"Baga, incompetent."
When Seishiro Sakagaki received the telegram from the front line, he saw the casualty report and requested an urgent recruitment of troops.
Replenish troops, replenish troops.
The 5th Division has been replenished several times.
It suffered the biggest losses in Shanxi before.
This time, a detachment actually suffered thousands of casualties, and even Linyi has not been completely captured.
For the 5th Division, known as the Steel Army, To me, simplicity is a shame.
"Your Excellency, division commander, division commander is here."
Suddenly, a loud announcement came from outside.
"What, the commander is here."
Sakagaki Seishiro finally realized that Juichi Terauchi's car had already driven directly into the camp.
"Sakagaki-kun, how is the situation here?"
Terauchi asked as soon as he got out of the car.
Although the Fifth Division had reported to him before coming, the previous information was out of date for the ever-changing battlefield.
What Terauchi Shouichi cared about was first-hand information about the battlefield.
And what came out of Seishiro Sakagaki's mouth was undoubtedly much more vivid than what came through the telegram.
"Being humble and incompetent, I have let you down, Commander."
Sakagaki Seishiro leaned over and said with a guilty look on his face.
"But please Commander, please give me some more time.
I will definitely capture Linyi and pave the way for the army to capture Xuzhou."
"That's what we are short of time now.
The China Army may not give us enough time to react."
Terauchi Shouichi sat down on a chair in the headquarters, his aura relieved.
"Commander, your Excellency, what is going on with you?
Has there been a change that is very unfavorable to us?"
Seishiro Sakagaki said in great surprise.
In his eyes, Juichi Terauchi has always had a very strong style, but now looking at Shang Yun, But it was as if he had suddenly aged several years.
It is obviously not a trivial matter that can cause Juichi Terauchi to be in this situation.
It can only be that the current war situation has undergone a huge change that is extremely unfavorable to the Japanese army.
"You guessed it right.
The China Army concealed it too tightly this time.
It transferred a group of armies one after another through Henan and was heading south from the north.
The empire obtained the information a little late.
It was the main force of the elite 20th Army of the China Central Army.
At least.
There are five divisions."
Temple Shouyi said with a somewhat gloomy expression.
"What is the China Central Army with at least five divisions?"
Seishiro Sakagaki's face suddenly became ugly.
If this enemy force had been budgeted before the war started, although the burden on the Japanese army would be heavier, it would not be such a burden for him.
Gaffe.
Or the North China Front Army and the East China Expedition Army can directly postpone the battle.
Or maybe this time we can quickly defeat the main force of Chairman Chiang's Central Army like before.
Occupy Xuzhou, then all the problems in front of you will be easily solved.
But at this juncture, the 20th Army Corps was still very elite among the enemy forces.
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Its combat capabilities and equipment were much better than those of the Sichuan Army and the Lu Army they had faced before.
"Your Excellency, Commander, even if it is the 20th Corps of the China Army, as long as we suffer certain casualties, we can still capture Xuzhou.
It just takes longer."
Soon Sakagaki Seishiro gritted his teeth again.
When things came to a close, they had no better choice.
Terauchi Shouichi let out a long breath.
The battles during this period of time really made him feel mentally and physically exhausted.
Why didn't he know what Seishiro Sakagaki said?
It's just that for Sakagaki Seishiro, as long as he wins the battle, he must also consider the time and cost of the battle.
Otherwise, as the initiator of this battle, he will bear certain responsibilities. jingle bell The phone in the command room rang wildly.
Just now, Touichi Terauchi came in, and Seishiro Sakagaki sent everyone else out.
After walking a few steps to the phone, I picked it up and was about to ask what was going on.
The latest information was already reported anxiously on the phone.
The phone slipped from Sakagaki Seishiro's hand onto the table, and the sound made Touichi Terauchi's heart skip a beat.
As a division worker, Sakagaki Seishiro would never have lost his composure like this if it wasn't for the very unfavorable news.
"What happened?"
Terauchi Shouichi asked calmly.
"About one corps of the Northwest China Army has arrived in western Henan and is moving in the direction of our front army's operations.
Moreover, they should have dispatched a mechanized brigade."
Sakagaki Seishiro said in a dry voice.
"What?"
Terauchi Shoudu stood up as if his buttocks were burning, and his face became even more ugly than before.
From the bottom of his heart, since the attacks of the Fifth Division and the 10th Division were blocked one after another, Shouichi Terauchi began to worry.
As Zhang Zhibang said, the Japanese army made a strategic mistake this time.
