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By 20 o'clock in the evening of April 8, 1938, the connection between the Japanese Sakamoto detachment and the 5th Division of Seishiro Itagaki on the Linyi side had been completely severed by the Toenbo Corps. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, Huang Haoran ordered Wang Shankui's 100th Army to take Teng County, and the strategic value was revealed. Since the supply line was cut off by Huang Haoran's 25th Army, Ryosuke Isoya could only tighten his belt to get by. As for the supplies that Shun Sakamoto asked the 10th Division to provide, Ryosuke Isoya was only willing to provide one-third.

After seeing Ryosuke Isoya's callback, Major General Shun Sakamoto was furious!

In the opinion of Major General Shun Sakamoto, there was no need for his Sakamoto detachment to fall into the encirclement of the Chinese army at all. As early as after the end of the First Battle of Linyi, Sakamoto came to the prediction that the Chinese army had heavy troops in the Taierzhuang area! If it weren't for the fact that Ryosuke Isoya lightly advanced the enemy, broke through Tengxian, Lincheng, and Zaozhuang and went straight to Taierzhuang, the commander of Itagaki Seishiro's division would not have shouted and demanded that Major General Sakamoto Shun advance to Taierzhuang desperately to snatch the merits of the battle. As a result, the Sakamoto detachment was defeated for the second time in front of Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army.

Now, in order to "help" the Isoya Division to defeat Sun Lianzhong's corps in the direction of Taierzhuang, Major General Sakamoto Shun's troops are again surrounded by Tang Enbo's corps! Ryosuke Isoya is really the disaster star of the Sakamoto detachment!

Since receiving the telegram from the division commander Seishiro Itagaki ordering "the detachment of the Sakamoto detachment to quickly annihilate the enemy forces in front of it and attack Yizhou", the radio station of the Sakamoto detachment has cut off contact with the headquarters of the 5th Division, and Major General Shun Sakamoto is now unable to tell the division commander Seishiro Itagaki that his detachment has been surrounded by the Chinese army, let alone annihilating the enemy in front of him, or breaking through, which is very difficult!

According to the report of the signal corps squad, this situation of "poor communication and communication" continues, and it should not be solved in a short time!

"Eight Tooth Road! This is a goddamn mission!! It actually made the imperial army so embarrassed! ”

Major General Shun Sakamoto can only use some foul words to express his inner dissatisfaction......

After nightfall, Tang Enbo's 20th Army Corps' attack on Sakamoto's detachment did not stop, there were constantly beams of light in the night sky, and the sound of machine gun bursts was like rain, Major General Sakamoto Shun did not know how long the ammunition he was carrying could last, and the supplies promised by the 10th Division had arrived at this moment!

"Detachment leader, are we still going to hold on here? Didn't His Excellency the division commander already give us the order to return to Linyi? Now is a good opportunity to get rid of Ryosuke Isoya! ”

The person who spoke was the commander of the 11th Infantry Wing, Yuichiro Nozo, and the Sakamoto Detachment was under the jurisdiction of the 11th Infantry Wing (1 brigade owed) and the 21st Infantry Wing (1 brigade owed). 1 brigade of the 42nd Infantry Wing, 2 brigades of the 5th Field Artillery Wing and 1 mountain artillery squadron, with a total strength of more than 10,000 people.

Of course, this was the strength of the Sakamoto detachment before it fought Zhang Zizhong twice, and now, the total number of the Sakamoto detachment has dropped to less than eight thousand.

"Yes, detachment leader! The Isoya Division has already invaded Taierzhuang, even if we complete the task of assisting, we will not get anything, not to mention that now the Isoya Division has been besieged by the Chinese army, if we don't want to give Isoya Ryosuke the opportunity to put the guilt of defeat on the head of the detachment commander, we should carry out the order of His Excellency the division commander! 'Poor communication' may be a hint from Amaterasu! ”

The attitude of Wing Commander Tetsujiro Yamada and Wing Commander Yuichiro Nagano were the same, and both of them believed that there was no need for Sakamoto Detachment to fight hard for Ryosuke Isoya, and that they should jump out of the encirclement first before making plans.

