Age of Rebirth

Chapter 550 The End of Rensuke Isoya ([-])

When Rensuke Isotani heard the sound of guns coming from the direction of Xiao County, he felt relieved and nodded in satisfaction. This is normal. The cunning Commander of China played a trick and pretended to retreat, trying to attack Xuzhou before I attacked him. When he stabbed me in the back, or made himself fearful, he stopped in Xiao County, which also achieved the purpose of delaying himself. In order to increase the mobilization of defensive troops in Xuzhou, he bought time. This also shows that blocking himself in Xiao County There are not many Chinese troops in China, and the Chinese troops in the direction of Xuzhou have not assembled in large numbers, otherwise, they will not use the tactics of suspicious troops.

He ordered that the troops sent to the two wings to search should return to the organizational system immediately and prepare to participate in the battle to attack Xuzhou. The battle is imminent, and the troops should not be dispersed. The troops staying in Lizhuang and Huangkou should immediately speed up their march and approach Xiaoxian. It was the artillery unit, which rushed to Xiaoxian County immediately, ready to bombard the Chinese defenders in Xiaoxian County.

Liao Lei, who was at the forward headquarters of Jiahezhai, had his heart in his throat, watching the Japanese search troops approaching his position step by step. He was startled by the sound of gunfire from Xiao County. Then, the Japanese search The troops suddenly retreated back and gave up the search mission, which surprised him again. This surprise and surprise made the dignified commander of the lieutenant general break into a cold sweat.

Tang Qiusheng, who was on standby in the Sanbao area in the southeast of Xuzhou and was about to participate in the attack on the Japanese army, received a report from the troops monitoring the Japanese army's actions in Xiao County. He was afraid that it was a trap, and it was really a trap, but it was different from what Isoya Rensuke imagined. [

Tang Qiusheng didn't have time to ask his teacher for instructions, so he immediately ordered the troops in Xiao County to enter the defensive position immediately. If the Japanese army launched a tentative attack and retaliated with the most violent firepower, they must use the momentum and scale of a large army. Send out two regiments of troops and deploy them on the second line of defense.

Tang Qiusheng knew very well that the troops who created the illusion of blocking in Xiao County would be under unprecedented pressure and danger. If Rensuke Isotani attacked Xiao County with all his strength, it meant that he had been fooled, and the troops would not be able to withdraw from the battle. For a while, let Isoya Rensuke take reassurance.

In the end, the blocking troops had to give the illusion of being defeated. Facing more than [-] Japanese troops with less than three regiments, they would have to pay a heavy price just to resist the first attack. However, Tang Qiusheng had no choice. In order not to expose the intention of the campaign, he could only do this. He sent two regiments to Xiao County, carrying a large number of mortars. False, but also for the troops to gain a little advantage in firepower.

The Japanese army that went up to a regiment was beaten back by less than a regiment of troops from the Independent Division. Unable to attack, they were blocked in the outer positions of Xiao County.

After the troops of the two regiments came up, they were bombarded fiercely, blowing up the temporary positions of the Japanese army, sparkling with flames, flying dust, and filled with gunpowder smoke. They hit the outskirts of Xiao County.

Two Japanese army captains, covered in dust, one of them was still wounded, stood in front of Rensuke Isotani with a face of shame. After the battle just now, Rensuke Isotani dispelled the last trace of doubt, he was sure of his judgment, This was the last line of defense of the Chinese army. Therefore, instead of blaming the two defeated regiment captains, he comforted them.

Afterwards, he ordered that the artillery immediately bombard the Chinese garrison positions in Xiaoxian County. Smash Xuzhou, the first troops to attack Xuzhou, he himself will report to the headquarters of the dispatched army to claim credit for it.

The overwhelming artillery fire enveloped the outer positions of Xiao County in an instant. The test for the independent division pretending to be a blocking force has really come. Bumpy, if you want to talk, you have to lie next to each other's ears and shout loudly to barely hear.

After the shelling, hordes of Japanese troops, under the cover of light and heavy machine guns, attacked the position like a tide. There were screams like beasts everywhere. The troops of less than three regiments were dispersed to a defense of six or seven kilometers wide. On the front, the troops were pitifully sparse. Fortunately, there were a large number of mortars, which could withstand the fierce Japanese attack, and the thin line of defense was crumbling.

The fierce battle lasted for about two hours, and several positions were broken by the Japanese army because all the guarding soldiers were killed. However, the troops who did not receive the retreat order were still fighting desperately. Tang Qiusheng, who had been paying close attention to the situation in Xiao County, immediately issued an order to The order to retreat is enough, and the drama will go too far.

