7.108 Inside and outside the village

With the battle report of the 63rd Wing's attack on Taierzhuang in his hand, Ryosuke Isoya laughed triumphantly. In the military tent temporarily erected north of Tengxian County, Ryosuke Isoya used his hands wrapped in bones to compare back and forth on the battle map, and kept talking:www.biquge.info

"Tengxian won, Lincheng won, Hancheng won, and now my striker has entered Taierzhuang! Soon, there will be no danger to defend north of Xuzhou! The Shina army will no longer be able to stop the advance of the imperial army! The number of our 10th Division must appear on the imperial case of His Majesty the Emperor! ”

At this time, a Japanese lieutenant hurriedly walked into the tent, he was the commander in charge of the radio communications of the 10th Division, and the Japanese lieutenant went to Isoya Ryosuke and said loudly:

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, I have just received a report from the North China Front Headquarters: The second round of attacks launched by the 5th Division in Linyi was once again fiercely counterattacked by the Chinese defenders, and the Sakamoto detachment was once again defeated by Zhang Zizhong's division of the Chinese army, and has now retreated to Juxian to wait for reinforcements."

After listening to the report of the Japanese army Nakasa, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and he sneered and said:

"Itagaki-kun, it seems that you are going to give me Ryosuke Isoya for the battle of taking Taierzhuang......"

After saying these few words, Ryosuke Isoya leaned over again to look at the map on the marching table, looking for the location of Ju County, and then measured the distance from Ju County to Taierzhuang. After the results were calculated, Ryosuke Isoya raised his head suddenly, his face full of disdain!

"It's a shame that the 'Iron Army' of the Imperial Japanese Army was actually blocked by the miscellaneous cards of the Shina Army! Itagaki Seishiro swore before that he would be more advanced than me! Now it seems ridiculous! ”

The liaison officer of the Japanese army Nakasa didn't know what to say, and he didn't have the courage to slander a figure like Seishiro Itagaki behind his back.

Ryosuke Isoya noticed the sweat on Nakasa's forehead with the corner of his eye, and he was quite satisfied with his subordinates like Nakasa in the Japanese army who did not dare to challenge the authority of his superiors.

Ryosuke Isoya, a native of Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, was born in 1886 into a military family. He joined the army as a young man, graduated from the Japanese Army University, and was known in the Japanese army for his violent personality and ferocity.

Seishiro Itagaki was a native of Iwate Prefecture, Japan, born in 1885, and a young soldier who graduated from the Japanese Army University. He was known for his combat cunning in the Japanese army. Unlike Ryosuke Isoya's experience, Seishiro Itagaki was stationed in China for a long time, serving as a staff officer of the Kwantung Army, head of the secret service, and military attache of the Japanese embassy in China. The notorious "Manchukuo" was formed under the planning of Seishiro Itagaki.

Ryosuke Isoya and Seishiro Itagaki are both well-known "China experts" in the Japanese Army, and they each lead an elite standing division of the Japanese Army. For such remarks, Ryosuke Isoya and Seishiro Itagaki both laughed and never paid attention to them.

Don't look at Ryosuke Isoya who was sneering at Seishiro Itagaki just now, in fact, his personal relationship with Seishiro Itagaki is not bad. If the Japanese army Nakasa plans to slap Ryosuke Isoya by insulting Seishiro Itagaki on the back, then he will be unlucky!

In fact, if it weren't for the battle meeting before the implementation of the battle to encircle Taierzhuang, Seishiro Itagaki didn't save any face at all in front of Commander Nishio Toshizo, and the 10th Division and the 5th Division would not have become rivals now!

Ryosuke Isoya remembers the situation that day very clearly, and after Commander Nishio Toshizo announced the battle plan for the siege of Taierzhuang, he encouraged Ryosuke Isoya and Seishiro Itagaki who were standing in front of him:

"Isotani-kun! Itagaki-kun! This time, the task of encircling Taierzhuang will be handed over to your two divisions and regiments, and it is the base camp and the commander of the front army who attach great importance to you! You must live up to your mission, win a quick battle, exalt the prestige of the Imperial Japanese Army, and win honor for the North China Front! ”

Ryosuke Isoya and Seishiro Itagaki replied almost in unison, "Please rest assured, Your Excellency the General, we will definitely fulfill the trust!" ”

