The Travelers of the Heavens

In the Central Plains region, during the one-year armistice in North China, Chiang appointed"protagonist" Tang Enbo as the commander of the 31st Group Army to manage the Central Plains region.

Luoyang, in the hinterland of the Central Plains, had been ceded to the Zhou Empire since the late Qing Dynasty, but the garrison there had always been very weak, with only two battalions. The Kyushu Army stationed in Luoyang had been transferred before the war began.

When Wang Xuan led the 12th Corps to launch the Northwest Campaign, he briefly stationed in Luoyang to rest and recuperate. Later, the 12th Corps finally ended the Northwest War and was directly transferred to the Northeast.

Before Tang Enbo's arrival, the hinterland of the Central Plains where Luoyang was located was almost in a military vacuum. There were no major battles in the hinterland of the Central Plains that did not suffer major damage. The main force of the Japanese army in neighboring Anhui Province was gradually transferred to central China in the past two years. Tang Enbo's army developed without interference.

After the Battle of Hengbao, the Kyushu Army also suspended large-scale military operations. Chiang Kai-shek, the thief of the Kuomintang, saw an opportunity to exploit every opportunity in the hinterland of the Central Plains.

In the mid-1940s, Tang Enbo began to operate Henan and Anhui provinces, and soon his 31st Army and other irregular troops grew to more than 200,000 people. Tang Enbo's troops come from a wide range of sources. In addition to the regular national army, there are also troops such as"militia groups" and"security groups" composed of a large number of recruited local ruffians and bandit bullies.

Yube usually exploited the people and did all kinds of evil, causing a lot of trouble to the local people.

On the other hand, the New Fourth Army of the Communist Party of Southern Anhui, which has not suffered a heavy blow since the war started, has also made great progress. By the end of 1940, the strength of the New Fourth Army was greatly increased compared with reality, reaching more than 22,000 people and still increasing. , they really have almost the size of an army.

Tang Enbo did not engage in serious friction with the Communist Party as in reality. This was not only because of Chiang's strict order, but also the war situation did not allow the Kuomintang to make enemies everywhere.

After several major battles at the beginning of the war, the main force of the national army was annihilated by the Kyushu Army and the Japanese. There were more than 1.5 million people. The essence of the national army's training before the war, especially the troops directly related to Chiang Kai-shek, had been completely destroyed. After elimination, we later saw that some familiar numbers were at least troops that had been rebuilt at least twice.

Although these reconstructed troops have weapons and equipment assisted by Country M, their training is seriously insufficient, and their tactical quality and combat will cannot compare with the elite of the national army before the war.

Tang Enbo's activities in Henan and Anhui provinces quickly attracted the attention of the Japanese garrison in southern and northern Anhui. In the northern Anhui region, one of the main Japanese divisions was transferred to central China and has not yet returned. Therefore, the weak strength of the Japanese in northern Anhui was unable to take effective measures to contain the expansion of Tang Enbo's troops.

Since the beginning of the war, the Xinsi Army has won several battles in the southern Anhui area and eliminated some Japanese and puppet troops. They have a strong mass base in the local area. The Japanese troops in southern Anhui are also relatively weak. In addition, they have been repeatedly raided by the Xinsi Army. There is nothing that can be done about the vigorous development of the New Fourth Army.

The Japanese in both places unanimously decided to send telegrams to the dispatched army headquarters in North and Central China, requesting that at least a few brigades be sent to reinforce them.

This was the introduction to the Henan-Anhui Campaign that broke out in January 1941. After receiving the report, the Japanese North China and Central China Expeditionary Forces immediately mobilized three divisions and two independent brigades, totaling more than 70,000 people, to form the Henan-Anhui Special Forces. The 13th The division commander was Lieutenant General Ogi Ribei, and the Kyushu Army sent two artillery regiments to help.

The Ogi State Army analyzed the situation and decisively targeted Tang Enbo's 31st Group Army, which had more people and better equipment. Here's why again.

Because Tang Enbo's troops seemed huge, but their combat effectiveness was worrying. The 31st Group Army and the regular national army troops under the Henan-Anhui Military and Political Command totaled 5 armies and 11 divisions. These troops were so vulnerable that the Henan-Anhui Campaign began. Later, some troops abandoned their positions and fled before they saw the Japanese. Tang Enbo had to beg his grandfather and grandma to ask the New Fourth Army to wipe his ass.

On January 15, the 33rd year of the Great Zhou Empire's Xiangying reign (the 30th year of the Republic of China, 1941 AD), the Henan-Anhui Campaign officially kicked off.

