Quartermasters can also fight the devils

Lieutenant General Kazuichiro Sonobe, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, was a little depressed. The combat plan he had made before did not achieve the expected effect from the beginning. However, despite this, Lieutenant General Kazuichiro Sonobe, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, still issued an order to continue to act according to the original combat plan and launched a formal attack on the location of the 31st Army Group, the direct force of the Chinese government. Under the cover of aircraft in the air, the Japanese offensive forces divided into three routes and attacked northward along the Pinghan Railway.

Facing the all-out offensive of the Japanese army, the troops of the Fifth War Zone followed the combat plan formulated by the Fifth War Zone Command before the war, leaving only a small number of troops to block the Japanese attack head-on and slow down the advance of the Japanese attacking forces. At the same time, the main forces of the Fifth War Zone gradually moved to the flanks and rear of the Japanese attacking forces, waiting for the Japanese army to reveal a flaw after the front line was lengthened.

The Japanese attacking forces advanced very quickly. Within two days after the offensive began, the Japanese left wing and central group forces advanced nearly 100 kilometers. The speed and distance of the Japanese advance also made Commander Li, commander of the Fifth War Zone, very happy.

This was because only when the Japanese army was far away from their rear could the supply line be long enough, and the Japanese troops along the way would be more dispersed. Therefore, on the third day after the Japanese army officially attacked, Commander Li of the Fifth War Zone saw that the time was ripe, and ordered the Fifth War Zone troops that had moved to the two wings of the Japanese army to begin implementing the pre-war combat plan and to carry out a pincer attack on the Japanese attacking forces.

At this time, the target of the Japanese attack was the direct troops of the Chinese government. The 31st Army Group appeared on the side and rear of the Japanese offensive forces. After Commander Tang received the attack order from Commander Li of the Fifth War Zone, he also ordered the 13th Army to attack the troops of the Japanese 3rd Division and the 85th Army to attack the 40th Division of the Japanese Army. At the same time, he ordered the 86th Army to entangle the Japanese 3rd Division head-on.

At the same time, the 55th Army and the 59th Army of the Fifth War Zone also quickly launched attacks on the Japanese offensive forces from both wings.

For a time, the Japanese attacking force, which was advancing very quickly, was suddenly attacked by the Fifth War Zone troops on the left and right wings, which caused the left and right wings of the Japanese attacking force to fall into a bitter battle at the same time.

Lieutenant General Kazuichiro Sonobe, commander of the 11th Japanese Army, saw that his attacking forces were almost simultaneously attacked by the Chinese troops on both wings, so he quickly ordered the front Japanese attacking forces to change their combat plans.

Lieutenant General Kazuichiro Sonobe, commander of the 11th Japanese Army, ordered the Japanese Central Corps to quickly split up and detour to the two wings, trying to join up with the Japanese troops on the left and right wings, encircle the Chinese troops attacking on both wings, and then completely encircle and destroy these main forces of the Fifth War Zone.

However, after Commander Li of the Fifth War Zone discovered the direction of movement of the Japanese Central Corps, he immediately determined the Japanese combat intentions. So, Commander Li immediately ordered the troops attacking the two wings of the Japanese army to retreat quickly, while leaving a small number of troops to continue to fight the Japanese army.

This order from Commander Li of the Fifth War Zone thwarted the plan of Lieutenant General Kazuo Ichiro, commander of the 11th Japanese Army, Sonobe, to encircle and destroy the main force of the Fifth War Zone. As a result, the adjustment of the Japanese offensive forces by Lieutenant General Kazuo Ichiro, commander of the 11th Japanese Army, did not have any effect.

Seeing that the troops of the Fifth War Zone of the Chinese government had escaped again, Lieutenant General Kazuichiro Sonobe, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, was very angry and could only continue to order the Japanese offensive forces to continue the attack. However, when the Japanese offensive forces attacked Wuyang and Shangcai areas, they found that they had come up empty-handed.

There was no target in their previous battle plan: the 31st Army of the Chinese government, nor any main force of the Fifth War Zone. Instead, the Japanese attacking forces found that their various attacking forces were being blocked and attacked everywhere by the Chinese army.

In particular, their own supply routes and rear roads were the hardest hit areas by the Chinese army's attack. The Japanese army was now being attacked everywhere by the Chinese army and was unable to concentrate superior forces in any direction to control the situation.

Lieutenant General Kazuichiro Sonobe, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, saw that his front-line attacking forces had not found the target of this operation: the 31st Army Group of the Chinese government, and that the Chinese army was now harassing his attacking forces and supply lines from all directions, so he ordered the attacking forces to retreat.

When Commander Li of the Fifth War Zone saw that the Japanese army had begun to retreat, he ordered the participating troops of the Fifth War Zone to launch fierce attacks on the wings and rear of the Japanese army during their retreat.

After receiving the combat order from Commander Li, the troops of the Fifth War Zone all swarmed and attacked the retreating Japanese troops, which made the retreating Japanese troops completely exhausted from dealing with the attacks launched by the Chinese army from all directions.

Basically, the Japanese troops had just fought a fierce battle with one Chinese army that was attacking them, and immediately had to deal with the attack of another Chinese army. The retreating Japanese troops were forced to fall into a repeated cycle of bitter fighting.

Lieutenant General Kazuichiro Sonobe, commander of the 11th Japanese Army, saw the fighting style of the troops in the Fifth War Zone and ordered the retreating Japanese troops not to get too entangled with the Chinese army and to quickly withdraw to the Japanese-occupied areas to prevent the Japanese attacking troops from being surrounded by the Chinese army. As a result, the Japanese attacking troops had no desire to fight and could only retreat regardless of everything.

But even so, the offensive force of the Japanese Third Division was still entangled by the troops of the Fifth War Zone during its retreat. In order to withdraw the offensive force of the Third Division smoothly, Lieutenant General Kazuichiro Sonobe, commander of the Japanese 11th Army, ordered the 17th Division to support the retreat of the offensive force of the Third Division.

However, the main force of the Japanese 17th Division set out from Xianghe Pass to move closer to the 3rd Division that was surrounded by the Chinese army. As a result, the main force of the Japanese 17th Division had just left Xianghe Pass when it was fiercely ambushed by the Fifth War Zone troops. The main force of the Japanese 17th Division had to retreat quickly. As a result, it was severely ambushed by the 29th Army of the Fifth War Zone on the way to retreat, causing the Japanese 17th Division to lose a large number of vehicles and supplies, and the casualties of officers and soldiers were also heavy.

The Japanese offensive forces were harassed by the troops of the Fifth War Zone and retreated to their starting points before the war.

At this point, the battle in southern Henan against the 31st Army of the Huaxia government came to an end.