Because this launch of the Battle of Xuzhou was not the original intention of the Japanese base camp, but a war launched by some Japanese generals led by Juichi Terauchi on their own initiative.
Attempting to tie the base camp to their tanks, they have to continue on the road of all-out invasion of China.
Due to the private actions of the North China Front Army and the East China Expeditionary Force, there was a certain disconnect between the base camp and Xuzhou.
If Juichi Terauchi could eliminate the main enemy force in the Xuzhou direction in three strokes, then all problems would be solved.
But the bad thing is that the planned blitzkrieg turned into a protracted war.
After all, the base camp was slow to provide support to North China, especially in terms of troop strength.
With the Northwest Army's intervention in the direction of Xuzhou, the already unfavorable situation suddenly became worse.
"Your Excellency, Commander, what should we do now?"
Seishiro Sakagaki said a little rudely.
The seriousness of the situation at this time had exceeded his expectation.
Tang Enbo's 20th Army was already a huge trouble.
He and Juichi Terauchi had already made preparations to pay a certain price.
But now there is a much more difficult enemy than the 20th Legion.
Although according to the intelligence, there is only one army of the Northwest Army.
But after a long period of fighting, the Japanese army also had a very thorough understanding of the Northwest Army.
An army of the Central Army of the Republic of China could not compare with the Northwest Army.
If they had to compete, they would even dispatch the Northwest Army of the Mechanized Brigade, which made even the Japanese army blush.
It's probably not much different from Tang Enbo's 20th Army Corps.
This is beyond their current capabilities.
If we don't handle it well, out of the more than 200,000 Japanese troops who launched the Battle of Xuzhou this time, we are afraid that hundreds of thousands of them will be trapped.
For the Japanese army, this was simply an unacceptable heavy loss.
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"At this point, we can only ask the base camp for full support, and ask the Kwantung Army for help at the same time.
In addition, let the Yizhou detachment immediately attack Taierzhuang, and the Segu detachment fully cooperates with its actions.
Success or failure depends on this, and the base camp will be blamed afterwards. , I will bear all the responsibilities."
Temple Shou's face was pale, but he also had a look of perseverance.
"Hai" Sakagaki Seishiro was full of admiration.
To be able to order so decisively, for an army general, the courage required is not even lower than directly disembowelment.
But the current situation does not allow them to hesitate at all.
As senior generals of the Japanese army, they are very clear about the current situation in the country.
Since the beginning of the war, the Japanese army has only had 17 permanent divisions and has rapidly increased its troops.
Now, there are more than 800,000 troops directly in North China and East China alone.
If those killed in battle are included, the total number is close to one million.
At this time, the troops stationed in the mainland, Taiwan, and North Korea were compressed to a very tense level.
Even if the mainland conducts further recruitment and mobilization, it is absolutely impossible to send several divisions to the North China battlefield in a short period of time.
Except for the Kwantung Army, which occupied the entire Northeast and has intensively expanded its troops, and now has nine divisions, there are no troops to deploy elsewhere.
But even the Kwantung Army, facing the Northwest Army headquarters in Suiyuan, which is making more and more moves, does not dare to take it lightly.
It must always be on guard against the Northwest Army headquarters stealing Pingsui Road from Suiyuan and stealing the entire North China Front Army.
Way back.
At the same time, we had to guard against the threat of the Soviet Union, and the troops were easily unable to move.
It's just that the situation of the North China Army is now critical to a certain extent.
Except for the Kwantung Army, there are really no other places with sufficient reinforcements.
Whether it is ending the battle at this time or asking for help from the Kwantung Army, what is shaken is the national policy of the base camp.
I am afraid that even if the battle is won, Juichi Terauchi will not be able to escape the involvement.
"Commander, commander, good news."
Xu Zuyi took a telegram and with a flushed face pulled Li Zongren out of bed overnight, who had just fallen asleep.
"Brother Yanmou, I have to fight this battle and I have to sleep.
I haven't had a good night's sleep in a few days.
I just lay down and you woke me up.
Judging from your look, it should be good news.
Where is Uncle Tang Enbo and the battle has been won?"
Li Zongren looked at Xu Zuyi and said with a bitter smile.
"Not only Tang Enbo is here this time, but also the Northwest Army, at least one army, and the troops from the Northwest Army's headquarters, including a mechanized brigade.
The Northwest Army is dispatched this time with elites."
Xu Zuyi was still thinking at this time.
Hard to calm down.
The hand holding the telegram was still slightly trembling.
"Even the mechanized brigade was dispatched, okay, great."
Li Zongren suddenly lost all sleep.
