Whether Li Motang gives this order or not, it really doesn't make much difference.
At least, the total destruction of the 32nd Army is unavoidable. The only difference is how many more people die or how many fewer people die. If Li Motang gives the order, a few fewer people will die. If he doesn't give the order, there will be more.
Many people will die, and these people will die in a meaningless civil war.
Li Motang realized the seriousness of the problem almost instantly.
In fact, just before Langya started to take action, the three regiments and the fortress regiment had launched attacks on Liu Mingquan's 49th Army and Wang Xiyuan's 73rd Army at the same time. Liu Mingquan's 49th Army and Wang Xiyuan's 73rd Army
The Thirteenth Army suffered heavy losses in the previous Feixi Incident and has not yet recovered its strength.
At this time, the Forty-ninth Army and the Seventy-third Army each had two divisions, with a total strength of more than 30,000, even more than before the Feixi Incident. However, without exception, these people were Liu Mingquan and
The strong men captured by Wang Xiyuan had not received a day's military training, and their physical fitness was extremely weak.
But what's worse is that weapons and equipment are also extremely scarce.
How deprived is it? It’s even to the point where five people share one rifle!
Someone wants to ask, when the Feixi Incident subsided, didn’t the Dameishan Military Division return all the equipment except the Italian mountain artillery battalion to the 32nd Army? Yes, it was returned, but it was returned.
The weapons and equipment were sold by senior officers of the 32nd Army.
Everything works from top to bottom, and with a commander like Wan Xiangyun, it's really hard to believe how good the officer team below can be.
Therefore, the 49th Army and the 73rd Army now have huge forces, but their combat effectiveness is not worth mentioning.
Among them, the 49th Army is stationed in Huoqiu County, and the 73rd Army is stationed in Shu County. These two armies and the 79th Army stationed in Feixi are at odds with each other, controlling the entire Anhui Province.
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Of course, the Wanzhong Plain was not recovered by the 32nd Army, but sent by the Japanese.
The main reason why the Japs wanted to give the Wanzhong Plain to the Thirty-Second Army was to induce the Thirty-Second Army to cooperate with the Japanese army in blockading the Damei Mountain area.
As the acting commander-in-chief of the 32nd Army, Li Motang did take the bait of the Japs. Not only did he send troops to occupy the counties in central Anhui that the Japs had vacated, but he also implemented an embargo in the 32nd Army's defense zone.
, it is strictly prohibited to enter any strategic materials such as grain and cotton into the Damei Mountain area.
The third regiment, the fortress regiment came with hatred, so the offensive was naturally very fierce.
If it were the Japanese, as long as they lasted for the first half hour, they would be fine, because this time the three regiments and the fortress regiment did not bring much ammunition at all. If the high-intensity firepower output continued, it would only last for half an hour at most.
After running out of ammunition, we could only wait for the Japanese to counterattack and flee in confusion.
But it is a pity that the combat effectiveness of the 49th Army and the 73rd Army is not to mention compared with that of the Japanese. Even Han Deqin's 89th Army is far inferior. After all, the 49th Army and the 73rd Army are far inferior.
The main force of the 70th Army had already been wiped out by the Dameishan Military Division. The troops at this time were just cobbled together by Liu Mingquan and Wang Xiyuan yesterday. Many soldiers had never even touched a gun.
Where is the fighting power?
What's more, Liu Mingquan and Wang Xi were not mentally prepared for this.
Ever since the Japs withdrew from central Anhui and led their troops into Huoqiu and Shuxian, Liu Mingquan and Wang Xiyuan had only focused on expanding their troops and amassing money. When had they ever seriously prepared for war? At this time, faced with the sudden change of the Dameishan Military Division,
The attack naturally went into chaos, and the first reaction of the two of them was to run away with the money.
It's a pity that the four gates of Huoqiu and Shu County are blocked, making it impossible to escape.
With the situation like this, Liu Mingquan and Wang Xiyuan decisively gave up resistance and readily became prisoners. Anyway, this was not the first time they were captured by Dameishan. They were captured over and over again, so they got used to it.
The 49th Army and the 73rd Army surrendered collectively without any resistance.
Only Xia Hanzhong's 79th Army put up a certain degree of resistance.
Xia Hanzhong's 79th Army occupies the most fertile and largest core territory, and the army's organization is also the most complete. Moreover, the 79th Army also has three divisions, and the 76th Division did not participate in the fertilization.
In the West Incident, it was almost unscathed, and it can be regarded as the only remaining main division in the entire Thirty-Second Army.
It was precisely because of the existence of the 76th Division that Xia Hanzhong had the courage to fight.
However, Xu Rui also prepared the most powerful opponent for Xia Hanzhong. Both the 49th Army and the 73rd Army were sent to attack only one regiment. Only an infantry regiment and an artillery regiment were used to attack the 79th Army.
The regiment plus a first armored regiment, and even a Type 95 fighter jet returning after completing the escort mission!
With tank-tank synergy and air-ground synergy, this camp is already extremely luxurious!
At this moment, not only Xia Hanzhong, but also every officer and soldier of the 79th Army was shocked by the powerful lineup displayed by the Dameishan Military Division. They looked at the sudden advance on the eastern horizon.
tanks, coupled with fighter jets circling in the sky, the officers and soldiers of the 79th were all stunned.
