveness, we can secretly order the divisions on the front line to suspend the offensive, and the Tiger Army will take the lead, and wait for the Tiger Army and the 8th Brigade to defeat each other, and then order the divisions to launch a general attack on the whole line, at that time, the credit for encircling and annihilating the 8th Brigade is still yours, Sir." ”

When Tang Enbo heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded immediately: "Well, that's it." ”

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

Yali once again took an urgent telegram and reported to Qiao Anbang: "Headquarters, there is a call from the front, the 52nd Army of Tang Enbo's department has sent a liaison officer, requesting our army to immediately open up and participate in the siege of the 8th Brigade. Ask for advice on whether to go to war at the front?! ”

When Qiao Anbang heard this, he smiled indifferently and said: "Tang Enbo still can't bear it, haha, tell Li Yifeng and the others to immediately open up and attack the 8th Brigade of the Yue Army, and be sure to encircle and annihilate the 8th Brigade as quickly as possible." ”

"Yes!" Yali puffed up her chest and happily replied, and then left.

(To be continued)