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The Japanese army assembled 22 tanks at the east gate of Taierzhuang. Under the cover of the tanks, the surrounding Japs had established forward positions and built several half-man-high sandbag bunkers.
The Japanese tanks and artillery continued to fire at the defenders and bunkers on the city wall. The Japanese infantry in the rear were also not idle with light and heavy machine guns, mortars, grenade launchers, and 38-meter-high firepower!
The city wall of Taierzhuang was constantly blasted with craters of varying depths by artillery fire. Debris flew across the wall and the entire wall was trembling. Intense bullets were coming, and Chinese officers and soldiers were constantly hit and fell!
The little Japanese infantry once rushed to the bottom of the city wall, threw grenades, built siege ladders, and tried to rush to the top of the city wall!
But it was obvious that the Japs were overthinking it. Under the strong defensive firepower and the heroic fighting of Chinese officers and soldiers, these little Japs quickly rushed up the city wall so easily. After a while, they fell to the ground and died. The surviving Japs retreated hastily. !
The situation at the North Gate and Northwest Gate is not much different. The Japanese army's offensive is quite fierce. At least on the surface, it is suppressing the Chinese defenders. The fighting situation seems extremely serious.
Although a large number of bunkers, bunkers, and forts have been built on the city walls and inside the city, it is impossible to turn all the city walls into a group of reinforced concrete bunkers. The large open areas on the city walls still require officers and soldiers to rely on the city walls for defense!
During the Japanese shelling and grenade launches, these Chinese defenders could only lie down under the city wall to protect themselves. After the bombs exploded, they raised their heads to fire back and throw grenades!
The Japanese failed to attack the canal pontoon behind the west gate with heavy troops. After a hasty retreat, they reorganized their offensive and launched a fierce attack on the west gate of Taierzhuang!
The five battlefields of the North Railway Station, the West Gate, the Northwest Gate, the North Gate and the East Gate are filled with constant gunfire. Both the enemy and we are trying their best to engage in a life-and-death battle, but only the South Gate of Taierzhuang seems extremely calm!
The Japanese army did not go around the southeast corner to attack the south gate, not because they were playing the old trick of surrounding three enemies but one, but because there were Chinese infantry guards along the canal!
"If the Japanese army were to be clever and bypass the south gate to conduct a pincer attack from both sides, they would inevitably be attacked from both sides by the Taierzhuang defenders and the defenders on the south bank of the canal. Let alone the siege, they would not even have a foothold!
The fierce offensive and defensive battle lasted from morning to night. Yoshizumi Ryosuke tried his best to capture Taierzhuang in one go, but how could it be so easy under the tight defense of the Chinese Tiger Army?
After more than 10 hours of fierce fighting, not only did the Japs fail to attack, but the number of people killed reached more than 600, and hundreds more were seriously injured!
The total number of casualties of the Chinese defenders was only 96, including 32 from the Chinese Tiger Army, 157 were seriously injured, and more than 300 were slightly injured!
The seriously injured have been gradually transferred to the rear field hospital, and after the full rescue efforts of the Chinese Huben Army medical team, they basically survived!
If you don¡¯t encounter a force majeure fatal attack, you can basically save a life even if you lose a lot of money!
"Haha, Commander Yang, my eyes have been opened today! I thought I was very good at defense before, but now I know what it means to have mountains beyond the mountains!"
When it got dark, the Japs stopped their offensive, and Sun Lianzhong¡¯s heart suddenly fell to the ground. He really didn¡¯t expect that after fighting for a whole day, the number of casualties did not exceed 100!
Tian Zhennan also nodded in shock and said: "Yes, it's incredible! The Japs are attacking so fiercely, with aircraft, artillery and tanks. It would be strange if we didn't kill 800 people in one day!"
Before Yang Fan could answer, Gu Liangmin chuckled and said, "The little devil needs a pair of good teeth if he wants to chew us off!"
??The Chinese Tiger Army is armed to the teeth with luxurious equipment, strong physique, excellent military technology, and powerful logistics and medical care, making the battlefield survivability extremely powerful!
"That's it! That's it! Haha!"
Sun Lianzhong nodded with great envy, naturally understanding the implication of Gu Liangmin¡¯s words, and at the same time he also understood better why Yang Fan was on the defensive waiting to attack!
Yang Fan let out a breath and said: "Today is a victory in the first battle, but the next step will be even more severe! I'm not worried about myself, I'm just afraid that Teng County, Feixian and Linyi will be under too much pressure!"
After more than half a month of fierce attack, the 20th Division has driven the Third Army out of Shandong. Not only has it completely eliminated the hidden danger on the left side of the Japanese Itagaki Division, it is now also deploying troops to Zouxian County!
Once these two Japanese divisions are allowed to join forces, the pressure on Teng County and Fei County will inevitably double.??, especially when the Japanese soldiers sense that they are going to encircle and annihilate the Japanese troops who have attacked Taierzhuang, Linyi, and Pixian areas, they will definitely be very desperate!
Therefore, Yang Fan made tactical adjustments in advance, and transferred two regiments to Teng County and one regiment to Feixian County, and transported all the seriously wounded on the front line back to the defense area. Among them, the 22nd Army and the 3rd Army had as many as 600 seriously injured people. The remaining people!
Because Linyi Zhang Zizhong was attacked continuously by the Japanese 11th Division, the casualties were extremely heavy. In a few days, the number of casualties reached more than 4,000!
The Japanese army once broke through the South City Gate and started a bloody street battle with Zhang Zizhong's troops. The situation became extremely critical.
After receiving the telegram asking for help, Yang Fan immediately parachuted a regiment of troops to Linyi. After several hours of fierce life-and-death fighting, he drove out the Japanese troops entering the city, recaptured the south gate and temporarily stabilized the war situation!
So far, the Huaxia Tiger Ben Army has dispatched more than 40,000 troops to various frontline battlefields, accounting for more than one-third of the total strength.
At the same time, the Huaxia Huben Army defense area was also attacked wildly by the Japanese 10th Division and 22nd Division. Every day, rumbling artillery and gunfire like fried beans could be heard from morning to night!
"Finally another day has passed! Brother Yanmou, how are things going everywhere now?"
Li Zongren stood on top of the Xuzhou city wall, staring at the dark night ahead, his mood seemed particularly solemn.
The so-called plan is not as fast as changing quickly, setting a trap in the Taierzhuang area, and continuously consuming the spirit and effectiveness of the Japanese 9th Division and the 11th Division through layer-by-layer resistance!
When the time came, Huang Jie's 8th Army, Liu Xing's 27th Army, Yu Jishi's 74th Army, Song Xilian's 78th Army, Li Hanhun's 64th Army and other troops took the opportunity to cross the canal to cut off the Japanese 9th and 11th Divisions and block them. Japanese troops may come for reinforcements!
And Tang Enbo's 20th Army Corps, hidden in the mountains, launched a general attack on the Japanese troops in the Taierzhuang area with lightning speed!
Tang Enbo¡¯s 20th Army Corps has three corps under its jurisdiction, with a total strength of more than 72,000 people. As a direct line army of the central government, its weapons and equipment are very sophisticated!
Theoretically speaking, Tang Enbo's army can eat up the more than 10,000 Japanese 9th Division near Taierzhuang in one breath!
But here¡¯s the problem. Tang Enbo was a direct descendant of Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, and he wasn¡¯t too keen on Li Zongren¡¯s orders. From the beginning, he was avoiding the important and taking the easy!
Therefore, Li Zongren is not completely sure or confident about whether Tang Enbo's army can launch a general offensive tomorrow morning as planned! (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com