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Chapter 8 The Betrayal Section 7 The Battle of Northern Hubei (1)

Zhangji Town, deep outside the mountain, is a large town with thousands of families in Zhejiang. It is outside the land... At the junction of the three counties of Sui County, surrounded by mountains. Shahe River flows through the edge of the town and pours into the Han River to the south.

More than ten days ago, a large number of soldiers flocked here. They occupied the town office in the east of the town and set up dozens of tents in the small square of the town. The only primary school in the town was also requisitioned. The mayor and the National Rescue Council issued a mobilization order to organize the men and women in the town. The men carried stretchers and went to the front line, while the women took care of the wounded in the schools and temporary hospitals in the square.

From time to time, rumbling cannons came from time to time. The town office in the east of the town set up countless antennas and telephone lines. The phone and telegram sounds were constantly sounding. The soldiers were rushing, and war horses neighed on the road, and troops drove to the front line one after another. The entire town was shrouded in the tense atmosphere of war. The townsmen were inquiring about the news ahead in private and were ready to escape into the deep mountains to the north at any time.

In the small town hall, a group of soldiers were surrounding the huge map hanging on the wall. Under the huge red arrows on the map, several small arrows pointing to the south, facing several blue arrows.

"Shuntian actually adopted an offensive and defensive strategy, which looked quite fierce. In fact, after entering the mountainous area, their offensive gradually slowed down. Only Fei Lian and Ying Lian were found on the battlefield. Bi Lian never invested in the attack and remained near Keidian Town."

"This is very careful. Yizhi, the commander's request is that once the battle is initiated, Chengtian will be annihilated within three days, otherwise Kanda will probably run away." Sun Zhen's expression was a little serious. He rushed to Zhangji Town yesterday, where Zhangji Town was in the central area of ​​the battle, and he happened to coordinate and command the left and right wings. Guo Xunshi's military command was also here, but when he arrived, Guo Xunqi could only push forward. Now Guo Xunqi's military headquarters has set off, but he was left by Sun Zhen.

Zhuang Jihua's requirements were very high. He had never done it before. The 39th Division and the Japanese army when the counterattacked in Zaoyang were completely different. This was a mountainous place. The Japanese army built fortifications with famous Japanese etiquettes. With the tenacity of the Japanese army, it had to be annihilated within three days. It had never done it before.

But neither Sun Zhen nor Guo Xunqi complained. Zhuang Jihua had already told them the idea of ​​the entire battle. What made them proud was that they were the key to the entire battle annihilated the 39th Division and surrounded the Kanda retreat.

"Brother Decao, when will the 78th Army arrive at the Niangniang Temple?" Guo Xunqi asked.

"Before three o'clock this afternoon," Sun Zhen replied. The 41st Army had arrived in Huashan yesterday. The 45th Army was also going to Wenxia. The 78th Army was a little far away. Their designated departure point was at Niangniang Temple. Zhong Bin, deputy commander of the group army and commander of the 78th Army, had already set up a command center at Niangniang Temple.

"It's not here yet? What's going on?" Guo Xunqi muttered a little dissatisfied. From the beginning of the battle to the present, 102 has been holding its breath. They are fighting with one hand in one hand. With the strength of the 102 Army, there is no need to retreat so far.

"They are farther away, and there is still time. The commander's scheduled combat time was four o'clock the morning after tomorrow. They still have two days." Sun Zhen exonerated the 78th Army, but in fact it was not excuse. Zhuang Jihua's order came a little suddenly. They had to be beaten for another two days before they started moving south, but a telegram came down and the time was ahead of schedule. Their movements were already very fast. "You can't launch an attack as soon as you get there. The mission of the 78th Army is interspersed, and the farthest is to reach Yangji." Guo Xunqi was a little anxious, but what he said was the truth. Any battle must first understand the situation of the enemy in front of him. If you go to the battle in a hurry, you will definitely suffer a loss.

During the counterattack on the southern front, the 102nd Army counterattacked from the front, and the two armies of the 22nd Army attacked from Huashan and Wenxia on the right wing to attack the left wing of the 39th Division. After defeating the left wing of the Japanese army, the 41st Army will attack the Indian with the 102nd Army, and the 45th Army will encircle and occupy Zhongxianghe East Bridge.

At the same time, the 78th Army on the left wing faced the junction of the 39th Division and the 58th Division, but the junction was very loose, with only two brigades, one of the 39th Division and one of the 58th Division. These two brigades were responsible for guarding the area that lasted ten miles, and there must be a lot of gaps to be used. The 78th Army's mission was to defeat these two brigades, cut off the connection between the two Japanese divisions, and then the main force fled south, took Yang Ji directly, and closed the gate for the 39th Division to escape to Jingshan.

"The day is tight, but the most important thing is you and us." Sun Zhen's expression was relatively relaxed, and he could not see the tension before the war came.

However, he had reason to relax. In this direction, the Chinese team concentrated four armies, nearly 200,000 troops, and the target was only more than 10,000, which was nearly twenty times the advantage.

