Chapter 679
There is a small village seven or eight miles north of Xinpu Town called Chenjiataizi.
When the 74th Army launched a general attack on Minji Town, the 48th Army and the 84th Army, which belonged to the 11th Army, had already advanced to the near Chenjiatai.
Although the 48th Army and the 84th Army cannot be compared with the 7th Army, they are also the backbone of the Gui army. Each army is under its jurisdiction, and each army has six divisions, with a total force of more than 60,000 people!
At this moment, Li Pinxian, commander-in-chief of the Fourth Corps and commander-in-chief of the 11th Group Army, was standing on a small hill at the entrance of Chenjiataizi Village and looking towards Xinpu Town.
Beside Li Pinxian, Zhang Yichun, the commander of the 48th Army, and Qin Lianfang, the commander of the 84th Army, stood respectively.
Zhang Yichun is from Anhui, but he is the backbone of the Guangxi clan. He can be said to be loyal to Li Bai and the other two.
Zhang Yichun said sneered: "Xue Yue is really light-hearted. Let our 11th Army immediately launch a general attack on the Japanese army opposite Xinpu Town at any cost. Why doesn't his direct descendants go to the general attack?"
"That's it!" Qin Lianfang also said, "Why didn't the 74th Army attack the general?"
"He is reluctant to let go." Zhang Yichun said, "The 74th Army is not only Xue Yue's treasure, but also the Imperial Guards who have been registered with Lao Chang. Xue Yue brought the 74th Army to Xiaogan just to let them pick peaches in the end. How could he fight the attrition war with the Japanese at this time?"
Qin Lianfang said angrily: "This old man, you really can't change your shit!"
"That's it!" Zhang Yichun said, "He is using the hands of the Japanese army to consume our Gui, Commander-in-Chief Li, we can't be fooled by them, and we really launch a general attack on Xinpu Town!"
Hearing this, Li Pinxian said quietly: "You are wrong this time."
"Wrong?" Zhang Yichun and Qin Lianfang looked at each other and said blankly, "What's wrong?"
Li Pinxian said: "I mean, this time Lao Chang and Xue Yue really don't mean to consume us by using the Japanese army. Didn't you just ask me why Xue Yue didn't let the 74th Army attack?"
"Yes." Zhang Yichun, Qin Lianfang nodded subconsciously, "Why not let the 74th Army attack?"
"Who said there was no?" Li Pinxian said, "Half an hour ago, Yu Jishi's 74th Army had already launched a general attack on Minji Town southeast of Xiaogan. Less than five minutes ago, Xiaogan's front enemy command sent another telegram, saying that the four main regiments of the 51st Division of the 74th Army had all fought for nothing, one brigade commander was injured, and two of the four regiment commanders died!"
"ah?"
"Is this actually happening?"
Zhang Yichun and Qin Lianfang looked at each other when they heard this.
Li Pinxian said again: "Xue Yueyan ordered all troops not to wait and see. After rushing to the battlefield, he launched a general attack on the Japanese army in front of him as soon as possible, in order not to give the Japanese army any chance to breathe!"
After a moment of pause, Li Pinxian said again: "Captain Zhang, Commander Qin, please give an order!"
"Yes!" Zhang Yichun, Qin Lianfang stood at attention and turned around and left.
Soon, the 48th Army and the 84th Army also launched a general attack on Xinpu Town.
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Almost at the same time, the 2nd Army had also entered Zhuzhan Town east of Xiaogan.
After receiving Xue Yue's order, Sun Lianzhong, commander-in-chief of the 2nd Army, immediately forwarded it to the 30th Army and the 42nd Army under his command. After receiving the order, Feng Anbang, commander of the 42nd Army, immediately launched a general attack on the Japanese army in Zhuzhan Town without any discount. However, Tian Zhennan, commander of the 30th Army, found Sun Lianzhong in front of him.
Seeing Tian Zhennan, Sun Lianzhong's face immediately collapsed and he said in a deep voice: "Captain Tian, you are not commanding your troops to fight the general attack on the front line, why are you running to me?"
"General Attack?" Tian Zhennan whispered, "Commander-in-Chief, this is what Bei Yi wants to say."
After pausing for a moment, Tian Zhennan lowered his voice and said, "Xue Yue asked us to attack the general, but he was not kind! He must have been secretly ordered by Lao Chang to take the opportunity to consume the strength of our Northwest Army!"
"Shut up!" Sun Lianzhong frowned, "Soldiers are obeying orders as their duty. Since Xue Yue is now the commander-in-chief of Xiaogan's front enemy, and since the commander-in-chief of the commander-in-chief of Xiaogan's front enemy has assigned our Third Corps to the commander-in-chief of Xiaogan's front enemy command, then we must obey Commander-in-chief of the orders unconditionally. Go back, get back!"
"Commander-in-Chief!" Tian Zhennan said anxiously, "You can't jump in with your eyes open. If you don't think about the old brothers of the Northwest Army, you should think about yourself, right? If one day our Northwest Army has made up all the foundation, do you think Lao Chang will still use you? You will definitely stand aside at that time!"
Sun Lianzhong became angry as soon as he heard this. He took out a telegram from his shirt pocket and slapped it on Tian Zhennan's face. He said angrily: "You have a good look for it yourself to see if Xue Yue is taking the opportunity to consume our Northwest Army?"
Tian Zhennan received the telegram and took a look, and was stunned.
"What? The Seventy-Fourth Army also participated in the general attack? Yes, the two divisions have basically been crippled? They were crippled in less than two hours? My God!" Tian Zhennan murmured, "So, Lao Chang and Xue Yue really didn't take the opportunity to consume the foundation of our Northwest Army this time."
Sun Lianzhong shouted sternly: "Why don't you go back soon!"
"Yes!" Tian Zhennan returned to the army in shame.
Immediately, Tian Zhennan led two divisions of his troops to launch a general attack on the Japanese army in Zhuzhan Town!
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Time soon came to the evening of September 2, 1938.
As time went by, more and more national troops arrived at the periphery of Xiaogan, and from the initial few regiments, it quickly increased to six armies and sixteen divisions!
Moreover, there are more troops coming from three directions!
Although Yoshio Shinozuka left six infantry corpses outside Kogan and later added two infantry corpses, these eight infantry corpses had just retreated from Hankou and Hanyang battlefields. Not only were they inconsistent personnel, but they were not equipped intact, especially tanks and artillery were almost completely lost!
Therefore, under the fierce attack of the national army, the Japanese army gradually showed signs of lack of support!
Especially the 104th infantry revolver stationed in Minji Town, the earliest one was attacked and the enemy they faced was even more fierce. At this moment, they were on the verge of collapse on the whole line!
The eyes of Ogisu Ribuki who stayed to stay in charge were already red, but they were useless!
The defeat still came from various local battlefields, either asking for help here or it could no longer stand it. They all shouted that the headquarters would send troops to reinforce, but there were no reinforcements in the hands of Ogisu's army?
In the end, Riki Ogisu's mood completely lost control and began to roar!
Chapter completed!