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Chapter 344

Chapter 344: Taking advantage of the situation

Just when Rensuke Isotani decided to send more troops to Taierzhuang, Liu Yimin, who had been thinking about how to hold back the 16th Division and the 5th Division to reinforce Taierzhuang, suddenly realized that the 16th Division would not go south to reinforce Taierzhuang.

, The reason is very simple. The Japanese base camp may have begun to prepare for the Battle of Xuzhou at this time. At present, the hundreds of thousands of national troops north of Xuzhou are difficult to detect by the Japanese base camp. They may want to take advantage of Chiang Kai-shek's mentality of defending Xuzhou to fish, and around Xuzhou

The main force of the national army was wiped out in one fell swoop.

As soon as this idea came up, Liu Yimin became excited, and his mind was filled with all the reasons why the 16th Division would not reinforce. You know, in history, the Japanese army's Xuzhou Battle was to quietly cast the net, and the 200,000 troops calmly

A joint attack was launched on Xuzhou. By the time Chiang Kai-shek came to his senses, it was already time for the Japanese army to close the net.

Thinking again, during the Taierzhuang War in history, the 114th Division was stationed in Yanzhou and the 14th Division was on standby in northern Henan. Not to mention that these two units did not receive large-scale reinforcements, even the 10th Division itself was only dispatched.

When a Setani detachment attacked Taierzhuang, its Eighth Brigade did not move at all. The Fifth Division only dispatched a Sakamoto Brigade to attack Linyi, and then went south for reinforcements. Therefore, after the victory at Taierzhuang, the Tenth Division,

The Fifth Division was still the main force in the Battle of Xuzhou and acted as a vanguard.

The reason for this is that on the one hand, the Japanese army's self-confidence was highly inflated. They thought that the Seya detachment could take Taierzhuang. They never expected that the Seya detachment would fall into the trap of the fifth theater in Taierzhuang. In fact, Itagaki Seishiro relied on half

A division fought across half of China. Although history has changed, the top brass of the Japanese army probably still think that their instructors were able to inflict heavy losses on the Japanese army mainly through conspiracy. I am afraid that no one among them will admit the tactics of the Japanese army.

The fact that their thinking is backward. In their hearts, they have never seen the combat effectiveness of the national army. On the other hand, the expansionists and non-expansionists in the Japanese base camp were in a fierce debate at this time, which led to the Second Army issuing the Tenth

The division's combat order was to destroy the enemy north of the canal, and did not issue an order to cross the canal and attack Xuzhou. As for Taierzhuang, it was only after Isotani Rensuke's attack by the Taierzhuang detachment was blocked and the main force of the Furong Shinhei 63rd Regiment arrived that he

The 63rd Regiment decisively occupied Taierzhuang.

Since the Sixteenth Division will not reinforce, the Fifth Division, which is entangled with the troops of the First Theater in southwest Shandong, will not reinforce either. If they are dispatched, there will definitely be a telegram from the plateau. The task of teaching the First Brigade is very important.

Just keep an eye on the Fifth Division, Gao Yuan will definitely make detailed arrangements.

Based on this calculation, Yanzhou's 114th Division will not be dispatched. This unlucky division was first killed by a brigade in the train derailment incident at Jieshou Station, and then lost its special train transporting ammunition and baggage at Dawenkou Station.

I am afraid that even if they want to reinforce, they are unable to do so. Their current task is probably to cooperate with the independent mixed tenth brigade stationed in Tai'an to repair Jinpu Road as soon as possible and ensure the safety of Jinpu Road.

After much calculation, Liu Yimin felt that Isotani Rensuke was most likely to send the 39th Regiment, which was reinforcing Linyi, to go south for support. In this way, it would not only strengthen the combat strength on the southern front, but also achieve the effect of outstanding surprise troops.

After basically calculating the situation of the Japanese army, Liu Yimin began to examine the situation of both sides on the front line in Taierzhuang.

