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Chapter 424: Fire at the city gate affects Chiyu

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    Gui Yongqing's loss of Lan Feng not only disrupted Xue Yue's overall plan, but also made Chiang Kai-shek restless.

    A few days ago, Chiang Kai-shek received a message from Xu Yongchang, He Yingqin and others who were staying in Wuhan, saying that the Japanese army in Xuzhou had begun to move westward, and that the Japanese army in Anqing also showed signs of attacking Wuhan along Jiangxi.

    In addition, the elite agents of Dai Yunong¡¯s Military Command Bureau also received some piecemeal information from the top of the Japanese invaders. All of them pointed their finger at Wuhan, and the Japanese army was preparing to attack Wuhan.

    Despite this, Chiang Kai-shek gritted his dentures and held on. It was not that our Chairman Chiang was not worried about the Japanese attacking Wuhan, but that he wanted to let Xue Yue's troops defeat the Dofeihara Division first.

    But now it¡¯s better. Not only did the troops fail to destroy Dofeihara, but they also lost a key point of Lan Feng.

    Thinking of this, Chairman Chiang became angrier and angrier. He cursed in a sharp Fenghua accent: "Niang Xipi, you don't think about training the troops on weekdays. Your command is incompetent and low in energy at critical moments. You have disgraced the national army."

    After scolding, Chairman Jiang calmed down his temper again, and then said: "Call Xue Yue and ask him to find a way to take Lan Feng back. The Dofeiyuan division must be annihilated!"

    "yes!"

    After receiving Chairman Chiang¡¯s telegram, Xue Boling on the front line almost gritted his teeth. It was easy to lose Lan Feng City, but it is not easy to take it back!

    After occupying Lanfeng, the Japs moved westward to control the Luowang Town Station and the Quxingji, Huangzhuang, Jiahetan, Sanyiji, and Xuelou areas to the north. They had already gained some strategic initiative.  If you want to control the situation to the previous state, the price you have to pay is not small.

    And there is definite news that after the Japanese army occupied Xuzhou, its base camp had ordered the Central China dispatched troops to move to the line south of the Huaihe River, based on the total strength of the troops in China at that time and the preparations for the attack on Wuhan and Guangzhou in the next period.  The 13th Division must be deployed along the Huaihe River west of Bengbu, preparing to transfer to the Second Army; the North China Front Army and the Central China Dispatch Army occupy the area east of the Lanfeng, Shangqiu, Yongcheng, and Mengcheng lines, and are likely to encircle the Eastern Henan Front Line.  The posture of hundreds of thousands of national troops.

    If the Dofeiyuan Division cannot be annihilated, the Japs are likely to create a center for the national army. Therefore, the troops on the front line in eastern Henan are now in a very dangerous situation, and they are in danger of being annihilated if they wait for a moment longer.

    But Xue Yue had no choice. He knew that the chairman of the committee had made up his mind to eat the Doihara division, and as a subordinate and minister, he could only accept the order.

    However, Xue Yue was stumped on how to adjust his troops. Then Xue Yue called several senior staff of the First Corps late at night to discuss countermeasures.

    Subsequently, Xue Yue issued orders to his troops to recapture Lanfeng and Luowang Station to the west, and to encircle and annihilate the enemies in Quxingji and Sanyiji to the north of the railway.

    Xue Yue first ordered Shang Zhen¡¯s 32nd Army to attack the enemy line northwest of Lanfeng and Sanyiji with one brigade to cut off their connection with the north of the Yellow River.  A division of Yu Jishi's 74th Army and the attached 20th Division attacked the enemy from Sanyi Village to the vicinity of Lanfeng City on the southern flank of the 32nd Army, cutting off communication between the inside and outside of the enemy's city.

    The most important thing is that Xue Yue handed over the task of recapturing Lanfeng to Song Xilian's 71st Army.  Xue Yue knew Song Xilian very well. Although this person was taciturn, he was a rare good general. Not only was he good at defensive warfare, he was also quite methodical in attacking fortresses. The Lanfeng defenders only had one infantry regiment of the Japanese army.  It's always right to hand it over to the 71st Army.

    Xue Yue did not give up on the 27th Army that lost Lan Feng. For the sake of the overall situation, Xue Yue still resisted the urge to kill and ordered Gui Yongqing's 27th Army and the attached 21st and 106th Divisions to attack on the southern flank of the 74th Army.  , attack the enemies in Zhuzhuang and Dingzhai south of Sanyi Village.

    On the eastern front, Li Hanhun's 64th Army and the attached 58th Division attacked the enemies of Houyiwang and Luowangzhai in Tieren, west of Lanfeng, cutting off their connection with the enemies in Lanfeng City, while Hu Zongnan's 17th Army  The first group attacked the enemy in Quxingji to the north of Luowangzhai, and the main force circled south to attack the enemy's flank and rear in Luowangzhai.

