Xiao Siming, who was terrified, immediately sent a report to the division headquarters and headquarters, asking for a report on the progress of the Battle of Lanfeng. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This was the early stage of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and it was the honeymoon period of the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and because the Eighth Route Army was needed to cooperate in the operation, the Military Commission, the First Theater, and the Second Theater would all report to the headquarters of the 18th Group Army on the major enemy situation and the progress of the major war. After a while, when the Battle of Wuhan is over and the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression enters the stage of strategic stalemate, the Kuomintang * Kuomintang * has free up its hands to carry out the anti-communist policy of anti-communism, co-containment and anti-communism, setting off the first anti-communist upsurge, the two sides will tear their faces, let alone exchange information, I am afraid that each other will want to assassinate, bury each other's intelligence officers alive, and clean them up!

The situation of the Battle of Lanfeng reported by the headquarters was very simple: the First Theater had just adjusted its deployment, and the 14th Division of the Japanese Army in the area of Sanyi Village had changed from a siege to a defensive position, and the five divisions that had been transferred to defend eastern Henan were ready to wait for the arrival of friendly troops to find and annihilate the Japanese troops attacking from Shangqiu to the west, and the rest of the troops were ready to annihilate the Tufeiyuan Division on the way when they fled!

As soon as Xiao Siming read the telegram, he knew that the Battle of Lanfeng was going to end in a hurry like in history, leaving a laughing stock in vain!

At two o'clock in the morning, when the headquarters sent a report to Xiao Siming informing him of the loss of Shangqiu, Xiao Siming had already realized that the Battle of Lanfeng was about to end in a hurry like in history. But now, the Battle of Luokou has severely damaged the 21st Wing of the 21st Brigade of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army, and it will inevitably cause a great shock to the Japanese army that captured Shangqiu and continued to advance westward.

If the Japanese army continued to advance westward, would Chairman Chiang still have to open the mouth of the garden and divert the water of the Yellow River to resist the enemy? Isn't all my efforts in vain?

At this time, Xiao Siming didn't know that the 16th Division of the Japanese Army began to secretly retreat, and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army didn't know either, including the first theater where the Japanese army was fighting in eastern Henan!

didn't know that the 16th Division of the Japanese Army secretly retreated, and Xiao Siming didn't dare to imagine that the Japanese army would stop attacking on the front line of Lanfeng or Kaifeng. The reason is very simple, after all, the 14th Division of the Japanese army is still under siege by the Eastern Henan Corps, and it stands to reason that the 16th Division that captured Shangqiu will definitely take the mixed 3rd Brigade, the 13th Brigade and the 10th Division under the command of the troops to continue westward to rescue the 14th Division!

What Xiao Siming thought about was what the Japanese army would do when the Battle of Lanfeng was over and the main force of the First Theater withdrew westward!

According to the inherent trend of history, as soon as the Japanese 14th Division got out of trouble, it would capture Kaifeng, and then continue to the west, forcing the First Theater to ask Chairman Chiang for advice in desperation, open the mouth of the garden, and resist the enemy with water. But now the situation is different, the Battle of Dezhou and the Battle of Luokou are painful to the bone, and the Eighth Route Army is like a fishbone stuck in the throat of the Japanese army.

Judging from the current situation, the battle of Lanfeng will last tomorrow at most, and the day after tomorrow, the troops of the first theater will retreat in a hurry. In this case, the army had no fighting spirit, and the Japanese army occupied Kaifeng by taking advantage of the situation was a foregone conclusion. However, it is unknown whether the Japanese army will continue to advance westward as it has historically. The biggest variable is to see how determined the Japanese army is to destroy its own eastward advance detachment!

Xiao Siming knew that the westward attack line demarcated by the Japanese base camp for the Second Army of the North China Front Army to stop the line with Shangqiu and Mengcheng was caused by General Terauchi Shouichi who violated the orders of the base camp and ordered the Second Army to attack and advance in the direction of Kaifeng and Zhengzhou, firstly, to rescue the 14th Division, and secondly, to take advantage of the situation to control the Pinghan Railway and attack Wuhan along the Pinghan Railway. Now that the Eighth Route Army has smashed the Japanese defense system in the North China Plain, will Shouichi Terauchi still adhere to his offensive strategy and capture Zhengzhou?

If it had been before the Battle of Luokou, maybe Shouichi Terauchi would have done it. He may have thought that the transfer back of the Fifth Division would be enough to wipe out the advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army's eastward advance, retake Dezhou, and restore Japanese control over the occupied areas of North China. But not now, the Battle of Luokou crippled the 21st Wing, and the Japanese Fifth Division only had two brigades and four infantry wings, in case the Eighth Route Army killed another wing of the Fifth Division, the Fifth Division would have to drive back to Japan to repair and replenish, not only could the deteriorating situation in North China not be reversed, but it would also affect the strategy of the Japanese base camp to launch the Battle of Wuhan.

When he thought of this, Xiao Siming realized that the Japanese army must eliminate its own eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army before launching the Battle of Wuhan to relieve its worries. After the end of the Battle of Lanfeng and the capture of Kaifeng, the 16th Division of the Japanese Second Army, the 3rd Brigade and the 13th Brigade became the mobile force of the Japanese army, which could be used for the heavy siege of the North China Plain.

That is to say, the day after tomorrow at the latest, that is, on the 31st, as soon as the troops of the First Theater withdraw, the 14th Division will take advantage of the situation to capture Kaifeng, and the 16th Division, the 3rd Brigade, and the 13th Brigade of the Japanese Army will be able to turn around and advance north, and cooperate with the 5th Division to attack themselves.

