7.117 Beautiful backhand

Seeing that the battle of Taierzhuang was about to enter the final stage, Chief Li of Xuzhou could no longer sit still, and after transferring part of the military affairs to "Xiao Zhuge " and Wang Hongshao, Chief Li took Xu Zuyi and senior staff officers of Lieutenant General Huang Jianping, Lin Cixi, Qiao Shanglun, Wen Qiaosheng, Li Zongqing and others rushed to Taierzhuang overnight. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Therefore, the telegram sent by Tang Enbo to Xuzhou was sent to the desk of "Xiao Zhuge " by Li Yang, the director of the Confidential Office.

After reading Tang Enbo's telegram, "Xiao Zhuge " smiled and said to Lieutenant General Zhang Shouling, a full-time senior staff officer of the 5 Theater Commander's Office:

"I think Towneburgh was frightened by the telegram that was commissioned! With an army of nearly 100,000 troops, he was beaten by a mere Sakamoto detachment! God knows how he survived the bloody battle at Nankou! ”

Zhang Shouling replied with a smile: "It seems that one sentence of the commission is better than 100,000 male soldiers!" It's a pity that it was our own Central Army that was intimidated! What a pity! ”

Zhang Shouling was born in 1898, just turned 40 years old this year, called Hefang, a native of Liangxiang, Hebei, graduated from the 9th Infantry Department of the Baoding Army Military Academy, and served in the Northwest Army in his early years. After defecting to Nanjing, he held idle positions such as the inspector of the military justice executive department or the chief of education of the military training regiment.

Due to his miscellaneous "background", Zhang Shouling's political career has actually come to an end. Therefore, when it comes to speaking, it is naturally not like other people who think about it and have no worries, Zhang Shouling's straightforward personality is very temperamental to "Little Zhuge ".

"What Tang Enbo is looking for is Degong! Now that Degong is not here, I can't mess around with ideas! Fortunately, Xuzhou is not far from Taierzhuang, even if Tang Enbo is incompetent, it will not be a problem to support the arrival of Duke De, General Zhang, I think we will transfer the telegram to Huang Youchen......"

"Xiao Zhuge " put on a cynical look, but it does not mean that he regards military aircraft events as child's play. In fact, "Xiao Zhuge " analysis is very reasonable, although the Sakamoto detachment originally had the size of a brigade, but after two rounds of bloody battles with Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun's department, the combat effectiveness is not as good as before! If it weren't for the fact that Tang Enbo was dizzy by the telegrams on both sides of the commission and Chief Li, I am afraid that he would have thought of a way to deal with it a long time ago! The 20th Legion is in the current situation, and it is really Tang Enbo's own fault!

"Jiansheng is in charge of his own decisions! I, Zhang, seconded it! ”

Zhang Shouling replied very simply, "Xiao Zhuge smiled", picked up the phone and called Li Yang, the director of the Confidential Office, and asked him to forward Hanjia Temple.

Hanjia Temple, the former enemy headquarters of Taierzhuang.

As the former commander-in-chief of the enemy at the Battle of Taierzhuang, and at the same time the senior commander closest to the front line and the most knowledgeable about the situation of both the enemy and us, Huang Haoran was responsible for commanding Tang Enbo's 20th Army Corps to get out of the predicament.

However, the officers under Huang Haoran did not think so, they and "Xiao Zhuge " all hoped to see Tang Enbo deflated in front of the Japanese.

Seeing that the staff officers under him were all bowing their heads and unwilling to speak, Huang Haoran slapped the table on the table, and then said loudly:

"Nonsense! What time is it? You still want these things! Every soldier of the 20th Army Corps is an anti-Japanese force! I, Huang Haoran, will never allow you to do this kind of stupid thing of relatives and enemies! ”

Huang Haoran was angry, and the staff officers of the 25th Group Army were all silent, in order not to make the atmosphere even more deserted, Fan Jie, who was the chief of staff, could only stand up and play a round:

"The commander is right! Right now, our enemy is Ryosuke Isoya! Grievances and grievances with friendly forces, it's never too late to care about them after the battle! You all think about whether there is any good strategy for dealing with the Sakamoto detachment! Whoever thinks of it, speak it! Let's work together! ”

was interrupted by Fan Jie, Huang Haoran's anger also disappeared by more than half, in fact, not only these general staff, but even Huang Haoran himself looked down on Tang Enbo! But now is really not the time to talk about these things, if the 4th Division is really defeated in front of the Sakamoto detachment, Guan Linzheng's 52nd Army will be flanked by the Isoya Division and the Sakamoto detachment! Once the Japanese army takes advantage of the 52nd Army and converges together, I don't know what the outcome of the Battle of Taierzhuang will become!