Liu Yimin knew that the main reason for Taierzhuang's great victory in history was naturally that the Chinese army shared the same hatred of the enemy, was properly commanded, and had strong guarantees. However, it was also caused by the Japanese army's unclear enemy situation, poor communication, and command errors.

The unknown enemy situation means that the Japanese army never understood how many Chinese troops there were on the front line in Taierzhuang. They did not understand that only one regiment of troops was defending Taierzhuang, the core position of the Taierzhuang battle. If the Japanese army knew the strength of the defenders, whether Taierzhuang could be defended would be a question.

It's hard to say.

The reason for the poor communication was that there was a problem with the connection between the Setani detachment of the 10th Division and the Sakamoto detachment of the 5th Division. They could not act in a unified manner. Even the Setani detachment did not know the specific time of the retreat of the Sakamoto detachment.

Anyone with a discerning eye will know the command errors at a glance. After the Japanese army occupied Lincheng, they did not concentrate their main force and go directly south to Taierzhuang. Instead, they occupied Hanzhuang in Yixian County, leaving time for the defenders to deploy calmly. At the same time, when attacking Taierzhuang

, the base camp, the Second Army, and the Tenth Division had inconsistent operational ideas, resulting in unclear thinking among the offensive troops. The Tenth Regiment, for example, marched eastward from Hanzhuang, and when it was six kilometers away from Taierzhuang, it received a message to go to Yi County to meet the Sakamoto detachment.

Order, and then attacked from east to west with the Sakamoto detachment. At this time, the Chinese army had begun to close the net, and the Japanese army was gone. Coupled with the difficulty of ammunition supply, they would naturally be defeated. Especially the troops who directly attacked Taierzhuang had always been a

After the main force of the brigade and Furong Zhenping's 63rd Regiment arrived, they did not concentrate all their efforts on attacking Taierzhuang. He had to detach his troops to deal with the attack of the defenders west of Taierzhuang. If Furong Zhenping arrived at Taierzhuang and went straight to Taierzhuang regardless of everything, the Taierzhuang garrison would

The army cannot support it.

But now the situation has changed. If the 39th Regiment bypasses Linyi and goes south, all the troops of the 10th Division will be here. In this way, the Japanese troops attacking Taierzhuang will be a whole, and the command will be satisfactory. Not only will their strength exceed that of those who attacked Taierzhuang in history,

The problems of poor troop strength and poor communication have also been solved. Especially after the 39th Regiment arrived on the battlefield, it formed a support corps together with the 40th Regiment. As long as Isotani Rensuke gives the order, it can attack any front. It seems that Taierzhuang

Whether it can be defended is a question.

There are three problems that need to be solved urgently. First, Li Zongren must be reminded to increase the defensive strength of Taierzhuang. The 31st Division alone cannot defend it. Second, Li Zongren must be reminded to send the 39th Regiment south to support Lanling Town. This regiment must

The third place they passed was to remind Chiang Kai-shek and Li Zongren that they must fight quickly and not fall into the trap of the Japanese army.

As for other things, Liu Yimin thought about it and felt that there was no big problem for the time being. There was no problem with the firepower of the Taierzhuang defense line. For example, the mechanized heavy artillery company that Bai Chongxi transferred to Taierzhuang was towed by ten-wheel trucks. It was much more advanced than the Japanese artillery. During the artillery battle,

There is no need to worry about Japanese artillery fire at all, just pay attention to air defense. The combat anti-aircraft guns equipped by the defenders can completely deal with Japanese tanks. Historically, the Taierzhuang combat artillery platoon destroyed five Japanese tanks in one battle, so that Japanese tanks did not dare to advance alone. The Japanese army

The poison gas war also did not work. Although I don’t know if Chiang Kai-shek’s gas masks were sent at this time, the history of the Japanese army’s poison gas in Taierzhuang being ineffective proves that the defenders had gas protection equipment.

