7.60 Plan of the 121 Division

When Linyi City turned into a sea of fire, Wang Mingzhang of Teng County was also resisting the onslaught of the Japanese 10th Division. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In order to carry out the southward advance operation, the 2nd Division of the 10th Army of the Japanese Army in North China formed the Seya Detachment with the 33rd Brigade as the backbone. Major General Kei Seya replaced Major General Ta Eijiro as commander of the 33rd Brigade.

On the evening of the same day that the commander of the Seya Kai Brigade arrived in Yanzhou to take over as the head of the detachment, he received an order from the 10th Division "Zuojia No. 119", ordering the Seya Detachment to prepare for an attack in order to "destroy the enemy along the Jinpu line at an appropriate time."

At the same time, the chief of staff of the 10th Division, Tsutsumi Buka, also issued a written instruction, requiring the Seya Detachment to "first enter the vicinity of the Jiehe River when attacking with the main force, and then, according to the situation at that time, hope to pursue it to the southern area of Tengxian in one fell swoop." On March 13, after receiving the order of the 2nd Army to "destroy the enemy north of the Grand Canal," Ryosuke Isoya, commander of the 10th Division, immediately issued a supplementary instruction to the Seya detachment to "pursue to Lincheng."

The actions of the Seya detachment soon attracted the attention of the Chinese defenders in the Tengxian area.

The 22nd Group Army of the Sichuan Army had discovered a few days earlier that the Japanese army had increased its troops in the direction of Zou County and Yanzhou, and had sent many small units of reconnaissance troops to repeatedly reconnoiter the positions of the 45 th Army. In order to block the Japanese army in the area north of Teng County, Sun Zhen readjusted the defensive deployment of the Sichuan Army: the headquarters of the 122nd Division and the 364th Brigade of the General Reserve controlled in the Lincheng area were moved to Teng County, and the headquarters of the 124th Division was also moved from Li Guoyi to Teng County, and Wang Mingzhang, commander of the 122nd Division, was appointed as the front commander of the 41st Army, with unified command of the 122nd and 124th Divisions. Wang Mingzhang deployed the 364th Brigade of the 122nd Division to build positions in the area of Shahe, about 8 kilometers north of Tengxian County, to strengthen the depth of frontal defense; The 366th Brigade of the 122nd Division was ordered to enter and exit to the area in front of the city about 50 kilometers northeast of Tengxian County to cover the right flank of the first line of troops of the 45th Army. At this time, the main force of the 375th Brigade of the 125th Division of the 45th Army was on the east-west line of the Jiehe River, the main force of the 373rd Brigade was in Puyang Mountain, and the main force of the 127th Division was in the Longshan area.

At dawn on March 14, under the cover of aircraft and chariots, the Japanese Seya detachment began to attack the positions of the Chinese army from Liangxiadian, and soon broke through the outpost positions of Shiqiang, Xiakanbu, Baishishan, and Xiangcheng, and advanced to the line north of the main positions such as Shenjing, Jiehe, Puyangshan, and Longshan. The front-line units of the 22nd Army stubbornly resisted with the help of existing fortifications.

In the defense area of the 22nd Group Army of the Sichuan Army, there is also a unit that is not under the jurisdiction of Sun Zhen, and this force is the 121st Division of the 100th Army led by Wu Jianping.

Zheng Tao, the commander of the 662nd Regiment, was placed high hopes on Wu Jianping because he was an officer from the 99th Division. When he learned that the Japanese army had begun to attack, Wu Jianping immediately handed over Zheng Tao to the headquarters of the 121st Division.

Zheng Tao, who jumped off the war horse, didn't have time to wipe his sweat, and was directly dragged in front of Wu Jianping by Chief of Staff Mu Tingfang. Division Commander Wu Jianping took a map of the northern line of the Jinpu Road in his hand after unfolding, and asked Zheng Tao eagerly: "Commander Zheng!" Tell me how our 121st Division should fight? ”

Zheng Tao, who had a dry mouth, really had no way to take the division commander Wu Jianping, so he could only swallow two mouthfuls of spit and resist it first. The reason why Wu Jianping and Mu Tingfang are so shameless is not because they can't fight, but because this battle is too important for the 121st Division to be missed!

