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On the eastern Henan front line, on the same day that Chairman Chiang left Zhengzhou, Xue Yue adjusted his deployment and launched another attack.
Cheng Qian, the commander-in-chief of the First War Zone, also felt that this battle was of great importance and often went to Xue Yue's former enemy headquarters to learn about the battle situation and cheer up Xue Yue.
At the same time, the First War Zone once again mobilized some reinforcements and a large amount of ammunition to the First Corps, assuming a swindling posture.
After several days of fierce fighting, Xue Yue finally regained his chance of victory.
The general offensive began on May 25, and Xue Yue's Henan East Corps launched an attack on the enemy's 14th Division on time.
The 71st Army that attacked Lanfeng and the 64th Army that attacked Luowang Station fought extremely bravely. After each unit received the order from the Military Commission and the First Theater Command to "must attack Lanfeng", the division commanders and regimental commanders of the troops all Go to the front line to direct the battle.
Li Hanhun, the commander of the 64th Army who attacked Luowang Station, even personally selected the heavy artillery's close-range shooting position and directed the battle, displaying military power and momentum.
As the two armies were not afraid of hardships and sacrifices and continued their attacks, and were supported by some tanks, Soviet C§¢ light bombers, and N-15 fighter jets, after two days and two nights of fierce fighting, the 71st Army destroyed the enemy infantry at 2 a.m. on the 27th. The 2nd Regiment's position outside the city attacked Lanfeng's east gate, and then broke into Lanfeng City, which only had earthen walls.
The 2nd Regiment of the 14th Division garrisoned at Lanfeng City failed and abandoned the city and fled. After only an hour of fierce fighting, Lanfeng was recaptured by the 71st Army commanded by General Song Xilian. More than 3,000 enemy troops fled to Sanyi Village, and the once-crisis Longhai Road was opened again.
The 64th Army fighting at Luowang Station west of Lanfeng first used heavy artillery to fire at close range. Most of the enemy's defense fortifications were destroyed. The 58th Division and the 155th Division fought bravely and finally fought the enemy in close combat for about 3 days. Hour.
Having tasted the power of the 64th Army, the Japanese army did not dare to stay long and abandoned Luowangzhai and retreated to Quxingji. Luowang Station was recovered by the 64th Army commanded by General Li Hanhun.
Chairman Chiang, who had returned to Wuhan at this time, was overjoyed after receiving the report. He once again saw the hope of encircling and annihilating the Dofeiyuan Division, and immediately ordered Cheng Qian to send 42 special trains full of military supplies that were trapped near Guide. Withdrew to Zhengzhou, and at the same time urged Xue Yue's troops to step up the attack on Dofeiyuan.
At the same time, the two divisions commanded by Li Hanhun in the northeast also made greater progress. After three days of bloody battles with the Japanese, they captured Luowang Station on the 27th and then transferred to Luowang Village.
Dofeiyuan was once again cornered by Xue Yue. At this time, he only controlled large villages such as Sanyi Village and Quxingji that were surrounded by Chinese troops, and was in danger of being completely annihilated.
It was only at this point that Doihara truly understood Xue Yue's power. What made him even more uneasy was that he knew so little about the rising southern general in front of him.
At this point, he had no retreat and no choice, so he could only lead his troops to resist desperately. At the same time, the commander of Nishio and the commander of the Nakajima Division were contacted to urgently call for help.
Xue Yue did not dare to neglect at this time. He knew that the headquarters of the 14th Division of the enemy Doihara Kenji was located in Sanyiji, so he ordered the 74th Army and the 27th Army to join forces to attack.
The unit that was originally the teaching corps of the Kuomintang officer school and was later reorganized into the 46th Division fought even more fiercely. With the cooperation of tanks, heavy artillery, and C§¢ light bombers, they shouted "Destroy the 14th Division" and "Capture Tufei alive" Fight bravely with the slogan "Original".
After three days and three nights of fighting, the Doihara Division was forced to retreat to the south bank of the Yellow River north of the railway. Due to excessive casualties and a shortage of ammunition and food, Doihara had no choice but to gather his troops and form a ring defense with Sanyiji as the center, waiting for reinforcements. All supplies relied on airdrops.
When the 14th Division was surrounded, the commander of the 1st Army in Shijiazhuang, Lieutenant General Xiangyue Qingsi, was extremely nervous. He proposed to the North China Front that they capture Zhengzhou and Kaifeng to relieve the siege of the 14th Division.
After studying this, Juichi Terauchi and his chief of staff Naosaburo Okabe determined on May 28 that the 2nd Army, which had already moved westward from the 16th and 10th Divisions, was mixed into the 3rd and 13th Brigades and rushed to Lanzhou. reinforce.
However, regarding the question of whether to attack Zhengzhou, Terauchi Juichi and others gave a negative reply, because capturing Zhengzhou is not the mission of this operation, and a separate combat plan needs to be formulated. They will not support it for the time being, but according to the current situation, they can occupy Kaifeng first. .
After receiving the order for reinforcements, the 16th Division and the 3rd and 13th Brigades quickly advanced westward along both sides of the railway from Guide.
