Suddenly attacked by a strong enemy, the devils in the county seat of Tengxian County mobilized all the orderlies and lightly wounded soldiers of the baggage wing to resist.

On the one hand, he sent a telegram to the commanders of their respective divisions in Taierzhuang for help.

"Nani? Teng County is under attack?"

When the two old devils, Ryosuke Tatani and Kawagishi Bunzaburo, heard the news, their faces were full of shock.

The signal soldier who came to report nodded and said: "Yes, Your Excellency General, the baggage wing reported that the Chinese army attacking Teng County has tens of thousands of people, and it is well-equipped and well-trained, and it is definitely the elite unit of the Chinese army!"

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, I'm afraid we are surrounded by the Chinese army!" The chief of staff of the 20th Division, Kimura Kuzo Daisa, immediately realized that the situation was wrong: "The enemy troops attacking Tengxian are likely to be China's elite troops.

Its strategic intention is also very obvious, that is, to recapture Tengxian County and cut off our way to the north.

The most important thing is that if Teng County is recaptured by them, it will be equivalent to our back road being cut off! ”

"Baga Ya Road! This cunning Yang Chen!" After a roar, the commander of the 10th Division, Ryosuke Isoya, seemed to think of something, and his brows furrowed: "Could it be that Yang Chen deliberately retreated from Teng County, and his purpose was to lure us to Taierzhuang, and then gather and annihilate us?" ”

The commander of the 20th Division, Kawagishi Fumizaburo, frowned coldly, and said angrily: "Even if it is Yang Chen's conspiracy, so what? Does he still want to rely on such a small number of troops to completely annihilate our two imperial army divisions? ”

"Indeed, with the strength of the defenders of Taierzhuang alone, it is tantamount to a fool's dream to defeat our two imperial army divisions from the front, let alone annihilate us all!"

Ryosuke Isoya nodded approvingly: "It is estimated that this cunning Yang Chen also knows that with their strength alone, it is difficult to defeat us from the front?"

So I'm going to give us a salary from the bottom of the kettle and cut off our food and grass supply!

And the reason why they took the initiative to attack was to slow us down and prevent us from pulling back to help.

At that time, once there is no ammunition supply, our army will be defeated without a fight.

As Kimura-kun just analyzed, once Yang Chen's move is successful, it can also cut off our way of retreat!

When we are attacked on our backs and run out of ammunition and food, we can't say that it is really possible......"

Kawagishi Bunzaburo interrupted Ryosuke Isoya with an angry face: "Isoya-kun, I will never let Yang Chen's conspiracy succeed!" ”

After saying this, Kawagishi Bunzaburo turned his head to look at a communications staff officer again, and shouted: "Order the 28th Infantry Wing to immediately stop the counter-charge, form a rescue regiment with the cavalry wing, and quickly return to Teng County!"

Ensure the safety of the baggage wing and the field hospital! And defend Teng County!"

"Haya!"

The communications staff officer straightened up and took the order.

Although at this time, the two old devils, Kawagishi Bunzaburo and Ryosuke Tsukitani, did not think of retreating.

Because the 114th Division has captured Lianyungang and is rushing in the direction of Xuzhou.

As long as they hold on to it, as the 114th Division captures Xuzhou, the entire battle situation will immediately change in favor of the imperial army.

If it weren't for the fact that Teng County had hoarded a large amount of combat materials for their two divisions, there would also be a field hospital in Teng County.

Kawagishi Bunzaburo was not even willing to send troops back to Teng County, so he concentrated all his strength to continue to attack the Tiger Ben Regiment and have a real head-to-head battle with it.

At this time, the chief of staff of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army, Kimura Hisazo, was a little worried: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, according to reliable information, the enemy's Central Army, Tang Keqin's headquarters, is approaching the Taierzhuang area during this time.

As expected, it is very likely that the raid on Teng County was Tang Keqin's department.

If this is the case, then the 28th Wing and the Cavalry Wing alone will not necessarily be their opponents.

Therefore, for the sake of safety, it is better for us to withdraw to Tengxian County one after another, stabilize our position, and then make other plans. ”

As the chief of staff of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army, this suggestion was still very beneficial to the Japanese army.

With the combat effectiveness of the 20th Division and the 10th Division of the Japanese Army, in a head-on battle, the Tiger Regiment may not be able to resist it.

If they break through with all their might, the Tiger Ben Regiment will not be able to stop it.

If they forcibly block it, they can even take the opportunity to annihilate it in one fell swoop.

The 14th Division is also on its way to the city at a hurry, as long as they successfully retreat into Tengxian County, plus the air fire support of the aviation unit.

Even if the whole army under Tang Keqin's headquarters was dispatched, they would inevitably be able to hold out until the 14th Division arrived.

At that point, it will not be too late for them to launch a counterattack.

However, Kawagishi Bunzaburo does not think so, as a good senior commander.

He will not think only in his own interests, like his chief of staff.

He would consider the overall strategic situation more, so Kawagishi Bunzaburo shook his head at the chief of staff, Kimura Hisazo: "No, we can't retreat, we can retreat now, and we can naturally be safe and sound."

However, the enemy in Taierzhuang, especially the enemy's elite Tiger Regiment, will definitely return to Xuzhou to meet the 114th Division.

In that case, the 114th Division would be in danger.

It didn't matter if the 114th Division was defeated.

But it will affect the results of the entire Battle of Xuzhou, and it will once again hit the hearts of our Imperial Japanese Army!

Therefore, not only can we not retreat, but we must continue to attack Taierzhuang. ”

"But...... Your Excellency, Division Commander! Since the Chinese army dared to attack Tengxian in a roundabout way, it must have been prepared.

It was even guessed that our army would send troops back to help, and set up an ambush halfway in advance.

The previous battle had caused the losses of the 28th Infantry Wing to reach nearly half, and with the current 28th Infantry Wing and Cavalry Wing, I am afraid that they would not be able to hold Teng County at all.

Even, you can't even reach Teng County!

There are a large number of strategic materials hoarded in the county seat of Tengxian, and if they fall into the hands of the enemy, then we will be unable to continue and face the dilemma of running out of ammunition.

At that point, the situation will be completely dangerous!" Kimura Hisazo insisted on his opinion.

Ryosuke Isoya on the side seemed to think that what Kimura Hisazo said was very reasonable, so he pondered for a moment and said, "Kawagishi-kun, I think Kishimura-kun's analysis makes some sense, and we really have to be vigilant."

"Sotani-kun, what do you mean?" Kawagishi Fumizaburo frowned and asked.

"According to the time calculation, the 14th Division should have arrived in Tengxian yesterday, but for some reason, it has not arrived yet.

Therefore, I think that we should send a telegram to the headquarters asking for His Excellency the commander to urge Kenji Dohihara's 14th Division to speed up its march and gallop to the aid of Tengxian.

With a division in our rear, we can attack Taierzhuang with confidence!"

"Yo Xi, that makes sense!" Kawagishi Fumizaburo nodded, agreeing with Ryosuke Isoya's proposal.

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