I have to say that Xu Shijiu's sense of smell on the battlefield has been acute to the point of being almost demonic, and the truth of the whole fact is almost the same as his analysis

According to the Jihua of the Japanese army's base camp, the North China Front Army and the Central China Dispatch Army respectively sent the 16th and 13th Divisions to attack Dangshan Station west of Xuzhou from the north and south, cut off the Longhai Railway in one fell swoop, and completed the strategic encirclement of more than 100 main divisions of the Nationalist Army on the Xuzhou battlefield with the main forces of the North China Front and the Central China Dispatch Army.

When the 74th Army rushed to Shangqiu, the main force of the Japanese 16th Division had already moved south from Fengxian County, and according to the original plan of the base camp, the main force of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army went north through Xiao County to attack Dangshan.

Of course, at this time, the main force of the national army on the battlefield in Xuzhou had already retreated to Shangqiu.

But at this time, after the main force of the national army was transferred, Tang Enbo's 3L Group Army, which was ordered to stay on the Xuzhou battlefield, and more than a dozen second-line divisions lost no time in launching a wave of offensives, and as a result, the Japanese Dipei Regiment, which had been acting as a bait in front of Taierzhuang, was a little unbearable and was forced to cross Weishan Lake and move closer to the 16th Division of the Japanese Army.

The commander of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army, Nakajima Imago Imago happened to be in Feng County at the time, and immediately ordered the 33rd Infantry Wing to leave Pei County to meet the Pei Regiment, and the Infantry dR Wing went east from Shan County to protect the regimental headquarters of Feng County, and sent the Infantry dR Wing to sweep Cao County The Infantry Brigade l Brigade (in fact, there were only two squadrons) was urgently transferred back to Shan County.

As a result, the radio station of the L Brigade of the Japanese infantry that swept Cao County was broken, and it was impossible to contact him for a while, and Nakajima Imago didn't care much, so he only ordered the defenders of Shanxian County to send a signal soldier to ride horses to find the Japanese army in Cao County.

Knowing that Shanxian County had been lost, and that a large number of munitions that had just been transported to Shanxian County had also fallen into the hands of the national army, Nakajima was so angry that he lifted the desks of the division and regiment headquarters, and the military kettles and teacups placed on the desks fell to the ground and popped out far away, and the two guards came in to take a look, and quickly retracted again.

At this time, Nakajima Imakago was just a little angry, and he didn't know that bad luck had quietly come.

Xu Shijiu's consistent purpose is to take advantage of people's illnesses to kill people, and this time is no exception.

Xu Shijiu subconsciously tapped the map with a pencil and said: "If I am not mistaken, the main force of the Japanese 16th Division must have moved south to Dangshan, and the Japanese 38th Infantry Wing, as the rear guard of the 16th Division, should still be near Fengxian, and more importantly, their ammunition supply should be running out."

Shu Tongwen immediately heard Xu Shijiu's outside the strings: "The captain is saying, eat this 38 Wing?" ”

Gao Shenxing gritted his teeth and said: "The 38th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army is one of the three infantry wings responsible for sweeping Nanjing, and it is also one of the infantry wings that kills the most people, and the ghost soldiers of this wing are almost all stained with the blood of the Chinese, since we have collided this time, we must not let them go again"

"Isn't it, it's really fighting?" Zhang Youquan was taken aback and ate the 38th Infantry Wing of Little Japan?

To be honest, through the battle of Shanxian, Zhang Youquan has a new understanding of Xu 19's tactical command ability and the combat effectiveness of the 19th Brigade, and he must admit that Xu 19 is still very powerful, and the combat effectiveness of the 19th Brigade is also very strong, but this does not mean that the 19th Brigade can single-handedly take on an infantry wing of small Japan

Not to mention the commander's command ability and the preparation of the troops, just talking about the strength of the 19th Brigade is at a disadvantage, a standard infantry wing in small Japan has more than 3,000 people, and even if there are some battle losses, it will never be less than 2,000 people, but the 19th Brigade is only more than 1,000 people when it is fully armed, when will the national army be able to defeat one enemy with two?

