Unparalleled Warriors of Anti-Japanese War

In the final analysis, the Eighth Route Army's air strikes also targeted their fatal point.Even if this fatal point is caught, if they don't retreat, they will only lose more than they gain, and even fall into the situation like the Shanxi dispatched army.

As long as the troops of the two divisions can be safely withdrawn to Anhui.At least Doihara believes that the current situation in Anhui will calm down quickly.And the Eighth Route Army, I believe it will stop the attack in due course! (To be continued.)

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As Doihara expected, on the night Runan City was bombed, the Eighth Route Army launched a new round of fierce offensive against the No. 14 Division under his command and the No. 18 Division that cooperated in the battle.

Recently, the Japanese army, who had become accustomed to the Eighth Route Army's more counterattacks, seemed somewhat uncomfortable in the face of the Eighth Route Army's sudden counterattack.But more, they still launched a fierce counterattack to curb the offensive of the Eighth Route Army.

As a result, when the battle lasted until midnight, the Japanese artillery units that had been fighting back were the first to cease fire.The reason is also very simple. They didn't have many shells in reserve earlier, and they didn't dare to implement large-scale artillery countermeasures anymore.

Faced with the flameout of the Japanese artillery, the artillery units of the Eighth Route Army naturally opened up their firepower.For such changes, the Japanese troops on the front line were undoubtedly the most uncomfortable, but they knew that something might happen in the rear.

When the commanders on the front line asked the rear division headquarters why they did not provide artillery reinforcements, they also knew that Runan City was bombed and destroyed by the Eighth Route Army.This news undoubtedly made the frontline commander's heart skip a beat.

The bombing of the rear supply center in Runan City meant that they would face another shortage of supplies and ammunition.When they had a headache about how to proceed with the battle, they quickly received an order from the rear to prepare to retreat.

Hata Shunroku, who was holding an emergency meeting in Nanjing, received a telegram from Doihara before making a decision.Regarding his decision to retreat to Anhui as soon as possible, Hata Shunroku was somewhat unwilling.

But the chief of staff of the front army also said in a timely manner: "Your Excellency, Commander, I think the suggestion of the head of the Doihara division can be considered. Even if we can send planes to supply them with air supplies tomorrow, the number may not be much.

Once the weather is bad these days and our planes cannot take off normally, it means that the frontline troops will face a shortage of supplies.And the weather in Henan has been very unstable recently.

Above all, we can't take any more risks right now.The two divisions of the Shanxi Dispatch Army were almost wiped out. If these two divisions were also folded in Henan, I am afraid that we would not be able to explain to the military.

Now it is time to withdraw from Henan and re-establish a defensive line in Anhui.I believe that as long as the Eighth Route Army is not crazy, they should know enough is enough.In this way, our troops in the south can also get a real chance to rest! "

Speaking of which, the Japanese army was preparing for a large-scale rest and reorganization in the Wuhan battle.Because the Eighth Route Army suddenly chose to confront them head-on in Henan, many troops had just announced a rest but were called up again to go to the front.

The officers and soldiers of some divisions can be said to have fought continuously for several months.This kind of long-term combat undoubtedly exacerbated the exhaustion and war weariness of officers and soldiers.Moreover, in this battle of Henan, the Japanese army was more passive! dudu1

'You mean, are we going to end this campaign?Wouldn't the energy we spent during this time be in vain? '

Faced with the chief of staff's suggestion, Hata Shunroku was naturally very unwilling.You know, in order to ensure the continuous offensive against Henan, Hata Shunroku also spent a lot of money, raising supplies and troops from other occupied areas.

Now that this battle has ended hastily, even with their withdrawal from Henan, Hata Junliu is naturally very unwilling.Even if he felt that the chief of staff's suggestion was very wise and reasonable.

How could the chief of staff not know about Hata Toshiroku's reluctance?

But he still insisted: "Your Excellency, Commander, compared with the weather in the south, the temperature in Henan and the north is already dropping. Once snow falls, the troops will be even more dependent on supplies.

