Changge County, Dongmen Railway Station.

Muto Akira was walking accompanied by Nakajima Kawaji, Muto Akira walked in front with his hands behind his back, and suddenly turned around and asked, "Nakajima-kun, has the 15th Mixed Brigade left?" ”

"Hmmm! At present, the three infantry brigades of the 15th Mixed Brigade and Regiment, with the cooperation of the tank squadrons, are rushing to the aid of the Luohe and Zhoukou areas, preparing to wait for an opportunity to attack, threaten the flank security of the 23rd Group Army of the Third Theater of the China Army, and force it to divide its forces. Nakajima replied with a slight nod.

"Yo Xi! That's it! The tactics of the Chinese people are simple, often heavy in the front and light in the rear, and they completely ignore the safety of the two wings. Often, I say that the Imperial Army only needs to send a few small troops to attack it, and it will be able to receive unexpected gains! Muto Akira nodded.

Just as the two of them were about to return to the headquarters, a communications staff officer hurriedly walked over, suddenly retracted his feet and said: "General, General Suzuki Ichi sent an urgent telegram from Zheng County, saying that the main force of the 42nd Group Army of the Chinese Army landed at the entrance of the garden by smuggling, and is currently storming Zheng County, and General Suzuki Ichi requests urgent reinforcements!" ”

"Huh?" Muto Zhang and Nakajima Kawaji glanced at each other suddenly, and immediately showed a knowing smirk, Muto Zhang immediately said with an awe-inspiring expression: "Telegraph Suzuki Ichi, the Sixth Division immediately shrinks its forces, abandons all the outer positions of Zheng County, and retreats to the city!" ”

"Hay!" The communications staff officer bowed his head suddenly, and then turned and strode away.

After seeing the communications staff officer leave, Muto Akira said to Nakajima Kawaji: "Nakajima-kun, it seems that the 42nd Army is not far from the period of destruction. ”

"Hay! Muto-kun, your battle plan is about to come true! I admire it very much! Nakajima Kawaji said with a sincere face.

"Nakajima-kun, you've won a prize! Now is the time for us to act, and immediately order the 17th Division, the 21st Division, and the 101st Division to rush back to Zhengzhou. Telegraphed the 11th Brigade of the Third Fleet to immediately block the crossings of the Yellow River! Muto Zhang first said modestly, and then said with a cold expression.

"Hay! I will personally lead the 17th Division to rush to the aid of Zheng County, and this time I will encircle and annihilate the 42nd Group Army in one fell swoop, and avenge all the warriors of our 48th Infantry Wing! Nakajima Kawaji bowed his head suddenly, and then turned around and walked away quickly.

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Zheng County, the headquarters of the Sixth Division of the Army.

Suzuki Ichichi was sitting at his desk anxiously waiting for the battle situation on the front line, the battle situation on the front line did not wait, the communication staff officer who had been sent out just now strode in again, and snapped his feet and stood upright: "General, General Muto Akira is calling, the 101st Division. The 17th Division and the 21st Division have all set off, and the 11th Brigade of the Navy's Third Fleet has blocked the crossings of the Yellow River.

General Muto Akira ordered our troops to immediately abandon all the outlying positions in Zheng County and retreat to the city! ”

"What? What did you say? The 101st Division, the 17th Division, and the 21st Division have all returned to defense? Suzuki asked incredulously. Because even if the main force of the 42nd Group Army came to attack, Muto Zhang did not transfer all the main forces of the division back to help Zheng County, this situation shows that Muto Zhang is definitely brewing a conspiracy.

"Hay! That's what General Muto Akira said in the message! Then the communications staff officer bowed his head again suddenly.

Navy blockade of the ferry? In this way, the rear road of the 42nd Army of the Chinese Army was cut off, and we were asked to retreat to the city, could it be that we wanted to attract the attention of the 42nd Army? And then gather and annihilate it? Suzuki couldn't help but shudder when he thought of this, and his sense of recognition for this Muto Chapter couldn't help but rise.

If the main force of the 42nd Group Army could really be annihilated in one fell swoop, it would be an extremely exciting thing for the entire Imperial Army of the Great Empire. It will make the morale and combat effectiveness of the Imperial Army instantly climb to the peak.