"There is a chance, weishenme does not fight?" Xu Shijiu said in a deep voice, "Little Japan's attention has been focused on the more than 100 main divisions of the National Army in Xuzhou, and it is inevitable that the rear will be empty, and the supplies of the Japanese army in Fengxian County have robbed us, if it is properly planned, it is still possible to eat an infantry wing of Little Japan." ”

Shu Tongwen said: "But captain, Fengxian is very close to Dangshan, and the Japanese army in Dangshan may return to help at any time." ”

Xu Shijiu said: "Although Dangshan is close to Fengxian, it is not something that can be reached in a moment and a half, as long as we can conceal the enemy and launch a sudden attack, we can quickly end the battle before the Japanese army in Dangshan returns to help."

Xu Shijiu turned back and asked the black blind man, "Heizi, where has the main force of the division reached now?" ”

No matter how arrogant Xu Shijiu is, he will never dare to think of shaking an infantry wing of the Japanese army with a mere reinforced brigade, not to mention that all this is just his speculation, the main force of the 16th Division of the Japanese army may also be in Feng County, and once the 19th Brigade goes deep alone, it is very likely to be swallowed by the small Japanese company, so it must ask the main force of the division to match

The black blind man hurriedly straightened his chest and replied: "Report to the captain, the 344th Regiment just passed Guocun half an hour ago, and the 174th Brigade has arrived at Huanggangji, which is less than thirty miles away from Shanxian County. ”

Xu 19 said: "In this way, immediately send a report to the division headquarters, requesting the 174th Brigade to immediately change the route of the march, turn east through Caitangji and Zhuji, go straight to Feng County, and seek an opportunity to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army in Feng County, after our department hands over the defense to the 344 Regiment, it will also go east out of Feng County along the Fengdan Highway and cooperate with the 174 Brigade to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army in Feng County." ”

The headquarters of the 58th Division had moved forward to Liukou Township, north of Shangqiu.

The telegram had arrived, and several senior staff members who had been transferred to the 58th Division were gathering together and whispering.

"What's going on with this Xu Nineteen? How can you change the route of the march drawn by the General Staff without authorization. ”

"What is it to change the marching route demarcated by the General Staff without authorization, he also directly issued a combat order."

"Can you let the 174th Brigade immediately change its marching route, find an opportunity to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army in Fengxian County, and let the 344th Regiment go to Shanxian County to hand over the defense? Who does he think he is? I don't know, I think he is the commander of the 58th Division. ”

"I said, brother, be quiet, they are the confidants of the master."

"What's wrong with the henchman, the henchman will be able to mess around?"

"Shhh, don't talk about it, the deputy division seat and the staff seat are here, let's hear what they have to say first."

When several senior staff members looked back, they saw that He Lingxiao, deputy commander of the 58th Division, and Yang Shaoren, chief of staff, had already walked in, Yang Shaoren frowned and said as he walked: "Brother Woyun, is this Xu Shijiu a little arrogant?" ”

"Arrogance?" He Lingxiao smiled noncommittally and asked rhetorically, "What did Chief of Staff Weishenme say?" ”

Yang Shao said: "He's just a small captain, so he dares to take the idea for the master, isn't this arrogant?" ”

He Lingxiao said: "If it is someone else, this can definitely be regarded as arrogant, but if you put Xu Nineteen on his head, it may not be arrogant." Speaking of this, He Lingxiao deliberately paused, and then said with a smile, "Chief of Staff, if you don't believe it, I will definitely adopt Xu Shijiu's suggestion without hesitation." ”

"Really?" Yang Shaoren was a little skeptical, "Shizuo really trusts him so much?" ”

While speaking, Feng Shengfa strode in while wearing an armed belt, and Deputy Division Commander He Lingxiao, Chief of Staff Yang Shaoren and several senior staff members hurriedly stood up and saluted Feng Shengfa.

Feng Shengfa returned the salute and asked, "What does Ah Jiu say on the telegram?" ”

Yang Shaoren said: "Division, Ajiu telegraph said that the 174th Brigade should immediately change the original route of the march, turn east through Caitangji and Zhuji, seek an opportunity to find the Japanese army in Feng County, and also let the 344th Regiment go to Shanxian County to take over the defense of the 19th Brigade, and the 19th Brigade will also go east along the Danfeng Highway to cooperate with the 174th Brigade to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army in Feng County." ”

"Looking for an opportunity to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army in Feng County?" When Feng Shengfa heard this, he suddenly came to his senses.

