The national army on the front line of Yixian County was not only Tang Enbo's regiment that launched the attack as the main force, but also Sun Lianzhong's Second Group Army, which was already the third group army, Sun Tongxuan's 12th Army and Cao Fulin's 55th Army. .
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, Your Excellency, Division Commander, it's not good, it's not good. The Chinese Army troops have already attacked the south! The frontline troops in the south are requesting rapid reinforcements!" A Japanese soldier quickly ran to Rensuke Isotani. Reporting.
"Nani? The main force of the China Army's attack is progressing so fast!" Isotani Rensuke was really surprised. After all, in his expectation, his troops would inevitably be able to last at least two days, and he didn't expect it to be one day. It was all lit up.
Of course, just rushing won't work. Isotani Rensuke immediately walked to the Chief of Staff Tsutsumi Taka and asked: "Chief of Staff, do you think we still have troops to support the southern battlefield?"
Tsubukkaki thought for a moment and said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, all the troops we can mobilize have been deployed to support the northern battlefield. We no longer have the troops to support the south. If we mobilize more troops to support, we will continue to fight like this." , we don’t even have enough troops to guard the city wall!”
After hearing these words, Isotani Rensuke's face immediately darkened.
After a while, Isotani Rensuke sighed and said: "It seems that we have to give up on the southern battlefield. Immediately notify all troops to prepare to fight to the end! In addition, call the North China Front Army Headquarters and tell them that our enemies have already attacked We have reached the southern city wall. If the reinforcements do not come, then our entire 10th Division will be broken into pieces to serve the Emperor! Please send reinforcements as soon as possible, Commander!"
"Hai!" a combat staff officer next to Isotani Rensuke responded.
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To be honest, when he saw the urgent telegram from the front, General Touichi Terauchi was not ordinary upset and annoyed.
"Snapped!!"
A fine porcelain teacup was smashed to pieces by Shouichi in the temple, and the tea in the teacup splashed all over the floor.
What a mess!
"Baga! Idiot Rensuke Isoya! He actually caused so much trouble to the imperial army!" Terauchi Shouichi was cursing angrily, his words full of anger.
Because the commander of the 10th Division, Isotani Rensuke, led his troops to a huge defeat on the front line, the country was already full of doubts about his commanding ability of General Judai Terauchi, and public opinion was in an uproar.
Even under such circumstances, Isotani Rensuke still asked for reinforcements. The reinforcements were gradually approaching their Yixian County. Could it be that they couldn't hold on for even a day or two? So it's no wonder that Shoichi in the temple was so angry.
But when you get angry, you get angry. Should you save someone or not? If he refuses to save his life, he will probably be labeled as unwilling to save his life by those in the country.
Therefore, General Touichi Terauchi almost gritted his teeth and ordered to his subordinates: "Order the Yixian defenders under Isogaya Renjie to stick to the front line and wait for the arrival of reinforcements. If they can't even do this request, stick to it." If not, then ask Commander Isoya Ren to commit suicide in gratitude to the Emperor!"
"Hai!!" After the adjutant responded, he immediately went to carry out the military order of General Juichi Terauchi.
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A drop of cold sweat slowly flowed down from the side of Isotani Rensuke's cheek. As a senior Japanese military officer, he naturally knew what the commander's telegram meant - the commander had already had murderous intentions. !
Isotani Rensuke forced himself to calm down. After all, he was also an old soldier with a lot of combat experience.
As the only officer qualified to have an independent office on the entire Yixian front line, Isotani Rensuke thought for a while and took out his samurai sword from behind.
After placing the katana horizontally on the tabletop of the low table, Isotani Rensuke half-knelt in front of the low table, and then took out a white scarf with a red dog-skin plaster printed on it. The round dog-skin plaster had two words printed on both sides. The words "Martial Arts" and "Long-term".
Isotani Rensuke very solemnly tied the turban on his forehead, which had already taken off his military cap. He was still chanting: "The time has come to fight to the death. If you can't hold on any longer, you will be really ashamed." To the emperor..."
After tying his turban, Isotani Rensuke walked out of the division headquarters office outside and said loudly: "Everyone, the time has come to fight to the death. Please tie on your turban to fight to the death with me, fight with me on the battlefield, and defend to the end. Yixian!"
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After turning the camera back to the southern position of Yixian County, the frontline combat headquarters of the Second Group Army of the National Army.
After receiving reinforcements from the main force, the Second Army's strength and firepower were obviously greatly enhanced.
"Boss, now that we have captured the southern position, the next step is to launch a general attack on Little Japan." Chi Fengcheng, commander of the 31st Division, said excitedly.
