"They didn't come out of the city to rescue the Japanese army?"

Nie Ziwen was greatly surprised when he found out that the Japs in the city sat back and watched as they wiped out the Japs outside the city. This was not the style of the Japs.

It seems that after repeated defeats, the little devil has learned his lesson and is no longer as arrogant as before.

"Since the little devil doesn't plan to leave the city, let's inform all the troops to act according to the original plan."

At this time, Nie Ziwen said to a messenger.

"As you command, Master."

The messenger said quickly.

"Gousheng, be careful along the way."

Nie Ziwen said to Zheng Gouchen beside him.

"Don't worry, I promise to take down Junan for you."

Zheng Goucheng said with a big smile on his face.

They hugged each other gently, and then Zheng Gouchen, Guderian and a group of others left the headquarters.

After seeing them leave, Nie Ziwen was silent for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "Notify all troops to prepare to attack the city."

"boom!"

"boom!"

"..."

After receiving Nie Ziwen's order, the artillery of the 98th Army immediately violently bombarded Linyi's city wall.

This time Nie Ziwen used a 155mm howitzer regiment, a 170mm cannon regiment, 36 B4 heavy guns and 24 T92 240mm heavy artillery. After so many artillery bombarded Linyi's city wall at the same time.

The Japs on the city wall immediately suffered heavy losses, and soon they were almost rolling and crawling to escape from the city wall.

Seeing those relatively strong city walls constantly collapsing like tofu in front of these heavy artillery, the Japanese who escaped were all terrified.

It didn't take long before the artillery of the 98th Army destroyed a section of the city wall several hundred meters long.

But they did not stop the bombardment, but began to extend the bombardment into the city.

A large number of artillery shells continued to fall in the city, and then destroyed the houses one after another, and the fortifications they built were finished with little effect.

Seeing this, almost all the Japanese were complaining.

Just when they were about to retreat, the 98th Army attacked.

One after another, King Tiger tanks and isu152 heavy assault guns began to slowly drive towards Linyi City. When they saw the Japanese who had already thought about leaving, they immediately stayed.

In order to block the attack of the 98th Army, a large number of Japanese soldiers quickly surrounded the gap from all directions.

At this time, many people saw that it was impossible to prevent the 98th Army from entering the city. All they could do was to try their best to inflict maximum damage on them before they entered the city.

But at this time, the tanks suddenly stopped, and then a large number of Katyusha rockets suddenly rose into the sky from behind, and they roared towards Linyi.

Then the Japanese's hiding place was turned into a sea of ​​fire.

Seeing this, almost all the Japanese were yelling and cursing.

So despicable!

After being bombarded by hundreds of rockets, the enemy's losses were extremely heavy.

But at this time, the tanks that had stopped moved forward again, which caused the Japanese who wanted to retreat to stop again.

Soon a large number of King Tiger tanks stopped in front of the city wall that had been blown into ruins. At this time, several tank bulldozers drove over from behind, and then began to clean up the bombed city walls in full view of the public, hoping that

Several channels can be sorted out as soon as possible.

Almost all the little devils here felt extremely headaches, and they all felt like they were helpless in the face of these steel monsters.

Neither their anti-tank guns nor their field artillery could pose a fatal threat to these tanks.

It seems that they have to use their own flesh and blood to fight against the enemy's tanks.

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Listening to the rumbling sound of cannons in the distance, Xiangyue Qingji's face became very ugly.

From the beginning of the siege, the enemy's artillery almost never stopped, as if they planned to use artillery to level the entire Linyi City.

What is even more detestable is the artillery calibrating planes in the sky. It is precisely because they constantly calibrate the artillery fire that the enemy's artillery bombardment becomes very effective. This results in the losses of the little devils that cannot be described as heavy.

If the 98th Army continues to fight like this, their chance of victory will be almost zero.

As soon as he thought of this, Xiangyue Qingji already had the intention of leaving.

At this moment, a messenger ran in.

"Reporting to your Excellency, Commander, our scouts have discovered that a large number of enemy armored troops are heading towards Yishui, Junan and Linmu County."

"Na Ni?"

After hearing his words, Xiangyue Qingji couldn't help but be shocked.

"Where did they go?"

Xiangyue Qingji asked quickly.

"here."

The messenger quickly marked the enemy's position.

After reading this, Xiangyue Qingji couldn't help but frowned tightly. If those three counties were occupied, his retreat would be completely cut off.

No matter which direction you retreat from, you will encounter enemy resistance, which is really detrimental to you.

However, it is a taboo for military strategists to divide their troops when conducting a battle, unless they are absolutely sure.

Now it seems that the enemy does not take him seriously at all, but thinks that he has a sure chance of victory.

When he thought of this, Xiangyue Qingji felt angry.

"Your Majesty Commander, what should we do?"

At this time, Sakagaki Seishiro asked.

"withdraw troops."

Xiangyue Qingji said without hesitation.

After hearing his words, everyone was shocked.

Kozuki Kiyoshi's change must have been too big. He didn't take the 98th Army to heart just now, but now he is directly planning to withdraw the troops.

Almost everyone looked at Xiangzuki Seiji with a strange look on his face, but Xiangzuki Seiji seemed completely unaware of all this and was still looking at the map with concentration.

"But I'm afraid the base camp won't agree."

Seishiro Sakagaki said.

The Battle of Xuzhou is currently taking place in the base camp. The Japanese army in central China is constantly attacking the north, but the situation in north China is very bad.

And it can almost be called a losing streak, which made His Majesty the Emperor and the base camp extremely dissatisfied.

If they withdraw their troops again, God knows how the Emperor will punish them.

"We can't worry about that anymore. The 98th Army is too powerful now. We are no match for them at all. The most important thing for the current plan is to preserve our strength and plan for the future."

Xiangyue Qingji said to them.

After hearing his words, many people secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

After these few wars, they all felt very afraid of the 98th Army. It was really a blessing to be able to avoid fighting with the 98th Army.

But now that we have decided to withdraw our troops, the question now is how and when to withdraw our troops.

If they withdraw their troops now, the enemy will already be in front of them, which will make them easily blocked by the enemy's armored forces.

But if you withdraw your troops at night, various unexpected situations are likely to occur.

If they wanted to be protected by the navy's guns, they would have to march at least 30 kilometers at night.

There are currently about 30,000 Japs in Linyi. It is simply a very difficult task for a 30,000-strong army to march 30 kilometers overnight.

Moreover, it is impossible to hide an operation with such a large force from the enemy, and a fierce battle will definitely take place by then.

However, they are not without advantages, that is, once night comes, the enemy's armored vehicles will be greatly reduced in strength due to the influence of the night. This is also his opportunity.

After thinking about it, Xiangyue Qingji finally made up his mind.

"Order all troops to evacuate Linyi tonight."

Xiangyue Qingji thought for a while and said.

"In addition, inform the defenders of those three counties that if they find opponents who are not the enemy, I will allow them to retreat on their own initiative."

"Hi!"

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To be continued...