Yanzhou, the division headquarters of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army, and the combat staff of the Japanese Army 2nd Army in North China, Okamoto Fukuki came. He was entrusted by the commander Nishioji Sato to assist Isotani Risuke in command of the Taierzhuang battle.

When he came, Isotani Ryosuke was about to lead the team to the front line of Taierzhuang in person.

Ryosuke Isotani was very dissatisfied with Setani's command and believed that Setani's troops were released little by little in command. This was a tactic of adding fuel to the military and regarded it as a taboo for military strategists.

The correct way to do this should be to suppress all the troops at once and defeat the enemy with absolute strength.

Therefore, he planned to go to supervise Seya Kishi himself and personally escort a batch of supplies. The battle consumption these days is a huge number.

Due to the serious damage to the road and the front line was too long, the Japanese supply line was cut off by enemy troops and guerrillas from time to time, and the ammunition supply of the Seya Detachment could no longer keep up.

Intelligence shows that China is constantly allocating troops to the Xuzhou area, and the Seya Detachment is likely to be surrounded, which is also something that Isotani Ryosuke is worried about.

There were not many troops available in Aoshi Isotani's hands. The division headquarters of the 10th Division only had a battalion and a cavalry squadron stationed in Yanzhou City. The division headquarters were added, and the Japanese troops in the entire Yanzhou City did not exceed 2,500.

Yanzhou City is very empty!

"Mr. Isoguchi, the battle situation in Xuzhou has changed. Through our multiple channels, the Jiang government in Wuhan wants to fight a big decisive battle with us in Xuzhou. Judging from the current battle situation, it is very likely."

"The decisive battle, haha, it's so ridiculous. Just these Chinese people are not the opponents of the Japanese Empire at all!" Isotani Ryosuke laughed wildly, "Okamoto is worried too much."

"There is an old saying in China: There are so many ants that bite the elephant to death. The Segu Detachment went deep alone, with weak troops and no foreign aid. Once they caught the fighter plane, the consequences would still be unimaginable."

"The Seya Detachment commands the most elite unit of my 10th Division. Not to mention that one imperial soldier can reach ten Chinese soldiers, the Seya Detachment has 20,000 Chinese troops. Even if there are 200,000 Chinese troops, it may not be possible. Besides, if the Chinese people really plan to fight the empire in Xuzhou, this is a good thing, right, Okamoto-kun?"

"Yes, but time is too tight, and domestic troops may not be able to come immediately. However, the Kwantung Army has withdrawn two brigades and sent them to the country to support it, and it is expected to arrive in Jinan in three days!"

"Oh, that's great!" Isotani's eyes lit up suddenly when he heard this.

"These two mixed brigades can only send one unit to strengthen your army, and the other one has other arrangements!" Okamoto Fukuki explained.

Isotani Ryosuke nodded.

"This time I'm here to convey the orders of Commander Nishio." Okamoto Kiyoki said seriously.

"Speaking!"

Okamoto Fukuki personally took the map and spread it on the coffee table.

"If the Segu Detachment cannot conquer Taierzhuang immediately, you might as well maintain the current offensive first, and the main force goes east, capture Lanling, Tancheng, or attack in the direction of Chahe Town and capture Xin'an Town."

"Wouldn't that line be longer?"

"The guards of Taierzhuang is the elite New 38th Brigade of the Chinese Army. This brigade was formerly the Chinese Army's teaching corps. He and the Honorary First Division of the Chinese Army were the same source. Not only were the first-class soldiers, but the weapons and equipment were also the best in the Chinese Army. There were more than 10,000 troops. If we really wanted to burn both jade and stone in Taierzhuang, our army would probably have to pay a huge price for casualties to win it!" When Okamoto Fukukyu came, he did his homework and had a detailed understanding of the performance of the New 38th Brigade.

Isotani Ryosuke frowned disapprovingly. Obviously, he thought Okamoto Kiyoki was exaggerating, but the other party was the combat staff of the Second Army after all, and he was not easy to attack.

"Isotani Army, will the Sega Detachment temporarily give up the capture of Taierzhuang and turn eastward to cooperate with the Sakamoto Detachment of the Fifth Division to capture Linyi, and after the two armies meet, will they attack Taierzhuang?"

"Is this what that guy Sakagaki thinks?"

"Lt. General Sakagaki will soon be the Director of Education. This is indeed his suggestion. Commander Nishio feels that this is a strategy to solve the current dilemma!"

"The news of our army's capture of Taierzhuang has spread in Tokyo. If the attack on Taierzhuang is temporarily suspended at this time, then we will be suspected of deceiving the base camp. At that time, how should I explain to the commander of the Temple and the base camp?" Isotani Ryosuke said angrily.