Since after the start of the all-out war against China, Ryosuke Isoya's 10th Division basically did not suffer a blow from the Chinese army, so Ryosuke Isoya appeared very arrogant and did not take the Chinese army seriously at all. After Seishiro Itagaki's 5th Division entered China, although it was frequently mobilized and attacked in all directions, it was repeatedly attacked by the Chinese army, and not long ago, the Wuhan government propaganda department trumpeted the "great victory at Pingxingguan", and the Japanese troops that were wiped out were a logistics transport team in the Itagaki Division. After the Pingxingguan, the Japanese military headquarters had plans to transfer the Itagaki Division back to China for rest and recuperation, and if it were not for the North China Front's eagerness to attack the Jinpu line, where would the Itagaki Division still have a chance to land and land from Qingdao, Shandong.

The Isoya Division is an arrogant division, eager to grab credit; The Itagaki Division is a newly defeated division, eager for shame. Due to the very different circumstances of the two Japanese troops, the mentality of the two division commanders, Ryosuke Isoya and Seishiro Itagaki was naturally completely different.

"Itagaki-kun, this time I went south to fight, did I greet you in Taierzhuang, or did you meet me in Taierzhuang?"

After Commander Nishio Shouzo finished speaking, Ryosuke Isoya casually asked Seishiro Itagaki a word, but he didn't expect it to cause a fierce reaction from Seishiro Itagaki!

"I want to... It should be me in Taierzhuang to greet Isogu-kun! ”

Ryosuke Isoya noticed that Seishiro Itagaki's tone was a little unkind, and before he could communicate with this old friend, Commander Nishio Shouzo next to him suddenly interjected:

"Oh, Commander of the Itagaki Division, you seem to be very confident! But how can you see that you will be ahead of the head of the Isogu Division in Taierzhuang? ”

Seishiro Itagaki smiled and said to Commander Nishio Shouzo: "Your Excellency, Commander, the commander of the Isoya Division has not met a truly powerful character in the Chinese army until now!" According to the intelligence department, the supreme commander of the Chinese army in Taierzhuang is Huang Haoran, a real famous general! This formidable opponent is the best litmus test of the combat effectiveness of our two divisions! I really can't find a reason to lose to Isoya-kun! You must know that although the 10th Division is known as the 'Steel Army', it is sealed by itself after all. And the title of 'Iron Army' of my 5th Division is recognized within the Imperial Army!! ”

Hearing Seishiro Itagaki say such a thing, where can Ryosuke Isoya suppress the fire!

His little eyes widened all at once! Ryosuke Isoya thinks that Seishiro Itagaki slandered the 10th Division in front of Commander Shouzo Nishio, which is really too bad for Ryosuke Isoya's face! The Japanese army doesn't need generals who swallow their anger, and in order to prove their bravery, Ryosuke Isoya must fight back!

"Good! If Itagaki-kun occupies Taierzhuang before me, I will definitely set up a banquet to celebrate itagaki-kun's achievements! ”

Seishiro Itagaki didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong, as if he hadn't heard the provocation and sarcasm in Ryosuke Isoya's words at all, so he said indifferently: "Okay! Then I'll wait for this celebration banquet of Isoya-kun! ”

At that time, Ryosuke Isoya's lungs were about to be blown up, and Ryosuke Isoya thought to himself, if Seishiro Itagaki was really good at fighting, would there still be a matter of Heixingguan? The real flower of the imperial army should be the 10th Division, he must lay down Taierzhuang in front of Itagaki Seishiro, and when the time comes, it will not be him who celebrates Itagaki Seishiro, but Itagaki Seishiro celebrates him!

After thinking of this, Ryosuke Isoya replied, "Itagaki-kun, if my 10th Division occupies Taierzhuang before your 5th Division, then ...... Is the host of this celebration party going to be replaced? ”

Unexpectedly, Seishiro Itagaki said without concessions: "I don't think the master will change!" ”

Now Ryosuke Isoya's face can't be hung up at all! He said viciously, "Good! Let's make a decision! Whoever breaks his promise is not a true samurai! ”

Ryosuke Isoya's words are actually poisonous enough, and the implication is that if Seishiro Itagaki can't go to Taierzhuang first, then you Seishiro Itagaki is not as good as bullshit!

When Seishiro Itagaki and Ryosuke Isoya attacked each other, Commander Nishio Shouzo always stood on the side and said nothing, and for Nishio Shouzo, the formation of a proper competitive relationship between the commanders of subordinate divisions often brought unexpected benefits! The reason why the Japanese army occupied such a vast area of China so quickly was inseparable from the formation of mutual competition between the North China Front and the Central China Front.

