When the Japanese use troops, they like to play a combination of one-on-one-odd and one-on-one-odd. When they can't get the front, they will give you some extra moves, such as a small army that interspers around.

Xiaozuka first divided the troops into three groups. When he found that Hu Zongnan was really hard to chew, he thought it would be better to use some external moves. Just a few days after fighting, the 3rd Division came up. The troops in our hands were enough, and it was just a good time to play external moves.

Shinozuka retreated the main force and asked the Third Division to continue attacking Luoshan. He himself took most of the troops to detour south and attacked a place called Liulin.

In the Dabie Mountains, deep in the Dabie Mountains, the Pinghan Railway passes by here, and there is a station here. If heavy troops are arranged here, it will be difficult for Xiaozuka to take it down even if he has many people.

However, Shinozuka did this and did it without hesitation. He would bite whoever stops him.

Why? Because Shinozuka knows the temperament of these Chinese troops too well and the loopholes in the Chinese military too well.

This Liulin Town is exactly at the junction between the Fifth War Zone and the Chongqing Weixu War Zone. The geographical location is very important. In theory, it is necessary to arrange heavy troops in such an important place, right? Well, Hu Zongnan has indeed arranged heavy troops, and he can see this clearly.

However, Shinozuka will choose the time! When he took the large army to wander through the mountain for a long time and finally arrived in Liulin, it happened that the reinforcements sent by Luo Zhuoying arrived in Liulin.

The reinforcements and Hu Zongnan's troops met in Liulin Town. This was a defense change between the two war zones. It was definitely the top priority, right? But here's the problem.

On October 6, Hu Zongnan knew that the reinforcements had arrived, but he didn't say hello, and directly transferred most of the troops guarding Liulin Town to the Luoshan battlefield to reinforce the headquarters. Lao Hu's idea was: The reinforcements are coming, and Liulin Town must be the reinforcements defended?

The reinforcements of the 39th Army did not ask about the situation, nor did they watch many defenders, but they passed by two divisions. The reinforcements thought: Well, Old Hu is here, there is no problem, let's go there first...

Then, on the evening of the 6th, Shinozuka came with a large army. As soon as Shinozuka arrived, he commanded his troops to attack Liulin Town without considering life and death, with the focus being the train station.

If most of the defenders are not transferred, they can definitely be defended. As long as the troops are placed on the mountains on both sides of the canyon to form clamp fire, Xiaozuka is useless to be used to make good use. Otherwise, how can the 71st Army and the others defend it?

But the question is, how can I defend the original guards not one or more? The Japanese are not weak in combat power? After asking for help in a hurry, the defenders retreated directly. Well, whoever they learn from, this is called tradition.

When the defenders retreated, Xiaozuka occupied Liulin Town and also opened a channel in the mountains to transport troops and supplies for one day.

As a result, on the morning of the 7th, the original blue sky and white sun in Liulin Town was replaced with a plaster flag, which was over.

Liulin Town is lost, this is a big deal! Pinghan Railway has given two sections of everything! So Lao Luo and Lao Hu began to blame each other.

Lao Luo: Why didn’t you run away without saying anything? This is a dereliction of duty!

Lao Hu: Mom Xipi, if you come, don’t hold on, ask me what I’m doing?

Shinozuka: The two of you continue to argue, let’s mobilize the troops first?

At the critical moment, Lao Luo was still very powerful and did not see Hu Zongnan as much as Hu. He quickly commanded the 39th Army to attack back and just rushed to the Wusheng Pass south of Liulin Town to attack northward, preparing to attack Liulin Town.

However, since the war started, how many strategic areas that were thrown away from the national army could be recaptured? None of them! This time, the same is true.

The attacking troops attacked for a few days, not only did they not take down Liulin Town, but the 10th Division had more and more Japanese devils, and they also took down two strategic areas north of Liulin.

Some people may wonder, is Shinozuka a god? How could he choose such a good time point, not to call early or late, not to call a certificate when there is no soldier here?

Shinozuka is not a god, it is just because there were too many traitors in the Chinese army at this time, too many officers studying in Japan, too many pro-Japanese sects, and too many spies from the Japanese...

At this time, we can see how tricky Hu Zongnan was.

As soon as Liulin Town was lost, Hu Zongnan felt that it was meaningless to defend Luoshan, so he simply rescued and transferred the main force to Xinyang, and threw the friendly troops to the Japanese to attack. The friendly troops were still waiting for Hu Zongnan's artillery reinforcements, but when they looked back, they were gone...

Do you think this is over? It’s so boring to deceive friendly troops. Only by cheating one’s own troops will you feel accomplished! Our artillery brigade is very important and needs to be transferred and cannot be damaged by the Japanese artillery fire. So an artillery brigade ran towards Xinyang along the Xinhe Highway.

This time, the Japanese Air Force was happy! He was worried that he could not find your important bombing target, and was afraid of your anti-aircraft guns. This time, what you did. I didn’t say, blow him up!

So, under the guidance of the Japanese reconnaissance plane, the bomber came and bombed the artillery that was still resting in a shape of "non-shaped" on both sides of the highway! Well, I am used to this kind of scammer, who will catch whom.

Do you think this is the most pitiful? Absolutely not! There is a saying that there is no one who can only be more pitiful! Although Lao Hu lost artillery, the main force of the seven divisions is still in his hands. The previous loss of troops in Luoshan was only a few thousand, which did not have much impact.

So, it’s okay for Hu Zongnan to be able to defend Xinyang, and it’s okay to fight street battles and drag the Japanese to death here. But is Lao Hu the one who fights the Japanese to the end? It’s a must! If the troops are gone and the strength is gone, will our army commander be gone?

So, when Hu Zongnan saw the 10th Division advance northward and the 3rd Division attacking westward. The entire Xinnan Basin was filled with Japanese devils, Lao Hu was cowardly and went straight to the retreat of Xinyang and escaped...

What's this? General Zhang's miscellaneous army is short of troops and is still sick and beaten up. He can resist the 10th Division for 12 days. He beat the 10th Division so hard that he dared not move forward. Moreover, General Zhang has no geographical advantage here.

On the other hand, Hu Zongnan has more people than the 59th Army and better equipment than the 59th Army. He still has a long rest and has no illness or disaster. He also has endured the Japanese for 12 days, but has achieved such a record... Well, Hu Zongnan's combat losses are much less than those of the 59th Army.

As soon as Xinyang was lost, the gate of the entire Wuhan Beida opened. The principal ordered a quick retreat and guarded the gate. He also raised General Zhang up.

On the 15th, the Military Commission ordered the 59th Army, the 77th Army and the 68th Army to be organized into the 33rd Army, and Zhang Zizhong was appointed commander-in-chief.
Chapter completed!