After the Japanese army occupied Xuzhou on May 19, 1938, the Japanese base camp believed that the Battle of Xuzhou was basically over.
In order to expand the results, x made the following arrangements: "1.
The expansion of the results of the Xuzhou Battle will roughly stop at Lanfeng and Guide, that is, east of the line connecting Shangqiu, Yongcheng, and Mengcheng. "2 The commander of the Central China Dispatch Army should make the troops participating in the Xuzhou Battle continue to sweep along the Jinpu Line area, and must move to the south of the Huaihe River as soon as possible.
The Thirteenth Division can be deployed on the bank of the Huaihe River west of Bengbu, and is scheduled to be Transferred to the 2nd Army.
"The commander of the 3rd North China Front Army should follow the transfer of the Central China Expeditionary Force and deploy the troops with a backbone of about 2 divisions of the 2nd Army in the area along the Jinpu Line from the south of Xuzhou to the Huaihe River."
After receiving the instruction, the "Central China Dispatch Army" issued an order on the same day, ordering the 3rd Division to assemble near Fuliji, the 5th Division to assemble near Bengbu, and the 13th Division to advance towards Mengcheng.
As early as the night of the 19th when it entered Xuzhou, the "North China Front Army" had issued a pursuit order to expand westward and ordered the Second Army to occupy Guide.
Just two days ago, on May 17, the Dofeiyuan 14th Division of the First Army was explicitly requested to cut off the Guide to Lanfeng section of the Longhai Railway and occupy Guide to encircle the main force near Xuzhou on all sides.
The main force of the 14th Division is still crossing the river, while the cavalry regiment of the 14th Division and a squadron of attached light armored vehicles have already advanced towards the Longhai Railway between Guide Shangqiu and Lanfeng Lankao.
The Japanese army took advantage of the speed of the cavalry and light armored squadrons and wanted to attack Longhai Road first with fast troops, disrupting their deployment.
Regarding the Japanese army's intentions, the authorities have long been aware of it.
The combat deployment and orders of the first theater were quickly issued to the following.
It was planned to use several elite troops to deploy defenses on the Longhai line and its key points.
It was planned to use the 74th Army and the 64th Army. and the 8th Army gathered near Guide to protect the safety of the retreat to the west of Xuzhou, wait for opportunities to coordinate the retreat of the Xuzhou troops, and defend against possible invading enemies near Lanfeng.
The 71st Army and the 27th Army defended the vicinity of Lanfeng.
The 20th Army occupied Kaocheng and along the Yellow River.
The 106th Division of the Northeast Army system was responsible for the garrison task of Longhai Road between Minquan and Lanfeng.
At this moment, the Japanese assault force on the Longhai line is, after all, a cavalry regiment and an attached light armored vehicle unit.
The main force of the 14th Division is still crossing the river.
The form seems to be effective against the squadron, but the first theater and The commanders of each army were well aware of their predicament.
First of all, the defense plan on paper is very good, but only the 106th Division is about to be transported.
Song Xilian's 71st Army has only one brigade.
The 262nd Brigade of the 88th Division has just occupied the key point of Lanfeng, and the main army troops are still continuing to be urgently transported. middle.
The other main force cooperating to defend Lanfeng, Gui Yongqing's 27th Army, could not even be seen, and was also being transported on the train.
The 106th Division, which is responsible for guarding along Longhai Road, has not yet been deployed and prepared.
In addition, the quality of the troops that have been deployed one after another is not optimistic.
The 71st Army, the 74th Army, and the 27th Army are all troops that have been replenished after retreating from the Nanjing Defense War.
The troops have less than five days of rest and recuperation.
This also includes the replenishment of weapons, the distribution of officers and the replenishment of new recruits.
For the huge number of soldiers in the army, How much time can the new recruits devote to training to achieve combat effectiveness?
Zhang Wei's preparation camp, a battalion can have a veteran of the old independent company, plus the transferred sergeant, for the time being, it can be regarded as a veteran of one and a half companies, and this time Among the troops that were reorganized in Nanjing that participated in the war, the worst situation was that one battalion only had half a company of veterans.
The situation was relatively good, not much better than Zhang Wei's preparation battalion.
The only way for a squadron to gain an advantage is to win with numbers, mobilize more troops, and mobilize more participating units.
The gap has already widened before the actual battle begins.
In the early morning of May 17, the Longhai Line was as usual.
At this transportation hub, occasionally a troop carrier with white characters passed by.
From time to time, patrolling soldiers were seen on the railway line.
The unique fog in the early morning was still there.
It did not disperse, providing excellent cover for the lurkers hiding in the dark.
A few hours ago, the first unit of the 59th Regiment of the 14th Division crossed the river first.
After getting in touch with the Cavalry Regiment of the 14th Division, they contacted the division commander Madoka Doi.
Just as the commander of the 59th Regiment hoped, The division agreed to the 59th Regiment's application to attack.
Before the division had completed crossing the river, the 59th Regiment and the Cavalry Regiment cooperated to form two columns and launched an attack on the Longhai Railway.
