7.123 General Attack

Zaozhuang, the headquarters of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

In less than an hour, Ryosuke Isoya received several battle reports reporting defeats. Among them, the two defeats that Isoya Ryosuke could not accept the most were the recapture of Tengxian by the Chinese army and the counterattack launched by the Chinese defenders in Taierzhuang!

The telegram sent by the commander of the 10th Wing of the Heavy Infantry Corps, Shiro Maeno, during the day, clearly stated that the raid and harassment operation launched by "a small number of Chinese troops" on the rear line of communication of the 10th Division had come to an end.

And that damn Furong Zhenping, obviously saying that his 63rd Wing had driven the Chinese defenders of Taierzhuang to a desperate situation!

Less than 12 hours later, the bold words of these two co-captains came to naught! The "small number of Chinese troops" in Maeno's mouth relied on the "raid and harassment operation" to take Teng County, an important stronghold on the logistics supply and communication line of the 10th Division. Coincidentally, the Chinese defenders who were "in a desperate situation" almost drove out the 63rd Infantry Wing completely out of Taierzhuang! Fukuei Zhenhei and Maeno Shiro really have a tacit understanding!

In the eyes of Ryosuke Isoya, this series of failures is completely no different from slapping him in the face! Shameless Fukuei Shinhei! Incompetent Shiro Maeno! The 10th Division's plan to attack Xuzhou first would be ruined by such a bastard!

Ryosuke Isoya clenched his fists and let out a roar, he couldn't stay calm anymore! The chief of staff of the 10th Division, who was standing on the side, looked at Ryosuke Isoya, who was a little hysterical, with a worried face.

Bad news came one after another, which caught the Sakamoto detachment of the Itagaki Division from the direction of Linyi and the main force of the 10th Division never completed. Major General Itamoto Shun has always stressed that the rearguard unit of the Sakamoto detachment was attacked by the 20th Army Corps of the Chinese army, and it seems that there is no intention of using the main force to attack Taierzhuang. These guys from the 5th Division seem to have their plans.

In this gamble between Ryosuke Isoya and Seishiro Itagaki , the gasp still showed side effects! Tsuki Bujia Gui Dasa is now very worried that the Sakamoto detachment will play tricks at a critical time and put the 10th Division together.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander! The 10th Infantry Wing of Taierzhuang is in an emergency! ”

The staff officer stood at the door with a telegram and reported loudly to Ryosuke Isoya, but Ryosuke Isoya waved his hand impatiently, signaling the staff officer not to come over to bother him.

The clever staff officer immediately sensed that His Excellency, the commander of his division, was in a very bad mood, and that he had not made it up to find himself bored. He walked straight up to the chief of staff of the Tybugui, handed the telegram in his hand to the chief of staff of the Tybugui, and then walked out backwards.

As soon as the staff officer walked out of the house, Ryosuke Isoya said loudly:

"Look at it! Look! The embankment is not clamped! If only Fukuei and Shiro Maeno could have this kind of intelligence! Our retreat to the north will not fall into the hands of Huang Haoran! ”

The chief of staff did not give Ryosuke Isoya a response, at this time, it is important to deal with military affairs first!

Another telegram, could there be worse news?

Although Ryosuke Isoya refused to accept the telegram, it did not mean that he did not care about the contents of the telegram, and from the moment the Chief of Staff of Tsutsumi Buki unfolded the message and began to read it, Ryosuke Isoya had been secretly paying attention to the expression of Chief of Staff of Tsutsumi. Ryosuke Isoya knew that he could read the answer from the change in the facial expression of Chief of Staff Tsutsumi.

Sure enough, it's bad news again!

Ryosuke Isoya found that the brows of the chief of staff of the Tsutsumi Bugui slowly wrinkled, and in this regard, Ryosuke Isoya felt very disappointed!

The commander of the 10th Infantry Wing, Tsadazo Kuwata, wrote in a telegram: "At about 10 a.m. today, a Chinese army using primitive weapons attacked Hanzhuang Station, and the other side once attacked the station's ......."

Now even "the Chinese army, which uses primitive weapons, dares to attack the imperial army?" Has the 10th Division fallen to the point where it is about to be bullied by "bandits" and "ordinary people"?

What a wonderful irony!

Everything seems to be going in a bad direction......