Obviously, he did not agree with this plan, which was equivalent to giving the credit to Seishiro Sakagaki, so that he could meet in Tokyo to perform another achievement before he could achieve it.

"Isotani, don't you need the entire Sega Detachment to maintain the attack on Taierzhuang?"

"According to information, the elite 20th Army of the Chinese Army has entered the Xuzhou battlefield, but we have never found its main force. Previously, the Chichai United in the Guoliji area east of Zaozhuang fought against the Chinese Army. By capturing the opponent's captives, it was learned that this unit was a division under the 20th Army, but the main force was still not found."

"So, the main force of the Chinese people has already moved to the side of the Seya Detachment?" Okamoto Fukuki was shocked.

"It's not clear yet, but there is no special discovery at present. If their main force had already moved to the side of the Seya Detachment, why wouldn't the attack be launched?" Isotani Ryosuke shook his head.

"What is the analysis of Seya-kun?"

"Seya-kun analyzed that there were indeed a group of Chinese troops interspersed with him, but the number of troops was not large, at most, the size of a division of the Chinese army. With the equipment of the Chinese army, one division was almost as good as a battalion for us, so it was not a problem. This was very likely that the Chinese people had set up a suspicion array, but he was not sure, so he did not dare to let go of his hands and feet to attack Taierzhuang."

"What about Isoya-kun's judgment?"

"The so-called 20th Chinese Army Corps may have already arrived in Xuzhou, but it is very likely that only a part of it has arrived. The Chinese people use this to deploy suspicion arrays, so that they can delay time and allow them to mobilize and deploy more troops."

"That means that the Chinese army intends to fight us in the Xuzhou area, why don't we use our plans?" Okamoto Fukuki reminded.

Isotani Ryosuke understood what Okamoto wanted to say, and Takasuke Sakagaki was a foregone conclusion. Although he didn't need to curry favor with the other party, it would be no harm to show his good deeds at this time.

"Okay, I'm about to go to the front line of Taierzhuang. If I can join forces with the Fifth Division, I will have a greater confidence in capturing Xuzhou!" Isotani Ryosuke agreed.

"Keifuku Okamoto congratulations to Isotani on his comments!" Okamoto Kiyofuku stood up and bowed deeply to Isotani Ryosuke.

"Thank you, Okamoto!"

Is it really a false formation? The belief of Setani Kei, who is at the forefront, has been shaken. According to the information collected by the reconnaissance team sent by the Japanese army.

Just in the mountains in the northeast of Zaozhuang, there are traces of military activities. Judging from the scale of the trampling, there are tens of thousands of people.

Was it done on purpose, or is it really tens of thousands of people hiding in the mountains?

Setani Kishi felt his scalp tingling!

Most of his troops have been sent out, mainly in the direction of Taierzhuang. In order to maintain an overwhelming advantage, he kept filling in the troops!

Most of the troops in the Seya Detachment were placed there and fighting with the squadron. The battle situation was stalemate and intertwined, so they could not retreat at all.

In addition, there were also guarded troops, all sent out.

It’s easy to release it, but it’s difficult to take it back!

The battle in Taierzhuang continued, and the Japanese suicide squads continued to attack and fell down, with more and more corpses. Then, every once in a while, everyone would send people to carry white flags to carry the robes of their respective sacrificed soldiers.

The casualties continue to increase, and Taierzhuang has long been a Shura field.

Luo Yufeng gritted his teeth and stood firm, and the fire of revenge was burning in his heart. If it weren't for the overall situation, why would the New 38th Brigade need to make such a huge sacrifice?

Furong Zhenping, who was in charge of the front line of Taierzhuang, would also have red eyes, swollen cheeks, and a pair of dead fish eyes staring at the location of Taierzhuang on the map.

It's the ninth day!

We must take down Taierzhuang, he must make contributions, His Majesty the Emperor awarded merits, and he must get what he wanted!

"Organize suicide squads, charge me, charge me"

"Hayi!"

"Your Excellency Colonel, the brigade commander is in urgent need of telegram"

"Baga, Baga" Fueyo Mahei rushed out like a bull in heat.

Western Shandong, Jin Township.

Third Army, 74th Division.

In the command center, Sun Yinting, who was thin, sat on a chair with a tobacco pipe in his hand and was sucking in his mouth. His skin was dark and he looked full of gullies. If he weren't wearing a lieutenant general's uniform, he would look similar to an old country farmer at first glance.

The 10th Japanese Division headed south along the Jinpu Road, and the 115th infantry regiment of the 114th Japanese Division stationed in the Jining area was also ready to move.

The Third Army suffered heavy casualties in the previous battles, and lost an important town in Jinan, the capital of Shandong. The commander-in-chief of the Army was arrested and executed by fire, and the morale of the troops was sluggish.