At this time, the deployment of the squadron has not been completed.
Many villages, towns and key points on both sides of Longhai Road have no troops stationed.
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The 106th Division, which is responsible for guarding the Longhai Railway, has been transported by train for the past two days.
One division is responsible for guarding the main section of the road.
The troops were slightly stretched, which also showed that they wanted to fight the Japanese army outside the railway.
The 59th Regiment, which received the permission, occupied Yifeng, an important stronghold on the north side of the Longhai Line without any blood a few hours ago, and used it as a stronghold to move forward, sending forward troops and controlling the Longhai Line.
At this moment, the squadrons traveling on the railway line, as well as the officers and soldiers of the 106th Division, did not know where they were and that they were being completely targeted by the Japanese army.
The 3rd Brigade of the 59th Regiment carried four regiment guns and a radio.
It first made contact with the 18th Cavalry Regiment that had previously attacked, and then advanced to the Longhai Line under the cover of the main force of the regiment.
The 3rd Brigade's The soldiers, under the command of the captain, launched The third brigade took advantage of the dark night and fog to advance, and excavated a small number of simple fortifications overnight.
Coupled with the hidden areas formed by nearby hills and weeds, the third brigade finally allowed the railway line to lie just below the muzzle of its guns.
In front of the mouth, except for the machine guns and rifles of the brigade.
There are also more than a dozen grenades, four 75mm wing mountain guns, and two 70mm caliber 92 infantry guns.
On the south side of the railway, the 18th Japanese Cavalry Regiment, which was the first to launch the assault, determined the location of the third brigade of the 59th Regiment through the radio.
About three squadrons of horsemen and five Type 94 cavalry tanks were in the 59th Regiment.
The third team of the team rushed to the position and were ready to respond at any time.
With the whistle of the train, the first batch of military trains started to depart from Guide on the 17th and headed west on Longhai Road.
The trains were loaded with two infantry battalions of the 106th Division and a small amount of supplies.
Inside the dark carriage Most of the Chinese soldiers were sleeping soundly.
In the carriage, there was basically no need for vigilance.
Only individual company and platoon commanders were chatting in low voices, and the topic of conversation seemed to have nothing to do with the war situation.
In the entire train, only a few train drivers in the front of the tractor locomotive and a deputy battalion commander of the 106th Division were on high alert.
The news that the Japanese army had appeared on Longhai Road was no secret for a long time.
The train crew was even more nervous than the soldiers.
When the Japanese troops hiding on both wings heard the sound of the whistle, they all raised their guns and aimed them at the center column from their hiding places.
The sound of friction between wheels and rails was getting closer and closer.
The captain of the third brigade originally wanted to attack at 200 Mide opened fire within range, but a newly recruited Japanese soldier below pulled the trigger first out of panic.
Even with the noise of the train, the crisp sound of gunshots was still so harsh in the early morning.
The conductor who had always been highly vigilant reacted quickly and pulled the iron handle of the brake desperately.
The deputy battalion commander on the side knew very well that this was The Japanese army quickly took out the pistol from their waist and fired continuously out of the car window to warn the officers and soldiers in the rear-mounted personnel carrier.
The officers in the rear car were just awakened by the inertia of the train's brakes and the sound of gunfire.
The officers began to try to organize the soldiers to prepare for battle and get off the car to fight back, but it was too late.
Even if they braked in time, the inertia of the train still caused the train to The car continued to advance and had already entered the effective range of the Japanese army.
The Chinese soldiers were greeted by overwhelming ammunition, 65-caliber rifles and light machine gun shells, 77-caliber heavy machine gun shells, 50 mm light and heavy grenades, plus 70 mm infantry artillery shells and 75 mm Wing Hill Cannonball Straight Shooting, it crazily hit the train that had not stopped, and the carriage became a hell on earth.
Blood, internal organs, body parts, and weapons were mixed together.
The blood flowed out from the gap along the lower edge of the carriage, dyeing it red. of rails and wheels.
When the train slowly stopped, the 18th Cavalry Regiment on the other side began to fire in response.
Seeing that they had an advantage, the two Type 94 tanks rushed out and started shooting at the train.
The daring Japanese troops Under the command of the sergeant, they moved forward and swept away the remaining resisting Chinese soldiers.
Some Chinese soldiers who jumped out of the vehicle to fight back fell in a pool of blood.
The remaining people could only rely on the carriage and fired randomly in all directions.
With the more violent gunfire, the faint sound of retaliatory gunfire also became almost non-existent.
"Urgent telegram, the Japanese army in Lanfeng has attacked the Longhai line.
The two battalions of the 631st Regiment of our 106th Division were attacked by the enemy while they were being transported.
Most of the more than a thousand people died for their country.
It was found that the enemy was the Japanese 14th Feiyuan.
The division headquarters also has tanks, heavy artillery, cavalry and other special forces units, so the Seventy-first Army, Seventh Army, Seventh Army, Twenty-seventh Army, Sixty-fourth Army and other units were quickly put in place, and additional tanks, cavalry and other units were deployed to respond to the enemy."
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