The night was dark, the Han water was flowing quietly, the stars were rippling on the water, the wind was blowing away the thick smoke and blood, and the earth became calm after the last trace of the sun disappeared. /。 Qb(5).c0m\\ More than 30 small boats, quietly put down on the west bank, on the river bank, Uchiyama Chong neatly lined up the team solemnly saluted, the officers behind him also saluted, the officers standing in front of the queue solemnly returned the salute, and then turned around and waved without saying a word, the soldiers lined up on the boat, and the boat began to row to the east bank.

During the whole process, no one spoke, only the sound of Hanshui gently lapping the shore, Uchiyama lowered his arm, Akiyama thought he was going back to the city, but Uchiyama did not move, still standing there quietly, watching the fleet that was gradually disappearing into the darkness.

"Division Commander." Akiyama waited for a while, but Uchiyama still had no intention of going back, so he stepped forward to remind.

Nei Shantou didn't reply: "Don't worry, it's already arranged outside the city, wait for a while."

The second echelon on the shore is being launched, and on the other side, the engineer wing has already begun to erect pontoon bridges according to the plan, the pontoon bridges must be erected before dawn, and the troops must all cross the Han River within two hours, and then quickly move south.

From the morning to the present, first Kanda, and then Anan Yuji, called one after another, and by the afternoon, Kanda had a telegram almost every half hour, urging Uchiyama to cross the river as soon as possible, and at the same time warning him that the Shina army was surrounded from all sides, and if he could not cross the river today, even if the river crossing was successful tomorrow, it would be difficult for the two armies to converge.

More than half an hour later, there was a burst of gunfire on the other side, Uchiyama listened to the gunfire silently, the Zhina Army on the other side was not a regular army, but a security brigade, the combat effectiveness was certainly not high, but the number was quite large, the first batch of troops responsible for the forced crossing was personally led by the captain Nishiura Toshi, and they shouldered the heavy task of opening a bloody road for the whole division.

The gunfire on the opposite side became more and more intense, and Uchiyama was somewhat relieved that there was no artillery sound, indicating that the Chinese army on the opposite bank had no artillery, and the casualties of the troops would be much smaller. The second echelon was already offshore and was paddling with all its might, heading towards the place where the gunfire was intense.

"Back to the city." Uchiyama turned around and stepped on his war horse and ran towards the city, and when the other bank started, the Chinese army outside the city would definitely make some moves, and arrangements must be made in the city. "Report to the division commander, the forward team is ready for battle." As soon as he arrived at the headquarters, Kawashima, the commander of the Light and Heavy Infantry Wing, came to report, and Uchiyama jumped off his horse and walked to Kawashima's side in a few steps.

"Thank you." Uchiyama did not salute, but bowed deeply to Kawashima, one of Kawashima's arms had been severed by shrapnel, the severed arm was tightly bandaged, and hundreds of wounded soldiers stood neatly behind him.

Uchiyama did not underestimate the difficulties faced by the division, and even if he crossed the Han River and isolated the Chinese army on the west bank, the situation of the division was only temporarily relaxed. First of all, the East Bank has already settled the 39th Division's Shina Army, and it will never watch him converge with Kanda; secondly, in the early stage of the battle, in addition to the soldiers who were killed, there were nearly 2,000 light and serious wounded, and these wounded were bound to affect the speed of the division and regiment; Third, after the logistical channels were cut off, the divisions and regiments relied entirely on the stored ammunition to fight; after the past few days of operations, the consumption of ammunition has been very large, the number of artillery shells has been less than a base, and the ammunition of some units has begun to be used in a controlled manner.

The most difficult of these difficulties to deal with is the wounded, and the absence of the wounded will have a great impact on morale, but if you have to bring the wounded, it will inevitably affect the speed of the troops' movements. Just when Uchiyama was in a dilemma, Kawashima asked the division on behalf of all the wounded to form a standing team to cover the entire division.

Uchiyama Akiyama understood exactly what this meant, these wounded could not come back, they had no heavy artillery, no replenishment, and no ammunition, and they resisted the wolf-like Shina army with their broken bodies, and the Shina army would bite them to the point of biting them all to death.

"For the sake of the Holy War, for the sake of the Empire, we are willing to die on the ground, Your Excellency, please send someone to carry some of the wounded to their positions." Kawashima's gaze was resolute, one arm drooped, and he still maintained the solemn appearance of a soldier.

Holding back the tears that almost welled up, Akiyama turned around and gave the order to carry some of the wounded who could not walk to the designated position on Kawashima, and all the officers and men, all of them, stood solemnly and saluted the wounded of the forward team.

"Salute!" Kawashima gave a loud order, and the wounded raised their left or right hands, held their crutches, opened their left or right eyes, and gave a final military salute to Uchiyama.

Uchiyama's tears could no longer be held back, brushing the fall, and a smile appeared on Kawashima's face: "Gentlemen, we are waiting at the Yasukuni Shrine, wishing the imperial military luck a long time!" Then he turned around and shouted, "Let's go!"

