Li Xianzhou's face changed suddenly when he heard this, and he turned around and rushed out of the command headquarters and rushed directly to the telecommunications room. Lin Shanhe, on the other hand, had a calm face and rushed to the telecommunications room with Li Xianzhou.

Whether it is Lin Shanhe or Li Xianzhou, they are not qualified to call Pingdingshan directly to inquire about the situation now. All they could do was send a telegram to Zhengzhou and inform them of their conjectures.

Then the general headquarters of the group army in Zhengzhou assessed the seriousness of the matter, and finally it was up to them to choose whether to call the two places for questioning.

Lin Shanhe originally thought that it would take at least half an hour, but he didn't expect that Zhengzhou would call back in just a few minutes.

"Yang Chengyuan's unit of the 34th Army of Chaping Dingshan was attacked by the Japanese army, but the losses were slight. The Japanese army has not launched a full-scale attack on Pingdingshan, and the situation is good......"

"The Zhou Yuan Key Department of the 33rd Army in Kaifeng has completely lost contact so far, and I am afraid that the judgment of your department may have appeared. Reconnaissance has been sent to contact and ordered your troops to hold their positions to contain the enemy. Do not move without command orders. ”

Lin Shanhe sighed helplessly when he looked at this callback, it seemed that his judgment had come true. He hurriedly returned to the headquarters with the telegram and Li Xianzhou, opened the map and looked at it carefully.

"The straight-line distance from Kaifeng to Zhengzhou is less than 60 kilometers, and the road in the middle is almost straight. If the Japanese attack Zhengzhou......" Li Xianzhou frowned and looked at the map and sighed, but before he finished speaking, Lin Shanhe shook his head.

"In my opinion, it is unlikely that the Japanese will attack the city of Zhengzhou." Lin Shanhe paused, and said softly to Li Xianzhou: "Zhengzhou City still has a whole group army as a reserve, and they may not be able to ask for anything good when they fight over. Although we are not able to support Zhengzhou, our air force is not vegetarian. ”

After a pause, Lin Shanhe continued: "And now the strength of Zhengzhou City is only a lot more than ours and Pingdingshan, and the Japanese army will definitely have losses when they capture Kaifeng." And the Tenth Army is now held back by us. They simply did not have the absolute strength to take down the city of Zhengzhou. ”

Li Xianzhou nodded when he heard this, and then said with a swipe of his fingers: "They...... Isn't it the idea to hit us?! ”

Lin Shanhe took a deep breath, looked at the map and shook his head.

"Not necessarily. Pingdingshan and our Xuchang, relatively speaking, Xuchang has more offensive value. We held off the Tenth Army, and forced the commander of a Japanese division to commit suicide to apologize, and if we were defeated, their morale would be absolutely boosted. ”

"And...... I think they attacked us probably because they thought that there were elite units of our Wehrmacht in Xuchang City. Lin Shanhe smiled bitterly and said: "They are now blocking our retreat from behind, plus the Tenth Army is attacking in front......

Li Xianzhou gasped, he could imagine what kind of scene this was.

The frontier position of Xuchang. It was already occupied by the Japanese about a third. Although the rest was still in the control area of the 17th Army, the strength of the 17th Army was already stretched.

If the Japanese attacked from behind, perhaps even sending only one division, the positions of the 17th Army would most likely collapse.

The 17th Army has lost more than half of its previous division, the 84th Division, by the time it has been hit. More than 8,000 officers and men of the 84th Division suffered casualties, while Li Xianzhou's 21st Division was relatively good.

But in several battles with the Japanese army, he also lost more than 1,000 people. So far, the remaining troops of nearly 40,000 people in the whole army are only more than 10,000 people in Xuchang City and more than 10,000 people on the position.

Excluding other personnel, there are no more than 10,000 real combatants. Such a force is already very reluctant to resist the attack of the Japanese Tenth Army, and if another Japanese army emerges from behind, the entire city of Xuchang will be in danger......

"Let's ask the Zhengzhou headquarters to give us support...... Li Xianzhou said with a calm face, looking at the map: "If we continue to fight like this, the troops will definitely not be able to stand ......"

"First of all, it's definitely too late." Lin Shanhe smiled bitterly and said, "Since the Japanese have formulated this plan. They will definitely send troops to stop Zhengzhou's support for us. ”

"Secondly, I guess Zhengzhou will not dare to send troops to support us easily......" Lin Shanhe sighed: "After all, Kaifeng is too close to Zhengzhou, if the Japanese make a move on Zhengzhou at this time, then our great rescue will be kicked away." The situation will be more serious then......"

Li Xianzhou couldn't help frowning as he looked at the map, now that the Seventeenth Army is withdrawing, it will definitely not be able to be withdrawn. Now the 10th Army of the Japanese army is blocked in front of the 17th Army. With the slightest wind and grass, they will undoubtedly attack desperately.

The entire 17th Army was barely able to hold back the Japanese attack, and the consequences of a reduced number of troops can be imagined. When the time comes, it will become a rout. And once the Tenth Army broke through the position in Xuchang, the Pingdingshan position on the side would undoubtedly be mortally threatened.

