Xiangcheng, the joint command of the 6th and 7th divisions.

"Brother Xun Chen, I transferred the two regiments of my 6th Division back, and the main force of the 20th Division of the Army went to the direction of Ben Pheasant and Ji, leaving one regiment on guard is enough to deal with any emergencies." Liu Ruming, commander of the 6th Division, said to Zhang Zizhong.

Zhang Zizhong nodded silently, Qiao Anbang's telegram order was to let them beware of the 5th Division of the Yue Army in the north of the city, as for the 20th Division of this lone army deep into the hinterland of northern Anhui, they didn't have to worry about it at all.

However, Zhang Zizhong was still quite worried about the safety of the pheasant and the direction of the set at this time, after all, it was the hinterland and base camp of the entire northern Anhui base area of the Huben army, once it could not stop the attack of the 20th division of the army, then Qiao Anbang's adventure would fail, and without the logistics supply of the pheasant and set base camp, it would be meaningless for them to hold on to Xiangcheng, and it would be impossible to hold on for too long.

Seeing Zhang Zizhong's worried face, Liu Ruming couldn't help asking, "Brother Xun Chen, what's wrong with you?" What's so preoccupied? ”

"Brother Ziliang, I'm worried about the military seat, he doesn't have many troops under him, the 20th division of the army is a division of the first type, it is menacing, and the goal of the military seat is to eat this military division, which is not easy to do." Zhang Zizhong said worriedly. Without absolute superiority, it is no less difficult to eat a division of the Yue Army than to ascend to the sky in Zhang Zizhong's opinion, at least he thinks so.

"Brother Xun Chen, we don't have to worry too much about this, the military seat once swept through Central China with the strength of a regiment, and now although he is facing a division of the army, his troops are also better than before, plus waiting for work, the chance of victory is still very great." Liu Ruming said with relief.

"Well, hopefully." Zhang Zizhong nodded.

Just as he finished speaking, an adjutant ran in with a hurried expression, and when he came to him, he stood up and reported to Zhang Zizhong and Liu Ruming: "Shizuo, the army has begun to attack. ”

"Huh?" Zhang Zizhong and Liu Ruming changed color at the same time when they heard this, and after glancing at each other, they immediately said, "Let's go, let's go to the front line." After saying that, the two of them strode out of the headquarters one after the other, and the adjutant hurriedly followed.

………………………………………… On the south bank of the Xinbian River, the army on the north bank began a fierce artillery bombardment, and the Fifth Division of the Chinese Army transferred the Reading Heavy Artillery Brigade under the Central China Front, and dozens of 150mm caliber heavy artillery guns, plus a large number of 105mm caliber mountain guns, 75mm mountain artillery groups, and Type 92 infantry guns formed a powerful artillery group, pouring steel shells from the north bank to the positions of the Tiger Ben Army on the south bank.

"Boom, boom... "When Zhang Zizhong and Liu Ruming hurriedly rushed to ......the front enemy headquarters in the north of the city with a team of guards from the city, the entire position on the south bank was already rumbling with artillery and flames.

After getting out of the jeep, Zhang Zizhong held the binoculars and looked ahead, his mood became extremely solemn, and after looking at it for a while, he couldn't help but say in a deep voice: "It seems that I am in a hurry." ”

"Brother Xinchen, have you noticed it, the devil's artillery fire is much more fierce than before." Liu Ruming pointed to the battlefield in front of him.

"Well, maybe reinforcements have arrived." Zhang Zizhong nodded, and then said to the adjutant behind him: "Adjutant, immediately notify the first armored regiment and let all their combat vehicles retreat to avoid unnecessary losses." ”

"Yes!" The adjutant behind him hurriedly stepped forward to answer, and then turned around and walked away quickly.

"Brother Xun Chen, in my opinion, let's hurry up and ask for air support from the military seat, the artillery fire of the army is too fierce, and if they continue to bombard like this, the few battalions we have placed in the front line will be finished." Liu Ruming looked at the battlefield that had fallen into a sea of fire, and said more and more worriedly.

"Well, okay, let's just send a telegram to the head of the flying regiment Gao Xiang, and the military seat has already greeted him." Zhang Zizhong also nodded approvingly.

………………………………………… On the other side, at a secret forward observation post of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army, Seishiro Itatsune had just arrived at the forward position by car with Chief of Staff Takeshi Sakurada and others, and he was going to personally command the troops to launch an attack on the south bank.

At this moment, the old devil Itatsuro Seishiro was holding a telescope to observe the situation on the other side of the river in the forward observation post, and through the binoculars, the scene on the other side could be almost fully seen.

Looking at the south shore that had fallen into the sea of fire, listening to the earth-shattering continuous explosions, Itasun Seishiro couldn't help but laugh very proudly: "Yo Xi, damn the Chinese pig, this time it's for them to see the fierce artillery fire of my Imperial Army." ”

"General, General Tokugawa Yoshitoshi called back half an hour ago, they have already taken off from Jinan and Qingdao airports, and they are expected to be able to arrive soon!" Sakurada Takedasa, who was standing behind Itatsuro Seishiro, spoke up.

"Yo Xi, inform the artillery unit, stop the shelling in fifteen minutes, and the 9th Brigade immediately attack with all of its strength and launch an attack on the south bank! This time, we must take the position of the South Bank China Army in one fell swoop! Itasun Seishiro said proudly: "As for the damn armored combat vehicle unit of the Shina people, leave it to General Tokugawa Yoshitoshi's air force." ”

"Hay!" Sakurada Takeshi and several other chiefs of staff hurriedly bowed their heads at the same time, and immediately a communications staff officer was ordered to leave.

Yongsan Airport, Temporary General Headquarters of the Tiger Army.

Qiao Anbang was sitting in front of the map and smoking a cigarette, anxiously awaiting the report of the air force reconnaissance plane, which had not long been dispatched to grasp the movements and positions of the 20 th Division of the Japanese Army in a timely manner.

"Military seat, the reconnaissance plane has sent back the news that the forward troops of the 20th Division of the Army have arrived in Qingtong Town, which is less than thirty kilometers away from us." Liang Jiahan, the attendant adjutant, walked in quickly from the outside and saluted Qiao Anbang and reported.

"Hmm!" After listening to the report, Qiao Anbang immediately found the location of Qingtong Town on the map, and said to Liang Jiahan without raising his head after a moment: "Immediately send a telegram to Zhang Xudong, and ask him to lead the three armored regiments to move towards the Linli area through the stone bow, and after all the main forces of the army have passed, immediately enter the Hancun and Sun Tong areas, and prepare to join Liang Haoyao and Chifeng City." At the same time, Xiang informed Liang Haoyao and Chi Fengcheng that they would move closer to the west and prepare to join the 3rd Panzer Regiment. ”

After saying this, Qiao Anbang said again: "In addition, send a telegram to the guard regiment and order Wang Gensheng to immediately advance to Yuandian and Wugou Town after all the main forces of the army have passed, and build fortifications on the spot to block the retreat of the army!" Tell Wang Gensheng that without my order, even if you hit the last person, you are not allowed to retreat, and the guard regiment will be like a nail, nailing me to Wugou! ”

"Yes!" Liang Jiahan happily stepped forward and immediately took the order and left quickly.

(To be continued)