Chapter 1054: Weixian Siege (3)

After speaking, Shigeji Suematsu looked at Ishihara and said, "General Ishihara, didn't you bring 50,000 new troops this time?" With your joining, these three lines of defense should be as stable as Mount Tai. ”

Ishihara thought for a while and said, "Suematsu-kun, I won't tell you, I don't plan to divide the 50,000 reinforcements into reinforcements to reinforce your three lines of defense. ”

"Nani?" Shigeharu Suematsu was a little surprised: "Then what are you going to do?" ”

"First of all, the Xuzhou defense line should be in no danger now, because the Zhina army in Taierzhuang does not dare to go deep alone, and the imperial army also has forty or fifty thousand troops in Xuzhou?" Before Ishihara finished speaking, he was interrupted by Shigeji Suematsu with a sad face: "Ishihara-kun, the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade has been completely annihilated by the Chinese army in the battle of Taierzhuang, and now we only have two infantry wings in Xuzhou, and the others are all vulnerable imperial alliances." ”

"As long as it is properly deployed, it can still hold out for a while." Ishihara said confidently.

"However, there is also a headache of bad news, the central army of the national government has dispatched at least 100,000 people, and it is also advancing along the Longhai Railway to the Xuzhou area!" The more Shigeji Suematsu spoke, the more he felt a headache, and the situation had eroded to the point where it was almost impossible to recover.

"We can dispatch a large number of sea-based air force fighters to first carry out air strikes on the Tuba Road in Taierzhuang and the Central Army of China on the Longhai Railway Line, not only to kill them, but also to destroy the transportation of the Longhai Railway. In this way, the speed of the march of the Chinese army can be delayed, and in addition, a group of naval ships will be transferred to Lianyungang to coordinate with the defenders to block the central army of China. After Ishihara finished speaking, he said: "You have now gathered 50,000 troops in Weifang, and I will send aviation to provide them with air fire support to curb the offensive of the Chinese army."

As for my 50,000 reinforcements, I plan to concentrate in the direction of Linyi and ambush the middle route army of the Zhina army, as long as they can eat it, or even severely damage the people of the Zhina army, the entire Jiaodong war situation will immediately change dramatically, and when the time comes, the situation will become favorable to us. ”

Shigeji Suematsu was a little surprised, and said: "According to intelligence, the China Army in the middle is not a weak brigade, their strength is at least more than 40,000 people, and they are also equipped with an astonishing number of tanks and armored vehicles, and their assault ability is very strong.

The Linyi defenders' defensive line in the field did not hold on to it a few times before it was broken through and suffered heavy losses. If Ishihara-kun really wants to ambush, it is better to choose the two armies in the direction of Weifang or Taierzhuang. ”

Ishihara Wan'er said quite confidently: "Since you think so too, Suematsu-kun, then the commander of the branch army on this road in Linyi will definitely think the same way, we choose to ambush them, just to achieve the effect of surprise." As for their mechanized corps, they are naturally invincible on the plains.

However, it is not impossible to choose a suitable ambush site, make all kinds of anti-tank preparations in advance, and then dispatch a large number of fighters and bombers to attack them from the air and inflict heavy damage or even total annihilation.

As long as the armored corps of this Luchina Army is eliminated, the remaining infantry will not be worried. ”

Listening to Ishihara's eloquent talk, quite confident, Suematsu Shigeji was not easy to refute, and said at the moment: "Since General Ishihara is already confident, then I will absolutely follow your wishes, if you are willing, you can hand over all the command of the Jiaodong battlefield to the general!" ”

Ishihara Wan'er shook his head and said: "That's not necessary, you just need to order all the Imperial Allies and Imperial Troops in the direction of Linyi to obey me, and when I return to your headquarters, I will personally rush to the Linyi area to find a suitable ambush location, and I will give the Dragon's Tooth Column a battle that will never be forgotten!" Let them know that the Imperial Army of Great Japan is by no means so easy to defeat. ”

"Hai, please rest assured that Your Excellency the General will inform the Linyi front-line commander immediately." Shigeji Suematsu hurriedly nodded in agreement.

Soon, the convoy drove into the city of Qingdao, and it didn't take long to arrive at Shigeharu Suematsu's headquarters in Qingdao.

Ishihara Guaner only stayed for a long time, and after fully grasping and understanding the details of the Japanese puppet army in various places on the Jiaodong battlefield, he left Qingdao with his adjutant and rushed to Linyi by train.

At the same time, under his order, 50,000 devil reinforcements quietly landed ashore, bypassed Qingdao, and then rushed towards Linyi non-stop.

In addition, the sea-based air force of the Japanese 2nd Navy Fleet, which had just arrived at the military port, was dispatched one after another, and at least 100 fighters and dozens of bombers took off one after another to form two air raid clusters and flew to the direction of Taierzhuang and Longhai respectively.

In addition, a group of Japanese cruisers also left Qingdao Military Port and headed for Lianyungang, the eastern terminus of the Longhai Railway Line.

Due to the strict sealing of news by the Japanese army, the underground party, Long Yingwei, and even the military commanders did not discover the movements of the Japanese army in time.

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At the same time that Ishihara arrived in the Linyi area and secretly began to deploy his ambush plan, Wu Ming and Zhao Youde also led the main force of the 3rd Division to the front line of Weifang and joined Li Wensuo's troops, and after the rendezvous, Wu Ming immediately issued the order to attack.

Since the troops brought by Wu Ming and Zhao Youde had just arrived from a long journey, the task of taking the lead fell to Li Wen's three regiments.

Li Wen sent a battalion and two newly organized Eighth Route Army battalions, totaling more than 2,000 people, to form the first batch of attack troops and launched an attack on the Japanese field defense line west of Weifang.

Of course, in order to ensure the smooth offensive of the attacking troops, the artillery regiment and the tank regiment directly under the division headquarters advanced separately, and the officers and men of the artillery regiment, in particular, dragged their tired bodies and quickly set up artillery without taking a break, and began to build artillery positions under the escort of the tank regiment.

The Japanese defense line in the field was deployed about five kilometers from Weifang, mainly along both sides of the Jiaoji Railway, so the battle between the two sides was basically carried out along the railway line.

After more than 2,000 attacking troops were in position, they first launched a rapid artillery attack on the Japanese forward positions with their own mortars, and then sent an attack team of about 300 people to set up offensive formations along both sides of the railway, and swarmed towards the Japanese positions filled with smoke and dust.

However, before rushing to the front of the Japanese position, a violent explosion resounded from the ground, and a ball of fire rose from the ground, it turned out that the devil had deployed a minefield in front of his position, and more than 300 soldiers accidentally stepped into the minefield, and were killed and wounded heavily, so they had to stop the charge and retreat back in disgrace.

The commander of the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Regiment in charge of the command hurriedly reported the situation to the division headquarters and asked for support, after all, they were not equipped with demining tools, and the devils would not easily let the officers and soldiers of the Dragon Tooth clear the mines, so the attack became more difficult.

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