He Lingxiao said: "Master, Ah Jiu should have found some opportunity. ”

Yang Shaoren said: "Master, the enemy situation is unknown at the moment, will it be too risky to rashly attack Feng County?" ”

"No big deal." Feng Shengfa waved his hand to interrupt Yang Shaoren and said, "Even if Ah Jiu's judgment is wrong, the big deal is to fight head-on with the 16th Division of Little Japan, at the beginning of Niushou Mountain, our 58th Division has not fought with the permanent divisions of Little Japan, and the seventeen permanent divisions of Little Japan are just like that, not to mention that the task that our 74th Army received was originally to go out of Feng County to effectively protect the flank of Dangshan." ”

Yang Shaoren said: "The meaning of the master's seat is ......"

"Fight" Feng Shengfa Dao, "Fight resolutely"

Feng Shengfa's trust in Xu Nineteen is unreserved, and Xu Nineteen's trust in Feng Shengfa is also unreserved, but unfortunately, there are too few superiors and subordinates like this in the national army, because of the factional dumping, there are more people in the national army who are still worried about self-deception and prevarication.

When Feng Shengfa and Xu Shijiu were thinking about how to inflict heavy losses on the 38th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army in order to weaken the survival of the Japanese army as much as possible, the army commander Gui Yongqing was thinking about how to preserve his strength, and the two divisions of the army walked along the Longhai Railway to the vicinity of Caozhuang, which was still thirty miles away from Dangshan Station, and Gui Yongqing did not let him go forward.

Huang Jie's 8th Army waited for the arrival of the army in Dangshan for a long time, so a telegram was sent to General Xue Yue, commander-in-chief of the Eastern Henan Corps.

After receiving the telegram, Gui Yongqing was unmoved, and still refused to move his nest in Cao County.

Gui Yongqing relied on Chen Cheng's old ministry and He Yingqin's in-laws, so he didn't take Xue Yue in his eyes at all.

Xue Yue sent two telegrams in succession to no avail, so he could only ask Lao Jiang in Wuhan for help, until Lao Jiang's telegram was placed in front of Gui Yongqing, Gui Yongqing reluctantly gave an order, but only Li Ying's division slowly marched towards Dangshan, and the 46th Division, which was adapted from the remnants of the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps, remained in Cao County.

Zhou Zhenqiang, deputy commander of the 46th Division, and Ma Weilong, commander of the 138th Brigade, were bloody, and they ran to Gui Yongqing several times to ask to lead their troops east to Dangshan and fight to the death with Little Japan, but they were scolded by Gui Yongqing for being bloody.

Gui Yongqing did this not for no reason, after the defense of Nanjing, he Gui Yongqing abandoned the army and absconded but did not fall but rose, weishenme? It was not because the Teaching Corps of the Central Military Academy had preserved its strength in the Battle of Nanjing, but the army, on the other hand, was abolished because of the loss of troops in the Battle of Nanjing, and the army commander Sun Yuanliang also became a prisoner.

Gui Yongqing knows his own family affairs, and he doesn't want to be the second Sun Yuanliang.

In a word, Gui Yongqing no longer trusts anyone now, including Chairman Jiang, the current Gui Yongqing only believes in his own strength, only with a strong army in his hands, can he keep his position, once he loses the army, he will become worthless, and he will be killed by Lao Jiang without hesitation.

Don't talk about it far away, let's just say that Han Fuqu, the king of Shandong and the commander-in-chief of the Third Army, was lost by Lao Jiang because of the loss of his division and his great loss of strength? If Han Fuqu's Third Army had not suffered heavy losses, and the personnel were neat and strong, Lao Jiang would have to weigh the consequences even if he wanted to move Han Fuqu.

Gui Yongqing didn't want to be Sun Yuanliang's second, let alone Han Fuqu's second, so he had to preserve his strength, especially the 46th Division, which was adapted from the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps, and he couldn't do the slightest damage.