On 2 June, the staff officer of the 12th Army of the Japanese Army, who had arrived at the 63rd Division, put forward his own views on the attack on Luoyang.

He believed that it was necessary to first capture the high ground in the area around Ximapo in the north of the city, and during the siege of the city, the 63rd Division would attack from the east and northeast corners, and the remaining artillery and chariot 3rd Division should attack from the west and northwest corners, so as to achieve the goal of pinning down the defenders and making it impossible for them to effectively coordinate with each other.

Over the next three days, the enemy attacked simultaneously from the eastern, southern, and western parts of the city, while the 18th, 23rd, 46th, and 51st divisions outside the city put up a heroic resistance and gave the enemy a head-on blow.

Just as the enemy launched a general attack with the momentum of killing, artillery fire suddenly rang out from behind.

Yes, behind them again, after several days of frontal army fighting, the Japanese army seemed to have forgotten that the best thing this army around Luoyang was guerrilla warfare.

This time, taking advantage of the enemy's large-scale attack on all fronts, Wang Lianhao decisively divided a small force and connected them by using the tunnels dug by the people in advance, and even dug an underground high-speed passage leading directly to the south gate of Luoyang.

And this time, the credit should be attributed to a local family with a rich history, if they hadn't taken the initiative to find Wang Lianhao to propose this possibility, there would not have been this classic underground roundabout operation.

Looking at the soldiers who came out of the ground one by one, the baggage troops and artillery of the Japanese rear town did not have time to react at all, so they were beaten by this surprise attack force behind them, and they abandoned the artillery and fled for their lives.

However, this unit behind the rear was not polite at all, stepped forward to manipulate the enemy's artillery, and began to bombard the enemy's rear, which required the Japanese army's own life, and the major commanders in the army were dazed by the sound of artillery, and could not figure out whether they were besieging the enemy or the enemy besieging them.

"Where the hell is the sound of cannonball? It was clearly the rear of our army, could it be that the enemy's reinforcements had arrived? ”1

Seeing the success of the surprise attack, Wang Lianhao decisively ordered to seize the good opportunity of the chaotic and poorly organized Japanese army before and after, and blew the trumpet of the charge.

Five divisions and nearly 50,000 soldiers in the city launched a charge like a tide, and at this time, the main force of the Japanese army on the west, east, and south sides of Luoyang was instantly cut into countless small pieces, and then annihilated one by one.

"Eight Tooth Road! How so? We shouldn't lose, we shouldn't lose! We have twice as many troops as the other side, and this is our most elite Imperial soldiers, how can we fight like this? ”

Seeing that his troops had fallen into complete chaos and were beaten back by the enemy, Uchiyama Eitaro looked up to the sky and roared, wondering what he had done wrong, why was the enemy trained by this chamber of commerce so difficult to fight?

According to their intelligence, the other side had been fighting guerrillas in East and Central China before, how could the number of people surge so fast? Have they grown to the point where they can compete head-on with their army group?

If this is allowed to develop, how will the empire's plan for greater East Asia co-prosperity be implemented? Coupled with the fact that the Federal Government of the New World began to launch an all-out offensive into the Pacific, the Imperial Army would be in an embarrassing situation of fighting on two fronts.

How can you win in the face of two strong enemies at the same time? No, they can't go on like this, they must retreat, protect their living forces, re-examine this war, locate the true strength of the enemy, and not be arrogant and proud, this battle is already unconsciously tilting towards the other side!

In desperation, Uchiyama Eitaro ordered the entire army to retreat, retreating to the southeast.

Of course, Wang Lianhao would not let go of such a good opportunity to pursue, and his five combat divisions, under the command of the charge, launched round after round of charging and pursuit.

After Zhou Zhen's flying team dropped a round of bombs, they landed nearby, hung a new bomb and took off again, and after dropping another round, they used their extremely superb flying skills to throw three rounds of bombs alone during the period when the enemy completely withdrew from the attack range, plus machine gun fire, which caused a lot of trouble to Uchiyama Eitaro's Japanese army.

Billowing gunsmoke, after the withdrawal of the Japanese army, still burned around Luoyang City for three days and three nights, when all the dust settled, the dark clouds dispersed, Wang Lianhao also received the latest data of the Luoyang fortification.

According to preliminary statistics, in this battle, our soldiers fought bravely, coupled with your effective command, a total of more than 60,000 enemy troops were annihilated, including 32 generals above the rank of junior superior, more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers were captured, more than 10,000 people were missing, and the weapons and equipment collected were enough to arm 10,000 troops, as well as trucks, motorcycles, and artilleryThis time we can say that we have won a big victory! ”

Wang Lianhao pointed to Gonda, who was reporting to him, but his expression was not much complacent, but asked, "How are our casualties?" ”

The smile on Gonda's face froze, and he was a little distracted.

Wang Lianhao said with a straight face: "If it is a war, there will inevitably be casualties, I am not so fragile, let's say it." ”

"Yes, army commander, in this battle of Luoyang, our army has confirmed that about 15,000 soldiers have died, of which 8,000 are brothers of our War Dragon Division, and the rest are casualties of surrounding friendly forces, in addition, there are 40,000 people injured to varying degrees, and of these 40,000 people, almost one-third will be seriously disabled, and a small number will irreversibly increase to the death list...... But Commander, this kind of battle loss ratio is already very good in a large-scale battle, and we are almost one for six with the enemy! ”

Wang Lianhao raised his hand to signal Gonda not to say any more, and he sat there in silence.

Yes, indeed, it is impossible for such a war not to have sacrifices, one for six, this casualty ratio is indeed proud in the eyes of others, but Wang Lianhao is still heartache, you know, there are many of them are outstanding young people who have been trained by their Dragon Chamber of Commerce, except for the number of enemies destroyed, this battle is definitely the war with the largest number of casualties in their Chamber of Commerce, even if he understands that the war cannot be without sacrifices, but he still feels deeply blamed.

"One for six...... No, this is not enough, you must know that in the European battlefield, the German army and the soldiers of some European countries can even fight one for ten, it is not enough, we have not done enough, we must carry out a self-reflection. ”

Wang Lianhao suddenly stood up and looked at Gong Da and said: "Call me all the generals above the level of commander of each division and regiment, we must conduct a reflection and education, learn from the pain, and apologize for the soldiers, because of the lack of ability of our commanders, it has caused so many casualties......

We can't explain to their families, we can't explain to Mr. Zhou in the New World, I want everyone to know that the lives of our soldiers are more noble than anyone else, since the Germans can do one for ten, then why can't we Longxing Chamber of Commerce do one for twenty?

I will first set a small goal for him here, and all the generals must accomplish this goal, not only to fight, not only to win the battle, but also to beat the enemy in pain and fear, and to let our soldiers return alive to their mothers' arms, to their wives and children, this is the most important thing! ”

The defeat of the Japanese army in the Battle of Luoyang can be said to be miserable, which made their main forces change a series of advance plans previously formulated, and it was also from this battle that the Japanese army on the Chinese mainland completely changed from offensive to defensive, not only in the northwest, but also in the southwest and northeast, and began to shrink to the east.

The trident that Zhou Yu drew for this battle, the three sharp knives have also completed their original mission, and there is only one last obstacle left before they converge.

That's Changsha.