The night of fighting was over, and the Japanese continued to counterattack in an attempt to regain lost positions. Their operational intentions were obvious, they wanted to break through an opening and go south to join the troops in Xuzhou. Helplessly, the 51st Division, the 87th Division, and the 88th Division had already been prepared, and after a night of bloody fighting, both sides suffered heavy losses.

The Japanese army was never able to recapture the position, and the 64th Army of the Eastern Route Army Li Hansoul filled in two regiments and broke through the Japanese outlying positions, and the 71st Army of the Western Route Army Song Xilian was united, and captured the key places of Neihuang and Yejigang. The Tufeiyuan Division was completely encircled.

In the early morning, Shao Fei was still resting in the camp tent, and Yingzi was entertaining himself alone in the camp tent with nothing to do. At this time, Chen Mo walked into the camp tent with a bag of canned Japanese food. Yingzi hurriedly woke up Shao Fei.

Shao Fei sat up, looked at the can in Chen Mo's hand and said, "I won the battle, and I came to see me with the loot." ”

"Although it won, the loss is not small, and half of the brigade is gone."

Saying that, Chen Mo handed the canned food to Shao Fei and said, "These are for your sister Yingzi to eat, I don't think she has eaten them yet." ”

"I have a heart."

Shao Fei picked up a can, opened it and gave it to Yingzi, instructing, "Go out and eat." ”

"Oh, thank you, brother."

After Yingzi left, Shao Fei asked, "What are you going to do next?" Your dragon commander won't still ask you to attack the city, right? ”

Chen Mo replied: "Why do you always think of people in a bad way. Our division commander Long has already led the so-called descendant troops in your mouth to fight Luowang Station in Langui. That's a tough nut. ”

Shao Fei asked again: "What about Gui Yongqing's 27th Army?" ”

Chen Mo smiled: "He's amazing, Lan Gui is a great victory." Yesterday Commander Gui and his armored troops defeated the Japanese army. ”

(PS: Gui Yongqing lied about the military situation, but in fact, he used his tanks and artillery to repel a small group of Japanese cavalry troops.) By the way, Gui Yongqing, Long Muhan, and Huang Jie were the central figures in the entire Langui Battle. ）

"The national army is mighty!"

Shao Fei smiled, but there was a hint of sarcasm in his laughter.

"Boom Boom" "......"

Long Muhan led another brigade of the 88th Division to launch a fierce attack on Luowang Station. The Japanese took advantage of the building to occupy a vantage point, using their firepower advantage to launch a counterattack. The vanguard of the 88th Division suffered a heavy setback, and rows of soldiers fell near the railroad tracks.

"Hit me hard! Suppress the opponent's firepower, on the second echelon! ”

Long Muhan personally went to the front line to direct the battle and boost the morale of the whole brigade. The soldiers of this brigade were all brought out by himself, and he didn't want to wipe out the troops here in Langui.

Under the personal supervision of Long Muhan, the officers and men of the 88th Division marched forward bravely under the cover of artillery fire, desperately launching round after round of attacks on the station. The Japanese army began to rout under this almost suffocating attack, and the station was gradually captured by the 88th Division.

In the end, Luowang Station was attacked by the 88th Division, and only the last stronghold remained, and at this critical moment, the phone of the division headquarters rang.

It was none other than their leader, Chairman Chiang. The chairman of the committee once again intervened in the command at the division level and ordered Long Muhan to give up the attack on Luowang Station and quickly reinforce Lanfeng.

Gui Yongqing's "great victory" yesterday was in the mood of arrogance, and the troops were negligent in taking precautions. The main direction of attack of the 14th Division of Tufeiyuan was Lan Gui's 27th Army. In less than a while, the Japanese army connected the two outer lines of defense of the 27th Army and approached the city of Langui.

The leader personally ordered, Long Muhan did not dare to disobey, so he could only give up the low-hanging victory and lead the remnants to quickly reinforce Langui County.

(Li Zongren was very prescient in this regard.) Before the Battle of Xuzhou, he made only one request to the chairman of the committee not to interfere with his command. ）

In the chairman's mind, the Rossi station was just a small cake, and the real big cake was the 14th Division of the Japanese Army east of Langui. As long as the 88th Division and the 27th Army work together to hold Langui, General Xue Yue will have the ability to eat Tufeiyuan.

Before, Xue Yue had been restless, but after learning that the Tuyuan Fertilizer Division was heavily surrounded, his heart calmed down, and a smile appeared on his tense face.

At present, the Japanese army in Xuzhou has not moved, and the Tufeiyuan Division has been forced into several large villages to concentrate, and it seems that the solution of Tufeiyuan has been eighty percent certain.

At this time, Xue Yue seemed to feel that the proud results of the total annihilation of an entire division of the Japanese army had fallen heavily into his pocket, and he sent a report on the battle situation to Chairman Chiang and Cheng Qian in Zhengzhou overnight.