Huang Haoran swept his eyes around the staff officers standing in front of him, and then asked in a loud voice, "Who will talk about it first?" It's all soldiers! Hurry up! ”

A lieutenant colonel officer was the first to stand up, and his proposed countermeasure was to have the 20th Army Division act as a blockade to prevent the Sakamoto detachment from approaching Taierzhuang. This is not a new idea at all, in fact, it is the way Townenburg is playing now.

Judging from the current situation of the 20th Army Corps and the Sakamoto detachment, unless Guan Linzheng's 52nd Army is turned to act as a blocker, the remaining divisions under Tang Enbo will be sent for nothing!

But if the 52nd Army is transferred from the troops besieging the Isoya Division, which troops can the 20th Army Corps use to fill it? Huang Haoran didn't think that the infantry divisions under Tang Enbo who couldn't stop the Sakamoto detachment could immediately become brave when they turned around! The Sakamoto detachment was only ferocious at best, and the Isoya Division, which was under siege, was indeed crazy now!

Several divisions of the Sakamoto detachment that could not be defeated met by the Isoya division, I am afraid that they will behave even more tragically!

Later, several staff officers told their plans, but unfortunately they still couldn't jump out of the circle of sending troops to block the attack, and the only difference was the number of the unit that carried out the blocking mission. Some people even proposed to let Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army, which had defeated Sakamoto's detachment twice, fight, and some people proposed to send the 25th Division, the most elite division in the 99th Army, to block the Sakamoto detachment.

Huang Haoran shook his head in the answers he gave to these staff officers.

Now the Japanese army besieged by the Chinese army is not a wing, a brigade, but the entire 10th Division, to eat such a behemoth, Huang Haoran must have a good tooth.

The 25th Group Army is Huang Haoran's steel teeth, and the 99th Division and the 139th Division are the sharpest of them. Good steel is used on the blade, and Huang Haoran will not put the 25th Army into the secondary battlefield.

The task of the 99th and 139th divisions was to attack!

To solve the Sakamoto detachment, it was possible to rely only on the 20th Army Corps of Townenburg.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have hired German instructors to teach you tactics and skills, not to turn you into rigid Germans! Soldiers, treacherous! When considering the problem, you may wish to change the angle of view, and then the vision will be different......"

The staff officers of the general assembly did not achieve satisfactory results for Huang Haoran in this assessment of them by Huang Haoran, and now, Huang Haoran needs to teach these people a lesson! After several major battles, Huang Haoran has realized the lack of command personnel of the 25th Group Army, especially the operational staff officers, and there are too few officers in his hands who have studied in regular military schools.

Huang Haoran walked to the side of the map, picked up the command stick, and then drew a circle on the area occupied by the 20th Legion.

"In your opinion, the 20th Army Corps is now under attack by the Japanese Isoya Division and the Sakamoto Detachment, but you have not noticed that the Japanese Isoya Division is actually also surrounded by our army! The situation in which the 20th Legion is now is relative! For the Isoya Division, the 20th Army Corps was on their outer line, and for the Sakamoto detachment, the 20th Army Corps was on the inner line! In that case, why don't we turn the inside line into the outside line? ”

Huang Haoran's theory is very novel, so that the staff officers present are deep in thought, Fan Jie, who has been standing behind Huang Haoran, has a much higher tactical level than ordinary staff officers, after Huang Haoran's little bit, Fan Jie has understood what Huang Haoran wants to do!

The minute or so of thinking specially reserved for the staff officers passed quickly, and looking at the faces of the staff officers with different expressions, Huang Haoran turned around and continued to tell his playing style:

"Order the 20th Army Corps to get out of the way, put the Sakamoto detachment in, and then tie the opening, so that the 20th Army will jump from the inner line of the Sakamoto detachment to the outer line, and there will be no worries, just concentrate on the attack! The area of the Taierzhuang area is limited, and the more devils are put in, it means that the density of the Japanese army will be greater, which will also be good news for our artillery! ”

After saying this, Huang Haoran put down the command pole and asked the staff officers, "Have any of you ever played table tennis?" Raised hands that have been beaten! ”

Soon, seven or eight hands were raised, Huang Haoran has always attached great importance to the spiritual culture of the troops, since the formation of the army in Wucheng, he has purchased a large number of sports equipment for the officers and soldiers to exercise, table tennis, a sport that was introduced to China as early as 1904, of course, will not be let go by Huang Haoran.

