Chairman Chang Kaishen was in the Kingdom of Heaven, and Chief Cheng said softly: "Commission, isn't it time to issue a combat order?" ”

The chairman of the committee suddenly came back to his senses, felt a little embarrassed, and hurriedly smiled: "Song Gong, this is your duty, it is up to you to give orders!" ”

Cheng Qian didn't expect the chairman of the committee to not interfere in the command, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Yes, commission!" He coughed again and said to the officers, "Everyone, please be quiet! Now it's up to me to announce the battle order! ”

"Lieutenant General Li Hansoul, the commander of the 29th Army Corps!"

"Here!" Lieutenant General Li stood up with a thud.

"The 155th Division of the 74th Army and the 64th Army under your command is the East Route Army, marching west along the Longhai Road from Shangqiu and launching an attack on Yejigang and Hecun!"

"Yes!"

"Lieutenant General Gui Yongqing, commander of the 27th Army!" Cheng Qian glanced over there, and always felt that this person was unreliable, but this was the chairman's favorite general, so he could only use it.

"Here!" Lieutenant General Gui glanced at Chief Cheng arrogantly, and stood up with a sigh, looking quite powerful.

Cheng Qian pretended not to see it, and said: "You command the 27th Army and the 71st Army as the Western Route Army, stick to the defense fortifications of Lanfeng and Lanfeng to Qi County, and send a powerful force to march east from Lanfeng to attack between Yifeng and Neihuang, and strive to divide the Japanese army in order to annihilate it!" ”

"Yes!"

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Next, Cheng Qian successively ordered the 3rd Group Army's Sun Tongxuan Division and the 20th Group Army's Shangzhen Division to be the Northern Route Army, cutting off the Japanese army's retreat to the north bank of the Yellow River near Dingtao, Heze, Dongming, and Kaocheng (now Guyang, northeast of Lankao), and attacking southward.

At the same time, Huang Jie, commander of the 8th Army, was ordered to command the 8th Army, the 187th Division and the 24th Division of the 94th Army to hold Dangshan and Shangqiu. Stop the Japanese army advancing west from Xuzhou along the Longhai Road.

Later, it was announced that the commander of the First Corps would be the commander-in-chief of the former enemy in the eastern Henan battlefield to coordinate the operations of various units.

According to this plan, the Nationalist Army will have the huge advantage of encircling on three sides and completely annihilate the prominent Japanese 14th Division between Neihuang, Yifeng, and Minquan.

Thinking of this glorious achievement, Cheng Qian, an old Jianghu, couldn't help but feel ecstasy. He said at the end: "Everyone, the great fortune is right in front of you, please work hard for all the monarchs here!" ”

There was an immediate burst of applause in the war room, and even the chairman of the committee clapped with a smile on his face. Xue Yue snorted and did not speak. He was the commander of the 1st Corps and was ordered to command the 8th Army, the 64th Army, the 74th Army, etc. It should have been on its own.

But now part of it has been split into two parts: the Eastern Route Army and the Blocking Force. There is the chairman of the committee and the commander of the theater Cheng Qian. There were the commanders and commanders of the corps below, and he was caught in the middle and there was no use. Of course, nominally it was under his unified command, but in fact he could not give any orders.

Dissatisfied with Xue Yue. Chief Cheng didn't take it to heart at all. He was thinking about what kind of fame he would achieve when this battle was over. Li Zongren defeated a detachment of the Japanese army, and the citizens of Wuhan held up signs and marched. Shout hooray. And what about annihilating a division and regiment by yourself? Thinking of the happy place, Chief Cheng almost laughed out loud.

Just then, a bald head suddenly walked to the front. said: "Song Gong, I think it can be adjusted appropriately!" ”

Cheng Qian's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly said: "Please speak!" ”

The chairman said: "The 27th Army has just arrived, and the soldiers are very tired, so don't participate in the attack on the east road!" ”

Cheng Qian was puzzled: "What do you mean?" ”

The chairman said: "The 71st Army will attack the Red Temple, and the 27th Army will take over the defense of Lanfeng." ”

Cheng Qian thought that this change was not much, so he agreed. Gui Yongqing, commander of the 27th Army, and Song Xilian, commander of the 71st Army, also expressed no opinion. So the plan was decided.

Back at the headquarters of the First Corps, Xue Yue gradually calmed down. He carefully looked at Cheng Qian's deployment and felt that there was indeed no problem.

