As the Sino-Japanese War continued to expand, Wuhan, as the wartime capital, naturally received key attention from the Japanese army and was bombed almost every two or three days.

Sometimes, many times a day, the national air force has weak strength. Even if there is Soviet aid, the competition in the air can only be at a disadvantage, which does not mean that the Chinese Air Force has surrendered.

The Chinese Air Force did not surrender. Although their fighter jets were broken and not supplemented, the only planes that the pilots still resolutely fought against the Japanese army in the sky.

Before dawn, raid low altitude and dive bombing!

A shrill and harsh alarm sounded over the three towns in Wuhan. Old Jiang also stood up from the bed and hid in the air-raid shelter near the official residence.

This is not the first time such a thing is that Jiang Jiang can treat it calmly.

He was also angry, but he really had no choice. His country was weak and he did not have a strong and complete heavy industry system. Once invasion came, he could only be passively beaten.

"Sir, the victory of Henan Eastern has won. This is a telegram that Xue Boling just sent from Guide."

In the air-raid shelter, Lao Jiang changed into a summer military uniform. The sultry air-raid shelter is indeed not a good office, but there is no way. The Japanese plane has not yet flown away and must wait until the alarm is lifted before returning to the cool air-conditioned room.

"Wu Wen, what good news is there?" Old Jiang had a headache all night, and he didn't know how to reply to Xue Boling about how to deal with Huang Jie.

"Captain Xue Boling and his team captured one of the main culprits of the Nanjing Massacre alive, the commander of the 36th Brigade of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, Major General Niudaoman, and more than a dozen Japanese officers accompanying him." Lin Wei reported in a surprise tremolo.

"What, is it full of catch Niu Dao?" Old Jiang's eyes widened in an instant.

"Yes, it's captured alive."

"Okay, okay, so good. Xue Boling did a beautiful job. Who caught Niu Daoman? I want to reward him heavily!" Old Jiang said excitedly.

"It was a staff officer of the General Staff Office of the Commander of the First Corps in East Henan, leading a commando team to pursue it on rainy nights, and chased for hundreds of miles in heavy rain. Finally, he intercepted and surrounded and annihilated the Japanese army that broke through. This Niudaoman was in the Japanese army that broke through. With ammunition and food exhausted, he was captured by our commando team!"

"Okay, what a rainy night to chase. What is this staff member's name? I want to reward this staff member heavily." Old Jiang said excitedly.

"It seems that this was not said in the telegram." Lin Wei smiled.

"Ask immediately, if possible, I will personally meet this staff officer who captured Niu Daoman alive." Lao Jiang ordered.

"yes!"

"Sir, and Kenji Doihara eventually broke through from the front, and his next target is most likely Taku Castle." Lin Wei continued.

"Taochon, how much combat power does Kenji Doihara have in his remaining soldiers?"

"This is hard to say. According to Xue Boling and the others' analysis, Kenji Dohirahara is very cunning. He must have thought of it. So he might do the opposite. There is only one local security regiment in Takucheng, but the Eighth Army had been temporarily stationed and left some supplies. If Kenji Dohirahara's remnants were obtained, it would be much more difficult to destroy this remnants."

Old Jiang frowned. It would be a pity if Kenji Doihara was let go like this. This old Japanese man is a Chinese master. He had a good impression of him before. Many Japanese conspiracies in China were in this figure. Eliminating him would be of great help to the overall situation of the War of Resistance.

"This Huang Jie is really not successful enough, but has enough trouble. I have been in vain for him so much trust and value him. I am so proud of him!" Old Jiang scolded.

"Sir, the ministerial meeting this morning..."

"If you inform us, the meeting time will be postponed by an hour due to enemy plane bombing." Lao Jiang thought for a while and ordered that enemy plane bombing would inevitably cause chaos in traffic and all aspects. Some people could not catch up. This is a very normal thing. It was not until Lao Jiang deliberately postponed the meeting time for himself.

"yes."