This is also what Guo Xunqi was depressed. His 102nd Army had 50,000 troops, and he could completely deal with more than 10,000 Japanese devils. Even if he could not completely wipe out the small, he could defeat them. There was no need for so many troops. According to his plan, he used his 102nd Army to launch a counterattack, and the Second Slaughter Army directly rushed to Kanda on the west bank of the Han River. Together with the 100 Army and the 80th Army... the 14th Army annihilated Kanda.

"Report". A report came from the door. Sun Zhen turned his head and saw Zhao Hanjie standing at the door. Zhao Hanjie walked to Sun Zhen a few steps: "The war zone special forces team was ordered to come and receive the mission

"Captain Zhao, you move so fast. I thought you would arrive tomorrow as soon as possible." Sun Zhen intimately recruited Zhao Hanjie. Sun Zhen and Guo Xunqi knew that the special forces led by Zhao Hanjie were Zhuang Jihua's top heart and had always been his confidant in command. He would take them there wherever he went and would never pass them to others.

"I set off yesterday. The war is urgent. The commander assigned a task. Zhao Hanjie gave up and replied simply. Zhao Hanjie had just married and had not finished his honeymoon. He hurried back to the army and finally caught up with this battle. The special forces are on level 1 alert for 24 hours. After receiving the order, they can set off in an hour. Moreover, the special forces have no heavy weapons to pack up their things and can set off immediately.

"Okay, come here." Sun Zhen did not say nonsense and brought Zhao Hanjie to the front of the map: "The 39th Division is all here, and Kedian Town is the support point for his entire battle situation. We estimate that Chengtian's logistics point is here. Your mission is to penetrate here before the war begins, blow up the Kedian Bridge on the Bazhe River after the town, and then go south to harass the Japanese transportation line.

"That's it?" Zhao Hanjie was a little surprised. Sun Zhen laughed and said, "Why do you think it's simple? Let me tell you that there is at least one brigade of Japanese troops guarding the inn, and there is about one brigade of troops stationed in the nearby Monkey King Village. There are two thousand troops nearby. You must get into the Japanese's belly and blow up the Japanese's lifeline."

A hint of mockery appeared at the corner of Zhao Hanjie's mouth. He looked at the map carefully and looked up and asked, "How deep is the Basuo River? Can you interfere in this season?

"The river in the south is completely different from the north. The Bazhe River looks not wide, only about ten meters, but the deepest place is about two meters and four meters, and this season is also two meters. It is impossible to interfere. Guo Xunshi retreated from Keidian Town to Zhangji five or six days ago and knows the inn very well.

"When is the request?" Zhao Hanjie asked again.

"Start counterattack at four in the morning the day after tomorrow," Sun Zhen said seriously: "So you have to blow up the bridge before six in the morning the day after tomorrow."

"This bridge is a stone arch bridge, and all the residents of the inn have evacuated. This is the only way to evacuate the inn. The Japanese are very cautious." Guo Xunjin also introduced that Zhao Hanjie understood it. It was difficult for them to get into the migrant worker team to approach the bridge.

"Don't worry, there's no problem." Zhao Hanjie didn't care. They had completed all the more difficult tasks than this. Isn't it just a small bridge? He turned around and saluted Sun Zhen and Guo Xun. Sun Zhen and Guo Xun raised their hands to return the salute.

After Zhao Hanjie left, Guo Xunqi also said goodbye to Sun Zhen. Sun Zhen did not try to keep him, and the battle was about to begin soon. Guo Yiqi must appear in his troops and in front of his troops.

During the entire southern line, the Chinese team was still in a tense movement, and the counterattack was about to be launched. The counterattack on the northern line had already started. The Seventh Army and the 31st Army of the 21st Army divided into two routes to attack Xinyang from the southwest. The Fifth Army appeared north of Xinyang, quickly conquered Xingji, and approached Xin'andian.

In the southwest, the 86th Army and the 94th Army gathered in Jingmen, and the forwards quietly moved north. The counterattack in this direction was one day later than Sun Zhen's counterattack in the middle line. Kinisha Yu, who was closely watching the front line, was worried about the changes in the Central ** team, especially the attacks of the Fifth Army and the Twenty-First Army, surprised him. A question arose in his heart why it was not the Twenty-First Army? Although it was not steep mountains north of Xinyang, there were also mountains undulating. Since Zhuang Jihua was reluctant to let the Fifth Army invest in the attack on Xinyang, why did he send the Fifth Army out this time?

Another question came to my mind at the same time. Kanda commanded the troops to attack the 101 Army. The 101 Army retreated step by step, but never gave up contact, forcing Kanda to fall step by step into the hills northwest of Yicheng, and the distance between it and the 39th Division and the 58th Division on the central front became increasingly large, and a gap of more than twenty miles appeared between them.

This gap made the entire staff class worried that the 39th Division and the 58th Division were just Class B Divisions. The 102nd and 60th Army they faced were all elite troops of the Central ** team, with a total force of up to 100,000. Those with superior forces but no counterattacks were strange in themselves.

When Anan Weiji heard the worry expressed by Kinoshita, Anan Weiji disagreed: "Kinoshita, you have been worried too much. The Chinese General is still luring us to the north. He has now made a bigger bet. As for the gap of twenty miles, Kinoshita, we have no gap in that battle? The empire lacks military strength, so we can only fight under such circumstances
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