Li Yunlong made a lot of money in Liaocheng, which made the little devil hate him.
But there was nothing they could do. The main force went to encircle and annihilate the Dragon Boat Festival. And this time he was very determined.
The lost cities can be recaptured, and the lost materials can be retrieved from the Chinese people. But we must not let Dragon Boat Festival get away.
At this time, the headquarters of the North China Expeditionary Army also gradually paid attention to the appearance of the Dragon Boat Festival.
Previously, they believed that the reason why the Dragon Boat Festival became famous was because of the waste of the Central China Expeditionary Force, rather than how strong the Dragon Boat Festival was.
But at this time, it seems that they have completely missed the point. With a lone force, he successively severely damaged the Japanese Fifth Division and the 110th Division.
So this time, no matter what, they will capture the Dragon Boat Festival and eliminate it in the Luxi area.
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"How far are we from the Supervision Corps?"
On the highway from west to east, Momotaro, who was sitting in the car looking at the map, asked the adjutant sitting in the passenger compartment.
The adjutant quickly replied: "Your Excellency, according to the news from the Fifth Division, we should be less than five kilometers away from the Supervision Corps. But they are now fleeing to the west."
Momotaro said: "Flee to the west, that is Feiyun Ridge. Feiyun Ridge is easy to defend and difficult to attack. I am afraid that Dragon Boat Festival will make a fuss here.
The southeast of Feiyunling is the location of the original First Division of the puppet army. This first division seems to be no longer stationed. The troops are empty. Once the Supervisory Corps jumps out from there, the back of the Chaoxian Division will be exposed to the guns of the Supervisory Corps.
In this way, you send electricity to the division commander and ask him to suggest that the fourth division should block this hole. Prevent the supervision team from breaking out from this direction.
Although, further east is also the area occupied by our Imperial Japanese Army. But the Dragon Boat Festival will enter the Taishan Mountains.
The Taishan Mountains are vast, more than 200 kilometers from east to west, and more than 50 kilometers from north to south. In such a large mountain range, trying to find an army is like finding a needle in a haystack.
And this is not an ordinary force, but a force that may bite us hard at any time. "
"Hey, I'll send electricity to the division commander right now."
The adjutant took the order and immediately sent electricity to the division commander Sang Mu Chongming, an old Japanese soldier.
Chongming Kuangmu attaches great importance to Momotaro's analysis, and he especially appreciates Momotaro's point. He never takes credit. Whenever he has any good suggestions, he sends them to himself first, and then forwards them to the Second Army Headquarters.
This shows what? It shows that Momotaro can be a good person! He has not forgotten the commander who single-handedly promoted Momotaro.
So I’m afraid everyone will like this kind of young man who repays his kindness, right?
Otherwise, Sangmu Chongming would not strongly recommend Momotaro to be promoted to the rank of major general.
At the same time, the headquarters of the Japanese Second Army also attached great importance to it after receiving the message relayed by Sangmu Chongming.
They had indeed ignored this point before, thinking that with the cooperation of the 5th Division and the 110th Division, it was absolutely impossible to escape the Dragon Boat Festival. But I don’t think there is still a road to Mount Tai to take.
So the headquarters of the Japanese Second Army immediately ordered the Fourth Division to deploy an infantry regiment and quickly set up defenses at the former First Division of the Imperial Alliance Army to cut off the supervision team's access to Mount Tai.
The Fourth Division took active action. An infantry regiment stopped and entered the camp of the First Division of the Imperial Association Army, while the rest of the troops continued south to cooperate with the Chaoxian Division.
At this time, the Chaoxian Division was fighting harder than the Japs. Although the troops suffered heavy casualties, they had successfully advanced the front line for nearly a hundred kilometers.
Prince Li Cheng's proud expression was beyond words, because the headquarters of the Japanese Second Army had issued a commendation order to him and promoted him to the rank of Major General of the Imperial Japanese Army after this battle.
So Li Chengdu was overjoyed and quickly organized his troops to launch a fierce attack on Jining.
Of course, this news also reached the ears of another Chaoxian division in Dongping County, and its brigade leader Zhang Guangsan was also as excited as if he had been given a shot of blood. Because the prince has been promoted, he also wants to go further.
So he quickly ordered all troops to attack and annihilate the enemy forces in the city.
But at this time, Wang Gang and Shen Mogan had already retreated.
This was due to the message from the Dragon Boat Festival. When he found that he could not get rid of the Japanese army, he quickly sent a message to the 55th Army and the 56th Army and asked them to withdraw the Japanese troops from Dongping County.
Now that the little devil's attention is on Dragon Boat Festival, it is still possible for these two regiments to withdraw from Dongping County.
So Wang Gang discussed with Shen Mogan and suddenly launched a counterattack against the Chaoxian Division. After repelling the Chaoxian Division, they quickly withdrew from the west gate, then marched southwestward into Henan and jumped out of the enemy's encirclement.
Zhang Guangsan took advantage of the situation and discussed with Sakata Chuuji and determined that this battle was a major defeat of the 55th Army and the 56th Army.
In fact, Zhang Guangsan wanted to say "annihilate them all", but Sakata Chuuji felt that this was inappropriate, because once the 55th Army and the 56th Army that escaped encountered other imperial troops, they would say no Clear.
Moreover, the military merit of defeating the 55th Army and the 56th Army was not small. What's more, Prince Li Cheng was also defeated. If Zhang Guangsan was wiped out, wouldn't he be a bit more accomplished?
Zhang Guangsan burst into tears of gratitude, and his admiration for Sakata Chuuji was like a surging river.
So Zhang Guangsan reported the matter to Li Cheng. Li Cheng became increasingly happy and ordered Zhang Guangsan to go south to cooperate with the imperial army to annihilate the 55th Army.
After Zhang Guangsan received the order, he rushed to the front line overnight to participate in the attack on the 55th Army without even resting his troops.
The pressure on the 55th Army doubled, and it was originally difficult to support it alone. But when one of Zhang Guangsan's brigade was involved, the consequences could be imagined, and almost the whole line was defeated.
At this time, even Li Zhongren had to pay attention. The Jaap's offensive momentum is getting stronger and stronger, and if the 55th Army and the 56th Army are completely wiped out, then what else can he use to defend Xuzhou?
He immediately ordered the Fifty-fifth Army, the Fifty-sixth Army, including the still struggling 12th Army, to retreat in stages to the area of Zaozhuang and Taierzhuang. Li Zhongren wanted to fight a small battle with the Japs in Taierzhuang.
He mobilized the 22nd Army of the Sichuan Army and entered Taierzhuang in advance, while Tang Enbo's 13th Army was on standby east of Zaozhuang to cover the retreat of the 12th Army. And together with the 12th Army on the eastern front, they blocked the Japanese 20th Division.
The Japanese 20th Division was transferred from Chaoxian, and its overall strength was average. Perhaps it was because it had stayed in Chaoxian for too long and was used to being pampered. Therefore, the combat effectiveness was not as high as expected. Although they repelled the 12th Army, they did not gain much advantage.
But even so, the air in the fifth theater became increasingly tense, because just as the battle on the northern front was gradually heating up, the battle on the southern front also began. The Central China Expeditionary Army, formerly the Shanghai Expeditionary Army, has launched a fierce attack on Huainan and Northern Jiangsu! .
(End of chapter)