"Since both co-captains insist on this, I am no longer obsessed! It's just that now how to inform the 10th Division of our plan to leave is still a very troublesome matter! 'Poor communication' has its downside......"

"Your Excellency Detachment Commander, it is still possible to call the 10th Division! Our vanguard is less than two kilometers from Taierzhuang! Coincidentally, our station's proximity communication capability has not been lost......"

Wing Commander of the 5th Field Artillery Wing, Takeda Shin Daisa, pressed a heavy chip at the last moment, and Major General Sakamoto Shun now has no excuse for hesitation!

Ten minutes later, Ryosuke Isoya received a new telegram from Sakamoto's detachment, in which Major General Sakamoto Shun said:

"In order to capture Yizhou, our detachment was ordered to return, and it is scheduled to operate on the 10th, and after dawn on the 9th, it will gather troops near the Three Buddha Towers......"

After reading it, Ryosuke Isoya directly tore the telecommunication paper in his hand into shreds! The Sakamoto detachment is clearly trying to escape! It seems that the Isogu Division is going to fight alone in Taierzhuang!

Throughout the night of April 8 and the early morning of April 9, the attack on Taierzhuang by the Isogu Division made no progress,! On the contrary, the 1st Squadron of the 10th Wing that retained Huangyaozhuang was also attacked by the 27th Division of Sun Lianzhong's group, and was finally forced to abandon the positions of Jizhuang and other outlying villages and retreat to Huanglinzhuang.

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20 Corps Corps Headquarters.

Huang Haoran's whip to Tang Enbo fell to the ground, and the highest authorities called Tang Enbo at dawn on April 9:

"The battle near Taierzhuang, I used 20 divisions against the enemy of two divisions, which lasted more than ten years, and did not achieve results. On the 9th and 11th, the emergency supervision department worked hard to annihilate the enemy, and did not live up to high hopes. ”

After reading the telegram from the highest authority, it was as if he had changed someone. The 20th Army completely changed its hesitant attitude and actively deployed an attack:

Tang Enbo ordered the 75th Army to consolidate the strongholds of the highlands in the southeast and southwest of Chahe Town, and the main force continued to attack and advance towards Xiaowang, Dongzhuang, and Taierzhuang; ordered the 85th Army to continue to attack and advance towards Low Stone Bridge, Yanzijing, Chaheshan, and Liujiahu; The 4th Cavalry Regiment attached to the 52nd Army was ordered to consolidate the strongholds in Hongshan Town, Lanling Town, and Xiangcheng with a strong force, and the main force immediately began to attack and advance through Ganlu Temple and Waist Lixu to the line of Nigou and Beiluo.

At the same time, Tang Enbo also sent telegrams to Chi Fengcheng, commander of the 31st Division in Taierzhuang, and Huang Haoran, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy in Taierzhuang.

Tang Enbo wrote in a telegram to Huang Haoran: "Before 17 p.m. on the 10th, our unit will defeat the Japanese army in front of Taierzhuang and rendezvous with Sun Lianzhong's group. If you don't succeed, be willing to be a military order! ”

At 10 o'clock in the morning of the 9th, the 52nd Army arrived at the line of Dige, Yanglou, and Taogou. On the same day, the 89th Division of the 58th Army launched an attack on the Japanese army of Dagushan on the line of Zhuzhuang and Huangzhou, the 139th Division of the 75th Army launched an attack on the Japanese army of Xiao Wangzhi on the line of Chahe Town and West Huangshi Mountain, and the 6th Division of the 75th Army launched an attack on the Japanese army at the line of Daizhuang and Lijiawei.

The 20th Legion is finally going all out this time!

