The five hundred and fortieth chapters support the twenty-seventh army
On that day, high-level officials from both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party issued combat orders to the troops around Changzhi, and the orders issued by the Nationalist Government were even more urgent.
In particular, the Thirteenth Army located in Huguan received a total of three telegrams from the First War Zone, the Military and Political Department, and the Old Man's Attendant Room.
Among them, the telegram from the attendant's room did not include Niang Xipi at the beginning, but the reprimanding tone of the old man was obvious.
Not only the headquarters of the 13th Army received the telegram, but also the subordinate 89th Division, 110th Division, and the New 1st Division.
The first commander of the Thirteenth Army was Qian Dajun, who is now the director of the First Division of the Attendance Office. Tang Enbo was the commander of the 89th Division at the time. After Qian was transferred, Tang took over as commander. There is a deep connection between the two.
Tang Enbo, who was far away in Xinyang, also received a telegram, but it was sent in Qian Dajun's private name.
In the telegram, Qian Dajun bluntly expressed the old man's dissatisfaction with Tang Enbo. As a direct line unit of the Central Army, the Thirteenth Army was frequently unable to command. All the officers only knew that Tang Enbo was there but not Chiang. He even mentioned that the old man intended to general Tang Enbo after the war.
The Thirteenth Army was split and incorporated into other units.
After a set of combination punches, Tang Enbo was indeed honest.
The words are divided into two parts.
There are many factions within the national army, each with the idea of preserving its strength. The same is true within the Japanese army. The North China Expeditionary Army and the Kwantung Army are particularly obvious.
After the Japanese troops of the 35th Division forced Sun Dianying to surrender in Lingchuan, they then attacked Huguan to the north, but encountered resistance from the 89th Division, and two regiments of the 94th Division approached from the side.
Uncharacteristically, Ichiro Kawamoto adopted Zhang Lanfeng's strategy and decisively retreated to Lingchuan County, choosing to preserve his strength.
In normal times, with more than 6,000 troops on hand, even if the Eighth Route Army threatened the flanks, Kawamoto Ichiro was confident that he could defeat the fighting 89th Division from the front before the Eighth Route Army arrived.
Now, after receiving the order, the 89th Division abandoned its entrenched position and took the initiative to attack Lingchuan County from the east of Huguan. The 110th Division advanced with the 89th Division from the north of Lingchuan, and the 94th Division advanced from the north of Lingchuan.
The northeast direction of Lingchuan is approaching Lingchuan.
Not counting the independent regiments under Xing Zhaotang's command, there were ten regiments directly participating in the battle, and the two divisions of the Thirteenth Army alone had nearly 20,000 people.
The two parties involved in the war quickly reached an agreement before the war, and the three armies attacked Lingchuan in panic.
At the same time, the Hebei, Shandong and Henan Military Region, located on the east side of the Pinghan-Han Railway, is also making big moves.
The Fourth Regiment of the North Henan Army Division and the Fourth Independent Regiment were approaching Junxian and Huaxian to contain the puppet troops who stayed behind in Xinxiang, so that they did not dare to reinforce Lingchuan.
Zhou Weiguo's First Independent Regiment left Neihuang in the west and arrived in the suburbs of Anyang. It echoed the 94th Division's supplementary regiment in the west of Anyang to jointly contain the Japanese troops in Anyang. The Second Independent Regiment of the Zhinan Military Division was transferred to Qingfeng County to defend the Liangpu area.
The Japanese army.
Tan Lin's use of troops can be said to be quite bold. At this time, the remaining troops in the base area, except for a few teams directly under the military region, only had a few local armed forces, which was extremely empty.
In the blink of an eye, the Japanese army had launched a day and night offensive against Changzhi City. Facing the heavy artillery of the Japanese army, the bunkers built by the 27th Army outside the city were like paper and had no effect at all.
The trenches connecting the bunkers were also razed to the ground by the Japanese.
Upon seeing this, Fan Hanjie withdrew the soldiers outside the city into the city without waiting for the Japanese infantry to attack.
