7.140 Crazy Dirt Plain

Huang Haoran is really hard to read! Cao Fulin has been joining the 25th Group Army for several months, and he feels that the entire 25th Group Army has a unique temperament up and down! A kind of domineering who is not me!

Even the few recruit divisions that had just been set up, the officers and soldiers were all coaxing! It's like only the 25th Army in the Chinese army can win the battle!

For these, Cao Fulin can also understand, after all, Huang Haoran has indeed won a lot of battles and made great achievements! The officers and soldiers under his command are a little arrogant, and it can be said that it is completely reasonable!

But for Huang Haoran, Cao Fulin is a little incomprehensible!

Huang Haoran sometimes behaves like a famous general, and sometimes he looks like a hot-blooded young man! As soon as Cao Fulin arrived at the 25th Group Army, he heard about Xie Wendong's past, and from the fact that Huang Haoran was able to put Xie Wendong aside quickly and ruthlessly, it can be seen that Huang Haoran does not lack the talent to engage in conspiracy!

Moreover, Huang Haoran is also deeply loved by the highest authorities, he should still be an officialdom wizard!

So many complex personalities can appear in the same person! Then this person is either a genius or a madman!

Huang Haoran is obviously not the latter!

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After defeating the Japanese blocking forces and completing the breakthrough, the Chinese troops behind the palace entered the northeast of Anhui one after another, and tens of thousands of troops came to the banks of the Sui River. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Crossing the river has become a top priority for the Chinese army!

The retreating Chinese army has filled most of the crossings in the area, and it will be difficult for your troops to move even if they are the best.

The Japanese planes would not let go of this kind of God-given opportunity, and from time to time bombs fell from the sky to harvest pieces of life on the ground, and this scene was extremely tragic.

This is not the most serious thing, but the most troublesome thing is that due to the lack of unified command, there are approaching Japanese pursuers on the ground, Japanese planes are bombing indiscriminately in the sky, and the various units are in chaos, and many units have lost control.

Huang Haoran's guard regiment did not fall into chaos because it was very special because it wore a custom-made military uniform and a German steel helmet on its head. Cao Fulin's 29th Army was not so lucky, the 29th Division and the 27th Division were both units of the Northwest Army before, and the uniform system was exactly the same, and the commanders were inevitably confused. In desperation, Huang Haoran ordered all the officers and men of the 29th Division to wear their general's hats backwards in order to distinguish them from their brother units.

And it worked. In the chaotic army, only Cao Fulin's 29th Division was clearly marked and orderly. Didn't get caught up in the chaos.

In order to prevent the troops from fighting with friendly troops at the ferry, which made the situation at the ferry even more chaotic, Huang Haoran ordered the 29th Division to retreat and leave the river beach.

Huang Haoran and Cao Fulin stood on a small dirt slope, looking at the crazy crowd on the river beach, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

The troops that have lost their restraint are very terrible, at this time, in the eyes of the officers and soldiers who are in chaos, there is no longer the level of rank and the size of the rank, if Huang Haoran rashly sends people to the ferry to control these chaotic troops, he may be shot with black guns!

What to do? Do you have to wait for Zhang Zizhong to solve the problem?

"Commander! The man I sent out has returned! Some of the division commanders of friendly forces can't be contacted! The few I found said that the troops were in chaos and could not be controlled! It seems that there is no way! ”

The commander of the 87th Brigade, Rong Guang, ran over happily and reported the latest situation to Huang Haoran, at this time, the Chinese army on the river beach had completely lost its formation, and the liaison officers sent by the 29th Division were able to find a few friendly division commanders among these countless people, which was already very remarkable!

"Commander! It seems that your order Zhang Zizhong will stay behind for a few more days! In the current situation, these troops will not be able to survive in two or three days! ”

Cao Fulin couldn't give Huang Haoran any more advice this time, he just reminded Huang Haoran that he had to strengthen the rearguard troops, and the Japanese were getting closer and closer!

"Commander Cao is right! Let's help Zhang Xinchen! Brigadier Rong, take your 87th Brigade with you......"

Rong Guangxing replied "yes" and then turned to leave.

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In the case that Huang Haoran had not yet reached the 1st war zone, Xue Yue launched the Battle of Lanfeng alone!

From the very beginning, the positioning of the Battle of Lanfeng was a little awkward, and the Battle of Lanfeng was actually an integral part of the Battle of Xuzhou. Some people within the Military Commission directly referred to the Battle of Lanfeng as "the later battle of the Battle of Xuzhou".

This is due to the fact that the Battle of Lanfeng broke out in the early stage, which is directly related to a series of battles between China and Japan in the Xuzhou area in the early stage.

But Xue Yue insisted on separating the Battle of Lanfeng and the Battle of Xuzhou, he didn't want the battle he fought in the 1st War Zone to be confused with the battle fought by Huang Haoran in the 5th War Zone!

