Just as Liu Yimin led the main force to cross the Yellow River and return to central Shandong, Liu Jiancheng, commander of the Eighth Route Army's Western Lu Military Region and commander of the Second Teaching Brigade, commanded the Second Teaching Brigade, the Western Lu Guard Brigade, and the main force of the Southwest Lu Guard Brigade to covertly arrive at the junction of Shan County and Dangshan.
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From the 18th Red Regiment to the Central Guard Division, Liu Jianshe has been the chief of staff. When the 7th Red Regiment was established in Chengdu, Liu Jianli began to serve as the commander of the 12th Red Division. When the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, the 12th Red Division was reorganized into the PLA.
Liu Jianli naturally became the brigade commander of the Second Brigade.
Following Liu Yimin on the battlefield, Liu Jianshe, like Gao Yuan, Li Qing, Chen Dayong, Zhang Hongtao, Hong Chaoyuan, Zhao Shan, Lei Ming, and Li Chang, became famous generals in our army. This time Liu Yimin ordered him to unified command three brigades to form a strategic group operation.
That is a full affirmation of his commanding ability.
After receiving the order to go south to Longhai Road and prepare to attack Lianyungang, Liu Jianli, Zeng Chunjian, Xu Shiyou, and Zhu Liangcai led the troops to go south day and night. After meeting Chen Shiqu and Tang Liang in southwest Shandong, several people held a combat meeting, discussed repeatedly, and determined to quickly
Break through Longhai Road and wait in hiding near Lianyungang.
However, how to cross the road needs to be carefully considered. These people are all famous generals of our army, and they understand Liu Yimin's deployment, which is to secretly cross Longhai Road, approach Lianyungang without anyone noticing, and launch a thunderous strike at the critical moment. However,
, Investigation found that the Japanese army had adopted strict defense measures along the Longhai Road and built three blockades based on the railway. It was simply impossible for such a large-scale force to cross the blockade unnoticed.
If a forced breakthrough was made, although the sacrifice would be greater, with the combat effectiveness of the Second Brigade, Liu Xiang was confident that the Japanese defense line could not stop our army. But this was definitely not in line with Liu Yimin's original intention, and it would easily alert the Japanese army, and not only would he not be able to complete the sneak attack
The task of mobilizing Japanese troops in Lianyungang is very likely to cause the heavy Japanese troops on the front line in Xuzhou to take notice and besiege our southward group.
Fortunately, when the Fifth War Zone retreated from Lianyungang and Xuzhou, all the trains on Longhai Road were snatched away. Jinpu Road was intermittent and Jiaoji Road was completely paralyzed. Although the Japanese army guarded Longhai Road, there were no trains, which affected
The mobility of the Japanese was reduced. Otherwise, the defense line on Longhai Road would be even stronger.
A few people thought about it and decided that since they couldn't hide, it would be better to fight aggressively, pretending to be the national army, attacking a small point, and mobilizing the enemy, creating the illusion that the main force of the national army's first theater area was launching an offensive, leaving a gap in the Japanese defense line so that the main force could pass smoothly.
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As soon as this idea came out, several people's eyes lit up. Because the Japanese army was now staring closely at the Eighth Route Army, the National Army battlefield became quiet. Between Lanfeng and Kaifeng, the National Army and the Japanese Army actually contracted each other.
, a delicate situation of mutual separation. Both sides are on the defensive. There is a narrow blank zone between the battle lines. Both sides are concentrating on consolidating their positions and closely monitoring each other, but trying to avoid exchange of fire.
This is not good. We cannot let the Japanese use all their forces to deal with the Eighth Route Army. We should ignite the flames of war between them and the National Army, so as to force the Japanese to divide their forces.
As for the question of who should lead the troops to attack the Japanese defense line, it can be easily solved, because Xu Shiyou has long been stimulated by the battle of the Southwestern Shandong Guard Brigade at the crossing of Taiwan and is eager to try. He has always wanted to fight a good battle and turn the Western Shandong Guard Brigade into the main force.