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, I think something is wrong! The performance of the Chinese army tonight is very abnormal! Their commander-in-chief, Huang Haoran, seems to be brewing something, we should be more careful with this famous general! ”

There was nothing wrong with the chief of staff of the Tsutsuki to say his opinion, but the bad thing was that as soon as he came up, he raised Huang Haoran to an extremely high position, which made Isoya Ryosuke feel extremely dissatisfied.

Ryosuke Isoya believes that this performance of the embankment is the fear of Huang Haoran! His chief of staff had been frightened by the barrage of bad news!

What did Samiso Kuwata say in the telegram? I'm kind of curious to know now."

Ryosuke Isoya's tone was full of disdain, as if he was laughing at the cowardice of Tsutsumi Bujiki. Tsutsumi Bujia Gui Daisa chose to endure again, he didn't want to make Ryosuke Isoya lose his cool because of himself, which would lead to the entire 10th Division in danger!

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, our current situation is very delicate! The Sakamoto detachment seems to lack the courage to attack Taierzhuang, and around our 10th division, many new call signs have appeared! I'm afraid we'll be surrounded by the Chinese army! Just like the 114 in Lishui is a division! We can't ignore the fact that our opponent is Huang Haoran! ”

Everything that Tsuki Bujia Gui Dasa said was very reasonable, but Isoya Ryosuke just couldn't listen to it! He walked up to the military map, pointed to the troop logo on the map, and shouted:

"The embankment is not clamped! I don't think you should ignore another important fact! That is, the strength of the imperial army in the Taierzhuang area is a division and a brigade! It's plains again! There is simply no terrain suitable for an ambush! The tragedy of Lishui will never be solemnly repeated in Tai'er! Huang Haoran's good luck can't go on forever! There is absolutely no way he can beat us! ”

"But, Your Excellency, Division Commander! The attitude of the Sakamoto detachment now is very intriguing! I think there is a good chance that the Sakamoto detachment will stand by while we are attacked by the Chinese army! And, Your Excellency the Division Commander! After a series of bloody battles, there has been a massive attrition of combat units. Coupled with the need to divide troops to defend the supply line from Taierzhuang to Jinan, our total strength in Taierzhuang is actually less than 30,000 now! Again, this is the result of taking the Sakamoto detachment into account. According to the reports of the intelligence services and front-line troops, the Chinese army opposite us in the past few days has at least three more divisional numbers that we have never seen before! If all the soldiers who came were like the 99th Division, the tragedy of Lishui would not be absolutely impossible to repeat! ”

Tsuki Bu Jia Gui Dasa finally made a counterattack against Isoya Ryosuke, it is a matter of life and death for the 10th Division, and Di Bu Jia Gui Dasa can't continue to be patient!

Ryosuke Isoya had never seen such a tough Tsutsuki Bu Gui Osa, and he was shocked by the aggressive attitude of the Kitsumi Bu Gui Osa. After a few seconds, Ryosuke Isoya regained his composure, and he decided to listen to Tsutsumi's plan.

"The embankment is not clamped! I'd love to hear some practical plans! troops, which need to be given specific instructions to carry out the operation......"

Tsutsumi Bujia Gui Dasa walked to Isoya Ryosuke's side, picked up the command pole on the side, and then said to the map: "The troops in Taierzhuang must be reinforced!" Let the 10th and 63rd Wings drive the follow-up troops in! Occupy Taierzhuang as soon as possible, we need a bridgehead! In addition, the main force of the division should immediately launch an attack on the Chinese troops on the left and right flanks of Taierzhuang! It is impossible for all the units of Sun Lianzhong's 2nd Army to be brave and good at fighting, if I were Sun Lianzhong, I would definitely put the toughest troops in Taierzhuang, and the troops on both wings could only be second-rate goods! 30 and 27 divisions! It will definitely be crushed by our 10th Division! ”

If Teng County had not been lost, the embankment would have been unable to clamp Gui Dazuo and would definitely suggest that Ryosuke Isoya retreat temporarily. But now Teng County has been lost, and it was lost in a very short time, and it also lost two and a half infantry squadrons mobilized by the 10th Division from nearby to rush to reinforce! Di Bujia Gui Dazuo believes that the scale of the Chinese army that can do this will never be less than one army!

There is such a roadblock lying in Teng County, and it will definitely not work to go north! If the eastward advance and the Itagaki Division converged, it would be necessary to break through the defense line of Tang Enbo's corps, and Di Bujia Gui Dazuo knew that Tang was the elite of the Central Army, and he thought that it would not be a good choice to touch Tang Enbo's 20th Corps.