The troops retreated all the way to Cao County. There was really no way to retreat. We couldn't retreat to the war zone, right? We were stationed in Cao County.

Yu Xiaohou served as the commander-in-chief, but he was not from the old Northwest Army. Moreover, his troops fought against the Japanese army in Huaixi and had no time to perform the military and political affairs of the Third Army. Therefore, the military and political affairs of the Third Army were all managed by Sun Yinting. Therefore, Yu Xiaohou was directly removed from his position as the commander-in-chief of the Third Army and let Sun Yinting be the commander-in-chief!

After Han Xiangfang died, the provincial government scattered the money, and Shen Chengzhang took the opportunity to seize military and political power. There were also many conflicts within the Third Army, especially the conflict between the 56th Army Hagu Jingxuan and the 55th Army Commander Cao Leshan broke out after Han Xiangfang was shot and almost caused a mutiny.

Gu Jingxuan was forced to disband the 56th Army and went to Wuhan to serve as a senator. The 22nd Division was incorporated into the 12th Army, and the 74th Division was transferred to the 55th Army. The pistol brigade originally affiliated with the 55th Army was drawn out separately and was thrown behind the enemy in Jinan to fight guerrillas.

In this way, it seems that the strength of the 12th Army has increased significantly. In fact, after months of fighting, the strength of the 12th Army is much worse than before the war. It is very difficult to have soldiers without soldiers, and to have supplies without supplies.

It seems that the meaning of Shangfeng is to let them be cannon fodder and then fend for themselves.

The Japanese were forced to force them and wanted to use them as cannon fodder. Now the whole country knows that Han Xiangfang and his Third Army will throw away a large area of ​​Shandong's territory without any fire. They will passively fight against Japan, and the troops will be abandoned. They often leave several or more.

If it hadn't been to Cao County to stabilize, led the troops to fight several wars, and even recovered Jining for a while, the troops would have stabilized and fewer deserters would have been.

But if you want to restore the pre-war situation, it is probably not possible for a short-term effort to do it.

"June!"

"Dai Junzuo." Sun Yinting put down the pipe in his hand and said to his deputy chief, Sun Zhongtian, "How is the battle?"

"Report to Dai Junzuo, the Japanese army did enter the throne. Our army took advantage of the victory to pursue it. More than 100 Japanese soldiers were killed and injured in this battle!" Sun Zhongtian reported excitedly.

"Okay, in a short period of time, the Japanese army should not invade Yutai, but be careful!" Sun Yinting nodded, "Let Li Hanzhang, commander of the 74th Division, come to see me."

"Yes, Dai Jun!"

Although the 74th Division was incorporated into the 55th Army, it did not go to Tengxian East with Cao Leshan to fight guerrillas and harass the Japanese supply line. Instead, it stayed in western Shandong and temporarily dispatched him to station in Yutai and Jinxiang to prevent the Japanese army from attacking Xuzhou from western Shandong and attacking in Jining from the Japanese army.

Sun Yinting came to inspect the defense of Jinxiang. He happened to encounter the Japanese army attacking south from Jiaxiang. The secret report was that 74 ambushed in Wuzhai Mountain. The Japanese army had no place and was in a hurry, with heavy casualties.

However, when he received the news of the victory, he was not happy at all. The Japanese army was very cruel. He was worried that this would cause crazy revenge from the Japanese army. Similar situations occurred several times of victory before, and the people did not understand, and even thought that resistance brought them the disaster.

Some traitor organizations even advocate and promote demagogues such as "the land of imperial ways" and "the prosperity of East Asia", such as "the sect and the loyal and filial piety group".

These traitor organizations were like mushrooms sprouting after a rain. The harm was so great that they had seriously endangered the Third Army's anti-Japanese war in western Shandong.

Also, he had just received a telegram from the Fifth War Zone that Wuhan decided to establish the Western Shandong Corps. Since Xiaohou was the commander of the Corps, he had no objection. Originally, the commander of the Third Army was Yu Xiaohou, but Yu Xiaohou was unable to act, so he acted as the commander.

But Leng Feng, the chief of staff of the Shandong Corps, was a little confused. Why did this young boy who came out of nowhere suddenly take the position of chief of staff? He also served as the commander-in-chief of the front enemy. Isn’t this undermining our Lao Sun?

This old Sun really didn't associate Leng Feng with the commander of the Honorary First Division. These two people who seemed to be unable to hit eight poles would actually be the same person.

The number of words in this telegram is to save as much as possible, so Leng Feng's title and identity were not explained clearly. Lao Sun could not think of it for a moment, which was normal.

To be continued.
Chapter completed!