Shun Sakamoto, the commander of the 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army, has been very unhappy recently.

As a major general of the Imperial Army, the commander of Itagaki Division did not hide it from him.

His mission was to go through Linyi and penetrate the Huaihai Line.

When he went south to Linyi, he would win a complete victory as long as the main force of the Sichuan Army and the main force of the Central Army were transferred out.

No one expected it.

I thought that I had received the captured Linyi and lost such an ugly thing to the Fifth Division, known as the Steel Army.

The commander of the Itagaki Division heard in Ju County that Chinese and foreign newspapers were reporting on the Linyi war.

The base camp sent thirteen consecutive telegrams, questioning Sakamoto's command ability.

The commander of the Lianji Valley Division's plan to lure the enemy has also become a joke.

Some people from the North China Front Army even suggested sending Liu Guitang's Huangjia Army to support the Fifth Division, the main force of the Tangtang Army.

It's a great shame.

As soon as the sky was dawn, Shun Sakamoto couldn't wait to call on the Imperial Army to attack.

He had already obtained the information from the Linyi defenders and the old man standing in front of the detachment.

There is no good reputation in the Chinese army.

When warlords fight, anyone can defeat him.

Last year, he suffered a 10th Division and was also a crushing defeat.

In Linyi, it actually became a stone in a pit, smelly and hard.

Pang Bingxun's troops did not conquer the soldiers into the city to defend according to the strategic plan of the Imperial Army.

Starting from Ju County, I have been suffering from resistance.

A large number of defensive trenches were built in Tingzitou, Da Taiping, Shen Family Taiping, Xu Family Taiping, Shalingzi and other strategic points. The construction of bunkers and firepower points seemed chaotic, but it was very practical to fight.

Under the strafing of planes in the sky and bombardment of artillery on the ground, they retreated step by step in an orderly manner.

Although there were great casualties, the pace of the imperial army's southward progressed slowly.

"Kun Sakamoto, what's going on? I haven't been able to win Linyi yet. Your honor from the Fifth Division is not allowed to bind you so much!"

The commander of the Itagaki Division came in person. Sakamoto Shun learned that Xuzhou had a large number of Chinese and foreign journalists paying attention to the war.

The pressure is huge.

I heard that the division commander came to Ju County. When did the front line come? At this time, I clearly didn’t sleep all night.

Can you not come?

His Fifth Division became a joke.

He vowed to go deeper alone, lead the main force of the Sichuan Army or the Central Army, stick to the opponent, and create fighter opportunities for the landing Japanese army to double-team the opponent.

Now we don’t even have the ability to go deeper.

Lost in a miscellaneous hand among a miscellaneous brand.

It has also been widely spread.

"Your Excellency, the division commander, the department is incompetent, I am ashamed of your trust!"

"Kun Sakamoto, don't talk about holding your accountable accountable. Mark your next military deployment. Let's discuss it together to see if you can take over Linyi today! There are any mistakes in Linyi's battle situation, even if you have a caesarean section, you cannot cleanse the blame for the defeat."

Shun Sakamoto understood that the division commander's words were not to scare him.

From Qingdao to Linyi, all rely on highways to supply ammunition and logistics supplies.

This cheating Chinese transportation is a nightmare for the baggage force.

The offense of a brigade and artillery gang was frustrated and hundreds of vehicles were required to transport ammunition to maintain.

The longer the war in Linyi is dragged down, the more likely it is to capsize in the gutter.

What's more, they had already capsized and were defeated by an army like Pang Bingxun's troops, which was unacceptable to the Imperial Army.

Seishiro Itagaki checked Shun's attack deployment.

In his opinion, there is no problem.

With a wave of his hand, Sakamoto Shunsou planned and immediately started attacking.

And let him personally arrive at the frontier positions to supervise the war.

He was thinking in his mind that the Nanjing Eiko Yamada sent a report to the North China Front Army.

Li Zongren's troops in the fifth war zone actually had the intention to lure the enemy into the depths.

Should the Imperial Army take advantage of the situation?

Pretending to be hit, after succeeding in Linyi, he took advantage of the situation to attack Taierzhuang.

The 8th and the 18th Division landed in Haizhou simultaneously.

The 14th Division and the 20th Division headed south from the Pinghan Line and attacked Linyi.

Near Xuzhou, a decisive battle with the Chinese army mobilized by the National Government.

Seishiro Itagaki was still pondering, and a burst of cannons woke him up.

He smiled bitterly, but Linyi was not taken down, and the shame of the 5th Division was not washed away. The 12th reinforcements from Pang Bingxun's troops arrived here for about three days to reinforce. He actually remembered the Taierzhuang incident, although there was still time before the Chinese army came to reinforce.

But there is not much time left.

Thinking of this, I simply took the forefront.

He wanted to see what kind of Chinese miscellaneous brands in front of him could be able to fight against an elite imperial army for five days.

When he arrived at the front line, he understood why Shun Sakamoto and his detachment played so hard.

The Japanese army's style of fighting has always been the artillery bombardment before the attack.

The Fifth Division is an elite permanent division of the Imperial Army, so it is naturally impossible to fight so simply and roughly.

Although the artillery was bombarded by the infantry, the artillery was defeated and the artillery was bombarded again.

However, they have a hard waist and heavy artillery. They can also call for air support at any time or strategic detours.

However, all these tactics failed when they set out from Ju County to Linyi.

From Ju County to the south, along the remnants of Yimeng Mountain, there are many mountains and hills.

Commanding heights, mountains, hillsides, and woods along the way.

Almost all of them were arranged as battlefields by Pang Bingxun, digging a large number of trenches and using the numerous light and heavy machine guns and artillery of the Third Legion to fight one after another.

The Northwest Army of Pang Bingxun's army was fearless and fearless, and was fully demonstrated in the battle.

A large number of unafraid officers were guarding the firepower points along the highway.

The Japanese army gradually removed these firepower points that threatened road transport.

Occasionally, due to negligence, some firepower points that are not so eye-catching on the terrain are ignored.

It paid a huge price.

The offensive firepower point was also not smooth, and many seriously injured even took up guns and stood on the position until they were killed or died with the Japanese army that rushed up.

As for the Japanese army's detour, Lao Pang had expected it and prepared a bonfire signal in advance.

Once the detour troops are discovered, the front troops will be divided into two parts, and some will block the Japanese army and die together with the opponent.

Another part of them penetrated the Japanese's back and forth, attacking the detour troops forward and back.

This kind of fighting style, even Itagaki who was commanding at the front line, had no choice but to call the plane and bombard all the commanding heights along the way.

However, the Chinese defenders have a strong sense of air defense.

Especially many air defense trenches were dug from the rear side.

The hidden firepower was exposed when the Imperial Army arrived below the road.

Once the Chinese are not afraid of death and have weapons in their hands, it is a very terrifying thing to do if they are properly tactical.

This kind of sudden attack with the determination to die usually opens fire from the back after the Japanese army attacks the hills in front, so that they do not care about their personal life and death. Even if they are besieged and destroyed, they must die with the enemy.

The North China Front Army did not request naval assistance, and there were not many aircraft, so the air support effect was very poor.

We can only occupy the hills one by one, remove positions, attack up along the road, take advantage of the large number of Japanese soldiers and strong firepower, and fight with the Chinese army with terrain advantages.

From dawn in the morning, Itagaki stared at Shun Sakamoto commanding on the front line.

I finally felt relieved when I saw Sakamoto's detachment attacking the city of Linyi. The city was not big in terms of intelligence.

Not particularly strong either.

The Imperial Army was fully capable of surrounding him.
Chapter completed!