Teng County, the joint headquarters of the 10th and 14th divisions of the army.

The chief of staff of the 10th Division, Tibu Gui Dazuo, walked into the joint headquarters with a solemn face and deep steps, and stood up and saluted to the division commander Isoya Ryosuke, who was sitting in a daze on the chair: "Your Excellency, General, I just received a farewell message from the commander of the Lai Wuping Brigade, the defense line of the 8th Brigade has been broken by the Qiao Anbang Department of the Chinese Army, and the whole brigade and regiment from the brigade commander Major General Lai Wuping to the head of the brigade are all broken!" Loyal to His Majesty the Emperor......"

As soon as the words of the noble Dazuo came out, the entire joint command headquarters suddenly fell into silence, and Isoya Ryosuke's face seemed to age a lot in an instant, and he would never return to the spirit of the past, and when Kenji Tohihara on the side saw this, he immediately persuaded: "Isoya-kun, cheer up, the Chinese have a saying that victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and if he loses today, he will win it back, and the establishment of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Circle still needs talents like Isoya-kun, and the Great Empire also needs generals!" ”

Ryosuke Isoya didn't speak, but turned around and walked out with his saber on his shoulder, and the chief of staff hurriedly followed.

Kenji Dohihara sighed, and immediately said to the chief of staff Sano Nakayoshi beside him: "Sano-kun, order the 27th and 28th brigades to retreat to Fuji County under alternate cover. "The 8th Brigade has been completely annihilated, and it is pointless for the 14th Division to attack again, not to mention, in front of them, in addition to Tang Enbo's department, there is also a Tiger Army that is very feared by Kenji Tohihara.

Of course, Kenji Dohihara would not be arrogant to think that with his 14th Division, he could defeat the more than 200,000 troops under Tang Enbo and Qiao Anbang. He is not Banheng Seishiro, and the 14th Division is not facing the Jin Sui Army.

"Hay!" Sano Nakayoshi bowed his head sharply again, and immediately turned around and took the saber on his shoulder and led the order to leave.

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

Bai Chongxi took the telegram from the hands of the communications staff officer, walked into the headquarters in a hurry, and as soon as he entered the conference room, he shook the telegram in his hand to Li Zongren and said: "Degong, great victory, great victory, the Tiger Ben Army has just called, they have successfully annihilated the 8th Brigade of the Chinese Army, so far the 10th Division has been completely eaten by our [***] team, and the old devil Ryosuke Isoya has now become the commander of the light pole." ”

"Okay, the 10th Division has been annihilated, and Xuzhou will win and lose!" Li Zongren struck the knot fiercely, and then asked, "Jiansheng, can you start implementing the next battle plan?" ”

"Well, I suggest that Tang Enbo's division leave one or two divisions to garrison in the area of the Nansha River, and put Sun Lianzhong's Second Army, which does not belong to the first line of Zaozhuang, Lincheng, and Yicheng, and then urgently transfer Tang Enbo's main force and Huben's army to move eastward and launch an attack on the Fifth Division." Bai Chongxi nodded and analyzed.

"It's just like this, but it's going to be bitter for Qiao Anbang's Tiger Army, they are fighting continuously, and now they have to wave their troops to the east non-stop, I'm really afraid that the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army will not be physically exhausted." Li Zongren said worriedly.

"Degong is too worried, the Tiger Army is a mechanized army, each regiment is equipped with enough military trucks, personnel and equipment are transported by car, and the soldiers can rest and drive at the same time, and there is no need to worry about their physical strength at all. Moreover, Qiao Anbang understands the righteousness and will definitely not have any objections. Bai Chongxi said.

"Hmmm! That's it. Li Zongren nodded in agreement, and immediately waved his hand to call in a communication soldier.

…………………… In fact, before Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi's telegram orders reached Qiao Anbang's hands, he had already ordered all divisions of the Huben Army to immediately turn around and march eastward, and each division would not even have time to clean up the battlefield, so the whole army would be drawn again.

For this reason, Qiao Anbang sent a telegram to Tang Enbo, giving all the equipment and materials of the captured 8th Brigade to Tang Enbo as a favor, which made Tang Enbo very happy, after all, the 8th Brigade had thousands of rifles and a large number of light and heavy weapons, although their stored ammunition was detonated by the devil soldiers before the destruction, but these equipment were enough for Tang Enbo to arm a division.

…………………………………… Beiping, the North China Front Army Headquarters.

General Terauchi Shouichi, who is currently the commander-in-chief of the North China Front, also kept an eye on the progress of the Xuzhou Campaign, and when he learned that the Seya Detachment had been wiped out by the Tiger Army and that the Laiwu Brigade was surrounded by the Zhong[***] Brigade, he issued orders to the commander of the 14th Division, Kenji Dohihara, and the 5th Division, Itako Seishiro, asking them to reinforce the Laiwu Brigade as soon as possible.

Terauchi Shouichi was meditating in front of the map, and suddenly, a rush of footsteps sounded behind him, and Terauchi Shouichi looked back at it, only to see his chief of staff, Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo, walk in with a heavy face.

"Okabe-kun, what's wrong?" Shouichi Terauchi was the first to ask.

"Returning to Your Excellency General, the 14th Division sent an urgent telegram from Teng County, and the 8th Brigade of the 10th Division was also besieged by Qiao Anbang of the China Army in the area of the Nansha River, and all the jade of the whole brigade and regiment from Major General Lai Wuping, the commander of the brigade, was shattered." Naosaburo Okabe replied in a heavy tone.