Brigade. In addition, stimulated by the Battle of Central Shandong, Xu Shiyou kept whispering to Zhu Liangcai that such a big battle was the best battlefield to train new troops. In the end, the Luxi Guard Brigade was only allowed to play a role. Commander Liu was really unsatisfied!
Therefore, he, Monk Xu, had to grab this combat mission.
In the end, Chen Shiqu refused to give in. The reason he proposed was very simple. Since the establishment of the Southwestern Shandong Guard Brigade, it has experienced the baptism of the attack on Guantai Ferry. The combat effectiveness of the troops has been improved to a certain extent, but that was just an ambush, and the troops still need real weapons.
Only in this way can the offensive operations be further tempered. Otherwise, it will be difficult for the Southwest Shandong Garrison Brigade to join the ranks of the main force.
When Liu Jianshe saw these two famous Red Army generals scrambling for the mission, he felt happy and said directly: "Brothers, two brigade commanders, don't fight over each other. Why don't we launch a three-way assault on Shangqiu for the little devils and defeat them completely?"
It makes them confused."
After saying this, Xu Shiyou and Chen Shiqu stopped arguing. They immediately crowded in front of the map and looked at it for a long time. Chen Shiqu said: "Commander Liu, we cannot attack Shangqiu. Shangqiu is an important town in eastern Henan and is now the core of the Japanese army's East Henan Group."
Protect the fortress city. Firstly, we cannot attack it, and secondly, attacking Shangqiu will not serve the purpose of camouflaging the main force of the first theater to attack the Japanese army."
Xu Shiyou said: "I feel that only by attacking between the Japanese and National Army defense lines in the Lanfeng area can the Japanese be deceived, making them think it is a National Army counterattack and covering up our true intentions."
Liu Jianli nodded and expressed his thoughts.
Liu Jianli's plan has three points. First, Xu Shiyou will lead the 2nd Teaching Brigade, the 5th Teaching Regiment and the 1st Guarding Regiment of the Southwestern Shandong Guard Brigade to form Xu's detachment, pretending to be the national army, and go south along the east bank of the Yellow River from Dongming County, advancing covertly all the way.
Entangle with the enemy, enter between Kaifeng and Lanfeng, and start fighting in the gap between the Japanese and National Army defense lines. The firepower and attacks must be fierce, so that the Japanese army thinks that the main force of the National Army in eastern Henan will take advantage of the Japanese army's empty strength to counterattack on a large scale. The second is
Chen Shiqu commanded the 2nd Teaching Brigade and the 6th Teaching Regiment and the 1st Guarding Regiment of the Southwestern Shandong Guard Brigade to form the Chen Detachment. They went south from Caoxian County, disguised as Japanese and puppet troops, bypassed Kaocheng and went south to Longhai Road, attacked a point there, cut off Longhai Road, and fought with the Xu Detachment.
Forming a pincer-like attack on Lanfeng County, the main force of the national army detoured behind enemy lines in an attempt to take back Lanfeng. Third, Liu Jianli led the main force south from Caoxian County and hid between Shanxian County and Dangshan. When the Japanese army reinforced Lanfeng,
Concentrate firepower to break through the Japanese defense line on Longhai Road and enter the northern Anhui area. The three armies made a big splash in eastern Henan, giving the Japanese army the illusion that the main force of the national army had recovered the lost land in eastern Henan. Then they broke away from contact with the enemy and advanced covertly towards Lianyungang.
After Liu Jianli put forward his plan, several people discussed it again and carefully studied and deduced issues such as Xu's and Chen's detachment's southward route, the time to launch the attack, and how to break through the Japanese defense line. After finalizing, it was reported to Liu Yimin for approval.
When the plan was submitted, it was the time when Liu Yimin and his main force were waiting in hiding in Bin County.
After reading the plan, Liu Yimin considered it again and again, and felt that Liu Jian's combat plan was basically feasible. There was not much problem with Xu's detachment's route south. Judging from the investigation situation and logical reasoning, the main force of the Japanese army was now transferred away from eastern Henan.
