718. The Great War of Gambling on the Fortunes of the Country

Now there is another point, because of the retreat of most of the troops in the Xuzhou area, the Japanese army that originally besieged Xuzhou was now able to come and attack the Chinese army with the 14th Division along the Longhai Line empty-handed.

This is a problem that has to be considered, and it is also an imminent problem, because now it is responsible for guarding Shangqiu, that is, Shangqiu behind the Longhai Line, which is the Eighth Army, and they are now under increasing pressure and more and more Japanese troops.

The most serious problem in the war room of the headquarters of the Eastern Henan Corps is these, can the Eighth Army withstand it in Shangqiu? Or how many days can it last?

In the past few days, can the troops of more than a dozen divisions temporarily set up by the Yudong Corps take the 14th Division before the Eighth Army can withstand it?

If you take it down, everyone will be happy.

If it can't be taken, the Eighth Army will not be able to withstand it, and it will take less than a day to let the main division of the Central China Front of the Japanese Army come over along the Longhai Line.

At that time, more than a dozen elite divisions of the Central Army of the Eastern Henan Corps will be transformed from troops rescuing Xuzhou to troops besieged by the Japanese army, and it is really difficult to say whether they can break through the encirclement.

First of all, the Eastern Henan Corps has been fighting a hard battle for several days in a row, and the current situation of fatigue has begun to appear, and if it is surrounded by a large Japanese army, whether it can have the strength to fight out is a problem.

Secondly, there are no more powerful mobile troops around to rescue the Eastern Henan Corps, most of them are tired soldiers who broke through the siege of Xuzhou and urgently need to rest, and they themselves are difficult to protect, let alone come to rescue the Eastern Henan Corps.

Therefore, now the Eastern Henan Corps seems to be in a good situation, and it is about to encircle the 14th Division, and gradually encircle and encroach on the periphery, encircling and annihilating the most elite divisions of the Japanese army, which seems to be just around the corner.

As a matter of fact, the Eastern Henan Corps was in full danger, which was deeply felt by the commander General Xue, and even the Supreme Command was extremely anxious.

The telegram from above, almost every hour, has been urging, to speed up the encirclement and annihilation of the 14th Division as soon as possible, we can't delay any longer, and if we delay it any longer, the whole of China will be dragged in, and we will all be dragged to death.

In the past few days, it is related to the life and death of the entire China and the entire Chinese nation, and such a great pressure has suddenly pressed on General Xue's shoulders, which shows that the pressure is huge.

In front is a tempting immortal feat, what a huge temptation to encircle and annihilate the 14th Division, what does it mean to completely annihilate the most elite division of the Japanese army?

It means that it can greatly deal a blow to the arrogance of the Japanese army and arouse the confidence and determination of the whole nation in the War of Resistance.

However, underneath the great temptation, like the bait of a hunter to lure his prey, there must be an extremely dangerous trap underneath.

Tu Feiyuan, the commander of the 14th Division, himself thought so, and he did not hesitate to use himself as bait in order to gather and annihilate China's most elite Central Army.

The 14th Division drove straight in, seemingly desperately, in order to surround the Chinese army and then attract them.

In the end, the main forces of the Japanese army in North China and Central China on the periphery surrounded it, and when the time came, the 14th Division of the Japanese Army was even more in the center, encircling and annihilating the last elite troops of China in one fell swoop, and solving the Chinese incident in one fell swoop.

After thousands of years of waiting, Japan has finally waited for a perfect opportunity to destroy China, and it can no longer be missed, and once it is missed, it is estimated that it will not be able to wait for another thousand years.

The Japanese army's vicious plan is not a secret, the Chinese Supreme Command and the Command of the Eastern Henan Corps both know, or a clear-eyed person, also understands what is in it.

However, General Xue still wanted to take a big risk and make a bet in the limited time of these few days, which can be called China's national fortune.

Hurry up! 100,000 urgent!

Several regiments of the 51st Division, just relying on the rest of the night, were immediately urged from above to attack the periphery of Sanyi Village early the next morning.

