Chapter 551 is not afraid of not taking the bait

After reading the telegram sent by Feng Zhi'an, the deputy commander of the Sulu garrison corps, Shanhu was in the same mood as Chen Feng, and he couldn't bear to spoil the beautiful thing in front of him, but they also knew that such an important situation could not be delayed.

No way, Chen Feng pulled up the mountain tiger, and the two of them entered Tang Qiuli's bedroom together, Tang Qiuli saw them come in, and thought that he couldn't resist the temptation of his cooking skills, and when the rice came, he deliberately ignored them, Mei Ting glared at him with disgust, and quickly got up to greet him, but seeing that their expressions were not quite right, he didn't say anything more.

Tang Qiuli took the telegram, didn't wait to read it, his whole body was shocked, his face instantly turned pale, he sat there in a daze, didn't say a word, his mind was blank, he couldn't accept this fact, from Kaifeng to Shangqiu, a distance of hundreds of kilometers, he lost two generals in a row, and lost more than 30,000 soldiers, why did this happen, let himself accept a series of blows.

Why is this happening? After taking over the 29th Army from the old army commander Song Zheyuan, Zhang Zizhong has always unconditionally supported himself, won his own respect and trust with his personality and character, and based on a high degree of trust in Zhang Zizhong's military talent and character, he put the 29th Army into his hands with confidence, and believed that he could bring out a good army.

However, he went like this, how could he not be heartbroken, not guilty, if he didn't fight the Shangqiu Blockade Battle, if he let Brother Qiusheng lead the troops to fight, Zhang Zizhong would not have died, however, everything happened, in just a few days, two heavy blows in a row, Tang Qiuli's heart was already numb with pain.

Mei Ting clearly felt the pain in her husband's heart, her heart also hurt violently, she was also familiar with Zhang Zizhong, and had work contacts, at this time, there was no language to comfort her grieving husband, Mei Ting could only hold Tang Qiuli's hand tightly, feeling that his hand was cold and cold, and trembling slightly.

Tang Qiuli raised his head suddenly, and burst out three words from between his teeth, "Tang Enbo", yes, this qiē is because Tang Enbo fled without a fight, and the evil consequences caused by giving Henan to the Japanese, including Mei Ting, the three people, including Mei Ting, couldn't help but fight a cold war, Tang Qiuli said these three words, full of resentment and murderous intentions, what kind of love is this, if Tang Enbo is in front of him, these three words are enough to make him liver and gall, paralyzed as mud.

Tang Qiuli calmed down, his demeanor seemed to be normal, only the careful Mei Ting saw the burning flames in her husband's eyes, "Order, Tang Qiusheng of the Sulu Mobile Corps led five brigades in Xiao County to participate in the Battle of Xuzhou on the spot, and independently took on the attack mission in one direction. At this moment, he finally made up his mind and dictated the order to Chen Feng.

"Order, General Feng Zhi'an, deputy commander of the Sulu Garrison Corps, the position of acting commander of the corps, the department is temporarily resting in Maozhou, please take good care of General Zhang's body, recently, I will go to Maozhou in person to pay tribute to General Zhang's heroic soul, and the number of the Sulu Garrison Corps has been changed to the 29th Corps of the North China Independent Division of the National ** Army, and all officers will remain in their original positions."

"Tang Qiuli, commander-in-chief of the General Headquarters of the Yellow River Valley Theater, has issued a special order that all units belonging to our theater shall not accept any form of surrender or sue for peace from the officers and men of the Japanese First Army, nor shall they accept prisoners, and there will be no mercy for the First Army of the Japanese Army."

After dictating the three orders in one breath, it seemed that Tang Qiuli had exhausted all his strength, and gasped for breath, Mei Ting was frightened, and hurriedly went over to gently tap her husband on the back, in fact, when Tang Qiuli dictated the order, he felt that his chest was clogged, his blood was surging, and his throat and eyes were salty, in order not to worry Mei Ting, he swallowed this breath back.

After calming down a little, he ordered Chen Feng to give a special order, after the Battle of Xuzhou began, to notify the whole army by clear code, and all parts of our war zone were posted everywhere in the form of notices, and I wanted to let Ryosuke Isoya know that he had caused me to lose two generals, and there was no reason to live.

Isoya Ryosuke, who was rapidly advancing towards Xuzhou, did not expect that Tang Qiuli had already issued a killing order to him and his soldiers, even if he escaped from Li Zongren's net, the troops of the independent division categorically did not let him go, in short, since he entered from the mouth of Anyang, he and his first army had more than 100,000 lives, even if he confessed this.

Tang Qiusheng in Xiao County, after receiving the order, immediately ordered the troops to get out of the way, according to Li Zongren's order, transferred to the area of the three forts in the southeast of Xuzhou, leaving only a small number of troops to monitor the movements of the Japanese army in the same place, and the Japanese army that advanced to Xiao County, the expected blockade did not happen, which made Isoya Ryosuke feel puzzled, Xiao County is the last line of defense west of Xuzhou, and there is no reason for the Chinese army not to do the final blockade here, do they have any conspiracy?