Guide, an important town in eastern Henan, was occupied by the Japanese army for nearly half a month and finally returned to the hands of the National Army. What a tragic price of casualties paid, annihilated more than 19,000 main force of the Japanese 14th Division, and the 6th Division led by Niujima Manta raided 3,000 Japanese troops.

Not counting the remaining soldiers of the 1,000 Japanese troops who broke through the siege, how big the total number of Japanese troops was 22,000. This is almost 80% or 90% of the Japanese assistant division.

This victory is no less than that of the Taierzhuang Battle, but it is slightly inferior in the number of enemies annihilated.

Great!

Very remarkable!

However, the price of victory in these two battles was also very tragic. The national army paid more than 200,000 yuan.

How much is it, it’s hard to say!

In the two battles, the New First Army and the New 38th Division were excluded. How many Japanese troops were wiped out by the Fifth War Zone and the First War Zone, the 1st Corps in eastern Henan destroyed, with a total of less than 20,000 people.

As for the Battle of Xuzhou, the Battle of Western Shandong and Eastern Henan, how many Japanese troops were wiped out in total?

More than 70,000 people!

Who destroyed more than 50,000 Japanese troops? The New First Army and the New 38th Division, whether the New 38th Division played the main force in the Battle of Taierzhuang, or the New First Army in western Shandong, competed with Kenji Doihara's 14th Division, both of which played a decisive role.

This is undeniable.

However, almost no one has mentioned the contributions of Leng Feng and the New First Army now, but the New 38th Division has become a dazzling star on the anti-Japanese battlefield in eastern Henan.

The commander Luo Yufeng suddenly became a national idol, with newspapers and magazines spreading overwhelming publicity, and even foreigners rushed to eastern Henan.

If Luo Yufeng hadn't been in the same place and had his troops in war, and his whereabouts were closely, he would have been exposed by these reporters.

The Japanese army lost more than 70,000 people in more than two months, which is an amazing number. In the Battle of Shanghai, the Japanese army eventually suffered more than 70,000 casualties.

Shanghai is an international metropolis, a place with important financial and taxation in the Republic of China. Whether it is important or not, it only caused 70,000 casualties in such a city, but of course about 40,000 of them were killed in battle.

The National Army mobilized 700,000 people, which was roughly the same as the troops in these three battles, but the quality and equipment of the troops were completely different.

After more than three months of fighting in Songhu, the Kuomintang army suffered more than 300,000 casualties. This time, only more than 200,000 casualties were killed, and only 150,000 or 60,000 were killed in battle.

In terms of scale and importance of the battle, the Battle of Xuzhou, the Battle of Western Shandong and Eastern Henan were not as good as the Battle of Songhu and the subsequent Battle of Nanjing.

But the results of the battle seem to be somewhat unexpected. Of course, the overall strength of the National Army is not as strong as that of the Japanese army, and this fact still exists objectively.

The Battle of the Songhu Dynasty fought very fiercely. Some troops finally retreated less than one-tenth of the organization. However, in Xuzhou and eastern Henan, there seemed to be no such tragic situation. In addition to the initial Tengxian defense battle, the Sichuan Army suffered the most losses in the entire battle, but after retreating, it was immediately supplemented. The combat effectiveness was restored very quickly. Now the Sichuan Army can be regarded as one of the most combat-effective troops in the Five War Zones.

In the Battle of Tengxian, the Sichuan Army became famous in one battle and became a tough force that cannot be defeated. Now when the Japanese army hears Sichuan dialect, they feel a little disgusted.

The Battle of Xuzhou and Western Shandong and Eastern Henan were fought for more than two months, and the annihilation of more than 70,000 Japanese soldiers were annihilated. This annihilation and casualties were two different concepts.

The casualties are divided into battle and injuries. He was injured but he was not dead, but may be seriously injured or amputated. The person is still alive. Once the injury is healed, he can continue to fight on the battlefield.

But annihilation means complete elimination and the end of human individual life.

