Chapter 170: Japanese Army Rescue

"Boom...Boom" With Qiao Anbang's order, he reached the first and third divisions, and the two artillery regiments that had been prepared for a long time, hundreds of German 18105mm caliber howitzers fired one after another.

For a moment, the sound of cannons outside Fengyang City rumbled and the flames soared into the sky.

Inside the city, the 13th Japanese Division Headquarters.

The commander of the 13th Division, Huozhou Army, who had just fallen asleep all night, was suddenly awakened by the sudden rumbling of cannons. He jumped out of bed in disheveled clothes and rushed to the conference room. As soon as he arrived at the door, he happened to meet the same panic-looking Chief of Staff, Dian Yongsanro.

"June Dian Yong, what's going on? There's a fight?" Huozhou Bing asked hurriedly.

Dianyong Sanlang was still shocked and could not stand attentively to salute, and replied: "I don't know whether I know the sound of cannons is coming from outside the city."

The two walked into the conference room with doubts. Dianyong Sanro was about to call to inquire about the situation when the phone rings suddenly. He picked up the phone without hesitation and said, "Hey, division and team."

Only the sound of cannons rumbling on the other end of the phone was heard, and the noise was endless. As Dianyong Saburo listened to the report on the other end of the phone, his face changed again and again. He suddenly hung up the phone and reported to the Huozhou Army with a heavy expression: "General, report on the frontier positions, a large number of Chinese armed personnel suddenly appeared around the outer positions of our army. At present, both east and west have been violently bombarded by the Chinese people."

"What? Chinese people? Where did they come out?" Huzhou soldiers were shocked when they heard this. As far as he knew, the Chinese army on the south bank were the three infantry regiments and an armored unit of the Hu Ben Brigade in Fengyang Gorge and Tianma Peak yesterday. Obviously, he did not think that the Hu Ben Brigade dared to siege Fengyang with just three regiments.

Tianyong Sanro shook his head with a frown and said, "I don't know whether Bei Zhi is, but they should have been quietly moving last night."

"Baga, I just want to know how they appeared now. Could it be that the three infantry regiments of the China Huben Brigade surrounded Fengyang County?" Huozhou soldiers said in a furious manner.

"This is absolutely impossible. According to the report of the frontier positions, the Chinese army that appeared around Fengyang County had at least two or three divisions of troops. This can be judged from their cannon sound. Such fierce artillery fire is likely to be the direct ace division of the Central China Division, and it is impossible to be equipped with such a powerful artillery unit without the organization of two or three divisions." Tian Yongsanlang analyzed.

Huzhou Bing nodded with deep understanding, pondered for a moment, and said, "The Chinese people have a big appetite, and they actually want to eat my 13th Division in one bite."

After a pause, the state soldiers of the state said to Dianyong Sanlang with a solemn expression: "Dianyong, order all troops to resist with all their strength. In addition, they immediately send a power to the Front Command for assistance, asking for help from the 9th and 114th not far from us to quickly rush to help, forming a huge encirclement outside Fengyang, surrounding the Chinese people, and then attacking our troops inside and outside, annihilation of the elite Chinese troops outside the city in one fell swoop."

"Hai" Tianyong Sanro suddenly lowered his head and responded, and immediately took the order to leave.

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Nanjing, the headquarters of the Central Chinese Front of the Japanese Army.

More than a month ago, Yanagawa Heisuke moved his Front Command from Shanghai to Nanjing. However, when the National Army evacuated, the entire city was evacuated, so the Japanese army obtained the Nanjing City was just an empty city.

For the sake of face, after Yanagawa Heisuke arrived in Nanjing, he forced his troops to move a group of people around Nanjing into Nanjing to live, so that the entire Nanjing city would not be empty.

Early in the morning, just as the sky was dawning, Yanagawa Heisuke got up early, and after a hurry washing up, he led a team of guards out of Nanjing and headed straight for the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum outside the city.

Since the Zijin Mountain was once one of the most fierce battles between the two sides, the beautiful scenery of Zijin Mountain, which was originally Yuxiu Zhongling, was almost completely destroyed by the war. Looking around, it was desolate and the magnificent Zijin Mountain in the past no longer existed.

The purpose of Yanagawa Heisuke coming to Zijin Mountain this time was to climb the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and satisfy his vanity. After all, there is the tomb of the Chinese founding father Sun Yat-sen. As a general of a hostile country, he could take a photo in front of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum. In his opinion, it was a kind of glory.

A photographer had just finished taking photos for Heisuke Yanagawa. Heisuke Yanagawa turned his head to look at the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum behind him, and a smug sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. He quickly unbuttoned his belt and started urinating at the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum.

Seeing this, the Japanese soldiers present laughed unrestrainedly.

Standing on the Purple Gold Mountain to see Nanjing City, at this moment, Yanagawa Heisuke was arrogant and extremely proud. The capital of China, Nanjing, and the founding father Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum were all trampled by him. This made him not excited and unsatisfied.

After staying on Zijin Mountain for a while, the satisfied Heisuke Yanagawa led the guard down the mountain. Before he could get on the bus, a Japanese side tricycle rushed from the city with an electric motorcycling.

