The 3rd Army of the National Army was subordinate to the 5th Army of the 1st Theater.

At the command of the 3rd Army.

Commander Tang Huaiyuan was staring at the map with a frown, his expression solemn.

Although the Japanese were repulsed at night, the positions occupied by the Japanese of the 7th Division were recaptured.

However, during the day, the Japanese ground forces, with the cooperation of the paratrooper units, captured the county town of Yuanqu and cut off the connection between the troops of the northern front and the south bank of the Yellow River.

To make matters worse, the Japanese sent out bombers and bombed the ships at the shore ferry during the day.

At the moment, the defensive positions of the 3rd Army are very important.

If this position was lost, not only the 5th Army and the 17th Army would be divided into two halves by the Japanese army, but they would not be able to take care of each other.

Moreover, the supply lines and retreat routes of the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain and along the Yellow River were all cut off.

Although a Japanese attack was repulsed, the Japanese would soon make a comeback, and the enemy was a whole division.

Since the retreat to Zhongtiao Mountain, the military discipline of the various units of the Central Army has rapidly deteriorated.

All units of the Fifth Army have become markets for buying and selling, not only openly reselling grain, but also buying and selling weapons and ammunition, and even secretly selling opium.

The Japanese army's spy personnel only need to pretend to be vendors, and they can enter and leave the defense area of the Central Army at will.

There are even many troops who are paid empty salaries, and some officers have been bribed by the Japanese army.

In short, the Central Army of Nakajo Mountain, from top to bottom, had corrupted military discipline and was infiltrated into a sieve by the Japanese army.

Although the situation of the 3rd Army was better, it was not much better.

General Tang wants to rectify military discipline, but he is also powerless, no matter how much he rectifies military discipline, the general environment within the national army is like this.

Suddenly, General Tang Huaiyuan smelled a dangerous breath in the air and raised his head.

"Da Da Da..."

"Boom, boom..."

The next moment, a dense burst of gunfire and explosions rang out all around.

After a while, the guard battalion commander hurriedly ran in with a pistol, his expression was full of panic: "Report to the military seat, the command headquarters has been attacked, please transfer the military seat immediately!" ”

"What's the panic?"

"How many devils are there who attacked the headquarters?"

Tang Huaiyuan frowned and asked in a condensed voice.

"Well, I don't know yet." The commander of the guard battalion said hesitantly, "However, judging by the sound of gunfire, the enemy's firepower is very strong. ”

"It's all around us troops, and it's only a small group of Japanese troops who infiltrate and attack."

Tang Huaiyuan said: "Only hold on for 10 minutes, and there will be reinforcements!" ”

The commander of the guard battalion burst into tears: "It's better to retreat, your safety is the most important, the 3rd Army can't live without you!" ”

Looking at the appearance of the guard battalion commander, Tang Huaiyuan scolded the waste, took the flower mechanism from the guard next to him, and walked out with a submachine gun.

"Protect the military seat!"

The commander of the guard battalion hurriedly shouted and followed behind.

Tang Huaiyuan came outside with a submachine gun and soon exchanged fire with the Japanese army.

When the soldiers of the guard battalion saw the arrival of the commander, their morale was greatly boosted, and they bravely rushed towards the devil with bayonets in the shouts of killing.

But soon, a burst of firing gunfire rang out during the night, the soldiers fell one after another, the commander of the guard battalion was killed, and a bullet passed through his heart.

An atmosphere of terror enveloped the attacking troops, and the soldiers retreated like a tidal wave.

In the process of retreating, quite a few more soldiers fell.

Commander Tang hurriedly hid behind the grinding plate and wiped a cold sweat, after so many years of fighting, he had never seen such a powerful Japanese army.

Through the fire generated by the explosion of grenades or shells, Commander Tang saw that this group of devils was in a strange posture, pointing forward with a submachine gun in one hand and a shell gun in the other, the muzzle of the gun was full of fireworks, the body was full of magazines, the sheathed dagger hung on the belt, and the steel helmet on the head did not reflect at all in the moonlight.

Damn, it's weird, I've been fighting with the Japanese army for so many years, and I've never seen a devil who doesn't make 38 big covers.