Right now we are deploying troops and supplies from the occupied areas in the south to the front line in Henan, which has already affected the control of other occupied areas.Recently, the rebel forces in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and southern Jiangxi provinces are also intensifying their activities.

If the supplies in Runan were not destroyed, we could still continue to fight the Eighth Route Army for a period of time. In the end, it depends on who can last to the end.But now that our supplies are gone, we must choose to retreat as soon as possible to preserve the combat effectiveness of our troops.

As long as the troops of the two divisions safely withdraw into Anhui, at least the New Fourth Army currently operating in Anhui, we have the ability to curb its activities in Anhui.Once Anhui stabilizes, the rest of the provinces will also stabilize relatively.

Our front-line troops have been fighting for too long, and they urgently need a time to rest.Most importantly, we also need time to raise supplies.If the fight continues, I'm afraid the military will have opinions. "

As the chief of staff of the Front Army, it is necessary for him to give Hata Junliu some advice.At this time, he couldn't let Hata Junliu get angry.And he also believes that Hata Shunroku can still listen to his suggestions!

'idiot!The Eighth Route Army, we really underestimated them.The North China Front Army is too incompetent! '

Hata Shunroku, who said these words, has undoubtedly adopted the suggestion of the chief of staff.He just seemed a little angry when he thought that the Eighth Route Army, which was supposed to be in charge of the North China Front Army, was now making trouble in Central China and the South. dudu2

But he is also aware of the current situation in North China. He has changed several front army commanders, but still failed to curb the development of the Eighth Route Army.From Hata Junroku's point of view, this situation is undoubtedly because the commander of the front army is too incompetent!

As the commander of the Central China Front Army, Hata Shunroku's control over the South is undoubtedly much stronger than that of North China.At least for now, he still has the ability to suppress the rebel forces of the Eighth Route Army and the Nationalist Army to maintain the stability and order in the occupied area.

As the front army adopted Doihara's suggestion, the two divisions quickly received the retreat order from the front army.From the early morning of the next day, the front-line troops of the Eighth Route Army who were playing games with the Japanese army found direct signs that the Japanese army began to withdraw.

After receiving the telegram from the front-line troops, Xiao Jinguang breathed a sigh of relief: "Damn, these little devils are really about to retreat! Order the Second Division to strengthen the monitoring of the Japanese army and beware of any plots by the little devils.

Once the Japanese begin to retreat, send additional troops to take over the positions and cities abandoned by the Japanese.At the same time, a defensive position was set up on the front line of Biyang to prevent the Nationalist Army troops from Nanyang from taking the opportunity to infiltrate, and all guerrilla brigades also cooperated well.

Start to drive away the Japanese army from Biyang, but beware of them waiting for an opportunity to enter Xinyang.This time, our front-line troops are still fighting more blocking, and the task of attacking the Japanese army is left to the 116st Division and the [-]th.

At the same time, the Second Division was ordered to send a reconnaissance unit to Luohe to contact the 116th Division and receive the materials allocated to us by the headquarters.After the materials are received, they are immediately distributed to the combat troops of the Second Division. "

With He Zhengdao's reminder, Xiao Jinguang felt that the next thing he had to beware of was that the First Army of the Central Army stationed in Nanyang took the opportunity to seize the position abandoned by the Japanese army.In any case, they must seize this Zhumadian.

At this moment, the 116th Division, which also attacked Zhumadian, also launched a pursuit and defense along the Nanyang line.In the face of the retreating Japanese army, the troops of the Eighth Route Army also acted quickly, taking over the position where the Japanese army and the Kuomintang army played games earlier.

When Hu Zongnan's troops on the front line reacted, they found that the troops in front of their defensive positions had turned into the Eighth Route Army.This discovery really surprised the KMT troops.