The troops who received the order immediately disengaged from the Japanese army, almost at the front and rear. The troops of the Independent Division had just withdrawn from the position, and the Japanese army attacked. From the perspective of the Japanese soldiers, the Chinese soldiers fled across the board and accumulated in Kaifeng and Shangqiu. Resentment and anger exploded in an instant, staring at the blood-red eyes, chasing after the soldiers, small cannons, machine guns, and [-] guns greeted fiercely. He died with the Japanese soldiers who intended to capture him alive.

This aroused the fierceness of the Japanese soldiers even more. If the Japanese commander hadn't issued an order to stop the pursuit, these red-eyed Japanese soldiers would have been able to keep chasing, and they would also express their anger. Ren Isotani, who has been observing the battlefield situation Jie Jie was very satisfied with the bravery shown by the soldiers. The morale that had been beaten down in Kaifeng and Shangqiu was finally restored after this battle.

This is the state that the soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire should be in. With this kind of morale, they will definitely be able to capture Xuzhou in one go. Xuzhou, which is close at hand and haunts his dreams, will become his own. Jie was inexplicably excited.

The Japanese army rolled towards Xuzhou along the opened passage. Tang Qiusheng stood outside Sanbao Town, staring at the distance intently. His military coat was blown by the cold wind, flying like eagle wings, surrounded by a group of staff officers. The same solemn expression.

A group of figures appeared in the field of vision. The soldiers returning from the bloody battle were covered in dust and almost all of them were wounded. The two regiment leaders who led the team quickly ordered the troops to line up. Tang Qiusheng looked at the soldiers with an indescribable emotion It came to my mind that the two regiments that were fully loaded could come back alive, and only one regiment had more than one regiment. There were more than 2000 brave fighters, and they fell in the battle for just over two hours. The intensity of the battle can be seen , which was almost a suicidal mission.

He looked at every soldier, and the soldiers answered him with unyielding anger in their eyes. Tang Qiusheng ordered the two regiments to immediately retreat to the rear to rest and not participate in the battle to encircle and wipe out the Japanese First Army for the time being. They fought hard enough How could Tang Qiusheng have the heart to let them, who had already suffered a great loss, throw themselves into the fight of life and death.

The soldiers stood still, and the two regiment leaders exchanged glances, resolutely demanding to participate in the battle. This was also the common wish of all the soldiers. Tang Qiusheng took a deep look at these soldiers. The exhausted teacher who returned from the bloody battle, he only said one sentence: "Return to the original organizational system and prepare to participate in the battle." He couldn't bear to refuse and could not refuse the soldiers' desire for war.

The Battle of Xuzhou started at about 21:[-] pm on December [-]. The Japanese soldiers who had just successfully broken through the defensive positions in Xiaoxian County swept away the decline of the past few days and were full of vigor. , First bombarded the Xuzhou city defense positions with fierce artillery fire, and then deployed four regiments at the same time, rushing towards Xuzhou city all over the mountains and plains.

The Japanese attack was shrouded in ominous blood from the very beginning. Li Zongren, who had been prepared for a long time, took out two divisions of the Sichuan Army and two divisions of the Gui Army, and fought head-to-head with the Japanese Army in Xuzhou. The Japanese artillery, with ferocious artillery fire, blasted a wall of fire on the Japanese attack route. [

The Japanese army who was lucky enough to rush to the bottom of the city was hit hard by the Chinese defenders relying on the solid fortifications and crossing the attack line with crossfire. The iron plate was pushed back, leaving behind thousands of corpses, and retreated to the starting point of the attack like an ebb tide.

This is Li Zongren's established strategy. He puts on a posture of defending Xuzhou, and attracts all the Japanese troops under the city of Xuzhou. This creates an opportunity for Liao Lei's No.20 First Army and Sichuan Army of Six Divisions to outflank the Japanese First Army from the side, rear and two wings. Favorable conditions, now, the anti-Japanese troops have been fully deployed, just wait for the Japanese army to lose their spirit in Xuzhou, and then attack in an all-round way to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army.

At this time, Isoya Rensuke hadn't realized that he had fallen into a huge trap. He was just surprised that the defensive force of the Xuzhou Squadron was beyond his imagination. Judging from the intensity of the battle and the Judging from the casualties of the imperial army, the Chinese army guarding Xuzhou has no less than 5 troops, and it should be the elite of the Chinese army.

It was getting late, and the troops' attack was not going well. Coupled with the continuous rapid march of the soldiers, they were already exhausted. Isoya Rensuke ordered the suspension of the attack and readjusted the deployment. Instinctively felt that this unit was not an independent division unit that continuously blocked itself along the way.

Where did this troop come from and what was its number?Isotani Rensuke knew the name of the commander, but he didn't care. As long as it wasn't the army of the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli, he really didn't pay attention to it. In all honesty, except for the troops of the North China Independent Division, the others Liansuke Isoya thinks that he is not worthy of being his opponent.

And his so-called adjustment of deployment is to change the main attack direction. The current main attack direction is changed to assist. The function is to attract the attention of the Chinese defenders. too late.

(To be continued)