Chapter 287

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Protagonist:

Lv Muzhi

After hearing Isogai Rensuke's words, the headquarters immediately buzzed with discussion, and many officers' faces showed expressions of excitement.

Brigade Commander Seiya Kei Major General stepped forward: "Division Commander, in this case, the Chinese mobile forces east of Xuzhou have been firmly pinned down.

Our army faces them, only Tang Enbo's Twentieth Army Group and the Sichuan Army at Teng County remain!"

"Exactly!" Isogai Rensuke said with high spirits, "And Itagaki said in the telegram that there are contradictions within the Chinese army, with poor coordination between the Central Army and local armies, which completely matches our intelligence!

Tang Enbo's previous passive avoidance of battle was precisely a sign of preserving strength! Now they are stuck by us at Zoucheng, with no way to retreat, this is the best time to annihilate them!"

Isogai Rensuke walked to the map, his finger drawing fiercely from Zoucheng toward Teng County, then south straight to Xuzhou: "Order all units to strengthen the offensive along the entire line! The Artillery Regiment concentrates firepower to bombard the junction of Zoucheng's left and right wings;

The Tank Battalion concentrates use, forcibly breaking through with infantry support! Defeat Tang Enbo as soon as possible, then swallow the Sichuan Army behind him, and open the railway line to Xuzhou!"

"But! Division Commander, the Youth Army has two army groups in total, the Youth First Army is pinned down by the Fifth Division, and the Youth Second Army is still garrisoned in Xuzhou!" Colonel Akashi Yazo of the th Contact Regiment said with some concern.

Isogai Rensuke still said with a smile on his face: "The Youth Army has only one army group's mobile force left, now both the north side and south side of Xuzhou are in urgent need, don't forget, the Thirteenth Division on the south side is also advancing!

The remaining Youth Army is shrunk inside Xuzhou city, already hard-pressed on all sides, and will be attacked from north and south!"

Isogai Rensuke's Tenth Division was about to increase its strike against Tang Enbo's army corps inside Zoucheng, but Tang Enbo's army corps had already begun to transfer to the rear.

Since coming into contact with the devils, Tang Enbo leading the Twentieth Army Group had already persisted for a full five days, under the cover of night, transferring to the rear.

By dawn, the little devils discovered there were hardly any people left on the position.

"Division Commander, Tang Enbo's troops are retreating in disorder! Many rifles are scattered on the position, too late to take away!" The Chief of Staff stepped forward to report.

Isogai Rensuke anxiously slapped his thigh: "The enemy has thrown away helmets and armor, chase them quickly!!! Don't let Tang Enbo escape, destroy the manpower of Tang Enbo's army corps to the maximum extent!"

Tang Enbo's side led troops south by train, retreating to Teng County where the Sichuan Army was garrisoned.

The Japanese sent planes to attack the troop train, fortunately Lv Muzhi's Southwest Air Force took off to support, firmly controlling air superiority, and the devils ultimately still could not catch up with Tang Enbo's troops.

Could only watch helplessly as Tang Enbo's troops retreated behind the Sichuan Army.

"Eight-gaga! The enemy's air force is truly headache-inducing, our devils' air superiority no longer exists, we can only rely on hard strength on land to compete!"

Isogai Rensuke was very annoyed, he originally thought he could catch Tang Enbo's tail left behind, unexpectedly didn't even catch a single hair, besides the Xia Guo soldiers killed earlier, over two hundred rifles were left behind on the position, too late to take away.

"The enemy couldn't even take away all their weapons, what a pity!"

Hearing Isogai Rensuke's sigh of regret, Chief of Staff Tei Bujakuki Colonel said: "Your Excellency, our Tenth Division pressures the enemy on the north side, the Thirteenth Division pressures the enemy on the south side, the Fifth Division pins down three enemy armies on the east side;

As long as we increase our efforts, and attack the enemy from north and south with the Thirteenth Division, we can compress all enemy troops into Xuzhou, at this time, ask the North China Area Army and Central China Expeditionary Army to continue sending reinforcements, it is very possible to completely encircle the enemies in Xuzhou!"

Isogai Rensuke nodded excitedly: "That is exactly what I mean, since we can't catch the enemy's main force, we will drive all enemies to Xuzhou, then each division will surround Xuzhou, Xuzhou will become our final hunting ground, the enemy will have no way to retreat!"

Send a telegram to North China Area Army General Terauchi Hisaichi, report the situation here in detail, then reinforcements can be sent to Xuzhou, most importantly, send another division, move it to the west side of Xuzhou, completely lock down Xuzhou, let's beat the dog in the cage!"

The Japanese officers of the Tenth Division present were all overjoyed.

Looking at the overall performance of the Xia Guo Army on the current Xuzhou battlefield, it can be described with the two words terrible.

The Chinese army retreated again and again on the north line, the Tenth Division experienced some small setbacks before advancing to Teng County;

The Thirteenth Division on the south line swept like an autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves, forcing the Guangxi clique's Eleventh Group Army and Twenty-first Group Army to retreat repeatedly;

The Fifth Division on the east line at Linyi suddenly pinned down three enemy armies, among them a Youth First Army.

The remaining Youth Second Army, probably still at a loss inside Xuzhou city? Can only choose to wait for reinforcements inside Xuzhou city.

As long as the Locust Army sends a division to block the railway line on the west side of Xuzhou, it can prevent the Chinese army trapped in Xuzhou from escaping, and also prevent Chinese armies outside the Xuzhou battlefield from reinforcing.

A telegram was sent to the North China Area Army Headquarters, North China Area Army Commander General Terauchi Hisaichi sent another telegram, calling Central China Expeditionary Army Commander General Hata Shunroku to a meeting, also attending were the Fourth Fleet Commander and senior officers of the Air Corps.

General Terauchi Hisaichi had an idea he thought was genius, which could completely annihilate the National Army's main force on the Xuzhou battlefield.

If successful, then the tone of the subsequent battlefield would be set, as long as the Japanese army made no mistakes, it was not impossible to march all the way into Sichuan.

General Hata Shunroku, after hearing Terauchi Hisaichi's conception, gave a thumbs up: "Yoshi, simply a wonderful conception!

According to your meaning, my Thirteenth Division deployed on the south side should not rush to advance first, your Tenth Division on the north side should also slow down?"

Terauchi Hisaichi nodded slightly: "Currently the Xia Guo Army's main force is all in North China, their supreme commander is still continuously sending reinforcements to Xuzhou, I want to wait a bit more, wait until the enemy's supreme commander puts all their main force into Xuzhou, then we send heavy troops to surround Xuzhou, and annihilate all the enemy's main force!"

As long as we destroy the enemy's main force in Xuzhou, then the remaining Xia Guo troops will just be some old, weak, sick, disabled and new recruits!

After that, we immediately concentrate elite forces, attack westward to capture Henan, then south to capture Hubei, seize Wuhan,

After one battle ends, force Xia Guo to start the next battle with us!

Xia Guo without its main force, we will soon achieve victory in the decisive battle, afterwards the several provinces in the west will sooner or later be in our pocket!"