The unexpected news of the defeat of the Ninth Army undoubtedly made Zhang Cheng's plan to eliminate the Fifth Division stillborn, and Zhang Cheng was also a person who could afford to let go, since the conditions for the elimination of the Fifth Division were not ripe, he naturally would not force himself and quickly withdraw his troops to the position. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The reason why Zhang Cheng dared to formulate a plan to eliminate the Fifth Division was also to believe in Hao Mengling's character, knowing that Hao Mengling would lead the Ninth Army to drag the Fifth Division, but since Hao Mengling had died heroically, he didn't know anything about the other Kuomintang generals Zhang Cheng, so where did he dare to rush forward regardless of it, in case he was overshadowed by the Kuomintang army at a critical moment, Zhang Cheng's grave would be overgrown with weeds in a few years.

On the afternoon of the 17th, Zhang Cheng also received a telegram from Zhou Weiguo, commander of the garrison of the Yulin Military Division, that the 11th Brigade of the Japanese Army had attacked Baofa after occupying Huerhot, but it was attacked head-on by the 3rd Brigade and the Cavalry Brigade of our instructor, and the instructor had destroyed a total of 2,000 enemies and suffered only 800 casualties, which was also a small victory.

Seeing this good news, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, he led the troops out of the battle, but the nest almost let the Japanese army copy it, but fortunately, Zhang Cheng left a hand and did not pull out all the troops of the instructor, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

Baotou is the industrial base of Zhangcheng, and the Hetao Plain in the west is the agricultural base of the instructor.

At this time, the instructor gave up the plan to destroy the Fifth Division, not because he was afraid of the strength of the Fifth Division, but because Zhang Cheng did not dare to fully trust the friendly troops, and was afraid that they would stab him in the back, so he did not move in Henan Village.

After the Fifth Division seized the main position in Nanhuaihua, although it got rid of the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy on its back, in the battle of defeating the Ninth Army, under the desperate resistance of General Hao Mengling, their casualties were also very heavy, and the casualties of the 21st Brigade Regiment named "The Flower of the Army" were as high as 2,000 people.

At the same time, Zhang Cheng's good news of destroying 13,000 Japanese troops in one day finally spread throughout the country through the Yan'an Xinhua Radio Station, and the military and people of the whole country who were looking forward to the victory of the resistance against Japan were like a long drought and a rainy day, and the name of the instructor was once again popular throughout the country, and Zhang Cheng, who was the head of the instructor, also became a national idol, and countless people rushed to find out his news, countless people searched for his information, and even Yulin City squeezed in nearly 100 news reporters from all over the country.

Although the protagonist Zhang Cheng was still on the battlefield of Xinkou at this time, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army wanted to create Zhang Cheng, the business card of the anti-Japanese hero, in order to promote the anti-Japanese proposition of the Eighth Route Army, so it was convenient for reporters to release a lot of inconsequential news and materials about Zhang Cheng, which made Zhang Cheng's reputation skyrocketing, especially after Zhang Cheng's handsome face appeared in the newspaper, and the people who inquired about Zhang Cheng's marriage were like carp crossing the river.

It's just that what makes countless girls heartbroken is that Zhang Cheng got married at the beginning of this year, which made the girls all sigh and hate to meet when Jun was not married.

Wei Lihuang, as the commander-in-chief of the Xinkou battlefield, did not make any accusations, but on the contrary, he comforted a few words, because Zhang Cheng deceived in the battle report, exaggerating the 1,000 casualties in the battle in Henan Village by ten times, and preaching that the instructor suffered 10,000 casualties.

In addition, the Yangmingbao Airport was destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, and the Japanese army was unable to send an air force to bomb the Chinese army in a short period of time.

With the large attrition of the Japanese Fifth Division in the Xinkou operation, the combat plan of the Japanese North China Front suffered a great delay. At the same time, the rear and communication lines of the Japanese army were harassed by the guerrilla warfare of the Eighth Route Army, and they were becoming increasingly weak.

The Japanese army encountered stubborn resistance from the Chinese army near Xinkou and made little progress, so they sent troops along the Zhengtai Road to attack Taiyuan in mid-October. The Chinese garrison stationed at the Niangzi Pass on Zhengtai Road was the headquarters of Huang Shaohong, deputy commander of the Kuomintang Second Theater of Operations.

Beginning on October 11, Japanese troops and Chinese defenders fought in the area around Zhengtai Road and Niangzi Pass. On the 14th, the Chinese defenders received reinforcements from Sun Lianzhong's headquarters near Niangzi Pass, and immediately counterattacked the invading enemy, killing hundreds of enemies on the same day.

On the 15th, most of the more than 1,500 enemies who had invaded the gate were annihilated, and at dawn the next day, they launched an attack on all fronts, fighting hand-to-hand with the enemy and annihilating the enemy.

However, by the 19th, the Japanese reinforcements had increased significantly, and with the strong cooperation of aircraft and artillery, the Chinese army continued to fight bravely, but eventually gradually turned into a disadvantage due to the disparity in strength.

On October 26, the 20th Division of the Japanese Army captured Niangzi Pass, echoing the 5th Division in northern Shanxi and forming a north-south flank attack on the Chinese defenders at Xinkou. The Chinese army, which had taken the absolute initiative, suddenly became passive, and the situation of the war took a sharp turn for the worse.

On November 2, the Second Theater Command had no choice but to order the defenders of Xinkou to retreat to defend Taiyuan. Xinkou, which was sprinkled with the blood of Chinese soldiers, was occupied by the Japanese army on the same day, and the battle turned to Taiyuan.

At this point, the Battle of Xinkou ended as part of the Battle of Taiyuan, and although the Chinese Red and White armies worked closely together and eliminated more than 40,000 Japanese troops, they still ended in defeat.

However, the Battle of Xinkou was a successful defensive battle in which the Kuomintang Army and the Eighth Route Army under the leadership of the Workers' and Peasants' Party under the unified deployment and close cooperation of the theater of operations achieved after the start of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and it was also the largest and most fierce battle in the North China battlefield in the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

The Chinese army held its position for more than 20 days in the Battle of Xinkou, effectively blocking the Japanese army's southward advance plan and depleting a large amount of the Japanese army's vital forces, materials and equipment. In the battle, heroic generals such as Hao Mengling and Jiang Yuzhen emerged, and there were also three great victories of Pingxingguan Victory, Yuanping Victory and Henan Village Victory, which broke the myth of "the invincibility of the Japanese army".

Although the battle was lost, in this battle, the Central Army, the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army worked closely together to annihilate more than 40,000 Japanese troops at the cost of more than 100,000 casualties, setting a new record for annihilating the enemy on the battlefield of resistance against Japan. All these have greatly encouraged the courage and confidence of our anti-Japanese army and people in fighting to the death against the evil Japanese invaders.

Nearly 40,000 instructors of the Eighth Route Army retreated to Lou Fu on November 3 to recuperate, for the defeat of the Xinkou Campaign, although Zhang Cheng had the intention to save it, but after all, he was not the supreme commander of the campaign, and he had too many scruples to make Zhang Cheng completely unable to show his hands and feet, and he was able to destroy more than 20,000 enemies and destroy the Japanese army's two mixed brigades and one wing in a formation, and he was very satisfied.

After winning the first battle and returning with a full load, Zhang Cheng set his sights on Taiyuan again.