, the combat effectiveness of the Thirty-eighth Division and the Thirty-ninth Division should be well known, and they will definitely take a defensive position in various places in eastern Henan. After the Lanfeng Battle in the first theater, the main force is in urgent need of replenishment and rest, and will inevitably take a defensive position. The positions of both sides
There must be a gap between them, and there will be no problem for troops to insert through this gap. The only thing to note is that both the National Army and the Japanese Army on the battlefield in eastern Henan have become frightened birds. At the slightest sign of trouble, guns and artillery will fire in unison, which can easily cause
The troops suffered heavy casualties.
As for letting Chen's detachment detour south from Kaocheng, Liu Yimin felt that it was not possible because that area had completely become a Japanese-occupied area. Although the Japanese army in eastern Henan is not very effective now, and our army has local people to lead the way, the risk is too great, in case it falls into the Japanese army.
If you can't get out of the position, you'll be in big trouble.
Liu Yimin felt that the main breakthrough point led by Liu Jianli was well chosen. Between Shanxian and Dangshan was the junction of the Japanese Xuzhou front-line troops and the Henan East Group's defense line. When breaking through the blockade, the junction of the two troops was the best breakthrough point.
.With the strength of the 2nd Teaching Brigade Artillery Regiment and the 4th Teaching Regiment, they will definitely be able to open the way for large forces.
Due to the above considerations, Liu Yimin sent a report ordering Liu Jianli to cancel Chen's detachment's plan to bypass Kaocheng and go south. Xu's detachment and Chen's detachment advanced covertly along a route and entered the blank area between the Japanese and Chinese defense lines between Kaifeng and Lanfeng.
After passing the Longhai Road point, attack across the board in the direction of Lanfeng, but you must not attack in depth. Just fire more guns and build up a lot of momentum. Move quickly when you achieve your goal. You can also attack multiple times along the way to turn eastern Henan into a tense situation, and then suddenly
Break away from contact with the enemy and advance eastward quickly and covertly. Order Liu Jianshe to lead the main force not to rely on the Japanese reinforcements in Lanfeng, which will cause the Longhai Road defense line in the Dangshan section to be empty, because recent operations have proven that the Japanese army will defend their positions at night in order to reduce losses.
, it is impossible to reinforce. When breaking through the enemy's defense line, it is necessary to conduct a detailed investigation of the enemy's firepower points in advance, find out the activity patterns of the enemy's patrols, try to expand the distance between the breakthrough points, use firepower, and resolutely break through the Japanese defense line. After the breakthrough, quickly launch a feint attack in the direction of Shangqiu, causing
The first theater sent a large force to outflank Shangqiu, pretending to be surrounded, and then moved quickly. The combat time was limited to one night, and the feint attack in the direction of Lanfeng and Shangqiu could not exceed two hours. As long as the three troops launched attacks at the same time, the Japanese army would not be able to identify our army.
The intention, at least in the short term, cannot be determined clearly.
After receiving Liu Yimin's telegram, Liu Jianli quickly adjusted his deployment and began to divide his troops.
Xu Shiyou and Chen Shiqu led their troops to set off respectively. Based on time and distance, they should have arrived at their destination by now. Liu Jianli was now anxiously waiting for their telegram.
At this time, the Xu detachment led by Xu Shiyou had arrived at Luowang Station between Kaifeng and Lanfeng and had taken control of the Longhai Road crossing point.
The investigator's report is consistent with the judgments of Liu Yimin and Liu Jianli. The Luowang Station was captured by the Japanese army during the Battle of Lanfeng. Later, the National Army counterattacked, and both sides turned the Luowang Station into a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. As a result, the Eighth Route Army
After the instructor launched the Battle of Central Shandong, the arrogant 14th Division stopped at the edge of Kaifeng City. After the 27th Division took over the defense, the commander of the division, Lieutenant General Masaharu Honma, received an order to pretend to be the main force.
