The Republic of Heroes

The National Reconciliation Conference is just around the corner, and Luoyang was unexpectedly attacked by the Japanese. The situation has suddenly become extremely serious. Whether the conference will still be held as scheduled, and if it will be held as scheduled, where will the new venue be? The more important question is how to deal with the Japanese army that attacked Luoyang.

The size of the Japanese army, whether it was a large-scale attack or a tentative attack, all of this is unknown. Yang Xiaoou's second army had tens of thousands of people, but he was beaten to the brim, and even he himself was nowhere to be seen. The entire Henan military and government are facing a big enemy, and even Li Youting, who is in charge of Henan, lost his sense of proportion for a while.

At this time, Wu Xiaoliang became their backbone, and hoped that he would mobilize the elite Shandong Army to eliminate the Japanese army that had invaded Henan, because once the Japanese army gained a foothold in the hinterland of Henan, the Longhai Road across the Yellow River would be cut off, and the entire westward withdrawal strategy would be cut off. will be greatly threatened and may be forced to suspend.

Henan military and political figures, including Li Youting, all urged Wu Xiaoliang to transfer the elite Shandong Army, but Wu Xiaoliang had his own judgment. The intelligence system of the Shandong Army spread all over the banks of the Yellow River, and a large number of Japanese troops confronted each other on both sides of the Yellow River where Hebei and Shandong meet. To the north of a section of the Yellow River in Luoyang, not only the Henan Provincial Defense Force but also the Jin Army in Shanxi supported it. It was impossible for the Japanese army to cross the Yellow River to attack Luoyang before eliminating these threats.

"Immediately send someone to investigate the situation in Luoyang. I hope the investigation report can be placed on my desk before sunset."

Wu Xiaoliang unquestionably gave orders to Li Youting. The series of military victories in recent years have obviously made them feel complacent, and they have also relaxed their defense work in some key defense areas. The real strength of the Japanese army is not as good as it has been before. poor.

Li Youting did not have any reason or excuse for refusing this, and immediately sent a reconnaissance company to the second army defense area in Luoyang. Soon, some routs of the second army fled to Kaifeng. The Japanese army in Luoyang fell from the sky.

Li Youting personally interrogated a division commander who fled back from the Second Army, and the report he got from the division commander was really unbelievable. He didn't even know whether he should report the report truthfully, but Wu Xiaoliang only had one time limit. During the day, he had no choice but to hand over this unbelievable report to Wu Xiaoliang, and personally handed over the teacher to Wu Xiaoliang.

The situation of the Second Army is quite special. The commander Yang Xiaoou originally belonged to the Jin Army of Yan Xishan, and later voted for Wu Xiaoliang after World War I. Therefore, the Second Army has not been reorganized. Compared with the ace 57th Division of the Shandong Army, it is in scale Naturally, it is not the same as combat power.

At this time, the teacher had already discarded his helmet and armor, and looked like a deflated pig urine bubble. Although he kept his body upright, he couldn't lift his head no matter what.

"Tell me about the situation at that time."

The room was so quiet that one could even hear the sound of a needle falling on the ground, Wu Xiaoliang didn't lift his head, only the fountain pen in his hand was swishing.

The teacher's head was covered with beads of sweat, and he stammered as he recalled the unbearable fiasco.

"Devils, the devils descended from the sky in a plane, just like making dumplings, making dumplings... They first attacked the headquarters by surprise, and the military guards were quickly dispersed. When the various departments reacted, the military The Ministry is completely finished, the army commander, the army commander is also alive or dead..."

The teacher recalled that he couldn't help crying, the dignified man in northern Shanxi cried like a woman.

Wu Xiaoliang's tap water stopped abruptly, he raised his head and stared at the teacher.

"So, the Japanese raided Luoyang by airborne troops."

"Empty, paratroopers."

The division commander was taken aback, he had never heard of the term paratroopers before, and nodded his head hastily.

"Yes, yes, the paratroopers."

There was a sound, and a smell of burning sulfur spread in the room. As the match flickered on and off, Wu Xiaoliang lit a cigarette, and the smell of tobacco mixed with spices soon filled the whole room.

In the lingering smoke, the teacher found that Wu Xiaoliang's brows were tightly furrowed, as if he was thinking about an extremely serious problem.

Wu Xiaoliang believed that the division commander in front of him was not lying, and that the Japanese army might have occupied Luoyang with a surprise attack by airborne troops in order to achieve the purpose of organizing the National Reconciliation Conference.

"Tell me, based on your judgment, how many people are there in the Japanese army, a brigade or a squadron."

In the report compiled by Li Youting, the size of the Japanese army occupying Luoyang ranged from a brigade to a division, but the division commander hesitated to express his judgment.

"Tell me, how many people are there?"

Wu Xiaoliang's voice suddenly erupted like a volcano, making the teacher tremble in fright, and blurted out.

"Yes, there is a large team."

A brigade, at best, is equivalent to a regiment of the Chinese army. Wu Xiaoliang felt a sense of powerlessness in his chest. A brigade was only a thousand people, but an army of nearly 2 people was easily defeated and defeated.

The Japanese army only used one brigade to defeat an army and occupied the ancient capital Luoyang. It was not only a disgrace to spread the news, but more seriously, it would deal a heavy blow to the fighting spirit of the warlords of various factions. The combat effectiveness of the Shandong army is second to none among the warlords of various factions in China If they are defeated by this virtue, if it is someone else's army, it may be even worse.

Completely use the air strike force to carry out lightning strikes, the center is blooming, and the opponent's command system is suddenly destroyed by tactics, and its command network is paralyzed. This battle of the Japanese army may become a textbook model for air strikes and ground operations in the future. Unfortunately, the Second Army has become a negative teaching material.

In fact, I can't blame Yang Xiaoou for this. Looking at the entire Chinese army, I am afraid that no one would have expected that the Japanese army would have such advanced tactics.

However, this also made Wu Xiaoliang feel at ease. The Japanese army only used a brigade to conduct a surprise attack. Although they could achieve the record of defeating a Chinese army, it was wishful thinking to stick to the ancient city of Luoyang.

"Jing Cong, order your troops to be stationed in Yanshi and Yiyang's Henan Independent First Brigade and Second Brigade to encircle Luoyang from the east and south. I hope that within three days, the fighting will end, Luoyang will be recovered, and order will be restored."

Li Youting was stunned. Could it be that Wu Xiaoliang really believed the lie of the commander of the second army, and really thought that the Japanese army could beat the shit out of an entire army with a single brigade? Despite all kinds of doubts, Li Youting still carried it out to the letter Under Wu Xiaoliang's order, the two independent brigades did not encounter any resistance from the Japanese army, and they rushed to the outskirts of Luoyang almost on the day of the attack.

The subsequent changes in the situation gave Wu Xiaoliang a headache. The sudden attack on Luoyang made the warlord leaders of various factions afraid to go to the cities along the Yellow River to attend meetings. Taking the opportunity to propose, it is better to choose Xi'an as the site,