After thinking about it, Liu Yimin felt that the Japanese army's plot was already very clear. In this case, it was better to use the trick, seize the Japanese army's mentality of underestimating the enemy and preparing to catch a big fish, and concentrate on destroying the main force of the 10th Division as soon as possible, so that the Japanese could steal the chicken and counterattack.

A handful of rice. That is what people often say, no matter how evil you are, you still have to drink my foot-washing water.

Liu Yimin decided to send a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek and Li Zongren as a reminder. So he wrote: "Central Committee, Headquarters to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, General Li Zongren:

The national army fought fiercely with the Japanese invaders in southern Shandong, which greatly increased the morale of the Chinese people in resisting the Japanese. Now we have learned from reliable sources that the commander of the enemy's 10th Division, Lieutenant General Isotani Rensuke, has ordered the 33rd Brigade, Major General Kei Setani, to command Setani.

The Gu detachment attacked the front line of Taierzhuang with all its strength, ordered the 40th Regiment of the 8th Brigade to take over the garrison duties from Jiehe to Tengxian, Lincheng, Zaozhuang, and Yixian, and ordered the commander of the 8th Brigade, Major General Lai Wuping, to lead the troops to support the Linyi operation.

The 39th Regiment secretly evacuated the Linyi battlefield, bypassed Linyi, and went south to reinforce the Taierzhuang operation. Judging from the distance and time, the enemy should arrive at Lanling Town around April 1, and then turn east to attack. After the 39th Regiment went south,

, the enemy's 16th Division may take over to attack Linyi.

In view of the above enemy situation, Chairman Chiang and General Li are asked to consider: First, whether it is possible to find suitable terrain to set up an ambush between Linyi and Lanling to annihilate the enemy's 39th Regiment. Second, Taierzhuang is the core position of the canal defense line and must not be lost. Traffic must be maintained

The defenses in the village must maintain a brigade level, otherwise they will not be able to withstand the enemy's regiment-level attack. Third, this battle should be fought quickly. If it is delayed for too long, it will easily allow the enemy to see through our army's gathering to annihilate the 10th Division.

The main force's attempt is either to escape from the network, or to mobilize large-scale reinforcements. Therefore, our main force that sneaks behind enemy lines must move quickly, otherwise changes will occur if it is too late. Fourth, Xuzhou is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and is suitable for the movements of the enemy's mechanized corps. The Japanese army can move at any time.

Mobilize a large army to encircle and destroy our heavily armed group. Therefore, after this battle, we should deploy as soon as possible to deal with the enemy's large army encirclement and suppression."

After writing it, I thought to myself that as long as I knew that the 39th Regiment would secretly go south, with Li Zongren's ability, he would naturally have a way to deal with it. Historically, the reason why Tang Enbo's army stayed in the mountainous areas was not because Tang Enbo was timid, but also because of Tang Enbo's fear of fighting.

It’s not that Tang Enbo just sat back and watched the friendly forces suffer heavy losses, and concentrated on preserving his strength. The main reason was that he was not sure about the strength of the Sakamoto detachment that was going south to support him, and he was afraid that the sudden appearance of the Sakamoto detachment would steal the retreat of the 20th Army. Once it was clear, Tang Enbo would

There was no hesitation anymore. Historically, after the Sakamoto detachment moved south in concealment, Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army on the Linyi front did not notice it, which affected the closing time of the Taierzhuang battle. Li Zongren has always accused Tang Enbo of disobeying the command and being timid and afraid of the enemy.

, but Chiang Kai-shek saw clearly. After the war, he told Zhang Zizhong that the Sakamoto detachment going south was a shame for the 59th Army.

As for the Taierzhuang front line, Li Zongren originally wanted to use the Second Army to rely on the canal to consume the enemy. Whether it was Kei Setani or Rensuke Isotani, as long as they could not see through it for the time being, they would definitely hit the south wall.