At 17 p.m. on 9 April, Sun Lianzhong, commander of the 2nd Group Army, received a telegram from Cheng Qian, commander of the 1st Theater of Operations. Cheng Qianqian said in telegram:

"This chief was ordered to come to Xuzhou to supervise the battle. The enemy of Taierzhuang must be captured and annihilated within 3 days. The first meritorious person will be rewarded with 100,000 yuan, otherwise the division commander and above will be severely punished. ”

At this time, the troops in Sun Lianzhong's hands were already stretched, if it weren't for Shen Yuanlong's 99th Army sitting in the rear of Taierzhuang, the 2nd Army would probably not even be able to hold Taierzhuang! In desperation, Sun Lianzhong could only ask Huang Haoran, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, for help.

After Huang Haoran received Sun Lianzhong's telegram, he immediately ordered Shen Yuanlong's 99th Army to enter the battle, and the troops in Taierzhuang were quickly withdrawn and replaced by the 110th Division of Sun Lianzhong's group.

Shen Laoer's 99th Army, with Qian Guoliang's 99th Division as the vanguard, cooperated with Zhang Jing's 189th Division to quickly bypass Taierzhuang and plunge into the front line of Liujiahu Lancheng! According to Huang Haoran's plan, these two divisions of the 99th Army will break behind the Isogu Division, and then converge with Wang Shankui's 100th Army to launch a strong attack!

Xie Wendong's 188th Division sneaked north from Deshengkou on the night of the 9th, preparing to attack the Japanese near Zhangshan at dawn on the 10th.

Sun Lianzhong, commander-in-chief of the 2nd Group Army, accepted Huang Haoran's arrangement in its entirety. After receiving Huang Haoran's telegram, Sun Lianzhong immediately ordered the 110th Division to enter Taierzhuang to change guards with the troops of the 99th Army. He also ordered several divisions of the 2nd Army to cooperate with the 99th Army's actions, and wiped out all the Japanese troops in front of Taierzhuang within the time limit, and they were exempted from military sanctions.

In the early morning of April 10, Major General Seya Kei, commander of the 33rd Infantry Brigade, found that Huang Haoran's ace unit, the 99th Army, had advanced to the west of Nigou and Zhangshan. At the same time, the 52nd Army of the Guan Lin Expedition Department of the Tang Enbo Regiment had also approached Zhangloudi, about 7 kilometers northeast of Yangmiao, where the 33rd Brigade Brigade Headquarters was located.

The Japanese unit closest to Major General Seya's 33rd Brigade was the Sakamoto Detachment, which was surrounded by the 58th Army and the 75th Army from the north, east, and south in the Xingjialou and Dagushan areas. If these two Japanese forces were combined, they would still have the ability to temporarily withstand the 99th Army and the 52nd Army, and this joint attack.

But since Ryosuke Isoya had already informed Major General Kei Seya, the Sakamoto detachment was ready to retreat to Linyi today. So now the 33rd Brigade simply does not dare to rely on the troops of Major General Shun Sakamoto as their dependence.

A strong enemy is coming, and the friendly army is planning to "run away"! In light of these latest changes, Major General Seya Kei believed that his 33rd Infantry Brigade could no longer maintain the frontal battle situation in Taierzhuang, and took the initiative to retreat and move closer to the main force of the Isoya Division.

On the morning of April 10, Major General Kei Seya sent a telegram to the commander of the 10th Division, Ryosuke Isoya, asking Ryosuke Isoya to allow the 33rd Brigade to temporarily retreat, withdraw from the Taierzhuang area, and then fight a decisive battle with the Chinese army after regrouping in the rear......

Although the telegram sent by Major General Kei Seya was very cautious, it still could not hide the timidity of the 33rd Brigade. In this telegram, which is dozens of lines long, in fact, only the two sentences "I hope that Ryosuke Isoya will allow the 33rd Brigade to temporarily retreat and evacuate the Taierzhuang area" are the real thoughts of Major General Kei Seya. As for the words that followed, such as "regrouping and then fighting a decisive battle with the Chinese army", they were just looking for some high-sounding reasons for the retreat of the 33rd Brigade. Not to mention Ryosuke Isoya, even Keisaki Seya doesn't believe it.

