Li Xianzhou's expression suddenly changed when he heard this. He turned around and rushed out of the command center to rush to the telecommunications room. Lin Shanhe had a calm face and rushed to the telecommunications room with Li Xianzhou.

Neither Lin Shanhe nor Li Xianzhou are qualified to call Pingdingshan directly to inquire about the situation. All they can do is to generate electricity for Zhengzhou and inform them of their guesses.

Then the Zhengzhou Army General Command will evaluate the seriousness of the matter, and finally they will choose whether to call two places to question it.

Lin Shanhe originally thought it would take at least half an hour, but he didn't expect that Zhengzhou would call back in just a few minutes.

"Check that Yang Chengyuan's unit of the 34th Army of Pingdingshan was attacked by the Japanese army, but the losses were minor. The Japanese army had not launched a full-scale attack on Pingdingshan, and the situation is currently good..."

"The Zhou Yuanjian's unit of the 33rd Army of Kaifeng has been completely lost since the call. I am afraid that the situation of your unit may have appeared. Now I have sent a detective to contact us. I ordered your unit to hold its position to defeat the enemy. Without the command of the command, please do not move.

”

Lin Shanhe sighed helplessly at the call for reply. It seemed that his judgment had come true. He hurriedly returned to the command center with the telegram and Li Xianzhou, opened the map and looked carefully.

"The straight line distance from Kaifeng to Zhengzhou is only less than 60 kilometers, and the road in the middle is almost straight. If the Japanese attack Zhengzhou..." Li Xianzhou frowned and looked at the map and sighed, but he had not finished speaking Lin Shanhe yet.

Then he shook his head.

"In my opinion, it is unlikely that the Japanese will attack Zhengzhou City." Lin Shanhe paused and whispered to Li Xianzhou: "There is still a whole army in Zhengzhou City as a reserve force. What they may not be able to do after they fought.

OK. Although we are unable to support Zhengzhou, our Air Force is not a vegetarian.”

After a pause, Lin Shanhe continued: "And now the troops in Zhengzhou City are only much higher than those in ours and Pingdingshan. The Japanese army will definitely suffer losses after capturing Kaifeng. And the 10th Army is now being held back by us, and they are simply

There is no absolute power to conquer Zhengzhou City.”

Li Xianzhou nodded after hearing this, then scratched his finger and said tremblingly: "They... might be the idea of ​​us?"

Lin Shanhe took a deep breath, looked at the map and shook his head.

"It may not be. Pingdingshan and our Xuchang are relatively more valuable for offensiveness. We blocked the 10th Army and forced a division commander of the Japanese army to commit suicide and apologize. If we defeated us, their morale would definitely be greatly boosted."

"And... I think they attacked us. It is very likely that they believed that Xuchang City had the elite troops of our National Defense Forces." Lin Shanhe smiled wryly: "They are now blocking our retreat from behind, and the 10th Army is attacking in the front...

…”

Li Xianzhou took a breath, and he could imagine what kind of scene it was.

About one-third of the frontier positions in Xuchang were occupied by the Japanese army. Although the remaining ones were still in the control area of ​​the 17th Army, the 17th Army's troops were already in short supply.

If the Japanese army attacked from behind, it might even be possible to send only one division to the 17th Army position.

Since the 17th Army fought, the former division, the 84th Division, had lost more than half of the soldiers of the 84th Division, and more than 8,000 casualties, while the 21st Division of Li Xianzhou was relatively good.

However, more than 1,000 people were lost in several battles with the Japanese army. So far, the troops of nearly 40,000 people in the entire army were only more than 10,000 people in Xuchang City and more than 10,000 people on the position.

In addition to other personnel, there are only more than 10,000 real combat personnel. Such forces are already very difficult to resist the attack of the 10th Japanese Army. If another Japanese army emerges from behind, the entire Xuchang City will be in danger...

"We'd better ask the Zhengzhou Command to provide us with support..." Li Xianzhou looked at the map with a calm face and said, "If you continue to fight like this, the troops will definitely not be able to stand it..."

"First of all, it must be too late." Lin Shanhe said with a wry smile: "Since the Japanese have formulated this plan, they will definitely send troops to stop Zhengzhou's support for us."

"Secondly, I guess Zhengzhou dare not send troops to support us easily..." Lin Shanhe sighed: "After all, Kaifeng is too close to Zhengzhou. If the Japanese attack Zhengzhou at this time, our rescue will be caused by someone

Kick it off. The situation will be even worse then..."

Li Xianzhou frowned uncontrollably at the map. Now the 17th Army must be unable to withdraw. Now the 17th Army is blocking the 17th Army. They will undoubtedly attack the death.

The complete 17th Army barely blocked the Japanese attack. If the troops were short of power, the consequences could be imagined. When the retreat was time, it would become a retreat. Once the 10th Army broke through the position in Xuchang, the Pingdingshan position beside it.

There will undoubtedly be a fatal threat.

Moreover, even if it leaves Xuchang, the Japanese division in front intercepts the 10th Army behind it. Just think about it and know how likely the 17th Army is to escape.

