The sun rises in the east, and when the first rays of sunlight in the east break through the dark night and peek out of their heads, a new day has come.

After a night of fighting, the soldiers on both sides were very tired, especially the paratroopers of the 8th Theater of Operations, who had been fighting for almost a day since they boarded the plane at 3 o'clock yesterday, and the fighters had not advanced a drop of water.

The gunfire is still the same, the cannon is still the same, the battle is still the same, and the expressions of Qin Yiwu and the others in the command are also tired, with the continuous arrival of Japanese reinforcements, Qin Yiwu and the others find themselves in danger of being surrounded and annihilated.

"What's going on outside, have the casualties of the various units been counted?" Qin Yiwu is most concerned about the casualties of his troops now.

"Report to the commander that the fighting in the north has stopped for the time being, and the Japanese army is slowly retreating, but the Japanese army on the front (east) has not retreated, but continues to increase its troops. The casualties have also been counted, 774 killed, 1,387 wounded, and more than 200 people are missing! Zhang Haoqiang, commander of the Second Paratrooper Brigade, reported.

"With such heavy casualties?" Qin Yiwu asked with a frown.

"We have been fighting since we landed in Zhengzhou yesterday, first annihilating a reinforced brigade of the devils, and then severely damaging a mixed brigade of the devils, and then fighting with the third division of the devil's tank and the 10th mixed brigade for one night, and the casualties of more than 2,000 people are actually very small!" Zhang Haoqiang smiled bitterly.

"How long will our ammunition last?" Qin Yiwu asked again.

"The rifle shells are okay, enough for today's day's battle, but the rockets have been basically exhausted and cannot be replenished in a short time."

"That's fine. When the commander left, he personally called me and ordered us to hold Zhengzhou no matter what. No matter how dangerous it is, we must stick to it! ”

"Yes!"

"But it can't go on like this, pass my order, give up 3 streets, and let the soldiers take turns to eat. In addition, the theater command sent a report, requesting immediate reinforcements from the headquarters! ”

"Reinforcements? Commander, we only have one paratrooper unit in the theater of operations, how can there be reinforcements? Zhang Haoqiang asked in surprise.

"There are really no more well-trained paratroopers, but isn't there a new paratrooper brigade in the theater of operations. Those recruits have been training for more than 5 months. It's time for the real fight! Rest assured, the Japanese army did not have many troops on the front line of Lanfeng, and only this third division of the tank was used to attack Zhengzhou, and the others were all in northern Henan and Li Yifeng, the bandit leader. In other words, the little devil has no reinforcements. As soon as our reinforcements arrive. Whether it is a brigade or a regiment, it is the last straw that breaks the camel's back for the Japanese army! ”

"What the commander said makes sense, I'll send a report to the war zone!" Zhang Haoqiang said excitedly.

Zhongmu. The headquarters of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Tank Division.

Nishihara Kazucei and others also stayed awake all night. Although the battle situation in Zhengzhou has begun to change in the direction of the empire after the main force arrives in Zhengzhou, the Chinese army is still not completely defeated, and there is a possibility of turning the tables at any time.

As soon as the morning dawned, Nishihara Kazuze and others were analyzing the enemy situation, and the head of the intelligence department, Chiyoko Koga, hurriedly walked in, came to Nishihara Kazuse's side and said: "Your Excellency Nishihara, our special high-tech department has just intercepted the telegram of the Zhengzhou side of the Chinese army, which was sent to Chen Feng by the commander of the Chinese paratrooper unit!" ”

"Have you deciphered it?" Nishihara asked hurriedly.

"It hasn't been completely deciphered, but the general meaning has been clarified, this telegram is a telegram for help, I only know that the casualties of the Chinese army in Ludao City are not small, and the other information is not yet fully grasped by the telegram code of the eighth war zone of China, so it cannot be deciphered, please forgive me!" Chiyoko Koga said.

"Yo Xi, Your Excellency Koga, you have done a good job. Since the people of China have begun to ask for help, it means that the army in the city is already at the end of its strength, and the imperial army should step up its attack. Lieutenant General Kazusei Nishihara said excitedly.

At this moment, a young left staff officer hurriedly walked in and said, "Your Excellency the commander of the reporting division, the headquarters of the front army is in an emergency!" ”

"Did you send it from Lord Okamura?"

"Hay!"

Nishihara Kazuse hurriedly turned out to read the telegram, there was not much content on the telegram, and he talked about more than a dozen words, but in Nishihara Kazuce's opinion, it was as heavy as a thousand catties.

After a long while, Nishihara Kazuse came to his senses and said, "Immediately send a report to Mizuno-kun, ordering them to end the battle before dark today, and if they can't completely wipe out the Shina army before dark, then withdraw immediately!" ”

"Hay!"

"Nani?"

This is the reaction of two kinds of people in the Japanese division and regimental headquarters, one is a mechanical obedience, and the other is a mind of their own.

"Your Excellency, what is this for, even if the imperial army can't wipe out the Chinese army in Zhengzhou City today, it can continue to fight tomorrow, why should you withdraw your troops for Lu?" Chiyoko Koga asked angrily.

"This is an order from Your Excellency Okamura, and we must carry it out!" After saying that, Nishihara Kazusaku handed the telegram to Chiyoko Koga.

