A very brutal hand-to-hand battle was taking place in Mengcheng, and screams could be heard one after another.
Small troops in the villages outside the city are also constantly responding to the battle in Mengcheng. Fierce battles belonging to small troops are fiercely fought outside.
On the same day, the fighting in the southern section of Jinpu Road became tense, and enemy troops invaded Guzhen.
In the afternoon of that day, the national army captured Hanshan County and planned to attack Zhichao County occupied by the Japanese army.
It was also on this day that the Japanese Air Force attacked Xuzhou five times, dropping a large number of incendiary and brimstone bombs, a total of more than 220, burning more than 4,000 houses in total, and killing more than 300 civilians. Both sides of the Jinpu Railway More than a thousand private houses were also burned down.
On this day, the air raid sirens in Xuzhou never stopped ringing all day long.
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The lens is still in Mengcheng.
"Deputy Commander Zhou, there are more and more little Japs ahead, and we can hardly hold it anymore..." A soldier speaking Guiliu dialect (a subdivision of Southwest Mandarin, a type of Guangxi dialect) ran to Zhou Reported in front of Yuan.
"Why can't you stand it? Come with me, I don't believe you can't drive away these fish!" Zhou Yuan, who looked a little pale, walked forward.
When the surrounding Gui Army soldiers saw that Mengcheng's top military commanders had stepped forward to direct the battle, their morale was immediately boosted.
"Fight! Brothers, show the dignity of our Bagui children!!" Zhou Yuan picked up a Hanyang-made rifle and loaded the bullet. Even if the officers and soldiers behind him kept blocking, they couldn't stop him. A determined major general of the Gui Army!
"Kill!!" These Guangxi officers and soldiers were roaring, using inferior weapons to resist the Japanese invasion.
"Please tell Captain Lingyun Shanling for me that if I die, he will be in charge of the entire defense of Mengcheng. Don't let the country fall into the hands of the enemy!" Zhou Yuan ordered a staff officer beside him.
"Yes, deputy chief!" the staff officer responded, and quickly went to inform Captain Ling Yun.
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It is also the eleventh day.
Time, noon; location, Pu County.
At this time, Pu County had long been fully occupied by the Japanese army, and Japanese plaster flags were flying on the surrounding city walls and at the county government.
This place is no longer as busy as before, and a large number of people have fled Pu County.
Pu County has long become a large military camp for the Japanese army, and nearly 40,000 Japanese troops have gathered here.
This was the moment when Lieutenant General Doihara Kenji was most proud. Standing on the city wall of the south gate of Pu County, his short and stocky body straightened up even more.
At this time, behind Kenji Doihara was holding a Japanese military flag - the Rising Sun Flag!
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, our troops have basically been assembled. The two heavy artillery regiments assigned to us by the First Army Headquarters are also in place. We are just waiting for an order from the Division Commander. It’s time to go!” Colonel Sano Tadayoshi, Chief of Staff of the 14th Division, said very confidently. In his opinion, with the current strength of the 14th Division, how many Chinese troops can hold on?
"Two heavy artillery regiments, plus a field artillery regiment, and the reinforcement of a tank squadron are enough to crush any Chinese army that attempts to resist into pieces!" Kenji Doihara said with a slight smile on his face. A smile appeared.
At this time, Kenji Doihara did not put on his military cap, but exposed his neat and meticulous hairstyle to everyone.
"Division Commander Yingwu, our 14th Division has never encountered a decent enemy force since it landed at Tanggukou on August 20, the twelfth year of Showa (that is, 1937). They met our first All the members of the Fourteenth Division are fleeing for their lives, and I believe this time will be no exception." Colonel Tadayoshi Sano flattered him.
"Yoshi, that's for sure. Our Fourteenth Division is the elite of the Imperial Army and has fought countless victorious battles. When the China Army encountered our army, all of them fled. Only that idiot Rensuke Isotani was there. Only when you encounter such an opponent will you be defeated!" Doihara Ken said with great disdain, obviously looking down on Isotani Rensuke.
"Division Commander Isotani Rensuke has always been arrogant and arrogant, but he is nowhere near as heroic as one-tenth of our division commander." Sano Tadayoshi continued to flatter him and was proud of it.
"However, Sano-kun, we still have to be more cautious. My old classmate Itagaki-kun also suffered a big loss from the Chinese army in Shandong..." "Itagaki-kun" as Kenji Doihara said , naturally it was Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki, the division commander of the Fifth Division.
"Hai, your Excellency the division commander." Sano Tadayoshi responded.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, I have some different opinions regarding the defeat of Your Excellency, Division Commander Itagaki Seishiro." Sano Tadayoshi said.
"Oh? Different opinions? Tell me about it!" Kenji Doihara asked.
Sano Tadayoshi was not polite and said directly: "The first point is that the battle in Shandong battlefield is tight, and the Fifth Division can only send one brigade to attack Linyi to cooperate with the frontal battle on Jinpu Road; the second point , their fifth division is not equipped with as many heavy weapons and mechanized troops as our division; third point, according to the battle reports sent back from the front line, it can be seen that the China Army has hidden a quite elite force , they took Tangtou Town in just over an hour. Beizhi believes that the above three points are the reasons."
Ken Doihara nodded with satisfaction and said, "Well, that makes sense. What do you want to express next?"
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, with the current state of our division, there is no situation like what happened during the Lunan Battle." Sano Tadayoshi said with confidence, "The first point is that our North China Front Army and Central China Dispatch on the Xuzhou Front are Under the attack from both sides of the Chinese Army, we have been winning steadily, so there is no problem of shortage of troops; secondly, we are equipped with so many heavy weapons and mechanized troops that the strength of the China Army wants to stop our 14th The division may have some difficulties, right? Thirdly, with the current strength of our 14th Division, which Chinese army can be called elite?"
After hearing Sano Tadayoshi's words, Doihara Ken nodded with satisfaction and said: "Yoshi, Sano-kun is worthy of being a top student who graduated from our imperial army! I think so too, as long as we can After Kaifeng is captured, or Dangshan is captured, the hundreds of thousands of troops under Li Zongren in the fifth theater of the China Army will fall under heavy siege by our imperial army, and will only be annihilated by us in one fell swoop!"
"The division commander is wise!" Sano Tadayoshi flattered him for the third time. It can be said that he was reincarnated as a flatterer...
The flags under the city cover the sun, and tens of thousands of Japanese troops have been assembled. They are equipped with a large number of heavy weapons and are very well-equipped. Since they entered the North China battlefield, they have won consecutive battles, and their battlefield confidence is quite high.
"In this battle, we must go south to Kaifeng to achieve the greatest results." Doihara Kenji said solemnly, "The 14th Division is following the order, the target is Heze, let's set off!!"
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