However, under the threat of the commander-in-chief of the First Theater Command to revoke his organization and designation, he had no choice but to follow the order and go south as ordered, no matter how reluctant he was. However, this action was a bit slow. This group army is the closest to the battlefield west of Luoyang.
, but on the excuse that there was no ferry, the trip was delayed for seven days.
At the same time that the group army was crossing the Yellow River to the west of Hengqu to return reinforcements, it was severely reprimanded by Chongqing for letting go of the 37th Division. It faced the Japanese army that had penetrated deep into the hinterland of the First War Zone and hit a
The situation in Luoyang where the theater commander's headquarters is stationed.
The deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth War Zone did not dare to show any neglect. Under the strict orders of his principal, in order to make up for his mistakes, he led the 90th Army. Although the battle losses were relatively large in the previous battles, the organization was still relatively intact and it still maintained a relatively strong
The 57th Army with complete combat effectiveness.
Merging with the 23rd Division of the 36th Army, his deputy commander of the 8th Theater Command directly administered a division. He crossed the Yellow River in Xia County and entered the jurisdiction of the 1st Theater Command. As for the best equipment, it was also his principal and the first company he started.
Army, the newly formed Second Army that was crippled, and the 42nd Army were transferred back to Shaanxi by him.
The newly formed Second Army and the Forty-second Army, which had suffered too much damage in the previous battle, had indeed gone back to replenish themselves. As for the one who had not fired a single shot, he was always on standby in the reserve position. As soon as the Thirty-seventh Division's counterattack began,
Everyone probably knew what the First Army, which had temporarily withdrawn to the north bank of the Fen River, returned to Shaanxi for.
But this guy didn't go too far. Although the First Army was transferred back to Shaanxi, he also placed the First Army directly under the artillery regiment, three divisions under the artillery battalion, and transferred two American howitzers and six mountain guns to form an artillery force.
Battalion, as well as one company from each of the division-affiliated combat artillery battalions of the three divisions were transferred to form a combat artillery battalion, plus four regiment-affiliated small artillery companies were brought across the Yellow River.
His actions were not slow, but it took a certain amount of time to adjust the organization. The 14th Army, which belongs to the Thirty-sixth Army, followed Chongqing's orders and cooperated with the Second World War Zone to stay in southwest Shanxi until the crisis in the First War Zone was relieved.
As for how long we will stay, only God knows.
As Shanxi reinforcements arrived one after another, the troops of the First Theater Division fighting east of the New Yellow River also dispatched some reinforcements to quickly withdraw westward. The Fourth Group Army deployed in Chenliu and Qixian County immediately rushed back for reinforcements. The troops fighting on the Kaifeng battlefield
The Thirteenth Army also immediately withdrew to the Zhengzhou front line to ensure the retreat of all troops participating in the Kaifeng battlefield.
After the Fourth Group Army returned to aid central Henan, the number of troops invested by the Chinese army in the entire eastern Henan battle was suddenly reduced by one-third. However, when it was still unable to capture the front line of Kaifeng, the person in charge of commanding the former enemy
The deputy commander of the theater also had the intention to retreat when facing the Japanese troops coming from the north.
After the Thirteenth Army was withdrawn to the Zhengzhou front line, the Eighty-fifth Army, which had the strongest combat effectiveness, was placed on the Zhongmou front line to fill the gap left on the battlefield south of Kaifeng after the Fourth Group Army withdrew. Order the three troops on the Kaifeng battlefield
The Eleventh Group Army shrinks its forces toward Chenliu and Weishi.
After he did this, after allocating the main combat forces and leaving only five armies, plus three brigades and five columns of the Pan-Eastern Advance Army, the battle immediately slowed down. The original fierce battle
, was replaced by artillery battles on both sides and frontline small unit operations.
The two main forces of the Central Army withdrew, plus a group army was transferred. On the entire battlefield from Lanfeng to Qixian, only three poorly equipped brigades of the Pan-Eastern Advance Army were left, the 3rd, 6th, and 10th brigades.
One column and two divisions of the 78th Army. What they faced was an entire Japanese division.
At the same time, on the battlefield in central Henan, with the two units from the Shanxi battlefield crossing the river and going south one after another, coupled with the return reinforcements from the Fourth Army, plus the two armies and two cavalry brigades that originally participated in the war, an absolute formation was formed against the Thirty-seventh Division.
The superior troops and firepower have gradually begun to form an encirclement in the entire situation.
Faced with the unfavorable situation, Nagano Yuichiro repeated his old trick, using one force to suddenly move south and assuming a posture of attacking Ikawa. The main force used one force to tightly entangle the Chinese army in front of them and rush behind them.
Before the encirclement was completed, the encircling Chinese army suddenly forced its way north of Luoyang. With the support of the supporting troops sent by Yoshimoto Zhenichi in northern Henan, they crossed the Yellow River from the Mengjin line.
However, although most of them safely evacuated from the Mengjin line across the Yellow River, they encountered during the retreat that the new deputy commander of the First Theater District, who had already taken precautions against him, sent two cavalry brigades along the Mangshan line in advance.
Spread out, like a pack of hungry wolves, constantly intercepting and killing along the way.
Coupled with the U.S. Air Force chasing and bombing along the way, after withdrawing across the Yellow River, the Japanese army only had half of its strength when crossing the river south. All the artillery above the mountain artillery, including those that took a lot of effort, were able to
Almost all the cannons transported out of the Zhongtiao Mountains were lost. The wounded and weapons and equipment that could not be carried away were thrown away along the way.
When the Thirty-seventh Division retreated, a temporary cavalry regiment formed to cover the retreat of the main force of the division. Together with a cavalry brigade that intercepted them along the way, they launched a battle across China on the beach of the Yellow River north of Luoyang.