The Japanese North China Front attacked from the north with three divisions and sent one division to attack from the north, in an attempt to cut off the retreat of the Chinese army. The Central China Dispatch Army assisted from the south with two divisions.

In order to command the Battle of Xuzhou, the commander of the North China Front, Terauchi Shouichi, advanced his command post to Jinan; The commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, Shunroku Hatata, advanced his command post from Nanjing to Bengbu.

Before the start of the war, Japan, a senior general of the invading Japanese army, discussed the battle in Xuzhou in Jinan. Among them, the North China Front Army and the 2nd Army of Nishio Shouzo advocated taking the occupation of Xuzhou as the main combat goal and attacking Xuzhou as soon as possible. However, the Central China Dispatch Army and the 1st Army of the Kazuki Seiji advocated that the main goal should be to destroy the Chinese army, and not to attack Xuzhou for the time being, but to take advantage of the Japanese army's mechanized superiority to first carry out a large detour operation near Shangqiu, and then start the Xuzhou operation after encircling the Chinese army with mechanized troops.

In fact, neither of these two battle views is actually purely based on strategic considerations, but has its own selfish motives. Nishio Shouzo's 2nd Army had previously suffered a crushing defeat at Taierzhuang and had lost face in the country and in the army and navy, so he was eager to capture Xuzhou, an important town in the Central Plains, to regain face. The 1st Army of Kazuki Seiji and the Central China Dispatch Army undertook a roundabout mission, hoping to attack the front later, so that they could have a larger share of the post-war merit book. The strategic differences between the two sides ended in a compromise between the three parties, and the battle plan also took care of the needs of all parties.

According to the plan of the Japanese army, the 14th Division of the 1st Army of the Kazuki Kiyoji will undertake the detour mission near Lanfeng, and the 14th Division, also known as the Utsunomiya Division, is one of the standing divisions of the Japanese army, under the jurisdiction of the 27th and 28th infantry brigades. In late August 1937, he was transferred to invade China, landed in Tanggu in early September, and was incorporated into the combat sequence of the 1st Army of the North China Front. The division commander, Kenji Dohihara, was 55 years old at the time, who had lived in China for a long time, was familiar with China's customs and customs, and could speak fluent Chinese and several dialects. He has been engaged in intelligence work for a long time and has experience in leading troops. According to the plan, the Tufeiyuan Division stationed near Xinxiang in Henan Province on the north bank of the Yellow River was scheduled to cross the river south of Puyang and north of Heze.

On May 18, the Sakai detachment under the command of Major General Takashi Sakai, commander of the 28th Brigade of the Tufeiyuan Division, arrived by train from Xinxiang, Henan, to Jining, Shandong Province, on the south bank of the Yellow River. The detachment has jurisdiction over the 15th Infantry Wing, a brigade of the 50th Wing, the main force of the 18th Cavalry Wing, the 2nd Wing of the 5th Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery, the 3rd Brigade of the 20th Field Artillery Wing, the 5th Independent Machine Gun Brigade, the 1st Squadron of Independent Armored Vehicles, and a Squadron of Engineers. The task of the detachment was to attack the Yuncheng line from Jining in order to relieve the pressure on the main force of the division to cross the river.

On the 20th, after learning of the westward advance of the Japanese Tohihara Division, the Chinese high command began to feel the danger of the Japanese army's roundabout encirclement. However, Commander Li believed that it was necessary to take advantage of the great opportunity of the enemy's forces to disperse and leave the stronghold to break each one, so he issued an order to require Yu Jishi's 74th Army and Li Hansoul's 64th Army of the follow-up corps to concentrate near Yongcheng before May 25 and be under the command of Liao Lei.

However, at this time, the 74th Army was near Shangqiu and Dangshan, and the 64th Army was still on the train from Guangdong to Shangqiu, Henan. Therefore, on the evening of the same day, the supreme authorities ordered Commander Li and Cheng Qian, commander of the First Theater, to change the operational areas of the two theaters and assign Lu Xi to the First Theater, "The armies of Yu Jishi, Huang Jie, and Li Hansoul are now transferred under the command of Xue Yue, and they are the offensive corps of the Luxi Front, which should be pointed at the main force of the enemy in this direction and break it." ”

On May 21, the Sakai detachment occupied Yuncheng, northeast of Heze. The cavalry wing moved closer to the area where the main force of the division was scheduled to cross the river in order to cooperate with the main force of the division to cross the river. The main force of the detachment went south to Jinxiang and then westward, advancing to Neihuang east of Lanfeng, Henan. On the same day, the Japanese Tufeiyuan Division, which was scheduled to cross the Yellow River the next day, learned that the Chinese army had moved north from Lanfeng and decided to cross the river immediately. In the early morning of the 22nd, the main force of the Tufeiyuan Division crossed the Yellow River south of Puyang.

