Major General Wang Yunpeng personally came to the front line of the battlefield with the staff officers of the headquarters and commanded his troops to carry out a tragic assault on the Japanese army. The rumbling of artillery was hard to stop, and the running soldiers could only see clearly at the moment when the artillery lit up the sky.

Many of them even had a hint of greenness on their faces, but they were not afraid, and under the guidance of the horn, they shouted, holding the steel guns in their hands, and charged forward.

The artillery fire kept washing the stubborn Japanese position, and the Chinese soldiers, wearing steel helmets and holding steel guns across their chests, rushed to the enemy's position with their waists and engaged in a fierce street battle with the enemy.

There was no end in sight to the streets, but they were filled with stones, wood, turns, shrapnel, countless corpses of soldiers and blood-stained ground. The losses of the Chinese soldiers were very large.

But the Chinese soldiers still insisted on attacking, the Japanese army was very strong, they relied on houses, and made the last resistance, but the Chinese troops were given a death order from their superiors, and they would not take a step back.

The battle continued into the second half of the night, when Matsushita, the commander of the 9th Brigade, finally realized that he might have made a serious mistake, that the mechanized brigade could not successfully mobilize the Chinese troops, and that they had suffered too heavy losses on the battlefield.

There is an ancient saying in China, called smart but clever mistaken, at this time Panasonic has this feeling, because of his own cleverness, so that the defense of Tanghe has been weakened a lot in disguise, he must rely on Tanghe to break through, otherwise the imperial mechanized brigade that counterattacked the Chinese troops will be wiped out, and his own brigade will not escape the fate of being wiped out.

Panasonic is a person who knows how to advance and retreat, and since the tactical plan failed, he began to prepare for retreat. He dispatched a brigade to break through, with the remaining cavalry as the front, and the Tang River as the breakthrough point.

Panasonic's sudden escape made Zhang Zhen defenseless at all, because in his opinion, at this time, how could the little devil want to cross the river? Doing so is not much different from seeking death.

Shandong rarely has that kind of big river, most of them are shallow rivers, Tang River is like this, the Chinese are waist-high at most, and the little devils almost reach the neck. But that's it, if you step on it, it's all silt, not to mention marching in the river.

So when Zhang Zhen received the report from the front, he thought that the little devil was ready to fight back and play with himself, which made Zhang Zhen really proud for a while, and he could finally make a contribution. Therefore, Zhang Zhen just ordered the troops, and only needed to resist the sharp edge of the Japanese army.

But after a while, Division Commander Zhang Zhen realized the seriousness of the problem, and it was true that the little devils were playing with him, but they were not just playing with their lives, they were ready to break through.

In a hurry, division commander Zhang Zhen could only temporarily mobilize reserves to fight with the devils on the bank of the Tang River, and the Japanese army really underestimated the strength of the Chinese troops, and their breakthrough was quickly blocked by the Chinese soldiers who rushed in.

There is a bridge on the Tang River, Zhang Zhen is afraid that the little devil will blow it up, but the cement at the head of the bridge is still useful, there are several machine guns on the bridge, the Japanese soldiers who have just entered the mudflat encountered the crazy strafing of the machine guns, and the Japanese soldiers fell in waves, and the blood stained the Tang River.

"Long live His Majesty the Emperor. The time has come to dedicate oneself to the Great Japanese Empire. "Matsushita went to the front line of the battlefield in person, took off the military uniform of Osa, and only wore the simplest military uniform, running back and forth, just to boost the low morale.

Most of the soldiers of the 9th Brigade were extremely tired, but they still fought for the sake of their faith. They raised their guns above their heads, and the short soldier was half submerged in the water, but they kept going.

Finally rushed across the Tang River and fought a bloody battle with Zhang Zhen's troops. At this time, the Honda Brigade, which was in charge of the broken rear in the city, was engaged in a fierce battle with the troops of the 20th Army Corps.

Division Commander Zhang Zhen didn't know what he had done recently, so he let the little devil choose to break through here, and he had no defense at all. If you don't block the little devil, then you will be in trouble, and the 20th Legion will be in trouble, and even if the commander doesn't kill him, the corps commander will not let him go.

Therefore, Zhang Zhen could only put all his troops into the battlefield and fought a bloody battle with the Japanese army who crossed the river, but just when Zhang Zhen thought that he had the chance to win, something happened that made him even more annoyed.

A unit of the Japanese mechanized mixed brigade suddenly appeared on its flank, and the defense line was rushed out of a huge hole by the Japanese in a hurry.