Monitor the movements of the main force in the first theater and cooperate with the main force to launch a large-scale encirclement and suppression of the Eighth Route Army. Therefore, after Lieutenant General Masaharu Honma asked for instructions from the North China Front Army Headquarters, he took the initiative to shrink the defense line and retreated from the edge of Kaifeng City to the territory of Lanfeng. This took a lot of effort
Luowang Station, where the two tigers fought, was abandoned by the Japanese army because it was in ruins and lost its role as a defensive point.
Honma Masaharu is 1.8 meters tall, has a graceful demeanor, and can write lyrics and compose music. But this guy is a playboy. He not only likes women's sex, but also men's style. The wives he married twice were all from famous families, but none of his wives can
Stop his affair. Historically, Masaharu Honma defeated MacArthur when he captured the Philippines. He is one of the two generals in the world who has defeated MacArthur. The other one is of course our boss Peng. However, Honma
Although Masaharu defeated MacArthur, he failed to capture the victory, causing MacArthur to retreat smoothly. This victory was also called a lame victory by the Japanese military circles. Therefore, he was called an unqualified general by the Japanese army and was placed in the reserve force. That's it,
After the war, MacArthur did not let him go and extradited him to the Philippines, where he was pronounced a Class A war criminal and executed.
In fact, Masaharu Honma is quite similar to Ma Su of the Three Kingdoms. When it comes to military theory, he is very clear, but when it comes to actual command, he is a mess. With him taking charge of garrisoning Lanfeng, it would be normal for the Dragon King Station to be abandoned. If it were replaced by the tenth
The commander of the Fourth Division, Doihara Kenji, not only will the old Japanese not retreat, but he will probably take active defensive measures, and may even take advantage of the situation to seize Kaifeng!
After the Japanese army retreated, the Kaifeng defenders successfully recaptured Luowang Station. However, at this time, Chiang Kai-shek had already concluded that the Japanese army would definitely attack Wuhan after dealing with Liu Yimin. He would seize this rare opportunity to deploy for the Wuhan battle, move factories to the rear, and even Xue Yueyu
The elite Central Army troops in the Eastern Corps were ordered to quickly replenish and recuperate in preparation for the Battle of Wuhan. As a result, the First Theater Command also took a defensive position in eastern Henan. Since Luowang Station was in ruins, it was certainly not suitable for garrisoning troops for defense.
. So when Xu Shiyou led his troops to arrive here, Luowang Station was empty, and even the rails had been demolished.
Xu Shiyou was a general who grew up in the Fourth Front Army. He was brave and resourceful in fighting, but he did not expect that the Japanese army and the National Army would abandon such an important place as Luowang Station at the same time. After thinking about it, he was relieved. Without the cover of the station building, the National Army
If we set up a position here, it will become a living target for Japanese aircraft, and it will only be wasted. Abandoning Luowang Station is indeed a helpless move.
At this time, the troops ran covertly and finally arrived at their destination, which was unexpectedly smooth. Xu Shiyou was so proud that he ordered a report to be sent to Liu Jianli, reporting that the troops had arrived at the predetermined location and controlled Longhai Road crossing point Longwang Station, and were about to launch an attack.
Attack from Lan Feng direction.
At the end of the telegram, Xu Shiyou specifically reported that Luowang Station was empty and the rails in the station had been dismantled, which fully demonstrated that neither the First War Zone nor the Japanese army had any intention of large-scale operations for the time being.
After sending the telegram, Xu Shiyou ordered the attack to begin in the direction of Lanfeng.
For a time, the silent night was awakened by the sound of gunfire, and the land of eastern Henan was in turmoil again.
Shen Yong, the leader of the Fifth Regiment, and Liu Kun, the political commissar, have been resting and training in western Shandong and mobilizing the masses since they led their troops to participate in the battle to eliminate the 21st Division, form an independent fourth brigade and recapture Jizhong.