And even if it is out of Xuchang. There were Japanese divisions in front of him to intercept it, and the Tenth Army pursued it in the back. Just think about the chances of the Seventeenth Army escaping.

I can't pull it out, but I don't move it all the time

Worse. Once the encirclement of the Japanese army was formed. Then waiting for the results of the 17th Army can be imagined.

"I can't withdraw, I can't fight...... Damn! How do you get this?! Li Xianzhou burst into a foul language and scolded. Lin Shanhe's face was not good-looking. The Japanese army relied on its superior strength and firepower to break through and divide and encircle and kill.

"Ask the 17th Group Army, when will it arrive......" After being silent for a long time, Lin Shanhe said in a hoarse voice: "If the 17th Group Army can come in ...... That's okay......"

Li Xianzhou looked at the map and nodded, and behind Lin Shanhe, a man who had never squeaked hurriedly walked out of the headquarters when he heard the words.

At this time, the guns and cannons were still roaring on the positions of the 17th Army. The Japanese seized the gap where the Wehrmacht Air Force was back to reload and launched an all-out attack on the position.

Although it has the command and assistance of the crows, the Jin Sui Army is not a national defense force after all. And the number of crows is too small to take care of all the positions.

Relying on their superior firepower and strength, the Japanese gradually turned the balance of victory in their direction.

At the same time, the 33rd Army, which was trying to break through in Kaifeng, turned around and successfully broke through in the direction of Xuchang after paying more than 1,000 casualties.

But what followed was the frantic pursuit of the 101st and 3rd divisions of the Japanese army.

"Sudden ......" In the roar of machine guns, the officers and men of the 33rd Army fell in pools of blood. The junior officers, on the other hand, turned around and launched a blockade against the Japanese under the strict orders of the first-class officers.

Unfortunately, the results of this approach are not obvious. At most, they were able to stop the Japanese army for half an hour, and then they suffered annihilation. None of these soldiers had received complete training in the war against Japan, nor did they have enough firepower to compete with the Japanese army.

The outcome of such a battle can be imagined.

lost the radio station, and Zhou Yuanjian also lost contact with Zhengzhou, Xuchang and other places. They could only bury their heads and run wildly, trying to get away from the pursuit of the Japanese army.

Zhou Yuanjian felt that he had never been so sad, and he looked like a lost dog under the pursuit of the Japanese army. In addition to fleeing or fleeing, he didn't even dare to turn around and look at those Japanese soldiers.

The team gradually dispersed, and many people deserted and left the team as they ran. Of the more than 1,000 people who broke through, there are only more than 700 people who are still in the team.

The rest either reflexively blocked and died in battle, or deserted and chose to flee.

...... of the 33rd Army It's all over...... Zhou Yuanjian echoed this sentence sadly in his heart, looking at the soldiers who were like lost dogs, his lips trembled, and he couldn't say a word.

He could not blame the soldiers, the Japanese artillery fire was more fierce than they could have imagined. Originally, they thought that they could rely on the fortification plans given by the Wehrmacht to block it for a while, but after all, they did not have the kind of training that the Wehrmacht had to do.

Most of the fortifications collapsed directly under the frantic artillery fire of the Japanese army. A small part withdrew, but the 33rd Army had no way to resist in front of the Japanese army's next charge tactics.

It was just a charge, and the entire position outside Kaifeng City was almost completely occupied. Subsequently, the city was directly breached under the leadership of Su Tiren.

The face of the 33rd Army was not supported for two hours, and it collapsed under the onslaught of the Japanese army.

"Commander Sun of the 17th Group Army telegraphed: The group army has passed the Dengfeng Territory and is now heading to Zhengzhou. If there is a request for assistance, please call the Zhengzhou headquarters to coordinate ......"

In Xuchang, Lin Shanhe received a telegram from the 17th Army. He immediately lay on the map with Li Xianzhou and judged the current position of the 17th Group Army.

"Telegraphed to the Zhengzhou Headquarters, our department suffered heavy losses in Xuchang. Please ask the headquarters to coordinate the 17th Group Army to support, otherwise Xuchang will be in danger......"

Lin Shanhe took a deep breath and said in a deep voice to Li Xianzhou. The latter nodded, if it was for Zhengzhou to directly send troops to support, Zhengzhou would definitely be unwilling to consider the safety of the battalion.

The 17th Group Army, which had been supported, could have been transferred to Xuchang for support, after all, this was not to use the strength of a group army in Zhengzhou itself. Moreover, Xuchang and Zhengzhou are not far apart.

If the Japanese army encircles Zhengzhou, the 17th Group Army can still play a role in breaking the encirclement.

"After discussion by the command, your request is granted. I hope that your department will do its best to defend Xuchang and not lose anything. The news that it has been opened, the opening has been broken. The losses of the 33rd Army are unknown, or they have all sacrificed their lives to serve the country......"

Lin Shanhe and Li Xianzhou looked at Zhengzhou's return call and sighed helplessly.

Commander Sun of the 17th Group Army called back that the 17th Group Army had now passed Dengfeng on the way to Yuzhou. Expected to arrive in Xuchang tomorrow......"

A few minutes later, the 17th Army sent a call back. They had already reversed the route of the march and were thinking that Xuchang would come......

ps: The first chapter, the second chapter of the code to go ~