Li Yunlong was shocked by hosting the independent group at the beginning

But what made the enemy commander even more unacceptable was the passage of time. The elite enemy troops stayed under the city of Shangqiu for as many as 7 months. The longer the stay, the fewer choices the enemy commander had.

The enemy Mulu Brigade raided the Lankao County according to Fujita's order, intending to threaten the rear of the 87th Division and the Volunteer Division, and prepare for their next move. The national army is guarding the Lankao County.

Department of Gui Yongqing, Gui Yongqing is the commander of the 15th Army. This time he was ordered to lead the 15th Division and the 34th Division of the 59th Army to guard Lankao, but Gui Yongqing had no intention of helping the Volunteer Division and the 87th Division to guard the flanks.

His mind was only on those oceans that he restrained and the wives he robbed, so he put the main force at the Yellow River port to guard his more than 100 large ships.

In Lankao County, Gui Yongqing only deployed one brigade, and the enemy Mulu Brigade only fired a few shots in the northwest of the county.

Lankao County fell into the hands of the enemy without a single battle, and those ordinary people became subjugated slaves without being notified by the national army before they could escape in time.

Gui Yongqing didn't cry when he heard the news. The troops can be arrested again, and the money and women are gone.

But it was about to kill him. He ordered Long Muhan to lead the rest of his guard battalion to set up an interception line on the avenue and intercept hundreds of deserters.

Then Gui Yongqing gathered these hundreds of deserters in a nearby open space, jumped on a big rock, cleared his throat and shouted to them: "Brothers, brothers, do you want to get rich? Do you want to be rich?" woman?"

"These deserters and those guards look at me, I look at you, I don't know what Commander Gui means by these words? Long Muhan doesn't know what Gui Yongqing means, he looks at Gui Yongqing in a daze , What else can you say when you look at him?"

"Brothers, you are all men and soldiers. Our Huaxia money and women must not fall into the hands of the enemy. Therefore, the commander asks you to take back the hundreds of large ships that were robbed by the enemy. Are you ready?" Confidence, whether you have determination, don't worry.

As long as everyone follows me to take back these boats, the money and women will be shared equally with everyone. Do you have the courage to go with me. "

These deserters suddenly became excited. If they had money and women to share, they would be motivated to fight this battle. What kind of soldiers would they bring?

Long Mu Han understood what Gui Yongqing was thinking, he raised his fist and shouted to the deserters: "Grab money, grab food, grab women."

The deserters also shouted: "Grab money, grab food, grab women."

Chapter 264 The Fruit of Victory

"Steal money, grab food, grab women." Everyone was excited, wishing to fight back immediately.

Seeing everyone's enthusiasm, Gui Yongqing gave Longmu Han a wink, Longmu Han understood, he pulled out his pistol and ordered: "Brothers, come back with me, grab money, food, and women. "

"Kill it." These deserters rushed towards the ferry bravely one by one.

Those Japanese soldiers thought that these Huaxia soldiers had already run away and were busy robbing the flower girl, and they didn't even send a sentry, mentally they had already forgotten that they were still in a war zone.

When Long Muhan came back suddenly with a group of soldiers, the Japanese soldiers were completely unprepared from top to bottom, and they were caught off guard.

After Longmuhan's soldiers shot at them indiscriminately, the enemy squadron leader left behind a dozen corpses and fled with the others.

The speed of escape was not inferior to that of Gui Yongqing's troops before. The Yellow River ferry was lost and recovered, and the finances and women on those big ships naturally returned to Gui Yongqing's hands.

Gui Yongqing never mentioned the promise he said before that everyone would share equally. The soldiers were naturally very disappointed, so that the crowd was so excited that Long Muhan shot and killed the two soldiers who took the lead in making trouble before calming down.

Gui Yongqing won a big victory in this way. Although Lanfeng had fallen, the Yellow River Ferry was taken back by himself after all. Eager to claim credit, he hurriedly submitted the victory report he wrote to the Wuhan Supreme Military Committee.

In the telegram, he boasted vigorously that he defeated the crowd with a few, and achieved the results of annihilating a brigade of the enemy army and defeating a regiment, without mentioning the fact that Lan Feng fell.

The Supreme Military Committee was overjoyed after receiving the good news, and immediately triggered leaflets to publicize the good news, and prepared to award Gui Yongqing and Long Muhan.

A few days later, the Wuhan side received a telegram from the Volunteer Division, only to realize that Lanfeng had already fallen, and that Gui Yongqing had not won the battle but lost the battle. Yongqing was dismissed and investigated.

Such absurd farce is not beneficial to the battle situation in Shangqiu. After replenishing the volunteer division and the 87th division for the previous combat losses, the Supreme Military Council once again ordered the volunteer division to prepare for the fourth relief operation.

At the same time, Li Feng was ordered to organize the troops in the Shangqiu theater to launch a counterattack against the enemy and cooperate with the volunteer division's rescue operation.