The main forces of the Tufeiyuan Division that crossed the river included the 27th Infantry Brigade (under the jurisdiction of the 2nd Infantry Wing and the 59th Infantry Wing), the 28th Infantry Wing of the 50th Infantry Brigade (1 brigade owed), the 20th Field Artillery Wing (owed to the 3rd Brigade), the 2nd Field Heavy Artillery Brigade (owed to the 5th Wing), the 8th Independent Field Heavy Artillery Wing, the 5th Mortar Brigade, the 1st Independent Balloon Squadron, the 2nd Anti-aircraft Artillery Squadron, the 1st Bridge Material Squadron of the 2nd Division, the 14th Division Bridge Material Squadron, The 16th Division 2nd River Crossing Materials Squadron, 1 Bridge Building Materials Sub-Squadron, about 150 folding boats, the 2nd Independent Engineer Wing, the 14th Engineer Wing, the 14th Baggage Regiment, the Divisional Communication Team, the Health Team, the 1st to 4th Field Hospitals, etc.

Normally, an ordinary Japanese permanent division has four infantry wings and one field artillery wing, but from this serial list, it can be seen that in order to strengthen the mobility and firepower of the roundabout troops, the 1st Army of Kazuki Kiyoji temporarily strengthened three heavy artillery wings, armored vehicles, and anti-aircraft artillery brigades to the Tohihara Division, and the artillery strength of the Tohihara Division has exceeded that of four ordinary permanent A divisions. The 14th Wing of the Heavy Infantry is not an ordinary unit, but a special "automatic vehicle unit" of the Japanese army, equipped with a large number of motor vehicles, plus a large number of mobile tractors brought by each artillery wing, in fact, it has made the Tufeiyuan Division an out-and-out mechanized unit. In addition, the Tufeiyuan Division was also equipped with a large number of sappers for crossing rivers and bridges.

The highest authorities, with Lin Wei, deputy director of the Military Command Department, and Liu Fei, director of the department, flew directly from Wuchang to Zhengzhou, where the headquarters of the First Theater Command is located. Xue Yue was authorized to command the 8th, 74th, and 64th armies assembled with Shangqiu as the center to ensure the rear route of the Xuzhou army's westward retreat.

On the 24th, the main force of the Tufeiyuan Division captured Heze.

On the afternoon of the 25th, the Japanese cavalry rushed to the vicinity of Neihuang and Yejigang and blew up the Longhai Railway. On the same day, two divisions of Li Hansoul's 64th Army arrived at Shangqiu.

On the 26th, the main force of the Tufeiyuan Division moved south, and Tufeiyuan led two infantry wings and heavy artillery units to advance to Neihuang and Minquan through the iron furnace. The commander of the 27th Brigade, Toshima Botaro, led a wing of infantry, a cavalry, and a half artillery brigade as a right column and advanced towards Kaocheng. The two sides plan to meet at the Longhai Road section east of Lanfeng.

On the same day, Song Xilian led 2 divisions of the 71st Army to Lanfeng. After the battles of Songhu and Nanjing, the 71st Army suffered huge losses and rested in Luoyang, Henan. Due to the threat of the Tufeiyuan Division, they rushed to Shangqiu. However, because the railway had been destroyed by the Japanese army, only one regiment of the 264th Brigade of the 88th Division and the 87th Division rushed to Shangqiu, and the rest were blocked in Lanfeng.

On the 27th, the vanguard of the Japanese army reached the east of Yifeng and Neihuangji. On the same day, the 262nd Brigade of the 88th Division, which was blocked in Lanfeng, launched an attack on the Japanese army in the east.

On the 28th, the main force of the Tufeiyuan Division arrived in the areas of Neihuang, Yejigang, and Chuzhuangzhai, and rounded with the Sakai detachment. The right column led by Toshima Botaro arrived near Yifeng. At this point, the Tufeiyuan Division had reached the predetermined area, cut off the Longhai Railway, and completed its preliminary plan.

Huang Haoran finally decided to put pressure on the officers and soldiers on the river beach!

At dawn on May 29, the rear guard of the 59th Army behind His Royal Highness and a reinforced brigade of Seishiro Itagaki's 5th Division met unexpectedly.

Both sides of the war were strong and strong, and the fighting quickly entered a white-hot state, with heavy casualties on both sides. At 8 o'clock in the morning, the 87th Brigade of the 29th Division, which was attached to the 59th Army, advanced from the direction of Xulou to the back of the enemy in Donggewa, and the two Chinese armies worked together to annihilate the Japanese army of 400 people, forcing the remnants of the Japanese army of 6 or 700 people to retreat in the direction of Xuzhuang.

The 59th Army pursued the victory and drove the Japanese army out of the territory of Suixi County.

