The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 606 What kind of battle is this?
After the establishment of the new coalition command, the various units were temporarily organized.

Xue Dongsheng still followed the usual method of replenishment in the Central Army system, and added 103 recruits to the 4000rd Division, and obtained a large number of weapons and ammunition.The 69th Division had basically no casualties in this battle, so they were not supplemented with personnel, but they were supplemented with 30 rounds of ammunition, 1200 rounds of mortar shells, 12 grenades, and a large number of other supplies.

For the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army, they still used the old method and let them fend for themselves. They only added 400 recruits and 5 rounds of ammunition to each of them.

The 93rd Division of the Northeast Army and the 228th Division of the Northwest Army suffered heavy losses in this battle. After the victory in the battle, the supplements promised to them by the Ninth War Zone did not count when it came to Xue Dongsheng.They only got this supplement, and they couldn't restore their previous vitality at all.

Both Yang Zhenyuan and Zhang Jizu were very angry, but they are living under the fence now, so they dare not express it openly.

The next combat deployment is even more infuriating.

Xue Dongsheng decided to encircle the 38th Division of the Japanese Army and ordered the 69th Division to advance to Zhumadian with its back against the Nanyang area.The 93rd Division of the Northeast Army and the 228th Division of the Northwest Army interspersed between Kaifeng and Zhengzhou, cutting off the retreat of the 38th Division of the Japanese Army.

Xue Dongsheng led the main force, led by the 103rd Division, and pressed against Kaifeng City from the south.

For Xue Dongsheng's deployment, the first consideration was not how to annihilate the 38th Division of the Japanese Army, but how to preserve its strength.He let the 103rd Division take the lead because although they are also the Central Army, they are not the direct line of the 21st Corps. The first thing he wants to consume is the strength of the 103rd Division.

The troops of the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army were arranged to separate from the main force and interspersed between Zhengzhou and Kaifeng. They would face the attack from both sides of the 38th Division of the Japanese Army and the Sixth Independent Mixed Brigade stationed in Zhengzhou. After the battle started, they There was no support from reinforcements at all.With Xue Dongsheng's usual fighting methods, he would delay the speed of advancing from the south, let the Japanese compete with the troops of the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army, and then come out to take advantage of it.Their arrangement basically put the Northeast Army and Northwest Army to death.

Yang Zhenyuan, commander of the 93rd Division of the Northeast Army, and Zhang Jizu, commander of the 228th Division of the Northwest Army, were filled with anger when they saw such a battle deployment.But they are motherless children, and the only person who can confide in them is Li Fengming, the deputy chief of staff of the new coalition army who fought with them.

The two of them approached Li Fengming, hoping that Li Fengming could advise Xue Dongsheng to change the deployment of such a campaign.

Although Li Fengming is the Chief of Operations in the Ninth War Zone, his rank is lower than that of Xue Dongsheng, and he has no influence over him, only the right to make suggestions.

Li Fengming found Xue Dongsheng and reported to him the opinions of the Northeast Army and Northwest Army troops.

Xue Dongsheng was furious, and said: "This gang of miscellaneous troops are all warlords. The country rewards them with a bowl of food. They dare to pick and choose here. You tell them that they must resolutely implement the orders of the coalition headquarters. .If you dare to disobey the order, you will be punished as disobedience. I don't mind ordering the troops to disarm them."

Li Fengming was helpless, he didn't dare to directly convey Xue Dongsheng's words to Yang Zhenyuan and Zhang Jizu, fearing that they would feel resentful and mutiny.

Li Fengming is a shrewd person. Seeing the complicated situation here, he didn't want to get involved, so he sent a telegram to Deputy Commander Zhang, begging the old commander to transfer him back to the Ninth Theater Command.

Deputy Commander Zhang naturally knew the complicated situation, so he asked Li Fengming to come back to preside over the daily work of the Operations Department under the pretext of letting Li Fengming leave the coalition headquarters and return to the Ninth Theater Command.

