The night began, and in the atmosphere of victory, the troops seized the time to rest and replenish their strength, and during the day they exhausted their strength by fighting bloodily, and after a hurried dinner, the brothers fell asleep regardless of their image, and soon the earth-shattering snoring sounded in the field. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After the regiment commander Zhang Handuo and Yang Ling attended the meeting of the division headquarters, it was already the second half of the night, and the two of them separately checked the vigilance of the open and dark posts and the mobile posts, and after confirming that there was no problem, they wrapped themselves in a military blanket and fell asleep.

The 74th Army cooperated with the 71st Army to conquer Neihuangcheng, and the brothers fell asleep with the joy of victory, but the commander of the 14th Division of the Japanese Army, General Kenji Dohihara, who was surrounded like an iron bucket, could not sleep, and his red and swollen eyes lay on the map on the table of the Eight Immortals.

Tens of thousands of elite troops of the 14th Division led by him, after crossing the Yellow River, made a big detour, attacked Heze, captured Yifeng, and saw that they were about to cut off the Longhai line, block hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops in the Xuzhou area, and then wipe them out.

But who knew that he was killed halfway through, and was surrounded by Xue Yue, a little-known Chinese commander, and surrounded by a corps in the Lanfeng area, and now the loss of Neihuangcheng and Yifeng City made him realize that holding on to reinforcements may be in danger of annihilating the whole army.

According to Kenji Dohihara's original plan, he did not take the more than 100,000 Chinese troops surrounding his division in his eyes, even if the other party was the Central Army, but he seriously muttered about the combat effectiveness of these Chinese troops, and in just a few days, their outer defense line was completely lost, which put him in a dilemma.

The divisions and regiments from the periphery that came from the direction of Lanfeng have encountered the stubborn resistance of the Chinese blocking forces, and they are already difficult to support the arrival of reinforcements in their current state, so he no longer dares to hold on, his eyes are staring at the map, thinking about a breakthrough strategy.

Kenji Dohihara was able to rise from a colonel-level officer engaged in espionage to the high position of the commander of the main division in just four years, in addition to having a solid military foundation, his ruthless cunning and keen insight also made many opponents fall behind.

He was born as a spy and had a strong sense of crisis, and he often considered the outcome of things in the direction of the worst, and now although their 14th Division could hold out for a while, he had to plan a retreat in advance.

Looking at the dense situation of the two sides drawn by the red and blue lines on the map, his brows were wrinkled, although the bad news was one after another, but he still kept himself calm and calm, calmly analyzing and judging.

The troops surrounding the 14th Division are all elite units of the Central Army, not only are the soldiers of high quality, but most of the officers are also professional personnel from the Whampoa Military Academy, who are not lacking in courage and are also full of strategy, and the soldiers' weapons and equipment are much higher than those of the local troops.

The gloomy gaze of the division commander Kenji Dohihara constantly wandered on the map, looking at the numbers of the Chinese troops marked one by one, he frowned from time to time, and his strength was not weak in every direction.

If they fail to break through in one fell swoop, then the rest of the troops will smell the breath and pounce on them like wild wolves, tearing their 14th Division to pieces in the middle of the movement, and as a China expert, Kenji Dohihara can guess this tragic result.

Now the best route to break out is to break through to the east, as long as they break through the defense line of the 74th Army of the Chinese army, then they can get close to the reinforcements, but the combat effectiveness of the 74th Army has already begun to show signs since they broke through Neihuangcheng in one day, can they tear a hole?

The commander of the division, Kenji Dohihara, shook his head, he really didn't have the confidence to tear a gap from the front of the 74th Army to break through, in addition to this worry, what he was most worried about was that he could think of breaking through from the east and approaching friendly forces, so many senior staff officers in the Chinese army, they might have been guarding against this hand a long time ago.

In the dim light, the division commander Kenji Dohihara paced back and forth in the narrow room with his hands behind his back, and finally began to look closer to the map, and finally he set his sights on Lanfeng City to the west.

If their 14th Division broke through from the east, it would be able to quickly approach friendly forces and avoid the danger of annihilation, but there must be a premise, that is, it could break through the encirclement of the Chinese army.

However, if you break through from the west by surprise, although you are farther away from the friendly army, you may be able to disrupt the subordinates of the Chinese army and seize Lanfeng, even if you can't break through, you can rely on Lanfeng City and wait for reinforcements.

After this idea came to mind, Kenji Dohihara couldn't sit still any longer, and hurriedly called the staff officers to deduce the feasibility of this plan, and sent a reconnaissance team to reconnoiter in the direction of Lan Feng City.

At dawn, the reconnaissance unit came back and reported that the 27th Army of the Chinese army in the direction of Lanfeng City had only advanced for more than 20 miles in a few days, and that more than 300 of their advance cavalry had been annihilated by the opposing armored vehicle troops.

After hearing this news, the frowning brow of the division commander Kenji Dohihara finally relaxed, and he only advanced for more than twenty miles in a few days, I am afraid that the snails are faster than them, which exposes a problem, that is, the commander of the other party is either cautious or timid.

Now more than 100,000 Chinese troops have surrounded them in the Lanfeng area, and the rest of the central army troops are struggling to attack, only the 27th Army has fought with their forward cavalry team and has not dared to move forward.

"Who is their commander?"

Chief of Staff Tadashi Sano replied: "Gui Yongqing, with the rank of lieutenant general, was the commander of the teaching corps of the former Shina Army, and after the Battle of Nanjing, the teaching corps was revoked and reorganized into the 27th Army, so he continued to ......"

Hearing the chief of staff's answer, the division commander Kenji Dohihara knew a little about Gui Yongqing, and he said with a smile: "The teaching corps was beaten and withdrawn from the establishment in Nanjing, and this time we will fight the 27th Army again in name only, I don't know how this General Gui feels?" ”

Chief of Staff Tadayoshi Sano also laughed: "If it were me, I would kill myself." ”

After the division commander Kenji Dohihara smiled, he pointed to Lanfeng City and said, "I'm going to attack Lanfeng to the west by surprise, what do you think?" ”

"I agree, I propose to transfer the 59th, 15th, 18th, and 50th Infantry Wings to attack together, and to the west, the Sakai Detachment and the 2nd and 20th Wings continue to hold back the Shina people."

"Then let's do it, let's take that person by surprise, haha."