Although Liang Dong made the decision to divide the troops and was recognized by Wang Zhizhong and other Sichuan generals, he immediately called Leng Feng and asked for instructions.↖

He must report such a big action, and if Leng Feng can get the affirmative opinion, it will at least stabilize the mood of everyone.

Not everyone agrees with the opinion of division of troops. Some people still retain their own opinions without saying it.

Liang Dong's telegram was sent to Leng Feng by Yang Zhiyi himself.

This is related to the life and death of more than 3,000 people from Liangdong Detachment and the Sichuan Army, and this decision is of great importance.

"Old Xie, what do you think of Liang Dong's telegram?"

Xie Jiyuan transferred over and carefully read Liang Dong's telegram. The Japanese army was chasing him closely, which was indeed very troublesome. The Teng County defenders who broke through were carrying a large number of wounded soldiers, which was indeed difficult to move. Some seriously injured people had died during the march.

If the Japanese army is not escaped from the pursuit, the subsequent casualties will continue to occur.

It is actually dangerous to divide the troops. Once the Japanese army is not deceived, the Sichuan army, which has lost the protection of Liangdong Detachment, will not be able to fight against the Japanese pursuing troops.

But in this case, the Japanese army may not necessarily think that the target they were chasing dared to divide their troops. As long as they did it cleverly, it would not be very difficult to lead the Japanese army away.

Liang Dong's ability is still obvious to all.

"Teacher, you choose Liang Dong to lead this team because you believe in his command and judgment ability. At this time, he made the decision to divide the troops should be the correct judgment. I think this is also a last resort under the pressure of the Japanese pursuers." Xie Jiyuan said slowly.

"Well, agree with Liang Dong's request, and tell him that when encountering such a thing in the future, you don't have to waste your time on requesting and reporting, just make a decision by yourself. Just write a battle summary afterwards and call it up." Leng Feng ordered.

"yes!"

Leng Feng delegates power and gives his subordinates more opportunities to train independently, especially those who are optimistic about Liang Dong. He will not learn from Jiang Jiang and hold everything firmly in his own hands.

The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly, and it may change the direction of a battle in a few seconds, especially for such high-intensity pursuit battles. If you ask for instructions and report every major decision, you will most likely miss the opportunity or cause major consequences.

He doesn't want his own people to be gone forever.

At a young age, she was not in love with power. Xie Jiyuan looked at Leng Feng even more highly. It was undoubtedly the most comfortable and smooth thing to do and fight with such a superior.

After receiving Leng Feng's instructions, Liang Dong immediately began to arrange the division of troops with Wang Zhizhong and the others.

Dividing troops is not just about pulling people apart. You have to find a suitable place and an appropriate time. Otherwise, the Japanese army will be exposed when they notice it. That will not only not save everyone, but also ruin everyone.

After walking forward for another two hours, the Japanese vanguard almost bit it, but the troops that broke the rear were repelled, and the distance was widened a little.

The Japanese army was also very tired. Their load was heavier than Liang Dong and Sichuan Army, and they consumed more physical strength. Later, the Japanese army also discovered this problem and abandoned some unnecessary things and pursued them lightly.

Chuan Jun and Liang Dong started out lightly, but they were still chased like dogs, so the gap came.

In terms of endurance, there is still a big gap between the Chinese and Japanese soldiers. You have to accept this, but I believe that time will make up for everything.

I always play in China, and everyone is ok, maybe I don’t think the difference, but when I fight with the well-trained and well-equipped Japanese army, I realize that I am so bad.

However, it is not impossible to catch up with the gap in one's own understanding.

Liang Dong and others now understand why Leng Feng must have insisted on setting the food standards of Honorary First Division so high, and the physical fitness requirements are almost harsh.

This time, the soldiers who were laid off will be good soldiers when they go to other troops, but they are laid off and the majority of them are under-compliance with their physical fitness.

If Liang Dong and the others did not have strong physical fitness, it would be difficult for Liang Dong and others to get rid of the Japanese army. They could still drag the Japanese army away for almost a whole day, but they never stopped.

In fact, the Japanese commander who was pursuing the Japanese army, Major General Setani Kei, was so tired that he was almost lying down. How could this Chinese team breaking through the siege run so much? After running for more than ten hours, he could still maintain a speed.

When did these Chinese people become so powerful?

Could it be that the threat of death inspired their potential?

"General, the division headquarters urgently sent a telegram!"