"What? The Lai Wu Brigade was also wiped out? Terauchi Shouichi's face changed drastically, and he immediately said: "In this way, the entire 10th Division no longer exists?!" ”

Naosaburo Okabe didn't speak, but nodded with a solemn expression.

"Yaga Tooth Road! It's this tiger army again, and it's Qiao Anbang again. This person must be eliminated! "Terauchi Shouichi is angry and ruined.

"General, please calm your anger, Qiao Anbang and the Tiger Ben Army under his command have become a big problem for the Great Emperor and must be eliminated. But now, with the annihilation of the 10th Division, there is no need for the Battle of Xuzhou to continue. According to the report of the air reconnaissance plane, the main force of the Chinese Army gathered in the Zaozhuang area showed signs of moving eastward, and he believed that the Fifth Division should be immediately ordered to shrink and retreat to Linyi, and if necessary, Linyi could be abandoned and the Yishui area could be contracted. Waiting for the next stage of strategic offensive. "Okabe Naosaburo's mind is still very clear, he knows that the current battle of Xuzhou, the imperial army has failed, and before the base camp has not been strategically mobilized again and the two major strategic fronts in Central and North China have replenished their troops, the imperial army in China is powerless to continue the offensive.

Terauchi Shouichi pondered for a moment, nodded in a heavy tone, and said, "Okabe-kun, just do as you say, send a telegram to Itahiro Seishiro, and order him to retreat." ”

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

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

Itako Seisishiro, an old devil, is discussing with Chief of Staff Sakurada Takedasa and others about the deployment of part of the 9th Brigade to the flank of Tancheng County [***], so as to help the Sakamoto detachment open up the situation and advance to Taierzhuang's battle plan.

Suddenly, a confidential staff officer hurriedly walked in with a telegram in his hand, and when he came to him, he hurriedly gathered his feet and saluted and reported to Ita Heng Seishiro and Takeshi Sakurada: "Your Excellency, General, Chief of Staff, there is a call from the General Headquarters of the Front Army. ”

"Read!" Itachi Seishiro waved his hand without raising his head.

"The headquarters of the front army telegraphed, in view of the fact that the 33rd and 8th brigades and regiments of the 10th Division of the Imperial Army have been completely annihilated, and from the perspective of the overall strategic situation, there is no longer any need to continue the battle of Xuzhou, and you hereby order your unit to immediately break away from the battle, retreat to Linyi, and if necessary, abandon Linyi and stick to the important places in Luzhong such as Yishui that the imperial army has captured." The confidential staff officer opened the message and read.

"What? The 8th Brigade has also been completely wiped out? Itatsuko Seishiro and Sakurada Takeshi looked at each other, and their faces changed greatly.

"Yes, the 8th Brigade was heavily surrounded by the Qiao An Bang Division of the Chinese Army, and under the hard fighting, the entire army was annihilated." The confidential staff officer nodded in reply.

"Damn, it's this Tiger Army again!" Itachi Seishiro slapped the conference table and said hatefully.

"General, the front army command also said in the telegram that the air force reconnaissance planes have discovered that the main force of the China Army is moving in the direction of Tancheng, so it orders us to quickly evacuate the Sakamoto detachment." The confidential staff officer added.

Sakurada Takeshi thought for a while, and said to Itahiro Seishiro: "General, the current situation is unfavorable to the imperial army, so let's order the Sakamoto detachment to withdraw early." ”

Itachi Seisishiro's face was pale for a moment, and he nodded coldly: "Send a telegram to Sakamoto-kun and order him to withdraw the same way immediately." "Since the Kunisaki Detachment (9th Brigade) was severely damaged by Qiao Anbang in the Battle of Nanjing last year, the 21st Brigade has become the only main brigade of the 5th Division, although the 9th Brigade has been replenished with new recruits, but due to the large number of well-trained and experienced officers and soldiers on active duty who died in battle, the 9th Brigade has not been able to recover to its peak combat effectiveness in a short period of time.

After all, the Yue army does not have as advanced weapons and equipment as the Tiger Army, which can quickly improve the combat effectiveness of the troops.

Sakurada Takeshi waved his hand at the confidential staff officer, and the confidential staff officer hurriedly understood, nodded in response, and immediately turned to leave.

…………………… Guo Zhuang, Tiger Army Headquarters.

"Jingle bell ......" A rapid phone rang, Liang Jiahan, who was standing not far from the phone, picked up the phone at the moment, and said a few words, Liang Jiahan turned his head and said to Qiao Anbang, who was sitting in front of the map thinking about tactics: "General seat, the phone number of the head of Chu Jingming." ”

"Huh?" Hearing this, Qiao Anbang immediately got up, took the phone from Liang Jiahan's hand and said loudly: "Hey, I'm Qiao Anbang." ”

"Anbang, there is a situation, the Sakamoto detachment opposite us suddenly withdrew, do you say we should pursue?" Chu Jingming's anxious voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Huh?" When Qiao Anbang heard this, his thoughts flew around, and he immediately said: "Chase, take the tank battalion as the front, pursue immediately, you must not let the Sakamoto detachment escape, you tell General Zhang Zizhong, I will personally lead the main force to reinforce you, you can rest assured that you can pursue, you only need to entangle the Sakamoto detachment!" ”

"Good! I understand! Chu Jingming nodded immediately, and immediately put down the phone.

(To be continued)