    Regarding the time for the general attack, Xue Yue set it at 18:30 on the 25th. The First Corps headquarters strictly ordered all units to eliminate the few enemies facing them on the night of the 24th and complete preparations for the attack.

    It is said that although Li Guoyao was in Guoyang, more than two hundred miles away, his eyes never left the battlefield in eastern Henan.

    After learning that Gui Yongqing¡¯s headquarters had lost Lan Feng, Li Guoyao sighed deeply. The inertia of history was really unimaginable. Even after all his efforts, he still could not change this matter.

    However, thinking that this loophole was quickly blocked by Xue Yue, Li Guoyao no longer worried, but turned his attention to Mengcheng.

    In front of MengchengThe battle in ?? has reached a white-hot stage. Although the defenders worked hard, the Japanese army also knew the dangerous situation of the Doihara Division at this time. Immediately, the Central China Front Army Headquarters sent a telegram to the Japanese troops on the Mengcheng front line to increase their attack intensity.  Arrive in Guide within days.

    After receiving the order from the Central China Front Army Headquarters, the Japanese army went crazy and launched an attack on the defenders of Mengcheng.

    Fortunately, Li Guoyao's troops were well prepared, and the defenders also spent a lot of money, and finally withstood the Japanese attack throughout the day on the 23rd.

    "However, all the defenders' outer positions were destroyed. Most of them had collapsed and had no defensive value. They had no choice but to withdraw to the line of the city wall. The Japanese army immediately occupied the outer defense line.

    According to Li Guoyao's prediction, under the current situation, when the Japs launch their attack tomorrow, it will take Mengcheng two to three days at most to finish the game. By then, it will be up to them to look at the several lines of defense in the direction of Guoyang.

    All in all, the defensive pressure on Mengcheng¡¯s front line is still very high!

    Just as Li Guoyao was thinking about it, the First Theater Command sent an urgent message saying that it had ordered two divisions of Liao Lei of the 21st Group Army to rush to Mengcheng at night to reinforce the 61st Army, and required the 61st Army to hold on for three more days at all costs.  to five days.

    At the same time, the two new divisions were all commanded by the 61st Army.

    After receiving the telegram from the First Theater Command, Li Guoyao was completely silent. Although the reinforcements from the two divisions sounded like a lot, as far as he knew, the 173rd Division and the 170th Division had suffered heavy losses in previous battles. Two  The total number of divisions may not be ten thousand.

    And like yesterday's battle, the 61st Army lost about 4,000 people throughout the whole day. The combat effectiveness of the Gui Army was one level lower than the elite of the 61st Army, and the two divisions may not be able to hold on for two more days.

    "But the First Theater Command asked them to hold on for three to five more days. Isn't this putting their 61st Army on the fire?"

    But he also knew that there was nothing he could do about it. There was something wrong with the war on the eastern Henan front. Chiang Kai-shek was worried about the Japanese troops on the southern front going north, so he could only add more burdens to them.  Whether they want it or not, they can only hold on until they are all killed.

    How to describe this matter? It can only be described as a fire at the city gate that affected the fish in the pond. If you want to blame it, you can only blame that coward Gui Yongqing!

    At this point, Li Guoyao could only order the troops in Mengcheng to withdraw two brigades, and then deploy them on various defense lines leading to Guoyang. The remaining defense lines in the city were handed over to the two divisions of the Gui Army.  Come and garrison.

    At four o'clock in the morning on the 24th, Xu Hu sent an emergency telegram from the Mengcheng front line, saying that the two divisions of the Guangxi Army had arrived, but the situation was not optimistic.

    First of all, the strength of the two divisions was less than they expected, with only more than 8,600 people. Moreover, all the troops had only light weapons and no heavy weapons. The two divisions did not have a single artillery, not even a mortar.  No.

    Secondly, these two divisions had just suffered losses on the Xuzhou front line, and the morale of the troops was low. Coupled with the starry night march, Xu Hu really didn't know how much combat effectiveness they still had.

    Although the situation was a bit surprising to Li Guoyao, Li Guoyao was basically immune to it. With the situation of the national army, nothing seemed impossible.

    ¡°Immediately, he ordered someone to call Xu Hu back immediately, ordering him to immediately arrange for the two divisions to enter the front-line position, and also hand over some of the spare weapons hoarded in Mengcheng to their two divisions.

    However, Li Guoyao also requested that the Du Eighth Brigade and the two divisions of the Guangxi Army must stay in Mengcheng for at least three days. After 72 hours, no matter what the situation is, the entire army will retreat!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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