-- Taierzhuang

Ryosuke Isoya finally found himself in a huge trap, more than 30,000 people in the 10th Division were sandwiched in the middle by 80,000 people in the north and 100,000 people in the south, and the only fifth division that could rescue him was entangled by another army of more than 50,000 people. What's more, now that the logistics line is still cut off, it is even more difficult to say whether the battle will be won or lost.

Ryosuke Isoya looked at the map nervously, now he only has two ways, one is to retreat immediately, transfer troops to the north, and break through the resistance of Tang Enbo's corps, and the other is to ignore Tang Enbo and continue to storm Shijiazhuang, and then take Xuzhou, which is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and then sit and wait for rescue.

Where to go, Ryosuke Isoya was faced with a difficult choice, Ryosuke Isoya asked the chief of staff next to him, Tsutsumi Bu Gui, and said, "Tsutsumi Bujun, what do you think we should do next?" ”

Di Bu Jiagui looked at the situation and said, "There is a wise saying in the military, what the enemy wants you to do is what you can't do, we can think about the problem from the perspective of the Chinese army, the Chinese people laid this trap, must be hoping to encircle and annihilate our army, and the fifth division is in Linyi at this time, and the Chinese people will not ignore the fifth division, so I judge that our rear is the direction where the Chinese army is the most powerful at this time, and our front, Taierzhuang, will be our way of life." ”

Ryosuke Isoya listened to the judgment of the embankment, touched his mustache, and said suspiciously, "This is a risky move, once."

The commander of the 33rd Brigade, Kei Seya, said excitedly: "Your Excellency Division Commander, if we retreat now, we will become the first division in history to be defeated after the expedition, and our 10th Division will no longer be able to gain a foothold in the army from now on." As he spoke, he walked up to Ryosuke Isoya, bowed, and said, "All of our soldiers are willing to fight until the last moment, and would rather die in battle than retreat." ”

Several other wing commanders, group leaders, and staff officers were enthusiastic when they heard this. Raise your hands and shout, "Fight to the death!" Fight to the death! Fight to the death! ”

Ryosuke Isoya was also infected by this fanatical atmosphere and said, "Okay, worthy of the name of the Imperial Warrior, this is the spirit of bushido in our Great Japanese Empire, ordering, except for the 39th Wing to defend the rear road, all troops will concentrate their forces and attack Taierzhuang, and after Taierzhuang is broken, we will take Xuzhou directly, and wait for other troops to attack inside and outside." If we win this battle, we will surely be famous in history, and we will be ranked with all the Meiji sages. ”

The eyes of all the Japanese officers turned red, as if they saw themselves winning the battle and returning to Tokyo, where they were received by the emperor.

-- Beiping

Nishio Shouzo, who was looking at the telegram, hurriedly reported to Shouichi Terauchi.

Shouichi Terauchi looked at the telegram and asked, "Nishio-kun, what do you think of this plan?" ”

Nishio Shouzo is also a person who is not afraid of heaven and earth, and he said with a smile, "There is a saying in the art of war. It's called putting the dead and then living, and I believe in the 10th Division. ”

Terauchi Shou nodded a little and said, "Order the aviation troops to fully support the Taierzhuang operation." ”

In Taierzhuang, Sun Lianzhong, who knew that Tang Enbo had started to act, had already made up his mind. He smiled and said to Chi Fengcheng next to him, "The little devil should already know by now that their back road has been cut off, and I see that the devil is about to retreat." ”

Chifeng Castle's troops were less than two thousand men at this time, and even the 31st and 27th divisions had already joined the battle, although these two divisions joined the battle late. But more than half of the casualties have already been imposed. He thought about the dozen days and nights, and he couldn't even know how he survived, but it was okay. The devil is finally about to retreat, so he will wait for the surrounding troops to encircle and annihilate the 10th Division.

At this time, bursts of explosions suddenly came from the position, and after more than ten days of fighting, Chi Fengcheng knew that this was a devil shelling when he heard it, and hurriedly ran out of the headquarters and climbed onto the bunker and said, "What's the matter?" Are the devils attacking again? ”

Sun Lianzhong also followed, took a look through the binoculars, and only saw that the fireworks in Taierzhuang were soaring, and there were fires caused by shelling everywhere.

Sun Lianzhong said in surprise, "Didn't this little devil run, but still want to attack?" ”

Chi Fengcheng looked at this firepower and muttered, "What's the matter with this little devil, there was no such shelling when the fight was the worst a few days ago." ”

With a "whew", dozens of Japanese planes flew over Taierzhuang and began to bomb Taierzhuang.

