That night, the night was surprisingly good. Except for the armored group, the other units of the Eighth Route Army that were tasked with intersecting and dividing did not even need to use torches. They looked like tigers descending the mountain foraging for food in the dark night, and like the sharp knives used by the cooks when undressing cattle. They were on the Japanese and puppet defense lines.
Weaving in and out of the gaps, we divided the little devils into small cakes, and then called in artillery fire to eliminate them at targeted locations.
Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan personally commanded the 1st Teaching Brigade, the 1st New Brigade, the 4th Teaching Brigade, and the Cavalry Brigade to implement intermediate breakthrough tactics. When the 1st Teaching Battalion captured Niushan Town, Liu Yimin strictly ordered all units to expand their results and develop in the east and west directions to seize the Japanese.
, dividing the devils is like drinking soup, using powerful attack power to completely tear apart the enemy in person.
Luo Ronghuan saw Liu Yimin's majestic posture when giving orders, just like the dark peaks in the Yimeng Mountain area at night, standing tall and tall despite the strong wind. He was so impressed that he wanted to call someone to inform Jingjing to come over and take a picture of Liu Yimin as a souvenir.
Just as he was about to shout, he remembered that Jingjing had died. Even if he had not sacrificed, he would not be able to take pictures that night. Looking at Liu Yimin again, there was a bit of coldness in the resolute face, and he felt that he had been working with Liu Yimin for so long, and he still didn't know him well.
Far from enough. Don’t
Not to mention people like Jingjing and Li Chengyi, one has a deep love for him, and the other has been responsible for life and security by his side for a long time. These two people have followed him all the way. Their sacrifices may have no impact on him.
Liu Yimin was hurt the most.
Luo Ronghuan didn't have time to think too much. This was the time of the war. Although our army caught the Japs by surprise, after all, there was the Japanese Sixth Division in Lianyungang and the Japanese Ninth Division in Jiangsu and Anhui. If these two Japanese armies wanted reinforcements, they would be ready at any time.
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It can form a pincer attack on our army. Of course, Luo Ronghuan knew it well. With the current strength, the Japanese army is not afraid of a pincer attack. But to win the battle, it must be won neatly and without causing heavy casualties. This may make Liu Yimin's face even colder.
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Now Liu Yimin directs and fights as smoothly as clouds and water, and every link is interconnected.
What the armored group pays attention to is overwhelming momentum and assault speed. They are the wave of the entire breakthrough offensive, and the attacking units that follow are the waves pushing the wave, rushing towards the Japanese defense line one after another. In the words of Liu Yimin
, that is, to completely submerge the little devils, beating them until they can't stand, can't lift their pants, and can't run. They can only raise their hands and kneel down to beg for mercy.
At this point in the battle, the sudden purpose of the battle has been achieved. The purpose of breaking through and tearing apart the Japanese defense line has been achieved. Next, it depends on whether the enemy's goal of dividing and surrounding the enemy between Pi County and Haizhou can be successfully achieved. If it is achieved.
If this happens, the 114th Division will be crippled and will have to shed its skin even if it doesn't die. Looking at the current battle situation, this goal should be achieved soon.
Luo Ronghuan reminded Liu Yimin that he must implement the battle plan and not go too far south to avoid encountering a counterattack by the Japanese Ninth Division.
Liu Yimin said calmly: "They'd better have the courage to fight back, I'm waiting for them!"
Luo Ronghuan added that we still have to guard against the Sixth Division, which is a wild beast and can bite.
Liu Yimin naturally knows these circumstances. He has strengthened the firepower of the Southeast Shandong Detachment, especially the anti-tank capabilities. It is night again, and the Sixth Division just wants to reinforce, but I am afraid that it has to consider the risks of reinforcement at night. Even if it does
Reinforcements were sent to the west, and there were no Japanese planes to cause trouble. How could Liu Yimin be afraid of the Sixth Division, which had just suffered heavy losses?
Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan were predicting the actions of the Sixth Division and the Ninth Division, but Suematsu Shigeharu, commander of the 114th Division, was asking for help from these two permanent divisions.
Realizing the crisis, Suematsu Shigeharu could no longer sit still at the division headquarters and hurried up to the Pi County city wall to personally observe the battlefield situation.
It was night now, let alone night. Even during the day, Suematsu Shigeharu could not see Haizhou from Pi County. However, Suematsu Shigeharu, who climbed the city wall, saw the fifth teaching brigade and the new fifth brigade heading towards Xin'an Town and Pi County.
When the prefecture launched an attack, the artillery group kept roaring. Just listening to the sound of the artillery, Suematsu Shigeharu knew that the long snake formation deployed by his 114th Division could not stop the Eighth Route Army's offensive.
After getting off the city wall and returning to the division headquarters, Suematsu Shigeharu did not stop for a moment. He sent a message to Yamashita Fengwen who was stationed in Xuzhou to request emergency tactical guidance, and begged the Chief of Staff to allow the 114th Division to shrink its defense line and move towards Xuzhou and Lianyungang.
retreat.
Yamashita Fengfumi disagreed with Suematsu Shigeharu's retreat to Xuzhou and Lianyungang, and confidently told Suematsu Shigeharu that the Eighth Route Army's counterattack was not terrible. As long as the 114th Division held on until dawn, Liu Yi would be the leader of the eastern section of Longhai Road.
He will report to the base camp and mobilize all available fighter planes to rush to the battlefield. At the same time, he will report to the commander and the base camp to mobilize the Sixth Division and the Ninth Division to reinforce the Eighth Route Army.
At this time, Suematsu Shigeharu's original appreciation and respect for Yamashita Fengfumi was gone. He knew that this guy didn't understand Liu Yimin and his instructor at all. If the 114th Division could persist until dawn, then
There would not have been the tragedy of the Eighth Division, the Tenth Division, the Fourteenth Division and those several garrison divisions that were collectively shattered.
