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Chapter 407: The attitude of the 61st Army

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    The national army had high expectations for the Lanfeng Battle. Even Chairman Chiang Kai-shek claimed that if the battle failed to achieve results, it would be an "eternal laughing stock."

    But the result was incredible to everyone. The national army invested 150,000 troops successively, but still failed to eliminate the Dofeihara Division. Instead, they were forced to blow up the Huayuankou Yellow River embankment.

    In fact, at the beginning of the battle, the troops in the first theater realized very well. They took the initiative to attack the Japanese 14th Division.  After fierce fighting, the 74th Army and the 71st Army also recovered Neihuangji and other places.

    After that, they recaptured Ximaogu Village, Yanglou and other villages, dealing a heavy blow to the Japanese army.

    Sensing the danger, Doihara began to break out and focused his attack on Lanfeng.

    At this time, the Chinese army has an absolute advantage in the battlefield in eastern Henan. If the Chinese army can seize this opportunity, it is entirely possible to annihilate Tufeiyuan under Lanfeng City before enemy reinforcements arrive.

    But the person guarding Lanfeng is Gui Yongqing, who is greedy for life and afraid of death. Although this person is usually very arrogant, he is actually weak and incompetent.  He only resisted for three hours before Doihara broke through Lanfeng's outer defense line.

    Then the 14th Division concentrated its forces to attack the Yangzhuji and Shuangtaji areas.  The 27th Army's position was breached, and Gui Yongqing led his troops to retreat to Kaifeng and Qixian. On the 24th, the Japanese army occupied Lanfeng, a strategic point on Longhai Road, without fighting, and Dofeihara jumped out of the encirclement.

    The Military Commission was greatly shocked by Lan Feng's easy fall.

    Chairman Chiang then telegraphed the First War Zone and ordered Xue Yue, commander-in-chief of the 19th Group Army, to command Yu Jishi's 74th Army, Li Hanhun's 64th Army, Song Xilian's 71st Army, and Gui Yongqing's 27th Army from east to west.

    At the same time, Hu Zongnan, commander of the 17th Army, was ordered to surround the Japanese 14th Division in the Lanfeng and Luowangzhai areas from west to east, and must annihilate the Dofeihara Division.

    Soon the Chinese army surrounded the Doihara Division for the second time. However, something embarrassing happened to Chairman Chiang at this time. The Eighth Army guarding Guide ran away.

    Guide is located in the southeast of the East Henan battlefield and is the first line to block Japanese reinforcements. Cheng Qian placed the elite Eighth Army of the Central Army here to deal with the Japanese troops who had withdrawn from the Xuzhou battlefield to reinforce the East Henan battlefield.

    As a result, Huang Jie, commander of the Eighth Army, feared the enemy like a tiger and evacuated Guide City on his own initiative, allowing the Japanese 16th Division responsible for rescuing Kenji Doihara to easily capture Guide, an important place in eastern Henan.

    The loss of Guide caused an instant change in the battle situation. They were preparing to encircle and annihilate the Japanese 14th Division. However, due to the threat from the Japanese 16th Division, the Chinese army had to turn to the defensive and must immediately mobilize troops to block the Japanese 10th Division.  The attack of the Sixth Division.

    At the same time, to the north of the battlefield, the Japanese mixed Fourth Brigade was preparing to cross the Yellow River and meet up with the nearby Fourteenth Division.

    What¡¯s more serious is that the Japanese 10th Division was assigned to the 13th Brigade, which captured Woyang and Bozhou at the junction of Henan and Anhui, and was rapidly outflanking eastern Henan.  ¡ª¡ªThe Chinese army in eastern Henan is already in a situation of being counter-encircled by the Japanese army.

    In desperation, the First War Zone had to make a decision to withdraw comprehensively.

    A battle in which the troops had an absolute advantage, the battlefield situation was extremely favorable, and the victory was inevitable, but the outcome turned out to be a comprehensive retreat. The "eternal laughingstock" that Chairman Chiang feared became a reality.

