When the Sichuan army broke through, Tengxian County became an empty city, and it was only a matter of time before it was lost.

Japanese army this. The night was not idle, in addition to mobilizing troops to chase and kill the Sichuan army that broke through, it also launched a carpet sweeping battle against Teng County.

At six o'clock in the morning of the next day, when it was confirmed that Fuji County had been completely controlled by the Japanese army, Isoya sent a telegram to the headquarters of the Japanese Second Army in North China in Jinan.

A detailed report was made on the occupation of Teng County.

Although the Japanese army finally occupied the important county town of Tengxian County, the north gate of Xuzhou, and never since, the 10th Division spent too long here, and the losses were not small.

In order to restore the combat effectiveness of the 10th Division, Nishioji gave all the 1,000 soldiers that had just been transferred from Japan to the 10th Division.

Ryosuke Isoya was grateful, but at the same time showed a cruel smile.

He vowed to take revenge on the Chinese for the humiliation suffered by Tengxian in the next battle.

He split his two brigades, and the tank, artillery, and cavalry units of the Second Army assigned to the 10th Brigade were assigned to two assault detachments.

The 33rd Brigade of Kei Seya was the main force, with the 10th Independent Machine Gun Brigade, the 10th and 12th Independent Light Armored Vehicle Squadrons, the 10th Field Artillery Wing (one brigade missing), the Temporary Field Artillery Squadron (90 Field Artillery), the Temporary Mountain Artillery Brigade, the 2nd Field Heavy Artillery Wing, the 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Artillery Wing (105 howitzers), the 10th Engineer Wing, the 15th Squadron of the Military Station Automobile, and the headquarters of the 1st Field Heavy Artillery Brigade also acted with the detachment.

The total strength was close to 20,000 people, forming a left detachment, wanting to attack Zaozhuang and Yicheng Taierzhuang on the front line.

The right attack detachment, with Takehei Nagase's 8th Brigade as the main force, is equipped with a certain amount of armor and artillery strength, although the strength is not as good as the Seya detachment, but there are more than 10,000 people, and the target is the Lincheng and Hanzhuang lines.

This is like the two heads of a pincer, locking on the target Xuzhou and pounced fiercely.

Compared with the disagreement within the Japanese army in history, at this time, the Japanese army has reached a relatively unanimous opinion, that is, to capture Xuzhou and eat the elite forces of the Chinese army in the Xuzhou area.

The postponed Battle of Xuzhou has both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that there is an extra month to fully prepare the Chinese army, and at least the fight will not be so chaotic, but there are also drawbacks, that is, this month of time has given the Japanese army a unified opinion on internal integration.

Originally, their internal opinions were not unified, they did not form a unified operational concept at all, and even the strategy of advancing between the north and the south did not win the approval of the base camp.

But now it is different, the goal of the Japanese army has become clear, that is, to eat the living force of the Chinese army in the Xuzhou area.

Of course, at the same time, it is necessary to achieve the strategic concept of capturing Xuzhou and connecting North China and Central China.

This idea of Ryosuke Isoya had to be reported to the Military Headquarters of the Second Army and the General Headquarters of the North China Front Army for approval before it could be implemented.

That's a whole day!

On the day of the 20th, the Japanese army did not take any action in Tengxian County, except for sporadic sweeping operations, and actually slept in the camp all day.

This can make the leaders of the Fifth Theater puzzled one by one, and they couldn't figure out what the Japanese army wanted to do next.

Could it be that the Japanese army suffered in Tengxian County, and the base camp stopped their attack?

This is obviously a bit absurd, no matter how vacillating the Japanese base camp is, it is impossible to suddenly order the cessation of the offensive at this time, there must be something wrong with this.

Beiping, Tianjin, Shanghai......

All available sources of information were mobilized to spy on the motives of the sudden halt of the Japanese army.

"It's been a long time, and the Japanese army in Tengxian County has not moved, and there is no intention of going south, will it ......?"

"The Japanese army has been fighting for a week in a row, and it is understandable to take a short rest, besides, their battle line is not short, and logistics supply is also a problem, if another big operation is launched, at least it is necessary to ensure that the ammunition is sufficient!" Leng Feng is not worried about this.

The Japanese army will definitely go south, otherwise why would they have worked so hard to conquer Teng County?

What is the point of capturing an empty city for them?

Their target is Xuzhou.

"Question, what's the news from Xiaoyun?"

"Oh, today our air force stationed in Xiaogan shot down a Japanese reconnaissance plane and intercepted a secret piece of information, what it is not clear exactly." Yang Zhiyi said.

Leng Feng nodded, he knew about it, and he also knew the content of the intercepted intelligence.

It's just that he can't say that the content of the intelligence has already been known from above anyway, and he is also worried about this matter, and for now, his hand can't reach the air force.

"How's it going in Hankow?"

"Since Director Wu struck hard to hit the three major tumors in Hankou, the common people have regarded our honorary first division as their own family, and the public security situation in Hankou has greatly improved, and every day there are people and social groups spontaneously going to the barracks ****, and in less than five days, we have received ......"

"Don't talk about specific things, just talk about how to deal with them?"

"If you use it, you can directly pull it to the logistics department, and if you don't use it, you will be placed in the warehouse and sealed for the time being."

