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Chapter 584: Xinyang fell

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    On November 15, Luo Zhuoying led his troops northward from Hankou on a military train. When the troops arrived at Lijiazhai that afternoon, troops from the Southern Henan Corps near Liulin Station to the north were fighting against the enemy's 10th Division.

    The leading train of the 39th Army of Liu Heding has passed through Liulin Station, while the train of the 3rd Army of Sun Tongxuan that followed was blocked. The commander-in-chief of the Corps, Luo Zhuoying, stopped at Jigong Mountain.

    After some research, the headquarters of the Fifth Corps finally decided to use part of the troops heading north to coordinate with Hu Zongnan's Southern Henan Corps to attack the enemy's 10th Division near Liulin Station and restore railway traffic south of Xinyang, while the Southern Henan Corps  Deployed outside Xinyang and along nearby railway lines to conduct defensive operations.

    It is said that the 10th Division of the Japanese 2nd Army attacked Liulin Station on the Ping-Han Railway from the south of Luoshan as planned; the 3rd Division attacked Sanguan Temple on the Ping-Han Railway from the north of Luoshan  , Changtaiguan, and Pengjiawan stations, first encircling Xinyang in a roundabout way from the north and south.

    The 8th Okada Brigade and the attached artillery and tank units under the command of the 3rd Division attacked Xinyang from the front along the roads of Luoshan, Lanpu, Wujiapo, Wulitian and Zhongshanpu.  However, at this time, the Eighth Brigade was said to be a brigade, but in fact it was a reinforced regiment. The 39th Brigade to which it belonged had only about 300 people left due to heavy casualties, and was left in Luoshan as a guard.  Task.

    However, even with limited troops, due to the direct cooperation of Yoshiharu Iwanaka's 7th Tank Regiment and the 1st Air Force Flying Regiment, they quickly broke through the defenses of Dong Zhao's 28th Division at Balipeng, Lanpu, and Wujiapo.  position.

    Then the Japanese troops broke through the defensive positions of Li Zhengxian's 1st Division's 1st Brigade and Li Wen's 78th Division in Zhongshanpu and the eastern suburbs of Xinyang City, and arrived outside Xinyang City on the night of November 17.

    At this time, the main part of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army south of Xinyang, after occupying Liulin Station and Jiuliguan and Shigang east of the railway, counterattacked by the troops of Luo Zhuoying and Hu Zongnan, and gradually retreated to the vicinity of Xinyang to gather.

    The 3rd Division, which attacked north of Luoshan and westward, captured Dayang River and fought with the 106th Division defending Minggang, Changtaiguan, and Zhengyang areas. On the 16th, it occupied Pengjiawan,  The Ping-Han Railway on the Changtaiguan and Sanguanmiao lines has been detoured by the enemy in the north and south of Xinyang.

    When the main force of the Japanese army detoured back outside Xinyang City, Hu Zongnan's mood was extremely complicated. The Southern Henan Corps had troops near Xinyang. In addition to the 78th Division staying behind in Xinyang City, there were also many troops near Xinyang. If they held on  If so, we can still fight the Japanese army for a while.

    In addition, now that the army is gathering in southern Henan, there are many troops that can reinforce Xinyang. As long as the defenders can hold on for two days, reinforcements from at least two armies can arrive.

    But Hu Zongnan hesitated, should he keep Xinyang?

    Xinyang is important, there is no doubt about it, but the problem is that once Xinyang is defended, his 17th Corps must bear the brunt and need to directly face the Japanese army's most elite third division, especially the powerful heavy artillery regiment.  Troops and tank regiments.

    It won't take too long. In three days at most, all the troops he left in Xinyang City will be exhausted. Even if follow-up reinforcements come, they will still be his troops. In this way, once he fights with the little devil, even if he can defend Xinyang  City, his 17th Corps may also lose combat effectiveness.

    The troops were all wiped out, which is something Hu Zongnan did not want to see anyway. After spending most of his life in the national army, Hu Zongnan had seen too many cases of tigers being bullied by dogs. Which general who lost his troops could have a good life?  ending.

    Feng Yuxiang is awesome, he was the king of the northwest back then. No one in the northwest dared to mess with him, but now that he has no troops, even though he has the title of vice chairman, even a small division commander will not take him seriously.  .

