Chapter 307: Xuzhou Annihilation War (II)

Now that the Battle of Yingzhou has ended, the battlefield on the northern front has also been moved to the Xuzhou area. Zhiheji has been safe. Local people have begun to return home. Zhang Dequan mixed in with the crowd and intended to sneak into Zhiheji again, waiting for an opportunity to assassinate Qiao Anbang, but he did not know that Qiao Anbang had already headed north to Xuzhou at this time.

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South Xuzhou, Tongshan County, the joint headquarters of the 109th and 14th Japanese Army Masters.

In order to counterattack Xuzhou, Banheng Chengshiro's deployment was to use the Fifth and 10th Divisions to block the pursuing troops of the 6th and 7th Divisions of the Huben Army and the Fifth War Zone in Henan respectively, and use the 14th Division and 109th Division, which had strong combat power as the main force of counterattack Xuzhou.

In order to facilitate unified command to capture Xuzhou, the command of the 109th Division of the 14th Division was united with troops, and the commander of the 14th Division Lieutenant General Division, Kenji Doihara, was unified in command.

In the headquarters, Kenji Doihara and Yamaoka Shigeuma, the commander of the 109th Division, gathered together to discuss the situation. Under the guidance of an adjutant, Senshiro Hiro came in with his head held high and strode in.

Kenji Doihara, Yuuki Yamagoto and others quickly stood up to greet him and asked in surprise: "Banhengjun, why are you here?"

Banhenghou Seishi waved his hand and said, "Everyone, I believe you have received the latest telegram from the Front Army Command?"

"Yeah!" Kenji Doihara, Yuuki Yamagoshi and others nodded at the same time and said, "It's not long after I just received it."

"What do you think about this?" asked Shiro Benheng Seizure.

Ken Doihara is very cunning, how can he not see the pros and cons of this? He is worried at the moment: "This move by the Front Army may have very adverse consequences for our troops!"

"Yes!" Shangang Houzhong nodded and echoed: "Now the imperial army on the southern battlefield has retreated in full swing. We will continue to fight here except for the unnecessary sacrifice. If we do not break the encirclement of the Chinese people as soon as possible and withdraw back to North China, the situation is likely to become extremely bad!"

"Tifeijun, Yamagangjun, what you said is the point, I came for this matter!" said Shiro Benheng Seizure with pleasure.

"What's the solution for Banhengjun?" Kentoki said with a slim look on his face.

"In my opinion, the commander of the Templeui decided to make this decision. If we do not take decisive action, we may end up being wiped out." Banhengheng Seiro said as he looked at the two of them with no abnormal expressions and continued: "I decided that we should immediately concentrate all our forces before the reinforcements of the Chinese Tiger Army arrived, and immediately launch a fierce attack on Xuzhou, and capture Xuzhou with lightning speed, and open up the connection between our Fourth Division in North China!"

"But once we break through, we will inevitably be followed by the Chinese army, so Shandong may be lost again." Kenji Doihara said with a frown and worried.

"Tu Feijun, if necessary, the Imperial Army can voluntarily give up the area south of the Yellow River, and its troops are on the north bank of the Yellow River to ensure Hebei and Shanxi. As long as the Chinese people are blocked, the Imperial Army will make a comeback in the future!" Banhengzheng Silang said.

"Yeah!" Kenji Dohihara thought carefully and nodded silently, "It seems that this is the only way." After all, Kenji Dohihara doesn't want his 14th Division to end up being wiped out. The current situation can be seen by fools. If they don't break through before the reinforcements of the Tiger Army arrived, then the four divisions are very likely to follow in the footsteps of the three main divisions in central China.

"Yamaoka, what do you think?" Onotoshi Seiro asked when he saw Kenji Doihara agree.

"I also agree with your decision, Banhengjun, Tu Feijun!" Shangang Houjin replied without any sluggishness.

"If this happens, we are equivalent to violating the orders of the Front Command!" Colonel Kurashima Shuzo, chief of staff of the 109th Division, said with some concern.

"Kun Kurashima, do you want to kill my hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Imperial Army?" Onoshishiro couldn't help but scold him.

"Please calm down your anger, you don't mean that's it!" Colonel Kurashima Zhouzang hurriedly lowered his head.

"Yamaka-kun and I are military chiefs. We have any responsibility to take responsibility! As the emperor, you only need the orders of the executive chief. Do you understand?" Banhengheng Zeshiro continued to scold.

"Hai, what the general taught me is that I understand!" Kurashima Zhouzang said suddenly with his head down again.

"Okay, Lord Onoshi, we'll inform the 10th Division as soon as possible." Kenji Doihara said smoothly.

"Yes!" Banhengheng Seiro nodded and then said, "Before coming, I had sent a message to the 10th Division. I believe they should be coming here now! Tonight we will take advantage of the night to launch an attack and caught the Chinese people off guard. Please remember that if we cannot capture Xuzhou City again before dawn, we only want to break through the Chinese people's field defense position, and then break through the encirclement and retreat northward. Do not be entangled by the Chinese people! We must fight quickly!"

"Yoxi, we should all deploy and prepare quickly without delay!" Kenji Doihara stood up happily and said.

Several old Japanese nodded and then walked out.