After making up his mind, Suzuki got up suddenly, and said righteously: "Order, the 24th Infantry Wing immediately abandon all peripheral positions and retreat to the city!" ”

"Hay!" The communications staff officer bowed his head suddenly, and then turned and walked away quickly.

……….

On the periphery of Zheng County, the former enemy command post of the 3rd Division.

Since Lai San has always personally commanded Lai Changqing's First Infantry Brigade, his command is also located in Lai Changqing's brigade headquarters.

Lai San had just walked from putting down the binoculars to a box of ammunition, and before he could do it, Lai Changqing, the commander of the first brigade, strode in with an excited expression, and stood up and said: "Master, the little devil has withdrawn!" ”

"Huh? What was withdrawn? Lai San was puzzled.

"That's right! Withdrawn, and it was completely withdrawn! Lai Changqing nodded.

"Donkey! What do these little devils want to do? Retreat without a fight? Lai San said puzzledly: "The little devil is not stupid, then this is a conspiracy!" You're watching here, I'm going to the Guard Corps! ”

"Yes!" Lai Changqing stood upright, and then asked, "Shizuo, do you want the troops to continue the attack?" ”

"I'll talk about it when I get back!" Lai San stood up as he said and strode out.

……

Huayuankou Town, Guard Regiment Headquarters.

Lai San came to the entrance of the garden with a few guards, and after coming to the compound of the regimental headquarters of the guard regiment, leaving the guards, Lai San strode in, snapped himself and said: "General seat, the devils on the periphery of Zheng County suddenly saw that they were all withdrawn, and they all withdrew into Zheng County. ”

"Huh? Evacuated into Zheng County? Hearing this, Zhang Mingyu stood up and frowned and asked, "Then the devils in the direction of Kaifeng and Luoyang have wood and movement?" ”

"Not yet, none of the scouts we sent out have returned! I guess there's no news! Otherwise, the scout would have returned. Lai San replied.

"Have all the two divisions crossed the river?" Zhang Mingyu asked.

Xu Wen stood up and replied, "It should all be crossed, it should be there soon!" ”

"Total seat! What if we go first? Is it to fight or not? Lai San asked.

"Hit! How not to fight! I'd like to see what kind of medicine the little devil sells in his throat! The three divisions immediately all deployed and besieged Zheng County! Zhang Mingyu said with an awe-inspiring expression.

In fact, Zhang Mingyu did not say that after crossing the river this time, they had no way back, only to keep advancing, even if there was a conspiracy trap designed by the devils in front, they had to jump, because the Huayuankou ferry had lost its use value, and the devil's navy would never let the 42nd Group Army smuggle back to the north bank again.

Therefore, Zhang Mingyu and his 42nd Group Army have been constantly attacking, and only take Zheng County before the arrival of the devil's reinforcements, with Zheng County's foothold, even if the devil comes with another 100,000 troops, Zhang Mingyu has the confidence to repel them!

"Yes!" Lai San stood up and stood upright, and immediately turned around and left. At this time, Ling Tianbao, the commander of the second division, strode in.

Seeing that Ling Tianbao's appearance was a little embarrassed, Lai San immediately asked, "Old Ling, what's wrong with you?" Got picked up by a wolf or what? ”

"It's not that I've been chased by wolves! It was driven by the naval ships of the little devils, and our division had already crossed the river! And the people who had been busy all night helping us cross the river were about to ferry the raft back to the north bank.

At this time, the devil's ship arrived, and these beasts actually opened fire on the unarmed people! I immediately rushed back with the guard battalion, but the devil's naval guns were too powerful, not only did we fail to rescue the hundreds of villagers, but my guard battalion was also hit hard by the devil's navy, and the casualties were nearly half a company, only five minutes! It doesn't matter if our soldiers die, but it's a pity that those folks, I am incompetent and have not been able to save them. Ling Tianbao said as he spoke, his eyes were already a little moist.

"Fuck these brutes! Someday I'm going to make them pay back tenfold! Zhang Mingyu gritted his teeth and said.

"That's right! They will be repaid tenfold! Lai San also said fiercely, and asked again: "By the way, Lao Ling, you said that half of the company was killed and wounded in less than five minutes after the exchange of fire with the devil navy, is it really so evil?" ”

"Isn't it! This is still the brothers are more scattered, the devil's navy is much stronger than their army, the equipment firepower is extremely powerful, if we stand more densely, the devil's heavy artillery can make our entire platoon and company reimbursed! Ling Tian Leopard said.