Li Fengming left, Xue Dongsheng didn't care at all.Now that he has a lot of troops in his hands, he didn't want the Ninth Theater Command to get involved in this matter.He wanted to monopolize the credit, and wished Li Fengming would leave.

The head of the security regiment of the Ninth War Zone saw Li Fengming slipping away, and he didn't want to get involved, so he sent a telegram to the chief of staff, requesting that they be transferred back.As a result, all the people sent by the Ninth Theater Command broke away from the coalition forces.

Xue Dongsheng didn't care at all. These people's departure only reduced a few thousand people and had no effect on the strength of the coalition forces.Not only that, all the people in the Ninth Theater Command have withdrawn, and there is no one to supervise him, so he will be more comfortable in commanding the troops.

The commander-in-chief of the Ninth War Zone saw that all the people in the Ninth War Zone Command had withdrawn, especially Li Fengming, the director of operations, had also returned to the War Zone Command. He was worried that Xue Dongsheng was not familiar with the situation, so he especially told him to be careful and be careful. Pay attention to changes in the battlefield, and prepare for the Japanese army to deploy reinforcements from other places, especially the bombing of the Japanese air force.

Xue Dongsheng saw that the last time the coalition forces besieged the 42nd Division of the Japanese Army, the Japanese Air Force was not dispatched. He believed that after the outbreak of the Pacific War, the main force of the Japanese Air Force had gone south, and the Japanese Air Force remaining in Rongcheng area did not have much combat effectiveness. Therefore, they are not looked down upon.

After the establishment of the new coalition command, the ministries were ordered to hurry up and prepare, and the operation began two days later.

The troops of the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army were the first to leave the Lan County area and headed for the hilly area between Kaifeng and Zhengzhou.As the troops departed, they reported to the coalition command.

The Chief of Staff of the 21st Corps of the National Army, who is now the Chief of Staff of the Allied Forces, Fang Zhou, although his attitude towards miscellaneous troops is the same as that of Xue Dongsheng, but he is still a relatively cautious person.After he saw the Northeast Army and Northwest Army set off, Xue Dongsheng did not order the troops of the 45th Army and 44th Army to set off, but only sent the 103rd Division to Kaifeng and the 69th Division to Zhumadian.He understood Commander Xue Dongsheng's intentions. He wanted to let other troops compete with the Japanese first.

Fang Zhou said with some concern: "Commander Xue, these troops alone may not be able to deal with the 38th Division of the Japanese Army. Let our troops follow up."

Xue Dongsheng said with a relaxed smile: "The battle in Lan County was fought by these guys. Now they are only facing the 38th Division of the Japanese Army. Even if they can't destroy the enemy, they can at least consume half of the enemy. By then our army If the main force of the Japanese army makes a quick attack, they can wipe out the remnants of the Japanese 38th Division in one fell swoop, so there is nothing to worry about.”

Fang Zhou, the chief of staff, was still a little uneasy. He suggested: "It is said that the Japanese air force was not dispatched in the last battle of Lan County because Gao Jiu sent people to attack the airport of the Japanese Fifth Air Force. , what we are facing is not only the Fifth Air Force of the Japanese Army, but also the Second Air Force of the Japanese Air Force stationed in Zhengzhou. I suggest that we follow Gao Jiu's example and send a small group of capable troops to attack these two places The airport of the Japanese army."

Xue Dongsheng said impatiently: "You can arrange these things."

Yang Zhenyuan, commander of the 93rd Division of the Northeast Army, led the troops and marched on the road with a very tragic mood.Suddenly, I heard a sound of horseshoes coming from behind.He looked back and saw that Zhang Jizu, the commander of the 228th Division of the Northwest Army, had caught up.

Yang Zhenyuan came to the side of the road, waiting for Zhang Jizu to come over.

Zhang Jizu said: "Brother Zhenyuan, Xue Dongsheng is asking us to be cannon fodder to help him consume the Japanese so that his direct troops can take advantage of it. This battle cannot be fought like this."

Yang Zhenyuan said depressingly: "Otherwise, so what? We are raised by stepmothers. If we don't carry out the order and let that bastard surnamed Xue get hold of it, we can't afford it."

