South of Yanglin, Dafeng Mountain.

The speed of the 37th Army was actually not slow, especially the 95th Division with Zhao Zilong's division, which marched dozens of kilometers and arrived at Dafeng Mountain on the afternoon of the 29th.

But here, the 95th Division was blocked by an independent mixed brigade of the Japanese army.

Although independent mixed brigades are generally used to stay in the occupied areas in the Japanese army, their combat effectiveness is not strong, and they are in the nature of a garrison force.

However, the 95th Division suffered a lot of losses in the previous battle of Yingtian, and although it tried its best to attack, it was still unable to help the Japanese army.

In the middle of the night, the vanguard of the 60 Division also arrived.

The two divisions of the 37th Army, which were the first to arrive, and the Japanese interceptor force had a scuffle within a radius of several kilometers near Dafeng Mountain, but the fierce fighting all night failed to help the Japanese army, but at dawn, they were attacked by a Japanese counterattack and suffered heavy losses.

The 37th Army was blocked by Dafeng Mountain, which undoubtedly made Xue Laohu very anxious, could it be that the Japanese army left safely?

At this time, the 40th Division sent good news to Xue Laohu.

"Sir, good news, the main force of the 40th Division has entered Luojiang Town." Wu Yizhi trotted over with a telegram.

"What? Didn't the Japanese army deploy a lot of troops on the Luojiang defense line? How did the 40th Division cross the Luo River? Xue Laohu was also puzzled.

"I don't know, but the 40th Division and the 99th Division did cross the Luojiang River in the early hours of this morning, and the 19th Division also made a detour from the upper reaches of the Luojiang River, and has already crossed the Luojiang River, and is planning to go south to block the Japanese army." Wu Yizhi explained.

"This Yang Wenyu has some skills." Xue Laohu couldn't help but praise.

"But there is one thing, which was reported by Jiang Minting, the commander of the 99th Division." Wu Yizhi hesitated for a while and said.

"Jiang Minting? What happened to him? Hearing Jiang Minting, Xue Laohu was a little dissatisfied.

Compared with the 40th Division, the 99th Division fought really badly, and he wanted to remove the other party.

"According to Jiang Minting, it was Leng Jie, the deputy commander of the 40th Division, who committed the crime and pulled out a gun to threaten him!"

"Leng Jie pulled out a gun and threatened Jiang Minting?" Xue Laohu was a little puzzled, "What's the matter?" ”

"I don't know, the 40th Division didn't report this matter, it's just Jiang Minting's family's words at present." Wu Yizhi shook his head.

"What do you think about this?" Xue Laohu asked.

"I think it should be because of military problems, and it is said that the temper of Deputy Division Commander Leng of the 40th Division is not very good, and it is not the first time that he has confronted his boss.

During the defense of Fuchikou Fortress, he once collided with Li Fangchen, the commander of the 18th Division at that time, because of the battle. Wu Yizhi said.

"That's different, Li Fangchen escaped and was dismissed, he was Leng Jie's top boss at the time.

But what kind of boss is Jiang Minting Leng Jie? Why talk about confronting your boss?

I think this Jiang Minting is probably making some trouble again, so there will be a threat of Leng Jie pulling out a gun, and I will investigate what is going on later. Xue Laohu was obviously a little biased towards Leng Jie.

"Sir, this is very optimistic about Leng Jie!" Wu Yizhi heard the partiality in Xue Laohu's words.

"In this operation, Leng Jie's unique strategic vision surprised me very much, and the series of victories of the 40th Division, Leng Jie may have played a big role.

I want to transfer this person to our theater commander's department as a senior staff officer, but unfortunately the other party will not agree. Xue Laohu did not hide his appreciation for Leng Jie.

When he was there, he didn't lie, if Leng Jie was willing, he really planned to ask the other party over.

"Why? Could it be that the senior staff officers of our theater commander's department still can't get into his eyes? Wu Yizhi was a little puzzled.

"This person has a very high vision, likes to command troops in battle, and is not willing to go to the staff post. After the First World War in Nanchang, Guo Xin wanted to transfer him to his command as chief of staff, but he failed to do so. "Xue Laohu still knows a little about this.