"As for it, God Xu Wen actually mobilized troops and mobilized people like this?"
"My dear, who is this blind person who provoked God Xu Wen?"
Ever since the Feixi Incident, Xu Rui has been nicknamed the God of Plague among the officers and soldiers of the 32nd Army.
"Don't you understand? Let me tell you, it was Ma Bufang from the northwest who robbed the supplies given to Xu Wenshen by the Soviets. This time Xu Wenshen was really offended. You see, not only did he dispatch tanks, he even suppressed them.
The air force from the bottom of the box has also been sent over, damn it, this battle is impossible to fight, we will definitely lose!"
"Ma Bufang robbed the supplies, so Xu Wenshen should go to Ma Bufang. What's the point of beating us?"
"Are you stupid? If Ma Bufang didn't have an order, would you dare to rob Xu Wenshen's supplies?"
"I understand. Our mistake was that we happened to be near Damei Mountain. In order to take revenge on Chairman Chiang, Xu Wenshen had no choice but to seek bad luck on us, right?"
"Isn't that what it is?"
"Mom, the order was given by Chairman Chiang, and the supplies were robbed by Ma Bufang. Our Thirty-Second Army did nothing, but we have to bear the blame. You can tell me, where can we go to judge?"
"Comment? There is no reason in this world. If there is any truth, will the little devils come to attack our country?"
A group of large-scale soldiers were whispering to each other on the collapsed city wall of Feixi Town. Suddenly, there were rapid footsteps behind them. When they looked back quickly, they saw Xia Hanzhong, commander of the 79th Army, standing next to his adjutant Erjican and a dozen guards.
Surrounded by people, the dozen or so guards all had flower traps on their chests, which gave them a majestic look.
However, compared with the Dameishan Independent Regiment outside the city, these dozen guards are nothing. Facing their aircraft, artillery and tanks, what use can one guard class plus a dozen fancy machines do? It's not enough.
A tank's sudden burst or a dive and strafing attack can kill you all.
Also accompanying Xia Hanzhong to the top of the city was Wang Lingyun, commander of the 76th Division.
After reaching the top of the city, Wang Lingyun subconsciously raised the telescope to observe, but he put it down again after raising it halfway, because there was no need for the telescope at all. The tanks of the Dameishan Independent Regiment had already arrived at the city. The closest tank even
It was already approaching a hundred meters and already within the range of a submachine gun.
Seeing such a scene, Wang Lingyun's facial muscles immediately began to twitch violently. The Dameishan Independent Regiment was really crazy, but they also had the capital to be crazy. Wang Lingyun roughly counted that there were at least seventy tanks lying outside the city.
, In addition, there is a fighter jet in the sky, which swoops down from time to time, making everyone tremble.
Not only Wang Lingyun, the commander of the 76th Division, but also Xia Hanzhong, the commander of the 79th Army, had facial muscles twitching.
At this moment, Xia Hanzhong's mood was undoubtedly very complicated. On the one hand, he was deeply shocked by the strength of the Dameishan Independent Regiment. How long had it been since the Dameishan Independent Regiment was formed into an army?
It only takes one year to make a full calculation, but in this year, the Dameishan Independent Group has ballooned from more than a thousand people to more than ten thousand people. What is even more shocking is that in more than a year, not only
There are artillery, and there are planes and tanks!
With such a lineup and such a large number of troops mobilized, if the generals were to fight, their 79th Army would definitely be defeated!
At the beginning, Xia Hanzhong was still lucky, thinking that since the Dameishan Independent Regiment came from afar, it might not be impossible to fight. However, after seeing the armored corps of the Dameishan Independent Regiment, the artillery group in the distance, and the roaring in the sky,
After using the fighter jets, Xia Hanzhong discovered helplessly that this battle was impossible to fight.
Just when Xia Hanzhong was hesitant, Li Mutang's order arrived.
Li Motang, in the name of the commander-in-chief of the group army, ordered Xia Hanzhong to immediately disarm and surrender to the Dameishan Independent Regiment. Li Motang had obviously seen the situation clearly. Whether they resisted or not, the destruction of the 32nd Group Army was doomed, and the Dameishan Independent Regiment was doomed.
They will not suffer heavy losses just because of their resistance.
In other words, if there is a fight, the Dameishan Independent Regiment may not necessarily die a few more people, but their 32nd Army will definitely shed a river of blood. As a conscientious Chinese, Li Mutang is not willing to fight in the
Still persisting in fighting in this kind of civil war, knowing that there is no chance of winning, is not called bravery, it is called stupidity.
Unfortunately, Xia Hanzhong refused Li Motang's order.
Immediately, the battle began. Qiufeng's guard regiment, under the fire cover of the artillery regiment and the first armored regiment, attacked from four directions simultaneously. With the absolutely superior artillery firepower, coupled with the guidance and cover of tanks, the guard regiment's
The offensive was overwhelming. Before noon, Feixi was captured and Wang Lingyun's 76th Division was completely annihilated!
Also, Wang Lingyun, commander of the 76th Division, was also shot dead in the melee.