Chapter 89: Preparing for Battle

Xu Guoren felt that it was necessary to equip the troops with more war horses, in case they couldn't fight, they could run away. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After all, there were tens of thousands of cavalry under Fu Zuoyi this time, and there were 8,000 Mongolian cavalry, and Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army, as a force stationed on the grassland, could not exist without a cavalry regiment or the like.

Therefore, Xu Guoren sent people to summon Guo Hu, Guo Danian, and Guo Xiaoliu.

told them the news that Fu Zuoyi led the army to attack, and after Guo Hu and the others heard it, they were not too surprised, but a little excited.

The previous series of victories made them all a little blind to believe that under Xu Guoren's command, no enemy should be afraid, this is a kind of confidence, but also a kind of pride, on the one hand, it is also good.

As an officer, you must have the belief that you are invincible.

Of course, the reason why Xu Guoren wanted to run before he fought was because of the enemy's strong and unfavorable factors such as terrain. Mainly because he didn't want to waste his precious troops in a civil war.

Because, the 918 incident is about to break out, and the Northeast is about to change.

Moreover, today's independent division is no longer the original 88th Independent Brigade of Binh Duong, at that time.

At that time they were still weak, and the enemy despised them. And after a series of previous encounters, the tactics used by Xu Guoren will also be understood and guarded against.

Now it can be said that the enemy is coming prepared.

What he is fighting for is hard power, especially when the terrain is not conducive to the operation of independent divisions, Xu Guoren does not think that his command ability can compete with famous anti-Japanese generals like Fu Zuoyi and generals in the army.

However, as a commander, you can't be cowardly before fighting, after all, whether to fight or withdraw has not yet been decided.

Therefore, Xu Guoren just instructed Guo Hu and others to take some people to Zhangjiakou and the surrounding counties and grasslands to buy and collect horses, the more the better.

Guo Hu and the others had just been ordered to leave on the front foot, and Chen Zhiyuan came over, Xu Guoren saw that his face was solemn, and he said in his heart, maybe the request to evacuate the north was denied.

Sure enough, Chen Zhiyuan glanced at Xu Guoren with some guilt and said: "Guoren, your suggestion was rejected, and Shanghai called, ordering us to resolutely resist, and learn from the spirit and experience of the Central Soviet Region in defying hardships and dangers and successfully thwarting the enemy's two large-scale encirclements and suppressions." This is the message. ”

Xu Guoren took the telegram and read it again, to the effect that the Central Soviet Region was able to achieve victory in the face of the enemy's hundreds of thousands of elite Central Army's heavy troops encirclement and suppression, and you were only faced with a mere Fu Zuoyi, so you were so frightened that you fled?

Xu Guoren couldn't help but smile bitterly when he saw it, the Central Soviet Region was fighting with the greatest strategists of the 20 th century and a large number of famous founding generals and marshals.

Moreover, the Central Soviet District has been established for a long time, has deep roots, and has the support of the local people.

What do you have as an independent division?

However, since the order has come down, Xu Guoren also understands that it must be carried out, and it is taboo not to obey the order unless it is a last resort in this year.

Since you can't escape, let's fight!

The famous anti-Japanese general, Xu Guoren also has a sense of impatience in his heart that he wants to fight with him.

However, of course, Xu Guoren will not rigidly carry out the orders of his superiors to guard Zhangjiakou, he is flexible and mobile, he can fight if he can beat it, and run away if he can't beat it, this is the royal way.

After making up his mind, Xu Guoren handed the telegram back to Chen Zhiyuan and said: "Since this is the case, then let's take a look, if we can retreat from the enemy, if we can't defeat it, then according to the original plan, immediately abandon Zhangjiakou and go north." ”

Chen Zhiyuan saw that Xu Guoren had said this, and it was difficult to say anything more.

After all, most of the officers and soldiers of the Independent Division are from Sangzi compatriots in Pingyang, and he can be regarded as following Xu Guoren all the way to lead this army to the present.

If you can't beat it, you can only withdraw.

Fortunately, Xu Guoren is willing to give it a try, so that even he has an explanation to his superiors.

In fact, Xu Guoren has his own plans, and now that Wang Ming is in power, it is not good for him to disobey orders openly. Fleeing without a fight is certainly unjustifiable.

However, as long as there is a symbolic beating, and by the way, Fu Zuoyi's reality is tested, and there is nothing to say if he can't fight and then withdraw.

Moreover, it would not be long before the Red Army would have to take the Long March, and with the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, and thousands of miles away, eighty percent of the organization would not care about investigating the responsibility for the loss of Zhangjiakou.

When Chairman Mao takes power in the future, he will not have to worry about being reckoned with. Because his old man had instructions and was strategic, his judgment of the situation in Chahar was much more accurate than Wang Ming's.

Therefore, Xu Guoren said to Chen Zhiyuan: "Just in case, I decided to quietly transfer our father and mother and the field hospital to Chicheng County in the northeast, political commissar, do you have no opinion?" ”

Chen Zhiyuan nodded and said, "Well, this is okay, there are no worries, and the soldiers can go all out." ”

At that moment, Xu Guoren sent a company of soldiers to escort the wounded soldiers, nurses and several of their parents from the field hospital, and quietly rushed out of the city to Chicheng.

Subsequently, he sent someone to inform Guo Xiaoliu and hand over the task of collecting horses to Guo Hu and Guo Danian, and he personally led the cavalry of the reconnaissance company to quickly dispatch to monitor any disturbances within a radius of 100 miles.

According to the Battle of Zhuozhou, Fu Zuoyi is not only good at defense, but also good at surprise.

This is also very similar to Xu Guoren, Xu Guoren also took Baoding by surprise. Therefore, Xu Guoren can't help but be guarded.

In case Fu Zuoyi directly sent cavalry to give him such a beating, it would be a big trouble.

Fortunately, two days have passed, and according to the intelligence of the underground party and the information collected by the scouts, Fu Zuoyi's headquarters has not been advancing since they arrived in Tianzhen.

It seems that there is no intention of attacking Zhangjiakou.

In the division headquarters, Xu Guoren and Chen Zhiyuan also wondered when faced with such a situation.

"Old Chen, what kind of medicine do you think this Fu Zuoyi sells in his throat?" Xu Guoren asked thoughtfully.

Chen Zhiyuan analyzed: "Could it be, Fu Zuoyi's department doesn't want to fight with us, after all, he is from the Jin Suijun, and it is not good for him to fight hard with us?" ”

Xu Guoren shook his head and said: "I'm afraid of what happens, as the saying goes, there must be demons, no matter what, we can't take it lightly, right now, the calmer it is, the more terrifying it is." ”

Chen Zhiyuan nodded understandingly: "That's right, our underground party intelligence personnel also have lurkers in Fu Zuoyi's troops, but there is no useful information coming out yet, and I don't know what Fu Zuoyi wants to do." ”

Xu Guoren didn't take it to heart, after all, it was impossible for all the underground party intelligence officers to infiltrate the command and decision-making level of the enemy troops, so if Fu Zuoyi's department really had any secret operations, it was normal for the hidden underground party intelligence officers not to notice it. ”

Fortunately, in the past two days, through large-scale purchases and forced conscription of some grassland bullies, the independent division has collected a total of more than 3,000 horses, bringing the number of horses in the division to nearly 5,000.

Xu Guoren made so many horses, not to reorganize the entire independent division into cavalry, but to retreat and escape at a critical moment.

Because the terrain around Zhangjiakou is flat, once the battle situation is unfavorable, it is difficult to outrun the four legs of the enemy's cavalry with only two legs.