Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Who Can Give Me a Sword (2)

More than a dozen divisions gathered on the front line from Lanfeng to Shangqiu, and everyone was gearing up and thinking about it. Although Doihara let Xue Yue go, Tiger Cub didn't want to let Doihara go, and in fact he couldn't let him go. Although Li Zongren formulated a retreat plan to break through from Yongcheng, due to the rush of time, after Zhang Zizhong, including Sun Lianzhong's army, a considerable number of troops were unable to follow this established route, but followed the Longcheng in a panic. Sea Railway runs west. At this time, if there was no Xue Yue Corps, at least half of the troops in the Fifth War Zone would suffer. It was Xue Yue who firmly occupied Shangqiu, and the fallen west gate was restored, and the troops were able to get out of the encirclement one after another.

In addition to ensuring the westward withdrawal of the Xuzhou troops, there was still a large amount of military supplies stranded in Shangqiu at this time. If Xue Yue could not quickly restore the traffic in the middle reaches of the Longhai Railway, it would be a dead end for everyone in the end. On May 21, Xue Yue launched the Battle of Lanfeng, with the goal of clearing the land and fertile land and opening up the Longhai Line Corridor in eastern Henan. quagmire After the Battle of Lanfeng began, the West Route Army first defended Lanfeng, and then Song Xilian attacked the Japanese army's back and captured the Japanese stronghold with mountain artillery.

The Xue Zihao store was very happy to open, it seems very auspicious, but there are many strange things. When Song Xilian launched the attack, the Japanese invading army in the stronghold obviously did not fight to the death, and discarded ammunition and canned food in the stronghold were everywhere. The Japanese invading army has always been known for its tenacity in combat, especially the main divisions like the Doihara Division, it is impossible to be so embarrassed until the last moment. Also surprised was the Eastern Route Army. Before being ordered to attack, the East Route Army judged based on intelligence that the main force of the Doihara Division was distributed along the route, and there were few flat mountains in the eastern Henan area, so there was no danger to rely on, which was very conducive to the movement of the Japanese mechanized troops.

The East Route Army expected a fierce battle ahead, but they never expected that the actual battle went surprisingly smoothly, and the vanguard troops captured the target location that day. It's so strange that no one can figure it out. The answer lies with Doihara, and the first person in Xue Yue's corps to come into contact with this mystery was Gui Yongqing from Lanfeng City. Gui Yongqing, a native of Guixi, Jiangxi, graduated from the first phase of Huangpu. At this time, he was the commander-in-chief of the East Route Army and was responsible for guarding Lanfeng. As early as when he was studying at the Whampoa Military Academy, due to his excellent grades, Gui Yongqing was particularly appreciated by the chief instructor He Yingqin. He went to the battlefield before he got his graduation certificate. .

In 1931, Gui Yongqing, who had been promoted to major general brigade commander, was one of the first batch of students studying in Germany, and traveled across the ocean to Germany to learn the scriptures.In Germany, he is one of the most diligent Chinese students, ranking among the top three in graduation grades. In 1933, after returning to China, Gui Yongqing served as the head of the teaching corps, and since then he has been closely linked with the fate of the teaching corps. The officers and soldiers of the teaching corps have lived together for many years, and they are very familiar with each other. Gui Yongqing can know all the officers above the platoon leader like the back of his hand, and he can name them all.

During the period when Gui Yongqing was in charge, the coaching team gradually reached its peak stage, but the defense of Nanjing turned all this into a dream in the end-the elite division of 30,000 people was only less than 2,000 when it was contained. After Nanjing fell, Gui Yongqing crossed the river on a temporary raft, and stepped into a quagmire when he landed.At first glance, the quagmire looked dry and cracked, but it seemed that it could be waded through, but it was actually a trap that eats people without spitting out their bones. At that time, Gui Yongqing was already a little fat, and when he pressed up, his feet sank in immediately, and the sinking became deeper and deeper.

