Since the Japanese army in Jinan has been defeated, it is impossible for the devils in the direction of Zichuan to get the support of the Japanese army in the direction of Jinan, and the only thing that is possible to come to the rescue is the defenders of Weifang, an important town on the Jiaoji Railway.

In view of this, while directing the troops to dig fortifications and make a siege posture, Li Wen sent a telegram to Qiao Youhua and other high-level command officials, asking Qiao Anbang to send them another batch of reinforcements to prevent the Japanese army in Weifang from coming to support.

After Qiao Youhua got the telegram, he said to Zuo Quan: "Chief of Staff, what do you think of the plan of the Chief of Staff of the Third Division, Li, to encircle and send reinforcements?" ”

Zuo Quan took the telegram and read it, and after thinking about it, he said: "I think it's okay, what Li Wen said in the telegram is right, now that Jinan has been surrounded by our army, the Japanese troops in Weifang and Qingdao and other places can rescue the Japanese army in Zichuan, no matter whether the Japanese army will take the risk to come to meet us, we should be prepared in advance to deal with it, so as to be in order!"

If the devils really come, they can just use the battle plan of encircling the point to send reinforcements, and wipe out the Japanese troops in the Jiaodong area in the field battle as much as possible, which will be extremely beneficial for us to recover the towns of Jiaodong in the future. ”

Listening to Zuo Quan's analysis, Qiao Youhua couldn't help but nodded, and said immediately: "Then call Li Wen back to approve his plan." What troops do we have left? ”

"There were more than 100,000 of the regular army of my Eighth Route Army before, Wu Ming and Li Wen each took 10,000, the Fourth Division took 30,000, and you allocated another 20,000 to the Third Division, so we still have 30,000 regular troops of the Eighth Route Army available, and in addition, there is still our guard regiment left." Zuo Quan replied.

Qiao Youhua muttered: "Of course, the guard regiment can't be easily transferred, so let's transfer another 20,000 regular troops to Li Wen, so that he will have nearly 40,000 troops under his command, mainly the third division and three regiments, supplemented by the regular army of the 30,000 Eighth Route Army, even if the Japanese army in Weifang and other places dare to come to the rescue of Zichuan, it is enough to deal with it."

We left 10,000 regular troops as the last reserves. ”

"Well, I think so." Zuo Quan nodded in agreement and said, "Then I'll arrange it." With that, Zuo Quan got up and left the headquarters.

Qiao Youhua turned to look at the map hanging on the wall, and muttered to himself; As long as Jinan and Tai'an are taken, the Yellow River and Mount Tai will be completely broken through by our army, and the Japanese army will no longer be in danger in Shandong, and the recovery of the land of Qilu is just around the corner.

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In the direction of Tai'an, the 4th Division and the 30,000 regular troops of the 80,000th Route Army, a total of more than 60,000 troops, under the leadership of Deputy Division Commander Li Yunlong, had already rushed to the outskirts of Tai'an five hours ago and engaged in an exchange of fire with a small vigilance unit of the Japanese army.

With their invincible firepower and solid defensive armor, they easily defeated the Japanese army formed by this squadron, and then with the assault ability of the tank, they launched a pursuit, and pursued it until the Japanese defense line outside the city in Tai'an, and finally annihilated most of it, leaving only a few devils who fled into the mountains and forests on both sides of the road, and got away with it.

Tai'an is located at the southern foot of Mount Tai, the north is the towering Mount Tai, the territory is mostly hills and low forests, the Japanese army in Tai'an relying on various dangerous places, built several lines of defense, with the intention of relying on the rugged mountain road, the steep terrain, block the advance of the dragon's tooth column.

Li Yunlong can be regarded as an excellent commander who participated in the war, and of course he was prepared for a long time; while commanding the well-equipped Fourth Division, which is good at attacking fortifications head-on, as the main force, and pushing and attacking all the way along the highway, he secretly divided the regular troops of the 30,000 Eighth Route Army into three routes, and under the guidance of local guerrillas and other local armed personnel, bypassed the official road, took the mountain and forest paths, and carried out a roundabout operation towards the Tai'an urban area.

As long as their 30,000 horses and horses returned to the city of Tai'an, the defense lines of the Japanese army outside the city would naturally be worthless, and they could only collapse.

The Japanese army in Tai'an originally planned to defend to the death, but they did not expect that the 30,000 Eighth Route Army took a shortcut from the small road, passed through several defensive lines they deployed outside the city like a divine soldier, and directly attacked the city of Tai'an, and quickly launched a fierce attack on the city.

As a result, the Japanese commander immediately ordered the outer defense troops to abandon the outer defense line and immediately rush back to the reinforcement of Tai'an City. It's just that Li Yunlong has always maintained close contact with the detour troops of the Eighth Route Army through the radio, and when he learned that they had successfully detoured back to the city of Tai'an, how could he easily let the Japanese army come back to help.

He ordered the forward troops to closely monitor the movements of the Japanese army, so as soon as the little devil wanted to retreat, he learned the news and immediately ordered the whole division to attack, taking advantage of the situation to launch a fierce attack on the Japanese army.

The Japanese army was like an arrow, naturally had no intention of resisting, and left the strong fortifications, it was not at all the opponent of the well-equipped, and there were tanks and armored vehicles to open the way, in less than an hour, the dragon tooth column broke through three field defense lines one after another, killing thousands of Japanese puppet troops, and the remaining Japanese puppet army was closely pursued by the fourth division of the dragon's tooth, and when they came to the city of Tai'an, they found that the road into the city was blocked by the 30,000 Eighth Route Army.

Under the fierce attack of the Dragon Tooth Column and the Eighth Route Army, tens of thousands of Japanese puppet troops suffered heavy casualties, and after the Japanese casualties were exhausted, the remaining puppet troops chose to stop resisting and surrender on the spot.

The 4th Division and the 30,000 Eighth Route Army joined forces and began to launch a more fierce attack on the city of Tai'an, with the great display of the artillery troops, the Japanese puppet army that lost the main force outside the city was covered by the artillery fire of the Longya Column, suffered heavy casualties, and was no longer able to resist the attack of the enemy outside the city, four hours later, the vanguard of the fourth division took the lead in breaking through the city defense of the Japanese puppet army, boarded the west gate of Tai'an, and planted the red flag on the city of Tai'an.

The bright red flag fluttered in the wind, and the morale of all the officers and men who participated in the attack was greatly boosted, and they roared like a tide of rage, launching an even more fierce continuous attack.

The commander of the Japanese army in the city learned that the defense line had been breached, and committed suicide by cutting his stomach in his office, and the leader of the puppet army saw that the situation was irreparable, so he took the initiative to lead the remnants of the puppet army in the city to surrender to the dragon tooth column.

At this point, Tai'an City was regained by Li Yunlong's command of more than 60,000 troops with lightning speed, and the speed of the attack was even ahead of the main force of the frontal attack, after the news was transmitted back, Qiao Youhua was overjoyed, and directly sent a commendation message to Li Yunlong, and after discussing with Zuo Quan, he decided to officially hand over the post of commander of the 4th Division to Li Yunlong, and Zuo Quan no longer served as a sign of encouragement.