"Order the 13th Division to launch an attack on the Pingdingshan direction immediately, and the 10th Army will launch a division to assist in the attack. Be sure to take down the Jinsui Army in the Pingdingshan area and maintain the position."

"The 10th Army stopped its attack on Xuchang and excavated fortifications and waited for new orders."

The adjutant Shasha recorded the order, and saw that Matsui Ishien stopped talking and then left. After a while, all the Japanese troops on the entire front changed their combat methods.

In front of the 101st and 3rd Divisions in front of the 17th Army, they worked tirelessly to continuously dig out positions, and the 10th Army outside Xuchang City also stopped its crazy attack and began to build positions instead.

At the same time, Zhengzhou received an emergency telegram from Pingdingshan: The Japanese army suddenly increased its offensive and used heavy artillery to carry out a forcibly breaking through the Pingdingshan position. Yang Chengyuan's 34th Army in Pingdingshan urgently requested support from Zhengzhou.

Xuchang, the closest to Pingding Mountain, suffered heavy casualties and was unable to send support. The 17th Army now has a straight-line distance of more than 80 kilometers from Pingding Mountain, and after a rapid march, it was impossible to mobilize troops to support it.

In the end, Fu Zuoyi, the interim commander-in-chief of the Zhengzhou Battle, could only order the 34th Army to retreat in the direction of Xuchang to avoid the fate of being annihilated like the 33rd Army.

On September 29, 1938, the Zhengzhou Battle came to an end. Both sides fell into temporary peace.

At this time, except for Zhengzhou, Xuchang was still under the control of the Jinsui Army, most of the rest of Henan were occupied by the Japanese army. Kaifeng City, which threatened to Zhengzhou, fell, and Pingdingshan position, which was more than 60 kilometers away from Xuchang, fell.

A Japanese army was eyeing Xuchang City, and two divisions built fortifications in front of the positions of the 17th Army that were supporting the coming...
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