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    Hu Zongnan is not tall, but he is very thoughtful, and his considerations are not unreasonable. This is an embarrassing problem faced by commanders at all levels of the National Government now.

    When the troops are in hand, everything is easy to talk about. Even if the battle is defeated, Shangfeng will not say much. At most, one person will be guilty and meritorious.

    But if you don¡¯t have military power in your hands, then I¡¯m sorry, even if you win the battle, you can only sit on the bench. There is no chance that the Military Commission will use various excuses to take away your designation and take away your military power.

    This is especially true for miscellaneous soldiers. How many troops disappeared under such a routine.

    Hu Zongnan weighed it again and again, and finally decided to abandon Xinyang City.

    Although Hu Zongnan acted like a show and put up some resistance after the main force of the Japanese army arrived in Xinyang, all the discerning peopleEveryone can see that this is just to give an explanation to the Military Commission. The real situation is that the troops are basically fighting and retreating at the same time. The only result worth mentioning is that only one force cooperated with Sun Lianzhong's troops in Liulin Town.  They flanked the Japanese army in the area and wiped out 2,000 enemies, that's all.

    And the main force of his Dan army had all withdrawn from Xinyang before the Japanese siege began and retreated westward.

    On November 18, the empty city of Xinyang was occupied by the Japanese army. When the Japanese army huddled and searched along the streets, Xinyang was deathly silent, without a single Chinese soldier.

    Lieutenant General Shinozuka, the commander of the 10th Division who accompanied the team, was both filled with joy and puzzlement.

    Although Yoshio Shinozuka admires Chinese culture very much and knows a lot about it, and can be regarded as half a China expert, he still cannot understand the various contradictions and dilemmas facing the Chinese army.

    He couldn¡¯t understand why so many Chinese troops abandoned the important town of Xinyang so easily, and he couldn¡¯t understand that those people didn¡¯t even have time to transport some of the strategic supplies before leaving, which gave them an advantage.

    Xinyang was lost, and Hu Zongnan's army retreated westward to Nanyang. Wusheng, Pingjing and other three passes in northern Hubei were suddenly empty.

    "Then the main force of the Japanese army moved south, and the three passes quickly captured these places. The Japanese army was able to set foot on level ground and reach the city of Wuhan within a day.  ª¥

    For a time, the defeat in southern Henan and northern Hubei caused a shock to the whole situation, and even Wuhan could not sit still.

    Hong'an. Xiadian. The 5th War Zone Commander's Department.

    After Chief Li, who had just recovered from illness, received the report from the front line, he was suddenly struck by thunder and collapsed in his seat.

    Li Zongren returned to the front line of the war zone from the East Lake Sanatorium a few days ago. It was not because of how seriously ill he was, but because after the Battle of Taierzhuang, Chief Li became famous all over the world, which caused extreme dissatisfaction with him.

    So in order to appease that person, and because Commander Li was indeed not in good health some time ago, he resigned from his position as Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth War Zone and returned to Wuhan for treatment.

    Chiang Kai-shek naturally had no objection to this, but in order to appease those in the Guangxi clique, Chiang Kai-shek did not really remove Chief Li from his position as commander-in-chief. Instead, he asked Chief of Staff Bai Chongxi to temporarily act as commander-in-chief of the fifth theater.

    As a result, no one expected that Bai Chongxi, who was usually called Little Zhuge, misjudged the direction of the Japanese army's main attack at a critical moment, resulting in a huge loophole in the Dabie Mountain defense line, which led to serious consequences.

    In addition, the northern front has changed from the original auxiliary to the main offensive direction. On the contrary, Okamura Neji's troops on the southern front have become auxiliary due to heavy casualties, so the northern front is becoming more and more important.

    In view of the increasingly corrupt war on the northern front, Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to think of Commander Li again. He immediately went to the East Lake Nursing Home to visit Commander Li and asked him again to come out and turn the tide.

    Faced with Lao Jiang's request, he also felt that the war in southern Henan was a heavy responsibility. One mistake might lead to the complete failure of this great battle involving millions of troops. Therefore, Chief Li resolutely agreed to Lao Jiang's request and took on the important task of serving as the leader.  The commander-in-chief of the fifth war zone plans to turn the tide.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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