Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 541
Sun Dianying led the New Five Armies to surrender to the enemy, and the direct consequence was the complete loss of Lingchuan, and a hole appeared in the strict defense line set up by the national army in the Changzhi area.

Changzhi's gateway is not open, and there is still Huguan County in the north as a barrier for Changzhi, but Huguan County is long and narrow from east to west, lacking strategic depth.

The Japanese army used Lingchuan as their advance base and attacked Huguan in the north. The national army had no room to maneuver and could only fight to the death. If the Japanese army went west, it could cut off the passage for the national army in the Changzhi area to withdraw to Zhongtiao Mountain.

Zhou Weihan, who was still in Wu'an at the time, couldn't sit still when he heard the news. The Eighth Route Army was struggling to delay the march of the Japanese army on the northern front, but the southern national army was holding back.

On the day he got the news, Zhou Weihan rushed from Wu'an to Lingchuan via Pingshun and Huguan.

280 Regiment Headquarters.

In addition to Yang Han and Fu Weisheng, Xu Dali received Zhou Weihan's order and led the second regiment to meet up first.

"Master, this is Deputy Commander Xing of the New Fifth Army!" Yang Han first introduced.

With a smile on his face, Zhou Weihan looked him up and down, thinking in his heart that this person has a wide face and big ears, but he has a lucky face.

"Commander Xing, I have admired your name for a long time!" Zhou Weihan said with deep meaning.

Xing Zhaotang was taken aback when he heard this, he had never masked Zhou Weihan before, but he had heard that Zhou Weihan was a difficult person to deal with, and Fan Hanjie didn't even give him face.

But after thinking about it, according to Zhou Weihan's level, he might have known his true identity through the organization.

"Haha, Mrs. Zhou, I'm the one who should say this to you. Your name is so loud to me!" Xing Zhaotang laughed and said, "This time, I would also like to thank your army for lending a helping hand in time!"

"We're all friendly troops. We should help each other. What's the situation in Lingchuan now?" Zhou Weihan, in order to get to Lingchuan as soon as possible this time, only brought two guards, the monk, and a telegraph operator with him, and no other troops accompanied him.

"Yesterday, after learning that Sun Dianying led his troops to surrender to the enemy, our regiment fought against the Japanese army twice, and now it has pushed its position to the Sandaogou area at the junction of Lingchuan, Huguan, and Linxian counties!"

"The main attack direction of the Japanese army was placed in the west of Huguan. More than 89 people from the 7000th Division of the Thirteenth Army who came to reinforce took advantage of the Japanese army's unstable foothold in Lingchuan and pushed the front line to the north of Lingchuan!" Yang Han reported. road.

Zhou Weihan nodded after hearing this, but he did feel that the troops in his hands were not enough.

He has always used his troops to overwhelm people with power. Looking at past battles, he concentrated several times more troops than the enemy, relying on his superiority in firepower and numbers to completely annihilate the enemy.

However, there were only two regiments at this time, nearly 5000 people. Fortunately, the follow-up troops of the 280th regiment also rushed over from Linnan. Enter.

Xu saw Zhou Weihan's worry, and Xing Zhaotang immediately said: "Mr. Zhou, the main force of our new fifth army was defeated, but I gathered a lot of defeated soldiers along the way. Among the officers and soldiers who surrendered with Sun Dianying, more than [-] people also left. , These officers and soldiers are currently reorganizing nearby!"

"Oh? And this matter!"

Sun Dianying was ashamed to be a traitor, but the rest of the New Fifth Army who stood firm in the city were in an uproar when they heard the news, especially some grassroots officers and Lingchuan children reacted violently.

Among them, Zuo Zheng, the deputy head of the Third Independent Regiment of the New Fifth Army, is actually a comrade of ours who broke into the interior of the New Fifth Army, and belongs to Xing Zhaotang's downline.

One of the conditions that Sun Dianying offered to the Japanese was that the rest of the New Fifth Army would not participate in the war in the Changzhi area. Kawamoto Ichiro readily agreed, and then sent a puppet army to send the New Five Army to Xinxiang for "rest and reorganization".

On the way, Zuo Zheng secretly contacted our comrades lurking inside the New Five Army, and left the main force while the puppet troops in custody were not paying attention.

This group of people was going to Pingshun to join the Eighth Route Army, but they happened to meet Yang Han and others.

"Master, if you send troops, should you contact the Thirteenth Army in advance, and there is also a tendency to attack the Japanese army?" Yang Han asked.

"Don't, let's not talk about whether the Thirteenth Army will give you this opportunity. If something happens at that time, don't trap us!" Zhou Weihan knew in his heart that if the Thirteenth Army reinforces early, the battle situation will not change. Until now this passive situation.

On the same day, according to Zhou Weihan's order, the 280th regiment launched from the territory of Lingchuan, and the 279th regiment was deployed from the adjacent territory of Huguan. Siege.

Xing Zhaotang led the newly reorganized independent regiment and lived in the rear with Zhou Weihan.

The main force of the Japanese army is mainly concentrated on the west side, fighting fiercely with the Thirteenth Army, and only a small group of troops are staring at the east side.

Now Zhou Weihan blatantly marched westward with two regiments of nearly 5000 troops, putting on a posture of overwhelming power, and the pressure suddenly fell on the fighting Japanese army.

The headquarters of the Japanese front line.

"Sir, the intelligence department has found out that there are two groups of invading enemies. One is the 280th Regiment of the 279th Division of the Central Army that fought against our troops yesterday, and the other is from Pingshun. The Tainan Military Region of the Eighth Route Army One, the internal designation of the National Army is the [-]th Regiment of the [-]th Division, and the left-behind personnel of the Eighth Route Army in Pingshun were bluffing, and the intelligence department just learned the news in Pingshun County!" The adjutant Hui reported.

"Yo Xi, it seems that the 279th Regiment is very likely to be the division's old opponent!" Kawamoto Ichiro seemed to remember something.

"Mr. Heben, although our army won the victory in Lingchuan, it was blocked by the Thirteenth Army in front of us, but the Eighth Route Army was approaching step by step. The front of its marching route is Lingchuan County. If Lingchuan County falls again, Our department will be cut off, the current situation is very unfavorable to our department!"

"The imperial army departing from Handan has already arrived in Licheng at this time. There is a high probability that they will arrive in Changzhi tomorrow, and they can launch an offensive against Changzhi. Now that our initial strategic goal has been achieved, why not withdraw our troops temporarily and retreat to Lingchuan At the same time, it can contain the Thirteenth Army, and it can also wait for the opportunity to take the opportunity to make a surprise attack!" Compared with the other officers of the puppet army, Zhang Lanfeng has something in his stomach, and his words have weight, so Kawamoto Ichiro immediately ordered the attacking troops retreat.

Facing the sudden retreat of the Japanese and puppet troops, the soldiers of the 89th Division who were at the forefront of the battle took a rare breath.

The puppet troops of Zhang Lanfeng's two regiments are quite powerful. They did not use the Japanese army to supervise the battle, and they took the lead bravely. The equipment they used was almost the same as that of the Central Army. Orogenic cannon company.

At this time, it was daytime, and there were a large number of Japanese and puppet troops on the ground, and there were also aircraft in the sky to assist in operations. The 89th Division, which was at the forefront, suffered heavy losses.

(End of this chapter)