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When the government team he liked arrived in Yongcheng, the construction of the coal chemical plant was planned, and the military arrangements for the base area were completed. At this time, Yang Tianfeng had already secretly set off, taking more than 500 elite troops across the New Yellow River and heading to Zhengzhou.

On 22 March, when Yang Tianfeng was still on the road, the headquarters of the Third Group Army held a pre-war preparatory meeting for a surprise attack on Kaifeng in Longhai Garden, Zhengzhou, which was attended by officers at and above the battalion level of the participating units. The meeting was presided over by Commander-in-Chief Sun, and Division Commander Zhou Zunshi, Commander-in-Chief of the 20th Division of the Front-line Operations, announced the decision on the composition of the mixed division.

The main force of the mixed division is the 20th Division, which has three infantry regiments (the 58th, 59th, and 60th regiments), one battalion of artillery and one engineer battalion, one company of cavalry and one company of signal troops, and the 62nd Regiment of the 21st Division, one battalion each of artillery and engineers, one company of cavalry and one company of signal troops, and a combat defense artillery battalion directly under the headquarters. The total strength is about 12,000 people.

Zhou Zunshi, commander of the 20th Division, was the commander of the operational command, Sun Zhengxun, deputy commander (deputy commander of the 20th Division), and He Guishi, chief of staff. It was decided that the attack would be at 4 a.m. on 1 April.

Because our army was dispatched to the west of the New Yellow River, a large force of more than 10,000 people was dispatched, and there were still more than 60 miles away from Kaifeng after crossing the river, and if the river was crossed on the night of the 31st, the time would be too tight, and after study, it was initially decided to set off on the night of the 30th. After crossing the river, they lurked in a village more than 40 miles away from Kaifeng, and on the night of 31 July, the troops secretly entered the assembly area and waited for their orders in concealment.

Although Shi Tongran had already sent a telegram informing Yang Tianfeng that he was going to lead troops to help, in view of the general disagreement of all the units participating in the war against the total annihilation of the Japanese army and the recovery of Kaifeng, Sun Tongxuan had no choice but to make concessions. During the attack on Kaifeng, all units should go all out to maximize the results, but the attack time was limited to 14 hours, and by 6 o'clock in the evening of 2 April, if the enemy forces could not be completely annihilated, they would immediately begin to retreat and cross the river at night to seek peace.

Fourteen hours later, to recover Kaifeng, a provincial capital-level city, Sun Tongxuan suddenly felt that there was little hope, although there were only more than 1,000 Japanese troops stationed there. Although Yang Tianfeng was rushing to help, there were not many people, but he had a batch of weapons and ammunition, which did not make Sun Tongxuan feel much optimism. In his heart, he had almost given up the great goal of recovering Kaifeng, and only wanted to kill and injure more enemies and achieve more results.

On 25 March, Yang Tianfeng arrived in Zhengzhou with his men and horses, and was warmly welcomed and entertained by Sun Tongxuan and others.

Value needs to be decided. Aside from the help of the troops this time, Sun Tongxuan has realized the importance of Yang Tianfeng's arsenal. As a miscellaneous army, the supply of weapons and ammunition is naturally far inferior to those of the genuine lineage; The location of the Suzhou Prefecture north of the Yellow River is more suitable for recruiting young people from the occupied areas, as well as raising supplies, or smuggling.

Moreover, Yang Tianfeng's three verticals are now nominally under the jurisdiction of Sun Tongxuan, but who knows if there will be other forces that take a fancy to the development prospects of the three verticals and are optimistic about Yang Tianfeng's ability? Changing jurisdictions is just a matter of official documents above.

Sun Tongxuan was powerless to stop Yang Tianfeng's transfer, but he could have a good relationship with Yang Tianfeng, continue to use Suzhou as a forward base, and continue to get new weapons from Yang Tianfeng.

"Fourteen hours?" For eating, drinking, feasting and drinking, Yang Tianfeng was only ordinary, but he was particularly attentive to attacking Kaifeng, and when he heard the entire military plan, he couldn't help frowning.

"This is also a foolproof plan in desperation." Sun Tongxuan was also a little unwilling, but merit is important, the safety of the troops is even more important, "more than 10,000 people and horses are alone, if the time is delayed, the Japanese army will counterattack after receiving reinforcements, with aircraft bombing on top, artillery and tanks below, and crossing the river during the day will inevitably suffer heavy casualties." Therefore, the only way to cross the river at night is to return. ”

yes, it's dangerous. The Third Army's means of crossing the river were nothing more than large and small wooden boats, and they were not large motor boats, and they transported 18,000 people back and forth, plus weapons and supplies, and one night was not excessive.

Yang Tianfeng smiled bitterly and said, "Commander-in-Chief Sun is right, this operation is scheduled to be an attack, and it is deep into the enemy-occupied area, so it is naturally necessary to advance and retreat quickly. As for the bigger goal, you can only do your best. ”

"It's good that Hoshigo understands." Sun Tongxuan sighed, "The Third Army-alas, it's difficult! ”

Sun Tongxuan wanted to speak and stopped, but Yang Tianfeng understood in his heart that it was not because it was Han Fuyu's old department, it was a miscellaneous brand, and in the face of distrust, restrictions, divisions and other means, Commander-in-Chief Sun was far from being at ease with himself!

However, judging from the history of the Anti-Japanese War, the Third Army, a miscellaneous army, fought quite frequently and fiercely against the Japanese army. In addition to regularly sending a regiment of troops to Weishi, Qixian, Taikang, and other places in Hedong to carry out guerrilla warfare, there were also attacks on Kaifeng and the Battle of Zhengzhou. The 81st Division of the 12th Army won every battle in the guerrilla warfare in eastern Henan in 1939, won many commendations, and also won the first place in the guerrilla warfare of the regular army in the country at the end of the year.