Before he could think about it, a soldier hurriedly came to report: "Commander, the devil has come up from the cliff behind!" ”

Sure enough, there was a dense burst of gunfire in the rear, and the devils cut off their back road.

"All of them!"

The devil's grenadier went off, and two grenades landed on the grinding plate with a strange scream.

"Commander, be careful!"

The guards quickly pressed their bodies against Commander Tang's body.

"Boom!" The explosion sent rubble to the ground, and the guards were already lying in pools of blood.

Commander Tang was secretly frightened, the little devil of the dog day hit really accurately, and the two grenades hit the first shot, hitting the same point.

The soldiers around him fell one by one, and Commander Tang asked another guard to carry the wounded guard on his back, and then shouted: "Withdraw!" ”

However, where can the withdrawal go?

The front and rear retreats were completely blocked, and the Japanese troops had occupied the surrounding commanding heights and carried out fire blockades.

After the Yamamoto team rushed the soldiers to the headquarters, they fired gas bombs with grenadiers in a frenzy to shorten the battle.

The soldiers of the national army were poisoned and fell, and the devils, wearing gas masks, easily broke into the headquarters and began to harvest.

General Tang's last thought was that Lao Tzu was a dignified lieutenant general of the Chinese Army and must not die at the hands of little devils.

At the last moment, Commander Tang took off his gas mask, committed suicide with a gun, and died tragically.

After that, the Japanese 41st Division attacked on all fronts.

After fierce fighting in the middle of the night, the defense line of the 3rd Army of the National Army, which had lost its command system, quickly collapsed.

Not only were the 5th Army and the 14th Army separated, but most of the retreat and supply lines of the Nationalist Army were cut off by the Japanese army.

When the news reached Shuangqing City, the top level of the national government was in an uproar.

Principal Chang has always had an illusion of superiority in me, and when I heard the news, my bowels turned blue.

When the news reached Taiyuan, the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese army cheered.

……

Jinxi, Luliang Mountain, Kenanpo, Second Theater Command.

Yan Baichuan got up early in the morning, in fact, he didn't fall asleep until late last night, and the Japanese army's surprise attack on Zhongtiao Mountain scared him enough.

I have a mother-in-law, the Japanese army wants to attack the Eighth Route Army in the southeast of Shanxi Province on the surface, but secretly it is actually the Central Army that repairs the plank road and secretly attacks the Central Army of Zhongtiao Mountain.

If the target of the Japanese army was the Jin Sui army in Luliang Mountain, the Jin Sui army would not be able to stop the Japanese attack at all if it was unprepared.

Then there is only one result, although the theater command can retreat across the Yellow River to the west, but the tens of thousands of troops of the Jin Sui Army cannot be withdrawn.

This Japanese is also too insidious.

In the past few years, the Japanese army has launched many battles against Nakajo Mountain, but they have not been able to defeat it.

This time, the central army of Zhongtiao Mountain was more auspicious and less Liao.

As soon as he finished washing, Adjutant Yang Xingru hurriedly walked in with a telegram and gave a military salute:

"Report to the commander, the Chongqing National Government is in an emergency!"

Yan Baichuan said: "Let me guess, did Principal Chang order me to send troops to relieve the siege of the Central Army?" ”

"Commander, you're really like a god."

Yang Xingru slapped a sycophant and said: "Last night, the 3rd Army of the 5th Group Army of the Central Army was wiped out by the 41st Division of the Japanese Army, and the commander of the 3rd Army, Lieutenant General Tang Huaiyuan, was martyred. ”

Yan Baichuan said in a disdainful tone: "Hmph, if you want me to say, Principal Chang is doing it on his own, who asked him to put Wei Lihuang under house arrest, resulting in the lack of a unified command of the Central Army, now let me save it, what can I do to save it?" ”

Let's put aside whether it can be saved or not, annoyed the Japanese army, and when the Japanese army solves the Central Army, they still have to fight the Jin Sui Army with their backhand?

The Japanese army will only look for soft persimmons to pinch, and when they hit the iron plate at the Eighth Road, they will find trouble with the Central Army, and maybe the next one will be the Jin Sui Army.

Yang Xingru said: "Commander, maybe don't be so troublesome, in the morning, the Japanese spies contacted the intelligence department and notified us to take over the county seat in the southeast of Jinjin, this is the list of county seats." ”

After speaking, Yang Xingru handed a list of county towns to Yan Baichuan.