"This one is! The devil's navy is the third in the world in terms of overall strength, and even second in terms of combat effectiveness and combat awareness. It is the absolute first in Asia! Even Lao Maozi's navy can't be compared! As everyone knows, Ben is an island country, so they attach even more importance to the navy than to the army, and 80 or 70 percent of the annual military expenditure is used to build the navy, and their army is completely different from the navy. Zhang Mingyu said.

"Then Boss, if we want to attack the mainland in the future, don't we have to face this powerful navy? But we don't even have a rubber boat now, how can we fight with the big ship of the devil? Lai San couldn't help asking.

"Yes! If you want to attack the mainland, you must destroy the navy of the city, and when the time comes, I will let all these Oriental devils die in the Pacific Ocean and use them to feed the fish! Now you don't have to think so far ahead, the most important thing at present is to take Zheng County first. Zhang Mingyu nodded and swore solemnly.

"Yes! Humble duty understood! Lai San snapped upright, and then turned and left.

After Lai San returned to the headquarters, he immediately ordered the entire regiments of the Third Division to deploy and successfully occupy the entire periphery of Zheng County and surround the Zheng County regiments in the afternoon of the same day.

After encircling Zheng County, Lai San immediately sent his troops to attack, and this time the army was also unusual, desperately resisting, and the whole battle entered a white-hot battle as soon as the two sides exchanged fire.

The devil is not giving up an inch of land, and every time the third division takes a step forward, it needs to engage in an extremely tragic battle with the army, and the tragic white-knuckle battle is staged again.

For a time, the entire Zheng County town was slammed, the cannon roared, and the flames soared into the sky.

And when the two sides fought fiercely in Zhengzhou, a small station along the Ping'an Railway in the south of Zheng County is called Xie Zhuang Station, because it is located along the Pinghan Railway, so it is more lively, Xie Zhuang Station is also a bazaar, and the people of the villages within a radius of more than ten miles generally come here to purchase daily necessities.

And this small station is stationed with a squad of devils and a regiment of puppet soldiers, which are heavily guarded at the station, and a brigade of idlers and miscellaneous people are not allowed to enter.

However, just outside the station, on the side of the road, there are two stalls, one with sweet potatoes and the other with potatoes. Passers-by don't understand why these two people want to sell these things, because these things are all in ordinary people's homes, who will buy these things?

In fact, these two people are not selling sweet potatoes, the real identity of the two is two senior soldiers of the reconnaissance company directly under the third division of the 42nd group army, and after the third division just crossed the river, Lai San scattered all the reconnaissance companies to collect intelligence around Zheng County.

The two of them were ordered to come to inquire about the news of the army in Xuchang, and because they did not understand the blockade of this place, they bought some potatoes and sweet potatoes from a farmer and sold them.

There was no one to ask for a long time, but the two of them didn't worry about whether they could sell it, their real purpose was not to sell sweet potatoes. I'm here to find out what to do.

Even if none of the sweet potatoes can be sold, the loss will be reimbursed by the headquarters, which is completely worrying about it.

Just when the two of them were a little bored and were about to take out a cigarette from their pockets to smoke two puffs, a loud car horn suddenly sounded from the direction of the station.

The eyes of the two of them suddenly lit up, and one of them said: "Ryoko, is this a train from the south?" ”

"Hmmm! I guess so! Ryoko nodded.

"That's not right! The Zhengxian Yellow River Railway Bridge has long been destroyed by us! The devil's train is still heading north? Another fighter said.

"Yes! No, why is this train so long? Ryoko said as she began to silently count the number of passing trains.

“295… 298….300。 The scout named Ryoko silently counted and said to his companion next to him, "Three hundred carriages? ”

"Ahh Three hundred cars, how could the devil use so many carriages? ”

"Yes! According to the crew of one section of one hundred people, three hundred knots is the strength of nearly two divisions! Ryoko also said in surprise.

"Could it be that this is the devil's reinforcements?" Another fighter asked.

