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Newspaper fragments were scattered all over the Devils headquarters, and the surrounding Devils officers lowered their heads in fear, not daring to breathe.

"Rensuke Isoya, Seishiro Itagaki, these two scumbags, and Yusaburo Matsui are really cowards, this group of nonsense is simply a disgrace to our North China Front Army!!!"

At this moment, the shame and indignation in Shouyi's heart can't be described in words.

The 33rd Brigade and the 9th Brigade were both elite devils. The destruction of these two brigades undoubtedly slapped the Japanese North China Front Army hard.

If Rensuke Isotani and Seishiro Itagaki were standing at the headquarters, Shouichi Terauchi would have chopped up these two idiots who underestimated the enemy with a command knife.

Although Yusaburo Matsui's 4th Division was also disadvantaged in combat, at least it preserved the strength of the troops and reduced unnecessary casualties.

"Your Excellency, please calm down."

Chief of Staff Mitsuo Watanabe persuaded Terauchi Shouichi, and then said: "Your Excellency, Commander, the top priority is to reorganize the troops to stabilize the morale of the army, and redeploy and deploy troops to besiege the Xuzhou area."

After Siuchi Shouyi calmed down, he thought about it carefully. What the chief of staff said was correct. The matter has come to this point. The main task of besieging Xuzhou Caihua Northern Front Army.

After a while, a devil major handed over several telegrams.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, Commander, it is the commander of the Isotani Division, and the commander of the Itagaki Division telegram!"

Terauchi Shouyi snatched the telegram angrily, and carefully read the contents of the telegram.

"These two wastes still have the face to send a power statement to the headquarters to confess their crimes. They should really thank the emperor and those imperial soldiers who died in battle. The headquarters should relieve these two from their positions as division commanders..." Siuichi Yu He spoke angrily, then threw the telegram aside.

Chief of Staff Mitsuo Watanabe picked up the telegram and glanced at it, and persuaded Terauchi Shouichi in a tactful tone: "Your Excellency, Commander, our North China Front Army is just employing people, and I think that Isoya and Itagaki division commanders can be punished and meritorious."

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander, once the battle in Xuzhou starts, we can't temporarily change the generals. We should stabilize the morale of the troops and regroup to fight Xuzhou again..."

Terauchi Shouyi said that he wanted to replace the two old devils, Isoya and Itagaki, but in fact, he didn't want to do this in his heart.

Both Rensuke Isoya and Seishiro Itagaki were excellent generals of the Japanese North China Front Army. If the headquarters replaced them, Juichi Terauchi would really not be able to find a suitable candidate to replace them as division commander.

Although Shouichi Terauchi is the commander, he cannot always shield his subordinates from their responsibilities, because the base camp of the Japanese army will also intervene in this matter, and even report it to the emperor.

Of course, the family ugliness cannot be publicized. As the commander of Terauchi Shouichi, if the defeat of Rensuke Isoya and Seishiro Itagaki continues to expand, the North China Front Army will also lose face.

Terauchi Shouichi thought carefully for a moment, and decided to personally send a telegram to the headquarters in his own name, intending to retain Itagaki and Isoya.

After the Devils Communications Department sent a telegram, Terauchi Shouyi asked the rest of the Devils officers and generals to sit at the conference table, ready to discuss how to besiege the Xuzhou area...

The Japanese army was defeated in the Taierzhuang area. In order to save the face of the North China Front Army, the devil officers and generals of the headquarters re-changed the combat deployment and decided to expand the battle situation.

After the battle of Taierzhuang, the Japanese army discovered that all the troops of the 5th theater had gathered in the surrounding areas of Xuzhou. Therefore, the Japanese army discussed and decided to encircle and encircle all the Chinese defenders in Xuzhou.

It has to be said that the Japanese army's large-scale encirclement plan is indeed ruthless and poisonous. Once the little devil's strategic plan succeeds, the defenders of the 5th theater will be in danger.

The little devil's ambition is indeed huge, and he wants to eat hundreds of thousands of the main force of the national army in one bite. However, the Japanese army needs at least ten divisions to complete such a large encirclement.

The strength of the Japanese North China Front Army was limited, and the Japanese army in North China had to send troops to control some of the occupied strategic locations. As a result, the enemy's forces were too scattered, and it was impossible to organize a large-scale encirclement and annihilation campaign.