One 14th Division and one 10th Division are enough to form a confrontation with the 1st Theater of Operations!

The style of the national * army is the style of bandits, and the troops cannot be withdrawn, and they will collapse as soon as they withdraw, and the losses will be amazing!

The Yudong Corps of the First Theater fought hard with the 14th Division of the Japanese Army for so long, braving such a powerful artillery fire of the Japanese army, and its own losses were extremely great. If the Japanese army pursues in a hurry, it will be impossible for the Kuomintang to form a solid defensive line and effectively block the attack, so it will have to blow up the embankment of the Yellow River and use the water of the Yellow River to resist the enemy.

Now, since the Japanese army is anxious to recapture Dezhou and eliminate the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army, it is impossible to transfer only one Fifth Division, and the 16th Division, the 3rd Brigade, and the 13th Brigade of the Japanese Army, which ended the Battle of Eastern Henan, will definitely be used.

As a result, the 14th Division, which had been fighting with the Nationalist Army for several days, had to stop its westward advance after occupying Kaifeng due to its heavy losses, supply difficulties, and lack of support from the 16th Division, the 3rd Mixed Brigade, and the 13th Mixed Brigade.

Xiao Siming suddenly remembered one more thing, that is, the commander of the First Army of the Japanese Army has been replaced, Lieutenant General Kiyoji Kazuki will be relieved of his post tomorrow, and Lieutenant General Mijiro Umezu will be transferred to the commander of the First Army.

As soon as Umezu Mijiro takes office, under the current circumstances, he will not repeat the mistakes of Kazuki Kiyoji and let the 14th Division advance alone!

With three analyses and two analyses, Xiao Siming guessed the possible actions of the Japanese army.

Since he guessed the movement of the Japanese army, Xiao Siming simply began to meditate and ponder how to fight next.

It was night, and the troops had already had a picnic, a good meal, and were ready to go.

Zheng Xiuchuan waited left and right and waited for Xiao Siming to give the order to set off, so he ran to him for instructions, and when they met, they found that Xiao Siming was sitting on the ground, holding a cigarette in his hand, lowering his head, and shining a flashlight on the map, looking at it in a daze!

Zheng Xiuchuan didn't dare to be verbose, so he could only order all the troops to rest on the spot and stand by, and he sat down on Xiao Siming's side, took out his cigarette, and quietly smoked and waited.

Two hours of waiting passed.

During this period, Zhao Xiuchuan, commander of the artillery regiment, Yuan Gang, commander of the armored battalion, Liu Zhaoming, commander of the cavalry battalion, Mou Guangyao, commander of the heavy machine gun battalion, and Chen Minghui, chief of staff of the first regiment leading one regiment and one battalion, all came to Xiao Siming to ask for instructions on when to leave, but Zheng Xiuchuan waved his hand and drove them away.

Before Zhao Xiuchuan left, he pulled Zheng Xiuchuan aside and quietly asked Commander Xiao if he was planning where to fight next?

Zheng Xiuchuan laughed, saying that Commander Xiao was crazy about his wife, and he was doing it with a map!

Where would Zhao Xiuchuan believe Zheng Xiuchuan's nonsense, scolding Zheng Xiuchuan for not learning well, and if he continues to develop, he will soon catch up with Zhao Fufu, the deputy commander of the artillery regiment, who opens his mouth with sour words and yellow words, and is careful to be caught by Political Commissar Wang and Deputy Commander Huang.

Zheng Xiuchuan laughed and pushed Zhao Xiuchuan to drive him away!

When Xiao Siming stood up, it was already 10 o'clock at night.

Seeing Zheng Xiuchuan sitting on the side smoking and waiting, Xiao Siming said in a deep voice: "Lao Zheng, let the radio send a report and order the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd regiments to secretly move to Texas; Inform the political commissar and lead the guard battalion, baggage battalion, recruit regiment, and teaching team to quickly go south to Texas and join the main force! ”

Zheng Xiuchuan asked: "What about our arsenal and the military and political school in the Jilu border?" So much food, ammunition? ”

Xiao Siming replied: "The baggage battalion will bring all the cars and rubber-tyred carts, bring enough ammunition and half a month's rations for our army's combat needs, and bring more gasoline, diesel, and artillery shells, and hand over the rest to Political Commissar Xiao and them as the material basis for the formation of the eastward column!" ”

Zheng Xiuchuan's self-centered thinking came again, but the boss was reluctant and muttered: "I made another pot of dishes for others!" ”

Zheng Xiuchuan was like that, Xiao Siming didn't bother to pay attention to him, and urged him to hurry up!

Before Zheng Xiuchuan left, Xiao Siming thought about it and confessed: "Send a report to Political Commissar Xiao, ask him about his current location, report to him, I want to see him!" ”

After Xiao Hua arrived at the Jilu border, he commanded the Fifth Detachment, the Jinpu Detachment, the Fourth Regiment led by Huang Hua, and the Yanshan Independent Regiment to attack the enemy in the northern section of the Jinpu Road, with the aim of driving the Japanese army to Cangzhou, further expanding our army's strategic maneuver space, and preparing for the next step of the anti-Japanese heavy sweep.

Xiao Hua is the political commissar of the former International Division of the Young Communist Party, the old head of the red imp Xiao Siming, and now the deputy director of the Political Department of the 115th Division and the political commissar of the 343 Brigade. (To be continued.) )