However, after such a trouble, the Isoya Division and the Itagaki Division finally came to an end!

Now that the Isoya Division has invaded Taierzhuang, and the Itagaki Division is still fighting with the Chinese army in Linyi, Isoya Ryosuke feels that he is already in an absolute leading position in the competition with Itagaki Seishiro! Now all he has to do is to thoroughly consolidate this advantage!

What better way to do that than to fully occupy Taierzhuang? In this way, Seishiro Itagaki will no longer have the possibility of turning the tables! Thinking of Itagaki Seishiro's celebration banquet for himself, Ryosuke Isoya felt very comfortable!

After making up his mind, Ryosuke Isoya said loudly to his chief of staff, Honda Daisa, "Honda-kun! Please immediately send a telegram to several wing commanders on the front line, ordering them to expand their exploits overnight! Before 12 noon tomorrow, I hope there will be no more Chinese in Taierzhuang! ”

Chief of Staff Honda couldn't help frowning, he felt that Ryosuke Isotani's idea was a little too child's play! Although the 10th Division has now invaded Taierzhuang, the area under its actual control is less than five percent of the area of Taierzhuang! In fact, it should be said that the 10th Division is "squeezing" Taierzhuang, which is more accurate!

According to the 63rd Wing, there were at least a few thousand Chinese soldiers around them, which meant that the 10th Division would have to go through fierce street fighting to fully capture Taierzhuang. In view of the fact that the supreme commander of the Chinese army in Taierzhuang is Huang Haoran, a famous general who has commanded the defense of Nanjing, this street battle in Taierzhuang must be very cruel!

Is it possible to wipe out the Chinese army in Taierzhuang before 12 noon tomorrow?

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, according to the predetermined plan of the Front Army, our 10th Division should attack Taierzhuang together with the Itagaki Division. Now that the Itagaki Division is blocked in Linyi, we are alone in the depths, which is already a very risky thing! Without the cooperation of the Itagaki Division, in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the 114th Division in Lishui, Nanjing, our 10th Division had to send a large number of alert troops to the flank...... I think it's better to wait for the Itagaki Division to break through Linyi so that we can take back the troops defending the flank, and then launch a final attack on Taierzhuang, right? ”

Ryosuke Isoya waved his hand disdainfully and completely overturned Honda's suggestion: "Adventure? Does Honda-kun think that the Shina army is still capable of creating danger to us? I am very familiar with Huang Haoran's set of tactics! I have carefully studied the tactical review sent by the Central China Front! ”

Speaking of which, Isoya Ryosuke deliberately sold a pass, and only when Honda Osa was about to can't help but ask, Isoya Ryosuke continued:

The Battle of Nanjing lasted for more than a month and achieved the title of Huang Haoran's famous general. In fact, the Battle of Nanjing can be divided into two stages, that is, the peripheral operation and the urban operation! Honda Jun only knew that Huang Haoran had severely damaged the 114th Division in Nanjing, but he didn't know that Huang Haoran's best tactic was peripheral mobile warfare! The destruction of the 114th Division in Lishui is very telling! After the city of Nanjing was broken, Huang Haoran did not be able to hold out for too long before retreating, and his main results were almost all achieved in mobile operations on the periphery! The same is true for the Battle of Taierzhuang! Since the beginning of Tengxian County, the Chinese army has been constantly investing troops to fight against us on the periphery, obviously applying the Nanjing model! The tactics against the Itagaki Division are the same! The front was advanced by Huang Haoran to Linyi and Tengxian, and successfully hit the 5th Division! It's a pity! Huang Haoran met me in Teng County, Ryosuke Isoya! Tengxian, Lincheng, and Hancheng were all in ruins in front of my 10th Division! Teng County, we played for a few days! Lincheng and Hancheng only took one day! Now the 63rd Wing has knocked on the city defense of Taierzhuang in just one day! This just shows that Huang Haoran's sports battle has been defeated by us! There are only a group of remnants of troops left in the village who have withdrawn from several battlefields in Tengxian, Lincheng, and Hancheng! ”

Honda Osa is skeptical of Isotani Ryosuke's bold words, what Isoya Ryosuke said sounds very reasonable, but when you think about it, it is not like that at all! There is really no comparison between Nanjing and Taierzhuang! Moreover, if Huang Haoran played a tactic that was completely opposite to Nanjing in Taierzhuang, what should the 10th Division do?