When he was in Changshu, a table tennis match was held within the 99th Division. Among the officers of the 99th Division, there are many good table tennis players.

However, these staff officers who raised their hands didn't know why Huang Haoran asked such a question at these times.

"Think about it! In table tennis, get out of the way, look at the landing point, and then kill with one hit! What kind of play is this? ”

Huang Haoran named a staff officer who raised his hand, and then asked with a smile:

The staff officer blurted out without even thinking about it: "Backhand shot!" ”

The smile on Huang Haoran's face was even better, he looked around the staff officer in the room again, and then stretched out his right index finger to point at the map and said:

"That's right! I'm just going to let the Sakamoto detachment taste my backhand! Order Tang Enbo's 20th Army Corps to return to the rear of the Sakamoto detachment, block the retreat of the Sakamoto detachment, and then let the Sakamoto detachment enter Taierzhuang! This can only be done tomorrow, by noon on January 8th! Tell Sun Lianzhong on the north shore that at dawn on April 9, a general attack will be launched on the whole front! The 25th Army and the 20th Army will also be fully engaged in the attack! ”

"Yes! Commander! ”

When the staff officers in the room heard that a general attack on the Isogu Division would be launched the day after tomorrow, they were all geared up and excited, and they were particularly powerful in answering Huang Haoran's words!

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Tang Enbo, who received Huang Haoran's order, in order to get rid of the unfavorable situation of being attacked by the enemy on his belly and back, ordered the 20th Army Corps to abandon the attack on the Japanese army on the east side of Zhangshan Mountain, broke away from the Sakamoto detachment overnight, and under the cover of the 4th Division, the main force withdrew to the Lufang and Nanqiao areas east of Hongshan Town.

At dawn on April 7, the Japanese Sakamoto detachment and the 52nd Army of the 20th Army Corps, which advanced from Lufang to Lanling, fought a fierce battle in the area north of Lanling Town. Major General Shun Sakamoto left 1 squadron of infantry and 1 cavalry corps to garrison the area between Xiangcheng and Lanling towns, waiting for the main force of the Itagaki Division, and the main force of the Sakamoto detachment advanced in the direction of Chahe Town, east of Taierzhuang. The 55th Division of Huang Haoran's 74th Army advanced to Chahe Town to occupy positions and prepare to resist the Sakamoto detachment. On the same day, Townenbo led the corps headquarters of the 20th Army Corps to advance to Sihu.

In order to annihilate the Japanese troops in Taierzhuang, Sun Lianzhong, commander of the 2nd Group Army, decided to climb over the city wall from outside the village and enter the village to carry out a strong attack on the blocks occupied by the Japanese army, so as to achieve the effect of taking them by surprise and attacking them unprepared.

At 10 a.m. on April 7, the 27th Division selected 250 officers and soldiers to form a death squad to serve as the vanguard, and sent the 2nd Battalion of the 157th Regiment to follow closely behind to attack. Before leaving, Sun Lianzhong made a promise to the daredevils that if the daredevils climbed into the city wall and attacked successfully, they would reward Dayang with 5,000 yuan.

In the afternoon of the same day, the 27th Division Death Squad and the 2nd Battalion of the 157th Regiment broke into the city from the northeast corner of Taierzhuang and captured the northeast corner and the southeast gate. However, due to the large number of Japanese troops in Shonai, the 27th Division had to stop its fortifications and occupy some neighborhoods instead of engaging in street battles with the Japanese army.

At the same time as the 2nd Battalion of the 157th Regiment of the 27th Division attacked, the 175th Regiment of the 30th Division also launched an attack on the Japanese troops occupying the northwest corner with the 3rd Battalion.

Since the 20th Army Corps gave up the attack on the Japanese army east of Zhangshan, the follow-up troops of the Isogu Division took the opportunity to move south, and when the follow-up troops of the Isogu Division advanced to the area east of Taierzhuang, they attacked the positions of Pengcun, Shangcun, and Taogou Bridge where the 27th Division was stationed. After three hours of fierce fighting, the 27th Division, which suffered heavy casualties, had to retreat to the front line of Lianzhuang, Dingjiayao, and Huoshibu to rebuild the defensive line to attack.

On the same day, the Japanese Sakamoto detachment also advanced to the Chenwafang and Gengzhuang areas and made contact with the Isoya Division. The 20th Army Corps, which had completed the task of putting the Sakamoto detachment into the encirclement, immediately carried out the operation of closing the gate, and the 52nd Army of Guan Linzheng attacked the rear guard of the Sakamoto detachment, and the 145th Regiment of the 25th Division annihilated a group of baggage troops of the Sakamoto detachment stationed in Liuzhuang.

