Sugiyama Motomasa lamented that at night, the fighters could not take off to strike at the rocket artillery units of the Vanguard Army.

The night planes of the Pioneer Army gave the first blow.

"What? Are they bombing three major airfields? Sugiyama was dizzy in front of his eyes, and in order to prevent the bombing of the vanguard army, most of those combat aircraft were transferred to the rear. Only a small number of disconnected aircraft remained on standby at front-line airfields. Under the strict defense of all sides, I believe that the vanguard army is also very difficult.

However, Luohe, Maozhou, Huaiyin, and other front-line temporary airfields were the first to be bombed, and nearly 100 Il-10 attack planes and Holocaust attack planes were constantly dropping bombs and shells pouring down in the sky, making a mess of the front-line airfields. Even those alert planes on standby barely flew and were bombed down.

When the attention of the devils was focused on these front-line airfields, and they were glad that the planes had wisely retreated, the rear airfields also fell on the bombs dropped by the vanguard army from high altitudes.

Under the cover of night, those high-altitude bombers rushed to Hefei and Bengbu, and even a group of bombers rushed to the skies over Nanjing and directly bombed the airfields there.

The anti-aircraft guns fired aimlessly, but they could not withstand the fall of the bombs. Even though some of the remaining fighters barely flew in the skyrocketing fire, they still couldn't get close to the air fortresses that were constantly spewing machine gun flames. The fuel depot, ammunition depot, and parked planes are all targets for bombing, and it is difficult to identify the target of high-altitude bombing, but the light of the fire in the dark night has become the best target.

For a while, countless bombs fell, and he could only hold his head but had no other way but to watch the plane parked at the airport topple and crack in the explosion, leaving only the shape of a charcoal in the flames.

"Yaga!" Sugiyama was furious. Originally, today's daytime had already fallen to the downwind of the air battle, but with some fighters being blown up and airport facilities destroyed, Ming said that he was afraid that he would be even more passive.

And the attack on the aircraft at the front-line airfield also made his attempt to let the plane test fly and bombard the Buran rocket artillery in his heart failed. Those attack planes still did not give up, and directly ravaged the artillery positions where there were not many devils without the slightest preparation.

Since then, the violent snowstorm has made it even more difficult for him to suppress it.

When several rounds of blizzard rocket artillery broke out one after another, the devil's charge could no longer be sharp.

The sea of fire drowned out the follow-up attack force of the devils, and only the little manpower that rushed to the front that was not affected could not rush through the fire of the machine guns and Suomy.

"The firepower of the vanguard army is too strong to rush through!" On the snowflake-like battle report, such words are the most.

"Gotta rush over tonight! Open the passage of the rendezvous. Sugiyama said mercilessly. He knew that because of the night, the powerful artillery and other heavy firepower of the vanguard army could not be fully utilized, and their chariot troops could not charge around in the night. The troops in the rear of the vanguard army were not yet in place. So tonight is the best and last chance for the 9th and 13th Divisions.

Throughout the night, the sky was lit up by the flames of war. No one sleeps tonight.

After a night of onslaught, the devils still did not break through the defense of the vanguard army and joined together. Instead, more than 10,000 corpses were left behind. On the contrary, since the last night battle suffered heavy losses, the vanguard army has strengthened night combat drills, and this time the soldiers who defended and attacked were all soldiers who had been trained in night battles, so the damage was much smaller.

The 9th Division and the 13th Division, which had been reduced to more than 20,000 men, could no longer attack, so they could only retreat to the area of Xiaoyao Town and wait for reinforcements to arrive. They evacuated in a hurry, their supplies were a little insufficient, and they were a little short of food and ammunition, and they couldn't last three days at all.

"Don't say three days, it won't be easy for them to hold on tomorrow." Sugiyama Moto, who had a somewhat lonely expression, also understood in his heart that tomorrow would be the day of the overall offensive of the vanguard army, and the two besieged divisions that had lost their air cover were only afraid that it would be bad.

As he imagined, as dawn came, it was not just fighter jets that appeared in the sky this time, the screams of Stuka made the devils frightened, and the cannon of the Il-10 constantly echoed in the devils' positions. And the roar of the tank became the background of the main theme of the ground battlefield, and the gun muzzle was stretched directly in front of the devil on a rampage. Like a sharp blade cutting cream, it directly cut through the defense line of the attacking 106th Division. And rushed directly behind them.

"It's not good, the 106th Division is also going to fall in." Sugiyama Moto, sensing that the vanguard was trying to besiege Luohe as well.

But the truth was worse than he thought.

"The 12th Army of the Vanguard Army is trying to penetrate south, and it has already passed Dancheng, and their target seems to be Xiangcheng and Jieshou." At this time, in the sky, although more than 200 planes of the Chinese army were struggling to hold on, the aerial reconnaissance never stopped, and the latest information soon came.

