Bright Sword: This unit is really ruthless

After the soldier finished reading the telegram.

Tang Huaiyuan was stunned at this moment.

"You are a good Eighth Route Army soldier, are you playing Zhuge Liang to take Nanjun?"

"Li Shilong, Cun Xingqi, you two heard it too."

"The Eighth Route Army has been sold now, and you all know the combat effectiveness of Zhang Ling's independent division."

"If we let them get close to Luoyang, then Luoyang will be theirs."

"Now listen to my orders and launch an attack on the frontline immediately."

"We must take down the Japanese positions before dark."

"We will march into Luoyang tomorrow!"

……

Zhang Ling led the 12th Brigade of the Independent Division and headed towards Luoyang.

This time, the strategic goal is to capture the entire Shanxi Province and most areas of Henan Province.

For Zhang Ling, that was a must.

No matter what, this time we must take the three cities of Luoyang, Kaifeng and Zhengzhou.

You know, the entire Henan Province is actually the largest granary in the Central Plains for the Dragon Kingdom.

Henan's land is fertile and its grain yield is extremely high.

Who can take over Henan and occupy the entire territory of Henan?

Then we can get a lot of temporary support.

There is absolutely no need to worry about this.

Therefore, Zhang Ling has been in forced march mode since he set out with the independent division.

Moreover, the relationship with the Osaka Division was handled very well before.

Therefore, the Osaka Division also gave Zhang Ling very important information.

The Japanese wanted to stop the National Army from attacking Zhongtiao Mountain.

Using Zhongtiao Mountain as a springboard, they attacked the remaining areas of Shanxi, Henan and North China.

Therefore, the Japanese's last 3 main divisions in North China also came out in full force.

The purpose is to stop the attack of the national army.

As for the three cities of Luoyang, Zhengzhou and Kaifeng.

Basically, there were only a small number of Japanese devils and puppet troops guarding the place.

The combat effectiveness of the Japs is not worth mentioning.

There is no need to mention the puppet army. There is no difference whether they exist or not.

Therefore, this was also the purpose of Zhang Ling’s forced march.

Bypass the Zhongtiao Mountain positions and some positions guarded by the Japanese.

Directly attack Luoyang and other cities.

As long as we can take these three big cities.

That can be considered as indirectly helping the national army.

Although this was not Zhang Ling's original intention.

But as long as there is benefit to be gained, it is actually okay to help out.

Soon, Zhang Ling received the news sent by the Intelligence Bureau.

In the battle to attack Zhongtiao Mountain, the National Army was defeated by the Japanese defensive division.

Moreover, Tang Huaiyuan died in the battle.

Li Shilong and Cun Xingqi were also in a state of great chaos because of the death of Tang Huaiyuan in battle.

They were unexpectedly attacked by 8000 Japanese soldiers and trapped in Majiadian.

At this time, Li Shilong and Cun Xingqi were trying to break through the encirclement of the little ghosts in Majiadian with their own differences.

After hearing this news, Zhang Ling was stunned.

That’s not right. How could the 3rd Army be so easily surrounded by 8000 Japanese soldiers?

Besides, the Japanese have lost their morale due to their defeat.

How could your national army lose so badly facing such a defeated army?

This is somewhat hard to explain.

But Zhang Ling had no time to think about it at this time.

Always stay with me.

If we don't attack Luoyang quickly.

Then by then the Japanese would really defeat the National Army in a few strokes.

Then I will have to fight a tough battle with the Japanese.

Although he was not afraid of fighting a tough battle with the Japanese.

But if the problem can be solved easily, who wouldn’t want to solve it easily?

While asking the Intelligence Bureau to keep a close eye on the battle news between the Japanese and the National Army in the Zhongtiao Mountain direction.

He led the 1st and 2nd Brigades and headed quickly towards Luoyang.

At the same time, in Luoyang city.

There were only 500 Japanese devils in the entire Luoyang city, which was one battalion.

Although equipped with several heavy machine guns and mortars.

But in fact, these 500 Japanese soldiers were just there to watch the show.

There were nearly 2 puppet troops in Luoyang city.

These 2 puppet troops were not sent out.

It’s simply because these 2 puppet troops have no combat effectiveness at all.

So, the Japanese also knew this.

It would be better not to send these 20,000 people out.

Otherwise, the battle will reach its most intense stage.

He was directly betrayed by these 20,000 puppet troops.

That's really not worth it.

But also because of this.

The Japanese still didn't expect that Zhang Ling could lead an independent division to attack Luoyang.

The sky gradually turned white.

At this time, the sun also slowly rose.

Zhang Ling, with the 1st and 2nd Brigades of the Independent Division, had already arrived at the foot of the city wall.

At the foot of the city wall, Zhang Ling ordered the artillery regiments of the 1st and 2nd brigades to prepare the cannons immediately.

The puppet soldiers who were still fighting on the city wall also noticed something was wrong at this time.

By the time we got to the bottom of the city wall, the Eighth Route Army had already aimed 180 cannons at the city gate.

These puppet soldiers were all scared to death.

"Mister, Mister!"

A puppet soldier ran into the command post in a hurry.

"Taijun, there are Eighth Route Army soldiers at the door."

"Eighth Route?"

The Japanese soldier was also panicked.

He really didn't expect that the Eighth Route Army would be like this after the Battle of Taiyuan.

Are you brave enough to attack a big city like Luoyang?

When did the Eighth Route Army acquire such capability in conducting tough battles?

He looked at the puppet army: "How many people are there in the Eighth Route Army?"

“All over the mountains and plains.”

"How many heavy weapons are there?"

"Taijun, just go up to the tower and take a look and you will know."

"The artillery of the Eighth Route Army is about to flood the outside."

The Japanese captain quickly ran to the city wall.

After seeing the artillery units deployed by the 1st and 2nd Brigades of the Independent Division.

He also sat on the ground and talked.

Seeing this, the puppet army leader hurriedly asked: "Madam, Madam, can you please say something?"

"You...you go and ask, is it the Eighth Route Army Independent Division?" The Japanese soldier was so nervous that he spoke incoherently.

The puppet army leader nodded, then held a loud speaker and shouted to the people below the city wall: "Brothers below the city, are you the Eighth Route Army Independent Division?"

When Zhang Ling heard the shouting from the city wall, he asked Wei Dayong to reply.

Wei Dayong rode his warhorse leisurely to the city gate and said, "We are the Eighth Route Army Independent Division."

"My name is Wei Dayong, and I'm the guard of the commander of the independent division."

"Our independent division has killed over a million Japanese soldiers in the Battle of Taiyuan."

"The Japanese in North China won't be able to survive for many more days."

"We are all Dragon people. We can understand that you serve as puppet soldiers for the Japanese in order to survive."

"As long as you open the door and show your head now, everything that happened before will be written off."

These words were naturally taught to Wei Dayong by Zhang Ling.

Attacking the heart is better than attacking the city.

Sure enough, the puppet soldiers on the city wall heard Wei Dayong's words.

He immediately said to the little Japanese soldier beside him: "Taijun."

"They are the 1st and 2nd Brigades of the Eighth Route Army's independent division."

When he heard that it was really an independent division, the Japanese soldier was so scared that he pissed his pants on the spot.