Panasonic was originally prepared to let the mechanized mixed brigade continue to storm the Liugong Canal, but the resistance of the Liugong Canal was very tenacious, and many excellent Chinese troops were stationed there. Therefore, Panasonic thought that it was likely to be an important defensive area for China, and sure enough, the mechanized mixed brigade fought for half a day without any results.

He was very worried that the greatest product of the empire's industrialization, the mixed mechanized brigades, was not very useful in Shandong, China, because there were so many mountains and rivers, and the troops had suffered great losses, and he was very worried about breaking these troops into China.

So he immediately sent a telegram to let the mechanized mixed brigade change the direction of attack and look for an opportunity to cross the Tang River, so at this most critical time, he killed from Zhang Zhen's flank, ushering in a ray of life for the Panasonic brigade.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Panasonic quickly led his troops to the shore positions temporarily constructed by the mechanized mixed brigade to find an opportunity for the troops.

And at this time, Zhang Zhen was really annoyed, he knew that if the 110th Division could not stop the Japanese troops, then Tang Enbo would definitely scrape himself. His old man has the intention of behaving well in front of Admiral Liu Yuan, if he smashes it, then he will definitely be unlucky.

Zhang Zhenyanling's subordinate Brigade Commander Inspiration led the troops to personally command the troops to counterattack, and the battle lasted for three hours, with two brigade commanders killed and one wounded, and finally the gap was finally blocked.

Two and a half large groups of soldiers were blocked in the gap, but some soldiers of the Matsushita Brigade still escaped, including Matsushita himself, but at this time, Matsushita had no intention of killing back, and was already like a lost dog.

Tang Enbo, who had thought that he had the chance to win and became the first Chinese general besides Liu Yuan to wipe out the Japanese integrated brigade, sent a telegram to himself.

He hurriedly sent a telegram to Zhang Zhen and other front-line commanders and fighters, scolded them severely, and sternly warned them that if they could not completely annihilate the Japanese troops in the Tanghe area, then Tanghe would not only be the cemetery of the Japanese army, but also the purpose of their commanders, and he would personally send them to the military court.

It was more fortunate to let Tang Enbo, because although the remaining Japanese troops were rampant, they were defended in a small area by tens of thousands of troops of the 20th Army Corps, although the battle was very anxious, but the situation was already very clear, and they would definitely die.

Sun Lianzhong learned the news of Panasonic's escape, and felt very uncomfortable, after all, they were the Japanese army who beat themselves hard in Linyi, if they could eliminate them all, first of all, they would relieve their anger, and secondly, it would be a great victory, which could boost the morale of the front line.

Liu Yuan is obviously not like others, what he cares about is the overall situation, he has never thought about annihilating a Japanese army division to fight for his own face, he is more thinking about eliminating a Japanese army surrounded by troops, how to find more benefits for himself.

"The matter in Hedong can't be trusted, let Tang Enbo hurry up, this afternoon, I hope that Wang Zhonglian's troops can rest and mobilize outward, and at the same time, the 110th Division must also be prepared to prepare for defense in the area of Tanghe."

At this time, the core of the battlefield was still changing, and Liu Yuan naturally ordered Tang Enbo to bring his troops to the north of the city.

The whole Linyi has now been under the fire of China and Japan, turned into a broken wall, there is no vitality, the people in the city have long dared not stay, all those who can escape have fled, even if it is the people in the countryside, if it is a good leg, they have also run to the southwest and northwest, this Commander Liu is different from the ordinary soldiers, this mountain is the cover of his troops, but it also suffers the people, and there is no place to hide.

The Hedong battlefield is about to be won, but the situation in the north of the city has become strange.

First of all, Nakajima of the 16th Division led his troops to fight frantically, in a vain attempt to go south to find an opportunity to get closer to Itagaki Seishiro. Liao Yaoxiang led his troops to block desperately, but in the end he was defeated by Nakajima, and Liao Yaoxiang himself was shot three times and still commanded the battle. But it was not possible to salvage the damage.

The Nakajima Division held back the Independence Army and Liao Yaoxiang's division with a brigade and a wing of mechanized troops, while he himself eventually joined up with Itagaki Seishiro with a brigade, forming a new force that could not be ignored.

Seishiro Itagaki, who had already lost confidence, immediately regained his former majesty after receiving the help of the Nakajima Division. Itagaki Seishiro even shouted out at the headquarters that he would fight Liu Yuan to the death.

