In the next few days, the evolution of the battle situation in Xuzhou was exactly the same as Zhong Yi's prediction.

In order to alleviate the pressure on the Second Army and ensure that the defensive support of Taierzhuang would not be pulled out by the Japanese army, the headquarters of the commander of the Fifth Theater could only invest troops to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army one by one.

If one army is not enough, there is only one group army.

One army group is still not enough, only two!

When the number of troops participating in the battle has already passed half, simply attack in advance!

The Japanese Sakamoto detachment and Seya detachment immediately began to feel the pressure!

Because the Sakamoto detachment and the Seya detachment combined were only more than 30,000 people, the artillery unit was very strong, and the size even exceeded two wings, but the infantry combined was less than ten brigades.

This configuration of the Japanese army is typical top-heavy, and it is very sharp for attacking fortified battles, but it can only be used for defensive operations, which is also a valuable experience summed up by the Japanese army according to the performance of the national army on the battlefield.

Because most of the national army will only defend strictly on the battlefield, and rarely take the initiative to attack, even if there is an occasional local counterattack, it is only a small-scale counterattack, which will not affect the overall situation.

Therefore, if the national army is just blindly guarding against death, it is in the hands of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army, with its powerful artillery, can not only forcibly crush it all the way, but also kill and injure a large number of the living forces of the national army by the way, but now once the national army launches a large-scale counterattack, the shortcomings of the Japanese infantry will be immediately exposed.

After barely holding out for two days, the Japanese army was already aware of the danger.

Kei Seya and Shunto Sakamoto ordered all the artillery to be blown up, and then, under the cover of the chariot troops, broke through along the railway to Yixian.

The final result is not much different from the original historical time and space, the national army still achieved a great victory in Taierzhuang, annihilated more than 10,000 Japanese artillery, and captured a large number of artillery that had been blown up!

However, most of the main forces of the Japanese Seya detachment and Sakamoto detachment still broke out of the encirclement, retreated to Yixian and waited for reinforcements.

An unprecedented attack is about to open!

……

When the news came back, all walks of life in Wuhan immediately burst into cheers.

When the cadets of the Luojia Mountain Senior Officers Training Corps got the news, they happened to be having lunch.

Because the training group is located on the campus of Wuhan University, there are other teaching buildings not far from the Yuying Building, and these teaching buildings have students who have moved from North China and East China to attend classes.

These college students have been trained in the habit of listening to the radio by Xiao Bing's Voice of Nanjing.

Upon learning that the national army had won a great victory in Taierzhuang, the entire campus of Wuhan University fell into a sea of joy, and these young college students stopped attending classes and took to the streets to march.

In contrast, the trainees of the training regiment were calm.

Not only was it calm, but the students even felt a little sorry.

Zhong Yi, Zhu Liangcheng and Sun Liren came to the classroom and were discussing the victory of Taierzhuang.

"It's a shame." Zhu Liangcheng said, "This time, there was originally a chance to annihilate the Japanese army!" ”

"Yes, it will be difficult to have such a good opportunity in the future." Sun Liren also said, "Moreover, when the main force of the Japanese army comes to help, the 20,000 Japanese troops in Yixian County will become a sharp knife to Xuzhou!" ”

While talking, Zhang Lingfu, Qiu Weida, Hu Lian and his party also walked in one after another.

Zhang Lingfu looked at it, Zhong Yi also immediately swept his gaze, the two looked at each other coldly for a few seconds as usual, and then Zhang Lingfu snorted coldly and looked away, but I don't know if it was Zhong Yi's illusion, I always felt that today's Zhang Lingfu was a little different, and it didn't seem to be as domineering as in the past.

Qiu Weida and Hu Lian took the initiative to surround them.

"Ziren, I really made you right." Hu Lian said with annoyance, "I didn't completely annihilate the Japanese army!" ”

"yes, that's a shame." Qiu Weida also said, "Ziren, at present, the Japanese Seya Detachment and Sakamoto Detachment are alone and are besieged in Yixian by my more than 300,000 troops, do you think there is still a chance to eat them again?" ”

Hearing this, Zhong Yi's heart suddenly moved slightly, and said, "This question can actually be asked to Falkenhausen." ”

"Falkenhausen?" Qiu Weida was surprised and asked, "What does a German adviser know, why do you ask him?" ”

Zhang Yuannan, who was next to him, glanced at Zhong Yi and said, "As far as I know, the operational policy of the General Headquarters on the next stage of the Battle of Xuzhou is already being discussed, and Falkenhausen has also participated in the discussion. ”

"And this?" Qiu Weida said, "Then I'll ask later." ”

Just as Jiang Baili likes to talk about tactics in combination with actual combat, Falkenhausen also likes to talk about his war theory in combination with actual combat, especially the theory of large corps.

The students walked in one after another.

As soon as two o'clock arrived, Falkenhausen showed up in the classroom on time.

The Germanic people had a strong sense of time and were never late.

The first thing Falkenhausen did after entering the classroom was to ask the two students in the front row to nail the military map to the blackboard, and the map was indeed marked with the Battle of Xuzhou.

Then Falkenhausen began to give lectures, translating from German.

"Students, first of all, I will tell you a good news, just this morning, the army of your country's Fifth Theater of Operations achieved an unprecedented victory in Taierzhuang, defeating two detachments of the Japanese army in one fell swoop, annihilating more than 10,000 enemies, and capturing more than 100 artillery pieces of various types and more than 10,000 guns of various types!"

"The victory of Taierzhuang once again proves that the theory of a head-on victory of the large army is a universal truth!"

"Therefore, students must study the theory of the Great Corps well and seriously appreciate the subtleties in it."

Zhong Yi gave Qiu Weida a look, Qiu Weida understood, stood up and asked, "General Falkenhausen, can you please analyze the follow-up trend of the Xuzhou battlefield in combination with the theory of the large corps?" ”

After listening to the translation, Falkenhausen nodded and said, "Although the specific tactics are not the focus of our study, since some students have asked, let's try to discuss them." ”

After a pause, after the translation was finished, Falkenhausen said: "In view of the lack of the ability of the national army to attack fortifications, I think it is already very difficult to annihilate the Japanese army in Yixian, if it drags on for too long, the reinforcements of the Japanese army in North China and Nanjing will definitely be reinforced, and at that time, the national army in the Xuzhou battlefield will be in danger of being surrounded by the Japanese army!" ”

Zhong Yi made another look at Sun Liren, and Sun Liren got up and said, "However, wouldn't it be a pity to give up the attack on Yixian County like this?" After all, the Japanese army trapped in Yixian had just suffered a major defeat, losing most of its heavy weapons, and our army was more than ten times larger than the Japanese army in terms of strength, so there was still a great hope of taking Yixian! ”

As soon as he heard this, Falkensen Howe immediately became angry.