But in the face of the Eighth Route Army that had taken over the position, these nationalist troops who had been confronting the Japanese army for a long time also did not dare to act rashly.They all knew that the Eighth Route Army was able to deal with the Japanese army, so they must not be afraid of them.

Only Hu Zongnan, who received the telegram, said unwillingly: "Mother, these Eighth Route Army's hands and feet are really fast! What did these little devils do? The troops of the two divisions can't beat the three main divisions of the Eighth Route Army." Is it?" dudu3

Naturally, Hu Zongnan was also aware of the situation of the Japanese Army and the Eighth Route Army in Zhumadian.At least according to the information he got, the Japanese army actually still has a certain advantage.But now, how did the situation take a sudden turn for the worse?

Just when Hu Zongnan couldn't figure it out, the information about the bombing of Runan City by the Eighth Route Army was finally detected by the KMT.Seeing the news, Hu Zongnan was also very surprised.

'You said the Eighth Route Army has a bomber unit?Did they blow up Runan City? '

'Yes, military seat!According to the information we received, the Eighth Route Army organized a long-range air strike yesterday afternoon to destroy a large amount of supplies that the little devil had stored in Runan.It is precisely because of this that the Japanese army chose to retreat across the board! '

'There's no ammo, they're still beating!Unexpectedly, the Eighth Route Army even has an air force? '

As the commander of the army, Hu Zongnan naturally knew the role of the air force in the army.Right now they are in Chongqing and also have several air force brigades.But facing the Japanese air force, they also did not dare to take off easily for air combat.

But now that the Eighth Route Army suddenly organized such a bomber formation to surprise Runan City where the Japanese army stored supplies, Hu Zongnan seemed somewhat surprised.Not to mention him, even the Chongqing side seemed very shocked when they heard the news.

'Sippie, where did they get all these planes?Why didn't we hear any news before? '

The one who scolded this was undoubtedly Chairman Jiang who was in Chongqing.In his view, the air force is undoubtedly a technical branch.Not to mention the high price of the aircraft, the training of pilots alone is also a huge expense.

But when did the Eighth Route Army secretly form such a bomber formation.If one day these bombers suddenly appeared over Chongqing, wouldn't they be very dangerous?

Faced with Lao Jiang's questioning, the person in charge of the military command could only smile wryly: "Committee, according to the information we have collected, the planes that carried out the bombing mission this time are all the planes of the little devils, who were seized by them earlier. .

The information about these planes is kept very tightly.If it wasn't for the bombing of Runan City this time to solve the current dilemma faced by their frontline troops, I am afraid that these planes would not be dispatched.

In fact, we also had information on this before, but we only thought that they used these planes to train pilots.No one expected that they still had so many bombers in their hands! "

For people in the military command, it is indeed very difficult to collect intelligence in Shaanxi.Especially in those military restricted areas that are set as highly confidential, one is missing and the other is missing! (To be continued.)

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He Zhengdao, who was in charge of formulating the combat plan, also seemed very happy that the air raid on Runan was successfully implemented.After blowing up the Japanese army's supply warehouse in Runan, He Zhengdao believed that the little devil could only choose to retreat as soon as possible.

If the little devils do not retreat, I believe that the Eighth Route Army troops confronting them will not let them go easily.At least in terms of weapons and ammunition, the Eighth Route Army is much easier to supply than the Japanese Army.

Even after the battle ended, He Zhengdao sent a telegram to Xiao Jinguang, asking him to draft a telegram and send it to Yan'an and the headquarters.As for the content of the telegram, it was to set up a military branch factory in Dabie Mountains.

As the Japanese army withdrew from Zhumadian, the New 67th Army merged with the Eighth Route Army units that took over Zhengzhou and Zhumadian.This also means that in the future, the New 67th Army only needs to beware of Japanese attacks from Hebei and Anhui.

Of course, what still needs to be careful is the Nationalist Army troops that still occupy many places in Henan.Under such circumstances, He Zhengdao felt that it was necessary to set up a military branch factory in Dabie Mountains.