Seeing that he was about to die, a vigilant guard hurriedly took off the leggings, and joined forces with the people who were still on the raft to pull Gui Yongqing out of hell. In the Battle of Lanfeng, the reason why Gui Yongqing was able to discover Doihara's combat intention first was because the red alarm was lit on the defense line south of Lanfeng. The West Route Army that Gui Yongqing used to guard Lanfeng was expanded from the old foundation of the original teaching corps.Doihara found that it was not realistic to capture Lanfeng immediately, and he couldn't stay here for too long, so he simply adopted the method of running around the city.

Doihara division invaded Lanfeng In the final analysis, the final task Xiangyue entrusted to Doihara was not to take down a small Lanfeng City, but to capture Kaifeng Mansion. Doihara once again used the "little double-headed snake" tactic, only using the second infantry regiment as a containment in front of Lanfeng, and the rest of the troops were all concentrated, and rushed straight to the south of Lanfeng. None of the Japanese aggressors who fought against Song Xilian and Li Hanhun fled in fear of the battle or were really repulsed. They were ordered by Doihara to assemble!

This time Gui Yongqing was suffering to the extreme, Doihara's fists hit him alone.With the help of tanks and chariots, Doihara's attack was fast and fierce, and he quickly bypassed Lanfeng and established contact with the north bank of the Yellow River. Xiangyue had been waiting on the north bank for a long time, and the engineering troops of the Japanese invading army immediately built a pontoon bridge on both sides of the bank to continuously transport logistics supplies to Doihara. With the new rear, Doihara's skills suddenly increased, and Lan Feng was also caught in a semi-encirclement.

Gui Yongqing became anxious. He thought that so many troops of the East Route Army were suppressed in Lanfeng, and Doihara only needed to concentrate the heavy artillery and knock down a large area with his eyes closed. He couldn't let the fire left by the teaching team suffer another disaster in Lanfeng City, so he had to rush out. Therefore, he left the 88th Division to continue to defend the city, while the large troops of the West Route Army under his command forcibly broke through. After the large force successfully broke through, the 88th Division was attacked by the Second Wing more and more frantically. The reason why the latter wanted to attack so desperately was because it was facing a fierce attack from the Eastern Route Army.

At this time, the East Route Army has been blowing up like a balloon, and the new joiners are all scattered troops who broke out from Xuzhou. Everyone wants to continue to break out along the Longhai Line in order to survive. Naturally, everyone is brave and everyone strives to be the first. The second regiment was originally used by Doihara to contain Lan Feng's defenders. They did not have an order to attack the city directly, but judging from the situation, if they did not attack the city, they would be trampled to death under the city. The last level suppresses one level, and the other level suppresses the next level, and the 88th Division defending the city suffers unspeakably. The 88th Division was Sun Yuanliang's division during the Battle of Songhu. It was already in disrepair. There were not many veterans, and after fighting in Lanfeng for so many days, its combat effectiveness became not much different from that of the recruits. The current division commander is Long Muhan. Because he is trapped in the isolated city, he doesn't understand the situation outside, and he doesn't know that the second regiment is actually surrounded by himself and the East Route Army. He only thinks that this is the general attack of the Doihara Division. signal of. How can a dilapidated division stand up to a main division of the Japanese army? Since Gui Yongqing has already led a large force to protrude, it means that he has completed the cover task, so let's drill while there is still a gap outside the city. The Second Wing attacked Lan Feng desperately under unimaginable circumstances. If you want to come out of the city, the Japanese invading army will not be too happy, so naturally they will not reach out to stop you. When people are in a tense situation, it is inevitable that there will be various misjudgments. Unfortunately, some misjudgments are fatal. It should be said that most of Xue Yue's encirclement plan has come to nothing since Doihara circled south of Lanfeng and opened up the north and south banks of the Yellow River. After that, maybe he can go one step further and double-team Doihara again. When Lan Feng was thrown like this, chickens flew into the air. Gui Yongqing thought he had pulled his foot out of the quagmire, but unexpectedly stepped into another deeper quagmire.