    Although he knew that the final result of the Battle of Lanfeng would definitely be disappointing, Li Guoyao knew that he had no way out in this matter. Li Guoyao still knew the character of Chairman Chiang, even though he knew that all the 61st Army might be defeated in this battle.  The army was annihilated, but for him, if a 61st Army could be exchanged for a Japanese A-type division, he would nod in agreement without hesitation.

    As for the life and death of Li Guoyao and the entire 20,000 brothers in the 61st Army, he would not care, because these people are just chess pieces on the anti-Japanese chessboard, and he, Jiang, is the real chess player.

    Knowing that he couldn¡¯t shirk it, Li Guoyao thought about it again and again and finally decided to give it a try.

    "Then, Li Guoyao personally wrote a carefully worded telegram and ordered the telegraph operator to send it immediately to Chairman Chiang's attendant's room.

    At this time, the meeting of the First Theater Commander's Department was still going on. Under the auspices of Chairman Chiang and Cheng Qian, Xue Yue, Gui Yongqing, Huang Jie and others were discussing the specific campaign plan and the specific arrangements for each unit.

    At this time, Wang Shihe, director of the Attendance Office, hurried in with a piece of telegram, placed it in front of Chairman Chiang, and then whispered a few words in his ear.

    Chairman Chiang nodded, then picked up the telegram and read it!

    Just after taking a second look, Chairman Chiang, who has always controlled his words, deeds and temper quite well, suddenly said three good words in a row, and immediately pointed outAll the national army generals in the headquarters were shocked.

    ??Everyone knows this person¡¯s character relatively well, and he rarely praises others in front of outsiders. Who can make this person praise him in such a public place?

    Before the doubts flashed through everyone's minds, Chairman Chiang stopped the generals who were discussing, then put one hand on his hips and held up the message with the other and said: "Everyone, this is the reply just sent by the 61st Army Headquarters.  Li Guoyao has officially stated his position to the Military Commission that if the party and the country need it, their 61st Army will stay on the front line of Mengcheng even if the entire army is annihilated."

    As soon as the words fell, everyone was shocked. Everyone knew the importance of the 61st Army. If they could really resist the Japanese attack on the southern front, then the troops in eastern Henan would really be able to annihilate the Dofeiyuan Division.

    But everyone also knows that if Li Guoyao really decides to do this, then there may not be a few people left in the army under his command.

    Just when Chairman Chiang was about to praise Li Guoyao's troops, Xue Yue, commander of the First Corps, suddenly asked: "Commissioner, Commander Li's loyalty to the party and the country and his courage to fight to the death against the Japanese invaders are admirable, but he has  You didn¡¯t say how long it can last?¡±

    Everyone was stunned at first, but then they understood that daring to fight and being able to fight are two different concepts.

    Dare to fight depends on courage, and being able to fight depends on strength.

    There is no doubt about the courage of the 61st Army and Li Guoyao. Even before this, everyone knew that Li Guoyao was a fool who did not want his life. He dared to break into the Japanese headquarters in Shanghai with fifty people and killed his chief of staff without mentioning it.  Someone ambushed the Japanese prince's special train. There was nothing in the world that he, Li Guoyao, did not dare to do.

    But having courage does not mean having strength. Although the 61st Army is an expanded unit of the famous Juqi Division, everyone knows that when the Juqi Division was defending Bengbu, it suffered more than 40,000 casualties in the First World War, and its family resources were completely wiped out.  .

    ¡°Despite the turmoil of the Military Commission and the War Zone Commander¡¯s Department, it is probably impossible to fully replenish the 61st Army with soldiers and weapons and equipment. Now everyone does not know how much combat strength the 61st Army has.

    This is one of them. The second is that the 61st Army has been fighting with the Japanese Ninth Division on the Mengcheng front for nearly three days, and has successfully covered the withdrawal of the main force in the fifth theater. I am afraid that their life will not be easy these days.  If we continue to hold on, we're not sure how many days we can hold on.

    More importantly, although the Doihara headquarters is surrounded by the national army, it still has more than 20,000 elites and three to four hundred armored fighting vehicles. Such a powerful armed force will definitely not take three or two days.  eliminated.

    "If the 61st Army collapses after defending for a day or two, the consequences will be very serious, and it will not help the overall situation!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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