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Chapter 421: Entering Woyang

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    After the troops were mixed, Li Guoyao immediately ordered people to transport a large number of military uniforms and equipment to these supplementary troops and redress them.

    The military uniforms were redeemed by Li Guoyao from the system, but the weapons and equipment were accumulated by the 61st Army themselves.

    You must know that Li Guoyao's army had more than 40,000 people at its peak, and Li Guoyao equipped all the troops with very good equipment. In addition to many consecutive battles, Li Guoyao's army captured a large amount of Japanese equipment, and the amount was astonishing.  .

    Although a large amount of equipment was destroyed during the battle, there is still a large inventory, and there is no need for support from the Military Commission and Theater Command. The only shortcoming is that the ammunition inventory is too small.

    When they were being equipped, when these motley crews saw the mountains of weapons and equipment on the playground, everyone was stunned.

    First of all, the number of weapons and equipment on the playground is really astonishing. Rows of rifles are neatly arranged there, like a mountain top. There are at least five or six thousand of them. There are also rows of light and heavy machine guns. They even have  We saw grenades and mortars. Such a huge batch of equipment was enough to arm their troops to the teeth.

    What surprised these supplementary soldiers the most was that very few of these equipment had the national army standard equipment. The rifles were all Type 38, the heavy machine guns were Type 92, the grenades were also Japanese Type 88, and only the light machine guns were Type 88.  Mainly Czech type, and there are also some domestically produced mortars.

    With so many Japanese-made weapons, how many Japanese soldiers will be eliminated?

    They had all heard about Li Guoyao and the army under his leadership before, and also heard about their achievements, but because they knew a little about it, everyone felt that it was exaggerated.

    But after seeing so much Japanese-made equipment, everyone¡¯s eyes lit up, and they understood that those impressive records were not just bragging!

    The equipment installation process went smoothly. Since the equipment was distributed uniformly, there was no one who was good or bad. Soon the entire army completed the equipment change.

    After putting on the new forest camouflage of the 61st Army, the temperament of these supplementary soldiers suddenly changed, and the entire army changed from beggars to a truly mighty army.

    Of course, this is only a superficial change, but Li Guoyao believes that going from the outside to the inside is just a process. If you give him time, he will be able to turn these people into true warriors.

    After completing the change of clothes, Li Guoyao immediately ordered Xu Hu to return to the front line of Mengcheng to command operations, while he stayed in Yuefang Town to personally train the troops.

    Starting from May 23, Li Guoyao ordered the five regiments of the newly formed 100th Brigade to build fortifications along the road from Yuefang Town to Woyang. They should have positions wherever they were suitable for blocking.

    At the same time, he sent a large number of troops to mobilize nearby people and asked them to assist the troops in destroying roads and bridges along the way to ensure that the little devils had no place to detour except the main road.

    For this reason, Li Guoyao and others did not hesitate to order the two small reservoirs upstream of Yuefang Town to open the gates and release water, flooding tens of thousands of acres of fertile farmland. He had only one purpose, and that was to get the Japs to attack along his route.

    Li Guoyao knew very well that although the little devils behaved calmly, naturally and calmly now, it was because they did not know the battle situation on the northern front or the intentions of the national army.

    ¡°Once they learn that the National Government¡¯s ultimate intention is to completely annihilate the Dofeiyuan Division, they will definitely fight tooth and nail. By then, Mengcheng, a city that is almost in ruins, will simply not be able to withstand the Japanese onslaught.

    Therefore, in the later stages of the war, the Japanese army will definitely capture Mengcheng and the defenders will evacuate Mengcheng.

    But the battle in eastern Henan is in full swing. Once the Japanese army captures Mengcheng, it is bound to go north to reinforce the Lanfeng battlefield. Therefore, Li Guoyao's troops must find a way to stop the Japanese army from moving north. The road from Mengcheng to Woyang is the key to Li Guoyao's way of stopping the Japanese army.

    But for the sake of safety, Li Guoyao still sent a telegram to the Military Commission, requesting that Guoyang be listed as a key defense area of ??their 61st Army.

    The reason given by Li Guoyao is also very sufficient, that is, Mengcheng has been beaten to pieces. Even if the 61st Army is determined to fight to the death, it may not be able to withstand the Japanese attack. The fall of Mengcheng is almost foreseeable.  things.

    But the Battle of East Henan cannot fail because of the 61st Army in any case, so the 61st Army needs a strategic buffer, and this strategic buffer must be Guoyang.

