At 8 p.m. on April 7, the Japanese army hit the first fist in this decisive battle. However, this punch was not the Second Army that was confronting the Japanese army in Taierzhuang, nor the Cheng Jiaji army that was preparing to advance to the Japanese defense line, but unexpectedly landed on the head of the 20th Legion, the central government's direct line. Only an hour after the war started, the Japanese army's actual strength reached about 12,000 people, and the Hatan Detachment, whose actual force reached about 12,000, ate a regiment on the outpost of the 110th Division of the Chinese Army.

The commander of the 20th Legion felt that he was wronged. Since joining the Fifth War Zone, he has been learning the lesson of the "Nankou Battle" (the 20th Legion lost three regiments one day after the First World War, and one battle was defeated, and one army was missing.) He was as far away from the main battlefield as possible. He also wanted to preserve some strength for the central government. After all, the Central Army suffered too much losses after the war in the past few months.

This time in southern Shandong, the brave general during the Nankou Battle was not a little bit of awesome and his combat movements were always half a beat slower. Although there were other objective reasons, the root cause was that the mentality of thinking that the farther away from the main battlefield, the better the mentality of making a monster.

Even after the Military Commission and the theater issued strict orders, his combat actions were not completely unreserved, otherwise the Sakamoto Detachment would not be able to stop the elite Central Army of the five and a half divisions of the Twentieth Legion.

But they were afraid of anything they were afraid of. The Japanese actually ignored the front of Taierzhuang and Cheng Jiaji's troops who repeatedly defeated the Japanese army, and concentrated all the mobile combat forces in their hands to try to eat the Twentieth Legion.

If he hadn't been worried about the retreat of his legion, he would have put a half division behind the main force of the legion. It would be strange if the Japanese failed to handle the 20th legion's nest.

This made the legion commander very angry, "Little Japan really treats me as a softie."

What made the leader of the legion most furious is that the Japanese attacked each other forward and back, forcing the 20th Legion to fight for their lives! At present, only if the 20th Legion fights, can there be a glimmer of hope, otherwise the entire army will collapse.

"Strictly order the 110th Division to defend its position to the death and not take a step back."

"The 52nd Army of the License Order completed the entire army's turn within two hours and launched an attack on the flanks of the Japanese army from the flanks of the 110th Division. The heavy artillery and chariot troops of the army were under the unified command of the 52nd Army."

"Strictly ordered the 85th Army to block the attack of Sakamoto's detachment."

"The 330th Brigade immediately moved closer to the Legion headquarters and joined the Legion's direct troops as the Legion's last reserve."

This graduate of the Japanese Non-commissioned Military Academy, who usually highly praised Bushido, knew that the situation was not enough to withdraw, so he only fought. If he was lucky, he could still win an anti-Japanese hero. If he was not far away, he would have to fight all the troops. As long as he fought all the Japanese, it would be much better than letting the Japanese eat them in vain after the entire army collapsed. He would have something to say when he met the chairman in the future, and he didn't want to be the second Han Fuqu.

Of course, he would not forget to ask for emergency help from Xuzhou or even Wuhan. He believed that at least the Chairman would not watch the entire army of this direct ace force be destroyed.

The Twenty Legion fought hard, and the Japanese were a little sad.

In fact, the purpose of Lieutenant General Isogaya Risuke, the commander of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army, was not necessarily to completely wipe out the 20th legion of the Chinese army. Of course, if he could completely wipe out this ace legion, it would be something that Isogaya could not ask for. If he could not completely wipe out, if the 20th legion could be severely damaged and expelled from southern Shandong, Lieutenant General Isogaya would also be able to accept this result.

The mistake is that Major General Hatan Shigeichi, who commanded the Hotan Detachment, was eager to make a contribution and regarded the Chinese army as nothing. The Japanese major general captain had the attitude of annihilation of the Twentieth Corps at the beginning, forcing the Twentieth Corps to die in a battle.

Since joining the Fifth War Zone, the 20th Legion has always been on the verge of attention and does not have to do all its strength. It has suddenly put out all its strength and its combat operations have become bold and resolute. The Japanese Hatan Detachment's fun was so great.

On April 7, 10:30 pm, the Fifty-Second Army, which completed the entire army's turn in less than two hours, took less than two hours to complete the entire army. The Japanese Hatan Detachment, which was attacking the defense line of the 110th Division with the direct chariot regiment as the front guide.

The commander of the Fifty-two Army was a powerful general. He privately changed the combat plan issued by the army and also gave the Japanese a roundabout way.

The Hatan Detachment, which had just arrived in China to participate in the war, had never been hit by the Chinese army and was extremely arrogant. I wanted to get the Chinese army, which had always been passive defense, and dared to adopt this bold tactic of the main force to attack and decide the outcome. Being caught off guard, a brigade of the Japanese Hatan Detachment, who served as the rear guard, was destroyed by the Chinese army's chariot regiment, and then was covered up by the Chinese army's sea tactics within half an hour.

After eating a Japanese brigade, the Fifty-two Army immediately came to the Japanese from behind the Japanese Hatan Detachment.

The Japanese chief Major General Hatan Shigeichi quickly drew a wing to resist the attack of the 52nd Army. At the same time, the Sakamoto Detachment, located on the front of the 20th Army, also launched a fierce offensive against the 85th Army in order to rescue the Hatan Detachment, which was attacked from both sides. Only then did the Japanese army stabilize their feet by attacking each other.

In a narrow area of ​​twenty miles apart, 70,000 troops from both China and Japan were twisted into a group, and the war was in a stalemate.

The Japanese army's war on the front line of Gupo Mountain was not going well, and it became a stalemate with the Twentieth Legion. This means that the first fist the Japanese fought in this decisive battle was hit on the stone.

Since this is the case, there is no need for the Chinese to be polite in this life-and-death battlefield.

On May 7, at 11:30 p.m., the attack detachment with about two divisions under its command (Xu Shenzuo was the commander of the detachment, Xie Hong was the chief of staff, Cheng Jiaji also served as the deputy chief of staff, Cheng Detachment, the 80th Division and a guerrilla detachment drawn from a temporary reinforcement unit of the Third Army with about 4,000 people.) A total of about 20,000 troops set out from Guanhu Town, and ignored the Japanese troops in Taierzhuang area in front of him, and pointed directly at Cangshan.

Anyone with discerning eyes knows that it is for the Japanese supply base. As long as the Chinese army takes down Cangshan and defends it, nearly 10,000 Japanese troops who have turned into a defensive line in Taierzhuang will be doomed in the face of shortage of food and bullets.

For a time, all the eyes of China and Japan were focused on Cangshan, a small place. They were a little neglected, restraining the largest heavy army group of the Japanese North China Front Army north of Xuzhou, and in fact, the 20th Legion that took on heavy burdens. This made the leader of the legion who liked to care and sighed that the injustice of the heavens.

But no matter how much he sighed, the 20,000 Japanese troops in front and behind were enough to be busy.

The attacking detachment drove straight in. A puppet Manchukuo cavalry regiment who had been beaten to death on the road, fled when they heard the news. Anyway, they ran fast with four legs.

At 2:00 a.m. on April 7th and 8th, the Independent 100 Brigade, as the striker of the attacking detachment, arrived at Lu Zuo, only six or seven miles away from Cangshan City.

Here is a brigade of the Japanese army who is ready for battle and has a strong attack. At 2:40 a.m., the 100 Independent Brigade ushered in its first regular attack since its establishment.
Chapter completed!