In addition, Li Feng also gave a reply to Li Feng's request to retain the number of the New Eighth Brigade, agreeing to temporarily retain the number of the New Eighth Brigade and discuss it later.

The Wuhan Military and Political Department temporarily formed the 87th Division and the 88th Division into the Temporary 10th Army, and the commander was Lieutenant General Fang Zhenwu.

He was ordered to command two German armored divisions to cooperate with Colonel Martinez's volunteer division to launch the fourth Shangqiu siege battle, and strengthen the independent tank battalion for the volunteer division due to the serious loss in the early battle.

Currently there are only fourteen Kuafu tanks, seventeen British Vickers light tanks, seven artillery-type armored vehicles, and eleven machine-gun-type armored vehicles.

According to the evaluation of the German consultant, the current combat strength of the independent tank battalion can only reach the C-level standard, and the 87th and 88th divisions have been supplemented.

目前分别达到了兵员一万1000人和九千900人的水平，支援火力方面由于从德国进口的150毫米重炮到达得到了很大的加强，火炮分别装备有24门和21门。

After the evaluation by the German consultant, the 87th Division has reached the A- standard, and the 88th Division has reached the B+ standard. As for the source of volunteers, the protagonist of this siege battle, there is no need to worry about it.

There was a steady stream of foreign friends who came to China from all over the world to help the Chinese people fight against the Japanese invaders, and most of these people were born in the middle class, with knowledge, strong learning ability, and high quality.

Since they were engaged in a just war, they came to China for only one purpose, to help the people of China get rid of the brutal rule of the enemy, so their spiritual will was very firm, and their weapons and equipment were relatively advanced.

At first, the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs did not believe that these foreigners came to help the Chinese people sincerely, so the weapons issued to them were stock bases. Later, due to the intervention of German consultants and the addition of volunteer divisions, they achieved great results.

The Ministry of Military and Political Affairs finally issued them a batch of light weapons imported from Germany, including zb-26 machine guns, k-98 rifles, mp/submachine guns/submachine guns, which made the individual equipment of the volunteer division look brand new and greatly improved their combat effectiveness.

Later, the Volunteer Division seized many Japanese-made weapons, and Martinez organized people to select a batch of better-quality weapons to supplement consumption.

However, the volunteers did not have much interest in the weapons of the Japanese invaders, thinking that the Japanese-made weapons were very rough and far less handy than the German-made weapons.

On the other hand, the volunteers believed that German weapons were more powerful, while Japanese weapons were less powerful.

Therefore, in the army, veterans use German-made weapons, while recruits can only use Japanese-made weapons. It is not that recruits do not want to use German-made weapons.

It's just that the veterans are more domineering, and they snatched good weapons and equipment, so the recruits had to use the Japanese-made weapons that the veterans didn't want.

Colonel Martinez understood very well that the order was for the Temporary 10th Army and his troops to rescue Shangqiu. In fact, the Temporary 10th Army was only for him to boost his momentum, and it was his volunteer division who worked hard. The principal called into his room to discuss the action plan.

Lieutenant Colonel Rahe had already guessed what Martinez meant.

He pointed to the map and said: "At present, if we want to rescue Shangqiu, Lankao and Minquan must be guaranteed, otherwise our flanks are very dangerous, and the rescue operation cannot be successful. Therefore, we must first seize this place before launching the fourth Shangqiu rescue campaign Two counties."

Martinez agrees with Rah's statement: "However, if we invest the main force to capture these two counties now, the next step will not be possible if the force is too depleted. A county."

Lieutenant Colonel Rah continued: "I have already chosen the code name for the operation, let's call it 'Operation Lightning', but I think the troops to carry out 'Operation Lightning' should not be our volunteer division, but should be drawn from the 10th Temporary Army. "

"Will the Chinese people agree?"

"I think they will. After all, using two entire divisions to deal with an enemy army that is less than one regiment has a great chance of winning. If senior Chinese officers predict that they will win, they are usually very brave and willing to pick the fruits of victory alone."

"If the operation goes well, I estimate that these two counties can be captured within one to two days at most, and I think that the enemy will not invest too much force in the struggle for these two counties.

After all, everyone knows very well that the main battle revolves around Shangqiu. Therefore, whether it is us or the enemy, we will only invest in secondary troops in the competition in the surrounding area. "

Chapter 265 Missing or Casualties

"You mean to capture these two counties without sending out tank troops?"

"Yes." The Independent Tank Battalion is currently their only weapon against the enemy's [-]st Tank Division. I don't want them to be wasted in the battle for the city.

However, you can't bet all your money on the independent tank battalion. After all, those who operate these tanks are Chinese people. For the Chinese people, some Li Feng trusts them very much.

But some I dare not let them defend Li Feng's back, so I have urgently called the Zhengzhou Theater Command to send their anti-tank battalion over as soon as possible. These precious anti-tank guns are the last line of defense of our volunteer division.