There are 3 reinforced divisions under the command of Li Hansoul on the east road, and it is absolutely certain to take several small strongholds in Yejigang and Hecun; The west road is more than 4 divisions commanded by Gui Yongqing, all of which are the Central Army of the chairman's lineage, and there are also two chariot battalions of Qiu Qingquan to attack Hongmiao, Yifeng, Neihuang, and Mawangzhai, which also have a great chance of winning; There are 9 divisions of Sun Tongxuan and Shang Zhen on the north road, cutting off the enemy's retreat and attacking south, it should be said that there is no burden. From this point of view, wouldn't the Tufeiyuan Division, which was compressed in only a few hundred square kilometers between Lanfeng, Neihuang, Minquan, and Kaocheng, become a turtle in an urn?

Xue Yue was happy for a while, but also a little regretful. I am glad that the Anti-Japanese War has finally been able to have a hearty victory for nearly a year, but it is a pity that I missed this feast. It would be nice if you were in charge yourself! Xue Yue thought like this and fell asleep.

On the morning of the 21st, the Chinese army launched an attack on the Japanese 14th Division from the east, west, and north at the same time. The 51st Division and the 58th Division of the Eastern Route Army, as well as the 264th Brigade of the 88th Division, successfully conquered Neihuangji, Yejigang, and Renheji, which had been lost the day before. The first part of the Inner Yellow Army withdrew to Maogu Village in the northwest direction, and the main force withdrew to Shuangtaji and Yangqiji in the southwest.

It is worth being vigilant that Yangqiji has reached the south of Lanfeng City, in other words, the Japanese army has avoided the interception of Lanfeng's defenders. To their west was only Hu Zongnan's First Army, which was approaching. It is a pity that at this time, the national army was still immersed in the illusion of annihilating a division and regiment, and did not take any measures at all. The chairman, Chief Cheng, and Commander Xue did not ......

Song Xilian's 87th Division, which was attacking from east to west, attacked Yifeng (east of Lanfeng) with the support of a mountain artillery battalion (10 French mountain guns). The Nationalist army concentrated mountain artillery, mortars, and heavy machine guns to fiercely attack the Japanese army. The Japanese army in Yifeng was caught off guard and fled to Donggangtou and Maogu Village west of Yifeng.

The commander of the 87th Division said happily: "Military seat, the Japanese army is vulnerable, and we have won this battle!" ”

Song Xilian believed that although the Japanese army resisted stubbornly and also had heavy weapons such as field artillery, its strength was not large, and it seemed that most of the main force was not on this line.

Obviously, Song Xilian's judgment was correct. The Japanese army on this line had only one 59th Wing plus supporting troops, less than 10,000 people. The main forces of the Japanese army have already gone west!

It is worth mentioning. On the same day, 10 IL-15 fighters of the 17th Air Force Group flew from Zhumadian to Zhoujiakou Airport to refuel and hang bombs, and then flew to the vicinity of Lanfeng to bombard the enemy's artillery position. These Nationalist planes gave great support to the Nationalist ground troops, causing great panic among the Japanese troops.

However, when they were about to land after completing the bombing mission and returning home, they were suddenly surrounded by 24 fighters of the 2nd Flying Group of the Japanese Army Air Force.

After a fierce aerial fight, the losses of the national army that were attacked by the sneak attack were not light, pilots Tang William, Zhang Shangren, Feng Ruhe, and Zhao Maosheng were killed, Chu Ge was missing, Ma Guolian, Hu Zuolong, and Deng Zhengxi's planes were forced to land and escape from danger after being burdened, and the captain Cen Zeliu's planes were hit by more than 100 bullets and flew back to the base. Pilot Zhu Junqiu suffered burns on both legs. After parachuting, he was found by the Japanese infantry and killed because he was unable to move.

This was the so-called Second Air Battle of Guide. Although the casualties of the Nationalist Army and the Japanese Army were about the same, the strength of the Nationalist Air Force was weak, and the strength was only one-tenth of that of the Japanese Air Force. In this battle, the 17th Brigade of the Air Force, the main combat force in Henan, suffered more than half of the casualties, and the aircraft suffered serious losses. Later, there was no more daring for large-scale bombing. As a result, the air supremacy of the eastern Henan theater was basically lost.

Except for the Air Force. The chariot battalion that had just arrived in Lanfeng also made gains. On this day, Lanfeng had not yet encountered the enemy, and Qiu Qingquan took a few tanks and dozens of infantry to patrol the eastern suburbs of Lanfeng City. After walking a short distance, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves ahead.

"Passenger seat. It seems that there is a cavalry of devils in front! A tankman shouted from his turret.

Everyone took a closer look, and sure enough, there were about more than 100 Japanese cavalry who were searching in the direction of Lanfeng along the Longhai line. Seeing the sudden appearance of the tank, the Japanese soldiers were also stunned, they exclaimed, turned around and ran back.

"Hey! Don't run away, little devil on dog days, think about Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here, I'm looking for someone to sacrifice the cannon!" Qiu Qingquan's blood was surging, and he was the first to drive the tank to rush towards the enemy.

