Section 40

Soon after Wang Yaowu told them the news of the defeat of the air force, bad news came one after another, the defenders of Shuangtaji, Yangqi and other places were defeated by the Japanese army, giving way to the road to the south of the Japanese army, and a huge gap was opened in the encirclement circle, which made their efforts to form an encirclement situation abandoned, and the significance of capturing Neihuang, Mawangzhai, Yifeng and other places became much weaker.

Fortunately, the Japanese army was not far from them, and the road to the Yellow River was also cut off, and the friendly forces around them did not suffer any losses, and surrounded the four sides of the Japanese army with five times the force.

And the other piece of news isn't really bad news! Qiu Qingquan, the deputy commander of the 200th Division who rushed to Lanfeng with the chariot battalion to support, also led the T-26 chariot unit to attack the Japanese cavalry when they launched an offensive against Neihuang, Mawangzhai and other places.

Stretched out his hand and beckoned, and asked the staff officer to bring a combat map, Wang Yaowu said without the slightest delay: "The basic situation has just been said, the Japanese army has now captured Shuangtaji and Yangqiji, so that the Japanese army to the west can threaten Kaifeng, and to the north can attack Lanfeng, and Qixian County in the south is basically in a state of no defense, it can be said that the initiative of the battlefield has been completely in the hands of the Japanese army, and if we want to completely encircle the Japanese army, it is no longer possible for us to do it." ”

A moment ago, they were still talking about the encirclement and annihilation battle, but they didn't expect a few news to come, and the change in the situation took the situation far beyond their imagination, and most of the fat to their mouths had flown away, which made it difficult for them, who were usually serious, to keep their composure, Li Tianxia even scolded in a Songhu accent: "Book that, what is this called!" After fighting for a long time, the back door was blocked, and the front was not defended. ”

"Master, what Yaozong said makes sense, since it is a joint encirclement, it is natural to encircle the water and not get through, this is only less than half a day, just drove the devils out of Neihuang, they are occupying Yangqi, and now there are only local security regiments and Yongxiang left in Qixian County, let alone fighting, I'm afraid that as soon as the cannon goes off, they will have to run out, and we have to attack Yangqi again? The devil's firepower is ferocious, and we can't afford to lose this kind of strong attack. ”

Wang Yaowu couldn't see the slightest expression on his face, he glanced at the two of them and said slowly: "How to fight this battle, it's not up to you to decide, it's not up to me to have the final say, Chief Xue is now in Kaifeng, and the principal has come to Zhengzhou to command, how to arrange the battle plan, let's not study too much, I just want to warn the two virtuous brothers, don't be paralyzed because of the previous victory, it's not that the dragon doesn't pass the river, the devil dares to go deep alone in a division, and he must rely on it, and he must eat with a mouthful, The battle must also be fought step by step. ”

At this time, where do they dare to have any careless ideas, the plan to encircle has not yet been implemented is the Japanese army broke through the encirclement, hundreds of thousands of troops rushed into the air, but also made them have a feeling that they can't make a force, and from the division commander to learn more about some unknown situations, they were originally full of confidence to fight a battle of encirclement and annihilation, completely disappeared, they are used to fighting a tough battle, obviously at once can see that the army has missed the best opportunity to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army at this moment.

After a few more discussions on the mountain, they left one after another, and now that the regiments had set off according to the tasks assigned before, they naturally needed to go to command as the main generals, but when they left, they had lost the spirit they had when they captured Neihuang and other places before, and they became frowning and solemn.

And just when the various units of the national army were following the footsteps of the Japanese army non-stop, the main force of the Japanese army that took Yangqi did not stay too long and went straight from the north to Maji south of Lanfeng.

Maji is the throat of Yangqi to Lanfeng, and the west is connected to Luowangzhai, east of the twin towers, once this place falls, the Japanese army is open to the north, can face Lanfeng town, for this reason, Lanfeng defenders are also pouring out, quickly go to support, the chariot battalion that previously broke the day is the first to kill to Maji.

The Japanese army, which had strengthened the three heavy artillery wings, gave full play to their terrifying firepower advantage at this time, and dozens of battle defense guns and mountain artillery roared at the same time to cover a radius of more than ten miles, and Maji, which was bombarded by intensive artillery fire, was almost razed to the ground in an instant.

In the face of such a situation, the commander of the national army was also extremely helpless, seeing that in a very short period of time, there were actually seven or eight chariots destroyed, and he also had no choice but to give the order to retreat, and the Japanese armored vehicles then pursued, almost effortlessly captured Maji, and controlled the choke point south of Lanfeng.

