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8.23 Life-saving tricks

The 27th Army under Gui Yongqing was formerly the 37th and 39th Army, which suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Songhu. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Due to the inability of the 37th and 39th armies to restore their structure after retreating from the Songhu battlefield, the remaining remnants of these two armies were handed over by the Military Commission to Hu Zongnan's military group for reorganization. In April 1938, part of the remnants of the 37th and 39th armies were combined to form the 27th Army. Gui Yongqing served as the commander, and Li Shusen served as the deputy commander. It has three infantry divisions: the 24th Division, division commander Li Ying; 45th Division, Division Commander Dai Quanmin; Reserve 8th Division, Division Commander Ling Zhaoyao.

Due to the shortage of military strength at the front, the 27th Army was immediately sent to the 1st Theater of Operations to participate in the War of Resistance after the formation was completed.

The siege of the Tufeiyuan Division was the first major battle encountered by the 27th Army after its formation. The officers and men of the 27th Army really expected them to become famous like the 99th Division in the Battle of Songhu! But in the end, there was this thing that Gui Yongqing fled without a fight with the Lanfeng defenders!

The 27th Army became famous, but it was all infamy and notoriety! Now in the 1st theater of operations, the 27th Army is already discredited!

It is believed that after the Battle of Lanfeng is over, the results of the punishment of Gui Yongqing and the 27th Army by the Military Commission will be issued. After all, Gui Yongqing used to be the backbone of the Fuxing Society, one of the thirteen Taibao, I am afraid that the 27th Army of the board that fell down this time will have to bear ninety percent! I don't know who will be caught as a scapegoat!

In order to get some "capital" to save their lives, the generals of the 27th Army were all riveted when Xue Yue commanded the Chinese army to counterattack Lanfeng, and they wanted to make war exploits so that they could "offset the merits". It's a pity that the Tufeiyuan Division is too strong, and the Chinese army stormed for a day and a night, with countless casualties, and even the walls of Lanfeng City failed to take it! The 27th Army also paid the price of more than 2,000 officers and men!

The counterattack on Lanfeng failed, Gui Yongqing was imprisoned by the Judge Advocate General's Office, the supreme commander of the Battle of Lanfeng was replaced by Huang Haoran, and Xue Yue became the acting commander of the 27th Army...... This series of developments made the officers and men of the 27th Army very flustered for a while! They are afraid that they will not have a chance to prove themselves again, and they are afraid that they will have to bear the blame for the failure of the entire Lanfeng battle!

It wasn't until they received Huang Haoran's latest order that the officers and soldiers of the 27th Army breathed a sigh of relief! It turned out that they did not stay away from the central battlefield, but on the contrary, they became the main force of the besieging Tufeiyuan Division!

Compared with the offensive, the officers and men of the 27th Army are obviously more confident in their ability to fight defensive battles! You must know that they have experienced a big scene of devils, planes, artillery, and chariots together in the Battle of Songhu! As long as the commander has the determination to stick to it, the Tufeiyuan Division will not be so easy to pass!

The main force of the Chinese army besieging Lanfeng City was the 27th Division of the 45th Army and the 1st Reserve Division of the 8th Army. An hour after the information of the 71st Army's attack on Liuyuankou reached Lanfeng City, a large group of Japanese troops appeared in front of the 45th Division and the 8th Reserve Division.

As soon as the Tufeiyuan Division, which was anxious to rescue Liuyuankou, came up, it used all its heavy artillery and turned the positions of the 45th Division and the 8th Reserve Division into a sea of fire! After the artillery fire was extended, the devil infantry with green steel helmets flocked to the positions of the Chinese army like locusts, and various types of combat vehicles were mixed in the middle of the infantry group, acting as firing points and bridgeheads.

After two hours of fierce fighting, Dai Quanmin, commander of the 45th Division, called for help to the headquarters of the 27th Army. Because Xue Yue was still on the way to the military headquarters of the 27th Army in Kaifeng at this time, Gui Yongqing was dismissed again, so Dai Quanmin could only persuade Li Shusen, the deputy commander of the temporary acting army commander, to ask Huang Haoran for help.

