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Chapter 583: The Third Division Arrives

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    Under the order of the Second Army Headquarters, Lieutenant General Fujita led the 3rd Division with nearly 20,000 troops and marched into the Luoshan battlefield in a mighty manner.

    The Tenth Division was originally beaten by Hu Zongnan's troops in Luoshan and had no temper at all. Its morale was low and it had no offensive capabilities. Suddenly seeing reinforcements arriving, it suddenly became excited and its morale increased greatly.

    Correspondingly, the Chinese army seemed a little uneasy due to the arrival of Japanese reinforcements.

    You must know that the opponent of the 17th Corps before was only a crippled infantry division with only more than 10,000 soldiers. But now it has increased by more than 20,000 people, and the total strength of the Japanese troops on the front line has reached more than 30,000.  .

    Calculated according to the ratio of 1:5 between the enemy and our combat effectiveness, the 30,000 Japanese troops on the Luoshan front line are equivalent to the combat effectiveness of 150,000 ordinary national troops. Moreover, according to the investigation of the intelligence department, it was learned that the 3rd Division not only brought 20,000 infantry, but also  Brought a regiment of heavy artillery.

    Under the current terrain conditions, the combat effectiveness that a regiment's heavy artillery can unleash is probably not much worse than that of an infantry brigade. It should be noted that the defenders' fortifications are like window paper in front of the heavy artillery, vulnerable.

    Therefore, with the arrival of the third division, the balance of power on the front line was instantly broken.

    In a village at the foot of the northwest mountain of Luoshan Mountain, Hu Zongnan walked out of the legion headquarters and strolled towards the foot of the mountain.

    The night sky was as dark as a thick mass of ink, with only a few stars blinking tiredly.

    Regarding the upcoming battle, he had the urge to compete again, but he also felt that he was really unsure.

    He is a soldier, and soldiers should show their value on the battlefield. Moreover, the principal still values ??him so highly. Hu Zongnan does not want to disappoint the principal.

    However, the Japanese army on the opposite side was too strong. They had two divisions plus a large number of technical arms. This combination was what was seen during the Battle of Songhu. After all, the Japanese army only invested a total of five brigades on the Chinese battlefield.  Heavy artillery unit, and there was only one brigade of heavy artillery unit in the entire Jiangnan battlefield.

    Face to face with such an enemy armed to the teeth, Hu Zongnan really had no confidence at all.  This is not about boosting others' ambitions and destroying one's own prestige, but it is a fact.

    But Hu Zongnan knew that he could not retreat no matter what, because there were countless pairs of eyes staring at him in Wuhan City, a hundred miles away.

    More importantly, Hu Zongnan did not want to lose to Li Zongren.

    Thinking of Li Zongren, who returned from illness a few days ago, he took up the post of commander-in-chief of the 5th theater again. At the beginning of taking office, he made major adjustments to the troops that had been fighting hard for two months.  The Hu Corps was placed on the left flank of the theater by General Li Zongren.

    Now, he is no longer a reserve force that can watch the fierce battle on the front line.  His troops were on the front line, ready to receive Japanese artillery shells and bear Japanese bayonets.

    To be honest, if it hadn¡¯t been for Chief Li¡¯s strong suggestion, the Chairman might not have been willing to transfer the 17th Corps to the front-line battlefield. It was his darling.

    But the frontline battle situation really didn¡¯t allow him to think too much, so Hu Zongnan¡¯s troops were transferred to the frontline.

    Hu Zongnan didn¡¯t pay attention to the remnants of the 10th Division at all. He considered himself to be the most capable unit in the national army. He felt that it was no problem to completely annihilate the 10th Division with the combat effectiveness of the 17th Corps.

    But the arrival of the 3rd Division undoubtedly placed a heavy millstone on his shoulders, which shook his confident will to fight.

    And Li Zongren also knew the character of these direct descendants of the Central Army, so after the Third Division arrived at the front line, he explicitly ordered him in the name of the War Zone Commander's Department: "No matter how many heavy troops the Japanese army invests in front of Luoshan, the Hu Army must resist continuously.  , and at the end we must stick to Xinyang, and when we are unable to support, go south to the three passes in northern Hubei to ensure the retreat of hundreds of thousands of friendly troops."