However, just as Xue Yue and others were eagerly waiting to annihilate the Dofeiyuan Division, bad news came from the southern front: Mengcheng was lost.
When the news came, it was already early in the morning on the 28th. At that time, Xue Yue and others had just finished a meeting and were preparing to take a rest. As a result, the 61st Army Headquarters sent an emergency telegram, indicating that Mengcheng had fallen.
After receiving the news, Xue Yue and others were shockedSe, Mengcheng is an important line of defense against the Japanese Central China Front. Once here is lost, the next one will be Guoyang, then Bozhou, and in the end they will inevitably go straight to Guide.
??And Guoyang is only more than 100 kilometers away from Guide. At the marching speed of the Japanese mechanized troops, it can reach Guide in up to half a day without troops blocking it.
Once Guide is lost, the consequences will be truly disastrous.
But at this time, no one said anything about the 61st Army, and no one blamed the 61st Army, because since the Japanese army attacked Mengcheng on the afternoon of the 19th, Li Guoyao's troops had been fighting bloody battles with the Japanese army on the front line of Mengcheng for nine days.
After receiving the support of two crippled infantry divisions, a motley army was able to withstand the attack of three Japanese field divisions for nine days. This is a miracle no matter how you say it.
And judging from the situation coming from the front line, both the 61st Army and the two divisions of the Guangxi Army suffered heavy casualties. It is said that the main force of the 61st Army, the Duba Brigade, was almost completely wiped out, and the 170th Division and the 173rd Division of the Guangxi Army combined There were less than 2,000 men, and casualties accounted for 70% of the total strength.
The most important thing is that according to the information secretly reported by the intelligence personnel of the Military Command Bureau, Mengcheng has been basically razed to the ground by both sides.
Basically all the buildings on the ground were in ruins. The more than 20 kilometers of city walls from east to west, north and south of Mengcheng collapsed, and bricks and tiles were everywhere. A county town with hundreds of years of history was completely wiped out after this battle. It could be said that it was wiped off the ground.
Such a tragic situation reminded Xue Yue and others of the Battle of Songhu. The 61st Army had tried its best. Although Mengcheng fell, the responsibility did not lie with them.
Moreover, when the order was issued, Shangfeng first asked the 61st Army to hold on for three to five days, and finally asked them to hold on for three more days. But now Li Guoyao's troops have held on for nine days. In any case, they have completed their mission.
On the contrary, things have happened repeatedly in the east of Henan, and they have never been able to complete the task of annihilating the Dofeiyuan Division.
Fortunately, although the 61st Army withdrew its troops from the front line of Mengcheng, it did not escape. Army Commander Li Guoyao called Xue Yue and told him that the 61st Army would continue to block the Japanese army along the communication line from Mengcheng to Woyang and slow down its advance.
At the same time, Li Guoyao believed that Guoyang was unsafe and could not block the main force of the Japanese army for a long time, so he made a request to move the headquarters to Bozhou behind.
This news was a life-saving straw for the First Corps. After reading the telegram, Xue Yue almost did not hesitate and immediately reported the situation to the First Theater Commander's Department and suggested agreeing to Li Guoyao's request.
The Chief Department of the first theater is now thinking about eliminating the Tu Fei Yuan Division. As long as it is conducive to this matter, it is not said that it is natural to say that Li Guoyao's request to enter Luzhou immediately.
At the same time, in view of the heavy casualties suffered by Li Guoyao's headquarters, the commander of the First Theater Command reasonably agreed to place an unknown brigade and a local security group originally stationed in Guoyang under the command of Li Guoyao's headquarters.
Of course, Cheng Qian was not as grand as Chiang Kai-shek. He was only temporarily placed under the command of Li Guoyao and would have to be returned after the war.
Of course, Cheng Qian doesn't care how many of the two troops can come back. What he cares about is the ownership of those two numbers.
As long as the no-name brigade and security regiment are still in the First War Zone, the Military Commission will have to pay them and issue weapons. As for the lack of soldiers, it doesn¡¯t matter. Henan is a most populous province in China, and there is not much else here. There are just a lot of people, and just getting a few thousand people is nothing.
Don¡¯t think that it is difficult to recruit soldiers in troubled times. In fact, the more troubled the times, the easier it is to recruit soldiers, because in troubled times, the lives of ordinary people are like straw, and there are too many people who cannot survive.
What should I do if I don¡¯t have anything to eat or drink and I¡¯m still being bullied?
Be a soldier. Although being a soldier is dangerous, there is no danger in living in this troubled world. If you are lucky, you may be able to stand out on the battlefield.
Therefore, Cheng Qian cared more about those two numbers than the thousands of soldiers, so he could easily hand over the thousands of miscellaneous soldiers to Li Guoyao's command, but he would not give the numbers to Li Guoyao.
But for Li Guoyao, this is not a problem. Does he care about the salary? He only cares about when the troops can reach the front line of Guide as soon as possible, because Huang Jie, the escaped general, has to perform his unique skills again.
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