Sun Lianzhong secretly said that it was not good, and pulled Chi Fengcheng down the runway, "Go down first, the devil's plane is here again, damn it, this little devil is not ready to retreat." Okay, if you dare to fucking come, I will dare to spend it here, and immediately inform Commander Li that the Japanese army did not retreat, but strengthened the offensive, and asked the surrounding troops to speed up the siege. Also, order the artillery to counter the Japanese artillery immediately after the devil's plane leaves, and you can't just take a beating and not fight back. “

-- Xuzhou

Li Zongren looked at the battle report of Taierzhuang, surprised, he smiled and patted the telegram and said, "This Isoya Ryosuke doesn't know how to write dead characters, not only did he not retreat, but strengthened the offensive, does he want to fight against the water?" ”

Li Pinxian finished reading the reports from various places, and said with some concern, "The Japanese army in the south has begun to move again, and the New Fourth Army and several other troops are pinning them down, and the only good news is that the Japanese army in the south seems to have some scruples and has not been able to break through with all their might." In addition, the Japanese air force is moving very frequently, and the logistics of the 10th Division have been cut off by us, and I suspect that the Japanese army is preparing to use the air force to carry out supply operations. ”

Li Zongren thought for a while and said, "Where are the new 87th, 88th, and 24th divisions?" ”

Since the Battle of Songhu, the original most elite national army three German armament divisions have been basically exhausted, but due to the arrival of German ordnance one after another, Jiang intermediary has the capital to form a German armament, and even let the New Fourth Army have been reequipped with German armament, Jiang intermediary has always been nostalgic for the original three German armament divisions, simply the soldiers of the three divisions who escaped and the carefully selected recruits mixed and reorganized, and established three new German armament divisions in Hefei, and the commanders of these three divisions were Sun Yuanliang, who finally mixed out of Nanjing. and Liao Yaoxiang, who also escaped by disguised as a monk, and Hu Lian, a newly promoted young officer.

This Hu Lian participated in the Battle of Songhu as a regiment commander and was promoted to brigade commander, and he was supposed to follow the large army to fight guerrillas in southern Jiangsu, but perhaps because of the butterfly effect. He actually met Miss Kong Er in Wuhan by accident.

He didn't know Miss Kong Er, and thought that this was a man, Hu Lian was a good gambler, so he gambled with Kong Lingwei in the casino, won seventeen in a row, and almost pulled out a gun for Kong Lingwei, Hu Lian was not only good at gambling but also good at prostitution, seeing Kong Lingwei angry, he put his arm around her shoulder and said, "Don't be unhappy, so be it." I'll take you to some of the fun places. As he spoke, he pulled Kong Lingwei away.

Kong Lingwei has been around for so many years, everyone either treats him as a psychopath, or is afraid or even scolds him, but no one has ever talked to him like this, he actually played with Hu Lian for a night, and then said good things about Hu Lian to Song Meiling at the family banquet, and Jiang Intermediary next to him saw that Kong Lingwei, who had never said good things about men, was actually helping an officer say good things, and when he looked back, he immediately felt that he was a talent. He was promoted to commander of the 24th Division.

It is worth mentioning that among the other two, Liao Yaoxiang is quite honest, and honestly confessed that he was able to escape with the help of the temple monks. As soon as Sun Yuanliang returned to Wuhan, he hyped that he had taken a gun and killed people, but no matter how you heard this story, it felt as if it had happened in the Song Dynasty, and it became a joke among those who knew about it.

Li Pinxian pointed to the map and said, "The three divisions have now arrived in Bengbu, and they can reach Xuzhou one after another in three days." If all goes well, the 24th Division will be able to go to Taierzhuang in five days and enter the battle. The other two divisions will continue north to Linyi. ”

Li Zongren shook his head and said, "Five days is too long. Sun Lianzhong is already exhausted, the variables of five days are too great, three days, three days later, they must appear in Taierzhuang, even if they run to death. Let them throw away everything except ammunition, let them rest assured, when they arrive in Xuzhou, I will give food and clothing, and no one will want what they lose. ”

Li Zongren thought about it and said uneasily, "Send a report to the chairman of the committee, let the chairman also urge him, and ask for support from the air force again." Without the Air Force, our war would be a big victory at most, a disastrous victory, and Zhang Zizhong was asked to pay close attention to the movements of the Fifth Division, and once there was a change, he would report back immediately. Finally, order Town, don't be afraid of sacrifice, and bite me hard. ”

-- Bengbu

Hu Lian, who was eating at the train station, looked at the telegram and laughed: "Our Commander Li is in a hurry." It seems that the situation in Taierzhuang is not good. ”

Hu Lian knows that his qualifications are shallow, he is from the sixth phase of Huangpu, and Sun Yuanliang is from the first phase of Huangpu, although Sun Yuanliang is still the division commander has some punishment in it, but when the three division commanders meet, Hu Lian has always been bowed, which is also a reality.