Some people say that Qiu Qingquan personally experienced the Nanjing Massacre, so when he fights, his eyes are red, and he is like a mad tiger and unstoppable. Now it seems that the name of the mad tiger is indeed true. When the soldiers saw the bravery of the commander, they also shouted and rushed forward with the tank.

This team of devils is really unlucky, there are just a few tanks in the whole of China, and they actually collided with them. The cavalrymen were so frightened that they desperately whipped with their horses. But no matter how much you pump, the horse can only run so fast.

Qiu Qingquan coldly pulled the trigger of the DT machine gun in front of the tank. Da Da Da ...... Machine guns shouted happily, bullets whistled out, and the enemy fell one after another like severed tree stumps, and the horses of the dead masters galloped in all directions in the field......

"Chase!" Qiu Qingquan was able to kill and chased forward desperately, with the intention of driving out the enemy army. The Japanese cavalry did not fail to counterattack, but their bullets hit the T26's armor only as a ring.

Seeing the Japanese cavalry screaming in despair, Qiu Qingquan smiled proudly, and scolded in his mouth: "Little devil, don't you like to engage in massacres? It's Grandpa's turn to slaughter you today! As he spoke, there was another suddenness, and the machine-gun bullets fired wildly, causing the remnants of the devil to cry and call for their mother.

Qiu Qingquan got out of the tank and shouted, "Brothers, drive the devils back to their hometown!" The warriors shouted and rushed forward. But they didn't realize that they were far away from the Lanfeng defense line and had entered the area controlled by the Japanese army.

Boom Boom Boom ...... Suddenly, there was a loud bang ahead. Bang! The massive impact caused the tank at the front to jolt for a while. Qiu Qingquan was torn upside down, and secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good, because this was obviously a phenomenon that only happened when an anti-tank shell hit the front armor.

It's a good Qiu Qingquan, he was busy turning the chariot around, beckoning the brothers to withdraw quickly. The Japanese army did not expect the Chinese army to dare to chase here, so they were caught off guard and failed to catch up, and could only watch the tanks flee. As for the infantry who followed the tank action, they were not so lucky, and there were many casualties in the Japanese artillery bombardment.

Some of the wounded soldiers fell to the ground and shouted for help, but Qiu Qingquan dared to stop there at this time, so he had to sigh, step on the accelerator, and walk away. Halfway through the run, he saw that the Japanese army did not chase him, so he stopped.

Qiu Qingquan poked his head out of the chariot and looked at it, and his heart was overjoyed. It turned out that there were dozens of corpses of Japanese soldiers lying here, as well as a dozen horses that had lost their owners. He was busy letting the surviving warriors clean up the battlefield and bring the horses back to repay the merit.

Back in Lanfeng, Qiu Qingquan happily carried the corpses and horses of the Japanese army to the headquarters to ask for rewards. Commander Gui Yongqing also closed his mouth happily when he saw it. To tell the truth, the Anti-Japanese War has been fought for almost a year, and in addition to being beaten by the Japanese army, Commander Gui really has never beaten the Japanese army.

As soon as the two of them combined, they shared the credit equally, and then exaggerated the battle exploits tenfold and reported to the chairman of the committee, Commander Cheng Qian, and the commander of Xue Yue's corps, made phone calls, and sent telegrams, and boasted of a small-scale battle as a battle that shook the world and wept ghosts and gods.

The chairman of the committee held the telegram of "Lanfeng's great victory" and said excitedly: "Good, good, good!" Frankness (Gui Yongqing's words) and Yu'an (Qiu Qingquan's words) did not disappoint my hard work! ”

Overjoyed, he said to the confidential officer: "Telegraph to Xue Boling that all the troops on the front line, including Gui Yongqing's 27th Army, will be handed over to him." Eliminate the soil and fertilizer in a limited time. ”

The confidential officer was about to leave the house, and the chairman stretched out his hand to stop him, "Slow, slow!" Tell Gui Yongqing that when the power of the chariot battalion is being exerted, you must be willing to use it when you should use it, and don't fall behind, I am watching him in Zhengzhou! ”

While the Nationalist army was celebrating the victory, the main force of the Japanese army was moving north from the vicinity of Yangqiji and rushing towards Maji, an important stronghold south of Lanfeng. From time to time, a few big guys appeared in the middle of the long infantry column, which were assigned to the 14th Brigade of the 2nd Field Heavy Artillery and the 8th Wing of the Independent Field Heavy Artillery.

The field heavy artillery wing is armed with 16 105mm cannons, while the independent field heavy artillery wing is armed with 24 150mm heavy howitzers. If you don't count the Soviet aid, this is almost the sum of all the heavy artillery of the national army!

Tu Feiyuan, one of the three major China experts, stuck out his fat head from the car window, looked around, and sneered from time to time! (To be continued......)