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Chapter 330: The battle situation on April 1st

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    When the news that the new regiment of the Du Eighth Brigade had severely damaged the Chongteng Detachment reached Bengbu City, Li Guoyao was also very surprised. He really did not expect that Lu Zhanwu had such courage and dared to take the initiative to attack, and he was able to use water to replace the soldiers and eliminate three soldiers.  More than a thousand Japanese troops.

    However, despite his surprise, Li Guoyao couldn't help but think of another incident a few months later - the Huayuankou embankment burst incident. This was also an eternal tragedy in which water replaced troops but resulted in the casualties of hundreds of thousands of innocent people.

    Huayuankou is located north of Zhengzhou and south of the Yellow River.  Around the Ming Dynasty, a high-ranking official built a huge garden here, with fragrant flowers blooming all year round. Later, the Yellow River changed its course and flooded the place, hence the name Huayuankou.

    In any case, this is just a small place name in the huge China. However, the Huayuankou embankment burst incident during the Anti-Japanese War made Huayuankou a place well-known to the world.

    It was one day in 1938. Good news came from the anti-Japanese troops on the front line. The team led by Li Zongren won a major victory in Taierzhuang. The victory in Taierzhuang wiped out more than 20,000 enemy troops and severely damaged the enemy's 10th Division and 5th Division!

    The news soon spread throughout China, and all Chinese people cheered. As the nominal commander-in-chief of China's Anti-Japanese War, Chiang Kai-shek began to feel elated because he had heard too many praises during that period, and planned to assemble with an order.  All teams fight to the death with the Japanese army.

    About 600,000 troops were gathered near Xuzhou, and Japan also mobilized about 300,000 elites, as well as hundreds of aircraft and tanks to cover it. If the two armies really met, what would be the consequences?  It's hard to predict.

    In order to preserve his strength, Chiang Kai-shek hesitated again and again, and finally decided to withdraw his troops from Xuzhou.  As a result, the Japanese army did not give him this opportunity and launched the first attack from Henan and Shandong areas.

    Although Chiang Kai-shek mobilized more than a dozen divisions to stop the attack, because of generals like Gui Yongqing who fled before the battle, the eastern Henan region was occupied by the Japanese with little effort.

    Seeing that the two Japanese armies were getting closer and closer to Xuzhou, they might be surrounded by Japan if they did not retreat, and the Longhai Railway could no longer be saved. At this time, a German consultant around Chiang Kai-shek put forward a suggestion, that is, "use water  Substituting troops".

    The so-called use of water to replace troops is actually to dig up the Yellow River embankment and let the water stop the advancement of Japanese mechanized troops.

    " However, whether this can be done is not something that a mere theater commander can make up his mind. After all, blowing up the Yellow River is not a casual matter.  The plan was quickly put on the desk of Chiang Kai-shek, the top leader of the Kuomintang. After thinking about it again and again, Chiang Kai-shek decided to "exchange a big victory at a small sacrifice", so the matter of digging the Yellow River was decided.

    The task was specifically carried out by a regiment under the 20th Group Army. The first location chosen was Zhaokou. However, because the Yellow River was in the dry season at this time, the water level in the Yellow River was too low to flow out, so Huayuankou was finally chosen.

    On the evening of June 7, the Kuomintang soldiers used the Japanese attack as an excuse to move the people in the area ten kilometers away, so that they could dig Huayuankou without anyone seeing or stopping them.

    ¡°Two days later, a gap fifty meters long and five meters high had been dug. At nine o¡¯clock sharp, the last dike was dug, and the Yellow River water surged out

    The water of the Yellow River rushed out from the entrance of the garden like a beast. To make matters worse, heavy rains in summer fell in this area, and the water level of the Yellow River continued to rise. In an instant, more than 10 million people in Henan, Jiangsu, and Anhui were affected, half of them  Uprooted from their homes, nearly a million people lost their lives.

    After the incident, the world was shocked. Hong Kong, British, French and other major newspapers reported the cruel news.

    In order to cover up their crimes, the Kuomintang claimed that Japanese bombers blew up Huayuankou, and the Japanese army took the blame for them.

    Li Guoyao had not thought of this matter at first, but after being "reminded" by Lu Zhanwu and others, he suddenly thought of it. Although it was still more than two months before the Huayuankou embankment burst incident, Li Guoyao decided to do it if he had the ability.  prevent this tragedy from happening.

