For Zhang Tianhai, winning the battle in Tangtou Town was just the beginning.
This battle in Tangtou Town can be said to be opportunistic, and the enemies of Tangtou Town were annihilated with absolute superiority. Then, these Japanese troops will inevitably retaliate wildly against the Zhiyi Regiment, or in other words, to recapture Tangtou Town. And launched a desperate attack.
What can be said is that the next battle will be an absolutely tough battle!
For example, the more than a thousand Japanese field troops outside Tangtou Town are different from the enemies of Tangtou Town who have to disperse their forces to defend various arteries. When these Japanese troops gather together, it can be said that they are a tight-knit force. The Iron Fist!
What's more, the troops of the Zhiyi Regiment had just captured Tangtou Town and were in an unstable state. They completely wiped out the Japanese defenders of Tangtou, and they also suffered a lot of casualties.
If Zhang Tianhai had been given two hours, he could have calmly faced the invading enemy force, and even annihilating the enemy force would not be a problem, but the problem was that the enemy force would not give them time to face it calmly.
The scene shifts to the headquarters of Sato Masaki outside Yutou Town.
Masaki Sato is thirty-seven years old this year. In theory, he belongs to a relatively young group of colonel officers.
After all, there are too many outstanding talents in the Japanese army, and those who can take the lead are basically the best of the best.
Sato Masaki's height is considered tall among the Japanese army. After all, his height of 1.80 meters is quite conspicuous in the team.
"Reporting to your Excellency, Wing Commander, the brigade headquarters has lost contact!" A communications soldier carrying a radio on his back ran to Sato Masaki and reported.
"It seems that we are still a step late..." Masaki Sato sighed, "Call the division headquarters immediately to ask about the next battle plan!"
"Hai!" the signal soldier responded.
Not long after, an inquiry order came from the Fifth Division, generally asking about the battle situation on the front line and the location of the various units on the Linyi front line.
Looking at this inquiry telegram, Sato Masaki felt mixed emotions in his heart, but he had no choice: The sound of gunfire could no longer be heard in Tangshan Town. Is it still necessary to continue the attack? In front are the enemy's elite troops, and in the rear are the pursuers.
Masaki Sato really has a hard time choosing.
After taking a deep breath, Sato Masaki said: "Report truthfully! Just say that I have led a brigade of troops in front of Tangtou Town."
"Hai!" the signal soldier responded again.
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While Sato Masaki led more than a thousand Japanese troops to hesitate outside Tangtou Town, Zhang Tianhai had already led the guard platoon to the front line of the first battalion again.
As for the troops of the second battalion, Zhang Tianhai ordered Lu Shaojie to detach a company of troops to guard the regiment headquarters, while the rest of the troops dealt with the wounded soldiers of the first regiment.
Since Zhang Tianhai's troops were traveling long distances this time, they did not notify the local government to organize the people to cooperate in the treatment. Therefore, they could only rely on the doctors in the medical class and the cooperation of other troops.
Fortunately, during the clearing of Tangtou Town, two Japanese military doctors were captured and the Japanese army's medical depot was also seized.
The two Japanese military doctors who were captured did not seem to be completely brainwashed by the idea of "loyalty to the emperor". They did not choose to "commit suicide to thank the emperor" or beg their opponents to kill them when they were captured, as most Japanese soldiers did. .
Under the coercion of Lu Shaojie, the two Japanese military doctors began the work of treating the wounded.
Lu Shaojie took inventory. In the attack on Tangtou Town, thanks to the strong firepower and the generally small caliber of Japanese rifles, the number of deaths was not too many, about two hundred people, but there were more injured people. , one hundred and ninety-two were seriously injured, and about two hundred were slightly injured.
In terms of this battle loss ratio, it is still relatively large. After all, the Japanese army also killed so many people in the battle.
By the way, so many people died in the Japanese army, and this has to do with the difference between winning and losing the battle: if the battle is defeated, there is still some hope of survival for both the lightly wounded and the seriously injured; but if the battle is lost, , do you think the enemy has such good intentions and spends so many medical resources to save a life-or-death enemy?
"Damn it, this little Japan's combat power is not bad. With absolute strength and absolute firepower superiority, we still suffered so many casualties when we beat them. If we were to fight them in an encounter, what would we do? Really?" Lu Shaojie cursed.
"Batalion Commander, what should we do next?" the guard next to Lu Shaojie asked.
"What else can we do? After taking care of the wounded, count the loot immediately!" Lu Shaojie said.
"Yes, battalion commander! I will inform the two company commanders right now!" the guard responded. The two company commanders he was talking about were naturally the commanders of the infantry company. As for the battalion's machine gun company, it had long been replaced by the regiment. I have arranged to go to other places to guard key points.
The camera turned to the First Battalion again.
At this time, the 1st Battalion had occupied the original Japanese guard positions, which was quite similar to "occupying the magpie's nest". However, the places that had been destroyed by mortar shells had not had time to repair.
But it's almost the same. After all, the Japanese army has already reached the city at this time, and there is no time to fill up.
"It's strange, why don't these little devils attack? Are they here just for fun?" Zhang Tianhai said with a depressed face.