Seeing the neatly built fortifications, Ryosuke Isoya's suspicions deepened even more, and the Shina army was by no means fleeing in panic. Instead, he evacuated purposefully, and experienced the lessons of the bloody battles of Kaifeng and Shangqiu, who would say that the army of China would flee from the wind when he saw the smoke and dust of the Imperial Japanese Army marching, and he could scold him for being a bloody sprinkler, and then knock out this guy's big teeth.

By this time, it was already the afternoon of 21 December, and the advance guard of the Japanese troops had already arrived in Xiao County, and the rear guard and baggage troops were still in the area from Dangshan to Lizhuang to the west of Xuzhou, especially the artillery units, which were far away from Xuzhou.

Liao Lei's troops of the Gui Army, who were ambushed in the front line of Yanglou and Jiahezhai, did not dare to breathe in the atmosphere, for fear that the Japanese army would find themselves, and they all felt that things were going to be troublesome, and they could only pinch the head and middle of the Japanese army when they attacked at this time, and if the tail of the Japanese army rolled over, it would be extremely unfavorable to the encircling troops, and besides, the Japanese army had not put all its energy on the attack on Xuzhou City.

Liao Lei, the commander of the 21st Group Army, watched more than 100,000 Japanese troops in the concealment department, stretching forward and backward along the highway like a long snake, and he couldn't see the tail, he scolded in a low voice: "**, Isoya Ryosuke, this old fox," and then ordered: "Pass the order, the front-line troops, immediately retreat three kilometers, remember, that exposed target, military law is engaged"

Liao Lei's worries are not unreasonable, when the Japanese army was approaching Xuzhou, they suddenly stopped advancing, they must have suspected something, it is impossible for them not to send a small force to search on both flanks, without retreating, all of them are exposed, it is not a melee?

At this time, the troops of the six divisions of the Sichuan Army who rushed to the area of Huangkou and Lizhuang, ready to stab the mouth, watched the Japanese army drink water and eat dumplings under their noses.

Li Zongren was very anxious, the entire battle plan of Xuzhou was very thorough, and all the troops participating in the battle had made strict arrangements to conceal themselves as the first priority, and they must not expose the target before Xuzhou did not start, and there was a problem there, which aroused the suspicion of Isoya Ryosuke, and he could only respond to all changes with the same, and ordered all troops to continue to conceal themselves, wait for the opportunity, and never attack without authorization, and the troops exposed the target, and the commander came to see him

Although the order was issued, Li Zongren's heart was in his throat, more than 200,000 troops participating in the battle, so many traces, if the Japanese army found the fortifications built in advance on either side, all intentions would be exposed to the Japanese army, Isoya Ryosuke changed his plan, whether it was to go north to attack the back of Liu Tiehan's troops of the independent division, or to give up the capture of Xuzhou and go directly south, this was a chaotic battle that affected the overall situation, and the development of the war was unpredictable.

Moreover, after planning for many days, more than 200,000 troops gathered in Xuzhou, the result was that the plan was in vain, even if it was forced to attack and have a melee with the Japanese army, it was very little, and his face was put there, and the plan of the Gui department to take advantage of this battle to go to the front will also fail, and the involvement in several aspects is not something that he can bear.

Tang Qiusheng, who was in Sanbao, received a report from the troops monitoring the movements of the Japanese army, and immediately realized that something was wrong, and Ryosuke Isoya found the fortifications built by his troops and withdrew without a fight, which aroused the suspicion of this old fox, he was afraid that the front was a trap, and next, it was time to send troops to search on both flanks.

Isoya Ryosuke did have great doubts in his heart, Kaifeng and Shangqiu blocked so desperately, close to Xuzhou, but unusually calm, those desperately blocked their own branch of the army, when disappeared without a trace, such a calm, itself is not normal, Isoya Ryosuke is worthy of being a famous general of the Japanese army in North China, facing Xuzhou, which is close at hand, from the unusually calm appearance, sniffing out the taste of unease.

He wanted to occupy Xuzhou as much as he could, and he dreamed of it, but the abnormal situation in front of him stopped the extreme desire in his heart, and he first ordered to send troops in squadrons, carrying radio stations, and carefully searching the two wings within a radius of twenty kilometers, and found an abnormal situation, or encountered the Chinese army, immediately disengaged, and reported the information directly to the headquarters.

The troops immediately retreated ten kilometers, and a wing of troops, with twenty tanks, advanced to Xuzhou to make a tentative attack, and if the defenders of Xuzhou fought back fiercely, the troops immediately broke away from the battle and occupied Xiao County.

Sure enough, as Liao Lei expected, a small Japanese army, separated from the brigade, spread out along both sides of the road, searching, Liao Lei secretly complained in his heart, the troops only retreated three kilometers, at this speed, it will not take long to find a large number of troops ambushed on both wings, he is sweating on his head, but there is no way, at this time, the troops do not dare to move at all.

When the Japanese troops of a wing came out of the front approached the outskirts of Xiao County, they suddenly fired a dense rain of bullets head-on, and a large number of mortar shells fell overhead, and the advancing Japanese troops were caught off guard, and after leaving a large number of corpses, they hurriedly used the terrain to shoot at the Chinese troops blocking them in Xiao County.

Hearing the fierce gunfire coming from the direction of Xiao County, Ryosuke Isoya, who had a heavy face, suddenly relaxed, with a sarcastic smile on the corner of his mouth, and finally showed his true face, Commander Zhina, he was really playing tricks.

(To be continued)