    However, Li Guoyao has not yet figured out how to do it. After all, he is just a small miscellaneous division commander. He is neither a direct descendant of Chiang Kai-shek nor a commander of a theater. He really has no determination in this matter, but it is difficult to change.  More difficult.

    What¡¯s more, the issues on the Bengbu frontline have not yet been resolved, and no one knows what will happen in the future!

    But in any case, the actions of the New Regiment in Dingyuan greatly eased the pressure on the 7th Division on the Western Front.

    Originally, according to Li Guoyao¡¯s battle plan, the New Regiment and other units could hold on to Dingyuan for at most three days. After three days, the defenses built were?Basically destroyed, the Japanese army has also occupied the outer positions, and it is time for the defenders to retreat.

    But now it seems that the new regiment can hold on for at least a week. If the Japanese army does not increase troops on the Dingyuan front line, it may last for ten days.

    In this way, only two of the three Japanese armies are left. Li Guoyao will have more time to mobilize his troops, and he will be able to deal with it more calmly!

    On April 1, the Japanese army continued to advance. Except for the Chongteng detachment on the west route, which was blocked from Dingyuan, the remaining 9th Division and 13th Division all made gains.

    After conquering Daishan Town, the 9th Division set out from Daishan Town on the morning of April 1st and headed north to attack Hechi Town.

    Despite being frantically blocked by the defenders again along the way, 12 battles were fought in a distance of less than 20 kilometers. Almost every one or two kilometers we walked, we encountered a defender position, some of which were within a few kilometers.  There were actually four or five blocking positions built by the defenders.

    Therefore, the Japanese army went very hard along the way. You must know that the defenders carefully selected their positions when building them. They were all located in places with steep terrain. They were easy to defend and difficult to attack. The most important thing was that some  The place was so unique that the defenders were able to hit the Japanese army from a high position, but the Japanese army could not see the defenders. Therefore, the Japanese army suffered heavy losses along the way.

    But even so, the Ninth Division still arrived at Chihe Town in the evening!

    Chihe Town is the only road from Chu County to Fengyang. It is also the most important defensive position of the Seventh Division outside Fengyang City. The Duba Brigade has placed a full reinforcement regiment here, even in Daishan Town.  All the withdrawn troops were stationed in Chihe Town.

    The Japanese army did not show any weakness. The two main brigades of the Ninth Division all arrived in Chihe Town. In addition to the more than 2,500 casualties yesterday, there were more than 13,000 Japanese troops outside Chihe Town at this time.  people.

    In addition to a large number of infantry, the Japanese army also deployed more than fifty large-caliber artillery pieces outside Chihe Town. In addition, a dozen Type 92 infantry cannons and a large number of mortars were deployed at the front.

    As for the number of tanks, tanks and other technical units, the number is astonishing. The Ninth Division has put forward its strongest posture. They just want to avenge their previous humiliation!

    Even though the sun was setting, the Japanese army launched an attack on Chihe Town as soon as the main force arrived in Chihe Town and settled down!

    With the sound of artillery, the Japanese army launched a tentative attack on Chihe Town!

    At the same time, the Japanese 13th Division in Guandian Town, south of Guangming City, also achieved limited victory!

    The so-called limited victory means that the Japanese army has made a breakthrough, but has not completely defeated or completely annihilated the defenders. In fact, the Japanese army in Guandian Town finally occupied the outer positions of the defenders in Guandian Town after a day and night of bloody battles.

    But the defenders deployed five lines of defense in Guandian Town. Although the Japanese army captured two of them, the defenders still had three lines of defense that needed to be conquered.

    However, for the Japanese army, the most difficult thing is the first line of defense, because in front of the first line of defense there are not only anti-tank trenches and a large number of bunkers, but also a large number of anti-tank cones, which greatly affects the attack of its mechanized troops.  .

    Now that the first line of defense has finally been taken, the remaining lines of defense are relatively easier. Therefore, starting from the afternoon of April 1, the 13th Division began to attack the remaining lines of defense in Guandian Town.

    The battle lasted until around nine o'clock in the evening, when the 13th Division finally captured Guandian Town. However, due to the timely retreat of the defenders, although the Japanese army captured Guandian Town, they were still unable to completely annihilate the defenders.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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