Out of awe of the 99th Army, the "Chinese trump card", Major General Kei Seya did not even wait for Ryosuke Isoya's reply before issuing an order to "go all out to the north"!

Major General Kei Seya ordered the 1st Brigade of the 10th Infantry Wing and the 1st Brigade of the 39th Infantry Wing to seize Baishan West Village and Zhangshan in advance; The main force of the 63rd Infantry Wing (excluding the troops in Taierzhuang) launched a fierce attack on Zhuzhuang to cover the retreat of the main force of the 33rd Brigade; The 10th Wing, the two brigades of the 63rd Wing in Taierzhuang, and several Japanese squadrons at the Don River Gate, Huahuagou, and Huanglinzhuang all withdrew from the first line before 12 noon and assembled in the Nigou area.

Even though Major General Seya Kei adopted the method of "cutting first and then playing", the actions of the 33rd Brigade still lagged far behind Huang Haoran's 25th Group Army. The 1st Brigade of the 10th Infantry Wing and the 1st Brigade of the 39th Infantry Wing had not yet arrived at Baishan West Village and Zhangshan area when they heard the gunfire of Xie Wendong's 188th Division storming the defenders of Zhangshan of the 33rd Brigade!

Xie Wendong knew very well the importance of taking Zhangshan, and personally took the deputy division commander He Daru to the front line of the trench to supervise the battle, and the officers and men of the 188th Division were like a rainbow under the gaze of their chief and deputy division commanders, and it took less than 20 minutes to completely annihilate more than 100 defenders of the 33rd Brigade in Zhangshan. occupies the commanding heights of Zhangshan Mountain.

After the first blow was successful, the 188th Division immediately took advantage of the victory to pursue, and the 55th Army, which joined Cao Fulin, went straight to Beiluo, trying to exert more pressure on the Japanese 33rd Brigade in front of Taierzhuang. Major General Kei Seya was in a panic when he heard the news that Zhangshan was occupied by the Chinese army! He understands the strategic value of Zhangshan too well! Once the commanding heights of Zhangshan are lost, the Chinese army can completely control the road from Erzhuang to Yixian as long as they add a few mountain guns to the mountain! The escape of the 33rd Brigade will be blown into flames!

If Major General Seya Kai is willing to desperately break through regardless of casualties at this time, with the advantage of mechanization, the 33rd Brigade will still have a chance to escape from most of it! But at this critical moment, a telegram from Ryosuke Isoya completely ruined the last hope of the 33rd Brigade.

After receiving a telegram from Major General Kei Seya, Ryosuke Isoya, who was staying in Zaozhuang, immediately ordered the chief of staff, Tsutsutsumi Butsuki, to telegraph to Kei Seya and order the 33rd Brigade to immediately stop retreating! Continue to storm Taierzhuang! Take Taierzhuang and build a bridgehead for the 10th Division to fight for a long time!

Major General Kei Seya couldn't believe his own eyes after reading the telegram! At present, the battle situation in Taierzhuang has been eroded to such a point, and his division commander is still sitting and winning the dream of Taierzhuang!

Major General Kei Seya knew that the 33rd Brigade was already in danger, and if his troops could not quickly break away from the Taierzhuang area, they might be completely annihilated by the Chinese army! As a result, Major General Kei Seya immediately drafted a new telegram to the division commander, Ryosuke Isoya, explaining the reasons for his retreat and informing him of the loss of Zhangshan.

An hour later, Ryosuke Isoya finally called back and reluctantly agreed to Major General Kei Seya to carry out the "transfer operation", and there was some dissatisfaction between the words.

Between the back and forth of this telegram, the 33rd Brigade lost an extremely valuable hour, and Cao Fulin's 55th Army and Xie Wendong's 188th Division had completely blocked the escape route of the 33rd Brigade!

