Chairman Chiang, Wang Da traitor, Xingui and Jin Sui Army, and Shandong Army quickly formed a military alliance, and the Central Army of Liu Zhi and Hu Zongnan, stationed in Henan, began to deploy troops to prepare to strengthen the defense forces north of the Yellow River, Xinxiang, Jiaozuo, Puyang and other places. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Han Fuqu also dispatched elites from all over Shandong to deploy on the front line of the Yellow River and Mount Tai, preparing to fight against Zhang Xinghan crossing the river with all his might.

Yan Xishan received the assistance of Chairman Chiang, and also began to transfer all the troops in Jinzhong and Jinnan to the north to reinforce the front lines of Zhengtai and Yanmen Pass.

In the afternoon of the same day, two infantry regiments of Zhang Xinghan's partial division, with the assistance of the air force, captured Liaocheng and Binzhou, which were important places on the north bank of the Yellow River in the southwest and southeast of Dezhou.

; Pig; Pig; Island; The novel zhuzhu+dao completely wiped out the forces of the Shandong Army north of the Yellow River, in fact, each of the above two places also has a Shandong Army security regiment stationed, although the combat power cannot be compared with a main regiment of the Northeast Frontier Army, but if they try their best to defend it, the Northeast Frontier Army will not be able to capture these two places in such a short period of time.

Mainly because of the loss of Dezhou, the Shandong Army was already in a passive position in Hebei, and Han Fuqu, in order to preserve his strength, took the initiative to order the security regiments of the two places to withdraw south.

After capturing Bincheng and Liaocheng counties, Zhang Xinghan left a tank regiment and an infantry regiment to garrison the above two counties and Dezhou respectively, and that night he led a tank armored division, two infantry regiments, a Katyusha rocket artillery regiment, a baggage regiment, an air defense regiment, and his own guard battalion, totaling more than 30,000 people, marched west through Liaocheng overnight.

(Note: A division of the Northeast Army has a total of three infantry regiments, one tank regiment, one air defense regiment, one artillery regiment, a baggage regiment, a reconnaissance battalion directly under it, and a guard battalion, totaling seven regiments and two battalions, with a full strength of nearly 30,000 people.) ）

The infantry division that accompanied Zhang Xinghan was the 1st Division of the First Group Army, which was Huang Xiansheng's old unit. It is also the elite ace A division of the First Group Army, and the division commander is Liu Jianguo, deputy commander-in-chief of the First Group Army.

Zhang Xinghan and Liu Jianguo commanded the troops to march overnight, and detoured around the city all the way, Yanggu County and Taiqian County because they were located at the junction of Shandong and Henan, and belonged to the three-regardless zone.

There are less than 1,000 local security teams stationed in the two county seats, how dare they resist the massive tens of thousands of troops of the Northeast Army.

Therefore, when the Northeast Frontier Army entered the country, the two county towns closed their doors, pretending not to know, and allowing the Northeast Frontier Army to pass around the city.

It is about more than 300 miles from Liaocheng to Puyang. If Zhang Xinghan and their marching speed were based on the speed of their march, if there were no mistakes on the road, they would be able to quickly rush to the outskirts of Puyang in six or seven hours, launch an attack before dawn, attack and occupy Puyang in one fell swoop, and then take advantage of the situation to enter Xinxiang and Jincheng westward.

But when Zhang Xinghan and Liu Jianguo led their troops to Fanxian County, which was more than 200 miles away from Liaocheng, they encountered stubborn resistance.

And Fan County is less than 70 kilometers away from Puyang.

Fan County is located in the northeast of Henan, on the north bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. Looking at Taihang in the west and Daiyue in the east, it can be said that it is the eastern gateway of Puyang.

It is the most convenient road from Shandong along the north bank of the Yellow River to Puyang. If you take a detour, you will walk at least half the way, which is obviously unacceptable for Zhang Xinghan.

Moreover, there was a gunshot in Fan County. The opportunity to surprise attack Puyang means that it has disappeared, and now it depends on who arrives first, the reinforcements rushing to Puyang and the Northeast Army.

Zhang Xinghan still doesn't know why he will encounter desperate resistance in Fan County. It was entirely because Xiao Zhuge had already analyzed his combat intentions, and ordered the defenders of Puyang in advance to strengthen the defense of Fan County, the key gateway to the east, and ordered the defenders to resist desperately to buy time for reinforcements from Xinxiang and Zhengzhou to rush to Puyang.

Outside the city of Fan, the rocket artillery group and tank artillery group of the Northeast Frontier Army were carrying out a large-scale salvo shelling, and the dense artillery almost submerged the entire Fanxian county.

In the violent and continuous explosions, the county seat of Fanxian County was like a wooden boat in the sea, floating back and forth, although it might be swallowed up by the sky-high fire.

Zhang Xinghan was in a hurry to pass, so immediately after the attack of the forward troops failed, he ordered the Katyusha rocket artillery group directly under the 1st Division and the tank division to launch an unprecedented fierce artillery bombardment on Fan County.

Tons and tons of steel shells fell down, countless violent explosions rang out one after another, and the entire Fan County was in a sea of fire.

In order not to delay the time, the shelling lasted only more than 20 minutes, and Zhang Xinghan ordered two battalions of the 1st Division to take the opportunity to launch an attack and prepare to capture the city.

However, when the artillery fire stopped, a group of soldiers of the Central Army poured out ghostly from the head of Fan County, which was in flames.