After thinking about it, Liu Yimin wanted to simply concentrate on the 1st Teaching Brigade, the Cavalry Brigade, the 5th Teaching Brigade and the artillery, and go directly to Lunan to steal the Japanese army's retreat and eliminate Isotani Rensuke's 10th Division in one fell swoop. However, he still

Hold it back, the national army needs a big victory so much. Since we know that the victory at Taierzhuang is destined to happen, why bother to intervene again and make the national army seem to be victorious while leaving some regrets that it won with the help of instructors? Besides,

Now, it is impossible for my own instructors to defeat the whole world. It is really too bad to defeat the Japanese now, and the gains outweigh the losses strategically. If the Japanese army gives up attacking the Soviet Union and the United States, and mobilizes hundreds of divisions to attack China, then

You are a sinner. Even if you have vowed to rely on the Chinese people to defeat the Japanese invaders, you still have to let the American artillery fire consume the Japanese invaders, right?

After instructing Qian Zhuangfei to quickly send it to the headquarters, Liu Yimin sent a report to the 5th Jiao Brigade to ask how the task of destroying the 16th Division's supply line was completed.

Hong Chaoyuan reported that since the division of troops, several regiments from Xintai, Mengyin to Yishui have been operating in battalion and company units, mobilizing the masses and attacking the Japanese invaders, all in the name of the Lunan Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Detachment.

In the past few days, all regiments have made gains. The road from Laiwu to Mengyin is basically controlled by our army, and a large part of the 16th Division's supply line has fallen into the hands of our army.

At the end of the telegram, Hong Chaoyuan said excitedly: "Lunan is really a good place, and the people here are very supportive of us. Everywhere our army goes, the soldiers can eat hot meals and drink hot tea. Not to mention those young people

When I was young, even the old ladies with bound feet took the initiative to bake pancakes for the soldiers. It felt like I was back in the old base."

Liu Yimin read the telegram and sent another one to Hong Chaoyuan. The current main task is to mobilize the masses, establish political power, and expand local armed forces. The army must strengthen discipline education, love the common people like their own parents, brothers and sisters, and protect them like their own eyes.

The common people quickly became one with the folks in Lunan. The main focus on the 16th Division was guerrilla warfare and ambush warfare. They should not confront it head-on. The 16th Division should feel like a thorn in the back, feeling threatened everywhere at all times, but no threat can be found.

source, dare not let go of the attack on Linyi. We will not capture the enemy's fortified towns in the short term.

After sending the telegram, Liu Yimin felt that the stone weighing on his heart was lifted. The Taierzhuang victory would not disappear due to the butterfly effect caused by his arrival. He was waiting to receive the battle report of the Taierzhuang victory. He was so happy that Liu Yimin couldn't help but hum softly.

It reminds me of "Two Butterflies" sung by Pang Long in his original time and space: "My dear, you fly slowly, be careful of the roses with thorns in front of you. My dear, open your mouth, the fragrance of flowers in the wind will make you intoxicated. My dear, you fly with me.

, go through the jungle to see the stream. My dear, come and dance, there will be no darkness in the spring of love. You and I will be entangled and fluttering, and we will fly together forever in this mortal world. Chasing you all my life, loving me a thousand times,

Live up to my tenderness and your beauty. You and I will be entangled and fly gracefully, and we will fly together forever in this mortal world. When the autumn wind blows away and the autumn leaves fall into piles, I will have no regrets if I can wither with you."

While he was humming in amusement, Huang Feihu reported that the artillery brigade commander Li Chang was here.

After Li Chang came in, he saw Liu Yimin's happy face and thought something good was going on, so he kept asking if there was going to be another big battle and if the artillery brigade could be under unified command.

Liu Yimin thought it was funny. This guy never forgot to command the artillery of the entire division. However, Liu Yimin liked Li Chang, so he asked Huang Wenhu to take out a bottle of wine, and they drank it with Li Chang.

While drinking, Liu Yimin asked Li Chang whether the shell casings from these battles had been handed over to the logistics department? How much shells were left in the reserve?