It seems that there is only one way to take Taierzhuang! Although Tsutsumibu's plan sounds similar to Ryosuke Isoya's, the central idea has changed dramatically.

According to Ryosuke Isoya's plan, after the 10th Division took Taierzhuang, it would go straight to Xuzhou, where the Chinese 5th Theater Command was located---. Even if it is not good, the task of the 10th Division is to attract the main force of the Chinese army in the 5th theater, and then cooperate with the Itagaki Division to annihilate it, and from beginning to end, the task of the 10th Division is to attack!

However, the plan of the 10th Division was changed to defense, and the 2nd Army of Sun Lianzhong was driven to the south bank of the canal in the shortest possible time, and then the 10th Division and the Sakamoto detachment formed a defensive circle to hold on until reinforcements from the North China Front arrived. In the plan of the embankment and the noble Dazuo, there is no attack at all!

Saving your life has become the first priority of the 10th Division!

"Do you have to do it?"

Ryosuke Isoya's voice was full of unwillingness, and he was obviously unwilling to accept Tsutsumi's arrangement.

"Gotta do it! Your Excellency, Division Commander! Among the Chinese troops who launched a counterattack in Taierzhuang tonight were troops of the 25th Group Army! Both the 10th and 63rd wings stated that the opponents they encountered were armed with a large number of submachine guns! And it's not a crappy product of China's ordnance industry! From this, it is certain that Huang Haoran's 25th Army has already struck! This famous Chinese general will never let his troops return empty-handed! The appearance of the 25th Group Army is a signal that Huang Haoran is going to launch a general offensive! ”

Di Bujia Gui Dazuo moved out of Huang Haoran again, and used a Chinese general to intimidate his division commander to change his mind, Di Bujia Gui Dazuo couldn't help but feel that this was a bit ridiculous! But that's all he can do now!

"No matter what, the beginning of the two battle plans we formulated is still the same, that is, to eliminate Sun Lianzhong's troops as soon as possible! Wait until you've completed the first step! Maybe the Chinese will retreat! So that we can turn around and go with Seishiro Itagaki's 5th Division to annihilate Tang Enbo's troops! ”

Ryosuke Isoya still wanted to "attack" others, but this time he did not object to the plan of the Tsutsumi Bu Gui Daisa, and the two cores of the 10th Division reached an agreement for the time being.

The order to attack overnight was quickly sent to the 10th Division.

The Japanese troops in Taierzhuang learned the false news that the Sakamoto detachment was about to launch a fierce attack on Taierzhuang from the Tsukibuka Gui Daisa, and the 63rd Wing and the 10th Wing were greatly stimulated and launched a frantic offensive in Zhuangnai. From the eastern block, the southern and western blocks of Taierzhuang, which were held by the Chinese army, stormed on, but were completely resisted by the 31st and 121st Divisions, and Chifeng City did not allow the Japanese to make any other advances, except that the southeast gate was occupied by the Japanese army.

Three infantry battalions of the 39th Infantry Wing launched a series of attacks on the positions of the 27th Division, but they were also met with stubborn resistance from the 27th Division. The 40th Infantry Wing on the other side did not take much advantage of the 30th Division, and after several hours of hard fighting, the Japanese occupied part of the main position of the 27th Division, and the commander of the 27th Division, Huang Qiao, was forced to lead his troops to retreat to the Shila line to build a new defensive line.

At the same time, the Sakamoto detachment of the Itagaki Division, located east of Taierzhuang, also engaged in a fierce battle with the 75th Army of the Tang Army in the area of Huoshibu. Guan Linzheng's 52nd Army eliminated the rear guard of the Sakamoto detachment and was advancing to the line of Dige and Yanglou, ready to attack the left rear of the Isoya Division.

Near dawn, the commander of the 33rd Brigade, Major General Kei Seya, sent a wail to Ryosuke Isoya, who found signs that the Chinese army was encircling the flanks and rear of the 33rd Brigade.

In order to keep his rear, the commander of the Seya Qi Brigade urgently ordered the main force of the 10th Infantry Wing to move closer to Yangmiao, where the brigade headquarters was located, and the commander of the 10th Infantry Wing, Kuwata Sadazo, immediately withdrew from Taierzhuang and rushed to gather at Yuscale, which was about 4 kilometers away from Taierzhuang; Only 1 squadron was left to garrison the Huanglinzhuang area, echoing the 63rd Brigade of the 2nd Wing in Taierzhuang.

