Chapter 673: Lao Jiang visits Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou, the commander-in-chief of the First War Zone.
"This is absolutely impossible. The main force of the 14th Division is still in Xinxiang, Henan. How could it suddenly appear in Puyang? It must be that the intelligence department of the Fifth War Zone made a mistake, or they scared themselves..."
Liu Jingfu's almost stern voice rang in the office.
"Captain Liu, this news has been confirmed. The main force of the Sakai army of the 14th Division has smuggled across the Yellow River on the Dongkou line and is fighting fiercely with our Juancheng defenders."
"Really, falsely, lying about military information is a serious crime!"
"Look at it, this is a war situation report transferred from the commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone. The Japanese Sakai troops carried out smuggling last night."
"Damn Kenji Doihara, we were all deceived by him!"
"Commander, the Chairman's Office Telegram!" The confidential secretary hurried in and reported, "The Chairman flew to Zhengzhou this afternoon, and may also fly to Xuzhou to guide the Taierzhuang battle in person."
"The chairman is coming, arrange police force immediately and ensure safety!" Liu Jingfu hurriedly ordered.
"Deputy Commander Liu, Mr. Song asks you to come here."
"I understand, I'll go immediately, Shaotang, you go to the airport immediately and arrange it. The welcome ceremony should be simple and strong." Liu Jingfu ordered his attendant, Chen Shaotang.
"Okay, Chief Liu."
The news that Kenji Doihara took action in Dongkou, Puyang, quickly learned that this step could be seen as surrounding Wei and saving Zhao, and went straight to the key points of GJ, thus shaking the entire front and forcing the tens of thousands of GJs to make a decision to give up when the siege is ineffective.
Because once surrounded, these hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers are in danger of being surrounded and annihilated, and the Wuhan National Government may be unable to bear such losses and consequences.
It is very cost-effective to use the 20,000 Japanese troops surrounded to exchange for more than half of the elite troops in GJ.
Surrounded by the besieged Kiyoshi and Shun Sakamoto also received the news. This may be good news for other Japanese troops, because the opportunity to make achievements has come, but for them, this news may be a death-hunting talisman!
It would be fine if Kenji Doihara remained unmoved. With this move, the Chinese army surrounding them would inevitably launch the most fierce attack on them, regardless of casualties or costs.
This worry was soon fulfilled.
The Tang Army, the 60th Army, the Second Army, the Sichuan Army, and the reinforcements of the GJ troops, totaling 170,000 to 180,000. From noon on the 11th, a fierce attack on the encircled Japanese army began!
Even if the North China Front Army mobilized naval aviation forces to reinforce the Japanese army and sent bombers to launch air strikes and bombings on Xuzhou City, forcing Li Delin to transfer all the commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone to a safe place outside the city.
The Japanese army tried their best to create a panic over the Fifth War Zone, trying to prevent the Fifth War Zone from encircling and annihilation of the two major detachments of the surrounding Seya and Sakamoto!
Keika Setani breathed a little relieved. This life has become harder and it is even more difficult than before!
Isotani Ryosuke was close at hand, but he could not help Setani Kei, so he was entangled by the replenished Kawa Legion. In order to avenge Fuji Prefecture, Commander Wang Zhizhong once again led the Kawa Army to fight fiercely in Lincheng with the Japanese Nagase troops. This time, the offense and defense were out of place.
The Sichuan Army had more than 6,000 people, plus the 110th Division of the 20th Army Zhang Zhen, and the total strength was nearly 15,000. It would be okay to press the Nagase Detachment near Lincheng to move!
Liu Ziliang's 68th Army was also transferred to the Xuzhou area and could provide reinforcements at any time.
The First Regiment of the First Artillery Brigade, the Fourth, Fifth, Seventh Regiment of the Artillery, and the 200th Division, plus a heavy artillery regiment and an artillery regiment of the Honorary First Division.
There were nearly six artillery regiments besieging the Japanese Segaya Detachment and Sakamoto Detachment in front of Taierzhuang, and the number of artillery exceeded the total of the two Japanese detachments of Segaya and Sakamoto!
It is difficult for the staff of the Japanese Front Command in Jinan, Peking and Nanjing to understand the pressures under the besieged Seya Detachment and Sakamoto Detachment.
On that afternoon, the GJ artillery that besieged the Japanese army in Taierzhuang area fired nearly 40,000 shells on the Japanese positions, including mortar shells!
The war reporter interviewed by the army once described this in his diary: I have never seen such a cruel and magnificent scene. The war burned the entire earth red, and the shells fell like raindrops, and the earth shook. In front of the weapons they invented, humans were fragile like ants, and they were torn into pieces in an instant. The scene was like hell, extremely tragic. My ears were still buzzing until several hours after the shelling. They stepped on the solid ground, but they always felt as if the ground was still shaking, and the hands that were writing were trembling. The tragic scenes could not be seen before my eyes...
"I called from the Chairman's Office and flew to Zhengzhou this afternoon. Only Mr. Lin Wei and Mr. Bu Lei accompanied him."
"Did Mr. Jiang say he was coming to Xuzhou?"
"The servant room just prepares us, but doesn't say we must come!"
"Okay, I understand." Since more than 100,000 GJs surrounded the Segu Detachment in the Fifth War Zone, Xuzhou has become a key target of the Japanese air strikes. GJ's aircraft was outnumbered in several air battles and suffered considerable losses. The Fourth Air Force Brigade as a whole retreated from Guide Airport to Zhengzhou.
There is basically no sign of the Chinese Air Force over the Xuzhou area.
Before boarding the plane, Chiang Kai-shek received a telegram from Li Delin to establish the Eastern Henan Corps. Of course, the telegram was Li Delin's tone, but the content was basically almost the same as what Leng Feng said.