"Commander, are you going too far? No one attacked us when we didn't set up a good position. It's a good thing that you have set up a good position and blame them for not attacking." Li Chunfei laughed and said, after all, this is It is inevitable to feel good after winning a battle.
Zhang Tianhai's expression was very solemn, and he was not as relaxed as Li Chunfei. He said: "Look! The most important thing for these little devils is to retrieve the bodies of their compatriots. Usually those little soldiers have to take them back, let alone us now But after killing one of their major generals and a lieutenant commander, there are now two or three majors."
"Hehe, come as soon as you come, come and kill one, come two and kill a pair!" Li Chunfei said with a smile.
"You think easy! I'm telling you, don't underestimate the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army. Don't forget that we fought fiercely during the Battle of Songhu. Now we can only make a mistake at best. Don't be too arrogant." Zhang Tianhai said seriously.
The current situation is really confusing for Zhang Tianhai: indeed, he has taken over Jun Sakamoto's command, but he has also changed a bit of history, and he does not know how the next battle will develop!
After all, in the original history, it was after Sakamoto Jun's frontline army was defeated that Sakamoto Jun had to lead the remaining troops to escape and retreat, and then wait for support!
When Zhang Tianhai felt that he had encountered a problem, Itagaki Seishiro also felt that he had encountered a problem: he was really in a dilemma regarding the arrangement of the Sato Alliance. On the one hand, he wanted Sato Masaki to lead the troops to recapture Sakamoto Jun's body; On the one hand, they wanted to preserve the strength of the Japanese army in the Linyi area and wait until reinforcements arrived before reorganizing the attack.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, I believe that at this time we should think of a best-of-both-worlds approach to achieve this goal. We can try to contact the troops of the 11th Regiment and the 21st Regiment. If we can contact them, we will order They rushed to Tangtou Town, and we came to fight another battle around Tangtou Town. As long as the bridgehead of Tangtou Town is recaptured, when our army's follow-up reinforcements arrive, we can launch a favorable attack again! Besides, at this time, the Isoya Division The commander is leading the 10th Division to storm Tengxian County in front of the Jinpu Line, we can't let the empire be embarrassed." The chief of staff on the side suggested.
Itagaki Seishiro thought for a while and felt that what the chief of staff said was reasonable, so he decided to let Sato Masaki lead his troops to "counterattack Yutou Town", and at the same time, he sent a telegram to the 11th Regiment and the 21st Regiment to break out in the direction of Yutou Town. , and take back Tangtou Town!
Of course, the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel -
After Seishiro Itagaki issued the new combat order, only the commander of the 21st Regiment, Sadami Katano, and the commander of the 42nd Regiment, Masaki Sato, received it, but Yuichiro Nagano of the 11th Regiment did not. Order received.
What happened to Yuichiro Nagano?
Yes, for Nagano Yuichiro, something really happened to him!
At this time, all the troops near the headquarters of the 11th Regiment had been wiped out. Only Regiment Captain Nagano Yuichiro and his directly affiliated guard troops were desperately guarding.
"Shoot!" Yuichiro Nagano held his command knife high. Unlike Jun Sakamoto, who was calm and calm, he didn't even have time to put on the red plaster and white turban that the Japanese army must wear when they fight to the death!
The desperate attack of the Chinese army made Yuichiro Nagano unable to resist at all. The main force of the regiment was held back on the right wing. The remaining forces were also in a tug-of-war with the Northwest Army on the front battlefield of Zhuge City, and there was a faint momentum of failure. !
It has to be said that the Japanese army's combat effectiveness is still quite strong. Although the Japanese army has gradually begun to fall into a disadvantage, the national army has not paid a heavy price.
For example, in the direction of the 38th Division, a brigade commander was already complaining to the division commander Huang Weigang, saying that if the fight continued, all the troops would be wiped out.
But Huang Weigang always had only one sentence here: "Your troops are exhausted. We will find a way to make up for it after the war. If you dare to lead your troops to retreat without authorization, I will kill you myself without the commander's action!"
It was Huang Weigang's harsh words, coupled with the fact that the brothers below him always maintained a high enthusiasm for the fight against Japan, so some of the brigade and regiment-level military officers who started complaining could only hold on. On the scalp.
Again, the troops are exhausted and then replenished!
While the fighting was in full swing on the Linyi side, the Zouxian side was not idle either. The 10th Division, in collaboration with part of the 106th Division, had already captured two Xiadian positions along the front of the national army, and divided their troops There are two routes, one with the Segu detachment as the main force to attack Tengxian County, and the other route is to attack Zouxian County, striving to clear the rear of the attack on Taierzhuang as soon as possible!
Bullets flew across the sky, and the screaming shells hit the quaint city wall of Teng County hard. The entire city wall trembled a little and began to look shaky.
The 122nd Division of the 41st Army of the Sichuan Army is responsible for defending the city here. The division commander is none other than Wang Mingzhang!
"It's such a bad day in Japan. The bombs are being bombed every day. Your mother-in-law is going to have sex with others!" In the middle of the anti-artillery fortification, a fast-talking young soldier from the Sichuan Army was cursing. , obviously he felt very unhappy. After all, how many people like the feeling of being bombed?
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