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At noon on April 7, Chief Li took Xu Zuyi and others to Huang Haoran's headquarters in Hanjiasi, and in the face of the fact that the Japanese army continued to reinforce the Taierzhuang area, Chief Li also tried his best to bring Huang Haoran several reinforcements.

Since the follow-up units of the Japanese Isoya Division and the Sakamoto detachment were advancing to the area east of Taierzhuang, Huang Haoran transferred the 75th Army and its 6th and 13th Divisions, which had just been reinforced to the area of Nianzhuang and Bayiji, to the Chahe Town area, and ordered the 333rd Brigade of the 111th Division of the 57th Army transferred from Linyi to enter the Lufang area, and the above troops were all under the command of Tang Enbo, the commander of the 20th Army Corps.

At 20 o'clock on the evening of the 7th, Huang Haoran issued a general attack order to all units.

The main contents are as follows:

(1) The 10th Division of the Japanese Army and one of the brigades of the 5th Division, since the battles of Linyi and Taierzhuang, have suffered extremely heavy casualties, and the number of troops participating in the decisive battle is no more than 30,000, with 50 to 60 mountain artillery, 10 heavy artillery, and dozens of combat vehicles, of which about 1,000 people of the Japanese Sakamoto Detachment have been surrounded by the 20th Army Corps of our army near Qiuhu in the north of Hongshan Town, and the main force of the 10th Division and the Sakamoto Detachment is moving towards the area of Chen Wafang and Fenghuang Bridge on the east side of Taierzhuang, and is carrying out a roundabout attack on the right flank of our 2nd Army.

Jinan, Dawenkou, Jining, and Tengxian are another brigade of the 10th Division.

(2) With the aim of quickly encircling and annihilating the enemy, this theater decided to start a general attack on the whole front on the 8th, keeping the focus on the right flank of the 20th Army Corps, and encircling the Japanese army in the area north of Taierzhuang and annihilating it.

(3) The tasks of each corps are as follows:

A. The 20th Army Corps destroyed the enemy in the north of Hongshan Town with one section, maintained the southeast front with the main force on the 8th, attacked the enemy's left back near Taierzhuang, and made a detour to the left one by one, so as to capture and annihilate the enemy in the area on the left side of Taierzhuang. The start time of the attack is determined by the legion. Due to the progress of the battle, the enemy's retreat from Yi County must be cut off at any time, and the enemy who is reinforcing the city must be strictly guarded.

B. The right flank of the 2nd Army contacted the 20th Army Corps and attacked on all fronts on the 8th to destroy the enemy at Taierzhuang; The 110th Division prepared to cross the river with the 1st Brigade from the vicinity of Wanli Gate and make a feint attack on the enemy's right near Beiluo Village.

C. The three armies of the 25th Group Army were mobile corps, and the troops were divided into two routes, all the way south to Zaozhuang and Lincheng, and attacked the 10th Division in front of Taierzhuang. All the way north to Tengxian, Zou County, Qufu, and strive to expand the results

(4) Legion Division:

Right Wing Corps

Commander of the 20th Army Unit, Tang Enbo, 52nd Army, 85th Army, 75th Army, 333rd Brigade of the 57th Army, 13th Division, 9th Cavalry Division, 4th Artillery Regiment.

Left Wing Corps

Huang Haoran, commander of the 25th Group Army, has jurisdiction over the 99th Army, the 100th Army, the 55th Army, and a number of directly subordinate troops; Sun Lianzhong, commander-in-chief of the 2nd Army, the 119th Division of the 2nd Army, 2 companies of the 10th Artillery Regiment, 3 companies of tank defense, and 2 companies of heavy mortars.

(5) The river defense of the 110th Division was replaced by troops of the 22nd Army.

At this time, more than half of the four regiments of the defending 31st Division in Taierzhuang had been killed or wounded, and the two regiments of the 30th Division transferred into the city also suffered serious casualties. By the night of April 7, the northwest, north, east, and southeast gates of Taierzhuang City had fallen into the hands of the enemy, and half of the entire city had been occupied by the enemy.