The 97th Army of the National Army, which was the first to fight the Japanese, collapsed under fierce artillery fire in just four hours. Except for a few of the 25,000-strong army who stood firm and fought to the death with the Japanese, most of the 25,000-strong army abandoned their weapons and fled. The Japanese were wiped out one by one.

After receiving the report, Tang Enbo, who was in command in Anyang, was so angry that he immediately ordered the execution of the commander of the 97th Army. He was finally persuaded by his staff to give up.

Starting from the 97th Army, Tang's troops were defeated across the board, and Tang Enbo's headquarters in Anyang was also captured by the Japanese. Tang Enbo fled back to Luoyang in embarrassment to gather his troops and ask for help from the Xinsi Army.

Taking the overall situation into consideration, the Xinsi Army sent troops to attack the Japanese from the side and rear, which relieved the pressure on Yube.

It is worth noting that the two cooperating artillery regiments of the Kyushu Army fired artillery shells desperately when attacking the National Army. Their purpose was to cause a shortage of artillery shells and be unable to carry out long-range fire strikes when they later fought against the Xinsi Army.

Due to the fierce artillery fire of the Kyushu Army, although the Xinsi Army contained many Japanese troops, Tang Enbo's 31st Army was still destroyed at the end of February of the same year. Tang Enbo fled with thousands of remnants and disappeared without a trace, and Luoyang soon fell.

Irregular forces such as the"Security Group" composed of local ruffians, bandits and bullies who originally belonged to Tang Enbo surrendered to the Japanese and became puppet troops.

The first step of Chiang Kai-shek's strategy of"taking advantage of every opportunity" was to run the Central Plains for just over half a year before declaring bankruptcy.

In early March, the Japanese turned around and attacked the Xinsi Army. Because the two artillery regiments of the Kyushu Army were troubled by"lack of ammunition" and could not cooperate in the battle, the Ogizhou Army was so angry that they had to send the two artillery regiments of the Kyushu Army to withdraw from the battlefield and return to North China.

The war ended in May 1941. The Japanese suffered more defeats and fewer victories in dozens of battles, large and small, and could only strengthen the blockade of the Xinsi Army and other irregular resistance forces.

But at this time, the North China region asked the local Japanese for the coordinates of the identified Xinsi Army activity area. Although they did not know the purpose of the North China Expeditionary Force Headquarters, the Japanese stationed in southern Anhui still provided all the information they could.

A few days later, on a dark night, dots of bright lights in the sky fell rapidly towards the mountains in southern Anhui.

The violent explosion that followed awakened the anti-war personnel in the mountainous base area.

The air wave that swept everything spread to all directions, and many people were swept away by the air wave before they even realized what happened.

This is a new type of rail gun undergoing long-range shooting experiments. This new 270 mm caliber rail gun can deliver new missiles to a distance of 1,300 kilometers. The damage radius of this missile is up to eight kilometers, and does not require a direct hit. All targets within a radius of eight kilometers will be destroyed.

Sixteen new rail guns were sitting on the Beijing-Tianjin Railway in North China. They bombarded the southern Anhui area more than 800 kilometers away. They fired a total of 90 missiles, one of which accidentally landed on the Japanese puppet troops in southern Anhui. Near the station, more than 200 Japanese and puppet troops were killed, including 80 Japanese.

If this kind of rail gun can move to the Hunan area, it may be able to bombard targets in the Sichuan and Sichuan areas a thousand kilometers away. The existence and specific parameters of the railgun are still confidential, and only relevant personnel and a few high-level military and political personnel know the inside information.

As for what Wang Duo said at the press conference, he only revealed the existence of the new rail gun.

This new 270mm rail gun is named"Long Claw" rail gun.

The time came in December 1941, and the temporary residence was held at the Anton Governor's Mansion in Yuanmingyuan, Beijing.

Wang Qi's family sat around the radio and listened to the news broadcast inside

"Mother, country M.. Are you joining the war now?"Wang Beixuan said

"Well, Country M has joined the war," Li Xiaoman said

"I can already feel the excitement in Mr. Jiang's heart in Guangzhou even here," Wang Qi said.

"Country M's participation in the war is what Jiang has been looking forward to for several years, and now he finally got his wish," Li Xiaoman said to Wang Qi

"But Song Genling, who was imprisoned in the Forbidden City, should also know the news," Wang Qi said. On

December 8, the Japanese navy raided Pearl Harbor, and Country M officially joined World War II. The news spread all over the world, and all parties are still struggling to change. The Allies cheered.