After reading the telegram, Chiyoko Koga turned back dejectedly and went directly out of the division headquarters of the 3rd Chariot Division.

After receiving the order from the division headquarters, Mizuno Nobu was quite puzzled, but as a soldier, especially a senior officer, Mizuno Nobu knew very well what his responsibilities were. Since this telegram was indeed sent from the division and regiment headquarters, it means that it represents the fighting will of the division headquarters and even the entire Third Tank Division, and the confidant must strictly implement it.

So Mizuno Shin also issued the same order to all the troops in Zhengzhou City, it is necessary to destroy the Shina army in the city within one day, if it cannot be eliminated, then the previous achievements will be wasted.

Qin Yiwu in the command headquarters obviously felt that the fierceness of the Japanese attack this morning was stronger than yesterday, yesterday the Japanese army was worried about accidental injury, almost did not use artillery, but today is different, if the battle over there is not stale, the Japanese artillery will fully support, without any scruples about the Japanese army who is fighting, that is to say, the Japanese army does not care about accidentally injuring their companions.

"Report to the commander, the Sixth Avenue in Dongcheng District has been lost, and the Japanese army is attacking Zhongzheng Middle School!"

"Report to the commander, the Swan Hotel is lost, and the first regiment, the second battalion, the second company, and the third platoon are all wiped out!"

"Report to the Commander"

The bad news is one after another, Qin Yiwu knows that the devil is desperate now, and if he doesn't succeed, he will become a benevolent, and it is completely a lose-lose style.

This is not the most important thing, the problem is that the Japanese army now has the advantage of troops, after more than a day of hard fighting, the paratrooper unit is less than 6,000 men, while the attacking Japanese army is as high as more than 13,000 people, more than twice as many troops. In addition, due to the exhaustion of rockets, dozens of Japanese combat vehicles were still intact, which put a lot of pressure on the paratrooper troops.

Qin Yiwu straightened his clothes and said, "The little devil is starting to fight hard, and it is completely a deadly way of playing. They dare to fight, what do we dare not fight, dick he is a ball, not dick he is not even a ball, grandma's, the guards are gathered! ”

After saying that, Qin Yiwu took his guard company out of the headquarters and killed the commander, Zhang Huwei in the command center looked at the menacing Qin Yiwu, gritted his teeth and followed with the surviving troops of the 2nd Regiment of the 196th Division.

By noon, the paratroopers had been captured by the Japanese on four streets, and there were less than three streets left from the headquarters of the first theater.

After realizing the seriousness of the matter, Qin Yiwu directly transferred two battalions from Xicheng and Nancheng to intervene in the battle in the east.

At more than 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Qin Yiwu and other reinforcements finally arrived, it was a well-equipped infantry brigade, and some special forces, in addition, Chen Feng also sent a large number of planes to participate in the battle, with the addition of this new force, the defenders could finally take a breath.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese army still failed to drive the defenders out of Zhengzhou City after paying huge casualties, but lost all the achievements of the morning in just two hours.

Under the deliberate sabotage of the Japanese army, a fire broke out in Dongcheng District of Zhengzhou, and Qin Yiwu had no choice but to order the troops to stop pursuing the Japanese army and help the people in the city to extinguish the fire on the spot. After Mizuno Shinsho withdrew from Zhengzhou, he did not stay at all and returned directly to Zhongmu.

With the end of the battle in Zhengzhou City, the battles in the direction of Xinxiang and Liaocheng Linqing also quickly subsided, and both sides took the initiative to retreat and open a certain distance.

In this battle, Chen Feng's headquarters dispatched more than 100,000 troops of the entire Southern Hebei Military Region and all the paratroopers in the theater, although they caused heavy casualties, especially the three paratrooper brigades were all damaged, and only more than 7,000 of the more than 13,000 people remained in combat effectiveness, and the rest were either killed or wounded, and the number of casualties in the battle was as high as 2,117, which was the most heavy casualty battle for the paratrooper troops.

But in Chen Feng's opinion, this is very worthwhile, exchanging the absolute loss of less than 3,000 soldiers for the lives of millions of people, no matter what, it is cost-effective, he thinks it is worth it!

Chen Feng is worth it, but Okamura Ningji also feels that he has not lost money in this battle, although he was not able to capture Zhengzhou on the basis, but he took the entire eastern Henan region, and now the Japanese army has also occupied Zhongmu, Xinxiang and other places, which has strategically formed a huge strategic threat to Zhengzhou. The Nationalist Government must have heavy troops stationed in Zhengzhou at all times, otherwise the Japanese army may attack Zhengzhou at any time.

It's just that Okamura Ningji has a little pity, if it weren't for the urgent order from the country, I'm afraid that even Zhengzhou would have been taken this time, but the casualties paid would be greater!

Now the only one who feels that he has lost is probably the old man, after this battle, Chen Feng's hand is completely extended to Henan, and he directly occupied Zhengzhou, which is simply Niang Xipi. What made Lao Jiang most angry was that the territory was occupied, and during this period, many remnant units that were defeated by the Japanese army took the initiative to break away from the battle sequence of the Central Army and intervened in the Eighth Theater, including Zhang Huwei's regiment. (To be continued......)