"Xiang Cheng?" Sugiyama was taken aback. The intention of the 12th Army to the south was obvious, it was intended to cut off the rear route of the 5th and 13th Divisions.

"The 30th Army of the Second Army of the Vanguard Army is attacking Suzhou." Follow-up information followed. Kenji Dohihara's intelligence agency is also activating a huge intelligence network to search for information on the movements of the vanguard army.

"They're too fast!" Sugiyama was the first to come up with such an idea. A few days ago, these armies were still far away. There was only one 57th Army near Zhengzhou, but now it seemed to suddenly emerge from the ground, and there were so many more troops at once. Could it be that they have already come here by using a trick to hide from the world?

What he didn't know was that the mechanized troops had already come over the world. The rest of the troops were brought in urgently.

From the very beginning, the movements of the various armies were already in place. As soon as the order to attack was given, the two main arteries of the Jinpu Railway and the Pinghan Railway continued to transport personnel, and the Longhai Line was also interspersed and supplemented from time to time. Under the precise coordination of operation, dozens of trains are constantly transporting soldiers. And the supply of weapons and ammunition has long been secretly in place at the front. At this time, the railway bridge in Zhengzhou had already been opened to traffic, and if it were not for the railway line in Xuchang that was still being repaired, it was estimated that the army of the vanguard army could drive directly to Luohe City.

However, the rest of the route was transported by truck, which was just as convenient, even though many people were still on foot, but the weapons, ammunition and equipment were pulled to the front line early. The march was much lighter. The motorized operation directly connects the logistics of the rear with the front line. The modern logistics system that the vanguard army has run in has achieved initial results.

This kind of training is not easy at all to fight on the front line, Wang Geng's eyes are red, and he hasn't slept for three days and three nights.

Especially the 56th and 57th armies at the beginning, the rapid transportation made them rush up in time and surrounded the 9th and 16th divisions there. By noon, the water around the two divisions that had already been besieged was impassable, and there was no place to speculate on it.

And the goal of their two armies is obviously not only these two divisions. Sugiyama looked at the red dots marked on the map, and couldn't help but feel a little chill in his heart.

The 57th Army was still besieging the 106th Division in Luohe with the troops rushing down from Funiu Mountain, the 56th Army and the 12th Army were planning to besiege the 5th and 13th Divisions, and the 54th Army's mechanized troops and the armored units of the teaching team were interspersed everywhere, and steel crushed pieces of hard bones. At the same time, the 30th Army, which rushed from the other direction, and the 12th Army were besieging the 3rd Division in Maozhou. Unconsciously, the vanguard army has begun to lay out the entire Central Plains and Lianghuai.

"Inform the 9th and 16th Divisions that the attack will not stop until the last man." Sugiyama Moto's bloodshot eyes at this time revealed a hint of madness.

But what he meant was obvious. It was originally planned to let the two divisions hold out until after dark before trying to figure out a way, or wait until the first reinforcements arrived, but as the arrangement of the vanguard army became more and more obvious, I am afraid that there was not much time left for him.

The Central Army in Dabie Mountain, Tongbai Mountain and other places also began to move, dragging the 14th Division to a halt. The 3rd Division was again pinned down by the 12th and 30th Armies, which allowed reinforcements to count on the relatively close 27th and 36th Divisions. But without the railway, it would take them at least two days, if not more, to get here. Compared to the speed of the vanguard army, it is far behind.

And even if they arrive, tired from long distances, they will not necessarily be able to go straight into battle. This made Sugiyama Moto's heart a little colder.

"Give them six hours!"

When the 9th and 13th Divisions heard this order, they also knew that it was the last moment, and if they couldn't get through it, it would mean that they would be abandoned.

Their eyes were red at the last hope, but the improvement of combat effectiveness did not make any gains in the face of cold and ruthless steel, but because the devil's desperate charge ignoring bullets made the vanguard more labor-saving, and only needed to consume more machine gun ammunition. No matter how fast they are, they may be able to pull the bolt of a normal rifle faster, but they are definitely not as fast as the machine gun and Somi's automata.

The artillery did not stop, but the rocket artillery units were intermittent, but this round of volcanic explosive bombardment had dried the last bit of confidence of the 5th and 13th divisions on the opposite side. After attacking for a day and a night, I didn't take a single step.

As the sun warms up, the battle gets hotter and hotter. The brilliant flowers of passion that bloomed in the last moments of life were also obscured by the splatters of blood. Death is the eternal theme of the battlefield.

It's not just the Central Plains and Lianghuai that are blooming with the flowers of death. When the devils in Shanxi mobilized and harassed the vanguard behind the vanguard army, Sun Liren's new first army and Huba's new Eighth Army except for some troops trapped Taiyuan from three sides, the others continued to rush down, the new Eighth Army all the way to Ketaigu and Qixian, straight to Pingyao, Sun Liren's new first army conquered Jiaocheng, Wenshui, and directly attacked Fenyang. In this way, the remaining troops of the 109th Division were directly trapped in Taiyuan City.