"Weiwen, what do you think of Li Delin's telegram?" asked Lao Jiang on the plane.
"If the information is true, Kenji Doihara went to cut off my Longhai Railway. In this way, hundreds of thousands of gjs in our fifth war zone will be in danger." Lin Wei thought for a moment and organized the language.
"Well, Kenji Doihara is a Chinese master. It is said that this person is very trustworthy. Many of our generals have had good personal relationships with him, but I don't think so. This person is very good at disguising and is hypocritical and kind on the surface. In fact, as long as you touch his interests, he will tear off all these faces and show his cruel and cunning nature!" said Lao Jiang, "I have been in Japan. At first, I also had a good impression of the Japanese, but later when I deeply understood them, I realized that they were very good at disguising. Kenji Doihara is one of the best. This is also the one who is in China. He is obviously a treacherous person, but he can get high praise from many people."
"What the sir said, Wei Wen was deeply inspired!" Lin Wei nodded slightly, looking like he was taught.
After two hours of flight, the plane landed at Zhengzhou Military Airport.
Generals of the First War Zone, Cheng Songyun, Liu Jingfu and Shang Qi (Qiyu) waited to welcome him at the airport, and there was a military band at the scene, which was quite lively.
Lao Jiang's expression was calm, and he couldn't tell whether he was happy or unhappy.
The two chief servants of Lin Wei and Chen Bulei followed Jiang off the plane. Lin Wei was wearing a lieutenant general's uniform, while Chen Bulei was wearing a gray Zhongshan suit, both literary and military, like two generals of hum and ha.
"Mr. Song, Jingfu...you are all here!"
"The Chairman came to Zhengzhou in person, how dare I not come?" Cheng Songyun is an old member of the Tongmeng, a veteran of GMD, and the official sea is ups and downs. Although he is only the commander-in-chief of the war zone, Lao Chiang also respects him three points.
"Chairman, please!" Cheng Songyun knew his position very well. Jiang Jiang is at the peak of his life now, and there is no need to be cynical. Now it is the national war of resistance, and the survival of the country and nation is a big deal, and everything else can be ignored.
"Do you know everything about Dongkou?"
"I already know!"
"Mr. Song, take my car?"
"The Chairman invites you, how dare Song Yun not obey?" Cheng Songyun smiled slightly. Jiang wanted to talk to him alone.
"Mr. Song, the first war zone is probably difficult to stay out of the matter." After Chiang Kai-shek got in the car, he said to Cheng Songyun in the first sentence.
"Yes, although there are more than 100,000 troops in the first war zone, if the Japanese army attacks on a large scale, it will probably be difficult to match." Cheng Songyun said in fact.
"I have ordered the temporary suspension of the transfer of troops from the First War Zone to support the Fifth War Zone. Delin is under great pressure and is also very dangerous."
"Well, if the Taierzhuang battle continues to drag on, hundreds of thousands of people in the fifth zone will be in danger of being surrounded." Cheng Songyun nodded, unable to see this at all, then his military career in the past few decades will be in vain.
"Yes, the Military Commission is formulating a plan to safely withdraw troops from Xuzhou area." Lao Jiang said.
"If you withdraw now, isn't it too early?"
"Well, Delin and others surrounded 20,000 Japanese troops and were in the final attack. If they could eat these 20,000 Japanese troops, it would be the best." Chiang Kai-shek nodded.
Cheng Songyun nodded. If this idea could be successful, it would naturally be an unprecedented victory.
On the flat highway, five or six cars were moving forward rapidly.
There is also a cavalry team of about forty people, following behind, which should be to protect the safety of the convoy.
"Master, have something to eat."
"Stop the car in front, everyone eats something. The emperor is not too hungry!" Leng Feng greeted and ordered people to distribute the canned food and dry food that had been prepared.
"Shi Jin, arrange someone to be alert!"
"yes!"
"There is a village in front of the teacher's seat. Let's go and get some water!"
"Go, be careful, don't scare the people!"
"Come here!" Leng Feng greeted, and set a folding small table on the side of the road, laying a combat map, and calling the casual Long Yingqin and several staff officers over.
"We are in this position now, and we walk about seven or eight miles forward, and it is Liangbaosi Town."
"Our speed is not slow, what news is there in Juancheng?"
"The Japanese army is building a floating bridge on the Yellow River. Deputy Brigade Commander Xie decided to launch a counterattack plan and blow up the Japanese floating bridge." Long Yingqin replied.
"Well, the old team leader is quite efficient, good." Leng Feng nodded.
"Drink a sip of water from the teacher." Guardian Xiaoxia handed over a military kettle. The canned beef was too salty and the rough dry food was so bad that it was really hard to eat without a mouthful of water.
"Thanks!"
"Where is Dong Zhao's 28th Division?"
"I called, but there was no answer. Maybe I'm on the way!"
"Which road is taken?" Leng Feng asked.
"The 28th Division came out of Tongguan and took the army directly to Lanfeng, and then went north from Lanfeng. It is expected that it will take at least three days to arrive in Caozhou." Long Yingqin said, "This is the fastest. If something happens on the road and is delayed, it is hard to say."
"Report!"
"speak!"
"The 39th Brigade Telegram, about a squadron of the Japanese army appeared in Shimen Town, Qufu this morning, and fought fiercely with the 29th Division guarding Shimen Town. The 29th Division suffered more than 60 casualties. At present, Shimen Town is still under our control, and the Japanese army's number is unknown!"
"I'll ask, the style of this Japanese military uniform and what shoes are they wearing?" Leng Feng ordered.
"yes!"
Chapter completed!