Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi were discussing a series of changes that might be caused by the "gas bomb". Huang Qiaosong's emergency telegram arrived. Huang Qiaosong's telegram was based on the information provided by Ge Zengfu and the others. The strength of the three brigades of the Isoya Division He was crossing the river from the bridge section of the canal. In addition, the Setani detachment and the cabinet brigade were coming one after another from the direction of Pi County to the bridge. He guessed that the Japanese army most likely wanted to threaten Xuzhou from the southeast, so he invited Prepare early for war zones,
At the beginning of the Battle of Xuzhou, because the Japanese army suffered heavy losses in the Huaihe River Basin, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi felt that the Japanese army could no longer threaten Xuzhou from this direction, so they only arranged Sun Tongxuan's 22nd Division to defend along the Longhai Railway. At this moment, the 22nd Division was on the Grand Canal. A village was stationed five kilometers to the east. The Japanese army was approaching fiercely. The three groups before and after it combined totaled nearly 20,000 people. Li Zongren did not dare to be careless and immediately ordered Sun Tongxuan to lead his troops to attack. At the same time, he telegraphed Zhang Zizhong and asked him to pay attention to the fighting situation there. Be ready to assist the 22nd Division at any time. Finally, send a telegram to Huang Qiaosong, asking him and Liu Shurong to prepare for an attack and wait for an opportunity to attack the Segu detachment or the cabinet brigade. They do not want to severely damage the Japanese army, as long as they can delay it.
When the telegram reached the 27th Division, Liu Shurong was still there, so Huang Qiaosong took the telegram to him, read it, and said: "It seems that there are still fierce battles in Taierzhuang. It is a pity that our division has not fought a single battle yet."
Liu Shurong smiled after reading the telegram and asked: "Master Huang, do you really want to fight?"
Liu Shurong smiled and said, "Of course I have. In fact, we have a chance now."
"What."
"Maybe we can attack the Setani detachment." There was a map on the table between the two of them. Liu Shurong pointed to a place called Huangshulin and said: "According to the information provided by the scouts, Setani The detachment will arrive here in an hour and a half, and if our two divisions leave now, they can arrive in half an hour. If we set up an ambush outside the yellow forest, can we catch Setani Kai by surprise?"
"The risk is too great. The distance between the cabinet brigade and the Setani detachment is too close. If we cannot resolve the battle quickly and are held back by the Setani detachment, we may very well be surrounded."
"The cabinet division has just set off from Pi County. It will take at least three hours to reach the battlefield. The Segu detachment now only has about 4,000 people, and their artillery and tank troops have been lost. We have 10,000 people. Around, we have at least two hours to fight this ambush. If we arrange it properly, I think the success of this battle is very high. Otherwise, we can learn from the soldiers to fight the ambush, and your 27th Division will help us defend the southeast of Huangshulin. How about the horns."
Huang Qiaosong thought for a while and decided to take the risk.
At around 11 o'clock at noon, the battle began first on the west side of the Longhai Railway Bridge. The 22nd Division and more than 3,000 Japs were entangled along the Qiaoxi Railway. The Japanese army mainly attacked the 22nd Division and defended it. The two sides fought fiercely, and the battle situation fell into a stalemate for a while.
As soon as the gunfire sounded here, Kei Setani, who was still about 30 kilometers away from the bridge, immediately became anxious. He thought it was a roundabout force sent by Isotani Rensuke to fight with the defenders of Pi County, so he concluded that it was the imperial army blocking the way. Seizing the defender's retreat was the best opportunity to annihilate the Chinese army. He immediately ordered the entire army to advance at a gallop.
A quarter of an hour later, Ge Zengfu imitated two crisp bird calls from a tall tree with a crooked neck by the road in the northwest corner of Huangshulin.
In a patch of grass about ten meters away from him, Zhou Tai pressed his face against the ground, letting the humidity on the grass relieve the heat on his face. Then he held the gun butt tightly and stared through the crosshairs. In the middle of the corner of the road, a battle outside Linyi City made Zhou Tai famous as a sharpshooter. Although he did not participate in the sniper level assessment, because of his great achievements such as killing Ban Benshun, everyone believed that he Already a "Changsun Yan-level" existence, Zhou Tai didn't know that it was very difficult to kill a senior Japanese official on the frontal battlefield. A situation like the one outside Linyi City was simply an unavoidable thing. At this moment, he actually Still thinking: "It would be perfect if I could kill Kei Setani again."
The northwest corner of the yellow forest is not an ideal ambush. It is possible to hide soldiers in the yellow forest. Unfortunately, the yellow forest is too small. It can only hide a battalion of men and horses at most. Opposite the yellow forest is a wheat field, and it is possible to hide soldiers in it. A large number of people were ambushed, but it was impossible to get too close. The reason why Liu Shurong dared to fight this battle was because of the yellow and green camouflage clothing worn by the Overlord Brigade. This kind of clothing is very suitable for lurking in the wheat fields at this season. , all the approximately 3,000 men of the Overlord Brigade were ambushed in the wheat fields, while the officers and soldiers of the 27th Division, except for one battalion, were ambushed in the yellow woods, and the remaining troops were arrayed directly on the road.
