Chapter 27 4. Please enter the urn

The 10th Division led by Rensuke Isoya, with the support of aircraft, artillery, tanks, and armored combat vehicles, captured Teng County, Shandong Province in one fell swoop.The Isoya Rensuke Division that bloodbathed Teng County in Shandong was extremely arrogant and did not take the Chinese army seriously.A division with 30,000 to 40,000 troops completely defeated the 22nd Army.After paying the price of more than 2,000 people, more than 10,000 Chinese soldiers were wiped out. The Japanese army went all out again, starting from Teng County, and captured Lincheng.Around the 10th Division of the Japanese Army, the shadow of the Chinese army could not be seen.Who dares to fight me?Who would dare to hit a rock with an egg and provoke my 10th Division again?Without the slightest hesitation, Isotani Rensuke drove towards the south with a murderous look as if he had entered the land of no one.

Ordinarily, Isoya Rensuke should not have done this, because the well-trained Japanese army is more disciplined, and it is the bounden duty of Japanese soldiers to be loyal to the emperor and obey orders.When the Isoya Division marched into Shandong, the Japanese headquarters drew a line of prohibition for the Isoya Division to fight in southern Shandong in consideration of strategic elements such as national strength and military strength. The prohibition line drawn by the Japanese base camp once brought some illusions to Li Zongren in the fifth war zone. He hoped that the Japanese 10th Division would obey the order of the base camp and stay in the area of ​​Teng County, waiting for the Japanese army on the southern front and the left wing. Itagaki Division.But in fact this is impossible.Zhou Enlai, the leader of the Communist Party of China, carefully analyzed the battle situation in Xuzhou and various factors, and pointed out with certainty that the Jigu Division was eager for merit, and he would not change his plan to attack Taierzhuang because of Itagaki's setback in Linyi.Judging from the reactionary nature of the Japanese soldiers, Isoya was more willing to return to the south when Itagaki was frustrated.Facts have proved that Zhou Enlai's judgment is very correct.

Any war criminal in the world, as long as he starts the war machine, he will never stop halfway.This was the case for Rensuke Isoya at that time. After capturing Teng County, he couldn't wait to go south. Regardless of the obstruction of the 5th Division on the left wing, and the echo of the reinforcements from the south, he made a desperate move towards Taierzhuang, hoping to take Xuzhou in one fell swoop. Win the first victory in opening up the Jinpu Line. Of course, the commander of the Japanese Lieutenant General Rensuke Isoya should not be regarded as too stupid. After all, he is a Japanese general who understands military affairs and knows how to fight. He has also analyzed the situation in Xuzhou.A mobile force had already been bitten by the Banyuan Division in Linyi, so he wanted to take advantage of the emptiness of Xuzhou's troops and quickly advance to Taierzhuang. When Li Zongren had no time to prepare, he went straight to the base camp of the Fifth Theater in Xuzhou.In this way, Xuzhou's defense line will inevitably collapse, and then he will cooperate with the south and north offensive forces in the center to make a center bloom.

Isotani Rensuke was in a good mood, very relaxed, and immediately decided to send his troops south.At this time, Jigu was already in high spirits. Not only did he want to monopolize Taierzhuang and Xuzhou, but he also wanted to fight across the Huaihe River to capture the illustrious achievements of the 10th Division in penetrating China's north and south battlefields alone.I don't know if he was dreaming of the glorious moment when the Emperor of Japan awarded him an award on the march. Isotani Rensuke's 10th Division wanted to cook raw rice into rice. Now that it had broken through the prohibition line and the attack had become a reality, the Japanese base camp had no choice but to support it.When the Jigu Division confronted the Chinese defenders across the river in Hanzhuang, and the left pursuit team captured Yi County, the center of gravity of the battle in southern Shandong shifted to the Jinpu Railway on the left.Therefore, the Jigu Division faced two problems: one was to continue going south from the Jinpu line and go straight to Xuzhou; the other was to expand to the southeast, capture Taierzhuang, break through the canal defense line, and then capture Xuzhou.

This problem was solved for them by the commander of the 2nd Army Command.The Japanese command organization chose the second option, which was to attack Xuzhou after capturing Taierzhuang.This choice is supposed to make sense.First, the south of Hanzhuang on the front of Jinpu Road is heavily mountainous, which is not conducive to offensive operations, and it is only along the railway line, driving straight down, and its points and lines are vulnerable to attacks by Chinese troops from the side.On the east side of Jinpu Road, the area from Zaozhuang, Yixian County to Taierzhuang is flat, which is conducive to the deployment of mechanized troops.Occupying this area can serve as a flank cover for the Japanese troops heading south on Jinpu Road, and at the same time prepare for the attack on Xuzhou.Second, at this time, the Sakamoto detachment of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army, which was going south along the Taiwan-Weibo Highway, was blocked in Linyi and could not go south as scheduled.

The Japanese 2nd Army Headquarters conveyed the above situation to the 10th Division and ordered the Seya Detachment of the 10th Division to send some troops to reinforce Linyi.Based on this, Rensuke Isoya, head of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army, ordered the head of the Seya Detachment to secure the line of the Hanzhuang and Taierzhuang canals, guard Lincheng and Yixian, and send as many troops as possible to Yizhou (ie Linyi) Advance in the direction to assist the 5th Division in the battle. After receiving the order, Seya Detachment Leader made the following arrangements for the direction of action of the troops:

1. Stop the advancement of Hanzhuang, and use a part of the Tenth Regiment, with artillery, etc., as the Hanzhuang garrison team to guard near Hanzhuang and the canal line. 2. Form the Yizhou detachment based on the second battalion of the tenth regiment, starting from Lincheng, heading towards Yizhou, supporting the Sakamoto detachment, and the main force of the tenth regiment gathered in Lincheng. 3. Implement the artillery of the three regiments, gather the main force in Yixian County, and ensure the line of the canal near Taierzhuang. 4. The headquarters of the detachment and the troops directly under it gathered near Zaozhuang and Yi County.