Li Chang was excited when he heard about the cannon and artillery shells. He reported that all the artillery shell casings had been turned in, and the ammunition reserve could still fight a few more battles, but the arsenal must be completed and started as soon as possible. Now there are many cannons and many models.

Since the Japanese army rarely used mortars, it was difficult to replenish artillery shells, and the more they were used, the less they were.

The two chatted while drinking. At the end of the drink, Li Chang said that the division commander only knew how to sleep with his wife in his arms and did not care about his subordinates. Should he ask the division commander to send a telegram to Xi'an and let the family members of the cadres come to work in Shandong?

When Liu Yimin heard this, he laughed at Li Chang for being hopeless. They had only been separated for a long time and he missed his wife.

Li Chang said drunkenly under the influence of wine, "Sir, this is a man who is full and doesn't know when a man is hungry. I don't know who it is. He and his wife were so noisy several times one night that they couldn't sleep. Even if you are in good health, you can't do it like this."

Even an iron man will be exhausted.

The two men laughed and cursed, until Liu Yimin agreed to bring the cadres' families, and Li Chang left drunkenly.

Liu Yimin's telegram arrived in time. Chiang Kai-shek, who was in Kaifeng, was shocked after reading the telegram. He hurriedly went to the battle map to examine it carefully. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that Liu Yimin's judgment made sense. The troops in the Linyi direction must be strengthened, and it would be best if Li Delin could allocate some of them.

The troops destroyed the Japanese 39th Regiment and ensured the security of Taierzhuang's eastern front.

After much deliberation, Chiang Kai-shek decided to forward Liu Yimin's telegram to Li Zongren, and attached the following message: "The enemy's situation described in Liu Yimin's telegram should be taken seriously, and the strength of the Taierzhuang garrison should be strengthened as soon as possible, and a powerful force should be used to ambush the enemy's 39th Regiment, and at least send

The troops will resolutely block it and ensure the smooth progress of the Taierzhuang operation."

After sending the telegram, Chiang Kai-shek felt that the hidden danger had been eliminated and was in a happy mood. He wrote a letter to Liu Yimin in person and sent it by telegram to the headquarters of the Eighteenth Group Army for Liu Yimin. Chiang Kai-shek wrote in the letter: "I am very relieved to receive the telegram. If every revolutionary army

If the generals can keep the overall situation in mind and plan for the country's war of resistance wholeheartedly, why worry about not being able to defeat the Japanese and the Japanese invaders? Pan Du will lead his troops to actively fight to contain the Japanese army and cooperate with the war situation in southern Shandong. If you have any opinions on the war situation in the future, you can directly contact the base camp

Send a report. You can report to Zhu and Peng of the 18th Group Army and ask for the password to contact the base camp. Yaoguang's parents have been sent to Xi'an and they can be reunited. Yaoguang is young and not sensible. Please bear with me and protect her safety.

.As soon as you have any good news, report it to me in time. Madam is very concerned about it."

After receiving the telegram, Mr. Zhu read it over and smiled at Zuo Quan: "This old Chiang Kai-shek, if he hadn't written the following paragraph about Chen Yaoguang, this telegram would have been really thoughtful. He added the following paragraph about his father-in-law to his son-in-law.

, it makes people get goosebumps all over their bodies.”

Zuo Quan chuckled: "If Chairman Chiang knew that Liu Yimin led an army of 100,000 instructors to march into Shandong, he would probably explode with anger. But the Chairman is still very smart and knew that if he sent someone to send Liu Yimin a radio station and a code book

, Liu Yimin definitely didn’t want it, so he asked Liu Yimin to report to the headquarters and ask for the contact password. It is estimated that he also knew that Comrade Liu Yimin would not ask for the password to contact him.”

Boss Zhu thought for a while and said: "Forward Chiang Kai-shek's telegram to Liu Yimin and ask him if he can find time to build the Japanese aerodrome again. Lao Mao sent a telegram saying that Feng Dafei and Chang Qiankun have requested war many times. If this aircraft

Once you join a war, there will inevitably be losses. The task of making up for the aircraft lost in combat is left to the instructor."

