I don't know when, Li Guotao actually fell asleep on the table, and when Li Guotao woke up, it was already dawn.Li Guotao stood up and stretched, Kou Erbao came over with a smile and said, "Commander, you're awake" said and handed over a wet towel in his hand.Li Guotao took the towel with a smile and wiped his face, and he became much more energetic.Turning around and looking, he didn't find Ma Zhenguo's figure, and asked with a frown: "What about the chief of staff" Kou Erbao hurriedly replied: "The chief of staff should be in the confidential room" As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Ma Zhenguo hurriedly walking out of the confidential room with a telegram in his hand, and said to Li Guotao with an excited face: "Commander, good news." ”Li Guotao asked with a smile: "Is it a telegram sent by Lao Chang?"
Ma Zhenguo nodded with a smile and said: "I really let you guess, it is a telegram sent by Lao Chang, the Japanese Takemura Wing has been completely annihilated by our army." ”"Hmm" Li Guotao nodded with satisfaction and said, "This is indeed good news, but we are not happy now." ”"You're right, when did you regain Zhangjiakou and eliminate the 41st Division of the devils, let's celebrate it together."
Ma Zhenguo said with a smile."
Hmm" Li Guotao nodded noncommittally, and then said with a serious face: "If you want to eliminate this 41st Division, the first step to do is to completely surround it, what position has the new Third Regiment and other units already reached" Ma Zhenguo strode to the front of the sand table, stretched out his hand and pointed to the sand table and said: "At present, the troops of the new third regiment and other four regiments have rushed to the vicinity of Sanhetun. ”Li Guotao nodded, and then ordered with a serious face: "Immediately order them to cross the Yanghe River, build a defense line from Yangmen Fort to Guo Leizhuang, and cut off the devil's retreat."
In addition, the independent 7th Brigade of Changde was ordered to leave a battalion of troops responsible for cleaning up the battlefield and holding on to the outside of Dalinggou, and its main force immediately moved westward and rushed to the vicinity of Guo Leizhuang as soon as possible to meet with the New Third Regiment and other units, preparing to intercept the Japanese army. ”"Yes" Ma Zhenguo replied respectfully, turned around and strode towards the command room.In the headquarters of the 41st Division of the Japanese Army, after Tanabe Moritake learned the news of the annihilation of the Takemura Wing, he was furious and shouted loudly at the top of his voice: "This bastard of Takemura on Ya Yalu has more than enough success and more than failure, it is simply a rice bucket, how can the Imperial Army University teach such a waste." ”When the little devils in the division and regiment headquarters saw that Tanabe Sheng Wu was so angry that they were so frightened that they didn't dare to speak, for fear that if they didn't say the right thing, they would burn themselves.Tanabe Moritake shouted and scolded for a while, maybe he was tired, and finally stopped, and only then did a devil officer have the courage to ask: "Your Excellency the division commander, the matter has come to this, what should we do now" "What should we do" Tanabe Moritake shouted loudly with an angry face: "What else can I do to continue the offensive and break through the defense line of the Eighth Route Army at all costs." ”At this point, Tanabe Moritake had no choice but to continue to launch a strong attack.At this moment, a devil officer hurriedly walked over with a telegram in his hand, and said with a respectful face: "Your Excellency, the commander of the report division, the headquarters is in an emergency." ”Hearing this, Moritake Tanabe frowned slightly, stepped forward and snatched the telegram from the devil officer's hand without saying anything.Originally, Tanabe Moritake thought that Okabe Naosaburo sent a telegram at this time, which was nothing more than to reprimand them for their incompetence and urge them to break through the Eighth Route Army's resistance as soon as possible, but when he saw the content of the telegram, Tanabe Moritake couldn't help but be stunned.The devil officer who spoke before saw Tanabe Shengwu frowning, and he didn't know what he was thinking, so he hurriedly asked: "Your Excellency the division commander, what happened What did the telegram from His Excellency the division commander say" Tanabe Shengwu didn't seem to hear it, and carefully read the telegram, frowned and thought about it, nodded and said: "Yo Xi is still Your Excellency Commander Okabe's wise The commander's telegram said that the Eighth Route Army is suspected of encircling the point to send reinforcements, and the target is likely to be our 41st Division.At present, the loss of Zhangjiakou is inevitable, and His Excellency the Commander is willing to die to apologize to His Majesty the Emperor.At the same time, he ordered our troops to retreat immediately and withdraw to Huai'an County to prevent being besieged by the Eighth Route Army. ”"In this way, we don't have to go to the rescue of Zhangjiakou anymore."
The devil officer hurriedly asked.Tanabe Moritake nodded, his expression finally eased a little, after receiving this telegram, Tanabe Moritake could finally breathe a sigh of relief, because with this telegram, they could retreat justifiably, and they didn't need to bear any responsibility afterwards, because they were just acting on orders, and all the consequences should naturally be the responsibility of the person who gave the order.In fact, Tanabe Moritake had long thought about giving up, because if they continued to fight like this, even if their 41st Division could really rush to Zhangjiakou, it was estimated that it would be exhausted, which was definitely not the result that Tanabe Moritake wanted to see.It's just that Zhangjiakou couldn't help but save it before, and Tanabe Shengwu was afraid that he would be held accountable for the unfavorable rescue afterwards, so he insisted on rescuing Zhangjiakou.And now with this telegram, they don't have to go to Zhangjiakou anymore, although the 41st Division at this time has suffered heavy losses and has been disabled, but after all, it still retains a trace of strength, it is much better than fighting it all.Thinking of this, Tanabe Moritake ordered with a serious face: "Immediately pass the order, and all troops are ready to move in the direction of Huai'an County." ”"Hai" The devil officer responded respectfully, and quickly turned around and ran to deliver the order.At this moment, a little devil hurriedly ran in, and said with a panicked face: "Your Excellency, the commander of the reporting division, I just received a report from the scouts that a large number of Chinese troops have been found in the rear of the imperial army, near Yangmenbao Village, and this Chinese army is crossing the river in a big way, and it seems that there is an intention to cut off the retreat of the imperial army. ”"Nani" Tanabe Moritake's eyes couldn't help but widen when he heard this, frowned and thought about it, then nodded and said: "Sure enough, His Excellency Commander Okabe guessed correctly, these hateful Shina people really want to encircle and annihilate our 41st Division in one fell swoop.Hum a group of self-defeating dirt eight roads, but the courage is not small. ”"Your Excellency Commander, I humbly believe that the current situation is critical, and the imperial army should make every effort to break through the siege before the people of China have not yet closed the siege, as long as they withdraw to Huai'an County and take advantage of the favorable terrain of Huai'an County, the people of China will have no way to take us."
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