If you can't retreat, but if you keep moving, things will be worse. Once the Japanese encirclement is formed, you can imagine the result of waiting for the 17th Army.

"I can't retreat, I can't defeat... Damn! How about this?!" Li Xianzhou swears and curses. Lin Shanhe's face is not good-looking. The Japanese army relies on its superior forces compared to the Jinsui Army to break through firepower by relying on its firepower.

and division and encirclement and kill.

"Ask the 17th Army when will it arrive..." After a long silence, Lin Shanhe said hoarsely: "If the 17th Army can come... it's okay..."

Li Xianzhou nodded at the map, and a man who had not spoken behind Lin Shanhe hurriedly walked out of the headquarters after hearing this.

At this time, the sound of guns and cannons on the positions of the 17th Army was still roaring. The Japanese army seized the gap when the Wehrmacht Air Force returned to load the bullets and launched a full-scale attack on the positions.

Although he had the command and assistance of crows, the Shanxi-Suizhou Army was not a national defense force after all. Moreover, the number of crows was too small to take care of all positions.

Relying on its powerful firepower and military strength advantages, the Japanese army gradually turned the balance of victory in their direction.

At the same time, the 33rd Army, which Kaifeng tried to break through, revolved around in Xuchang after suffering more than a thousand casualties.

But what followed was the crazy pursuit of the 101st and 3rd divisions of the Japanese army.

"TuTuTuTu..." Amid the roar of machine guns, soldiers of the 33rd Army continued to fall into pools of blood. The lower-level officers turned around and launched a campaign against the Japanese army under the strict orders of the first-level officers.

check.

Unfortunately, the results of this approach were not obvious. At most, they were able to stop the Japanese army for half an hour, and then encountered the fate of annihilation. None of these soldiers had received complete training in the war against Japan, nor had enough firepower and the Japanese army.

contend.

The result of such a battle can be imagined.

Losing the radio station, Zhou Yuanjian also lost contact with Zhengzhou, Xuchang and other places. They could only run wildly, trying to escape the Japanese army's pursuit.

Zhou Yuanjian felt that he had never been so sad. He looked like a stray dog ​​under the pursuit of the Japanese army. He was not only escaping or escaping, but also escaping, and he didn't even dare to turn around and look at the Japanese army.

The team gradually dispersed, and many people ran away and left the team. The more than 1,000 people who broke through were still in the team.

The rest either turned around and blocked the battle and died or went astray and chose to escape.

The 33rd Army... is all over... Zhou Yuanjian's heart was filled with sadness, and he could not say a word as the soldiers who were trembling lips as if they were stranded.

He could not blame these soldiers, because the Japanese artillery fire was so fierce that they could imagine. He originally thought that relying on the fortification plans given by the National Defense Force could stop it for a while, but after all, they did not have the training of the National Defense Force.

Most of the fortifications made collapsed directly under the crazy artillery fire of the Japanese army. A small part of them rushed down, but in front of the Japanese army's subsequent charge tactics, the 33rd Army had no way to resist at all.

It was just a charge, and almost all the positions outside Kaifeng City were occupied. Subsequently, the city was directly attacked under Su Tiren's leadership.

The 33rd Army had no support for two hours, and then collapsed under the Japanese army's fierce attack.

"Chief Sun, Commander of the 17th Army, said: The army has passed Dengfeng territory and is now heading to Zhengzhou. If you have any requests for assistance, please contact the Zhengzhou Command to coordinate..."

In Xuchang, Lin Shanhe received a telegram from the 17th Army. He then lay on the map with Li Xianzhou and judged the current location of the 17th Army.

"I telegram to the Zhengzhou Command, our headquarters suffered heavy losses in Xuchang. Please ask the command center to coordinate the 17th Army to go to support, otherwise Xuchang will be in danger..."

Lin Shanhe took a deep breath and said in a deep voice to Li Xianzhou. The latter nodded. If Zhengzhou was asked to directly send troops to support him, Zhengzhou would definitely not want to consider the safety of the camp.

The 17th Army that came to support can be transferred to Xuchang for support. After all, this is not to use the forces of a group of troops in Zhengzhou itself. Moreover, Xuchang and Zhengzhou are not far apart.

If the Japanese army surrounds Zhengzhou, the 17th Army can also break the encirclement.

"After the headquarters discussing, you are allowed to request it. I hope your headquarters will do its best to defend Xuchang without any loss. I have obtained the news of Kaifeng, and Kaifeng has been broken. The losses of the 33rd Army are unknown, or they have all sacrificed to serve the country...

…”

Lin Shanhe and Li Xianzhou looked at Zhengzhou's call and sighed helplessly.

"Commander Sun of the 17th Army called back, and the 17th Army has passed Dengfeng on its way to Yuzhou. It is expected to arrive in Xuchang tomorrow..."

A few minutes later, the 17th Army sent a call back. They had already changed their marching route and were thinking about Xuchang coming...
Chapter completed!