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Chapter 272: Amused

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    After nine o'clock, the sound of guns and artillery on various battlefields gradually calmed down, and the Battle of Bengbu was completely over.

    ¡°Then troops from Guangming, Dingyuan and other places reported the frontline battle situation to the Bengbu General Headquarters, and then the General Headquarters reported the situation to the Third Theater District Commander¡¯s Headquarters after a simple summary.

    As the commander-in-chief of the Third War Zone, Gu Zhutong is extremely concerned about this battle, because whether Bengbu can be defended is not only related to the war situation in Shandong, but also related to whether Hefei can be defended.

    You must know that the Japs have now captured Quanjiao, and their next target is Feidong. It is conceivable that once the Japanese army takes Bengbu, they are likely to take this opportunity to attack Feidong from the west, and then plot Hefei.

    But what worries Chief Gu is that the current strength of the national army on the Bengbu front line is seriously insufficient. Although there are two armies and one division, he knows the actual situation best.

    The Seventh Division is okay, but the 31st Army has been fighting with the Japs for more than a month. The unit suffered heavy casualties but did not receive many replacements.

    It is said to be one army, but in fact the strength of the three divisions belonging to the 31st Army has dropped seriously, and the total strength of the three divisions is probably less than 20,000.

    The 59th Army was even more unbearable. Since it had to divide its troops to garrison Huainan, it could only use the 38th Division, with a total strength of less than 10,000 people. The weapons and equipment were not good, and the ammunition was not very sufficient.

    Opposite them were two divisions of Japanese troops. This battle would be difficult for anyone to command, and only Zhang Xingzhen could accept such a task without any regrets.

    The battle situation was as they expected. The situation on the front line was not ideal. Although the troops on the front line fought bravely, the Chinese army was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of firepower and troop strength, so soon Guangming, Fengyang and others  The land fell, and then the Japanese army came to Bengbu City.

    The most frightening thing is that with the fall of Guangming, Fengyang and other places, the strength of the 31st Army and other units was severely damaged. According to the telegram reported by the 31st Army to the Third Theater Zone, it was learned that only the next day, the 131st Division under the army was  There are only more than 4,000 people left, and the 135th Division stationed in Sangjian Town has less than 4,000 people left. Bengbu City is in danger and may be captured by the Japanese army at any time.

    Today, the Japanese army has been attacking the city since the morning. According to the news from the Military Command Bureau, Japanese fighter planes from the direction of Nanjing are constantly flying to the Bengbu front line for bombing. The frequency is very high, and they are still attacking even when it is getting dark.

    Telegrams from the commander-in-chief of the Third War Zone are also constantly sent to Bengbu, asking about the situation of the war!

    What is a little reassuring is that the call back from the Bengbu front line is the same every time, saying that the war situation is not bad and that we can persist.

    However, starting two hours ago, the radio station on the Bengbu frontline seemed to have suffered some kind of malfunction. Although it could receive their signals, it never responded, which made Chief Gu and others very worried.

    Could it be that the city was destroyed?

    Or is it that the Bengbu headquarters was attacked and the defender's command system was destroyed?

    No matter which one it is, this is a disaster for the troops on the Bengbu front line.

    However, what Chief Gu and others never expected was that the reason why the Bengbu headquarters did not reply to their telegram was not that the city was broken, nor that the command system was hit, but that they were busy calculating the results of the battle.  No time to reply to them.

    At ten o'clock in the evening, just when Gu Zhutong was thinking about whether to send more reinforcements to Bengbu, the news of the victory from the Bengbu front line arrived!

    The surprise came suddenly and unintentionally.  Just when Gu Zhutong was in a panic, a major staff officer hurried in and said: "Report: Great victoryGreat victory!!!"

    "What is the great victory? Can you tell me clearly?" Gu Zhutong stood up in a hurry and asked.

    The major staff officer took a few deep breaths before saying: "Sir, an emergency telegram has just been sent from the Bengbu front line, saying that they have defeated the main force of the Japanese army on the Bengbu front line, wiped out the main force of the Japanese 101st Division, and killed the Japanese Chief Yin.  There are nearly 23,000 people under Dongzhengxi, and they have already recovered Fengyang, Guangming, Hechi, Daliu and other places"

    "What, annihilate the 101st Division and kill Yin Dongzhengxi! Did I hear that correctly?" Gu Zhutong interrupted the staff report regardless of appearance.

    "No, it's absolutely true, the telegram is here!" As he said this, the major staff officer handed a piece of telegram to Gu Zhutong.

    Gu Zhutong did not hesitate and picked up the telegram and read it.

    As soon as he took two glances, Gu Zhutong's whole body trembled with excitement, and he immediately read loudly in the combat command room: "Wuhan Military Commission, Commissioner, Chief Gu of the Third War Zone: Recently the enemy's 13th Division, the  101st DivisionMore than 40,000 people, with the cooperation of aircraft, artillery and tanks, launched an attack on Bengbu. The Japanese army led four groups, three of which besieged Bengbu and all the way to Quanjiao.  "

    "The Japanese aggressors were rampant and menacing. Our troops were unable to defeat them and had to outwit them, so we decided to adopt the tactic of blocking the Japanese army step by step, attracting the main force of the Japanese army to the outskirts of Bengbu, and at the same time deploying elite troops to intercept and kill the 101st Division.  "

    "On the 25th, the 15,000-strong main force of the 7th Division took advantage of the Japanese invaders' northward attack on Dingyuan and the lack of troops in the rear. They easily captured the Japanese 101st Division logistics base in Quanjiao County, annihilated more than 2,000 Japanese and puppet troops, and seized a large number of  Weapons and equipment. On that day, the enemy chief Yin Dongzhengxi personally led the main force of more than 13,000 people from Dingyuancang Town southward to support Quanjiao. He was ambushed by the main force of the 7th Division via Baima Gang and was completely wiped out! The enemy chief Yin Dongzhengxi was  "kill"

    "At the same time, after annihilating the 101st Division, the main force of the 7th Division temporarily returned to Bengbu to aid Bengbu, and decided to annihilate the main force of the Japanese 13th Division outside Bengbu. However, the Japanese invaders discovered our army's combat intentions early, and the main force of the Japanese army on the Bengbu front line  Retreat immediately through the light."

    "Our army was unable to stop it, so it had to temporarily change its tactics and turn to encircle and annihilate the Japanese 104th Regiment in Sangjian Town. After several hours of fierce fighting and annihilation, the Japanese 104th Regiment's captain Akiyama Torajiro was killed"

    "In this battle, our former enemy headquarters in Bengbu dispatched the 38th Division of the 59th Army, the 188th Division, the 131st Division, the 135th Division and the 7th Temporary Division of the 31st Army, a total of more than 43,000 people, to fight the Japanese army in Bengbu with more than 40,000 people.  , which lasted four days, annihilated more than 23,000 Japanese troops, killed one enemy lieutenant general, 5 colonels, 8 lieutenants, 13 majors, and more than 80 officers below the rank of lieutenant. At the same time, a county town was recovered and the Japanese troops were shot down.  38 aircraft were flown, more than 80 Japanese tanks were destroyed, and weapons and equipment were seized"

    "However, our division's own casualties are equally heavy. The ammunition has been exhausted. The specific casualties are still being counted! Attached is a list of meritorious personnel. Li Guoyao, the temporary commander of the Seventh Division, provided suggestions for this battle. The officers and soldiers of the division worked hard to save their lives. Foreign  In battle, we should take the first step! Zhang Xizhen, February 27, the twenty-seventh year of the Republic of China."

    After listening to this telegram, everyone in the entire combat conference room fell into a brief silence. It was really shocking. More than 30,000 Japanese and puppet troops were annihilated, and a Japanese lieutenant general was killed. This is really amazing.  .

    The most important thing is that it was a group of miscellaneous soldiers who created this miracle.

    No wonder Gu Zhu and others were so surprised, even though during the entire Anti-Japanese War, local forces were generally able to unite with the central government to defend against the enemy.  However, due to the political situation at that time, local forces inevitably tended to avoid war to protect themselves.

    For example, Jia Jingde, a close confidant of Yan Xishan, said to Xu Yongchang, "Mr. Yan's ideas cannot be controlled by Chiang Kai-shek. In the end, he said that he had to jump into the Yellow River as a last resort. He believed that existence is truth. Liu Wenhui also tried his best to win over Mr. Yan, thinking that beauty might lead to no progress.  The war of resistance was fruitless, so Long Yun and others followed suit."

    Because the previous political situation in China was already in disarray, there were long-standing conflicts between Chiang Kai-shek and local warlords. The existence of these conflicts made it possible for the Japanese army to destroy the anti-Japanese war camp, and also made the combat effectiveness of the miscellaneous troops quite doubtful.

    Take the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War as an example. In the Battle of Songhu, China successively invested more than 70 divisions, in addition to 12 direct divisions from the Central Committee, 9 Sichuan Army Divisions, 7 Gui Army Divisions, 5 Guangdong Army Divisions, and 3 Guizhou Army Divisions.  Except for the military divisions, the rest are reorganized "semi-direct" divisions such as the original Northeastern Army, Northwest Army, Hubei Army, and Hunan Army.

    In this battle, the performance of the miscellaneous army was disappointing. Let¡¯s talk about the Gui Army first. Because Bai Chongxi ¡°delimited a large attack area on the map and did not consider the scale on the map, all the Gui Army must be used.  The first line. We also failed to carry out strict reconnaissance of the enemy's front positions and relied solely on subjective inferences As a result, the Gui army suffered heavy sacrifices."

    Later, when Bai Chongxi heard that the scattered Gui soldiers had been taken in by friendly forces, he felt deeply embarrassed and could not eat for several days. Thanks to Hu Zongnan's arrival for support, he was able to stabilize his position.

    Another example is the Sichuan Army. A considerable number of Sichuan troops participated in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing, but their performance on the battlefield was not good. Generally speaking, as Wang Shijie said, "The number of Sichuan troops almost exceeded the total number of Japanese standing forces.  However, the discipline equipment was very poor. Of the Sichuan troops participating in the war, only Yang Sen's troops achieved some success, while most of Liu Xiang's troops collapsed without a fight." It can be seen that the combat effectiveness and military discipline of the Sichuan army are not satisfactory.

    Because of this, when they learned that a few improvised miscellaneous divisions not only withstood the siege of two Japanese master regiments and defended Bengbu City, but also wiped out more than 23,000 enemy troops, Gu Zhutong and others' first reaction was that someone had taken advantage of them.  They make people laugh.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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