Zhang Jizu said: "The stupid Xue Dongsheng is really dishonest, we only have such a small capital, we can't be cannon fodder for them for nothing, we have to be careful."

Yang Zhenyuan said: "I thought the same way. It just so happens that you are here, so we two brothers should make up our minds together."

After deliberation, the division commanders of the two miscellaneous armies decided to suspend the march of the large troops, and each division sent a battalion of troops to the designated location with great fanfare under the banner of the whole division.They want to see how the Japanese will react, even if they lose these two battalions, it will not hurt their roots.

In this way, as soon as the Battle of Kaifeng began, the hearts of the coalition forces had already dispersed, and because the troops of the miscellaneous army were worried about being annexed, they sent troops to carry out operations with great fanfare, which soon attracted the attention of the Japanese army.

The intelligence department of the Japanese army provided the Japanese army with relevant information, and the Japanese army soon found out that the troops of the coalition army came to Kaifeng City where the 38th Division was stationed.The Japanese army also made emergency deployments, ordering an infantry regiment to build fortifications in the direction of Zhumadian to guard against the attack of the 69th Division of the National Army; the main force of the 38th Brigade of the 75th Division faced the 103rd Division of the National Army; , and the Japanese independent mixed sixth brigade stationed in Zhengzhou headed towards each other, attacked the troops of the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army, and opened up the line of communication between Kaifeng and Zhengzhou.

The head of the 38th Division of the Japanese Army received good news. Scouts from the 75th Brigade of the Japanese Army captured several Guo soldiers. Xue Dongsheng, commander of the 21st Corps of the Ninth Theater.He immediately reported this information to his superiors.

The high-level Japanese army was also very happy, as long as Gao Jiu was not there, they would not pay attention to ordinary national army troops at all.Therefore, they made up their minds to defeat the invading coalition forces, and strive to fight a beautiful battle to avenge the encirclement and annihilation of the 42nd Division.

The previous commander of the Second Air Force of the Japanese Army was killed by Gao Jiu, and the airport was attacked by Gao Jiu many times.Therefore, they have never bombed the Iron Triangle area.Now, the troops of the national army have arrived near Kaifeng City, and they sent planes to support the troops on the ground without hesitation.

The two battalions sent by the two divisions of the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army were really unlucky. They were flanked by the Japanese 38th Division and the Seventh Independent Mixed Brigade.It was already unable to support it, and it was bombed by the planes of the Japanese Second Air Force, and it immediately collapsed.Less than a hundred people from the two battalions managed to escape.

Xue Dongsheng's battle plan to besiege the 38th Division of the Japanese Army has basically been declared bankrupt as the Japanese army opened up the line of communication between Zhengzhou and Kaifeng.

After the 42nd Division of the Japanese Army was annihilated by Gao Jiu and others, the commanders of the Sixth Army and the Fifth Air Force were punished by their superiors.Facing the fierce Gao Jiu, they were helpless.This time it was different, the Japanese spy department had already notified that the national army troops stationed in Lan County had nothing to do with Gao Jiu.They dispatched bombers without hesitation and bombarded the Lan County area indiscriminately.

After receiving the telegrams from the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army, the Allied Forces Command stationed in the county town of Lan County reprimanded them, saying that they did not cut off the connection between Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, and ordered them to call back again. It is necessary to cut off the line of communication between Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, and firmly hold it there.Otherwise, they will be sent to a military court for the crime of delaying the fighter plane.

Chief of Staff Fang Zhou felt that this was not the way to go. If the troops of the Northeast Army and Northwest Army were eaten by the Japanese army, the campaign plan to encircle and wipe out the 38th Division of the Japanese Army would be completely impossible to complete.He proposed to mobilize the main force of the national army to go to Kaifeng immediately.

Xue Dongsheng still hadn't made up his mind, he didn't want his main force to go into battle right now.While he was hesitating, there was a huge roar in the sky, and then a huge bomber group flew over, and countless aerial bombs fell on the barracks of the national army.

