The fall of Heze shocked Kaifeng.
After the fall of Heze, the Japanese army's front line was definitely directed at Lanfeng. The headquarters of the First Corps of the National Army's First Theater Zone immediately began to mobilize troops for defense.
The main force of the Eighth Army originally stationed in Dangshan continued to guard Dangshan, while the troops of the 23rd Division immediately withdrew to Kaifeng to rest and recuperate after evacuating Heze.
The 29th Army Corps (the Li Hanhun Army Corps, which has a 64th Army under its jurisdiction) and the 74th Army Corps are stationed in Shangqiu and are responsible for the defense of its surroundings.
At the same time, due to changes in the current situation, the First Theater Command called the National Military Commission and requested the command of Sun Tongxuan's Third Group Army, which was located on the front lines of Heze, Dingtao, Dongming, and Kaocheng.
Considering that the Fifth War Zone is almost out of control on the front line in northwest Shandong at this stage, and the Japanese army's frontline is now directed at Kaifeng, the Nationalist Government's Military Commission made a big move and let the First War Zone Commander's Headquarters directly take over Command of the Third Army.
The 71st Army is responsible for garrisoning Kaifeng to respond to changes in the war situation.
Ever since, just like that, the first regiment directly under the third theater also received an order, which was an order to withdraw to Kaifeng to prepare for war.
However, what Zhang Tianhai didn't know was that in addition to bringing the headquarters of the Third Army of the Fifth Theater into the temporary jurisdiction of the First Theater Command, it even seconded the headquarters of the 20th Army of the Second Theater Shang Zhen from the Shanxi-Sui Army. As a supplementary force, it can support operations in the first theater at any time.
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Two days later, it was opened.
The troops of the First Regiment directly under the Third War Zone have successfully entered Kaifeng, the city at the center of the Battle of East Henan. The Battle of East Henan was launched around the defense of Kaifeng and Zhengzhou.
To be honest, Zhang Tianhai was filled with emotions when he entered this city again: It seemed that every time he entered this city, he came in in a different state.
The first time I came here was to cooperate with the arrest of Han Fuqu, and I received a lot of tasks when I came here.
The second time, he was transferred to the first theater to replenish those waiting for the battle, and he was also assigned the task of defending Lan Feng.
But this time, he came in after fighting on the front line, but this time, I don’t know if it’s a blessing or a curse.
The Battle of Lanfeng must have an ending. If he had to write a full stop on this ending, Zhang Tianhai hoped it would be perfect.
The head of Kaifeng City was already in sight, and his troops were already lined up in two rows, slowly entering the east gate of Kaifeng.
The guys were really good, but the spirit of the troops that finally entered the city looked different from that of the larger troops, and they were relatively lazy.
Zhang Yulin said slowly: "Another big battle is about to begin. The role of our troops in a battle has yet to be considered..."
"What else can we do? Just fight and it's over. We are a group. It's not like we haven't fought hard battles before. We have chewed off the bones as hard as soup. What are we afraid of? Besides, with the equipment of our group , even if you have to carry it hard, you can withstand this wave, right?" Zhou Fangjie said.
"I don't think so. After all, in this battle, we have to fight with various brigades, divisions, and even armies. Our regiment's establishment is too small and the number of people is limited. If there is a fight, we will be surrounded by friendly forces like these. If the officers cheat him, it's over." Zhang Tianhai said slowly. In fact, he was inoculating Zhou Fangjie, so he should be prepared to be cheated.
People like Gui Yongqing and Huang Jie are all scammers...
Huang Jie led the Eighth Army far away in Dangshan, hundreds of miles away, but he ignored him.
But Gui Yongqing is different. He is really cheating...
If you don't believe it, just look at the Lanfeng battlefield in history. If Gui Yongqing hadn't taken the initiative to retreat and let Long Muhan take the lead, then Long Muhan was unwilling to take the lead, so Long Muhan led his troops to disobey the order and fight overnight. Withdraw from Lan Feng.
Rather than retreating, it is better to say fleeing.
The disadvantage of Long Muhan compared to Gui Yongqing was that before the war, Gui Yongqing was the commander in charge of the 27th Army and the 71st Army——
Gui Yongqing's retreat can be said to be a retreat, because he had ordered Long Muhan to garrison Lanfeng. Legally speaking, he only asked the 27th Army to retreat, but not the 71st Army.
It was from this point of view that Long Muhan was shot, and Gui Yongqing was politically "dispatched to the frontier" and was directly transferred from the front-line combat troops to work in logistics at the rear.
"A trick? That's not a big deal, right? Most of the troops in the fifth war zone are miscellaneous troops from various places. They have never collapsed. Everyone is working hard to resist the Japanese. Why is it our Central Army's turn to be the main force to attack them? Is this like this? Lao Zhang, your thoughts are wrong..." Zhou Fangjie pointed at Zhang Tianhai with a smile and said.
"If you don't believe it, let's just wait and see! Anyway, just be mentally prepared. The officers of the Central Army in Kaifeng, Lanfeng, Dangshan, and Guide (i.e. Shangqiu) were all born in Huangpu like us. The good thing about being born in Huangpu is that most of the officers are of high quality; but the bad thing is also obvious, not everyone is dedicated to resisting Japan and is not afraid of death." The military vehicle was moving forward slowly, and The soldiers of the Zhiyi Regiment were distributed on both sides of the road, walking slowly into the city.
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An hour later, the 71st Army Headquarters.
At this time, Kaifeng was still calm and had not been "visited" by Japanese aircraft, so the headquarters of the 71st Army was located in a relatively large compound.
Inside the courtyard, there are all kinds of pavilions, terraces and pavilions. The environment can really be called beautiful, suitable for people to take care of themselves.
It is estimated that some "insightful person" "lent" the mansion to the national army as a high-level headquarters after learning about the current tense situation on the front line.
Of course, can a lower-level headquarters be qualified to enjoy such an environment as a headquarters? nonexistent.
Zhang Tianhai and his adjutant Wang Liang strode towards Song Xilian's headquarters under the leadership of military soldiers.
"Report to the military seat! Zhang Tianhai, who holds a humble position, has lived up to his command and led the first regiment directly under the Third War Zone to return! Please give instructions to the military seat!" After walking to the door of Song Xilian's office, Zhang Tianhai immediately stood at attention and saluted.
Song Xilian glanced outside and said, "Come in!"
"Yes! Military seat!" Zhang Tianhai responded.
"How's it going? Is it a big harvest?" This was the first thing Song Xilian asked Zhang Tianhai.
Zhang Tianhai scratched his head and said rather embarrassedly: "It's not bad. After all, I annihilated a brigade and harvested a brigade's equipment."
"Be honest! How many casualties are there?" Song Xilian looked at Zhang Tianhai, a glimmer of wisdom revealed in his not-so-large eyes. Based on his understanding of Zhang Tianhai, this kid was as slippery as a loach. How could you be so honest?
"Ahem... To be honest, there are no more than three hundred... nearly two hundred of them are from the Heze Security Group..." Zhang Tianhai said with a guilty conscience. After all, he couldn't hide it from Song Xilian.
"There are no more than 300 people. You told the Corps Headquarters that the losses were heavy?!" Song Xilian's eyes widened. He thought that Zhang Tianhai would be very bold, but he didn't expect that this kid would be so courageous!
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PS: The first update is here, the third update today!
I had something to do yesterday, so I took a day off...