Chi Fengcheng led the defenders of Zhuangnai to defend a corner of Nanguan, desperately held on, and formed a broadsword team to attack the Japanese army at night, inflicting great casualties on the Japanese army. Throughout the day of April 7, the Japanese army launched seven or eight charges in a row, and used incendiary bombs in a vain attempt to destroy all the houses and soldiers and civilians in the city, and razed Taierzhuang to the ground. The garrisons in the city took advantage of the terrain and the broken walls to build a third line of fortifications, fought with the Japanese army around the streets and alleys, and organized a death squad of more than 200 people to attack the Japanese stronghold and break through the enemy's position again and again. Although the defenders fought valiantly, the casualties were too great to show signs of being overwhelmed.

On the evening of April 7, the Japanese army had occupied three-quarters of the area in Taierzhuang. The 31st Division suffered heavy casualties, and Chi Fengcheng, who was about to collapse under heavy pressure, thought that if he continued to defend it, the only outcome would be the annihilation of the whole army, so he hung up the phone to Huang Haoran again, asking for permission for his 31st Division to retreat to the south bank of the canal.

Chi Fengcheng said on the phone: "Vice-seat! My 31st Division has lost all its casualties! The Japanese firepower was too strong, the offensive was fierce, and the brothers had already exhausted the devils with flesh and blood. Can you please ask the deputy seat to agree, let us temporarily retreat to the south bank of the canal, so as to leave some seeds for the 31st Division, I, Chifeng City, am here to thank the Huang deputy seat for his great kindness! ”

Speaking of emotion, Chi Fengcheng has become silent! Huang Haoran, who was holding the microphone, knew very well how difficult and tragic Chi Fengcheng's current situation was! But Huang Haoran knows better the importance of Taierzhuang to the entire battle!

So Huang Haoran resolutely ordered Chi Fengcheng on the phone: "The troops must not be withdrawn!" Reinforcements entered the shonai as soon as it got dark! Before reinforcements arrived, the 31st Division had to fight to the end! When the soldier is done, you go up and fill it in yourself! Whoever dares to retreat across the canal will be killed! ”

Chi Fengcheng on the other end of the phone was always silent and didn't say a word, Huang Haoran was worried that Chi Fengcheng couldn't stand such a cold answer, so he changed his tone of encouragement to comfort Chi Fengcheng:

"Fengtai! I know you're miserable right now! But we and the Japanese army have been fighting in Taierzhuang for almost 10 days, and the number of wins and losses is often determined in the last 5 minutes! Tomorrow, the theater will launch a general attack on the Isoya Division! I'll come back to Taierzhuang to accompany you! If you go first, I'll fill myself in! You have to organize a few more night raids tonight, and it is better to disturb the Japanese army! This will make tomorrow's battle easier! ”

Chi Fengcheng finally made a noise again, and he told Huang Haoran in a hoarse voice that the number of defenders in the village had dropped to a very dangerous number, and there was really no force to launch a night attack!

"I said that as soon as it gets dark, send reinforcements into the village! I will offer a reward of 100,000 yuan, and you will gather all the soldiers who can move, organize a death squad, and carry out a night attack. The 100,000 yuan will be divided equally according to the head in the future! ”

Although Chi Fengcheng has worked with Huang Haoran for a short time, he admires Huang Haoran very much! Chi Fengcheng knew that Huang Haoran was by no means the kind of person who was mean and unkind! The 25th Group Army also filled Zhuangzi with two or three thousand people, if it weren't for the fact that they didn't dare to use the pontoon bridge during the day, for fear of attracting bombing by Japanese planes, the reinforcements of the 25th Group Army would have entered Taierzhuang long ago!

For Huang Haoran to give such an order, it means that the Battle of Taierzhuang has reached the most critical moment! Chi Fengcheng sighed and said in a deep voice: "I will absolutely obey the order until the entire 31 is finished!" ”

The decisiveness in Chi Fengcheng's tone of voice made Huang Haoran sigh for a while!

"Execute the order! Fengtai! If you disobey, you will be court-martialed! ”

Huang Haoran knew that it was impossible for Chi Fengcheng to disobey the order, but he still had to say murderous words! Everything is just for the final victory!

"Yes! Sub-seat! ”

Chi Feng Cheng's voice was not loud, but it was very powerful!

After ending the call with Chi Fengcheng, Huang Haoran immediately called the military headquarters of the 99th Army.

"Shen Lao Er? I'm Huang Haoran! A battalion was drawn from the unit closest to the canal pontoon bridge of the 99th Division and entered the village! The 188th and 189th divisions also sent a battalion each! Don't fight to the death with the devil when you enter the village, defending a place is victory! Bring more grenadiers and grenades! And the radio! I'll let Shi Jincai's artillerymen cooperate with you well! Remember! If you don't get the order to retreat, you have to fight until the last person! (To be continued.) )