After cursing several times, Suematsu Shigeharu sent an urgent telegram to Sugisu Yuan, requesting urgent tactical guidance and begging the commander to approve the 114th Division's retreat to Xuzhou and Lianyungang. If it is too late, it will be too late.
It is very likely that something similar to what happened with the Eighth Division will happen.
Such a tragedy. Because the Ninth Division was mopping up in northeastern Anhui and northern Jiangsu, it could not assemble troops for a while. The Sixth Division was on standby in Lianyungang, but it could quickly provide aid to the east. What is worrying is that if the Eighth Route Army
Repeat the old trick and stage another big drama of ambushing the Sixth Division?
When Shanshan Yuan received the telegram, he was at the headquarters with Akira Muto to consider the implementation of the Qingdao fishing operation plan! As soon as he saw the telegram, the old Japanese was shocked and exclaimed, "What does Liu Yimin want to do?"
Exclaiming that the problem could not be solved, Shan Shanyuan hurriedly discussed with Muto Akira over the map. After discussing for a while, Shan Shanyuan issued an order to allow the 114th Division to shrink its troops to Haizhou and Pixian County, and must build a
Strengthen fortifications and defend the two county towns; he also ordered the Sixth Division to attack Haizhou and reinforce the 114th Division; and ordered the Ninth Division to gather troops overnight and prepare for reinforcements.
The reason for this deployment was mainly because both Shan Shanyuan and Muto Akira judged that the Eighth Route Army launched such a large-scale attack, and the dispersed 114th Division would definitely not be able to stop it. However, the strategic positions of Pi County and Haizhou are very important.
, cannot be discarded at will. As long as these two key points can be defended, valuable time can be gained to strengthen Xuzhou's defense force. As long as the 114th Division holds on to these two key points until dawn, the 114th Division can gain
Strong aviation support.
As for whether the Sixth Division would fall into an Eighth Route Army ambush, Shan Shanyuan and Mu Tengzhang were confident that they would not. The reason is that Lianyungang is too close to Haizhou City and Liu Yimin cannot set up an ambush here.
It's really hard for Shan Shanyuan and Muto Zhang. These two guys actually judged that the Eighth Route Army's attack on the 114th Division probably got top-secret information about the Ninth Division's southward mopping up and the Sixth Division's eastward transfer.
.Otherwise, Liu Yimin would not adopt such a forceful attack tactic. This is not Liu Yimin's fighting style! Besides, if the Sixth Division and the Ninth Division had not been transferred, Liu Yimin would not have swallowed up the appetite of three elite divisions in one fell swoop.
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From Shan Shanyuan's point of view, not only Liu Yimin doesn't have this kind of appetite, but no army in the world has this kind of appetite. Those are three elite divisions!
Although Shan Shanyuan did not approve the 114th Division's retreat to Xuzhou and Lianyungang, Suematsu Shigeharu was already very grateful. He quickly ordered the troops west of Niushan Town to concentrate on Pi County, and the troops east of Niushan Town to concentrate on Haizhou City.
Stick to these two points.
I'm afraid it's a little too late to run away at this time. The Eighth Route Army has mobilized five infantry brigades, an infantry detachment, a cavalry brigade, an artillery brigade, and an air defense brigade. The total strength of such powerful units exceeds 100,000. If we let
If the Japanese on the long snake defense line east of Pi County and west of Haizhou can escape back to Pi County and Haizhou, then Liu Yimin is no longer Liu Yimin. Maybe he should be renamed Tang Enbo or Yan Xishan.
The little devil's escape saved the Eighth Route Army a lot of trouble. The armored group was pursuing, the cavalry brigade was pursuing, and all the troops were pursuing. Bullets are dangerous, artillery shells are dangerous, and sabers are equally dangerous. Even the tracks of the tanks need to be dyed with the little devil's blood.
Hong. Later, the Eighth Route Army blew the charge horn, and the ticking horn urged the soldiers to hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, the little devil is in front!
The Japanese army is indeed a well-trained army. After the Sixth Division received the order, a shrill whistle sounded over the entire Lianyungang. An hour later, the search troops of the Sixth Division began to march toward Haizhou in a fighting posture.
As the city attacked and advanced, the main force also began to complete its assembly and began to set off on the road.
As soon as the Sixth Division moved westward for reinforcements, it revealed the Eighth Route Army's combat intentions. It turned out that the Eighth Route Army actually cut off the connection between Lianyungang and Haizhou. Wasn't this an attempt to annihilate the 114th Division?
Looking at the telegram from Inaba Shiro, commander of the Sixth Division, about the search for the squadron, the tank was destroyed, and the Eighth Route Army cut off the connection between Lianyungang and Haizhou City, Shanshan Yuan seemed to see the 114th Division being completely annihilated.
In this situation, the Sixth Division was strictly ordered to attack and advance resolutely, and must open up the connection with Yu Haizhou.
After the Sixth Division spent all its efforts to join forces with the Japanese army in Haizhou City, Inaba Shiro discovered that the Eighth Route Army had actually stopped attacking and withdrew! Moreover, the withdrawal was clean and tidy, and the station area was also cleaned up.
Clean.
Early the next morning, the Eighth Route Army sent a battle report to the whole country in the form of a power line, announcing the results of the instructors' battle on the eastern section of Longhai Road. It also announced the news of Jingjing's sacrifice and began to publish Liu Yimin's commemorative article.
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After listening to the news broadcast, the commander of the Japanese North China Front, Sugimoto Yuan, suddenly realized what he was doing and sighed, "So that's how it is."
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