    Being ordered like this by the war zone commander made Hu Zongnan very unhappy. Wasn't this a clear distrust of them? He thought they would run away from the battle!

    "But what Hu Zongnan didn't know was that he had already been seen through by Chief Li. In Chief Li's opinion, it was no problem for him to resist continuously. Anyway, the troops under his command could withstand as long as they could.

    But it may not be possible to stick to Xinyang, because Hu Zongnan is not the kind of general who dares to put his troops to death.

    Not only Hu Zongnan is not the same, but also people such as Gui Yongqing and Huang Jie are not the same. They do not have the courage to live or die with the city position.

    So after receiving the order from the war zone commander, Hu Zongnan has been hesitating about how to fight this battle!

    "If we stick to Luoshan Xinyang, the casualties of the troops may be beyond imagination, but if we lose the letterYang refused to go south and retreated to the west. Why did he go back to resume his life?

    He was not afraid of Li Zongren. He knew the subtle relationship between Jiang and Li, not to mention that Li Zongren defeated Jiang.  In front of Jiang, he believed that the principal preferred him, Hu, rather than Li Zongren, who could cause trouble at any time.  From this point of view, he felt that keeping the troops was more important than keeping Xinyang.

    But Hu Zongnan also knew that even if he was not determined to live and die with Luoshan and Xinyang, he could not lose the important town easily, and he still had to resist.

    Afterwards, Hu Zongnan immediately called the chief of staff to discuss the battle plan.

    At 8 o'clock in the morning on November 14, the Battle of Luoshan started again. The main regiment of the Japanese Third Division, under the cover of an artillery regiment, a heavy artillery regiment and a tank regiment, launched an attack on the Luoshan defenders.  Violent attack.

    At the same time, the Japanese army continuously dispatched more than 80 fighter planes to the Luoshan front line for coordinated operations. Under this three-dimensional ground-air attack mode, the 17th Corps, which claimed to be the elite of the national army, was suddenly stunned.

    After a bloody day of fighting, the Chinese army lost more than 7,000 people and suffered heavy casualties. As a last resort, after nightfall, Hu Zongnan directly ordered the troops to withdraw from the Luoshan position, which was subsequently occupied by the Japanese army.

    Luoshan fell again, Wuhan was shocked, and the atmosphere in Xinyang became tense instantly.

    The Military Commission of the Nationalist Government immediately realized the danger. Once the Japanese army captured Xinyang and then attacked Wuhan in a roundabout way, the consequences would be disastrous.

    In order to strengthen the defense of the southern section of Pinghan Road and prevent the enemy from encircling Wuhan from the north road, the Military Commission decided to establish the 5th Corps with Luo Zhuoying as the commander-in-chief in the 5th Theater to command Liu Heding's 39th Army (34th Division and 56th Division).  ), Sun Tongxuan's 3rd Army (20th, 22nd, 81st Division), Wan Yaohuang's 15th Army (13th Division), Zhang Yichun's 48th Army (173rd, 174th Division), went to the Xinyang area for reinforcements.

    As for the garrison tasks in Wuhan, it is the responsibility of Wuhan garrison commander Guo Chan.

    At the same time, the Nationalist Government also reorganized Hu Zongnan's 17th Army into the Southern Henan Corps, which was under the jurisdiction of Dong Zhao's 16th Army, Tao Zhiyue's 1st Army, and Shen Ke's 43rd Army, and continued to defend the west of Luoshan to Xinyang  area to prevent the Japanese army from advancing westward.

    And Zhang Zizhong's 27th Army was strictly ordered to contain the enemy, guerrilla in the east of Luoshan and Huangchuan areas, and to attack Huangchuan.

    In view of Zhang¡¯s lack of troops, in order to strengthen the 27th Army Corps, the Military Commission transferred Wang Changhai¡¯s 132nd Division to the command of the Army Corps and restricted the division to reach Jingfu south of Guangshan on November 20.

    As the Nationalist Government adjusted its military strength, a large number of troops were transferred to the northwest battlefield of Wuhan to prevent the main force of the Second Army from detouring southward. The atmosphere in the entire northwest corner of Wuhan suddenly became tense, and a war was imminent.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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