"Nani, let me go back at this time..." Setani Kei was very annoyed. He was about to catch up with the enemy and smash them into pieces. Isotani Ryosuke actually sent a telegram asking him to go back.

The military order was difficult, and Isotani Ryosuke was a sinister lunatic. He didn't want to be caught, so he handed over the task of pursuing the Sichuan Army to Major Fujita, equipped him with a large squad of infantry, and ordered him to destroy the Zhongzhao team that had escaped from the Heaven of Life.

Ichiro Fujita knew that this was his chance to make meritorious service. If he could eliminate the Zhong** team that broke through, he would have written off the mistake he made last night and could even go further.

Setani Kiyo led his subordinates to leave.

Major Ichiro Fujita commanded the Japanese army to continue to chase the Sichuan army that broke through.

"Damn it, the Japanese are taking the medicine. Why did they catch up so quickly?" Company Commander Lu, who was in charge of the blocking, turned his head and saw that a small Japanese squad was less than 500 meters away from them.

"Company Commander, what should I do?"

"The Japanese are young, everyone is here!" Company Commander Lu looked at the nearby terrain and found a good ambush site and immediately ordered the preparation for the battle.

Gunshots came from behind the butt. Liang Dong and Wang Zhizhong knew that the troops behind the palace caught up with the Japanese vanguard. This was not the first time. There were at least seven or eight times along the way.

"Map!" Liang Dong took the map from his guard.

"Commander Wang, Chief Staff Zhao, look, go from here, cross the mountain in front, and you will reach the boundary of Zaozhuang. The troops who are supporting us come along this road. We are here now. Look, there is a ravine here, and the terrain should not be very deep. In a while, you will quietly enter this ravine and hide it. We will cover up the traces of your entry, after dark..."

"Captain Liang, where are you going?"

"We plan to travel through this forest to see if we can get rid of the Japanese army. As long as we get rid of the Japanese army, we will go south to meet you!" Liang Dong explained.

"Okay, then that's all, we'll wait for you in Zaozhuang."

"The Japanese army occupied Tengxian, and Zaozhuang is already at the forefront. You need to withdraw the rear immediately and rest. Do not wait for us in Zaozhuang. You can go to Taierzhuang or Xuzhou. Our final destination is also there."

"Okay, then let's leave here, take care of yourself!" Wang Zhizhong grabbed Liang Dong's hand, with a faint burst of tears in his eyes.

"Take care of yourself!"

The teams separated, and the Sichuan Army left all the unnecessary personal belongings to Liangdong's detachment. These things were used to confuse the Japanese. Otherwise, how could the cunning Japanese be deceived?

The Sichuan Army was walking in front, and Liang Dong arranged for people to clear away all the traces of the Sichuan Army walking in the back, so as to ensure that they would not be discovered by the Japanese army.

More than ten minutes later, the gunshot stopped.

"We have eliminated a small Japanese squad, but according to their marching rules, including our combat time, the Japanese army is no more than two kilometers away from us now."

"Company Commander Lu, what are the casualties?"

"Two minor injuries, no sacrifice, there is no problem continuing to fight!"

"Okay, we and the Sichuan Army have divided our troops. From now on, we can open our hands and feet and have fun." Liang Dong was still eager to fight in his bones.

If we had not protected the Sichuan Army's withdrawal, the combat effectiveness of the detachment would be completely consumed in blocking, and the movements would be cautious, and this task was the primary priority.

"That's great. Those who were chased by the Japanese almost turned into a stray dog. When did we live so cowardly!"

"We can't say that, we are completing the task."

The truck that seized the Japanese army had been blown up as a roadblock to block the Japanese army when entering the mountain. Four 75 field cannons were dismantled and they were forced to take them with them.

There are also more than 200 shells. It is not possible to use cars on the mountain road, but horses and mules are OK. The shells and cannons are supported by war horses and mules, which saves a lot of energy from the officers and soldiers.

When they came out, there were 500 people. Now they have experienced more than a dozen battles of all sizes. Nearly 60 casualties in the detachment, and more than half of them were killed or killed.

Compared with the Japanese army, the casualties of Liangdong Detachment are really nothing.

Perhaps this pursuit battle is not worth mentioning in the entire Xuzhou battle. Hundreds of thousands of people and hundreds of people are too small to fight.

But it was this pursuit that indirectly affected the entire battle of Xuzhou.

Japan plans to bomb Wuhan on April 29 because it is the birthday of Emperor Hirohito of Japan. The so-called long festival, such rude and arrogant provocation made Chiang Kai-shek in Wuhan very angry.