Pang Bingxun's 40th Army also conquered Changye, threatening the rear of the 10th and 116th Divisions.

In two days, not only Henan was in an emergency, but Shanxi was also in danger.

"Tell me to go down and get ready to evacuate!" Six hours later, Sugiyama Yuan looked at the battle report in a daze for a long time before sighing.

"Which evacuation?" The adjutant apparently didn't understand what Sugiyama Moto's words meant.

Sugiyama Yuan was about to be furious, but he suddenly deflated, waved his hand slightly, and said, "Prepare to evacuate Luohe." ”

The adjutant understood what he meant as soon as he heard it, and his face turned pale. This is to abandon the 9th and 16th divisions. He couldn't help but cautiously remind: "Your Excellency Commander, 9th ......"

"I know! But there were only more than 6,000 people left in their two divisions! The 106th Division also had less than 10,000 men left, and the 5th and 13th Divisions had only about 20,000 men. There are only a hundred planes left in the sky. You say, how can this be fought? Sugiyama suddenly roared.

At this time, Suzhou was conquered, and Xiangcheng and Shoujie were besieged, and they were in danger. Encirclements targeting Maozhou, Luohe, and Zhoukou will also be formed. And the reinforcements that have been sped up will not arrive until tomorrow morning. If you only care about rescuing the 9th and 16th divisions, I am afraid that when the time comes, even other armies will have to be set up inside.

"Withdraw!" The smirk on Sugiyama Moto's face was long gone, and there was only a hideous rage at this time.

"Hehe, great victory! This is a big victory! Pharmacist Tang said with a smile.

"Hmmm! Shang Cai, the little devil came over, didn't he just serve us a good dish. Meng Xiang also nodded with satisfaction.

In the evening, when the 12th Army captured Xiangcheng, the remaining troops of the 5th Division and the 13th Division, which were less than 20,000 people, began to evacuate and went directly through Shangshui to Shangcai. However, after the 57th Army took over the task of besieging the 9th and 16th Divisions, the 41st and 50th Divisions chased the 5th and 13th Divisions all the way and killed them, directly crushing their evacuated troops. The pursuit lasted until near Zhumadian, only to be blocked by the 106th Division and part of the 14th Division that had withdrawn from Luohe with the help of fortifications, and a thirty-mile road of death paved with blood and entities came to an end.

At this time, the number of people gathered by the 5th Division and the 13th Division could not make up three wings.

"Alright, let them clean up the fish that slipped through the net." Meng Xiang said with a smile. Although Meng Xiang also came to chase Yu Yong after the poor and continued to attack, the attack of the vanguard army was also a little sluggish. In addition to the bravery of the soldiers, the achievements of the vanguard army were also piled up with ammunition. Although the logistics of this long-distance attack have withstood the test, it is already very difficult.

In addition, due to the shortage of tank and airplane workers, there was very little rest, and they were all working continuously, and after two days, although the morale was high, the body was already very tired.

The most important thing is that Meng Xiang needs to have a safe separation line from the Central Army in the south, so that he can have time to digest the territory he can get. If the passage is opened, I don't know if there are any cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods running to make trouble.

Occupying these territories needs to be cleared and stabilized, and the defense line needs to be stabilized to prevent the devil's counterattack, besides, there is still a piece of fat that has not been swallowed. The 9th and 16th Divisions were still in the encirclement, dying.

The night of June 19 was calm, and the 9th and 16th Divisions were already wounded and mourning, unable to break through the siege anymore, but the surrounding vanguard troops did not attack.

"Don't be in a hurry to attack, let them dry there for a while, and see if I come to save or not. Such a good opportunity to hit the hearts of the devil army is rare. Meng Xiang said with a smile.

He said that he had already given up these two divisions, and this was undoubtedly a heavy blow to their morale, especially since these two divisions had been surrounded here, and if he did not save them, the declining morale would spread rapidly. No one can be sure that there will be no day when they will be in trouble, and if they are abandoned like this, who will work hard for the country?

The 30th Army had already outflanked and formed a flank attack with the 12th Army, and if it did not withdraw, it might be surrounded and unable to get out.

20 And the pursuit and the fighting continued.

The remaining 5,000 men of the 106th Division and the 14th Division, together with the 5th and 13th Divisions, continued to block the vanguard in Zhumadian. However, the vanguard army is also coping with the beating here, and most of the troops in Henan have attacked everywhere as early as last night, holding other county towns in their hands, cleaning up the remnants of the enemy and stabilizing the situation.

