Chapter 2: Jinpu Road Defense War Section 9: Linyi Pojun (Nine

The team invested nearly two armies in Hedong (B-type Army, two divisions per army. Jianchuan Michi only fought for a long time and felt unable to support him. He was now unable to move closer to the east bank of the river nor to defend Fenghuang Ridge. Jianchuan telegram board, he could no longer defend Fenghuang Ridge and requested to retreat to the northeast.

Ban was shocked when he received the report and hurriedly ordered the Third Cavalry Brigade, which was swimming in Hedong to confront Zhang Zhen's 110th Division, to immediately turn around and reinforce Fenghuang Ridge. The Third Cavalry Brigade had a total of 5,400 soldiers, including about 4,000 combat soldiers, including three cavalry brigades, one machine cannon brigade, and also a tank armored vehicle squadron that they were fighting. Under the leadership of the brigade commander Kamebo Toyama, they had been fighting on the front line of Tanghe with the purpose of distracting the squadron and attracting the 20th Legion. But now the main force of the 20th Legion has been put into operation, and it is useless for them to stay here. Ban now uses them as reinforcements to support the 9th Brigade.

After receiving the order, Daoshan Guibao immediately led his troops to detour Xianggong Town and launched a counterattack against the New 38th Division with the armored squadron. With the iron flow and the galloping war horses, Daoshan thought that destroying the squadron was as light as the backhand, but the New 38th Division gave them a blow. Li Hong's 3rd Brigade was near Xiaomaozhizhuang, mainly with rocket launchers and war defense artillery, and designed a death trap for the armored squadron. Daoshan Guibao's armored squadron was all destroyed in the fields outside Xiaomaozhizhuang in less than half an hour.

The destruction of the armored squadron made Inashan's counterattack lose its edge and his offensive was frustrated. Li Hong seized the opportunity to launch an attack. In the artillery fire, the Japanese cavalry fell one after another. The Third Brigade rushed into Louzi Village and defeated the Third Brigade's counterattack.

At the same time, under the personal command of Sun Liren, the 1st and 2nd Brigade of the New 38th Division attacked the Liu family Heidun, Guo family Heidun and He Guanzhuang, and attacked Fenghuang Ridge from behind.

Phoenix Ridge is not a mountain, but a series of pearl-like villages. At the head are the Liu Family Heidun, the Guo Family Heidun, and He Guanzhuang; at the tail are Panjia Lake, the Jade Emperor Temple, and the stone tablet. These series of scattered villages are like a phoenix spreading its wings on the map.

The New 38th Division rushed over from Phoenix's head, Wang Zhonglian commanded the 85th Army to rush over from Phoenix's tail, and the Third Cavalry Brigade failed to counterattack, Zhang Zhen's 110th Division also rushed over from behind, and the Third Cavalry Brigade was also trapped in two sides.

The 85th Army, the New 38th Division, and the 110th Division came from three sides. The area where Jianchuan could move was getting smaller and smaller, and the New 38th Division's attack was getting stronger and stronger. In the afternoon, the New 38th Division annihilated the Zhongye Brigade, conquered the Liu Family Heidun, and He Guanzhuang. Guan Gu, the 11th Regiment's corps commander, was seriously injured. Two brigades were defeated, and the First Brigade rushed into the Wang Family Heidun.

The situation on the east side was critical, and Jianchuan was forced to draw reinforcements from the western front, and at the same time asked Ban to retreat again. Before Ban's telegram arrived, Chen Daqing of the 85th Army's Fourth Division conquered the stone tablet, and the vanguard rushed into Xixuzhuang. Zhang Xue's central unit of the 89th Division conquered the Yuhuang Temple. Then the troops were divided into two groups. Deputy division commander Li Xian led 265 to take a detour to attack Panjiahu. Zhang Xuezhong personally led the 267th Brigade and the brigade to attack Dongsijiahe Dadianzi.

By the evening, Jianchuan's situation had completely deteriorated. Jianchuan had no choice but to care about Itagaki and left the 11th Regiment to block the new 38th Division, which had the strongest attack. He personally led the remaining troops, Jingyi Heling, and escaped from the unclosed encirclement and met and the Third Brigade in Heiduntun.