"It looks like we're temporarily footing ourselves in Hankow." Xie Jiyuan said with a smile.

"It seems that I did the right thing by leaving Lao Ju and Deputy Chief of Staff Liao in Hankou." Leng Feng also felt that he had done the right thing.

"Master, Tang Keqin has arrived in Xuzhou."

"Is he still very timely, I heard that he stayed in Fuyang for three days, and invited his field youth service group to dinner, and everyone was given a bicycle." Leng Feng smiled coldly.

"Shizuo, this Tang Keqin has never had anyone in his sights, and Chief Li transferred him to the Fifth War Zone, which may not be a good thing." Guo Weiquan said.

"It's okay, if he is as timid as a mouse, it will be even worse, don't worry, he won't dare to go against Mr. Jiang's will." Leng Feng smiled.

This battle was personally promoted by Lao Chiang, and he woke up and prepared, consuming a large amount of strategic materials stored by the national government, in order to inflict a heavy blow on the arrogant Japanese army in Xuzhou.

Although Lao Jiang still has some illusions about Japan, but in the current situation, he will not easily let go of this opportunity to defeat the Japanese army, only if he wins, then he will have the capital to talk, otherwise, people will directly answer you with cannons!

The appeasement policy of the European and American powers toward Japan was still clear to Chiang Lao and was nothing more than the interests of the great powers in China, and this was the reason for his illusions.

However, in reality, the great powers are all selfish, and their interests in China are not as good as their own survival, and Lao Chiang's judgment of the international situation is somewhat wrong.

Lao Jiang is in the bureau, it is normal to see clearly, and those who can see clearly are geniuses.

Leng Feng once exchanged views with Li Delin, and he suggested that Li Delin directly detain Tang Keqin in Xuzhou, anyway, he commanded the troops nearby in Xuzhou, and besides, several generals under him are not vegetarians, and their command talents are all the best choices.

Leng Feng's idea scared Li Delin a lot, but he could also see that Leng Feng really didn't take his identity as Huangpu seriously.

If this is a general from Huangpu, who is so deviant (GD does not count), Tang Keqin is also a senior in Huangpu, although he has not directly taught him such a small character in the ninth period, but it is also a figure of the teacher's generation, which is simply a bit rebellious.

Li Delin did not agree, this matter is a big matter, this matter has not yet reached that point, he will not take such extreme measures.

On the earthy yellow mountain road, a group wears earthy yellow. The Japanese army in colored military uniforms and steel helmets ran with a blue-gray team, and the blue-gray team was the Sichuan army that broke through, although they were not slow, but they still let the Japanese catch up.

The two teams were not more than three or four miles apart, and if it weren't for the dozen or so trucks captured by Fang Xiaoyang that loaded the wounded, it is estimated that they would have caught up long ago.

But in this way, they still failed to get rid of the Japanese army, the whole team has reached a critical point, tired and hungry, and physically and mentally exhausted, if this continues, it will not be long before the Japanese army will catch up.

Of course, follow the fart of the Sichuan army. The Japanese troops behind the strand were also uncomfortable and chased after one. At night, their physical consumption is also very great, not much better than the Sichuan army.

It's a battle of willpower.

"Commander-in-Chief Wang, this can't be done, the little devil is like a maggot on the tarsal bone, following our fart. Behind the strands, we have to find a way to get rid of them! Liang Dong found Wang Zhizhong and discussed.

"Captain Liang, what do you say?" Wang Zhizhong had been injured before, although it was not serious, but after all, there were some differences, and the physical exertion was greater.

"Divide the troops!" Liang Donglu has been thinking about this problem all the time, and seeing the current situation of the Sichuan army, he knows that he can't drag it out, if it drags on, they will all be finished.

"You want to part with us?" Wang Zhizhong was surprised, and at the same time, he also understood what Liang Dong meant, Liang Dong wanted to lead his team to lure the Japanese troops behind him away, giving them a chance to breathe and turn in safely.

"Yes, if this continues, before the troops who meet us can meet us, we have already been caught up by the Japanese army." Liang Dong Road.

Wang Zhizhong nodded, Liang Dong's judgment was correct, along the way, he was also worried about this, the Japanese army hated them to the core, and it was obviously not enough to stop at the goal.

"Map!"

"Commander-in-Chief Wang, the troops that received us have already set off from Zaozhuang, and the strength is roughly the same as ours, as long as you follow this road, you can avoid the Japanese army and smoothly join the receiving troops." On the map, Liang Dong has turned into a red route, which is exactly the plan of the retreat route that Guo Xing and the others had made.

This is a safe route, however, Liang Dong cannot guarantee it, after all, when making the plan, it was formulated based on the intelligence obtained from the reconnaissance of Japan at that time.

Now three days later, it's hard to say whether the situation is still the same.

"What about you?"

"We, Commander-in-Chief Wang, don't have to worry." Liang Dong smiled, without the "burden" of the Sichuan army, he could lead the Japanese army in circles in this mountain forest, and then look for an opportunity to evacuate.

"Will the Japanese army be fooled?"

"Of course, I'll need to borrow some of your stuff to use." Liang Dong said with a smile.

Wang Zhizhong nodded, it's not that he is hypocritical, in fact, Liang Dong's method is the best, otherwise no one will be able to escape.

(To be continued.) )