The headquarters shifted, and the devils scattered throughout the city were leaderless and in chaos, and there seemed to be enemies everywhere, and gunshots and explosions were heard one after another. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

And once the devils are alone, they find themselves in a battlefield where enemies are everywhere. Beside the battlements, behind the trees, at the mouth of the alley, and by the door of the house that suddenly opened...... From time to time, they cut out kitchen knives and shovels, or stabbed sticks and pitchforks, and they were often knocked down by the various weapons that came in the darkness before they could understand what was happening.

The fire burned, everywhere, and it was impossible to tell if it was burned by the devil or ignited in the battle. The entire Huaiyang City was full of firelight flashing and splattering flesh and blood. In every street, in every alley, there are people shouting, fighting, fighting.

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At about eleven o'clock in the night, the sporadic battles in the city continued, and some of the remaining devils were still resisting, but they had no impact on the overall situation.

The inhabitants of the city had been listening to the gunfire and shouting of killing in the middle of the night, and now someone finally shouted at the door.

Although the Three Columns have the discipline of not disturbing the people, Yang Tianfeng and his officers are not rigid, and the soldiers are desperate to replenish hot soup and hot meals after running and fighting in the middle of the night. Under the orders of the soldiers, families began to light fires to boil water for cooking, and the wounded also found a place to be housed and received emergency treatment from medical personnel.

At 12:20 p.m., after a series of violent explosions, the gunfire in the city finally fell silent. The last stubborn devils under the command of the captain of the devil brigade suffered heavy casualties in the bombed building, and were completely annihilated by a subsequent charge of our army.

The killing and wounding of the tunnel blasting, coupled with the heavy bombardment of the last explosive pack, battle defense artillery, and flying thunder artillery, finally regained the casualties of Huaiyang City and finally barely leveled with the Japanese army. The one-to-one battle damage was equivalent to a miraculous existence in the battle at that time.

The battle ended, and the bloody battle in Huaiyang, under the influence of Yang Tianfeng, finally ended perfectly with another process and result. The first cavalry division, the 14th cavalry brigade, the three columns, and more than 20,000 troops, after several battles, annihilated nearly 5,000 enemies, recovered the important town of Huaiyang, and turned the situation in eastern Henan upside down.

The situation has changed dramatically, and people's hearts have also been excited. The people who have been bullied and oppressed by the devils, and even killed, still dare to rise up when they see hope and when they see that the devils are about to be defeated.

Wang Liming, Wu Yiwen, Fan Zhang, the three of them were still reezing after the fierce struggle at this time. In the courtyard and at the feet, there was a devil lying all over his head covered in blood.

This is a devil who often stands guard at the corner of the street, the bayonet is always installed on the gun, flashing with a bright white and bright cold light, and the wide and heavy feet are stepping on "our ground" with all their might, as if stepping on everyone's hearts.

Usually walking through the street, Wang Liming and others wanted to beat this arrogant little devil, but not only did they not beat him, but they avoided him! Every time they hate themselves for being so heartless, unambitious, and untouched! Well, now that the little devil was killed by them, even if they all cut off their heads for this, they are happy.

"Let-" Wang Liming looked at his companion, and said nothing for himself.

"Go to the army." Fan Zhang replied without thinking, and then looked at Wu Yiwen and laughed heartily.

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Huaiyang drove a wedge between the two important towns of Shangqiu and Kaifeng, and the Japanese army's mobile forces were completely lost, and it was time to expand the results of the battle.

Although the 3rd Column and the 1st Cavalry Division fought continuously, the battle losses were not small, and the officers and men were also very tired, with the addition of a new force, they could continue to carry out military operations.

He Cuizhi's 81st Division, because of its hesitation, did not play the role of delaying and depleting the Kaifeng Japanese army. The bloody battle in Huaiyang, an unprecedented victory, did not have any part of the Third Army, which made Sun Tongxuan feel gloomy. Although he supported part of the artillery, and nominally, the 1st Cavalry Division, the 14th Cavalry Brigade, and the 3rd Column were all troops under his command, but none of the major victories in the battle report were the main forces of the Third Army participating in the battle.

After severely reprimanding He Cuizhi, Sun Tongxuan sent a telegram to inquire about the next stage of combat operations, revealing his intention to take advantage of the victory to attack and attack Kaifeng again.

Whether it is to take advantage of the victory to enter Kaifeng, Yang Tianfeng has thought about it, but he feels that he is in a hurry. Huaiyang was under the government, and he believed that Shangqiu should be oppressed, not only to expand the territory, but also to stabilize the foundation of Hedong, and to seize a large number of seizures. And the "Captain of the Transport Brigade", Yang Tianfeng is optimistic about the big traitor Zhang Lanfeng.

Zhang Lanfeng recruited bandits and homeless people in Xiayi, Shangqiu, Ningling, Suixian, and his hometown Zhecheng along the Longhai Road, and had already cobbled together 16,700 people, which were organized by the Japanese army as the "***** of Eastern Henan", with four armies under his jurisdiction. Later, in order to meet the needs of the invasion of China, the Japanese army renamed Zhang Lanfeng's "Suppression of ***** in Eastern Henan" as the "First Army of the Peace Salvation Army" and allocated a large number of weapons, ammunition, and trucks to him, and Zhang Lanfeng's power was further expanded.

Sixteen or seven thousand people, it seems that the army is very strong, but Yang Tianfeng didn't see it. Bandits, scoundrels, ruffians, hooligans, plus homeless people who eat mixed food, with weapons, how strong can they be in combat? In the previous battles of Hao County and Luyi, the two regiments of the Third Column and Zhang Lanfeng had already fought each other, and Yang Tianfeng knew in his heart how many catties and taels there were.

Therefore, he discussed with Ma Biao and Liu Chen, reported the battle plan to Sun Tongxuan, and decided to take the 81st Division as the main force and continue to attack by victory, with the target of Taikang County and Zhecheng.

Sun Tongxuan quickly called back, agreed to the battle plan, and informed Zhou Zunshi that the 20th Division would soon cross the Yellow River eastward and assemble in Huaiyang. The telegram also contained the general order of the theater command to commend the liberation of Huaiyang and the annihilation of the Japanese army, as well as the order to increase the troops in Hedong and expand the war in order to achieve greater results.

It can be said that this great victory in Huaiyang has inspired and boosted the morale of the national army in the Yellow River defense line and formed a favorable situation for operations. If the defense line on the Yellow River is turned into an offensive and a firm foundation is established in the east of the river, a large number of defenders of the Yellow River defense line will be able to free up their hands and feet and directly affect the Japanese forces in northern Henan and even Shanxi, thus enabling the first theater to take the strategic initiative.

Yang Tianfeng made up for the battle losses of the Guo detachment and the Jiang detachment, and left the 14th Cavalry Brigade to garrison Huaiyang. The main force for the siege of Taikang and Zhecheng will be served by two brigades of He Cuizhi's 81st Division, one brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division will be used as mobile support, and the 3rd Column will be assisted by Guo's detachment and some engineers and artillery.

Yang Tianfeng led the Jiang detachment to move closer to Zhecheng, a brigade of the 81st Division, the second brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division, and the Zhou regiment of Luyi, nearly 10,000 horses and horses were ready to besiege the city and send reinforcements, dealing a heavy blow to Zhang Lanfeng's headquarters who came to rescue his hometown. (To be continued.) )