From the upcoming attack on Kaifeng, the Third Army dared to cross the river with a large army and attack Kaifeng, an important town where the Japanese army was entrenched, and this courage is worthy of admiration.

"Commander-in-Chief Sun doesn't have to be worried." Yang Tianfeng tactfully persuaded: "The supply of weapons and ammunition, Tianfeng will do its best, and it will never be interrupted due to some changes. Well, as long as it is a team that really fights devils, Tianfeng will treat everyone equally. ”

The explanation of the latter sentence was a little pale and a little trying to cover up, but Sun Tongxuan understood it and felt a lot more relieved. No matter who Yang Tianfeng's Three Columns belong to in the future, or what war zone he is, weapons and ammunition will always be supplied. Of course, this can come at a cost. Even now, Yang Tianfeng is trying to ask for a substitute price for the supply of arms, and Sun Tongxuan is also trying his best to satisfy it in order to maintain good cooperation between the two sides.

For example, three discarded boilers and a few old machines were obtained from Luoyang, broken copper and iron collected from the vicinity of Zhengzhou and the Third Group Army Defense Area, bauxite from Pingdingshan, and fertilizer distribution between the two sides at the Luxi Recruitment Sub-offices in Yongcheng and Dangshan...... It can be said that Yang Tianfeng stretched out his hand everywhere to beg for it, and in the eyes of others, no matter whether it was useful or useless, he would not refuse to come.

After sending Sun Tongxuan and the others away, Yang Tianfeng returned to the house and carefully flipped through the documents left by Sun Tongxuan. Among them, there is information on the Japanese army in Kaifeng, a plan of action for the attack, and so on.

It can be said that the information held by the Third Army is very detailed, and combined with the information collected by the military commanders, Yang Tianfeng has a deeper understanding of the situation of the Japanese army in Kaifeng.

The enemy across the river was the 35th Division of the Japanese Army, and the division commander was Lieutenant General Maeda. Maeda was born in artillery and has the reputation of "the flower of artillery". "VII. After the Seven Incidents, he led his troops to China and fought with the North China Front. He commanded heavy artillery to bombard the positions of the Chinese defenders during the Xinkou operation in Shanxi, not only opening up a passage for the Japanese infantry, but also cooperating with the infantry to capture Taiyuan and other places. He was promoted to lieutenant general on 9 March this year.

Its headquarters is located in Kaifeng Henan University, surrounded by power grids, and is heavily guarded. The Japanese army defending Kaifeng included infantry, cavalry, artillery, chariots and other troops, about 1,000 people, stationed in the city, Nanguan, station and other places. After reconnaissance, the Japanese troops, firepower, and guard posts in various places in Kaifeng City have been clearly detected.

The so-called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent and not being defeated in a hundred battles is, of course, a very favorable condition. Moreover, the Japanese army's fortifications in the city were not complete, or they were arrogant, or they were short of time, the materials were insufficient, or they believed too much in the relatively ready-made fortifications.

The ancient city wall of Kaifeng is eight meters high, five meters wide, nearly thirty miles in circumference, and the blue brick structure is indeed very strong and difficult to attack. Especially for the national * army, which lacks heavy weapons to attack fortifications, this may also be one of the reasons why the Japanese army dared to leave only more than 1,000 soldiers and horses to garrison.

Historically, the Third Army was able to break through the city walls with non-heavy artillery fire, although the casualties were large, but on the other hand, it also showed that the Japanese army was completely unprepared for a sudden attack.

However, such a breakthrough was time-consuming and laborious, allowing the Japanese army to draw other troops to rush in for reinforcements, intercept and counterattack the assault troops entering the breakthrough and the city.

In history, in the final battle report, the Third Army claimed to have killed and wounded nearly 800 Japanese soldiers and squeezed out the water, and Yang Tianfeng felt that more than half of the Japanese army's losses were basically certain.

There were still five or six days to launch an attack, and it was already difficult to make a breakthrough in terms of weapons, so Yang Tianfeng pondered for a long time, hoping to find the best way in terms of specific tactics.

In the urban fortification, the defending side usually builds strong fortifications and all kinds of obstacles that delay the opponent, carries out reasonable troop deployment and complete firepower matching, due to the familiarity with the terrain and sufficient preparation time, the defending side will even repeat the trial and error to eliminate the shooting blind spots of various weapons to the greatest extent; On the other hand, the attacking side had to clear the obstacles without cover while carrying out movements under enemy fire, advancing step by step, which was one of the main reasons for the slow progress and heavy casualties

And the breakthrough fell into a stalemate, and the enemy and us repeatedly rushed to kill, which should be condensed into the entire process of the Kaifeng attack. Why is this happening? One of them may be the long time to open the breach, so that the enemy can move in time; The second could be that the assault forces did not enter enough to allow the enemy to counterattack with reserves, regain control of the breach, or get bogged down in repeated battles.

In fact, many armies, even other field armies other than Siye during the War of Liberation, are prone to make mistakes. It was after the breakthrough was opened that the number of assault troops entering was not enough.

After discovering that our troops had opened a breakthrough, the enemy defending the city often used firepower to stop the advance of our follow-up troops, and at the same time used reserve troops to counterattack the breakthrough, causing our assault troops to suffer heavy losses, and even regaining control of the breakthrough, so that our army's siege of the city failed. In this way, repeated battles for breakthroughs will cause our army to suffer excessive casualties and slow progress. (To be continued.) )