Chapter 1049: Defeat the Japanese Army

In order to ensure that he could take Taierzhuang in the shortest possible time, break through the resistance of the Japanese army, and then threaten Xuzhou, Li Yunlong sent the strongest combat force he could send at the beginning, with the division tank regiment and artillery regiment forming an extremely powerful artillery and assault cluster, and then supplemented by a large number of elite infantry to coordinate the attack.

There are no civilians in Taierzhuang for a long time, so there is no need to worry about the artillery fire accidentally injuring your own people, which also makes the attacking troops have no constraints and worries, and they can let go of their hands and feet and use all their strength to attack the Japanese army.

Under the heavy artillery fire of the 4th Division, Taierzhuang was quickly reduced to a ruin, and the various fortifications built by the Japanese army were obviously not enough to withstand the fire bombardment of the infantry and tank artillery groups of the 4th Division.

In order to prevent the Japanese army from breaking through from Taierzhuang, the two main regiments of the 2nd and 3rd Division, with the cooperation of a large number of newly organized Eighth Route Army, immediately made a detour from the frontal battlefield and outflanked Taierzhuang.

At this time, Taierzhuang can be said to have fallen into the encirclement of the 4th Division and other troops of Longya.

The offensive was carried out in all directions, and nearly 60,000 troops launched wave after wave of charges against the Japanese troops who suffered heavy casualties from all directions, especially on the battlefield in the west, because the attacking force had the tank regiment, a powerful armored assault force, so the remnants of the Japanese army did not even have a chance to fight back.

It was crushed and wiped out by the attacking troops of the West Gate all the way, so the attacking troops of the West Gate also broke through the dilapidated defense line of the Japanese army for the first time and entered the ruined Taierzhuang.

With the elimination of the Japanese army at the west gate, a large number of Longya officers and soldiers invaded Taierzhuang, and the Japanese defense line in several other directions was attacked by the front and rear of the Longya column, and also lost one after another, after a fierce battle, nearly 30,000 Japanese puppet troops, except for tens of thousands of puppet troops who could not be defeated before disarming and surrendering, the remaining 20,000 Japanese puppet troops were all annihilated by Li Yunlong.

In particular, the Japanese army, which was dominated by the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, did not die a single one, and the commander of its major general brigade was also in the battle, and unfortunately was blown in two by a shell. It is precisely because of this that the Japanese army lost its command and was in chaos, so that it was completely annihilated on the spot by the Dragon's Tooth Column, and never escaped a single one.

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"Commander, Chief of Staff, 4th Division Commander Li Yunlong called." In Jinan City, the sky had just dawned, and a signal soldier on duty at the confidential office took a telegram and found Qiao Youhua and Zuo Quan, who had just met, and saluted the two of them respectively.

Qiao Youhua glanced at Zuo Quan and said, "Early in the morning, the telegram sent by Senior Commander Li seems to be good news, right?" ”

After speaking, both he and Zuo Quan looked at the signal soldier.

The signal soldier nodded hurriedly and said: "Yes, two leaders, after a day and a night of fighting, the 4th Division has successfully broken through the Japanese defense line in Taierzhuang, and annihilated 30,000 enemies, including more than 10,000 captured puppet soldiers. At the same time as Commander Li sent a telegram to report the victory, he also asked the two leaders for instructions on whether they could continue to march to Xuzhou. ”

Although Li Yunlong now has the full command of the generals who are not subject to orders from outside, his right route army has already penetrated hundreds of miles behind enemy lines from the perspective of the overall strategic situation, and it is necessary to be cautious when attacking Xuzhou, a relatively important strategic point of the Japanese army in East China, because the slightest carelessness may cause the Dragon's Tooth Column to fall into passivity in the overall strategic situation, and at that time, the previous efforts may be in vain.

Therefore, no matter what, he had to ask Qiao Youhua and Zuo Quan for instructions.

Zuo Quan smiled and took the message and looked at it, and handed it to Qiao Youhua, but Qiao Youhua didn't read it, because the communication soldiers had already said the main content of the message, and it didn't matter if he read it or not.

He lit a cigarette for himself and asked Zuo Quandao: "Chief of Staff, what do you think?" ”

"Li Yunlong's subordinates even under Tai'an, Laiwu, Tengxian, all the way like a bamboo, and now they have captured Taierzhuang, the momentum is flourishing, it stands to reason that they should let them go straight to Huanglong, attack Xuzhou, as long as Xuzhou is taken, they can control the Longhai Railway and the Jinpu Railway, the two important strategic lines of communication, and can also cut the Japanese army in East China into two sections.

However, reason tells me that this cannot be done, because I think that Japanese imperialism cannot easily abandon Shandong and even the entire Lianghuai region north of the Yangtze River, after all, we have not yet found the appearance of the Japanese navy and sea-based aviation, which seems a bit unreasonable.

You must know that since North China was completely recovered by us, the Shandong Peninsula can be said to be the last strategic point of the Japanese army in the vast area north of the Yangtze River and south of the Yellow River. If we take this place as well, the Japanese army will lose its important bridgehead in East China, which in turn will threaten its occupation zone south of the Yangtze River.

Therefore, I suggest that Li Yunlong's subordinates first rest in Taierzhuang for a few days, and then march slowly again, first, to replenish the urgently needed combat materials, and second, to let the soldiers rest well and recuperate.

After our side sends troops to take Weifang and Linyi, the two teams will go hand in hand to besiege Xuzhou. The army's first and third theaters were also advancing along the Lianghuai River valley and the Longhai line toward Xuzhou.

Our brother troops, the New Fourth Army, in the Lianghuai Valley, are also actively launching various offensives to attack the strongholds of the Japanese puppet army in the central Soviet Union, northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, and central Anhui. ”

After listening to Zuo Quan's long analysis, Qiao Youhua took two puffs of cigarette and nodded solemnly: "Well, what the chief of staff said is reasonable, then call Li Yunlong back immediately, and order them to rest on the spot, suspend the offensive, and stand by in place." ”

After speaking, Qiao Youhua said again: "Order Ma Biao to set off immediately, limit him to take Linyi for me within three days, and then go hand in hand with Li Yunlong's troops to attack Xuzhou!" At the same time, the 3rd Division and the units directly under the column also immediately marched eastward along the Jiaoji Railway, caught up with Li Wensuo's headquarters as soon as possible, and took Weifang as quickly as possible after joining forces.

Since I don't know when the devils will increase their troops and whether the navy will intervene, then concentrate my forces and take down all of Shandong, and compress the Japanese army to the line of Qingdao, Yantai and Xuzhou as soon as possible, so that we can concentrate all our forces and start a decisive battle with the Japanese army in Qingdao and other places. ”

The communication soldier skillfully and quickly wrote down Qiao Youhua's order, saluted, and turned away respectfully.

Zuo Quan said to Qiao Youhua: "Commander, to be honest, we really need to make some preparations in advance, in case the Japanese army sends its navy and air force to participate in the war, then our plan to completely recover the Jiaodong Peninsula may not be so smoothly achieved." After all, the central leaders can reach an agreement with the Nationalist Government to quickly end the war north of the Yangtze River, and then transfer at least 100,000 elites of our Longya Column to the south of the Yangtze River to assist the Nationalist Government in counterattacking Nanjing and recovering the Jiangnan region, which is dominated by Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou. ”