"Reinforcements! Right! It's reinforcements! Now the headquarters is taking our two main divisions to storm Zheng County, which must be the reinforcements of the little devils. Ryoko suddenly realized: "We have to quickly find a way to report to the headquarters!" ”

"Radio, we have radio!" Another soldier immediately said: "When we came, the division assigned a small radio station to each of our groups, and we could use the radio to report the situation here to the headquarters and the division. ”

"You brought the radio?"

"I've buried you in the grove northwest of town!"

"Then let's get over there!" Ryoko just wanted to get up, when another soldier suddenly stopped him and said, "Slow, there's another devil's train coming!" ”

"Huh?" Hearing this, Ryoko turned around and walked in the direction pointed by the soldier, only to see another locomotive roaring with billowing smoke pulling an extra-long carriage.

This time, the two of them began to count silently again, "296... 299....301" After counting, the two of them suddenly gasped.

After glancing at each other, Ryoko was quite shocked and said, "It's another three hundred fucking festivals!" These two trains have pulled at least 60,000 devil soldiers! ”

"Say no more! Let's hurry up and go and inform the head and division so that they can make a decision early! The other soldier patted Ryoko on the shoulder.

"Hmm!" Hearing this, Ryoko nodded, and then the two of them gathered on the spot and strode towards the northwest.

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The garrison regiment of the 42nd Army.

Xu Wen strode in in with a hurried expression, and before he had time to stand upright, he said directly: "General seat!" Oh no, the reconnaissance company of the third division sent an urgent telegram from the south, and they found that about 60,000 devil soldiers had already arrived by train in batches towards Zhengzhou, and it was estimated that this time it should be there! ”

"What? 60,000 devils? Zhang Mingyu stood up when he heard this, and said, "This news is reliable? ”

"Absolutely! This is a message from two scouts from the reconnaissance company directly under the third division! Xu Wen nodded and replied.

"Then is the train station still in my hands now?" Zhang Mingyu asked.

"Hmmm! Yes! The devils deployed heavy troops at the railway station from the very beginning, and the 79th Regiment of the 3rd Division entered several tentative attacks, but none of them were captured. Xu Wen nodded.

"Then there is still time for Mu to take the train station when the devil's reinforcements arrive?" Zhang Mingyu asked.

"I'm afraid it's too late! Before the telegram was sent, the devils had already passed Xie Zhuang Station, and it was estimated that this would have arrived at Zhengxian Station. Xu Wen shook his head.

When Zhang Mingyu heard this, he immediately fell into deep thought, it seems that he has fallen for the devil this time, and the devil has transferred the main force under the pretext of going south to attack the third theater, creating a false impression to the National Political Axe Military Committee, thinking that they are going to attack the third theater and forcing Chairman Chiang to put pressure on him.

And after he led his army to cross the Yellow River, he blocked the crossing of the Yellow River with the navy, cutting off the retreat of the 42nd Group Army!

Although he now has 60,000 troops in his hands, the army obviously has an advantage in terms of strength, and there are more than 80,000 people in the four divisions and garrisons, and as long as these 80,000 people trap their two divisions on the edge of the Yellow River, it will not be long before their two divisions will run out of ammunition, and they will be in a hurry.

Thinking of this, Zhang Mingyu couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, the situation changed too quickly, and if he was not careful, his two main divisions might be explained here, if it was really like that, the blow to the entire [***] people would be absolutely fatal.

Because it is no exaggeration to say that he and the 42nd Group Army are already the spiritual pillars of the entire Chinese people, if this backbone falls, the blow to the morale of the people can be imagined.

Even the great counteroffensive that Chairman Chiang had ambitiously prepared this time would end in failure, and if this counteroffensive fails, and the army takes advantage of the situation to carry out a counteroffensive with all its might, it is unknown whether the entire national political axe can continue to support it.

Where do you go from here? Now there are two ways in front of him, the first is to take advantage of the fact that the army has not yet been fully deployed and the encirclement has not yet been formed, and break through the encirclement to fight guerrillas! The second is to gather troops on the banks of the Yellow River and have a backwater battle with the army!

But if the latter fails, the consequences will be unimaginable, once something happens to himself and these two divisions, not only will the great counteroffensive in Central China fail, but I am afraid that Okamura Ningji in North China will not be willing to be lonely.

(To be continued)