Sun Liren was the first to discover signs of escape in Jianchuan. He commanded the troops to pounce on him and surrounded the 11th Regiment in the Fenghuangling area. When Wang Zhonglian learned that Jianchuan had fled, he informed Zhuang Jihua while commanding the troops to pursue him overnight.

After Zhuang Jihua received the reward, he immediately ordered Zhang Zhen to attack Guanjialing. The 3rd Brigade of the New 38th Division attacked Nanxinzhuang. He closed the gate of the Japanese army's escape east and must wipe out the 9th Brigade.

The smooth development of the war surprised Zhuang Jihua. Moshui counterattacked. The two main divisions of the 101st Army in other places fought a 23rd Brigade. It was not completely annihilated for three days. The combat effectiveness of the new 38th Division and the 85th Army was not as good as that of the 104th Division of Lanyundong and An En 106th Division. It only took half a day to fight. The 9th Brigade was about to run away. There was also a 3rd Brigade of the cooperative cavalry.

"It seems that the Japanese's combat effectiveness has decreased a lot." Zhuang Jihua handed the telegram to Pang Bingxun and said: "This Ninth Brigade is far worse than that of Guangde Guoqiden."

Pang Bingxun shook his head in his heart. He had no such feeling at all. In his opinion, the Japanese army's local offensive was still fierce, and the fighting will was still so tenacious. There must be other reasons for the collapse so quickly.

"Appoint Wang Zhonglian and Sun Liren to eat the bones thrown by others. Their mission is to completely destroy the Ninth Brigade." Zhuang Jihua looked a little worried.

After the New 22nd Division entered the battlefield in the north of the city, Liao Yaoxiang took over the Zaogoutou area and withstood the attack of the 16th Division. Neither Zhang Zizhong nor Liao Yaoxiang were waiting to die. Together, they decided to draw a brigade from the New 22nd Division, plus the 112th Brigade of Huang Weigang's troops of the 38th Division, and Zhang Zizhong personally led the counterattack in Yihetun.

Itagaki still commanded his troops to attack the Second Division of Zhengdong Kingdom, but the offensives from the 75th Brigade and the 73rd Brigade behind them became more and more fierce, especially the 73rd Brigade that came out of Lincheng. After crossing the river, he conquered Qianpi, Qufang, and Bali Guanzhuang.

The poisonous sting came from the ribs, and Itagaki was forced to draw a Dai Anlan attack from the attacking force. However, in the evening, after Guan Linzheng threw the 4th Brigade of the New 38th Division into the battlefield, Ban found that the defense area of ​​his area was full of loopholes, and the two brigades could not defend such a vast area at all.

Guan Linzheng's mission was originally to block Itagaki's return to help ensure the safety of the flanks of the Hedong battlefield, but he didn't want to be a supporting role just like this. The battle situation in Sanhe Street was stalemate, so Guan Linzheng decided to launch an attack from the flanks to resolve the situation.

Guan Linzheng's killer weapon was Zheng Bicheng's troops of the 4th Brigade of the New 38th Division, and ordered Zheng Bicheng to smuggle the river in Zhugao that night.

On the battlefield north of the city, the Fifth Division of Itagaki had only one 21st Brigade and two infantry corpses, one artillery corps, an engineering corps, and light and heavy corps. These are troops that can fight, other logistics hospital communications and other units. These auxiliary troops were unable to enter the battlefield. The second division's persistence and the attacks of the 25th Division had attracted all the strength of Itagaki, and there was no force to monitor the Hedong section.

Zheng Bicheng's smuggling operation was very smooth. After crossing the river, Zheng Bicheng found that there were almost no traces of the Japanese army on the other side. He immediately assembled the vanguard regiment to attack Zhugaocun. There was no Japanese army in Zhugaocun. Zheng Bicheng immediately launched an attack on Ye Chengzi. There were also no Japanese army in the place. This made Zheng Bicheng a little puzzled. He sent a call to Guan Linzheng to explain the situation in this area. Guan Linzheng was overjoyed when he heard the news and immediately ordered him not to care about Sanhe Street and to use the main force to penetrate the depth of the Japanese army. At the same time, he telegraphed Zhuang Jihua to order Zheng Dongguo to turn from defense to attack, launch an attack on Itagaki, and force Itagaki to fight on both sides.