"Deputy Commander Li! The Japanese offensive of Lan Feng City is too fierce! The brethren can't stand it anymore! You should ask Huang for reinforcements directly! ”

Li Shusen once worked with Dai Quanmin, and knew that Dai Quanmin was not a general who could fight evil battles, and he liked to preserve his strength. So I didn't believe what Dai Quanmin said.

Li Shusen said to Dai Quanmin on the phone:

"Master Dai! This is not the case! Let your subordinates decide to fight hard! Now that the military seat is already in prison, if our 27th Army does not fight bravely, I am afraid that it will cause more trouble! It's only been two hours since the start of the war, and your 45th Division can't stand it? I'm not afraid to tell you that all the Japanese units in the encirclement are now breaking through! Li Hansoul's 64th Army didn't say a word! Division Commander Li of the 24th Division did not speak either! Two armies and six divisions, only your 45th Division is complaining here! Shangfeng won't believe you! Division Commander Dai, do you want to go to the prison of the Military Justice Department in the war zone to accompany the military seat!? ”

Dai Quanmin was already a little weak-hearted, but now when Li Shusen said this, his face suddenly became a little unbearable. The reason why he asked the military department for help early was mainly because he was afraid that his 45th Division would suffer too many casualties, and it would be difficult to explain to Gui Yongqing in the future, Dai Quanmin was very close to Gui Yongqing in private, and he also knew that Gui Yongqing had a relationship with the highest authorities, although the loss of Lan Feng was a serious crime, but because of Long Muhan's scapegoat, Gui Yongqing should be able to survive this catastrophe without danger! Maybe it won't be long before Gui Yongqing will become the commander of the 27th Army!

Thinking of this, Dai Quanmin decided to grit his teeth again and try to see if he could pull Li Shusen to reason with the former enemy's general headquarters! The Tu Fei Yuan Division is now like going crazy! Every time the 45th Division repelled the attack of the Tufeiyuan Division, a new round of attacks by the Tufeiyuan Division began! In just two hours, the 45th Division lost half a regiment!

If this kind of wheel battle continues for a few more hours, the 45th Division will really not be able to withstand it!

"Deputy Commander Li! You and I have been brothers for many years, so I won't beat around the bush! Maybe I'm a gentleman with the heart of a villain! But it was also him, Huang Haoran, who did bad things first! He put his 27th Division behind our 27th Army and Li Hansoul's 64th Army, what kind of heart did he have? We've made some mistakes, but we're not criminals, are we? This is too indifferent to our 27th Army! Don't let Huang Haoran's troops taste the power of the Japanese, he still thinks that we will have an easy life! Deputy Commander Li! Asking for help from the enemy's general headquarters will be beneficial but harmless, first, it will let Huang Haoran know that our 27th Army is in a bitter battle and cannot find our faults; Second, we can drag the 27th Division, which is supervising the battle in the back, into the battlefield and reduce our pressure! I don't want to kill devils and watch my back at the same time! ”

In fact, Dai Quanmin did not tell the truth, his biggest motive for pulling the 27th Division into the battle group was actually to clear the obstacles for the retreat in advance! Dai Quanmin has no determination to fight the troops, if Huang Haoran's troops are still unable to stop the Tufeiyuan Division, then he is ready to learn from Gui Yongqing and withdraw first! After all, life is at stake!

Moreover, the 27th Division is Huang Haoran's troops, if even the 27th Division can't stop the Japanese, look at what kind of face you Huang Haoran has to hold me accountable for Dai Quanmin!

Even if you want to die, you have to drag the commander of the 27th Division to die together! I don't believe you, Huang Haoran doesn't want to save your own people!

As the saying goes, "the law does not blame the public", pulling more people into the water is the life-saving trick that Dai Quanmin came up with! (To be continued.) )