    As long as Woyang is placed under the jurisdiction of the 61st Army, even if Mengcheng falls, the 61st Army can rely on the favorable terrain to build a steel defense line south of Woyang City to keep the little Japs out of Woyang City.

    The worst situation is Woyang County. Taking advantage of the day,When the main force of the 61st Army and the 61st Army were locked in Mengcheng, Li Guoyao could definitely send troops to Woyang City to build fortifications. I dare not say if there would be more by then, but it should not be a problem to defend for three to five days.

    After receiving the telegram from Li Guoyao's headquarters, Chairman Chiang Kai-shek on the Zhengzhou front discussed with Cheng Qian, the commander of the First War Zone, and felt that Li Guoyao's words were very reasonable, and immediately agreed to place Guoyang under the defense of the 61st Army.  .

    At the same time, Chairman Chiang generously assigned about one regiment of the Woyang garrison to the 61st Army. It was not temporarily placed under the command of the 61st Army, but directly assigned to the 61st Army's combat sequence.

    In fact, Chairman Chiang is not really so generous. The main reason is that the 61st Army must have suffered heavy losses in this battle. This regiment was originally the garrison of Guoyang, so it would be somewhat uninteresting to withdraw at this time.

    Secondly, once the battle starts, 80% of this regiment will be used as cannon fodder by Li Guoyao in front of the 61st Army. It is almost foreseeable that the entire army will be annihilated. Therefore, for an infantry regiment that is destined to perish, why doesn¡¯t Chairman Chiang show magnanimity?  a little.

    But what is Chairman Chiang¡¯s purpose? In short, Li Guoyao¡¯s purpose has been achieved!

    At noon on the 13th, Li Guoyao personally led four regiments of infantry plus some directly affiliated troops, totaling more than 11,000 troops, to enter Woyang County and took over the city defense here.

    Li Guoyao then ordered his troops to immediately strengthen the city defense of Woyang County, and at the same time build defensive positions outside the city, and specially asked people to find sand, gravel, bluestone, etc., so that he could build the bunker.

    As the closest county in northern Anhui to eastern Henan, Woyang will also be the last fortress for the Japanese army to break into eastern Henan, and no mistakes are allowed.

    For this purpose, Li Guoyao spent more than a thousand points and exchanged a large amount of scarce building materials, including steel bars and cement. With the addition of those sandstone materials and bluestone slabs, he would definitely be able to build a solid line of defense outside Woyang City.

    But is Li Guoyao¡¯s purpose really just a simple buffer place?

    In fact, Li Guoyao did have this consideration in wanting Guoyang, but the most important thing is that he wanted to provide insurance for the first theater.

    Li Guoyao knew very well what happened in the Battle of Lanfeng. After the troops in the First Theater Division launched an attack on the Japanese 14th Division, after fierce fighting, the 51st Division of the 74th Army and a brigade of the 88th Division of the 71st Army recovered the interior.  Huang, the 87th Division of the 71st Army recaptured Yifeng.  The 71st Army and the 74th Army recaptured Ximaogu Village, Yanglou, Helou and other villages, dealing a heavy blow to the enemy.

    Then the Japanese army realized that something was wrong, and Doihara immediately ordered his troops to concentrate their forces to attack the Yangguji and Shuangtaji areas in an attempt to seize Kaifeng.

    During the battle, Gui Yongqing's 27th Army position was breached. In this case, instead of reporting it to the First Corps Headquarters, Gui Yongqing led his troops to retreat to Kaifeng and Qixian, ordering the 88th Division to take over the defense of the 106th Division.  Lan Feng.

    After retreating from Gui Yongqing, the commander of the 88th Division, Long Muhan, also abandoned the city and fled without authorization on the night of May 23. As a result, the Japanese army occupied Lanfeng, a strategic location on Longhai Road, without a fight on May 24.

    At this time, the 102nd Division of the 8th Army guarding Dangshan was under fierce attack by the Japanese army. Division Commander Bai Huizhang also ordered to abandon the position and flee westward. The Japanese 16th Division immediately occupied Dangshan.

    The escape behavior of the 27th Army and the Eighth Army directly caused the strategic advantage formed in the first theater before the war to disappear instantly, and also caused Xue Yue's troops to lose the opportunity to encircle and annihilate the Dofeihara Division for the first time, and this was just one  start.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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