Therefore, in the past two months, the Japanese army was really injured and their vitality was damaged. Almost all of the two main divisions were annihilated.

This is never seen in the history of the Japanese Army, and it is also two elite divisions equipped with a large amount of mechanized equipment and heavy artillery.

He actually lost so badly that he took off all his clothes and didn't even have a bag of cloth left.

In Xuzhou, eastern Henan, and western Shandong, the number of national troops was slightly smaller, and the overall weaponry and equipment and quality of the troops were much worse, but the results achieved seemed to be huge.

This is all because of the emergence of the New First Army and the New 38th Division, and these two star anti-Japanese troops were built by the same person, a little adviser who was unknown.

It can be said that this little staff officer rose up on the bones of the Japanese army and became a "devil" who changed his expression and hated him to the bone in the hands of the Japanese army.

Leng Feng, a name that the Japanese military is reluctant to mention now.

In this kind of defeat, the Japanese army was still celebrating the so-called great victory of occupying Xuzhou, which was really ridiculous.

However, now, whether it is the North China Front Command, the First Army Command in Taiyuan, and the Central China Front Command in Nanjing, it is already in chaos.

Since the early morning of June 16, they have cut off all contact with Guide.

Knowing that it was raining heavily in eastern Henan, accompanied by thunder and lightning, I also know that Kenji Doihara and Manta Nishima decided to break through that night, and both troops broke out.

But when it was out, there was no movement. Until six o'clock in the morning, the North China Front Command sent a plane to investigate and found that the rain in that area had stopped.

During the air investigation, the red flags of the Chinese people were also planted on the walls of Guide.

However, the two Japanese troops who broke through the siege evaporated from the world, and no matter how they called, they did not respond.

This made Hata Shunrok and Sugiyama Tsubasa. Kenji Doihara and Mantashima were all elites of the Imperial Army. If they were captured, the impact would be great.

There was already a lieutenant general in the royal family who was captured, and there was another suspected to be captured. If a lieutenant general and a major general were brought over, the four of them could form a table of mahjong.

Whether it is Taiyuan, Peking or Nanjing, they are anxiously waiting for the news. This raid on Guide has completely failed. If it is completely wiped out by the Chinese, many people will be unable to sit still.

"Captain Xue, Kenji Doihara, went to Takuro. This was a telegram from Huang Jie, the commander of the Eighth Army. The Japanese army suddenly launched an attack on Takuro after half an hour ago. It took less than ten minutes to break into the city. Commander Huang led the reserve team to Takuro."

This news made everyone in front of the commander-in-chief of the First Corps of East Henan stunned.

"Where is the new 38th Division assault detachment?"

"I don't know, because of the heavy rain, they only sent a reinforcement team to Tuocheng overnight. However, calculating the time, no matter how fast they are, it may be difficult for them to arrive now." Wu Xiqi explained.

"If the Japanese army get a chance to breathe, even if it is an airdrop supply, it will be much more difficult for us to eliminate them."

"I hope Commander Huang and Deputy Commander Niu can arrive in time. If the Japanese army can be blocked in Tuocheng, there may be hope to keep people."

"It's hard, it's hard!" Xue Boling sighed, "How far is Huang Jie from Tuocheng?"

"There are almost sixty miles left!"

"Sixty miles, his troops will have to walk at least four hours. If the current road conditions are included, they may not be able to arrive for six hours. Alas!" Xue Boling said hatefully, "Huang Jie misled me!"

"Maybe Deputy Commander Niu..."

"Captain Xue, deputy commander Niu of the new 38th Division, reported that he had led his troops outside Tuocheng City and found that the Japanese army broke through had occupied Tuocheng." The confidential staff came over and saluted a military salute.

"Okay, haha, there is no way out, Kenji Doihara, this time, see where you are running!"

"Sir Xue, how did they do such heavy rain in less than eight hours?" Looking back, it was also surprising that Wu Xiqi raised doubts.
Chapter completed!