"I didn't expect there to be such a show." Wu Yizhi also understood.

"Send a report to the 40th Division, the 19th Division, etc., and tell them to block the way for the Japanese army to retreat north. There is also a speed point for the 52nd Army, the 54th Army and other units to take this opportunity to entangle the Japanese army and delay the retreat of the Japanese army. ”

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"What's going on? Why did the 47th Wing fail to hold the Luojiang defensive line? ”

Okamura Ninji was listening to the following reports on various retreats in Xianning, and he was also shocked to hear that the Luojiang defense line had been broken and that the Chinese army had entered Luojiang Town.

You must know that in addition to one wing of the 6th Division, the Luojiang defense line was defended by two brigades of the Kamimura detachment.

Such a force can defeat the Chinese army head-on, but it failed to hold the Luojiang defense line, and was broken by the Chinese army in just one night, which is a bit unreasonable!

"Your Excellency Commander, according to the report of Masanobu Tsuji, the main force of the Shina army is the 40th Division.

It was this army that crossed the Luo River last night after sealing the river with a fire in Tsuji Masanobu, and after a night of fierce fighting, conquered the shore defense positions of the imperial army on the south bank of the Luo River.

In addition, the 19th Division of China crossed the Luo River from Mengjiaping in the upper reaches of the Luo River and was making a detour to the south, intending to cut off the retreat of the imperial army. Aoki said in a deep voice.

"It's this 40th division again!"

Hearing that the 40th Division, which had caused the imperial army to lose a lot of losses since Xiangyin, had ruined the good things of the empire this time, Okamura Ningji was angry.

"Your Excellency, the Imperial Army must retreat as soon as possible, otherwise it will be very dangerous when the pursuers of the Shina Army come up." Shigesei Aoki worried.

"Give an order to Inaba Shiro and the Uemura detachment to find a way to stop the Shina army and tell them to do whatever it takes!" Okamura Ninji slapped the table heavily and said in a deep voice, "Send out aviation units for tactical support!" ”

"Hey!"

Aoki Shigesei paused heavily.

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"Division commander, the devil is crazy, the three regiments we crossed the river suffered great losses, and just now the devil's counterattack, we lost nearly a thousand people."

To the southwest of Luojiang Town, this is the direction of attack of the 99th Division, and after crossing the river yesterday, the troops of two regiments of the 99th Division crossed the Luojiang River.

Unlike the 40th Division, the 99th Division is still a two-brigade and four-regiment system, which means that only half of the 99th Division's army has crossed the Luojiang River, and the rest are still on the north bank of the Luojiang River.

"What? So much loss? ”

Hearing that the devil made a counter-charge, his troops lost nearly a thousand people, and Jiang Minting was also a little distressed.

"Commander, the devils are crazy. The 40th Division is obviously killing people with a knife, and the devils will definitely launch a crazy counterattack in order not to be outflanked by us, and the position of our division is close to the pontoon bridge, and the Japanese army will definitely beat us. The colonel's chief of staff reported.

"It's Nai's, these 40 Shi Tai Nyima is not a human being! Pass the order down, let our troops retreat, and do not take the initiative to attack the Japanese army. Thinking of being held at gunpoint by Leng Jie before, Jiang Minting felt uncomfortable.

"Commander, isn't this appropriate?" Gao Kuiyuan, the deputy division commander next to him, hurriedly persuaded, "If we don't do anything, the flank of the 40th Division will be in danger." ”

"Are you from the 40th Division, or from the 99th Division? Elbow outward? Jiang Minting glared at Gao Kuiyuan, dissatisfied that the other party was still considering the 40th Division at this time, "Pass the order, let our troops retreat five hundred meters, and let the Japanese go." ”

"Divisional commander, this is not appropriate!"

Gao Kuiyuan still wanted to persuade him, but Jiang Minting didn't listen to him at all.

He didn't dare to commit an offense, so he could only watch the order that might cause heavy casualties to the 40th Division to be issued.

It goes without saying that as the 99th Division moved its position back, the flanks of the 40th Division were exposed under the noses of the Japanese army!