The rapid and incomparably fierce offensive of the Japanese army obviously frightened their enemy, and there were several times the number of troops in the area around Lanfeng, but they were fully on the defensive, and the 71st Army, the 74th Army and other troops that launched an attack from the Neihuang line were also subjected to the stubborn resistance of the Japanese army, relying only on a few artillery pieces to clear the obstacles ahead, completely using artillery shells in exchange for positions.

On May 22, the main force of the Japanese army that captured Maji launched a new offensive after dawn, and their target was directly aimed at Mengjiaoji west of Lanfeng, and the 61st Division stationed here suffered heavy casualties in the face of the offensive of dozens of Japanese artillery pieces and the bombardment of aircraft in the sky, and had to call for support from all around.

The troops stationed in Lanfeng naturally did not dare to move lightly at this time, for fear of being hit by the Japanese army's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, so they had to send the 36th Division from Luowangzhai and other places west of Lanfeng to ask for help, but when the 36th Division just arrived halfway, it was ambushed by the Japanese army, and under the guidance of more than a dozen chariots, the Japanese cavalry brigade swept in, facing the national infantry who had no fortifications to rely on, just a blink of an eye to disperse their formation and disrupt the team.

The armored battalion of the 200th Division had to rush out again to meet the enemy without repair, although they used their own strong firepower to repel the Japanese attack, but in the case of serious damage to the tank, they did not dare to rush out of the pursuit, and could only see the Japanese troops with full mobility and moving away.

And then the defenders of Lanfeng received a bad news, the main force of the Japanese army after defeating the defenders of Mengjiaoji, did not make any adjustments at all, but suddenly turned the center of gravity of the attack, and went straight to the Luowang Station in the west of Lanfeng, Luowangzhai and Quxingji further north, in this case, the Japanese army's mobility ability was brought into full play, in the case of a large number of vehicles loaded, the distance of tens of hundreds of miles was really instantaneous for them.

The 36th Division, which was originally stationed here, was still reorganizing after suffering heavy losses on the outskirts of Lanfeng, and in the face of such a situation, the whip commander could only do nothing in vain.

The troops left behind in these places are just a few reserve battalions and a supplementary regiment, in the face of the imposing Japanese army, they did not do anything to resist at all or gave way to the position, the Japanese army one day and night Liankeyangqi, Maji, Mengjiaoji, Luowangzhai and other places, the fierce flames are unstoppable, and in a blink of an eye, the southern barrier of Lanfeng is in the hands of all the hands, forming a semi-encirclement of the important town of Lanfeng.

This overwhelming situation is too dramatic, yesterday was still thinking about how to encircle and annihilate this enemy, but I didn't expect that after a night, it was they who were surrounded, which caught the Lanfeng defenders off guard at the same time, but also a little frightened, and the orders for help were constantly sent to the friendly troops around, asking the troops to rush to Lanfeng as soon as possible for reinforcements.

In the east of Lanfeng, Wang Yaowu, who received a telegram asking for help, couldn't help frowning and said nothing, although he had somewhat expected that this battle would not be easy to fight, but the situation took such a sharp turn, tens of thousands of troops plus the reinforced chariot battalion did not even hold out for a day before it was broken through several important towns, or he was greatly disappointed, at this time he could already see that the so-called battle of encirclement and annihilation was just a joke, with tens of thousands of people in front of the defense of the Japanese invaders, a division could not resist, let alone attack the stronghold occupied by the enemy, You must know that since ancient times, defense has been cheaper than attack, after all, there are fortifications to rely on, the killing of the enemy and the protection of themselves are multiplied, and often strong fortifications are enough to make up for the firepower gap between them and the Japanese army.

But now that you can't even defend yourself, how can you attack? With such a force to fight such a fierce Japanese attack, I am afraid that even if all the people are filled, they will not be able to help the enemy!

Wang Yaowu couldn't help sighing, looked up at the sky, he had lost confidence and ideas about the prospect of this battle, they captured Neihuang and opened up the Longhai Road in one fell swoop with lightning speed, but now they lost the more important Luowang Station in a blink of an eye, and even Lanfeng was already in a semi-encircled situation, and the previous battle naturally lost all meaning.

"Division, Brigade Commander Zhou called, the 151st Brigade is ready to attack according to the order, and it can attack Maogu Village at any time, do you want to attack immediately?" Liu Zengyao, the chief of staff on the side, looked at Wang Yaowu's face uncertainly, his expression was very serious, and he couldn't help but ask cautiously, although he, the chief of staff, is also the third person in the 51st Division, but he is very self-aware, in the 51st Division, this unsmiling person in front of him is the real master, and anyone else is a supporting role.

Wang Yaowu was awakened by his words, looked at the chief of staff who was standing very respectfully on the side, he groaned for a while and said slowly: "Let's fight!" Tell Jing Fang that Lan Feng is in danger, and he must do his best to clear the enemy in front of him in order to quickly move closer to Lan Feng. ”