The New 33rd Army and the Japanese army met in the field, and of course the enemies were very angry when they met, not to mention that the hatred in the middle was not just as simple as you giving me a brick. So the two armies didn't greet each other, and directly wanted to kill each other.

When they first met, both sides were only the vanguard, and a company of the New 33rd Army met a squadron of the little devils, of course, this battle was so big, and the hula rushed over, and a squadron of the little devils was beaten and lost their armor.

However, before the soldiers of this company had time to rejoice, they encountered the Japanese armored troops, so the fate of this company of the New 33rd Army was not much worse than the fate of a squadron of little devils.

Because the two sides met suddenly, the large army did not understand the number and armament of the other side, so they inexplicably threw themselves into the battle, and as soon as the two sides met each other, they used the most powerful firepower of both sides.

More than 10,000 people fought in the field for a day, the two sides did not see a victory, the Japanese armored forces lost their combat effectiveness, and Hu Guoshan's troops did not have a good time, suffering 2,000 casualties. In the evening, the commanders of both sides figured out the situation on the other side, and then patted their foreheads at the same time and rejoiced that they were not completely annihilated.

In the end, both sides retreated twenty miles to arrange fortifications, waiting for the opponent's attack, but after some reconnaissance, they found that the other side had also retreated, obviously with no intention of attacking.

The sudden encounter, the sudden retreat, made this battle very abrupt, but both sides did pay a heavy price. It was precisely because of this battle that Hu Guoshan's plan to advance westward was forced to be suspended, and the Japanese army on the opposite side was far away, and the well water did not interfere with the river water.

Of course, the Japanese army was not willing to attack, this was their only elite in Shanxi, their purpose was only to block the Chinese army's continued westward advance, and they suffered heavy losses in this encounter, but they also managed to complete the plan and successfully blocked the new 33rd Army, the next thing the Japanese army had to do was to keep an eye on the army in front of them, and there was no need to risk continuing to attack.

The two sides have died down, and it really looks like the two sides have reached a peace agreement, and Qiu has not committed any crimes.

However, there was no such politeness between the new 33rd Army and the Japanese army on the Yangquan front, Yangquan as an important transportation hub on the Zhengtai Road, and also the gateway to the east of Taiyuan, of course, the Japanese army had to die in Yangquan, otherwise the new 33rd Army could go all the way west from Yangquan, and there would be no worries.

After working overtime to clear mines, the soldiers of the New 33rd Army have already discharged four routes to Yangquan safely. But this was not enough for the troops on the front line, because these four lines were too narrow, and the fighters tried to launch several strong attacks but were suppressed by the heavy fire of the little devils, especially the Japanese machine guns were a greater threat to them, and the price paid by the soldiers was too great to fight in a narrow area.

However, the soldiers of the New 33rd Army did not give up the attack because of this, but the infantry attacked to cover the rear sappers to clear mines, especially Hu Guoshan's division also had a few armored vehicles and tanks, which could cover the soldiers, so the casualties were reduced a lot.

The Japanese army in Yangquan learned the lesson of the defeat of the Japanese army in Datong, they nested in the fortifications, only waiting for the new 33rd Army to attack, and never stepped out of the fortifications, anyway, after such a long time of operation, there were enough materials in Yangquan City for them to consume, and the Japanese army held in the city for a year and a half without the slightest problem, while the Chinese army outside the city certainly did not have so many materials and time for them to fight.

The captain of the Japanese army in the city has already told his troops to fight to the death with the Chinese army, and the puppet army in the city has been arranged to the forefront of the battle, and the troops consumed in the city must be the puppet army, and then the little devils.

The Japanese commander knew that the situation at the front was critical, but he had no troops to send except for a wing guarding Taiyuan, and the rest could only be left to fate, or they would make progress in Luoyang, so the game of chess would be alive.

However, at this time, the defenders of the Nationalist army in Luoyang had received a telegram from Chairman Chiang, although they were surrounded by the enemy, but their morale was injected, especially thinking of the humiliation they had suffered in the battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, and under the leadership of their commander, they swore to live and die with Luoyang.

After holding on to Luoyang for three days, all the outer positions were lost, and the city wall of the Japanese army's main attack was also blown into ruins.

Chairman Chiang's mood at this time was very complicated, he may be guilty, or he may be happy, but no one knows. Since the Battle of Changsha ended with the victory of the Nationalist Army, Chairman Chiang's confidence in the victory of the war has doubled.

Especially since the outside*, he received a large number of Soviet equipment from the Soviets, and after the loss of the German armament division, the Soviet armament division was quickly equipped, of which the 200th division became an important mechanized infantry division of the national army, which was the elite of the elite of the national army, from tanks to guns were Soviet equipment.

However, the good times did not last long, after the outbreak of the European War, in order to deal with the invasion of German fascists, the Soviet Union reached an agreement with the Japanese army, and the Soviet Union remained neutral in the Sino-Japanese War.