Hu Lian swallowed the steamed bun in two bites and said, "Order all the soldiers, throw away the baggage, only take weapons and ammunition, and the people of the three cars will be merged into two for me, and set off immediately, !! ”

Countless packages were thrown on both sides of the railway, and the train roared and took these soldiers to Xuzhou and Taierzhuang.

But what Hu Lian didn't know was that his action made Sun Yuanliang, who was marching normally behind, particularly dazzling, and after the two learned what Hu Lian did, they immediately scolded, so that people who don't know don't think that the two of them are cowardly, especially since the two of them are still guilty, if someone tells Jiang Zhong, what will be good? . forced the two to march in a hurry. But in my heart, I completely hated this very scheming junior.

-- Wuhan

Jiang Zhong looked at the telegram and nodded, "What Delin said is very correct, I think it's okay, let Rychagov prepare for battle, don't they come to make trouble every three days, I think I'll let them out this time." ”

Since the Soviet Union decided to aid China, it immediately began a large amount of military assistance, at this time the air force alone had 180 fighters, 80 bombers, 10 trainers, including 10 heavy bombers, these fighters are N-15 and N-16 aircraft, these two aircraft have their own characteristics, И-15 is a biplane destroyer, the turning radius is small, maneuverable and flexible, but the speed is slow. The И-16 was a monoplane destroyer with a speed of up to 480 kilometers per hour, but poor maneuverability. Both destroyers are armed with four 'Skas' high-velocity machine guns, which fire 1,800 rounds per minute.

In comparison, the planes purchased by Jiang Intermediary in Europe and the United States at this time were only more than 30, and they had no effect at all.

Rychagov is the commander of this volunteer air force, and when he received the order, he excitedly turned two backflips and shouted, "Children, everyone get ready, let's go and teach those yellow-skinned monkeys a lesson, how to fly, oh, I'm talking about the Japanese, General Gao don't care." ”

Gao Zhihang said with a dissatisfied face, "Rychagov, I hope you can pay attention to proportions in the future, okay, let's prepare for joint operations, Xuzhou is ready." We will transfer there and then take off to attack the airfields of the Japanese army. ”

Rychagov said happily like a child, "Oh, my friend, don't worry, we have gathered more than a hundred planes this time, and we will definitely be able to drive out the robbers in your house." ”

Gao Zhihang nodded and smiled, "I hope so." ”

This is the largest operation of the Chinese Air Force, 80 fighters and 40 bombers, which concentrates more than half of the main force of the Chinese Air Force, all of which will be put on the Xuzhou battlefield, which ushered in the most critical battle.

-- Taierzhuang

Chifengcheng has already filled in its own guard company, Taierzhuang position has been captured by the Japanese army three-quarters, although the national army desperately counterattacked, but under the attack of the Japanese aircraft artillery and more than 20,000 infantry, Taierzhuang has been in danger, Chifengcheng can only rely on the last few large fortresses to do the last resistance, once these fortresses are also lost, the national army will completely lose Taierzhuang.

Seeing this, Sun Lianzhong, who was in the rear, finally decided to put the last new force into the battlefield, which was Feng Anbang's troops of the 42nd Army.

Feng Anbang led a division and a brigade of his subordinates at this time, watching the fierce battle in Taierzhuang, he was already anxious, and as soon as he received the order, Feng Anbang immediately led his troops into Taierzhuang from the southeast.

The 10th Division, which had finally seen the dawn of victory, was suddenly overwhelmed, and the artillery unit, which had been waiting for a long time, began to fire frantically under the orders of the commander.

I only saw the artillery of the National Army, all undressed, frantically carrying ammunition, at this time Taierzhuang was full of Japanese troops, no longer care about whether the fight was accurate or not, just hit Taierzhuang, Taierzhuang was suddenly covered by artillery fire again, but this time it was the artillery fire of the National Army that suppressed the Japanese army, and the National Army took advantage of the opportunity, and Taierzhuang was recaptured by Feng Anbang at once almost one-fifth.

Seeing this, the 10th Division changed its strategy and began to occupy the houses and fortresses in Taierzhuang, and began to defend to the death, preparing to wait for other troops to also enter Taierzhuang before jointly counterattacking.

Ryosuke Isoya saw that the battle was not going well, and said with annoyance, "Contact the aviation immediately, ask for tactical guidance, and ask General Nishio to open the logistics line as soon as possible, we are running out of ammunition." ”

At this time, the Japanese army headquarters was already commanded by Terauchi Shouichi, and after seeing Ryosuke Isoya's telegram, he immediately ordered the air force to send out more than 180 Japanese planes of various types and fly to Taierzhuang.

Terauchi Shouichi looked at the map, anxiously pointed at Huai'an and said, "What is going on with the Southern Army, why don't you attack yet, do you want to sit back and watch the defeat of our North China Front?" (To be continued.) )

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