The ranks of the wounded slowly moved towards various points in the city, while Kawashima had to personally lead some of the wounded out of the city and establish positions outside the city to delay the attack of the Shina army. The gunfire alarmed the squadron on the west bank, and the squadron on the western front quickly attacked, but to Uchiyama's relief, the squadron in the south did not act, and Uchiyama was not very worried about the 101st Army on the western front.

The 101st Army, like the 13th Division, began to fight from the beginning of the campaign, and with the strength of one army, it resisted the four Japanese divisions and regiments, and the casualties of the troops were relatively large, and the combat effectiveness declined seriously.

However, Uchiyama was soon disappointed, and the 101st Army forcibly crossed the Manhe River, the 109th Division attacked Guojiazhou, the 104th Division made a detour to the ash kiln, and the 105th Division made a detour to Huangjialing, further north, and broke through the Manhe River in one fell swoop. After crossing the river, Lin Yi did not insert himself into the ash kiln, but went straight to Zhao's camp and attacked and outflanked him from the north of Yicheng.

Under these circumstances, Uchiyama could only take the risk of transferring troops from the south to the northern front to block the assault of the 105th Division.

The flames of war tore through the night sky again, and the Han Dynasty flowed quietly, and the sound of killing on both sides of the strait did not stop it in the slightest. Red flames lit up the night sky, obscuring the light of the morning star.

The efforts of the sappers paid off, and the pontoon bridge was erected half an hour ahead of schedule. As soon as the pontoon bridge was erected, Uchiyama immediately ordered the baggage troops and artillery units to cross the river, while all the troops outside the city withdrew to the city, leaving only two squadrons and all the wounded on the western front to block the pursuers.

It was a costly retreat, Uchiyama was forced to leave behind the broken troops who abandoned all the wounded and three squadrons in order to get rid of the 101st Army, and the main force of the division crossed the Han River before dawn, and then burned the pontoon bridge.

The 13th Division successfully escaped from Hanshui, completely to the expectations of Lan Yundong and Guo Yan, who smashed the cup in their hands almost at the same time, and then ordered the troops to eat the remaining devils.

Zhuang Jihua was even more angry, the war has developed to the present, the Japanese army has been successfully divided into three parts, the 41st Army fought hard in Yangzi, curbed the attack of Kanda, the 45th Army moved south from Changshou and contained the actions of the 9th Division, after the 17th Division crossed the river, quickly approached the 9th Division and launched an attack on Zhongxiang and Chunde Mountain, the 39th Division held Zhongxiang, and the 102nd Army held Chunde Mountain. The Japanese army was still fighting, and the squadron showed a strong determination to annihilate all the main forces of the Japanese army. The two sides fought bloody battles on the east bank of the Han River, and neither side would take half a step back.

Farther east, thousands of remnants of the 58th Division fled into Jingshan, and Song Xilian commanded the 39th Group Army to chase after them, surround Jingshan, and attack day and night.

Du Yuming commanded the 50th Group Army to block the 104th Division advancing westward, while Feng Zhi'an led the 33rd Group Army to hold back the 2nd Mixed Brigade.

The battle has developed to the present, the situation is unprecedentedly favorable, but for senior generals, now is the most dangerous time, if you don't pay attention to it, the victory that is already in hand will fly away, so more than 10,000 people of the 13th Division crossed the Hanshui and entered the eastern battlefield of the Hanshui, adding a variable to the battle out of thin air, how can this make Zhuang Jihua not angry.

"Three armies, more than 100,000 troops, but let the thirteenth division escape the Han River, do the generals of each department have the intention of flinching and preserving their strength! Guo Yan Lan Yundong must take responsibility! A bunch of bastards!"

Zhuang Jihua was simply furious, and the debris on the ground showed that his cup had suffered again. Everyone in the headquarters was silent, and they even walked lightly, for fear of being hit by the seedlings of the fish pond.

"Commander, now is not the time to pursue responsibility, let's try our best to redeem it first." Xu Zuyi hurriedly persuaded, and at the same time kept looking at the palace embroidery, after the palace embroidery felt that Zhuang Jihua's state was not right, he did not leave an inch, and the military doctor was also on standby in the room next to him.

Zhuang Jihua's face was flushed, his spirit was still excited, and the palace embroidery painting didn't know how to persuade him, Zhuang Jihua shook his head and said: "If you want to win this battle, all departments must go all out, if you are a little lax, the devil is likely to run away, leaving hidden dangers for the future."

"Cultural Revolution!" Xu Zuyi was anxious, and couldn't help but shout: "This battle has exposed a lot of problems, Cao Zhenduo and Wang Xisu have been dealt with, Zhang Lingfu has also been imprisoned, two division commanders, one brigade commander, if this continues, the generals are bound to be in danger, and this battle will be even more impossible to fight."