Yukio Imada was very happy that the war went smoothly, but this joy came to an abrupt end before it lasted for long.
Inside the tent of the Japanese military headquarters.
The adjutant reported the battle situation ahead to today's Yukio: "Your Excellency, General, the Nakamura Brigade reported that the national army dug a huge trench around the Changzhi city wall, and the frontline attack was blocked!"
"Although the frontline troops were suppressed by artillery fire, the Chinese army deployed a large number of light machine guns on the city wall fortifications. Once the artillery fire stopped, the Chinese machine gunners quickly swarmed the city wall, and the infantry were unable to cross the ditch outside the city for a short time!"
Imada Yukio was furious after hearing this, and immediately said: "Why should I worry about this kind of thing? I will go to the nearby area immediately to capture some Chinese people and fill up the trench!"
Fan Hanjie was on guard against the Japs when he was digging the trench. The common people around the battlefield were evacuated early in the morning, and the Japs were unable to find strong men in a short period of time.
Time came to the 19th. The battle between the Japanese army and the 27th Army had lasted for three days.
The offensive and defensive battle in Changzhi was extremely fierce. The 27th Army defending the city also suffered heavy losses under the double fire suppression of the Japanese army. The Japanese army also left corpses everywhere outside the city, but they still had some remaining strength.
In contrast, Zhou Weihan's position in Pingshun seemed calm and indifferent. During this period, Fan Hanjie was quite confident at first, but as the Eighth Preliminary Division serving as the reserve team moved to the front line, Fan Hanjie could no longer sit still.
After staying there, he sent several telegrams asking for help to Zhou Weihan.
Faced with the 27th Army's request for help, Zhou Weihan just called Fan Hanjie back and asked him to believe in him.
Inside Pingshun City.
Xing Zhiguo held a telegram in his hand: "Lao Zhou, Han called unilaterally. Not long ago, Yukio Imada called Isamu Terauchi. The telegram stated that the Japanese army had consumed more than half of its ammunition, and the heavy artillery regiment had very few shells left, and it was in urgent need of replenishment.
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"Currently, Isamu Temple is "preparing" supplies. The Japanese army in Handan will be responsible for transporting them, and they will be handed over to the Kwantung Army Division 1 stationed in Licheng in Shexian County and Licheng!"
After hearing this, Zhou Weihan clapped his hands and felt relieved: "Great, it's not easy for the national army to hold up in Changzhi. The little devil still wants to get ammunition supplies, that's a dream!"
"Pass my order, the first division quickly assembles troops and Shexian County cadre regiment to concentrate superior forces, eliminate this group of Japanese troops in Licheng, and get back ammunition and supplies!"
At the same time, on the Handan Chang Highway, somewhere in Shexian County, the Shexian County Basic Corps had just concluded a battle.
In the past two days, as the siege progressed, the number of casualties among the Japanese siege troops increased sharply. The Kwantung Army participating in the war did not have a field hospital. If the wounded wanted to receive timely treatment, they had to go to the field hospital in Handan. In the past two days,
There are transport teams passing by every day.
The basic regiment left by Zhou Weihan along the Handan-Chang Highway seized the opportunity. Imada Yukio was also afraid that the wounded would be ambushed by the Eighth Route Army, so he sent an additional infantry squadron to transport the wounded in horse-drawn carriages.
"Quickly, take off all your clothes and wash them. If you change them again, they can still be used. By the way, throw the bodies far away. Don't let the little devils who come next time find them!" Shen Fang, the leader of the group, rushed to the cleaning company.
shouted the battlefield warrior.
Although the Tainan Military Region was wealthy, when it was their turn to clean up the battlefield, the soldiers had a way of doing it. Before long, each of the little devils turned into white pigs, and even the blood stains on the battlefield were buried.
"Captain, there is an urgent telegram from the military region. Let our regiment get in touch with the first division immediately. I'm afraid a big move will be made!" Political Commissar Dai Zhiying found Ding Sheng with a telegram.
"Okay, it's no fun to fight in a small way, it's finally our turn to play!"