The 74th Army's attack east of Sanyiji worked, and two infantry regiments overcame the Japanese army's Chailou position in the eastern suburbs of Sanyiji at the cost of heavy casualties and the death of one regiment commander, and the battle made rare progress, although the Chailou position was only a peripheral position of the Japanese army in the eastern suburbs.

The 74th Army was east of Sanyiji, and the 27th Army was west of Sanyiji, and the attacks of both armies were successful.

In addition to these two main forces, the Eastern Henan Corps also had the 64th Army, the 1st Army and the River Defense Army of the original Yellow River in other directions, and the 58th Division, another division of the 64th Army and the 74th Army of the 71st Army, was fighting fiercely with the Japanese near Luowangzhaizi, and the Japanese troops near Luowangzhai were previously repelled by the preparation battalion and the 64th Army and the 58th Division.

With the continuous development of the war situation, in order to strive for greater depth, the 14th Division re-sent troops to the area of Luowangzhai to expand the attack, the two sides were in the thick of a fierce battle, the River Defense Army and the First Army deployed in the area from Chenliukou to Quxingji, trying to interfere with the transportation of Japanese materials and threaten the Japanese crossing.

After the start of the battle of the siege of Sanyiji, the original Yellow River River Defense Army in the direction of Chenliukou also launched an attack under the order, after the start of the Anti-Japanese War, the government deployed the River Defense Army and the River Defense Army in the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, among which there were elites, there were also miscellaneous cards, and the positions were uneven, and the river defense troops in the eastern Henan battlefield were a miscellaneous army with weak combat effectiveness, poor weapons, poor combat power and quality of soldiers, and it did not take long for the Japanese army near Chenliukou to launch an attack, and it was repulsed. In order to intensify the attack, the troops of the First Army replaced the River Defense Army and launched another attack on the positions around Chenliukou and Sanyiji.

The 14th Division used these crossings as a means of transport, constantly replenishing weapons and ammunition to fight against the Chinese army, and the defense near the crossing was extremely tight, and the troops of the First Army attacked several times without success, and finally even suffered large-scale artillery bombardment by the Japanese army.

The light and heavy artillery in the hands of the 14th Division was higher in quantity and quality than the artillery units of the entire national army, and under the strict defense of the Japanese army, the First Army could not overcome the Japanese position, so it could only postpone the attack and confront the Japanese army, and the First Army was also a retreating unit on the Songhu battlefield, and the casualties of the subordinate divisions in Shanghai reached nearly 10,000 people, and the heavy artillery and tight defense of the 14th Division could only sigh.

The Japanese army also has several ferries along the Yellow River, such as Lanfengkou and some small ferries, these ferries belong to the "attack target" of the national army, and the 12th Army of Sun Tongxuan's department is attacking in the direction of Lanfengkou, south of Lanfengkou and north of Sanyiji, the Japanese defense position is called Yang Qidang, which is not far from the bank of the Yellow River, compared with the defense of Chen Liukou and other places, the Japanese army around Lanfengkou and Yang Qidang is much worse.

The 12th Army used to be a unit of the Northwest Army system, and it had the style of the old Northwest Army in operation, with very average equipment and tactics, but it was able to fight hard, and launched group charges against the small strongholds of the Japanese army along the coast again and again, killing them with shell guns and grenades, and capturing Yang Qidang, which was garrisoned by the Japanese army.

The 14th Division felt threatened and immediately launched a counterattack, the subordinates of the 12th Army defended desperately, and finally barely held the position, killed a regiment commander, more soldiers and junior officers, Yang Qidang was captured by the 12th Army, after several tug-of-wars, although the position was held, but the 12th Army did not have the spare strength to continue the attack, it could only maintain the existing defensive line, and the goal of attacking the Japanese ferry was difficult to achieve.

In fact, the 14th Division, a large-scale reinforced corps, must be stronger than strong for the defense of the supply points, the Japanese army's combat effectiveness is already high, coupled with the superiority of troops and firepower, it is almost impossible for the Chinese army to cut off the main artery of the 14th Division under its nose, and the attack of the national army on the ferry is probably to contain the Japanese army more, so that the Japanese army will be attacked in different directions, and increase the pressure on the 14th Regiment.

At this point, the progress made after launching the attack on the whole line has been roughly apparent, the offensive of the 27th Army and the 74th Army was relatively smooth, and they further advanced to the core position of the Japanese army, Sanyiji, and the various units attacking the ferry in the rear direction of the Japanese flank made little progress due to the tight defense of the Japanese army, and the rest of the troops, such as the 64th Army and the 58th Division of the 74th Army in the area of Luowangzhai, were basically in a situation of seesawing each other.

Outside the battlefield, Xue Yue, commander of the Eastern Henan Corps, was in the huge command headquarters, looking worriedly at the telegrams and battle reports submitted by the various units, judging from the situation of the various units, after the supreme leader gave the order to attack with all their might, all the armies were indeed sparing no effort to attack, and the large number of casualties in the battle report was the best proof.

Xue Yue didn't know the details of the specific strength of the 14th Division at first, but judging from the summary of the front-line army commanders, it was not the strength of a division at all, but a complete field division with reinforced heavy artillery, cavalry, chariots, and baggage.

Xue Yue's idea gradually changed to try his best to inflict heavy damage on the Japanese army and annihilate the 14th Division, which can be said to be impossible to achieve, Xue Yue looked at the huge map around him, the 14th Division is like a huge war elephant, moving on the south bank of the Yellow River, and the 12 divisions under his own Eastern Henan Corps are like a group of ants, desperately gnawing on the elephant of the 14th Division, but unfortunately this elephant is really difficult to swallow, and more than 100,000 people of the two armies are fighting on the north bank of the Yellow River.

Looking further west and south of Lanfeng, the 16th Division of the Japanese army and other units have already shown signs of attacking Shangqiu and other places, and the main forces in eastern Henan are concentrated near Lanfeng to besiege the 14th Division, and the defenders in Shangqiu are only Huang Jie's Eighth Army.

Among the three divisions in the Eighth Army, the 40th Division was reorganized by the Tax Police Corps of the Ministry of Finance, and its combat effectiveness was acceptable, and the 24th Division also said that it was in the past, as for the other 187th Division, it was a miscellaneous division with very weak combat effectiveness and strength, if the Japanese army took advantage of the situation to invade the west, with the strength and firepower of the Eighth Army, it would not be able to hold Shangqiu and other places at all, and then the Eastern Henan Corps would be outflanked by the Japanese army attacking Shangqiu and other places, which was equivalent to exposing its ass to the Japanese army, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

Xue Yue has a headache for the current situation, it is almost impossible to eat the 14th Division, and he can't give up the attack, and he may be attacked by the Japanese army in Shangqiu and other places, so he has only one relatively compromise method, that is, to continue the attack, besieging the troops of the 14th Division to kill and injure the 14th Division as much as possible, do its best to besiege, and give the 14th Division the greatest damage.

"Order, the troops of Sanyiji and other places continue to besiege the 14th Division of the enemy's Tufeiyuan, and must not slack off, and the headquarters of the Eighth Army in the area of Shangqiu must defend Shangqiu to the death."