Originally, in the combat sequence of the 99th Army, the 121st Division was the weakest combat force among several division-level units. Later, with the expansion of the 99th Army into the 25th Group Army, a new division-level number was established, and Wu Jianping's 121st Division began to find a little feeling of being the main division. The adoring eyes of the "little brothers" from the 187th, 188th, and 189th Divisions made the officers and men of the 121st Division from the Guizhou Army feel comfortable.

But the good times didn't last long, and it didn't take long for these new "little brothers" to discover that the 121st Division was not a powerful existence like the 99th and 139th Divisions that could only be looked up to by them. First of all, the 188th Division, which was formed by the old headquarters of the 1st Army of the Central Army, paid attention to the status of the 121st Division as the main division, and then the 187th and 189th Divisions also began to have ideas.

Of course, Wu Jianping and his deputy division commander Mu Tingfang couldn't sit idly by! If you want to prevent these latecomers from succeeding and consolidate the position of the 121st Division in the 25th Army, you must make war merits!

This time, Huang Haoran let the 121st Division participate in the operation in Tengxian alone, which is a good opportunity for meritorious service! Wu Jianping and Mu Tingfang must take the 121st Division to play the demeanor of the main division in Teng County!

"Master! Chief of staff! Our 121st Division is now located in the middle of the Sichuan army's defense area, and if we go to help the Sichuan army fight a defensive battle, I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve anything! Moreover, the general manager has also instructed before that Teng County will give up sooner or later, and it is very cost-effective to fight to the death for such a county town that is destined to give up! The commander taught us when he was in the 99th Division that we must learn to find opportunities to attack in battle! Now only by taking the initiative to attack can our 121st Division get enough combat merits before the Sichuan army abandons Tengxian! ”

Zheng Tao's words are reasonable, and they can be said to be in the hands of Wu Jianping! Wu Jianping, who was excited, shouted loudly:

"Good! Commander Zheng is worthy of being an officer from the 99th Division, and his vision is different! The same is true of Chief of Staff and me! Our 121st Division should pump cold and give the devil a hard blow from the side! This can not only relieve the defensive pressure of the Sichuan army, but also teach the Japanese army a lesson! It's not enough to beat the devil too painfully and scare away the 10th Division! That's a lot to count! ”

Mu Tingfang, who was next to him, controlled his emotions better, and he made a relatively calm reminder: "Since we agree that we need to take the initiative to attack, the choice of the location to launch the attack has become very urgent, after all, we are facing the 10th Division, it is better to be cautious!" This attack is not only selected at the weak point of the Japanese formation, but also to facilitate the retreat, we must fight the wolf and not let the wolf bite, this is the first principle! ”

"What the chief of staff said is that the main forces of the Japanese Seya detachment are now pressed north of the main positions of the Sichuan army, such as Shenjing, Jiehe, Puyangshan and Longshan, and we must avoid these areas where the Japanese troops are concentrated in order to achieve the operational goal! If necessary, we can sneak behind the Japanese lines and attack their headquarters or transport troops! The commander led the Nanjing garrison to do this in Nanjing! We can do the same! ”

Zheng Tao expressed his support for Mu Tingfang's words, and after this discussion between the three of them, there were only a few options left on the huge battle map! Wu Jianping, Mu Tingfang and Zheng Tao looked at each other for a long time, and then pointed their fingers to the same place!

Li Zhai! This place is located on the right side of the main position of the Sichuan Army's Jiehe, which can not only attack Huangjiashan and Zhangjiazhuang, where the Japanese army is heavily armed, but also interspersed with Liangxiadian and Shimapo, which have now become the rear of the Japanese army! The devils must never have dreamed that the Chinese troops who were defeated and retreated by them would suddenly appear on their flanks, and if this trick was used well, there would definitely be an extra bloody hole in the waist and eye of the Seya detachment!

Wu Jianping, Mu Tingfang and Zheng Tao poked their heads out and looked at each other, and then said in unison: "!" (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )