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Chapter 391: Defending Mengcheng but not fighting against it

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    The Japanese troops withdrew, and the Mengcheng defenders cheered for victory. For a time, the cheers of the Chinese army resounded throughout the sky above Mengcheng!

    Hearing the excitement of the survivors and the roar of the king after the great victory, Li Guoyao fell silent. He could hear the excitement in the hearts of the Gui army soldiers, and he could also hear their sadness!

    This cheering is not so much cheering as it is them venting!

    Think about this battle. The 1033 regiment relied on the strength of one regiment to block five times the Japanese attack. Not only did it severely damage the Japanese army, but it also saved Mengcheng, leaving more than 10,000 Japanese troops outside Mengcheng.  After being blocked for more than two days, they had reason to cheer.

    But they also suffered heavy losses in this battle. If the reinforcements had not arrived in time, I am afraid the entire regiment would have been wiped out. The aftermath of the disaster is the most exciting!

    In front of the ruins at the east gate of Mengcheng, Li Guoyao met the surviving soldiers of the 1033rd Regiment!

    They don¡¯t have many troops, only three to four hundred people at full strength. They are led by an officer wearing a major general uniform, who must be General Zhou Yuan, deputy commander of the 173rd Division!

    Zhou Yuan and others were also extremely surprised after seeing Li Guoyao in a lieutenant general uniform.

    Although they already knew that the famous 61st Army came to reinforce them, they did not know that the leader was actually the commander of the 61st Army, Li Guoyao. However, the entire 61st Army only had one lieutenant general. Obviously, the one in front of them  The young man is the famous Northeast Army God of War Li Guoyao.

    After recognizing Li Guoyao's identity, Zhou Yuan and others did not dare to neglect, and immediately stepped forward to salute: "Hello, sir, thank you sir for coming to the rescue. The entire Gui army will be deeply grateful!"

    Although Li Guoyao was the lieutenant general, he did not dare to make excuses in front of Zhou Yuan. He immediately said: "Your regiment held back a Japanese division for two whole days. It is worthy of the reputation of the Guangxi wolf soldiers. Our army can fight with  It¡¯s a great honor to work with your department to fight together!¡±

    "Sir, you have lost your humble position. Who knows that your division defended Bengbu City with one division for more than 20 days and wiped out tens of thousands of enemies. The victory of Bengbu became famous all over the world. Compared with the chief and the entire 61st Army, our division has nothing to lose.  The record is not worth mentioning at all!" Zhou Yuandao.

    Li Guoyao smiled and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. How many people are left in your group and how is the situation?"

    Zhou Yuan looked at the officers and soldiers around him and said: "Sir, there are only so many of our troops that can fight, less than 400 people. In addition, there are six to seven hundred wounded in Nanmen Street, but due to the lack of medicines and doctors,  I don¡¯t know how many are still alive now!¡±

    Li Guoyao nodded and said: "You can't rest now. You can stay in the city, or you can retreat to the rear to rest. Your mission has been completed. Mengcheng is now garrisoned by our 61st Army!"

    "Thank you for your kindness, sir. Your department can take over Mengcheng's city defense, but our department will not evacuate Mengcheng without a retreat order from our superiors!" Zhou Yuan said immediately.

    "Okay, then you can find a place to rest for a while. I will send someone to treat the wounded in your department!"

    "Thank you, sir!"

    "In addition, I see that you have lost a lot of weapons and equipment, and you don't seem to have much ammunition. Our army is cleaning the battlefield. You can go to the place where the trophies are stored to pick out some weapons that suit you, and you can also replenish some ammunition!"  Li Guoyao said.

    Zhou Yuan was immediately overjoyed and said immediately: "Thank you sir!"

    Li Guoyao and others did not stay at the city gate for long. After bidding farewell to Zhou Yuan and others, Li Guoyao directly entered Mengcheng.

    At this time, the battle in the city has ended, and the soldiers are cleaning the battlefield!

    The streets were littered with corpses, both Japanese and Nationalist. There were two types of corpses. One was the khaki uniform worn by Guangxi soldiers, and the other was the forest camouflage worn by Li Guoyao's troops.

    The small streets were densely packed with corpses. In some places, they were even piled up on several levels. This shows how fierce the battle was!

    After passing through the East Gate and walking about two kilometers into the city, Li Guoyao came to Nanmen Street and saw wounded soldiers everywhere!

    All the wounded soldiers were sitting with their backs against the shops on the street. Some of them were moaning in pain, but some were motionless. They had obviously died of their injuries.

    Looking at these wounded soldiers, Li Guoyao felt a little heavy, but he was more relieved!

    There are not many historical records about the Mengcheng Blockade, but Li Guoyao knew some inside information. As far as he knew, the defenders finally chose to break out at the last moment of the battle. When Commander Zhou Yuan led his team to break through, Mengcheng was  Fallen.

    After entering the city, the little devil found that the defenders had broken through.He was furious and immediately retaliated against the people in the city and the wounded who had no time to evacuate.

    The Japanese army not only stabbed to death the wounded who could not walk, but also took the wounded who could walk and some captured soldiers to the outside of the city for massacre.

    In addition, the Japanese army also kept some of the captured prisoners, carried plundered cultural relics or collected corpses for them, carried them into cars and boats, and accompanied the Japanese army to Bengbu.  However, these prisoners were nowhere to be seen until the Japanese surrender. It is estimated that they were all killed after arriving in Bengbu.

    After the Japanese army left Mengcheng, many people witnessed the corpses of captured wounded soldiers from the 1033rd Regiment of the 173rd Division who were massacred by the Japanese army. According to eyewitnesses, hundreds of corpses were placed by the river by the Japanese army, as if they had been slaughtered.  Like pigs and dogs, the scene is like purgatory, and I can¡¯t bear to watch it anymore.

    According to post-war statistics, more than 1,800 soldiers died in Mengcheng's resistance to the Warring States Army, all of whom were affiliated with the 173rd Division of the Guangxi Army. Only less than 300 soldiers from the 1033th Regiment remained after the war.

    The Japanese army suffered more than 1,200 casualties. In addition to the wounded Japanese soldiers, the final casualties of the Japanese army are expected to be around 2,000. The two sides fought almost 1:1.

    It is said that at that time, more than 30 ships transported nearly a thousand Japanese corpses to Huaiyuan, and more than 100 were transported by land. At that time, the 1033 regiment killed more than 80 Japanese corpses on the battlefield because they were afraid of the smell of the corpses.

    Fortunately, due to the timely rescue of the 61st Army, not only was Mengcheng defended, but the Japanese army did not have time to massacre the wounded.

    Although it is not certain that these people can be saved, they do not need to bear the pain and humiliation of being massacred by the Japanese army!

    Li Guoyao then ordered the field hospital accompanying the 61st Army to immediately send people to treat the wounded. At the same time, he ordered all regiment-level officers to meet at the temporary headquarters to discuss the next battle.

    Although the little devil has retreated, Li Guoyao knows that the devil will definitely not give up!

    Although Mengcheng is just a small county town in northern Anhui, its geographical location is really not that important. Usually no one cares about it.

    But in the context of the withdrawal of the Fifth Theater Army from Xuzhou, this place becomes very important. Once the Japs can capture this place, they can invade Guoyang, Bozhou and other places and completely cut off the retreat of the hundreds of thousands of troops in the Fifth Theater.  .

    With the Japanese army having captured Xuzhou, hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops have formed a huge encirclement around the perimeter of the Fifth Theater. Once the Japanese army captures Mengcheng, they will be able to tighten the encirclement.

    It can be said that Mengcheng at this time is related to the life and death of hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops. The Japanese army will never give up easily!

    It is conceivable that it will not take long for the Japanese army to concentrate its forces to counterattack Mengcheng again, so Li Guoyao does not have much time.

    In view of this, Li Guoyao immediately summoned his officers to discuss the issue of defense!

    But now all the fortifications outside the city have been lost, and there are gaps everywhere in the city wall. There is no need for defense, so how to defend the city has become a big problem.

    After thinking again and again, Li Guoyao decided to put the battlefield outside the city. To be honest, it didn't matter whether Mengcheng could be defended or not. What the national army needed now was not to defend Mengcheng, but to have a force to defend the southern front.  The Japanese troops held them back so that they had no time to go north.

    Therefore, Li Guoyao decided to defend Mengcheng but not fight in Mengcheng. He wanted to have a decisive battle with the Japanese army outside the city!

    Following Li Guoyao's order, most of the main force of the 61st Army left the city, and then deployed defenses on the front line in Shuangjian Town, southeast of Mengcheng, waiting for the main force of the Japs to come!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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