After learning that the New 33rd Army was attacking Shanxi, in order to keep Henan, Chairman Chiang once again sent all his elites to the front line, half of which were equipped Soviet armor divisions.

The Japanese army had already suffered the equipment loss of the Soviets in the Battle of Wuhan, but at this time the Japanese army was not the same as before, because the Japanese army in Shanxi had no way back, they were desperately trying to open up a lifeline for their Shanxi, even if the national army was well equipped, they would take Luoyang.

The defense area of Li Zongren's division in the Fifth Theater also had some areas in the eastern part of Henan, and at this time, the Japanese troops from the east were also attacking the Fifth Theater with all their might, preventing the troops of the Fifth Theater from supporting Luoyang.

Li Zongren was under a lot of pressure, so he sent a telegram to Liao Fan, hoping that Liao Fan could attack the Japanese army in Shanxi to relieve the pressure on Henan.

Since the loss of Zhongtiao Mountain, Henan has been facing the pressure of the Japanese army in the west of Shanxi, the Japanese army can attack and defend from the south of Zhongtiao Mountain, but what everyone did not expect is that Shi Yousan led his troops directly to the enemy, so that they had a big hole in the frontal defense line in Henan, and the Japanese army drove straight down, otherwise with the deployment of the national army in Henan, before the encirclement of Luoyang, the reinforcements would definitely be able to reach the battlefield.

Nor will it lead to the troops of the Fifth Theater being so passive.

"When we fought with the dates, we relied on Henan behind us, so we could retreat and take it step by step, but now we ......"

Li Zongren sighed frequently at the headquarters, when Gangcun Ningci launched the Battle of Suizao, they had a real Henan and Hubei as a large rear, which could lure the enemy into the depths. But now that the Japanese army has surrounded Luoyang, his troops can only fight positional battles for the Japanese army.

"General Li, do you think Liao Fan will let his troops participate in the battle? As far as I know, their troops are frantically attacking northward, and they may not have time to take care of the Japanese troops on the Shanxi side! ”

Bai Chongxi was also born in the Gui Army, and at the beginning of the battle, he was sent by Chairman Chiang to the Fifth War Zone to assist Li Zongren.

"If he had the ability, he would definitely help us with this, but I'm afraid we won't be able to make it that time!"

The Japanese army's attack was imagined to be more fierce than theirs, if Luoyang was lost, in order to prevent the troops from being attacked by the Japanese army on both sides, they had to withdraw from the Henan battlefield, as long as Li Zongren's troops withdrew into Hubei, then the whole of Henan would also indicate the fall.

"Does the general mean that if Luoyang is lost, we will also withdraw?" Bai Chongxi, as the person arranged by Chairman Chiang, naturally had to supervise one side of things.

Of course, Li Zongren also understood the reason why Chairman Jiang arranged for Bai Chongxi to come to his headquarters, so he just shook his head slightly: "No matter how brave my Guangxi children are, it will be difficult to reverse this general trend!" ”

As a commander, everyone wants to win the battle, but the entire battlefield has already buried hidden dangers at the moment when Shi Yousan surrendered to the enemy, as a commander, he can't take the lives of his soldiers to pay for a traitor who defects to the enemy.

"My Guangxi disciple will definitely turn the tide of the war!"

Bai Chongxi was also an excellent commander, and he didn't believe that their defeat was a foregone conclusion until he tried his best. One is a battle-hardened veteran, and the other is a rising star of the Gui Army, and the problems they see are very different.

In the summer, not only are there many mosquitoes in the water network in the south of the Yangtze River, but there are also traces of mosquitoes in the mountains and grasses along the line of the Great Wall. Especially at night, mosquitoes run rampant. Due to the curfew, the soldiers had no good means to repel mosquitoes, so they could only use their slaps to constantly drive away the insects that came close to them.

In the front-line combat headquarters, the oil lamp on Li Weimin's desk had been extinguished three times by moths, and the soldiers on duty lit the oil lamp again. Then he brought a basin of cold water to the headquarters.

"It's not early, I'll be on duty tonight, you go to rest early!"

Since Liao Fan was injured, Li Weimin has become more and more calm, and every time he takes a step forward, he has to carefully review whether he has made a mistake, and he has to write out tomorrow's plan.

The soldiers on the front line did not know that Liao Fan was seriously injured and sent back to the station, but they saw that their division commanders were working so hard, and they also kept themselves busy, and the front line was now more united.

Li Weimin wiped the sweat beads on his head with a wet towel, the tunnel they dug is estimated to be completed in two more days, as long as the tunnel is dug under the little devil's fortifications, they complete the blasting, and then the large army will inevitably pounce.

There can be no more mistakes, and if they do, their efforts will be in vain. So Li Weimin is writing a detailed battle plan, as long as the Japanese army on the Great Wall is eliminated, he can go back and tell the good news to Liao Fan who is in a coma.