However, the 12th Army and the 30th Army, with the cooperation of the armored troops of the teaching team, continued to compress the land of the two Huai, and after easily conquering Maozhou, they connected Kemeng City, Taihe and other places, while the Third Division was repulsed after a period of confrontation, leaving more than 3,000 corpses, retreating in the area of Guzhen and Huaiyuan, relying on Bengbu and the vanguard army to confront each other.

On the other side, Shanxi was also on the offensive, and in the evening, the new army conquered Fenyang. The New Eighth Army also captured Pingyao, and it was Wu Huawen who contributed the most.

"If you have merit, you will be rewarded, and if you have done it, you will be punished. No matter who he is, as long as he doesn't commit any more evil deeds, why should he take the standards of another world to grab someone's pigtails? Meng Xiang shook his head and smiled bitterly when he heard this. The concept of later history had a deep impact on him, and he had some embankments for Wu Huawen, Pang Bingxun and others. But so far, both of them have behaved well, fought bravely, and worked very hard to implement policies. So Meng Xiang can't find much fault.

Not only does the current situation create heroes, but the current situation can also change people beyond recognition. History has changed, and there are many new options for various characters. The future has been covered with a faint fog in front of Meng Xiang, although the light of the golden finger is still the same, it has changed a lot. But this change is at least for the better, at least much better than the original history.

In the original history, although it had also entered the stage of stalemate at this time, it was caused by the fact that he was busy absorbing and digesting the results of the war. It was precisely because they had absorbed a lot of nutrients from Huaxia that they had the confidence to confront the Americans. But in this time and space, his greedy mouth was knocked out of two front teeth by the vanguard army.

The 9th and 16th Divisions were all wiped out, and only about 15,000 men were withdrawn from the 5th, 16th, and 106th Divisions. You must know that at the beginning, although the number of the five divisions and regiments has been reduced somewhat, there are about 160,000 people. The vanguard army wiped out nearly 140,000 of them in three days, plus the third division was destroyed by more than 3,000 people, nearly 150,000.

It's only been three days! The sharp attack of the mechanized troops and the motorized troops was reflected, of course, this was also related to the fact that the division commanders and chiefs of staff of the five divisions were wiped out in one pot at the beginning, even if Sugiyama Motomo came to command, he still could not coordinate the deployment, not to mention that the vanguard army behind was smashing with a large amount of ammunition.

Meng Xiang's plan to support the ammunition that was no problem for seven days turned out to be more than half of it in three days. What made Meng Xiang feel distressed, and of course, what made Meng Xiang even more distressed was that the soldiers who died in the vanguard army this time also reached more than 11,000 people. Although compared to the hundreds of thousands of myself, it already seems to be a miracle. But without mechanized troops, I'm afraid this casualty would have more than doubled.

You must know that in the Pacific Campaign, the U.S. military also easily suffered a 1:10 battle loss. And some of the equipment of the vanguard army at this time was better than that of the American army at that time, and it is not worth boasting too much about this result.

But this was just what Meng Xiang thought, and when the news came out, the whole of China was boiling.

The annihilation of more than 100,000 troops in one battle is simply a myth. Previously, the cumulative number of enemies destroyed by the vanguard army had already exceeded 100,000, but the largest number of enemies destroyed at one time was only 50,000 or 60,000, which was not on the same level as the shock of more than 100,000 people.

From the very beginning of the battle, the Pioneer Radio was constantly broadcasting some battle conditions, and when the results of the annihilation of the enemy were announced on the radio, people in various regions were noisy and sleepless all night. Even people in the occupied areas secretly hung firecrackers to celebrate.

"Great victory! What a victory! An old Xiucai who was still wearing a robe and a horse coat looked up to the sky and laughed, and the firecrackers next to him kept ringing out. Letting the puppet army next to him watch, he didn't dodge, still sighing to himself:

"Wang Shi Beiding Zhongyuan said, the family sacrifice has not forgotten to tell Nai Weng! How many years have passed, the great victory of the national war, the great victory of China! Hahaha! ”

"What do you say, old man?" A puppet soldier shouted.

The shouting interrupted the old man's brewing inspiration, and Lao Xiucai was furious, pointing at the nose of the puppet army and scolding: "There is my Huaxia king's division to defeat the enemy, and the Japanese are short." You are a soldier for the tiger, you don't change your mind, make meritorious atonements, and dare to be rampant! ”

"It's against you?" The puppet soldier cursed as he took off the gun on his back.

"The rabbit's tail can't grow, you doglegs are waiting for the vanguard to clean you up!" I don't know who in the crowd of onlookers shouted, and the people around them also responded, but the puppet army stopped in embarrassment. A puppet soldier next to him took the opportunity to stop him, and said to the old Xiucai with a smile: "Mr. Wang, our brother is also on the order of his superiors to carry out tasks and eat a bowl of thin rice. I hope that Mr. Wang will not be like him. Hey! ”