Anger flashed on Zhuang Jihua's face, Gong Xiuhua knew that something was wrong, and immediately rushed in front of him: "Cultural Revolution, don't be busy first, things have happened, deal with it naturally, but how to deal with it is a problem, if the scope of treatment is too large, it will inevitably affect the later operations, I suggest that Lan Yundong, Mo Youshuo, and Mu Tingfang be dismissed, but they will be allowed to make contributions, in addition, the Cultural Revolution, I think the headquarters also has problems in deployment, and the battlefield on the west bank of the Han River lacks unified command, so Guo is fighting, and Lan Yundong is resting; The 101st Army attacked, but could not get the cooperation of the 89th Army and the 94th Army. ”

Zhuang Jihua exhaled a rough breath from his nostrils, and looked around angrily, He Wei obviously expressed his support for Gong Xiuhua's opinion, he nodded and said: "Okay, just deal with it according to the opinion of Secretary General Gong, plus Guo Yan, and tell them that if there is another mistake, I will not tolerate it." Chief of Staff Xu, the tone of the telegram was stern. ”

"Understood." Xu Zuyi breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly drafted a telegram.

After Zhuang Jihua finished speaking, he turned around and looked at the map, the location of the 13th Division had been marked on the map, Xiao Anyuan, from here to the south, to cross the Yinghe River, over the word mountain, Xianren Mountain, pine forest mountain and other hills, these mountains are not big, but dense forests, once the inner mountains run into these forests, it is difficult to expect him to come out from there.

What is even more worrying is that except for the villagers who have moved within ten miles of the Hanshui on the east bank, the villagers in the rest of the country have not yet moved, and the 13th Division, which was heavily damaged in Yicheng, is likely to carry out large-scale killings to vent their anger.

"Order, Yicheng Security Brigade, to follow and monitor the Japanese army, and not let the Japanese escape from their sight; In addition, the Yicheng County Government and the National Salvation Association were strictly ordered to mobilize immediately to help the villagers of Shuanghe Town, Banqiaodian Town, Liushui Town, and Shuanghe Town to evacuate, remembering that people ran out first. ”

"Order, the 45th Army sent at least one brigade to establish a defensive line north of Changshou Town, and in addition, the Suixian Security Brigade immediately stationed in Zhangji Town and established a cordon northwest of Zhangji Town."

Zhuang Jihua looked at the map and thought about the possible course of action that Uchiyama might take, according to reason, Uchiyama should go south as soon as possible and Yu Shentian converge, but it cannot be ruled out that Uchiyama is desperate to fight west or north in order to mobilize our army and create conditions for Kanda to break through.

"Order, Mu Tingfang's division of the 94th Army immediately went south, crossed the river in Wenji Town, entered Zhongxiang, and joined the Hedong battlefield. ordered, the 16th Division of the 89th Army was responsible for annihilating the enemy defending Yicheng; Ordered the 101st Army and the 89th Army (owed 16th Division) to immediately go south, cross the river at Zhoujiaji, and join the Hedong battlefield. Order, the 89th Army was limited to two days to annihilate the defenders of Yicheng. The 101st Army and the 89th Army were under the command of Lan Yundong, commander of the 49th Group Army. ”

"The Zhongxiang battlefield is under the command of Sun Zhen, commander of the 22nd Group Army, and all units must do their best to annihilate Kanda!! I hope you will do it yourself!!!"

After finishing speaking, Zhuang Jihua turned his head: "Order, Wang Xisu neglected his duties, causing serious losses to the troops, leading to serious consequences, executed on the spot, and executed immediately!"

This is murder, and Zhuang Jihua has to take this method now. Wang Xisu is from the civil engineering department, or the brigade commander, Xu Zuyi hesitated, and the palace embroidery painting gave him a look, and Xu Zuyi no longer hesitated, and immediately drafted the order.

The 13th Division withdrew from Yicheng, and the battlefield situation changed greatly, the squadron on the west bank of the Hanshui River went south in two ways, and the 16th Division continued to attack Yicheng under the leadership of the acting division commander Di Minzhai.

In Hexi, the Shayi Highway was constantly flowing, with the 94th Army in front, the 89th Army and the 101st Army following up and moving south;

To the east of the river, the sound of artillery continued, and the sound of killing shook the ground, Kanda commanded the 9th Division and the 17th Division, struggling to break through; The 22nd Group Army, the 102nd Army, and the 39th Division did not retreat.

On the Yangtze River, the sails were full of shadows, and the Japanese troops who had gathered in a hurry were struggling westward along the Yangtze River and rushed to Wuhan;

In northern Xiangbei, the 40th Division bluffed, but the main force secretly boarded the train and quietly rushed to Wuhan.

In Henan, on the highway, the military vehicles were rolling, Gu Shoufu contracted the defensive line, collected troops from all over the country, and assembled in Zhengzhou and Xuchang.

In North China, on the Pinghan Line, the train was speeding, and Okamura Ninji mobilized the Eighth Brigade to assemble in Shijiazhuang, ready to move south at any time.

In the First War Zone, Wei Lihuang gathered in Mixian and Yuzhou at the Luoyang Conference, and the 23rd Group Army, the 31st Group Army, the 79th Army, and the 12th Army were assembled in Mixian and Yuzhou.

In the third war zone, Gu Zhutong mobilized the 24th Group Army and assembled outside Nanchang City, unabashedly pointing at the blade.

Most of China was shaken by the Battle of Northern Hubei, and both China and Japan, whether political leaders or senior generals, were firmly fixed on northern Hubei and at the city of Zhongxiang.

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