The Fifth Air Force of the Japanese Army suffered a lot of grievances from Gao Jiu, they finally found a chance to vent their anger, and bombarded the troops of the National Army indiscriminately.

Because Xue Dongsheng underestimated the enemy and was unprepared for the Japanese air force, the troops of the national army were relatively concentrated. This bombing caused heavy losses. A division of the 45th Army also lost more than 3000 people, and even the county seat of Lan County was not spared. Several aerial bombs fell in the courtyard of the coalition headquarters. The house in the war room was blown down, and Xue Dongsheng was buried in it. .His life was great, but there were some small wounds on his body from debris, nothing serious.The chief of staff, Fang Zhou, was unlucky. His calf was broken by a beam, and two staff officers and several guards were killed by bombs.More than 44 people in the city also died.

Xue Dongsheng was very depressed, and he was so angry that he cursed. He is a big fan of the big shot, and he is willing to imitate the big shot in every move.He scolded: "Mother Xipi! These Japanese are really short-sighted. When Gao Jiu was around, why didn't they bomb them? Now they came here to throw bombs!"

Xue Dongsheng suddenly remembered something. He asked Fang Zhou, the chief of staff lying on a stretcher: "Chief of staff, what about the troops you sent to attack the Japanese airport? Why didn't you attack the Japanese airport?"

Fang Zhou's forehead was covered with cold sweat. He said with difficulty: "I have already told the troops of the Northwest Army to attack the airfield of the Second Air Force of the Japanese Army first. I also told the 45th Army to organize troops to attack the airfield. Attacking the airfield of the Fifth Air Force of the Japanese Army. I just asked this morning, and the commando team of the 45th Army has just been formed and has not left the barracks."

What kind of commander has what kind of soldiers. When the commander goes to war, he wants to preserve his strength, and their subordinates also have the same idea.The commander of the 45th Army heard that he was going to send troops deep behind enemy lines to attack the Japanese airport, but he himself was unwilling.He thought they were a dignified regular army, and they should fight the Japanese army face to face. He dismissed the stealthy behavior like Gao Jiu's Taohuashan guerrillas, so he procrastinated and didn't do it.

In fact, the troops of the national army have absolutely no experience in such special operations.Not to mention that they were able to attack the Japanese airport, but that they could pass through enemy-occupied areas without being eaten by others on the way would be considered a high incense.

The Japanese Second Air Force bombed the positions of the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army, and then bombed the 103rd Division of the National Army.

Ma Xingbang lamented: "It's also a coalition force. With Gao Jiuye here, the planes of the Japanese devils dare not come. Changing to Commander Xue, that's the result. What kind of bloody battle is this fighting?" At this time , the 103rd Division has lost more than 1000 people under the bombing of the Japanese army. Ma Xingbang dared not continue to lead the troops to Kaifeng, and built fortifications on the spot, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements.

The Second Air Force of the Japanese Army was very careful when choosing bombing targets. The 69th Division of the National Army stationed in the Zhumadian area was a unit in the Iron Triangle area and had a close relationship with Gao Jiu. They were unwilling to make trouble, so there was no To bomb Zhumadian.

The 69th Division received the news from Zhou Mingshan and knew that the coalition forces had been defeated.Master Song didn't want to participate in the coalition's battle anymore, so he led the troops back to Nanyang City.

So far, the battle to encircle and annihilate the 38th Division of the Japanese Army and attack Kaifeng has just begun, and the national army has lost more than 7000 troops.The morale of the army is slackened, and it is obvious that this battle cannot be fought.

At this moment, the 38th Brigade of the 75th Division of the Japanese Army dispatched a reinforced wing to attack the 103rd Division.Ma Xingbang, commander of the 103rd Division, led the troops to resolutely block the Japanese attack, and then sent a telegram to Xue Dongsheng, hoping that he would lead the main force to come for reinforcements.

At this time, Xue Dongsheng had lost his confidence in winning this battle. Not only did he not send troops to reinforce the 103rd Division, but instead he withdrew the troops of the 45th and 44th Army he led from Lan County and retreated to the Dabie Mountains.

(End of this chapter)