On the morning of the 26th, the front-line command and command headquarters of both China and Japan involuntarily focused their attention on the Battle of Lanfeng. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Needless to say, on the Chinese side, Chairman Chiang personally sat in the headquarters of the commander of the First Theater of Operations in Luoyang and commanded the battle to encircle and annihilate the Tufeiyuan Division. Xue Yue, the former enemy commander, is also a famous general in the national * army system. The Eastern Henan Corps and the 17th Army Corps, which participated in the war, were all the elite of the Central Army. As for the Eighth Route Army, it worked closely behind enemy lines and captured Dezhou, the transportation hub on the Jinpu Road, last night, which was bound to cause chaos to the Japanese army. Therefore, from Chairman Chiang to Cheng Qian, the commander of the First Theater of Operations, and Xue Yue, the former enemy commander, they were all full of confidence, and they were bound to win the battle of Lanfeng, and they had to completely annihilate the Tufei Yuan Division that was advancing alone!

As for the Japanese army, at the beginning, they were not aware of the dangerous situation of the 14th Division. Because the 14th Division itself was alone in running thousands of miles to cut off the Longhai Road, it was conceivable that it would fall into the encirclement of the Chinese army. Moreover, the 14th Division was strengthened by the First Army, and its mobility and firepower far exceeded that of the Chinese army, and neither the commander of the North China Front, General Terauchi Toshiichi, nor the commander of the 14th Division, Lieutenant General Kenji Dohihara, took the siege of the Chinese army too seriously. In particular, as soon as the 14th Division started the breakout battle, it easily seized the strategic point of Lanfengcheng on the Longhai Line, demonstrating the strong combat effectiveness of the 14th Division, and General Terauchi Shouichi and Lieutenant General Kenji Dohihara were even more relieved, believing that the 14th Division could fight and leave as soon as it wanted, and there was no danger.

The most important thing is that as long as the 14th Division cuts off the Longhai Road, it can block the retreat of the Chinese army east of Lanfeng, and when the 10th Division, the 16th Division, the 3rd Brigade and the 13th Division are killed, it is possible to gather and annihilate the main force of the 5th Theater retreating from Xuzhou, or the Yudong Corps of the 1st Theater.

Once this goal is achieved, Kaifeng and Zhengzhou will be completely exposed to the guns of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army can easily take Kaifeng, the capital of Henan Province, and Zhengzhou at the intersection of Longhai Road and Jinghan Road, which is not dangerous to defend, and go south along Pinghan Road to take Wuhan; To the west, you can go west along Longhai Road, take Luoyang, knock Tongguan, and look west at Chang'an. When the time comes, Chiang's *Jie*Shek government will beg to surrender, and you have to ask the Japanese Army if it agrees!

All of this has become a little confusing as the battle unfolded last night.

Yesterday evening, the 71st Army of the Nationalist Army captured the Lanfeng Railway Station, and the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army captured Dezhou again, cutting off the supply lines of the 16th Division, the 3rd Mixed Brigade, and the 13th Mixed Brigade that were burning and attacking in the direction of Shangqiu.

In the battle of Texas, the capture was huge, and it was too late to make detailed statistics, and Xiao Siming only said in the telegram that a batch of supplies had been captured. Therefore, although Cheng Qian and Chairman Jiang both saw that Dezhou was a military transportation hub, they did not know how much ammunition and supplies Xiao Siming's troops had captured in Dezhou, which in turn affected their assessment of the importance of the Battle of Dezhou.

The Japanese army was different, the heads of the North China Front Command, the North China Front Forward Command, and the Second Army Command knew very well what the loss of Texas meant to them!

It is precisely because of this that Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe, chief of staff of the North China Front Army and commander of the enemy before the Battle of Xuzhou of the Japanese Army, immediately drew the elite Second Brigade of the Second Wing of the Mixed Brigade of the North China Garrison Army from the Jinan garrison, which had few troops, to recapture Dezhou, and ordered the Fourth Independent Railway Brigade, the Fifth Independent Railway Brigade, and the Third Railway Wing to assist.

The commander of the North China Front, General Terauchi Shouichi, and the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo, thought that although the Eighth Route Army had occupied Dezhou by means of a sneak attack last night, they would absolutely not be able to transport away all the baggage supplies stored by the Japanese army in Dezhou. Don't say that it's too late, even if you give the Eighth Route Army time, so many heavy supplies can't be transported in three or two days by relying on the little strength of the Eighth Route Army that captured Texas. At most, they snatch a small portion of the goods.

Terauchi Shouichi and Okabe Naosaburo did not know about the Eighth Route Army, and they could not have imagined that the Eighth Route Army had mobilized more than 100,000 troops from Ningjin, Leling, Qingyun, Wudi, Yanshan, Yangxin, and Deping counties, mobilized all kinds of vehicles in these counties, and overnight, they had moved all the heavy materials stored by the Japanese army in Dezhou City, and all of them were transported away, and not even a grain of rice was left for the little devils.

Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe was looking forward to the Second Brigade of the Second Wing of the Mixed Brigade of the North China Garrison Army to quickly attack Dezhou City, eliminate the Eighth Route Army that attacked Dezhou, and recapture those heavy supplies!

The 16th Division of the Japanese Army, under the command of the 3rd Brigade and the 13th Brigade, was pursuing along the Longhai Road to eastern Henan, and all their baggage supplies were supplied from Tianjin, from Tianjin to Dezhou, and then from Dezhou to the south. If the Eighth Route Army had transported away the heavy supplies stored in Dezhou, or had destroyed them, would the 16th Division, the 3rd Brigade, and the 13th Brigade still dare to attack eastern Henan quickly? Not to mention anything else, without gasoline and diesel, the cars, tanks, and armored vehicles of these troops have to lie on their stomachs, how can they still fight!