I was unable to participate in any major battles, and I was already feeling very angry. In the evening, I received a battle report that the main force of the division had annihilated the 10th Division and the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, and defeated the 2nd Division and the 35th Division.
The fire in my heart jumped even higher. You must know that these two battles will definitely leave a mark in military history. The First Teaching Brigade and the Third Teaching Brigade all participated, but only the Second Teaching Brigade did not participate. Especially for Shen Yong and Liu Kun.
What makes me depressed is that without even thinking about it, teaching the first regiment, teaching the second regiment, teaching the third regiment, teaching the seventh regiment, teaching the eighth regiment, and teaching the ninth regiment must be the main force in these two battles. If we don’t fight a few tough battles,
I am afraid that the Fifth Regiment will be completely forgotten by the division commander. Therefore, this time they were incorporated into the Xu Detachment and tasked with the task of pretending to attack Lanfeng. Shen Yong and Liu Kun felt that they must show their prestige as the main force of the Fifth Regiment, otherwise they would be defeated by Wang Dahu
Waiting for others to laugh to death.
Of course, Shen Yong and Liu Kun followed Liu Yimin all the way from the Xiangjiang River to fight, and they had been refined into steel. They were definitely not disobedient or reckless masters. The two of them studied together along the way. They felt that if they wanted the Japanese army to be fooled, they had to trick the Japanese.
The beating hurts. If there was only thunder but no rain, and they fired a burst of gunfire and then retreated, the little Japanese would look at it at dawn and see that the national army on the opposite side had not moved, and they would not move either. The reason why the division commander did not let the troops attack deeply was because he did not know this
Not at all, but because I am afraid that the troops will be trapped here and suffer heavy losses, which will affect the strategic movement eastward to Lianyungang. If that is the case, it will be picking sesame seeds and losing the watermelon!
After arriving at King Luo, Shen Yong and Liu Kun asked the reconnaissance platoon to report the enemy's situation.
The young men of the reconnaissance platoon acted as vanguard soldiers along the way. They were the first to arrive at Luowang and conducted reconnaissance on the Japanese positions east of Luowang. According to reconnaissance, the Japanese army built a north-south line of defense facing Kaifeng. The defense line was supported by
The point should be Sanyi Village. After asking fellow villagers to find out, I learned that some time ago, Xue Yue's East Henan Corps and the Japanese army fought on the front line of Sanyi Village. The last core position held by the Japanese army was Sanyi Village.
This Sanyi Village was originally named Huijiatang. In the fifth year of Xianfeng Period in the Qing Dynasty, the Yellow River burst in Tongwaxiang. The Huijiatang area is located in the Yellow River floodplain area. It is sparsely populated, bandits, and floods have overwhelmed the people. Donghuitang
A man with lofty ideals named Guan in the village mobilized three neighboring villages, Donghuitang, Xihuitang and Wanggeda, to build a fortress to resist floods and harassment by bandits, and cooperated with the Taiping Army and Nian Army to fight against the Qing government. Later generations in order
To commemorate the righteous deeds of the villagers in these three villages, Huijiatang was renamed Sanyi Village.
The fellow villagers brought by the reconnaissance platoon reported that there are now large Japanese troops stationed in Sanyi Village, with cannons and iron turtles, and trenches are built to connect with the surrounding villages. Japanese ghosts are also stationed in each village, and they arrest ordinary people all day long to build fortifications.
, there are barbed wire fences and trenches outside the official area.
When Shen Yong heard this, he knew that Sanyi Village could not be touched for the time being. If he wanted to attack, he could only attack the small villages around Sanyi Village, use the small Japanese troops to attack, and attract the Japanese reinforcements from Sanyi Village. When the troops suddenly evacuated the battlefield, the little Japs would inevitably
They will pursue and retaliate in the direction of Kaifeng, which will naturally achieve the purpose of letting the Japanese army and the Japanese army fight. It doesn't matter if the Japanese army does not reinforce, just continue to attack eastward and break through the Japanese defense line. The Japanese army must fight to make the Japanese army believe in the Japanese army.