Since the Julu battle, which was the largest tank battle in the world in the past ten years, the mechanized brigade of the Northwest Army has become famous all over the world, not only for Li Zongren, but also abroad, and for the Northwest Army.
Take a high look.
This world is, after all, a world where people are convinced by force.
When the mechanized brigade of the Northwest Army marched into Xi'an with Yang Hucheng's backing due to the Xi'an Incident, it certainly surprised everyone.
But until Langfang, or this time after the Battle of Julu, the mechanized brigade of the Northwest Army was like a ten-thousand-year-old rock in front of the huge waves, not only for the Northwest Army, but also for the Northwest Army.
A steel army that I trust in my heart.
Li Zongren is naturally no exception.
Even now, on the battlefields around Xuzhou, Japanese tanks and armored vehicles are still the life-and-death enemies of the Central Army.
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But with the arrival of the mechanized troops of the Northwest Army, most of these threats have been diluted.
It is not that the armored troops of the Northwest Army can worry them, but that now on the Xuzhou battlefield, there is a powerful force that can restrain Japanese tanks.
"There have been rumors from the outside that Jiang Li is arrogant, domineering and arbitrary.
But now it seems that his emphasis on the overall situation is far beyond these rumors.
Otherwise, it would be very difficult to successfully defeat the Japanese army with only the five or hundreds of thousands of troops in the fifth theater.
It's better than Dengtian."
Xu Zuyi couldn't help but say.
"Yes, he executed Han Fuju before, and I still have some prejudices against him.
It seems that he was wronged."
Li Zongren was happy and nodded with deep approval, "If we have a chance to meet in the future, we must get to know each other well. .
This battle has been fought.
Songhu and Nanjing were defeated.
This is a God-given opportunity.
We must use our momentum to send a telegram to the Chairman to report the battle situation in the Fifth War Zone, and also send a telegram to Jiang Li.
People should be united, and the Fifth War Zone and May they work together to annihilate the invading Japanese troops on the Xuzhou battlefield and win the first frontal victory in the battle."
After saying that, Li Zongren was so excited that he slapped the edge of the bed.
That little bit of sleepiness had long since dissipated without a trace.
This night was a sleepless night, both for the Central Army and the Japanese Army.
When the Japanese troops on the northern section of Jinpu Road began to advance southward from Zouxian County, the Military Commission moved Tang Enbo's 20th Army Corps to the fifth theater.
When Li Zongren fell in Lincheng, they concentrated their forces to encircle and annihilate the Japanese troops heading south on Jinpu Road.
Area south of Lincheng.
The main force in this battle was Tang Enbo's 20th Army Corps, which had outstanding combat power among the Central Army.
The 52nd Army led by Guan Linzheng and Wang Zhonglian's 85th Army rushed southward.
At the same time, when the Japanese Setani detachment set out from Yixian County to attack Taierzhuang, it encountered a regiment of the 31st Division.
After repelling the cavalry search team of the 31st Division and annihilating the leading soldiers of the 183rd Regiment, the Japanese army again fought in Nigou.
After repelling a battalion of the 183rd Regiment, the Setani detachment received shocking news from the prisoners.
Four divisions of the 20th Corps of the Central Army of the Republic of China have arrived around Yixian one after another.
At the same time, orders from the front army also arrived, ordering the Segu detachment to attack the area near Taierzhuang as planned and to coordinate the Sakamoto detachment in the direction of Yizhou.
After the two armies joined forces, they transferred to the main force of the front army.
After receiving this damn order, Kei Setani would have greeted all the women in Juichi's family if there weren't many soldiers nearby.
It's just that at this time, the Central Army in Xuzhou will not stop at all because of the Japanese army's crisis, and will only further beat up the fallen dog.
At dawn the next day, in order to support the offensive operations of the 20th Army, the Central Air Force took off more than a dozen bombers and successively bombed the Japanese troops at the Hanzhuang and Lincheng levels.
It's just that there are too many variables in this war era.
The main force of the 20th Army did not arrive at the scheduled attack position as scheduled.
Until evening, the 85th Army was still in the Baodugu Mountain Area, and only Guan Linzheng's 52nd Army arrived.
This gave the Japanese Seya detachment a day of breathing space.
Perhaps it was to show that they attached great importance to the Battle of Xuzhou, perhaps because the Central Army had a rare relative advantage in this battle, or perhaps it was to frighten some rebellious senior generals in the fifth theater.
Chairman Chiang Kai-shek that day , the accompanying Deputy Chief of General Staff Bai Chongxi, Director of the Military Command Department, Deputy Chief and others arrived in Xuzhou one after another.
Inspection of the fifth theater
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