Seeing this, Yanagawa Heisuke stopped.

The tricycle of the tricycle quickly rushed to Yanagawa Heisuke. Tanabe Moritake, who is currently the chief of staff of the Japanese Central Front Army, jumped off the motorcycle in a hurry.

"Tanabai, why are you here?" Yanagawa Heisuke asked immediately when he saw Tabai Moritake's face was anxious.

"General, the 13th Division sent an urgent call from Fengyang." Tianbian Shengwu quickly closed his feet and saluted: "The 13th Division called that they were surrounded by elite Chinese troops. Now the Chinese army has been surrounded by Fengyang County. All the soldiers of the 13th Division are resisting with all their strength. The Lieutenant General of the State Army requested the commander to send reinforcements immediately to rescue and attack inside and outside the 13th Division to completely annihilate the enemy in Fengyang."

"What? The 13th Division is in a hurry?" Yanagawa Heisuke was shocked and said in disbelief: "Didn't they report two days ago that they had defeated all the main forces of the Chinese army south of the Huai River? Why are they surrounded by the Chinese army now?"

"General, this 13th Division did not explain much. It is very likely that there was an accident in the front line of war, and the state soldiers were arrested for face and failed to inform us of the latest war situation in time," Tanabe Moribu thought about it and replied.

"Baga, this guy was captured by the state army." Yanagawa Heisuke was suddenly angry, but he was helpless about this matter. At that time, the middle and senior commanders on the front line in the Japanese army often disobeyed orders, and occasionally suffered defeats in time and did not inform them of the superiors until they had to.

This trend often occurs at the Japanese division level. Senior generals like the division commander have absolute command on the front line and often do not fight in accordance with the combat plans formulated by the pre-war command.

Instead, they decide how to fight based on the battlefield situation, changes in the enemy situation, etc. In this way, although they disobey military orders, they often win battles, so the top Japanese military leaders acquiesced to this trend.

Yanagawa Heisuke was once the commander of the 10th Army. He even insisted on his own actions, regardless of the orders of the Japanese base to control the scale of the war and not attack the Chinese capital Nanjing, but forcibly attacked in the direction of Nanjing, which led to the Japanese senior officials' determination to expand the scale of the war and do their best to attack Nanjing.

It is precisely this that the current Battle of Xuzhou and several major battles will be achieved.

Now he has become the commander of the front army, with a high position and a powerful position. He is quite disgusted with the fact that the state soldiers conceal the situation and do not report the situation. If the state soldiers win the battle, he has nothing to say, but the current situation is that a whole division is surrounded by the Chinese army, which makes him not angry.

Seeing that Yanagawa Heisuke wanted to get angry, Tanabe Moritake, who was standing by, quickly advised: "General, the overall situation is the most important thing. Now is not the time to hold the responsibility accountable. As the Lieutenant General of the Huozhou Army said in the telegram, this battle in Fengyang may not be a chance for the Imperial Army, and an opportunity to wipe out the main force of the Chinese army's Huaihe area.

As long as our reinforcements arrive in time and cooperate with the 13th Division, they will surely be able to wipe out the elite Chinese troops in Fengyang area in one fell swoop. In this way, the Chinese troops on both sides of the Huai River will no longer be able to resist the imperial army's troops. At that time, we can drive north to capture Xuzhou, open up the connection between the northern and southern battlefields, and meet with the North China Front Army."

Yanagawa Heisuke thought about what Tanabe Moritake said was not unreasonable, and snorted coldly, then asked again: "Now that unit of our army is close to Fengyang County?"

"Report to the general, Ji Jiajun's 9th Division and Song Mojun's 114th Division are less than a hundred miles away from Fengyang. You can arrive in a rush to marching for a long time. You can send these two divisions to assist Fengyang." Tianbian Shengwu lowered his head and replied.

"Yoxi, immediately send power to the 9th and 114th Divisions, ordering them to rush to Fengyang quickly, and telling them to cooperate with the 13th Division to wipe out the Chinese army in Fengyang area. Then send air force to Fengyang County to reinforce the 13th Division's battle." Yanagawa Heisuke immediately waved his hand and ordered.

"Hai" Moriwu Tanabe suddenly lowered his head and responded, then turned around and drove away with a motorcycle.

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Shou County, the headquarters of the 9th Japanese Division.

Lieutenant General Ji Jialiangfu was giving orders to several subordinates to attack Fuyang. Suddenly, a combat staff member hurriedly ran in, suddenly closed his feet and saluted Ji Jialiangfu: "General, the Front Command urgently sent a telegram. The 13th Division was surrounded by heavy troops of the Chinese army in Fengyang. Commander Yanagawa ordered our division to set off immediately, rush to Fengyang quickly, and cooperate with the 13th Division to wipe out the enemy in Fengyang."

"Hmm?" Ji Jialiangfu changed his color slightly, lowered his head and pondered for a while, suddenly looked up at several subordinates, and said solemnly: "Everyone, change the combat plan immediately, and the entire division rushed to Fengyang to help."

"Hai" several Japanese officers stood up at the same time and lowered their heads and responded with a loud bang.
Chapter completed!