The last large-scale cavalry battle in the history of the Anti-Japanese War.
A duel between cavalry was cut down, and the cavalry regiment was completely destroyed. However, in this cavalry duel, it also caused considerable losses to the cavalry brigade mobilized from the Eighth Theater District. Although the brigade was defeated
A cavalry regiment suffered two-thirds of its own casualties. Especially the loss of horses was difficult to make up for after leaving the Yi League.
After Nagano Yuichiro retreated to the north bank of the Yellow River with half of his troops, the deputy commander of the First Theater Command breathed a sigh of relief and secretly sighed. If the theater commander could hand over the 15th Army to him,
Or, those who are still in Shaanxi and will not be able to enter Henan in the future, including the Fourth Cavalry Corps and several divisions left in Suixi, are also on the battlefield.
If the armies that had withdrawn from Shanxi moved faster, they could have rushed to the battlefield before the 37th Division retreated north. The 37th Division would probably have to stay in Henan this time. But it's not like this.
If there are too many, reinforcements are arriving slowly, and the commander of the theater is half-hearted. To reach the current situation in this battle, he has done his best.
What made him even more depressed was that after the deputy commander-in-chief of the eighth war zone crossed the Yellow River, not only was the command of the several armies moving south from Yuncheng firmly in his hands, but also the commander-in-chief of the first war zone.
, the Thirty-sixth Army Group was named and given to him for command, and the command was also in his hands.
However, after the main force of the Thirty-seventh Division escaped from the command of the Fourth Group Army that had withdrawn from Hedong, the war situation in central Henan has been fundamentally relieved. The commander of the theater who had returned the favor in an instant was directly under his control. And he was actually still in control.
It is rare that he personally commanded the army group and went out to Luoyang to join forces and personally fight the drowned dog.
When the war was at its fiercest, he had called the war zone commander many times, hoping that he could go to the front line to boost morale. Even if he could temporarily stop his movement of transferring property to help him stabilize the morale of the army. But that man
The commander of the war zone not only did not give him any call back, but also did not stop moving his property.
Now that the overall situation has been decided, he regained his energy after being frightened three times in the previous day. Under the escort of a division of the 15th Army, he took the field artillery battalion that he had kept in his hands and rode in his American Buick.
The car finally left Luoyang City and commanded the Fourth Army to come and take credit.
After this man led a group army and arrived at the battlefield west of Luoyang in a mighty manner. After several armies from the Yuncheng battlefield arrived west of Luoyang, the originally orderly battlefield became chaotic because of his own people. Not a big one
On the battlefield, there was actually a theater commander and two deputy commanders belonging to two theaters participating in the command.
All the troops participating in the war were divided into three major groups according to their respective commanders, each with their own superiors. The entire battlefield west of Luoyang did not have a unified deployment, and even the troops were not connected to each other because of their different organizational systems.
You follow your arrangements, and I follow mine. In such a small battlefield, it would be strange if nothing happens.
The 96th Army of the Fourth Group Army was ordered to encircle and annihilate the Japanese troops in the area. When they arrived, they found that the 90th Army was in a fierce battle with the enemy forces designated by their superiors. As a result, the 96th Army was not only in vain.
, and also wasted fighter opportunities due to confusion in command. With the efforts of these two men, the originally stable situation on the battlefield became chaotic.
Of course, compared to other units, which at best run away in vain or engage in an inexplicable melee with friendly forces, the Thirty-sixth Group Army, which originally belonged to the First Theater District and was transferred to Yuncheng to cooperate in operations, is the most unlucky. The Eighth Theater Army
The deputy commander-in-chief may be thinking of annexation. Even though the army has returned to the first theater to fight, he still clings to the command of the army.
And the commander of the First War Zone took it for granted that the Thirty-sixth Group Army was a unit of the First War Zone. When it went to the battlefield in southwestern Shanxi, it was just to accompany you to fight. Now that it has returned to the First War Zone, the First War Zone has taken back its command.
Rights are taken for granted.
Therefore, this Sichuan Army veteran who was already very depressed after being transferred to another army is now even more unlucky. On average, he receives dozens of orders from two superiors every day, often with contradictory contents. Not only is he dizzy because of this,
He didn't think anything of it, but he was still being bossed around.
The commander-in-chief of the first theater does not care how many armies you have now. Since you are in the name of a group army, you must actually serve as a group army. And the deputy commander-in-chief of the eighth theater does not care how many armies you have fought before.
How many casualties are there? Although you are not being used as a group army with two corps structures, you are actually being used as a fully organized army.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Thirty-sixth Army was confused by the two contradictory orders all day long. He was so disturbed and confused that he wanted to turn off the radio station.
However, these two generals, like him, could not afford to offend them.
One of these two people is known as the Five Tiger General, the first person in Chongqing, and the direct descendant of the first person in Chongqing. As early as the Northern Expedition, he was the deputy commander of the First Army and the commander of the First Division. Although he was
He became a division commander much earlier than him, but he was a division commander in the Sichuan Army. But the caliber of this division commander and the division commander are worlds apart.
One is recognized by the Central Military System as the first disciple of the Emperor, and has now created several firsts in the Central Military. Among all the graduates of Huangpu, he is the first to be a military commander, the first to be the commander-in-chief of a group army, and the first to be the commander-in-chief of a group army.
The first person to serve as deputy commander of a theater and the first person to be promoted to major general.
Like the number one person in Chongqing, he is not only a fellow from Zhejiang, but also a small fellow from Ningbo. He also has a teacher-student relationship and is known as the head of the Thirteen Taibao. At the same time, he is the same as the military commander who has hands and eyes as bright as the sky and is extremely powerful.
He is also the bureau chief from his hometown in Zhejiang, and he is too fat even if he wears a pair of pants.