Under the rain of bullets and bullets of the 25th Group Army, Major General Kei Seya's "transfer to operation" was carried out in a very messy way. As soon as the 33rd Brigade completed its turn, it was hit by a strong blow from the 25th Army!

Sun Lianzhong's 2nd Army saw that the defeat of the 33rd Brigade was decided, so it fought from both wings of Taierzhuang! After half a day of melee between the two sides, Guan Linzheng's 52nd Army finally arrived and joined the battle group, facing the siege of 4 corps-level units of the Chinese army, the 33rd Brigade on the way to retreat finally collapsed!

Under the pursuit of the Chinese army, the 33rd Brigade had to abandon a large amount of military supplies, and both sides of the road were full of food, ammunition and clothing. Even the 33rd Brigade of the dead Japanese soldiers did not have time to take it away, so they could only set fire to it in a hurry.

Black smoke billowed and explosions erupted, and the Japanese troops of the 33rd Brigade were in a hellish scene!

Some of the tanks of the 33rd Brigade could not be driven due to lack of fuel, so the commander of the Japanese tank unit could only order the tankers to destroy the tanks as much as possible, dismantle key parts and abandon them on the battlefield.

The spoils of war all over the ground did not stumble the pursuit of the Chinese army, Huang Haoran ordered Xie Wen to leave a regiment in the east to clean up the battlefield, and the rest of the troops went all out to squeeze the Japanese 33rd Brigade!

At the same time, the 63rd Wing of the Japanese Army in Taierzhuang and the troops of the 31st Division of Chifengcheng had formed a situation of fighting against each other and fighting next to each other. The commander of the 63rd Infantry Wing, Fukuei Shinpei Osa, was bent on getting out of the battle as soon as possible and withdrawing safely with the main force of the 33rd Brigade, so he fought and retreated. Chi Fengcheng received an order from Huang Haoran that the two infantry brigades of the 63rd Wing would never be allowed to leave Taierzhuang and join the main force of the 33rd Brigade.

In order to prevent Furong Zhenpei Daisa's 63rd Infantry Wing from breaking away from Taierzhuang, Chi Fengcheng ordered the remnants of the 31st Division to join the 110th Division to block the 63rd Wing, and the 110th Division outside Taierzhuang blocked the passage out of the village with dense machine-gun fire and grenades, and the 31st Division launched a house-by-house counterattack.

The 63rd Wing of the Japanese Army, which had no intention of fighting again, finally fell into chaos after several failed breakthroughs, and by midnight on April 10, the Japanese troops in Taierzhuang were all wiped out by Sun Lianzhong's 2nd Army.

Under the strong pressure of the Chinese army, Major General Seya Kei's 33rd Brigade paid the price of more than half of the casualties before retreating to the Yixian area, and the road from Yixian to Taierzhuang was littered with burning trucks and Japanese corpses. The regiment sent by the 188th Division to clean up the battlefield harvested a total of more than 30 artillery pieces of various calibers, dozens of trucks, artillery tractors and 11 combat vehicles, and the guns and ammunition were simply incalculable! It can be seen that the 33rd Brigade was embarrassed when it fled!

When the Sakamoto detachment, which was under siege by Townenburg's regiment, learned of the sudden northward flight of the Seya detachment, it immediately carried out a breakout operation under the cover of bombers of the Japanese Army Aviation. According to Major General Sakamoto's plan, Sakamoto's detachment would return to Linyi through the Xiangcheng area, but because the main forces of Tang Enbo's 20th Army Corps were all assembled in the northeast direction of Sakamoto's detachment, blocking the possibility of Sakamoto's detachment leading to Xiangcheng, Major General Sakamoto Shun could only change to the northwest direction and retreat to the main force of the 10th Division after the failure to break through.

After a day of melee on April 10, the scales on the battlefield in Taierzhuang began to tilt in favor of the Chinese army under the command of Huang Haoran. (To be continued.) )