He personally ordered the arrangement of counterattack measures and mobilized the few aerial forces in his hands to prepare for a beautiful ambush in the sky of Wuhan.

This plan is obviously the highest secret in Wuhan.

Chiang also learned his lesson. There must be Japanese people's eyewitness in the Wuhan Provisional National Government. The awareness of confidentiality has increased, making it extremely difficult for Japanese people to obtain information.

The Japanese army tried every means to obtain information about the deployment of the Fifth War Zone, but this time it was not so easy for them, which made the Japanese army realize that it was no longer possible to obtain intelligence from special channels.

They can only obtain relevant information directly from the battlefield.

This undoubtedly increased the difficulty of the Japanese army's attack on the battlefield.

The Japanese have a better understanding of intelligence than the Chinese. They are born with a sense of crisis, so they have never stopped collecting intelligence from their opponents or potential opponents.

It is difficult to hide news when a large army is mobilized. Even if it can hide news, once it appears, it will always be captured.

Isotani Ryosuke recalled Setani Kei. It was not that he wanted to cause trouble for Setani Kei, but that he was called to Jinan by the commander of the Second Army, Nishiojisao, to have a meeting.

And the troops need someone to take charge.

He weighed it for a moment. Although Takehei Nagase was brave, his mind was not as good as Kei Setani. He knew how to rush around when fighting. Such a general was definitely a good knife when he used it to attack, but if he was in charge of the overall situation, it would not work.

He knew what the purpose of Nishiojisaku's emergency recall was his plan of clamp attack and asked him to go over. It was obvious that the above was controversial about the plan and did not reject it.

His return shows all this, or convinces the opponents.

Judging from the attitude of Nishioji Temple, he seems to be optimistic about this plan, but I don’t know who opposes it, and what is the reason?

When he recalled Seya Kei, he also wanted to discuss and unify his opinions so that he could come up with more favorable reasons to convince the opposition when he went to Jinan to meet Isoya Risuke.

Setani Kei returned to Fuji Prefecture and went to report to Isotani Ryosuke.

When Isotani Ryosuke told him his idea, Setani Kiyo was also attracted by Isotani Ryosuke's plan. This is definitely an opportunity to make achievements.

And it is more beneficial to him. If he can lead the army to capture Taierzhuang or even Xuzhou, he will leave the most brilliant mark in his military career.

Seya was moved. He tried his best to help Isoya Ryosuke analyze the battle situation, and then made some deductions, and found that the attack plan was completely feasible.

The Sakamoto Detachment of the Fifth Division was blocked in Linyi, and at least it is not able to capture Taierzhuang at present. Instead, the 5th Division of Sakagoshi can attract and drag the Linyi side's mid-level team, so that he can lead the Sega Detachment to raid in a roundabout way, and even directly attack Taierzhuang regardless of the Chinese defenders in Zaozhuang!

Ryosuke Isotani didn't expect that Setani's idea was even more bold than him, so he directly captured Taierzhuang. This was a bit difficult. You should know that Zaolin was deployed with heavy troops from the Central ** team at the front line.

It is almost impossible to intersperse silently, and a small group of troops is not enough to get between the two teams.

However, this is not impossible!

If the defense line of the Chinese team can be broken through in one fell swoop, and the lightning assault, taking advantage of the flat terrain of Zaozhuang area and the rapid advantages of the Japanese mechanized corps, perhaps it may be successful.

"Today, our aviation reconnaissance, in the Liguoyi in Xuzhou, the Chinese team is coming in a steady stream. Judging from their arrangements, they are still passive defense operations, mainly guarding the two strategic support points of Fuji Prefecture and Linyi. Now that Fuji Prefecture has fallen into our army, the southern Shandong area is already flat for us. If the 5th Division occupy Linyi, they will occupy Taierzhuang faster than us. I will never give this military merit to that guy Sakagaki." Isotani Ryosuke was eager to compete for me. If he and Ichishiro Ichigaki hold the horse and hold the whip, it would be better to kill him.

"The strategy of the base camp is to occupy Xuzhou or..." Seya Kiy asked.

"You don't have to worry about this. I'll leave for Jinan right now. You can immediately formulate a plan to attack Taierzhuang, with the focus on the word "quick". You must seize Taierzhuang before the Fifth Division." Akisuke Isotani said heavily.

"Hay!" Setani Kei quickly stood attentively.
Chapter completed!