Because they knew the true meaning of the loss of Texas, Terauchi Shouichi and Okabe Naosaburo were a little frightened when they saw the Chinese army capture Lanfeng Station last night.

In any case, the 14th Division is now under siege by the Chinese army. Originally, Shouichi Terauchi and Naosaburo Okabe both believed that the 14th Division had strong firepower and mobility, and that they could fight and withdraw if they wanted, and that the Chinese army had no way to take the 14th Division.

But now the situation is different, who would have thought that in the rear of the Japanese occupation area, the Eighth Route Army would dare and really capture Texas. Therefore, when the 71st Army of the Chinese army recaptured Lanfeng Railway Station last night, Shouichi Terauchi in Beiping, Naosaburo Okabe in Jinan, and King Tsugahiko of Dongjiuer Palace in Xuzhou were all alert and stared at the battle of Lanfeng with wide eyes.

As for Dezhou, Terauchi Shouyi, Okabe Naosaburo, and King Tsugahiko Higashikurenomiya all believed that since they had sent the Second Brigade of the Second Wing of the Mixed Brigade of the North China Garrison Army, and the Fourth Brigade of the Railway Independence to cooperate, plus the Third Railway Wing to the north of Dezhou and the Fifth Brigade of the Railway Independence to the south, they should be able to recapture Texas soon.

Afraid of what will come, this morning, the 74th Army and the 64th Army of the Eastern Henan Corps also launched a fierce attack, and the officers and men of the 74th Army braved the Japanese artillery fire and aerial bombardment to capture the Luowangji Railway Station and control the Luowangji area.

Terauchi Shouyi, Okabe Naosaburo, and King Tsugahiko Higashikunomiya, who received the battle report of the 14th Division, finally understood the Chinese army's attempt, that is, to encircle and annihilate the 14th Division!

If the 14th Division was to be broken collectively, it would set a precedent for the Japanese permanent division to be completely annihilated, and the Japanese Army would lose face in front of the whole world, and even throw His Majesty the Emperor's face into the crotch of Empress Ryoko, and someone must be responsible for this, and maybe General Terauchi Shouichi would have to apologize for his guilt!

The key now is to see if the 14th Division can withstand the attack of the Chinese army!

After consulting by telegram, General Terauchi Shouichi and Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo immediately ordered the 14th Division to resolutely repel the attack of the Chinese army, ordered the troops of the Second Army advancing westward along the Longhai Road to speed up the advance of the attack, ordered the Provisional Aviation Regiment of the North China Front to increase its support for the 14th Division and cover the operation of the 14th Division, and ordered the 4th Brigade and Regiment of the Independent Mixed Brigade to hurry up preparations for crossing the river to support the 14th Division.

Just when Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe was staring at the 14th Division with his eyes fixedly on the battle, a thunderclap shook the sky, and the aviation unit actually reported that the 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Wing of the North China Garrison Army Mixed Brigade was collectively shattered in the south of Dezhou City!

This thunderbolt beat the arrogant and spicy Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe to the point where he almost fainted!

The second brigade itself is the elite of the elite, and it has strengthened the tank squadron, the armored vehicle squadron, and the infantry artillery squadron, so how can the powerful firepower be collectively shattered?

Okabe Naosaburo ordered the staff officer to call the Jinan airport and ask the airport to report the details. As a result, Jinan Airport reported that a reconnaissance plane sent from Tianjin Airport to Dezhou and four bombers sent from Jinan Airport to Dezhou had all lost contact. Judging from the last report of the bomber pilots, they were stopped by powerful anti-aircraft fire from the ground, and all of them sacrificed their lives for His Majesty the Emperor.

The Eighth Route Army, which attacked and occupied Texas, was able to shoot down the fighters of the Japanese Army Air Force?

Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe was so shocked that his eyes were about to fall!

Okabe Naosaburo immediately ordered the radio station to contact the Second Brigade of the Second Wing of the North China Garrison Army, and the Fourth Independent Railway Brigade, the Fifth Independent Railway Brigade, and the Third Railway Wing, to find out what was going on!

Through this radio contact, it was discovered that the Second Brigade of the Second Wing of the Mixed Brigade of the Garrison Army and the Fourth Brigade of the Railway Independence could not be contacted!

What does it mean that there is no radio contact?

Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe, who was already panicking, ordered the Provisional Air Corps of the North China Front to dispatch fighter planes to Dezhou to reconnoiter and expand the search area, and to find out what had happened to the Second Wing of the Mixed Brigade of the North China Garrison Army and the Fourth Independent Brigade of the Railway Brigade, and at the same time urgently sent a telegram to General Terauchi Shouichi, commander of the North China Front Army in Beiping.

Jinan is only more than 120 kilometers away from Dezhou, and the plane will arrive in a while.

This time, the Japanese pilots learned well, and instead of coming back to Dezhou City, they reconnoitred around Dezhou City, found the site of the destruction of the Second Brigade of the Second Wing of the Mixed Brigade of the North China Garrison Army and the Fourth Brigade of the Railway Independence.

The matter has been completely figured out, and the Second Wing, the Second Brigade, and the Fourth Independent Brigade of the North China Garrison Army, which are mixed brigades, have been collectively shattered. The photos of the aviation platoon show both their corpses, as well as the wreckage of tanks, armored vehicles, cars, which are clearly visible!

The old devil Naosaburo Okabe slumped in his chair at once. (To be continued.) )