After Huang Haoran learned that the main force of the Isogu Division had suddenly advanced from the area of Lincheng and Zaozhuang to the south of Yixian, he immediately ordered Wang Shankui's 100th Army to stop its northward advance and turn from Tengxian to Lincheng and Zaozhuang. It was hoped that the Isoya Division would be completely cut off from the North China Front. The Hewei Isogu Division was in the area south of Yi County.

At dawn on April 8, Huang Haoran again transferred 39 planes of the Chinese Air Force through Qian Dajun's connections, and bombed the artillery positions of the Isogu Division and the Sakamoto Detachment in two batches, and then all the artillery of the Chinese army in the Taierzhuang area began to fire a salvo!

150 howitzers, 90 mountain guns, 75 mountain guns, 75 field guns all went into battle, and the artillery of the 25th Army used up a third of their ammunition stocks in an hour!

The Isoya Division has never encountered such a fierce baptism of artillery! The artillery units of the 10th Division had not yet recovered from the previous air raids, and naturally did not make a decent counterattack.

The 1st Brigade of Heavy Artillery and the 10th Wing of Field Artillery lost at least half of their combat effectiveness after being attacked by the National Artillery and the Chinese Air Force in turn, which also made the artillery units of the Isogu Division no longer have the capital to match the Chinese artillery footboard in the Taierzhuang area! After more than half a year of fighting in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, it was the first time that the Chinese army had an artillery superiority on the battlefield in such a vast area!

After the general offensive began, Tang Enbo placed the 13th Division in the Lufang and Nanqiao areas to prevent the Itagaki Division on the Linyi side from reinforcing the Taierzhuang area. The 75th Army and the 85th Army took up the main attack mission, encircling the Sakamoto detachment in the areas of Luandun, Dagushan, and Huoshibu.

Cao Fulin's 55th Army also suddenly attacked from the west, and after taking Hanzhuang, it slammed into the flank of Isogu's division. Wang Shankui's 100th Army, which turned south, quickly captured Lincheng and joined forces with Cao Fulin's 55th Army.

Chief Li expressed satisfaction with the results of his visit during the day on April 8, and the highest authorities in Wuhan even sent a telegram of commendation! But Huang Haoran was very dissatisfied with the performance of the 5th Theater in the first stage of the general offensive!

Tang Enbo's 20th Army Corps is almost sick of Huang Haoran's heart!

Huang Haoran had already given Tang Enbo a preventive shot in advance, and asked Chief Li to let Xu Zuyi, the chief of staff of the 5th War Zone, personally formulate a detailed combat plan for Tang Enbo! But in the end, the problem was still with the Tang Army!

Although the Tang Corps severed the connection between the Sakamoto detachment and the Itagaki division, making it impossible for the Sakamoto detachment to obtain ammunition and supplies from the 5th Division on the side, it failed to suppress the left flank of the Isoya division!

Of the several units involved in the general offensive, the 75th and 85th armies were the slowest to progress! The two main forces under Tang Enbo fought around the Sakamoto detachment for a day, but they did not achieve any decent results. Not only that, but there were also problems in coordination between the several corps numbers of the 20th Army Corps. Just when the 75th Army and the 85th Army were fighting hard, the 52nd Army of Guan Linzheng, which had the most outstanding combat effectiveness in the Tang Army, was still preparing for the attack!

It was precisely because of the mistake of the Tang Army that it failed to put enough pressure on Isoya Ryosuke, which led to the fact that Isoya's division still had the spare strength to attack the Chinese defenders in Taierzhuang. Sun Lianzhong's 2nd Army not only failed to participate in the general offensive, but fell into a new round of bitter fighting.

Due to this new change in the battlefield situation, the 99th Army, which had planned to go out of the canal to deliver a fatal blow to the Isogu Division, was forced to stop in the Pixian area on the north bank of the canal and played a role in the rear of Taierzhuang. Shen Yuanlong, the commander of the 99th Army, also had to send the 189th Division to reinforce Taierzhuang and rescue Sun Lianzhong's troops!

Seeing that his most elite 99th Army could not be put into the attack, Huang Haoran was anxious! You must know that the Japanese army he is now surrounding in the area south of Yixian County is a division and a brigade! Moreover, the Itagaki Division in the direction of Linyi will move westward at any time! So this kind of war of annihilation, the shorter the time, the better!

Gotta give Towne another whip! In this way, the final victory of the Battle of Taierzhuang can be guaranteed! (To be continued.) )