Just when the Japanese army was planning, just when the soldiers of the Independent Brigade and the 31st Division were happy, the Xuzhou battlefield at this time, especially the Taierzhuang battlefield, was surging.

Tang Enbo's Twentieth Army was originally scheduled to arrive at noon on April 3, but when they arrived in the northern part of Taierzhuang, it was a few hours earlier than originally planned.

Arriving in the early morning, we have arrived in the north of Taierzhuang.

When Tang Enbo's Twentieth Army arrived, the commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations, who had arrived overnight in Taierzhuang to supervise the battle, gave the order for a general attack.

After the order was given, the garrisons of Taierzhuang, which had been waiting for a long time, immediately launched a fierce attack on the Japanese army at almost the same time.

Wu Liangchen's 13th Division, Wang Zhaozhi's 333rd Brigade, Zhang Deshun's 9th Cavalry Division, Tian Zhennan's 30th Division and 110th Division under the 30th Army, Feng Anbang's 42nd Army under the 27th Division, and Lu Han's 60th Army of the Dian Army attacked the Japanese troops in the encirclement from all directions in Taierzhuang, and at the same time blocked the Japanese 5th Division reinforcements.

At the same time, Tang Enbo's main forces, the 52nd, 75th, and 85th armies, also launched a fierce attack on the Japanese army in Zhuangnei from the north of Taierzhuang.

A final decisive battle has begun.

……

At the call of Seishiro Itagaki, after eating, the little devil immediately gathered all the soldiers who could assemble, united the 21st and 11th Wings, as well as the remnants of the 8th Brigade and the 33rd Brigade, and launched a counterattack against the death squads of the Independent Brigade and the 31st Division.

The enemy is strong, and they have already completed the task at this time, so they don't have to carry it to the death and make fearless sacrifices.

Therefore, under the command of Chen Qingzhi, the death squad fought and retreated, just to hinder their offensive momentum when the Japanese attacked, not to let the little devils advance so quickly, and at the same time delay time and wait for the arrival of reinforcements!

Under such circumstances, it took a lot of time for the Japanese army to regain control of two-thirds of the market in Taierzhuang.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, look, haven't we already occupied most of the streets of Taierzhuang again! I'll just say it! In the face of absolute strength, all intrigues and tricks will be hidden! ”

Watching their soldiers quickly regain the market, on a certain high platform far away from the combat power, Sasaki Gozo pointed to the battlefield in the distance, and said to Itagaki Seishiro beside him with a smug face.

"Roar! Sasaki-kun, you really deserve to be the best soldier in our empire! Under your strategy, these Chinese troops will indeed flee in disarray! Seishiro Itagaki also nodded with satisfaction and said with a happy face.

It's just that, speaking of this, Seishiro Itagaki seemed to remember something, his face suddenly sank, and he said, "It's just that my command knife still hasn't been found?" ”

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency the Division Commander, our soldiers didn't find your command knife!" Sasaki said with some regret.

Hearing this, Seishiro Itagaki frowned, and said, "That is a general's sword given by His Majesty the Emperor, if I lose him, I will be responsible even if I die!" ”

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, please don't worry! Maybe he was lost somewhere, and later I will ask some soldiers to help the division commander, Your Excellency, you will look for it seriously, if you can't find it, then it must be in the hands of the Zhina Army! If we destroy it, your command knife will be found! ”

Sasaki Gozo bowed and said respectfully.

"Hmmm! That's all it can be! Hearing this, Seishiro Itagaki sighed and said helplessly.

The two of them talked, not paying too much attention to the battle situation ahead, and seemed very relaxed.

In fact, a battle of this magnitude is simply not worth their attention!

Two wings plus a brigade, even if it is a disserviced wing and brigade, to deal with 700 people in the enemy's military district, if they can't push all the way through, then they don't have to fight anymore!

Find a piece of tofu and kill it!

However, just as the two were talking with relaxed expressions, a little devil officer ran up in a hurry, looking at him with a look of fear as if he had encountered some very terrifying existence, and shouted in panic: "Your Excellency the division commander, Your Excellency the division commander, something is wrong!" ”

"Panic what! The sky can't fall yet! Hearing the voice, Seishiro Itagaki frowned, and said with some displeasure: "As a qualified imperial soldier, what kind of system is it to be flustered!" ”

After that, looking at the officer's appearance of bowing his head and admitting his mistake, Itagaki Seishiro's face softened a little, and he asked casually: "Say it!" What happened? ”

"Your Excellency, the division commander, something is wrong! China...... Reinforcements from the Shina Army have arrived! ”

"Nani!"

Hearing this, Seishiro Itagaki suddenly widened his eyes and said in disbelief, "What did you say?" You repeat!! ”

There was a hint of shock in his words, and a look of disbelief appeared on his face at the right time.

Looking at the somewhat hideous face of the commander of his division, the officer was a little nervous, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "The reinforcements of the Zhina Army are here!" They have arrived at the North Gate and are preparing to attack our defensive positions! There are a lot of people, looking at the past from afar, boundless! ”

Hearing this, Seishiro Itagaki's face turned pale, and he even stumbled subconsciously, and roared angrily: "Yaga! Reinforcements from the Shina Army are coming, why didn't you say it earlier! ”

As he spoke, he directly shook his hand and pumped up a big-eared melon seed!

The little devil officer who was directly slapped with a slap turned his head and turned around in place, and his cheeks that were beaten were visibly swollen, and several clear finger prints appeared, which was very miserable.

The little devil officer was very aggrieved in his heart.

It's you who said I was panicking, and it was you who said I didn't say it earlier, so it's all my fault! I'm messing with someone!

But he just thought about these words in his heart, and he didn't dare to say them, and he didn't even show a strange expression!

Nonsense, if you dare to say it, you will be dissatisfied with the division commander and cut you with a knife, and you won't even have a place to reason!

Seeing the officer standing there bowing his head and admitting his mistake, Seishiro Itagaki, who was anxious, wanted to vent his anger, but he couldn't beat this slap, and in the end, he could only snort coldly.

He hurriedly circled around on the high platform, but he couldn't find the slightest solution.

Seeing Seishiro Itagaki going back and forth there, looking in a hurry, Sasaki Gozo hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, please don't worry!" Now the top priority is to immediately send troops to block the large force of the Shina army! Otherwise, once they rush in, the other side is missing, and we lose the favorable terrain, then everything will be complete! ”

"But this group of Shina troops over here ......," Seishiro Itagaki said with some hesitation.

Finally wiped out the independent brigade, and finally got his command knife back, I thought that the overall situation had been decided, but who would have thought that at this critical moment, the other party's reinforcements actually arrived!

If you withdraw at this time, all your hard work will be burned!

Itagaki Seishiro only felt a surge of anger in his heart, and he was very unwilling!

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, where is the time to take care of this, now our top priority is to block the Zhina Army outside, otherwise...... We're all going to die here! Sasaki said eagerly.

(End of chapter)