Cheng Qian was very relieved after receiving the report, and said happily: "Good job, Boling!" ”

After receiving Xue Yue's report, Chairman Jiang read it several times, walked to the map and pointed for a while, and then showed a satisfied smile.

Chairman Jiang instructed the confidential officer, "Telegraph to Xue Boling." All the troops at the front, including Gui Yongqing's 27th Army, were given full command to him. Within a limited number of days, the soil fertilizer will be eliminated. ”

The confidential officer was about to leave the house, but the chairman of the committee stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Slow, slow." Tell Gui Yongqing that the power of the chariot battalion is the time to exert itself, and you must be willing to use it when you should use it, and don't fall behind, I watched him in Zhengzhou. ”

Gui Yongqing is the chairman's favorite general and also the confidant of He Yingqin, chief of staff, so the chairman has certain expectations for him.

In Langui County, Long Muhan went to see Gui Yongqing for the first time, and Gui Yongqing immediately greeted him with a smile.

"Master Long, you're finally here. The 88th Division deserves to be the first division of German weapons, as soon as you come, I will be relieved......"

After Gui Yongqing made some clever words and made a set of polite remarks in the officialdom, he asked Long Muhan to take his troops to defend the front-line positions east of Langui and replace his own troops.

The 27th Army fought for only 3 hours on the Langui defensive line, and the Japanese army came to the city with troops. Gui Yongqing found that there were Japanese troops in everything, and it was not suitable to stay here for a long time, so he didn't even say hello to the 88th Division, so he shamelessly left Langui with the 27th Army and went north.

Gui Yongqing was afraid of taking responsibility, so he handed over the important task of guarding Langui to the 88th Division, which suffered heavy losses.

"Report to the Divisional Commander! The 27th Army withdrew to the north on all fronts, and our rear was now empty. ”

A communications soldier hurriedly came to report. This news was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and it hit Long Muhan.

"What!? Bastard! No wonder I just said a lot of good things, and the co-author called the 88th Division to fight the thunder! ”

Long Muhan was furious. At this time, Li Liangrong, commander of the 46th Division of the Guizhou Army, ran over, also angry.

The 46th Division of the Guizhou Army was responsible for Langui's flank defense, and it also held out for three hours with heavy losses. Now that the 27th Army has run away, the Guizhou army is panicked, and the soldiers have no intention of fighting.

Li Liangrong came to Long Muhan and said angrily: "I heard that the 27th Army ran away, is it true!?" ”

Long Muhan replied, "Really. As soon as we changed our guards, Gui Yongqing took the 27th Army to the north. ”

Li Liangrong scolded angrily: "Wang Ba Lamb was born! He wants us to die! You and our two divisions have lost most of them, how can we stop a division of the Japanese army. ”

The more Long Muhan thought about it, the more angry he became, he felt that he was completely tricked by Gui Yongqing, and said angrily: "Lao Tzu doesn't do wrong!" ”

After speaking, Long Muhan left the position with the remnants of the 88th Division without authorization, abandoning the important strategic location of Langui.

And Li Liangrong did not stop it. I originally wanted to run, but now that I have a bird, even if I blame the peak, I don't have to bear the main responsibility.

The 88th and 46th Divisions all withdrew from the Langui defensive line. The county town of Langui was an empty city, and the 14th Division occupied this strategic point without much effort.

Long Muhan evacuated in a hurry, and did not report the news of the retreat to Song Xilian, the commander of the 71st Army. On the way to attack Langui with his troops, Song Xilian was suddenly attacked by the Japanese army, suffered heavy losses and returned defeated.

Xue Yue was furious when he learned about it. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was buried by Gui Yongqing and Long Muhan! So, Xue Yue telegraphed to the chairman of the committee to ask Gui Yongqing to be dealt with strictly, and he was the real culprit. However, the chairman deliberately favored He Yingqin's cronies, turned a blind eye to Xue Yue's request, and blamed Long Muhan and Li Liangrong for the main blame.

Xue Yue had no choice but to arrest Long Muhan and hand him over to the Military Justice Department. But his ambition is hard to quench, and he swears to destroy the Tufeiyuan Division! Now it is not to the point of exhaustion, only Huang Jie's 8th Army holds Shangqiu, and he is sure to annihilate the 14th Division of the Japanese Army. A major counteroffensive led by General Xue Yue is also about to be staged.

(Testimonial: Lan Gui was lost, Lao Jiang did not reflect, and returned to favor Gui Yongqing, the commander of the 27th Army, who was the first person responsible.) The 27th Army was well equipped and was the first unit to be equipped with tanks. Although the 88th Division is a descendant of the German Armament Division, it is not what it used to be, and it has experienced two fierce battles and suffered heavy losses. But Lao Jiang only blamed Long Muhan and exonerated Gui Yongqing. This bad habit was used by Lao Chiang until the Liberation War, and the defeat of the national army was not unreasonable. ）

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