Are you a spy? Killing the enemy is too cruel.

Chapter 622 The war is over

Should the 12th Army led by him continue to force Kaifeng and recover the entire Central Plains, or send troops to support the 13th Army and assist Commander Su's troops to defend against the 200,000 Japanese troops from Shandong?

Or should we give up part of the Central Plains territory that we had conquered with great difficulty, withdraw our troops, and urgently move south to Anhui to provide timely support to the Fourth Front Army?

Just when Ye Feng was in a dilemma, two telegrams were sent to the commander's headquarters.

One letter was sent personally by Commander Su.

"Comrade Ye Feng, the 12th Army you lead is at a great opportunity to recapture the Central Plains. You must not give up halfway. You must protect the entire Central Plains as soon as possible and complete the mission of this grand strategic operation."

"The Japanese who marched southward from Shandong were defeated. They indeed had nearly 200,000 men, but more than 70% of them were new recruits with weak combat effectiveness. The retreat of our 13th Army to Jiangsu was not a complete defeat. The main reason was that we withdrew our forces, used important terrain, blocked the enemy step by step, and dealt a heavy blow to the enemy."

"The 13th Army guarantees that it will never allow the enemy Japanese troops in Shandong to enter the heart of Jiangsu."

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If someone else had said these words, Ye Feng would have certainly remained skeptical, but these were spoken and guaranteed personally by General Su, who was known as the "God of War". Since he had said them, it could be guaranteed that General Su had absolute confidence in being able to stop the large Japanese army that was marching south from Shandong.

Looking at the second telegram, it was sent by Commander Ye of the Fourth Front Army.

"Comrade Commander, the Fourth Front Army is indeed facing difficulties now. It has to defend five fronts of enemy attack. The enemy is coming fiercely. They want to take Anhui and Shanghai, but they are dreaming."

"Do you really think that my Fourth Front Army is a vegetarian? The war on the surface, especially in southern Anhui and western Anhui, does seem to be disadvantageous to our army, but this is the result of strategy and tactics. We avoid the enemy's edge and use the terrain to kill a large number of the enemy's manpower, reducing the enemy's number and achieving the result of once and for all."

"In Anhui, our Fourth Front Army now has seven divisions of troops, so there is absolutely no need to worry."

After reading this telegram, Ye Feng finally felt relieved. After weighing the pros and cons, he immediately issued the combat order.

"Two regiments will be dispatched from Zhengzhou, led by Commander Niu Chu, to support the Nanyang battlefield."

"The rest of the troops will immediately join up with Zheng Hua's troops to counterattack Kaifeng. We will strive to win the battle, capture Kaifeng, and recover the entire Central Plains."

As the order is given.

Most of the Central Plains fell into chaos again. Of course, it was not just here, most of China was at war at this time.

With Ye Feng's personal leadership and the combined efforts of the remaining 7000 men from Zheng Hua's army, the total force reached .

As for the independent regiment that had just captured Zhengzhou, Ye Feng did not withdraw them. Instead, he deployed them in the northern part of the Central Plains, hired civilians, and quickly built defensive positions to resist the threat from Hebei.

The battle of Kaifeng.

Ye Feng did not expect that this would be the most difficult battle commanding career in his life.

The Japanese learned their lesson and simply copied Ye Feng's defensive tactics mechanically.

The enemy had established a deep defense system outside Kaifeng City, covering an area of ​​hundreds of kilometers.

The Japanese devils were absolutely mad and cruel. They forcibly drove out the civilians and dug more than 20 defense lines.

In addition, each line of defense was equipped with a large number of bunkers and secret bunkers, and a large number of barbed wires were used for strict defense. If the 12th Army wanted to break through so many lines of defense, it could only pay with human lives.

Looking at the enemy's carefully arranged defenses, Ye Feng almost wanted to give up attacking Kaifeng.

After several combat meetings, Ye Feng successfully found the enemy's weaknesses, which were siege, lack of food, and city destruction.

After all, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, and Northeast China have all been looted by Ye Feng, the "food thief". The Japanese now have a large number of troops, but a food crisis has emerged.

What if Ye Feng takes action again and takes away all the food in Kaifeng City?

By then, the Japanese devils were so hungry that they could only eat dirt and gnaw on tree bark, and the city of Kaifeng naturally fell without a fight.

In this way, for five consecutive days, Ye Feng transformed himself into a ghost at night, sneaked into Kaifeng, and secretly destroyed the enemy's supply warehouse.

Whether it was food, weapons, ammunition, or other supplies, he put them all into the storage space and packed them up and took them away.

The Japanese people's food shortage problem became increasingly serious.

In order to fill their stomachs, the Japanese extended their claws to the people and sent a large number of troops to burn, kill and loot.

"Commander, let's just attack. If this continues, the Japanese will not be able to hold Kaifeng, but our people will also be plunged into dire straits."

"Yes, according to the people who escaped, the Japanese are ruthless and have done all kinds of evil to get food. They have killed many people."

"There are tens of thousands of hungry devils in the city. They will do anything to get a bite to eat."

"It won't be long before the city really becomes a hell. Commander, give the order to attack!"

"No matter how good the enemy's defense depth is, what can it do? Their morale is greatly reduced and their military spirit is unstable. I guess many of the confused enemy soldiers have already thought about retreating. As long as we launch an attack, it is possible that we can absolutely crush the enemy and make them flee thousands of miles away."

"I have observed the Japanese soldiers in the position. They are listless and half-dead. Their fighting capacity must be very weak."

Ye Feng was also very clear that the food problem in Kaifeng City would make it difficult for the Japanese troops on the opposite side to be directly defeated, because Hebei, Shandong and other places behind Kaifeng had already begun to draw food support.

In the end, Ye Feng launched an active offensive. He led the way and forcibly removed the enemy's defenses one by one. During this process, the Japanese also fought desperately, and the 12th Army suffered heavy casualties.

But once the battle begins, there is no turning back.

Even if the road ahead is full of thorns, mountains of swords and seas of fire, we have no choice but to charge forward.

After several days of continuous fighting, the 12th Army finally arrived at the city of Kaifeng. Without stopping, they used artillery fire to blast open the city gates. Facing the enemy's intensive firepower output, Ye Feng broke through alone, charging for most of the day and killing more than 2,000 enemies, finally gaining a foothold for the subsequent defeat.

Then, using this section of the city wall as a stronghold, they continued to fight outside and engaged in a desperate battle with the enemy in the city.

Fortunately, by this time, the Japanese's combat effectiveness was much lower than before due to problems with food, weapons and ammunition.

Otherwise, all 12,000 troops of the 12th Army might be wiped out on this battlefield.

After another six days of continuous fighting, the enemy devils who had held out for Kaifeng City finally retreated, leaving behind tens of thousands of corpses.

Ye Feng and his men also suffered several thousand casualties, with heavy casualties.

Ye Feng did not dare to be careless about the enemy's retreat. He could only grit his teeth and order the exhausted soldiers to continue the pursuit, fighting all the way from Kaifeng to Fengqiu, Yanjin, Huaxian and other places.

Finally, the enemy and our side fought another battle in Puyang City. In this battle, the 12th Army lost another 3,000 troops. All the units were almost destroyed, and many middle-level commanders died heroically.

The result in return was that Ye Feng and his men killed more than 10,000 enemies again and seized a large amount of supplies.

the other side.

As Niu Chujun led 10,000 people south to support Nanyang City, he finally repelled the Japanese troops heading north and forced the enemy to retreat back to Wuhan.

At this point, the Central Plains War lasted for more than two months and ended with the complete victory of the underground party troops.