A large rain of bullets roared down,

The officers and men of the Northeast Frontier Guards, who were swarming and charging, were caught off guard and fell down one after another.

However, if someone falls in front, more soldiers of the Northeast Army will immediately step over the bodies of their comrades, shouting slogans and continuing to rush forward.

Looking at his own soldiers going forward one after another, the casualties were very large, but the progress was very small, Zhang Xinghan, who was supervising the battle in the rear, couldn't help frowning, he didn't expect to encounter such stubborn resistance in this inconspicuous small county town, it seems that the commander in the city is not a good stubble. "Boss, the commander of the defenders in this city is not simple." Liu Jianguo also said with deep feelings.

Zhang Xinghan nodded, and Liu Jianguo continued: "If this continues, our army may not be able to reach Puyang before dawn." ”

"Boss, do we use tank divisions to concentrate firepower to bombard the city wall, this is a small city, the city wall is in disrepair, it must not be very strong, as long as the city wall is blasted, we can attack the city, and it should not be a problem to take this county seat." Guo Zhong on the side remembered the method used by Zhang Xinghan before, so he proposed.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xinghan shook his head and said: "No, our target is not Fanxian, but Puyang, even if we can bombard the tower city wall and attack the city, we will not be able to end the battle for a while, and since the enemy has been prepared, it means that they already know our strategic intentions, I am afraid that the commander in the city is waiting for us to attack the city and use street battles to offset our army's artillery superiority, so as to better contain our army and delay time." ”

"What the general seat said is right, I think we should find a way to bypass Fan County, take Puyang first, as long as we take Puyang, Fan County will be self-defeating." Liu Jianguo said thoughtfully.

"So how can we get around? This road to Puyang is close to the north of Fanxian County, to the south is the Yellow River, and further north has to detour a long way. If we force our way through, the defenders of the city will definitely open fire and block it, and the cost of our casualties will be too great. Guo Zhong said worriedly.

"Yes, because Fanxian is too close to the Yellow River, the soil here is soft, and if we leave the official road, the wheels of our cars will sink into the paddy fields on both sides, and it will be difficult to move. That's a real problem! Liu Jianguo also frowned.

Zhang Xinghan did not speak, but stared at the head of Fan County, which was still fighting fiercely, and fell into deep thought.

Suddenly, Zhang Xinghan said: "Yes, I have a way." ”

After speaking, Zhang Xinghan did not wait for Liu Jianguo to ask, so he ordered: "Jianguo, immediately order the troops to stop the attack, all the tank divisions move to the north and northeast of the city, and use machine guns and tank guns to carry out uninterrupted fire salvos at the head of the city, suppress the defenders of the head of the city to the death, and the rest of the troops immediately bypass Fan County along the official road and advance towards Puyang." ”

When Liu Jianguo heard this, he immediately praised it: "Wonderful, this just gives full play to the firepower advantage of our army, the defenders are bound to be invincible, and with our tank troops outside, the enemy will not dare to go out of the city to counterattack, so that we can easily and smoothly pass through Fan County." ”

"Hmph, no matter how tenacious the defenders are, no matter how good their commanders are at defending the city, they can't make up for the huge gap in the strength of the weapons and equipment of the two sides." Zhang Xinghan snorted coldly.

Soon, Zhang Xinghan's order was conveyed, and the two attacking infantry battalions ended this extremely costly attack, and more than 300 No. 4 tanks and armored vehicles of the tank division stepped forward and lined up along the northeast to north of Fan County when they were about 500 meters away from the city wall.

As Zhang Xinghan's order was radioed to the ears of every tank commander, more than 300 tanks and general-purpose machine guns on armored vehicles opened fire.

For a while, thousands of machine guns roared one after another, and the dense rain of bullets instantly enveloped the city, and people on the city wall were constantly shot and fell under the city.

More of the defenders quickly lowered their heads and hid behind the battlement wall, but they still felt more aware of the fact that the wall outside was being smashed by the dense rain of bullets and rubble.

"Bang bang ......", the sound of the dense bullets hitting and shooting, was dull and oppressive, almost suffocating.

For a time, the defenders at the head of the city were suppressed by the powerful machine-gun fire of the Northeast Army, and occasionally the tank gunners of the Northeast Army were unwilling to be lonely and fired a few shots.

The defenders at the head of the city suffered heavy casualties, and no one dared to show their heads easily as they felt the rain of bullets flying overhead.

At this moment, the infantry regiments outside the city, as well as the rocket regiments. The baggage regiment and other troops began to bypass the northeast corner of the city, and swaggered along the road outside the north of the city towards Puyang.

When the defenders found out about this, they immediately reported it to Lieutenant Colonel Zhang Lingfu, the commander of Fan County.

When Zhang Lingfu, who was born in the fourth phase of Huangpu, learned of this situation, he immediately led his guards to climb the city in the dense rain of bullets, only to see that the Northeast Army outside the city was swaggering through the north of the city.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Lingfu couldn't help but slam his fist on the ground with some remorse, and said: "Zhang Xinghan is really cunning, extremely shameless, I knew that he should have buried more minefields on the highway." ”

However, at this time, although Zhang Lingfu was only an unknown lieutenant colonel battalion commander, he showed a very high military quality and calmness.

He quickly got off the city and said to the adjutant beside him: "Send a power to Puyang immediately, the enemy has passed Fan County, our troops have suffered heavy casualties, and we are powerless to resist, I hope you can strengthen your defense." (To be continued......)