Itagaki Seishiro sent a wing of the force to launch a strong attack on Yucheng Manbu from the flank. Yu Chengwan fought a bloody battle with the 4,000 troops of the Japanese army with the strength of the remaining 3,000 troops and resisted the attack of the Japanese army.

Yu Chengwan held out for a whole day and a half, and finally because of the heavy losses of the troops, he had no choice but to fight and retreat. Liu Yuan knew the situation, so he had to temporarily order Sun Lianzhong to turn his troops into a regiment and reinforce them.

The convergence of the 16th Division and the Itagaki Division made the Japanese army much stronger for a while, which led to the beginning of changes in the entire battle situation. Wang Yunpeng's reinforced brigade began to change from the previous offensive to defensive, and the losses of the troops were also very heavy.

Liu Yuan really didn't imagine that such a little-known division commander could play with his two tiger generals in applause, and even almost broke his own game, and might even maintain the myth of Itagaki.

However, Liu Yuan was not a person who would give up easily, and Liu Yuan ordered Sun Liren's mechanized brigade to quickly conquer Wangjiadun after crossing the Yi River. After Sun Liren received the information, he quickly took action and divided his troops with Xu Guangda to attack the front line.

Sun Liren's mechanized troops joined the battlefield, making the battlefield in the north of the city, which had just become chaotic, even more chaotic, and even a basin of troubled water.

In the northernmost part, Hu Lian and Liao Yaoxiang, who were almost diving, were leading their troops to desperately attack the containment troops left on Nakajima, but the Japanese mechanized troops were not very successful, but they still caused great pressure on the Japanese army.

In the southern area, Yu Chengwan led the troops to resist the Japanese attack to the death. It was difficult for the Japanese army to move an inch. In the direction of the Japanese counterattack, Wang Yunpeng commanded the troops of two brigades and fought bloody battles with the four brigades of the Japanese army, while in the northeast region, the mechanized brigade joined the battlefield, which made the Japanese army's life very sad.

The addition of the mechanized brigade to the battlefield weakened the momentum of Seishiro Itagaki, who had just gained self-confidence, and the counteroffensive plan he had just formulated had to be changed because of the mechanized brigade.

He was forced to mobilize the Japanese army that was attacking Wang Yunpeng's brigade to resist the mechanized brigade and let him resist the steel torrent of Sun Liren, but as soon as their troops left, Wang Yunpeng immediately returned to his former majesty, and fought inextricably with the little devils, and recaptured the positions that the Japanese army had returned to again.

The 9th Brigade eventually bowed, only part of the troops escaped from the Chinese encirclement, and the morale of the soldiers in the large army was very low, and a lot of equipment was lost.

This made Itagaki, who was already very tormented, feel that the war he led had gone on an unpredictable side. However, at this time, he still firmly believed that as long as he was loyal to the empire and his soldiers fought bravely, then he would be able to lead the troops of the Great Japanese Empire to the final victory.

Shandong Dezhou, the temporary command of the Japanese North China Front, the Japanese general Terauchi Shouichi was silently reading the telegram of Matsui Ishine. Although he refused, he still insisted on expressing his opinion to himself, and from this point, Terauchi Shouichi had to admire Matsui Ishone, a loser.

"General Terauchi, the situation has become worse now, a core force of the Fifth Division, the Ninth Brigade has collapsed, and their collapse has a great impact on the development of the Linyi battlefield, once the war in Hedong is over, General Liu Yuan can easily transfer tens of thousands of troops into the battlefield in the north of the city, then they will mobilize several times the number of troops around General Itagaki."

"I know that you trust General Itagaki very much, and so do I, I have never doubted the idea of the Steel Army, but I have to say that the advantage that General Itagaki has achieved is as beautiful and short-lived as an epiphany, and now China has gained the advantage again, although the empire can still attack, but it is only the southern line of the northern part of the city, but these are meaningless, I think you should order the commander of the Itagaki Division to withdraw from Linyi, Shandong, preserve strength, and intend to fight again."

Matsui Ishone's telegram was full of pessimism and concern for the Japanese troops. I admire this guy very much, at this time he is still thinking about the Empire.

Shouichi Terauchi handed the telegram to the staff officers around him, and everyone looked at it and began to express their opinions.

The chief of operations shook his head and said, "When General Itagaki Seishiro defeated Zhang Xueliang with a force of 1 to 20 in the northeast and Yan Xishan with a force of 1 to 10 in Shanxi, China, I don't think there is any need for us to give in to them. ”