Seeing that Boss Zhu was happy, Zuo Quan joked: "Boss, Chairman Chiang gave Comrade Liu Yimin a military rank and a medal, and he also didn't forget to give bonuses and beautiful women. Why is it your mission as soon as you send a telegram? It's a bit too disrespectful.

Be kind!"

Mr. Zhu said: "You are a leftist, but you can compare like this. Comrade Liu Yimin likes the tasks we gave him, but he doesn't like the things Chairman Chiang gave him. There is no comparison at all."

Zuo Quan was still laughing.

After receiving the telegram from Chiang Kai-shek, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, and Liu Fei carefully analyzed and concluded that the 39th Regiment was likely to go south for reinforcements. Because the Japanese 16th Division was near Linyi, it could completely replace the 39th Regiment.

The main force of the 10th Division will attack Linyi. In this way, the Linyi defenders will face greater pressure. The only way is to eliminate the main force of the 10th Division before the 16th Division captures Linyi and then goes south to reinforce it. Then the 16th Division will be afraid

After being annihilated, they would not dare to go south easily, and Xuzhou would be consolidated.

As for the 39th Regiment, since it was delivered to the door, Liu Yimin also made it very clear where the Japanese army would march and assemble. It would be meaningless to say so politely. Of course, he had to find a way to ambush it.

The top priority is to quickly strengthen the defense force in Taierzhuang and keep an eye on the Japanese army's regiment-level attack.

Li Zongren reached for the phone and wanted to speak directly to Sun Lianzhong.

Isotani Rensuke never dreamed that his deployment would be guessed by the Chinese army, and he kept urging all ministries to speed up action.

On the 29th, Kei Setani arrived at the front line of Taierzhuang and took over the battlefield command.

Kei Setani only took office as the commander of the 33rd Brigade on March 1st. This guy had been an instructor at the Army University and taught how to fight the Chinese army. He thought he was familiar with the Chinese army and wanted to create new things on the Chinese battlefield.

It was a miracle and made great contributions to the emperor. He never expected that the elite 10th Regiment from Jiehe to Teng County would be severely damaged by a beggar-like Chinese army and almost lost its combat effectiveness. Fortunately, the division commander did not care about the villain.

, not only did not hold him accountable, but he quickly used the division's reserve troops to supplement the losses of the 10th Regiment, so that the 10th Regiment could march to the battlefield with full strength.

Not to mention the 10th Regiment, the 63rd Regiment also hit a wall in the small Taierzhuang. A few days later, the 63rd Regiment equipped with tanks, artillery, and cavalry, under the cover of aviation, was unable to capture the small Taierzhuang.

, which completely disgraced the imperial army.

Kei Setani couldn't figure it out. When did the Chinese army, which was like a pile of scattered sand, become so tenacious and unafraid of death? Is this still the Chinese army?

After listening to Furei Mahei's report on the battle situation, Kei Setani risked being discovered by the Chinese army and went to the front line to observe the defense situation of the Chinese army on the front line of Taierzhuang.

Seeing this, Kei Setani laughed heartily. In such a large Taierzhuang, all the houses had no roofs. This must be the result of bombs and artillery shells. It seemed that the battle for several days was still effective.

After returning to the headquarters, Setani Kei immediately adjusted his deployment, using the 10th Regiment to attack the left and right wings of Taierzhuang, and the 63rd Regiment to concentrate all its efforts on capturing Taierzhuang. First capture the southeast corner, then expand the occupied area near the north gate, and then concentrate

The force captured the northwest corner. Finally, they attacked the village with all their strength and completely wiped out the defenders.

After adjusting the deployment, Kei Setani ordered the tank squadron to gather nine tanks and make a circuitous breakthrough along the canal from the northwest, striving to break through the defenders' defense line in one fell swoop.


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