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On the road from Huaiyin to Xuzhou, Li Pinxian, Wei Yunsong and others were leading the 31st Army and the 48th Army marched in a hurry toward Xuzhou. I heard that they were going to Xuzhou to fight the Japanese again, and many soldiers along the way were abandoned.

Among the repeated battles with the Japanese army, whether it was the Battle of Shanghai or the recent Battle of Xuzhou, the 11th Army was defeated repeatedly, and even some victory was a terrible victory. The continuous defeats against Japan caused many soldiers to have Japanese phobia. In addition, the Guangxi soldiers left their hometown to fight, and many people miss their hometowns and are eager to return home, so naturally they have no intention of fighting.

However, Xiao Zhangfei and Zhang Yichun may have seen this situation a lot. He had already prevented it. He personally led a guard force to follow the main force and blocked most of the soldiers who were leaving the scatter. After he killed dozens of deserters in a row, no one dared to run away from his tyranny again.

However, Zhang Yichun was not a bloodthirsty reckless man. After killing one to warn the queen, he personally went to the army to guide and promote propaganda.

"Brothers, we are all soldiers from Guangxi. When we swore to fight in Guangxi, the fellow villagers in our hometown saved money to raise military funds for us, and men, women, young and old, beat drums and drums to send them dozens of miles. In order for our Guangxi soldiers to win glory for the country and their hometown, they can run away Japan as soon as possible, and then return home in glory, instead of hoping that you will abandon the dignity and honor of soldiers to be deserters one by one!" Zhang Yichun said righteously and righteously.

"General, you are not from Guangxi, of course you don't understand our mood." A soldier murmured in a low voice.

"Yes, although I am not from Guangxi, we are all Chinese. Now the Japanese have fought to Anhui. If we don't resist, they will fight to Guangxi soon. Where will you escape? Are you willing to watch the fellow villagers in your hometown being slaughtered by the Japanese?" Zhang Yichun did not get angry, but shouted louder.

Although he is from the Guangxi clan, he is not a general from Guangxi, Li Pinxian from Hunan, and he is from Anhui.

Zhang Yichun's righteous words made many Guangxi soldiers present bow their heads in shame.

Yes, if they did not resist, since the Japanese could fight from the Northeast to the Central Plains, they could fight from the Central Plains to Guangdong and Guangxi. As men in Guangxi, they would never allow their hometown to be invaded, nor would they sit idly by the elders of their hometown to be burned, killed, looted by the extremely cruel Japanese devils.

Zhang Yichun continued to whisper without any chance: "Brothers, as soldiers from Guangxi, we would rather die outside in battle than let the war burn to our hometown, nor to let the Japanese shells fall into our own courtyard! Please believe me, as long as we arrive in Xuzhou, our Commander-in-Chief Qiao will immediately pay you military pay and equip you with new equipment. In addition, from today on, the military pay of your brothers will increase to six yuan a month, and you will be paid in the month and will never be denied!"

"Is the sir true or not?" Many soldiers looked at Zhang Yichun with questioning eyes. For a long time, officials have talked about paying wages, but none of them have been fulfilled.

"If Zhang said nothing, he would shoot him to death!" Zhang Yichun sweared sternly.

"Just relying on the words of the sir, we will fight with you and the Japanese to the end!" A major officer took the lead and shouted loudly.

"Yes, fight with the Japanese to the end!" Many soldiers from Guangxi and Guangdong expressed their stern voice.

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While the 31st Army and 48th Army marched towards Xuzhou, Qiao Anbang took the first step back to Xuzhou City on Yali's aircraft.

It was evening, and the 11th Army's temporary headquarters was brightly lit in Xuzhou City.

Xie Jinyuan, Li Yifeng, Zhang Xudong and others gathered at the headquarters to celebrate the victory of the Hu Ben Army on the southern front in recent days and the formal expansion of the Hu Ben Army into a group army, and to receive combat missions.

Now that the 48th Army and the 31st Army have joined, and the Japanese army has been trapped for many days, their sharpness, ammunition and food are about to be consumed. The time for encirclement and annihilation of the main force of the Japanese army is ripe, and it is time to deploy an offensive combat plan.

Qiao Anbang first inspected his confidant generals present with a look of his sword, and then said: "Everyone, due to the urgent battle situation, many matters such as expansion and awarding ranks, the most urgent task at the moment is to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Japanese army in North China who were besieged by us in Tongshan and Xiaoxian!"

"Yes! Chief, please assign us combat missions!" Li Yifeng, Zhang Xudong and others nodded one after another.

"Okay, I decided to join forces with the Fifth War Zone troops to launch a full-scale attack on the Japanese army in front of me from tomorrow. The Air Force will fully assist each division, and the divisions will concentrate all artillery fire to bombard the Japanese positions. Later, the Armored Brigade, the First Division and the Guard Regiment are the main attacking forces. The 6th and 7th Divisions are responsible for restraining the Japanese Fifth Division in Guanqiao area, and the Fifth War Zone troops will be responsible for besieging the 10th Division in Xiaoxian area!"

Before Qiao Anbang could finish his words, a deafening explosion and shouting of killing suddenly sounded outside the city.

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Chapter completed!