This small victory did not ease the tense atmosphere in the military headquarters of the 59th Army in Xirentai Village, Suixi County. Everyone knows that the current situation is just a tentative action of the Japanese army, and it is not enough to win if you fight more and fight less! The next battle won't be as easy as it gets.

Sure enough, at 14 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, Seishiro Itagaki's 5th Division launched a wing-scale attack on the 59th Army.

Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army is the bitter master of the Itagaki Division, and the so-called enemies are very red when they meet!

If Zhang Zizhong hadn't blocked the 5th Division in Linyi, how could the Sakamoto detachment have almost been wiped out by Huang Haoran? Due to the ineffectiveness of the rescue of the Isoya Division, the commander of the Japanese army in North China, Terauchi Shou, wiped out the entire Isoya Division, and this account was calculated on the head of Itagaki Seishiro, if it weren't for Itagaki Seishiro having a tough backstage in Tokyo, he really had the possibility of carrying the black pot!

Thinking of this, Seishiro Itagaki in the 5th Division Headquarters suddenly stood up from the marching bench, waved his fist and gritted his teeth and shouted:

"We must wipe out the Chinese army on the bank of the Sui River, and we will be ashamed!"

Since the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army at this time was also a long-fought division, the attrition was also very large, and although the gap in each wing was still very large after many rectifications. Therefore, in the second round of attacks, the Itagaki Division did not directly touch Shuoli Town, which was heavily defended by the 59th Army, but detoured to Zhangzhuang behind Shuoli Town with a force of more than 2,000 infantry wings to attack a regiment of the 180th Division of the 59th Army stationed there.

Under the cover of aircraft, chariots and heavy artillery, the Itagaki Division launched a general attack on the defenders of Zhangzhuang as soon as it came up!

The infantry regiment stationed in Zhangzhuang was also a very serious attrition, and the actual number was only five or six hundred, and where it could withstand the attack of a wing of the Japanese army, it had to resist desperately on one side and report to the military headquarters of the 59th Army on the other.

The Japanese army's combat intentions are so obvious that anyone with a little military common sense can see it clearly, and Zhang Zizhong, who is a veteran general on the battlefield, is even more insightful about Itagaki Seishiro's intentions.

It's a pity that the 59th Army doesn't have many troops left to fight! At present, only one brigade of the 108th Division can still be used for mobility. However, a small unit of the Japanese 13th Division has been detected in the direction of Suzhou, and its follow-up force should not be less than one wing. If the strength of the 38th Division deployed on the line from Xincai to Maqiao is extracted. Once killed by the Japanese army to Suixikou. The consequences will be unimaginable!

In desperation, Zhang Zizhong could only send a report to Huang Haoran, in addition to asking Huang Haoran to send the 29th Division to reinforce Zhang Zhuang, he hoped that Huang Haoran could stop the chaos at Suixikou!

Zhang Zizhong can't come! Huang Haoran can only rely on himself to face the chaotic situation on the river beach!

"Damn! Cao Fulin! Xu Zilong! Bring the troops with me! I'd like to see how these division and brigade commanders are officers! I can't even close the team! ”

Xu Zilong and Cao Fulin glanced at each other, they knew that there was going to be a good show......

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On the same day, the commander of the Japanese North China Front, Terauchi Shouichi, ordered the 1st Army of Kiyoshi Kazuki to assist Nishio Shouzo's 2nd Army in capturing Shangqiu. According to this order, the Tuhihara Division was supposed to march in a southeasterly direction. However, at this time, for selfishness, Kazuki Kiyoji instructed Tu Feiyuan to resist the order and ordered the 14th Division to attack Lanfeng to the west.

On the afternoon of the 29th, the main force of the Tufeiyuan Division began to attack Neihuangji and Neihuangji stations in Minquan County. It was the 195th Division that guarded Neihuangji, and it was the 631st Regiment of the 106th Division that guarded Neihuangji. The 195th Division had just been reorganized from the Henan Local Security Corps, and the cadres had not yet been allocated, and it was only on the 18th that it rushed from Gongxian County, Zhengzhou, to Neihuang, and even the fortifications were not completed. Division Commander Liang Kai repeatedly told the highest authorities that the 195th Division was a newly formed unit and could not participate in the operation yet, but at this time the highest authorities had nothing to do. You must know that the 106th Division guarding Neihuang Station was adapted from the remnants of Shi Yousan, and its combat effectiveness was even worse!

The Tohihara Division first began shelling under the guidance of tethered balloons, and then the Army Air Force also began bombing. Under strong open-ground fire, the 195th Division was dispersed in just one attack wave. Immediately, the 631st Regiment of the 106th Division, which was guarding Neihuang Station, also retreated due to the enemy's back. The Japanese army easily captured Neihuang, Mazhuang Village, Renji and other places...... (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )