The cunning Tufei Yuan Division Ming repaired the plank road and secretly Chen Cang, relying on the stronghold to block the 74th Army and other troops layer by layer with a small number of troops, and secretly dispatched the main force to attack the Lan Fengcheng in the west, trying to tear a gap in the iron bucket-like encirclement. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Yang Ling's analysis report was reported upwards layer by layer, and finally placed on the desk of General Xue Yue, commander of the Eastern Henan Corps, who did not dare to be careless, on the one hand, ordered all troops to step up their attacks and pay close attention to the movements of the main force of the Japanese army.

On the other hand, he hurriedly reported the situation to Gui Yongqing, commander of the 27th Army of the Chinese army in the direction of Lan Fengcheng, and asked him to be vigilant to prevent the Japanese army from breaking through from the west.

"Isn't it a joke that this little devil is not crazy, he doesn't break through from the east, and he comes all the way to the west." Gui Yongqing didn't pay attention to Chief Xue's reminder, and ordered the troops to advance slowly according to the original plan.

The 27th Army is the foundation of the teaching corps, although it suffered large losses in the Purple Mountain battle in Nanjing, but its strength is still not to be underestimated, and they still have a large number of armored troops, which is also the capital of Gui Yongqing's arrogance.

Originally, according to the plan, Song Xilian's 71st Army defended the direction of Lan Fengcheng, but in order to show his attention to the encirclement and annihilation of the Tufeiyuan Division, the chairman of the committee specially transferred Gui Yongqing and their "Royal Forest Army" to participate in the battle and replaced the 71st Army.

Gui Yongqing and Qiu Qingquan are both protégés of the Son of Heaven, and they have elite Central Army troops in their hands, although their eyes are above the top, but Gui Yongqing's military command ability can only be regarded as mediocre compared to the talented Central Army, but he is old and can suppress those unruly officers.

When the 27th Army slowly continued to advance eastward, trying to encircle the Tufeiyuan Division with friendly troops and encircle and annihilate it, the entire 27th Brigade of the Japanese Army and a part of the 28th Brigade and the order of Tufeiyuan were assembled and were rushing towards Lanfeng City with lightning speed.

An infantry battalion of the vanguard of the 27th Army first engaged in an exchange of fire with the Japanese thirty miles east of Lanfeng City.

After all, a few days ago, Qiu Qingquan's armored unit of the Second Division also collided with a group of Japanese cavalry of several hundred people, annihilating them all and boosting morale, and this vanguard battalion did not want to lose the limelight and also wanted to fight a battle of annihilation.

But as soon as the two sides exchanged fire, the fierce firepower of the Japanese army overwhelmed the brothers of the vanguard battalion and could not raise their heads, and most of them were lost in less than half an hour of fierce fighting, and the seriously wounded battalion commander also realized that the situation was wrong, and hurriedly ordered to retreat, but the Japanese outflanking troops had already circled their flanks, and it was too late to run.

The vanguard suffered a devastating blow from the Japanese army, the main force of the Japanese army was rushing towards Lan Feng City, the news was transmitted back to Lan Feng City, Gui Yongqing could no longer sit still, although he was arrogant and did not put the Japanese army in his eyes, but in the final analysis, he was still very afraid of the Japanese army, after all, the tragic situation in Nanjing was still vivid.

"What about Division Commander Qiu, where is his armored troops, let him hurry up to block the Japanese army and buy time for our army to deploy defenses!" Gui Yongqing immediately thought of Qiu Qingquan, after all, now in this plain area, only armored troops can block it.

"Senior Commander Qiu passed Lanfeng half an hour ago and retreated to the west."

The staff officer's answer shocked Gui Yongqing, and he roared angrily, "Why don't you stop him!? ”

The staff officer was also very aggrieved: "I thought it was your order, Chief Gui......"

Gui Yongqing waved his hand helplessly, it is useless to talk more now, solving the problem in front of him is the top priority, his brows furrowed into Sichuan characters, he looked at the map and asked, "How many Japanese soldiers rushed over?" ”

"According to reconnaissance reports, there were at least four or five wings, as well as armored vehicles and cavalry units......"

Hearing that the Japanese army had so many troops, his original intention of relying on Lanfeng City to resist suddenly disappeared by half, and he pondered for a moment and said, "It is even more difficult to defend Lanfeng Lonely City with the strength of my army." ”

The staff officer naturally heard the meaning of his words, and said worriedly: "If we evacuate Lanfeng, it will not be easy to explain to Chief Xue and the commissioner." ”

Gui Yongqing naturally knew that the chairman of the committee had high hopes for the annihilation of the Tufei Yuan Division in the Battle of Lanfeng, if he ran away like this and let go of the gap, Rao was his protégé of the Son of Heaven, and I am afraid that he would also be guilty of it.

But if he defended Lanfeng, in the face of so many elite Japanese troops, let alone a mere 27th Army, I am afraid that he would have to get into it himself, so after thinking about it again, he still decided that it was important to save his life, and he could earn it again if the credit was gone, but if his life was gone, there would be nothing.

"The order is for the 88th Division to hold on to Lanfeng, and our 27th Army will immediately withdraw to Kaifeng and Qixian to avoid the enemy's edge." Gui Yongqing didn't dare to run completely in the end, but he was still going to leave a division to guard it, whether he could hold it or not, he would be able to explain it when the time came.

Moreover, the 88th Division was subordinate to the 71st Army, and was temporarily transferred to the command of the 27th Army, and now in this situation, he was reluctant to use his own troops, so he could only sacrifice the 88th Division, a friendly army that did not have relatives and relatives, and let them be cannon fodder.

The chief of staff knew what his commander meant, and although he felt worthless for the 88th Division, he did not lose his own interests, nor did he speak again, and soon gave the order.

The troops of the 27th Army left Lanfeng and retreated in great strides under the order of Gui Yongqing, while Long Muhan, the commander of the 88th Division, who received the order to hold on, was so angry that he scolded.

"Fuck it, let Lao Tzu fight this stubborn battle, and it's also thanks to him Gui Yongqing who wants to come out, he wants to live, and Lao Tzu doesn't want to die!"

The 88th Division was originally an elite division of German weapons, which was the trump card among the trump cards, but since the fiasco in Shanghai and Nanjing, the elite of the 88th Division has been exhausted, and the additional recruits have continued to decline the combat effectiveness of the troops.

Now Gui Yongqing asked their 88th Division to stick to Lanfeng, and to keep him Gui Yongqing received the reward, without their 88th Division, Han Mulong and the 88th Division could not escape destruction, and their 88th Division became typical cannon fodder.

Thinking that the ace unit of German weapons, which everyone admired at the beginning, has now become cannon fodder, the division commander Han Long Muhan couldn't help but scold his mother, it was really a tree that fell and scattered.

However, now that their 88th Division was transferred to the command of the 27th Army, he had to obey Gui Yongqing's order, so he could only order the troops to enter Lanfeng City to build a position, if the situation was not good, he was not prepared to defend it, after all, he was not a fool.

The 27th Brigade of the Japanese Army attacked the city of Lanfeng with great momentum, and the positions of the 88th Division arranged on the periphery were rushed to pieces, and the troops of the two battalions did not hold out for half an hour before they were all martyred.

"Master, teacher, the brothers can't stand it, the second battalion and the third battalion are all finished!" A call came from outside the city, so that the division commander Long Muhan couldn't sit still anymore.

"Withdraw! Let's also withdraw, don't use Gui Yongqing as cannon fodder, and he won't be able to escape the responsibility for evacuating without permission at that time! Seeing that the Japanese attack was fierce and the troops could not stop it, he also gave the order to retreat.

The 88th Division took advantage of the gap between the Japanese army and the siege, abandoned the city of Lanfeng overnight and retreated to the north, and the Japanese army only took less than a day to break through Lanfeng and break the encirclement of the Chinese army, which made the division commander Tu Feiyuan feel a little incredible.

The Japanese army broke through the city of Lanfeng, not only breaking the encirclement of the Chinese army, but also threatening Kaifeng and Zhengzhou in the west, and the situation on the Lanfeng battlefield took a sharp turn overnight.