Huang Haoran was made a "famous general" by Matsui Shigen, there must be his reason! If the tactics used can be easily caught by people, then what kind of famous general is it?

Besides, can a group of defeated soldiers still launch a large-scale artillery bombardment of the enemy's 10th division? When did the artillery of the Chinese army become rich enough to equip the remnants of the defeated army? According to the experience of Honda Daisa, the Chinese army that can have the firepower to destroy the 10th Artillery Wing will definitely not be smaller than the military level!

"Your Excellency, Division Commander! I'd like to ask you to be cautious! ”

Although Honda Osa knew that it would be difficult for him to convince Ryosuke Isoya, he once again spoke out to dissuade Ryosuke Isoya from giving the infantry wing on the front line an order that Taierzhuang must be fully occupied by 12 noon tomorrow. Honda Osa withstood the wrath of Ryosuke Isoya and fulfilled his duties as chief of staff of the 10th Division.

But does that work...... It's really not ideal!

"Honda-kun! You're too worried! Our 10th Division has been invincible so far, and no army can stop us! Offensive! For our 10th Division, there are only two words now--- attack! Stepping on Huang Haoran, the famous general, will go to a higher position, which will be more flavorful! ”

"Hay! I'm going to draft the orders for the wings! God bless Japan! ”

Honda's chief of staff finally stopped fighting, and he chose to listen to his division commander, Ryosuke Isoya.

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"Deputy seat, about Tang Enbo, should you come forward to help Li Delin? After all, this is related to the success or failure of the entire Taierzhuang battle... I think the 31st Division of Chifeng City may not be able to hold out for too long in Zhuangzi, if Sun Lianzhong's troops are defeated, it will not be our 25th Group Army! Eldest brother! It's better to force the Tang Army out of the mountain as soon as possible......"

Among the generals from Whampoa, Tang Enbo is famous for supporting the army and respecting himself. Looking at the performance of Tang Junjun in the northern section of Jinpu Road during this time, the last trace of goodwill in Wang Huan's heart towards Tang Enbo, an alumnus, has been completely lost now!

Wang Huanzhi doesn't want his eldest brother's reputation to be ruined in the hands of a villain like Tang Enbo!

No, Wang Huanzhi pulled Fan Jie and ran to Huang Haoran, just to give Tang Enbo eye medicine......

"Deputy seat, Deputy Commander Wang is also for you, you see this matter......"

As for why Huang Haoran was reluctant to meddle in the matter between Chief Li and Tang Junjun, Fan Jie, the chief of staff, knew some inside information. This is the reason why Fan Jie's speech is so vague.

Most people who don't know why are looking at Huang Haoran's current position. The deputy commander of the Fifth Theater and the commander-in-chief of the former enemy in Taierzhuang still holds the heavy troops of an elite group army in his hands, what a prominent identity!

Behind this illustrious identity, there are many unknown things! Don't look at Huang Haoran, as soon as he arrived in the Fifth War Zone, he fought a big victory, eliminated the 116th Wing of the Japanese Army, stabilized the battle situation on the southern front of Jinpu Road, and took Zhang Zizhong to block Itagaki Seishiro in Linyi. However, many generals in the Wuhan Military Commission did not thank Huang Haoran, on the contrary, these people complained about Huang Haoran's black state in front of the highest authorities all day long.

In the beginning, the highest authorities were able to deal with these slanders more objectively, and several people were reprimanded for this. However, those "smart" "elites" of the Military Commission did not give up, and they quickly turned the spearhead to the issue of Huang Haoran's "position", which can be said to have hit the key point of the highest authorities!

What is the most unsettling thing for the highest authorities? Isn't he just worried that Huang Haoran will be co-opted by local powerful factions? After all, Huang Haoran's situation is very different from that of most Whampoa officers! Before the Xi'an Incident in 1936, the highest authorities had not even heard of Huang Haoran! Since the highest authorities have not made "emotional investment" in Huang Haoran's student for several years before, it is naturally impossible to rely on the word "Whampoa" to win Huang Haoran's heart now......

After receiving many "reports" of Huang Haoran's past with miscellaneous generals such as Chief Li, Zhang Zizhong, and Sun Lianzhong, the highest authorities in Wuhan could not sit still! Jiang Baili, as Huang Haoran's brother-in-law, was the first to receive a hint from the highest authorities...... (To be continued.) )