This time, it was necessary to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle, directly insert the middle zone between Sanyi Village and the Yellow River from the west, lay down the Yang Qi Banner and Liang Qi Ridge, and completely cut off the rear road of the 14 th Division.

At the same time, the 46th, 87th, and 88th Divisions in the east of Lanfeng also began to launch a fierce attack on Lanfeng, began to forcefully shrink the encirclement, drove the 14th Division into Sanyi Village, and finally gathered and annihilated it.

Beginning on 26 May, the 51st Division, which had been fighting vicious battles for several days, attacked again and penetrated directly into the Yangqiyuan and Liangqiyuan Ridges between Sanyizhai and the Yellow River.

This is the back road of the 14th Division of the Japanese Army, it can be said to be a supply line, or even an umbilical cord, once it is broken by the Chinese army, the 14th Division is really a lone army in Sanyi Village.

Although Tu Feiyuan has the pride of using himself as bait, he is also afraid that if he is played to death by himself, once the supply line is cut off, all the food and ammunition will not be supplied, and it is difficult to guarantee that he can hold Sanyi Village for a few days.

In case the Japanese troops on the periphery can't be defeated all of a sudden, the 14th Division will really die in the lonely land of Sanyi Village.

Therefore, in order to save their lives, the 14th Division sent heavy troops to defend the positions in the area of Yang and Liang to ensure the safety of their own backyards.

The most dangerous thing is that in this position, whether it is north of the Yellow River or in Sanyi Village, the Japanese army can use field heavy artillery to bombard.

Originally, after a few days of fighting, the 51st Division urgently needed to rest, and the ammunition also needed to be replenished, but due to the urgency of time, the corps headquarters repeatedly urged, and at the same time, after the Longhai line was opened, the ammunition could be quickly replenished.

In view of the fact that the positions of Yang and Liang are within the range of the Japanese heavy artillery on both sides of the Yellow River, the attack during the day is very dangerous, and it is very likely that they will be blown up by the Japanese heavy artillery as soon as they launch a charge.

Therefore, this time, despite the exhaustion of the soldiers, the 51st Division decided to launch a sudden night attack at three o'clock in the second half of the night, using the darkness as a cover to offset the advantage of the Japanese army's long-range firepower.

Although tired, it was much better than being shelled during the day.

In the evening, watching a cart of ammunition pulled over to replenish, the brothers of Sangou and Qilian were happy on the one hand, and felt emotion on the other.

As a soldier, weapons and ammunition are the second life, and having sufficient and timely replenishment is equivalent to renewing one's life, which is naturally happy and joyful.

But as brothers who have fought so many wars, they all know what it means to have such an adequate ammunition replenishment.

Just like tonight's dinner, there are large pieces of pork and snow-white steamed buns, everyone understands that this is the treatment of decapitated rice, and they are silent, bowing their heads and silently eating meat and steamed buns.

Of course, there are heartless people like radishes, who can't help but shout delicious while making some meat jokes.

A good meal fills everyone's stomachs, a lot of ammunition fills everyone's weapons, and after such a long battle, needless to say, what does it mean.

It's not the last bite of food for everyone, so it's good to hit the road.

Well, this is not the first time, the three dogs silently ate their meals, wiped their mouths, and began to pack up their weapons and ammunition, and ordered everyone to bring enough bullets and grenades, and sharpen the broadsword with a missing blade.

The squad uses a machine gun to add an ammunition man, carrying two more base of bullets, and the same is true for mortars and grenadiers, and they have to carry two more base bombs.

After doing these tasks, Sangou found a corner and slept in a nest, even if it was still early and he couldn't sleep, he still had to force himself to sleep, because in the middle of the night tonight, there was another big battle.

This way, it has almost reached the lair of the 14th Division, and it is becoming more and more dangerous, and the upcoming battle tonight is destined to be a bloody battle.

Maybe I'll die here tonight, but before I die, I've already eaten and I've got to sleep well.

But as soon as he closed his eyes, his eyes were full of the shadows of his parents, family and Yang Muhua, and lingered, Sangou simply sat up, took out his battle notes, and wrote a letter to each of them, which was regarded as explaining a little about the future.

When the world was over, the three dogs fell asleep and snored loudly, like dead pigs.