The ambush was proposed by Liu Shurong, and Huang Qiaosong left it to him to arrange the formation of the 27th Division. Liu Shurong was not polite. He first asked Ge Zengfu to lead people on motorcycles to kill the Japanese reconnaissance outpost, and then used the yellow forest to block the Japanese army. With the convenience of sight, the 27th Division was directly deployed on the road.
Huang Qiaosong had no objection to Liu Shurong's arrangement, but his subordinates had great objections.
As long as the Japanese army turns through the yellow forest, the 27th Division will be exposed to them. Therefore, many people think that Liu Shurong's arrangement is obviously to use the 27th Division as cannon fodder to attract Japanese firepower.
"Master, this Liu Shurong is so weird. If the Japanese army rushes in regardless, our army will suffer a big loss. If the little Japanese army still has a chariot, we will not be able to stop him at all."
"Master, should we ask the brothers behind to ambush in the wheat fields?"
Huang Qiaosong glared at a few of his subordinates who were telling strange things, and shouted: "Can you have some discernment? It's safest for us to form an array here. Hum, once the Japanese army turns a corner, the battle will begin because of the existence of the curve." , The Japanese army may only be a small number rushing over. The large forces will definitely launch counterattacks on both sides of the road. Even if the war is not going well, we will retreat faster if we line up on the road, right? You guys, you better think more about what will happen later. Kill as many Japanese as you can."
Setani was riding on a tall horse, and from time to time he took out his telescope and looked around.
The raid organized by Guo Muyi frightened him, and he, who was always used to being arrogant, couldn't help but be a lot more cautious. He was afraid of being ambushed by the Chinese again. Whenever he encountered a more dangerous terrain or terrain conducive to an ambush, he would always Looking carefully, he smelled a hint of danger from the presence of Huang Shulin. However, because the gunfire in front was getting louder and louder, he was afraid of losing the opportunity to encircle and annihilate the Pi County defenders, so he ordered the troops to speed up from time to time. ,
"Quick, quick." Some low-level officers faithfully conveyed his orders. As they shouted loudly, the Setani detachment advanced very quickly.
Mikami Naitaro was the first to walk carrying his three big guns. The shouts of the sergeant behind him made him keep his legs moving at a high speed from beginning to end, which almost drained all his energy and made him lose sight of I became a little collapsed and my thinking reaction was a little slow.
The battle this morning was a nightmare for Mikami. It has been a year since Mikami entered the battlefield in China. He has fought many battles in the past year. If it had not been for this experience this morning, he would have "the imperial army is invincible." The thought was still deep-rooted, "The Xuebing Army, the most powerful army of the Chinese people, I heard that even the empire's combined fleet was defeated in their hands." He thought slowly, repeating his thoughts in his mind. The scene where the tank was destroyed by the Jiguang tank gave him the same helpless feeling he felt when he killed someone for the first time. Suddenly, he instinctively stood still and his eyes widened. The Japanese behind him stopped and didn't rush. On his body, "Mikami, what are you doing?" "Mikami, ah." Several Japanese soldiers shouted loudly. One of them followed Mikami's eyes and saw a large group of soldiers wearing gray military uniforms. The Chinese soldiers wearing steel helmets screamed: "China people, China people."
"What..." A sergeant stepped forward; the Japanese in front had already begun to raise their guns.
There was a "bang" gunshot, and then a loud shout: "Hit." Immediately afterwards, there was a rumbling explosion, and then there was a burst of gunfire.
As soon as the gunshot rang out, Mikami Naitaro instinctively threw himself to the ground and shouted: "Enemy attack."
"Hit, brothers, rush." Liu Shurong suddenly stood up from the wheat field. He was so close to Kei Setani that he suddenly appeared in the latter's telescope, as if he appeared out of thin air.
Kei Setani was startled, and before he could react, his loyal subordinates had already pulled him off the horse with all their might.
Liu Shurong shouted loudly, and gunshots rang out like exploding beans. More than a hundred grenades smashed into the Japanese army's ranks. After the continuous explosions, the Japanese army's snake-like queue suddenly seemed to be struck by a huge scimitar. When I cut off a section, a large piece was missing.
Thousands of enemies suddenly appeared in the originally quiet groves and quiet wheat fields. This had a huge psychological impact on the Japanese army who had just suffered a huge psychological shock in the early morning. Among the more than a thousand Japanese soldiers who entered the ambush circle, except for hundreds of them who had not yet reacted, There were many people standing stupidly or blindly half-turning to shoot. Others were either knocked down directly or thrown to the ground.
"Da da da." The clear gunfire of the machine gun rang out continuously, and the Japanese soldiers behind instinctively fell to the ground.
"Mortar, blast, others rush up with me." The start was promising, and Huang Qiaosong no longer wanted to be conservative. He waved his pistol, and the officers and soldiers of the 27th Division immediately rushed forward in an aggressive manner.
Zhou Tai fired two shots at this time and killed two Japs. He was looking for the third target. The next moment, the crosshairs were full of friendly troops wearing gray military uniforms.
"Eight grids." Kei Setani couldn't figure out where this large force came from, but he couldn't get into it at this time. The firepower of the Overlord Brigade was too fierce. Thousands of Wei Qing-style guns opened fire at close range at the same time. It is a huge deterrent to the Japanese who can only pull the bolt and fire one shot.
Huang Qiaosong led the men out of the corner and saw the Japanese lying on the road in front and the Japanese army retreating in a hurry in the distance. He knew that this bet was won.