On May 8, the twenty-seventh year of the Republic of China, the battle in the southern section of the Jinpu Line started at Cao Laoji. Part of the Japanese Army's Ninth Division, Yoshijia Liangfu, forcibly crossed the Luohe River and forced Mengcheng.
Xuzhou, commander-in-chief of the fifth theater.
The news that the Japanese troops forcibly crossed the Luohe River on the southern route of the Jinpu Line was naturally reported to the headquarters of the Fifth Theater Commander as soon as possible. Otherwise, by the time the enemy troops approached the city, it would have been too late.
The entire 122nd Division of Wang Mingzhang of the Sichuan Army was martyred in Teng County. Who wouldn't be afraid of such a result? Since they are here, they are here to fight against Japan and are not afraid of death at all.
But what are you afraid of? What I fear is dying worthless, and what I fear is dying in the hands of friendly forces, not the hands of the enemy.
In everyone's opinion, the 122nd Division of the Sichuan Army did not die at the hands of the Japanese, but at the hands of Tang Enbo and Wang Zhonglian——
Originally, the two armies were fighting with different camps, and casualties were inevitable. However, Tang Enbo's army refused to save them. The commander of the 85th Army, Wang Zhonglian, was afraid of a head-on confrontation with the main force of Rensuke Isotani's 10th Division, so he only sent A regiment of troops was recruited for support, and the main force of the 85th Army drove directly to Zaozhuang.
What did the Eighty-fifth Army want to do when they headed towards Zaozhuang? Of course, he wanted to create a move that he would lead his troops to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army in Zaozhuang. Wang Zhonglian himself said that he wanted to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, and besiege Zaozhuang in order to reduce the pressure on Teng County.
But is this really the case? Wang Zhonglian was very clear about the strength of the enemy army on the front of Jinpu Road. He went to Zaozhuang to fight purely because he wanted to pick out the old lady's persimmons - specifically picking out the weak ones.
When the main force of the Japanese 10th Division Isoya Lianjie Headquarters went south, it was equipped with a lot of heavy artillery units. When the fighting in Tengxian County was at its most intense, an average of more than 10,000 artillery shells were fired into the city every day. For three consecutive days, God, that’s more than 30,000 rounds.
More than 30,000 shells were fired, which almost razed the city to the ground. Anyone who can become a commander is not stupid. What's more, Wang Zhonglian is the best in Huangpu Phase I, otherwise he would not be Huangpu Phase I. They are the first group of people in this period who can become the commander of an army, so from Wang Zhonglian's perspective, he does not want his troops to die or lose their heads.
Therefore, as soon as they received the battle report, the officers and soldiers of the Seventh Army of the Gui Army stationed here immediately reported the situation.
Li Zongren is the leader of the Gui Clan, and it is impossible for them to refuse to save them. What they have to do is to give their officers as much time as possible to prepare, and then fight until the troops are ready to fight. Then day lily It's all cold.
In the past few days, Commander Li Zongren had rarely left the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief, because the battle on the front line was tense, and all the troops were inseparable from his command and coordination.
"Sir, there is an urgent telegram from the Seventh Army of the 21st Group Army in the southern section of Jinpu Road." Xu Zuyi personally took this urgent telegram to Li Zongren.
The Seventh Army is the number one ace unit of the Guangxi Clan. It was known as the "Seventh Army of Steel" during the Northern Expedition. Therefore, when Xu Zuyi received the telegram, he immediately decided to get it in front of Li Zongren in person.
"Oh? Something happened over there in Mengcheng?" Li Zongren was a little surprised.
"Yes, something happened over there in Mengcheng. It seems that Zhang Yulin was right. The Japanese army's retaliatory action is to eat up the main force of our fifth theater." Xu Zuyi looked helpless. smiled.
"Oh? Is this happening?" Li Zongren quickly found the location of Mengcheng on the map.
After seeing the location of Mengcheng and combining it with what Xu Zuyi said just now, Li Zongren's expression suddenly became very solemn.
"Brother Yanmou, you just said that this inference was made by that young boy Zhang Yulin?" Li Zongren said with a very solemn expression.
"Yes, that's what that kid said. This kid's strategic vision is really advanced. If this kid didn't have some fighting skills, I would have transferred him to our commander-in-chief's headquarters as a senior adviser, and even fought No matter what kind of battle, this strategic vision is worth two divisions!" Xu Zuyi gave a high evaluation.
"Oh? Is this kid really worthy of your high praise?" Li Zongren felt a little surprised.
"If you, Chief Li, knew that this kid's inference was made a week ago, you wouldn't have said this..." Xu Zuyi smiled.
"Talents are really hard to come by. If you really say that, this guy's military talent may be comparable to Liu Fei's." Li Zongren joked in his standard Guangxi Mandarin.
Liu Fei refers to the current director of the First Department (Operations Department) of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government...
"If that kid Zhang Yulin hears this, I'm afraid he will fly into the sky." Xu Zuyi smiled, "By the way, what do you think of the battle in Mengcheng?"
"This little Japan swallowed up the main force of my 600,000-strong army in the fifth theater in one breath. In my opinion, their appetite is too big, and I am afraid they will burst their stomachs. Mengcheng must be defended to the death! I I want to see if this little Japan has such good teeth!" Li Zongren slapped the table and said proudly.
Indeed, if he is standing in Li Zongren's position, does he still have room to retreat? He is gone, and behind him is the whole of China!
As the saying goes, with greater ability comes greater responsibility.
As the author Jun Zaizai said before, some people are saying that if you were in his position, you would also run away from Zhang Liuzi's behavior.
But the author wants to say something: "Some people, since they are already sitting on the wind, they must take off, they must do this, otherwise, they will be national sinners."
Even though many people think that the author's point of view on the fun-spraying of Zhang Liuzi and the loss of Northeast China is contrary to this point of view, the author still insists on this point of view...
Okay, let’s get back to the main story.
On the same day of May 8, the enemies in Lincheng were rushing to build a road across the lake, trying to invade Peixian County to threaten the northern part of Xuzhou (i.e., the left wing of the national army). The guerrillas on Weishan Lake were very active. Try every means to prevent the Japanese army from building roads.
Pei County in the north of Xuzhou, Taierzhuang in the northeast of Xuzhou, Su County in the south of Xuzhou, and Huaiyin eight to nine hundred kilometers southeast of Xuzhou were all within the scope of the Japanese army.
Coupled with this, the Japanese army wanted to capture Mengcheng, hundreds of kilometers southwest of Xuzhou, and then attack Yongcheng, which is directly southwest of Xuzhou, and Dangshan, which is west of Xuzhou.
A large network carefully crafted by General Juichi Terauchi, commander of the Japanese North China Front, and General Hata Junroku, commander of the Central China Expeditionary Force, is gradually taking shape!
Their goal is to wipe out the nearly 600,000 main troops of the National Army's fifth theater stationed in Xuzhou in one fell swoop!
It can be seen that their goal is not small, on the contrary, it is very huge!
Also on the same day, the enemy base camp decided to send an additional fifth division of the reserve army (the 105th Division) to China. They landed in Tianjin, Qingdao, and Shanghai respectively. After emergency assembly, they then attacked the north and south sections of Jinpu Road. , trying to open up the Jinpu Road and annihilate all the main forces in the fifth theater of the National Army!
Once the 600,000-strong army falls into the encirclement of the Japanese army, the consequences will be disastrous - there is no large-scale resistance force in East China!
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PS: The second update is here!
Finally made it up!