Yan Baichuan took it and took a look, his eyes narrowed slightly, there were more than a dozen county towns on it, and even a few county towns were still in the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army.

Yan Baichuan asked, "Xingru, what do you think?" ”

"This is the Japanese army is afraid that the Eighth Route will take the opportunity to take these county seats, although the strength of the Eighth Route Army has been greatly reduced, but the main force of the Japanese army is not there, and the Eighth Route is equipped with a lot of mountain artillery, and it should not be difficult to capture these county seats."

Yang Xingru analyzed: "The Japanese army's move, first, does not want these counties to fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, and secondly, it is a divisive plan to destroy the relationship between the Jin Sui Army and the Eighth Route Army. ”

This sentence was said by Yan Baichuan: "The third is that when the Japanese army finishes cleaning up the Central Army and comes back, it will be easier to recapture these county towns from our hands." ”

Yang Xingru asked: "Then commander, do you mean that these county towns will not be accepted?" ”

"No, you have to accept it, after receiving these county seats, on the one hand, you can give it to Principal Chang." Yan Baichuan said, "On the other hand, you can arrange a press conference, invite more reporters, and report on the fact that the Jin Sui Army launched an active offensive in the southeast of Jin, inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese army, and recovered more than a dozen county towns." ”

"Understand, the commander is clever, and he admires his duties!"

Yang Xingru smiled flatteringly, slapped a sycophant, turned around and walked out.

After Yang Xingru left, Yan Baichuan took a sip of the teacup, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Those county towns originally belonged to me Yan, what qualifications did the Eighth Road have?

……

The Eighth Route Army was already ready for a counter-sweep.

Li Yunlong led the 3rd Column of Taihang to attack the 2nd Guards Division of the Japanese Army.

The boss led the first column of Taihang to attack the 41st Division of the Japanese Army.

The division commander led the 2nd Column of Taihang to block 2 divisions, 2 reinforced brigades and 1 cavalry brigade to the west and south.

The brigade commander led the Taiyue column to protect the transfer of civilians.

However, they never expected that the Japanese army turned its guns and attacked the Central Army.

The heads of the headquarters who received this information were all shocked, and they felt that the Japanese army had made so many preparations before the war, and they were all suspicious military tactics?

The Eighth Route Army beat the Japanese army, and the Japanese army went to beat the Central Army, right?

At present, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army is engaged in a heated discussion on whether to go south to support the Central Army or to take the opportunity to recover the base area and the surrounding county seats.

It was not so easy to go south to support the Central Army, and the Japanese 37th Division was deployed in the area of Xiangyuan and Licheng to prevent the Eighth Route Army from moving south.

In the end, the headquarters decided that the division commander would lead the 2nd Column of Taihang to attack the 37th Division, Li Yunlong would lead the 3rd Column of Taihang to recover the county seat, and the boss would lead the 1st Column to defend the base area.

After all, there is still the 2nd Guards Division of the Japanese Army on Zhengtai Road, and if the Eighth Route Army comes out, the home will definitely be stolen by the devils.

Li Yunlong had already negotiated with Chen Feng the price of recovering more than a dozen county seats.

It's fragrant.

After recovering these dozen county seats, he will lead his troops to the northwest of Shanxi.

However, before Li Yunlong could make a move, the news came that these county towns had been occupied by the Jin Sui army.

Although it was very angry, in order not to undermine the national united front, the headquarters decided to abandon these county seats.

After Li Yunlong learned the news, he couldn't help but scold: "This Yan Laoxi is really not a thing, he runs faster than anyone else, and now he is colluding with the devil, he is raised by a son of a bitch, and if he doesn't let labor and management hit the county, labor and management will fight Taiyuan!" ”

This time, Grand Master Li was really angry.

The 2nd Guards Division was ready to fight, but as a result, the Japanese Central Army that hit Nakajo Mountain went, and the 2nd Guards Division also ran away.

was ready to recover the county, but the peaches were picked by Yan Laoxi at once.

I was ready to do a big job twice, but I didn't do it twice, can Grand Master Li bear this violent temper?

After all, fighting in a large corps is not like an ambush, which can be decided with a pat on the head, and a lot of preparation work is required in the early stage.