The Japanese army was unable to dispatch troops from within the country. In order to achieve the strategic intention of encircling the country, the Japanese army had no choice but to mobilize troops from other Japanese invaders to support the Xuzhou theater...

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The Japanese army is preparing to concentrate its forces and carefully plan a strategic encirclement in the Xuzhou area, while the National Army troops in the 5th theater are also re-working a larger battle plan.

The Supreme Military Council of the National Army decided through a meeting to order the fifth theater to concentrate its forces near Xuzhou, preparing to gather and annihilate the main force of the Japanese army again.

The North China Command of the Japanese Army saw the strategic intentions of the national army in the 5th theater, and the Japanese army temporarily changed some strategic deployments.

The Japanese army adopted a strategy of dividing troops. Some of the troops were frontally restraining the national army. The main force of the Japanese army detoured to the west in an attempt to encircle Xuzhou from the side and rear and annihilate the main force of the 5th theater.

In mid-April 1938, the 4th Division and the 5th Division of the Japanese Army made a comeback, marching southward from Yicheng, Shandong and the Yitang area in the northwest of Linyi respectively, and carried out diversionary attacks on the main force of the national army defenders.

The national army resisted very tenaciously, and the tug-of-war between the two sides lasted for more than ten days. In the end, the two divisions of the Japanese army did not cross the defensive line to achieve their strategic intentions.

Today's Isotani and Itagaki divisions, after the defeat at Taierzhuang, the overall combat effectiveness of the divisions has long been much worse than before.

Although these two divisions have supplemented their strength and reorganized the previous brigade designations, the current Isotani and Itagaki divisions are not much better than the second-class troops in terms of combat missions and weaponry.

The Japanese troops in the Xuzhou area did not make any progress in combat. In order to expand the results of the battle as soon as possible, the Japanese base camp mobilized troops around. It took half a month to assemble ten divisions, with nearly 20 people, and launched a large siege against Xuzhou.

After more than half a month of confrontation between the enemy and us in the Xuzhou area, time flies, and it is May.

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Since the end of the Battle of Taierzhuang, the security regiment had no combat missions during this period, so Li Hong had no choice but to let the troops recharge their batteries.

The security regiment had no combat missions, and Li Hong was not idle either. He was an advisor in the war zone. Apart from handling the security regiment's affairs, Li Hong often went to the headquarters for meetings.

Today's 5th War Zone is no longer what it used to be. The Taierzhuang victory made the 5th War Zone gain the attention of the military and civilians across the country.

The 5th Theater of the National Army created a battlefield myth, and the commanders of the theater Li Zongyao and Bai Wenqing naturally gained a lot of fame, and they became excellent combat commanders.

In addition to Li Bai and Li Bai, Li Hong also rose to fame. The Taierzhuang battle made Li Hong's reputation much higher in various domestic theaters.

Now when it comes to Li Hong, there are too many titles and praises. The soldiers and civilians call him: Titan, the undefeated god of war, the backbone of the country, and the national hero.

Some reporters even joked that Li Hong was a female male god in the Republic of China...

Recently, the Japanese army assembled heavy troops from nearly 10 divisions and launched a large-scale encirclement.

The battle ahead was tense, and Li Hong was invited by the war zone to the headquarters for a meeting early in the morning.

Before Li Hong arrived at the headquarters, all the senior officers and generals of the 5th theater were basically present, but the meeting had not yet started.

Li Hong is now an important figure in the war zone, and everyone is waiting for his arrival before this important military meeting can begin.

As soon as Li Hong arrived at the entrance of the command department, the adjutant who greeted him at the door shouted loudly.

"Consultant Li is here!"

The adjutant's voice resounded loudly and clearly reached the ears of everyone in the headquarters. All the officers and generals looked sideways at Li Hong who walked in.

The one who can receive such a courteous notification in the theater is at least at the level of the commander of the group army.

It is absolutely unprecedented for Li Hong, a school-level officer, to receive such respect.

From this small detail, it is enough to show that the commander of the war zone attaches great importance to Li Hong. Although his rank is not high, his status is obviously elevated to the same level as other group army commanders.

"Sorry, sirs, I'm a little late, please forgive me."

Li Hong came late last night because he studied the deployment of Japanese troops and made many reports.

He apologized to the officers of the headquarters, and then sat down in his seat.