Guan Linzheng's telegram made Zhuang Jihua feel excited. He measured the entire battlefield. It was a foregone conclusion that Hedong defeated the 9th Brigade and the 3rd Cavalry Brigade. The rest depends on the effectiveness of Sun Liren and Wang Zhonglian's pursuit. On the north battlefield, the offensive of the 16th Division was curbed. Itagaki was besieged by a 52nd Army and a brigade of the New 38th Division. If it could cut off the connection between Itagaki and the 16th Division and wipe out Itagaki, it would be a great victory. In the battlefield in Xuzhou, it would be completely changed.

But calmed down, Zhuang Jihua felt that he could not move lightly. Moshui counterattacked. The 23rd Brigade failed to wipe out the entire twelfth Brigade because of insufficient troops. Now Ban is also a brigade. The name of the steel army is by no means a false news. The combat effectiveness of the 21st Brigade must exceed that of the 23rd Brigade. With two divisions and four brigades of the 52nd Army, even if Zheng Bicheng Brigade was added, there were only five brigades. What the six brigades in Moshui could not do, could five brigades do? Zhuang Jihua could not make such a determination.

"Tele to Guan Linzheng that the six brigades of our army in Moshui have not yet been able to annihilate the 23rd brigade, which has less combat power than the 21st brigade. Now you five brigades can annihilate the 21st brigade? At present, offensive defense is still used against Itagaki. Zheng Bicheng's attack should not be too deep. It should be connected with the 75th brigade as soon as possible."

After learning that a squadron appeared on the battlefield, Itagaki immediately understood that his offensive would not be sustainable. Itagaki immediately made adjustments and ordered the 16th Division to move closer to him. Then, two brigades of the 21st Regiment blocked Zheng Dongguo. The 43rd Regiment turned around and established a defense line on the north bank of the river. The Fifth Cavalry Regiment harassed the flank of Zheng Dongguo.

After Itagaki gave up the attack, the true nature of the steel army of the Fifth Division was revealed. After Zheng Bicheng took advantage of the early stage, he encountered the Japanese army's real blocking line in Qianpizhuang. Zheng Bicheng commanded his troops to launch a strong attack. The Japanese Nakaga brigade did not retreat at all, and stood in front of the Pipi and did not retreat. On Sanhe Street, the Japanese Tsui Brigade fought hard with the 75th Brigade and Guan Linzheng personally supervised the battle at the forefront. He really hoped that the 75th Brigade would bring him honor, but in the middle of the night, the Tsui position retreated only 50 meters. The Dai Anlan team of the 73rd Brigade was also facing difficulties.

Dai Anlan's fierce attack made Itagaki pay special attention to him. In addition to a brigade, after stopping the attack, Ban drew another brigade and decided to eliminate the crazy squadron first.

After dawn, Itagaki ordered the gang leader of the Forty-third Regiment to lead two brigades to counterattack Dai Anlan's unit.

"The steel army is well-known, and Itagaki is still thinking of counterattacking at this time." After receiving the telegram from Dai Anlan, Guan Linzheng couldn't help but admire Itagaki. After fighting fiercely overnight, except for Zheng Bicheng's progress, Dai Anlan and Zhang Hanchu had almost no progress. Zhuang Jihua's original concerns have now been fully confirmed.

"Order Dai Anlan to stick to it, attract the main force of the Japanese army, order Zheng Bicheng to increase the attack, order Zheng Dongguo to abandon the defense and turn to attack." Guan Linzheng quickly decided his strategy.

With Guan Linzheng's order, the whole area of ​​the north of the city was fiercely fighting. In front of the river, Dachang commanded two brigades to launch a fierce attack on Dai Anlan. Dai Anlan defended Bali Guanzhuang and launched a fierce battle with Dachang.

The 16th Division gave up attacking Zaogoutou and moved to Itagaki with all its might. Zhang Zizhong's counterattack moved to Zaogoutou. Liao Yaoxiang rushed out of Zaogoutou and fought fiercely with the 30th Brigade in the east of Zaogoutou. At this point, the two sides were twisted into a ball, attacking or defending. Within a radius of dozens of miles, the sound of cannons, gunshots, and killings continued.
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