In this way, the main force of the Segu detachment heading south turned around in Lincheng and headed east, stretching around Zaozhuang and Yixian.This choice of the Japanese army was exactly what Li Zongren wanted.At that time, Li Zongren was still afraid that Jigu might be vigilant and change his attack route plan, so he sent Tang Enbo's troops to make intermittent and weak resistance to the Japanese army on the Jinpu line, and then gradually gave way to the front road and retreated to the southeast mountainous area of ​​Baodugang. .Unexpectedly, this Jigu Lianjie was so persistent that he even gave up the main force of Tang Enbo's army and used all his strength to follow the Linzao branch of Jinpu Road all the way down to Taierzhuang.

When the main force of the Japanese army advanced forward, a large number of their planes began to bomb Xuzhou City and along the railway line. The cities, bridges, stations and other facilities were bombed by enemy planes. On the way of the enemy's persistent advancement, the battle plan for the Taierzhuang battle in the fifth theater was introduced. This is undoubtedly a bold and careful plan. The specific content is: Taking advantage of the arrogance of the Japanese army eager to get through the Jinpu line, they adopted the combat policy of sticking to Taierzhuang and the canal line, luring the enemy to invade, cutting off the enemy's rear, and taking the opportunity to implement anti-encirclement and annihilate the Japanese army.Shiling Sun Lianzhong's 27th and 30th Divisions of the Second Army deployed defenses along the canal and to the west of Taierzhuang; the main force of the 31st Division defended Taierzhuang, and part of it fought against the core positions on the east and west sides of Taierzhuang; Tang Enbo's 20th Army was deployed along the lines of Xiangcheng and Hongshan Townships to block the enemy in the north, and moved out of the front of Jinpu Road to lure the enemy in. When the main force of the enemy army entered Taierzhuang, it went south to attack the enemy's back.

Bai Chongxi looked at Chief Li Zongren's battle plan, and thought that their ideas were consistent everywhere, and said happily, it seems that you have already set a trap for the enemy, please enter the urn.Li Zongren laughed loudly, and he said, this is all thanks to your assistance, and it all depends on Zhou Enlai's instructions, otherwise how could he be so considerate. Now that Li Zongren has more confidence, Chiang Kai-shek, who is far away in Wuhan, has also made up his mind, and tried to mobilize all the troops he can use to go to the fifth theater in Xuzhou for reinforcements, preparing to deal a major blow to the Japanese army who is alone and deep, and spend a lot of money. We must defeat this arrogant and arrogant soldier.In order to ensure the victory of the Xuzhou battle, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the armies of Huang Jie, Gui Yongqing, Yu Jishi, Song Xilian, and Li Hanhun assembled near Wuhan to quickly reinforce the Xuzhou area.

Commander Li Zongren's fifth war zone suddenly became lively, and the eyes of the whole world were focused on him.A fierce battle was about to break out.In fact, it had already erupted, and gunshots rang out on the outskirts of Taierzhuang. Participating in the Battle of Taierzhuang was: The 2nd Army of the Kuomintang Army, Commander Sun Lianzhong, under the jurisdiction of two armies, its actual strength is only 3 divisions and 1 brigade.Huang Qiaosong's 27th Division, Chifengcheng's 31st Division, Zhang Jinzhao's 30th Division and Wu Pengju's 44th Independent Brigade.There is also the 20th Army with Tang Enbo as the head of the army, under the jurisdiction of the 13th Army, the 52nd Army, the 85th Army and an independent cavalry regiment.The whole army has 5 regular divisions, Zhang Zhen's 110th Division, Zheng Dongguo's 2nd Division, Zhang Leiming's 25th Division, Chen Daqing's 4th Division, and Zhang Leizhong's 89th Division.Most of the military division-level cadres of the 20th Army Corps are students of the Whampoa Military Academy and the favorite disciples of Chiang Kai-shek. Therefore, they are the elite of the Kuomintang army. There are about 25 divisions on the outskirts of Taierzhuang, with a total strength of about 300,000. The Japanese army is the Sakamoto Detachment of the 10th Division and Itagaki Division, with a total strength of more than 40,000.The ratio of the enemy and the enemy is 1:7. The Chinese army has an absolute advantage in numbers, but there is a huge gap in weapons and equipment. In addition to a large number of aircraft, the Japanese army also possessed 70 to 80 tanks, more than 100 mountain artillery and heavy artillery, and countless light and heavy machine guns.However, the troops of our army standing in Taierzhuang did not have decent guns, and some even only had a steel knife. The steel knives carried by the soldiers on their backs exuded bursts of cold light. They were the steel knives of the Northwest soldiers.The Japanese army knew the Northwest Army's broadsword team. They had learned the power of Song Zheyuan's broadsword team at Xifengkou, and they had also learned the sharpness of Sun Lianzhong's broadsword team at Shanxi Niangziguan. The broadswords of the Northwest soldiers exerted great power in Taierzhuang, which made the Japanese soldiers tremble in their hearts and bodies when they thought about it afterwards.