Chi Fengcheng showed his face in the battle of defending Taierzhuang. Even Chiang Kai-shek personally summoned him and expressed great praise for his behavior of leading his troops to defend Taierzhuang without losing Taierzhuang and not falling into the hands of the Japanese army. He also said After the war, he will be awarded the Medal of Blue Sky and White Sun in person.
For Chi Fengcheng and the Northwest officers and soldiers of the Second Group Army, this is another time to make a name for themselves and make meritorious deeds!
"Commander Chi, do you think it's time for a general attack?" Sun Lianzhong, who was staring at the map on the table, raised his head and asked Chi Fengcheng Road.
"Boss, although our troops have suffered heavy casualties now, the little devils are also not feeling well. Besides, if our troops from the former Northwest Army attack Yixian again, this will be another huge opportunity to make meritorious deeds! Then our third The Second Army will once again become famous all over the world on behalf of the brothers of the original Northwest Army!" Chi Fengcheng said very excitedly.
Who doesn’t want the opportunity to make meritorious deeds? Including Sun Lianzhong, to be honest, at his status, what he pursues is not only the opportunity to make achievements and meritorious deeds - it is said that people leave their names and geese leave their voices. Sun Lianzhong also hopes that his name can be Be famous all over the world and leave a strong mark in history.
So, after listening to Chi Fengcheng's suggestion, Sun Lianzhong couldn't help but feel excited.
Sun Lianzhong stood in front of this huge Yixian frontline combat map. He was thinking about it, weighing the pros and cons.
Finally, two minutes later, Sun Lianzhong turned around and said to the combat staff beside him: "Immediately send a telegram to the theater commander's headquarters for me and inform the theater commander, Commander Li, that our Second Group Army has captured Yi. We are about to launch a fierce attack on their position in the south of the county. Inform Chief Li that we need support from the artillery unit. If possible, please ask the officers to immediately order the artillery unit to provide artillery support to our unit."
At this time, it was also twelve o'clock in the night when Zhang Tianhai returned to the headquarters of the first regiment directly under the third theater to hold an officers' meeting.
After receiving the battle report from the front line, the commander-in-chief of the fifth theater, Li Zongren, was extremely happy!
Now the troops on the front line of the National Army have attacked outside Yixian City. If we continue to fight, there will be great hope of victory!
When this battle is won, it can even be said to be a continuation of the Taierzhuang victory!
You must know that the troops under their fifth theater headquarters can be said that except for the Tang Enbo Army that was transferred later, the other large-scale combat troops are all miscellaneous troops with extremely poor combat effectiveness compared to the troops in other theaters. ah!
If you don’t believe me, compare it to the third theater during the previous Songhu Battle? And Tang Shengzhi’s seventh theater during the Nanjing Defense War? There is no harm without comparison. Compared with the elite units of the Central Army in the Third Station Area and the Seventh Theater Area at that time, these miscellaneous troops in the Fifth Theater Area were very different.
You must know the composition of the troops in the fifth theater. Before the Battle of Xuzhou, it was composed of the Northwest Army and the Guangxi Army, as well as the Northeast Army and Han Fuqu's Shandong Army.
These troops all have one obvious thing in common, that is: they have been against Chiang Kai-shek and are not favored. With the exception of the Gui Army troops, no matter which one is in the army, they belong to the type that their father does not love and their mother does not love them. , it is already very good to be able to keep the designation and maintain the current situation, let alone expand the army or update equipment.
If the Japanese had not almost reached the fifth theater at that time, otherwise, the Military Commission would not have agreed to the expansion or equipment update of these miscellaneous troops.
If you don’t believe it, look at Pang Bingxun’s Third Army Corps. It seemed that it was organized under one regiment number at that time, but in fact, it only had the strength of five regiments, and the Military Commission also wanted to abolish the Li Zhenqing Field Supplementary Regiment. Lost.
If Pang Bingxun hadn't come to the Fifth Theater Commander Li Zongren with an old face and cried out his difficulties with snot and tears, otherwise his field supplementary regiment would have been unable to survive.
It should be noted that Li Zhenqing's field supplementary regiment was only retained because of Li Zongren, the commander-in-chief of the fifth theater, because of his favor.
It can be seen that before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the life of the motley army was not easy.
The troops below are poorly equipped and the quality of the soldiers is low, so this is also a factor that directly affects the overall combat effectiveness of the fifth theater.
Therefore, Li Zongren led such a group of miscellaneous troops to not only win the Linyi victory, but also the even more powerful Taierzhuang victory. This cannot but be said to be his personal charm and superb commanding art.
Seeing that another great victory may be about to appear, how could Li Zongren not be excited? What about not being supportive?
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