Xue Yue, Wang Dongchen and Wang Zhibin listened to Lin Junxiong's account of the detailed experience of the bloody battle of the 89th Regiment in seven days to hold on to Zhuyuanling, and they all sighed, and they were even more excited about Lin Junxiong's arrangement of a small force to defeat the Japanese army to fill the gap and attack the Japanese army's supplies.

In the matter of Xiang Hu and Xie Qin's attack, Lin Junxiong took the credit on his head, mainly to settle them in the future, not to deliberately rob them of their credit.

Several people were chatting, and suddenly a soldier rushed in hurriedly to report that Zhuyuanling had been lost and that the 90th Regiment was retreating to Zhuyuan Village under the leadership of Meng Lei.

After Xue Yue heard this, he scolded: "Waste, the same regiment, the 89th regiment can hold on for seven days, and the 90th regiment only holds on for one day and retreats, this Meng Lei is really a waste." ”

"Commander, let's wait for Meng Lei to come back and ask what happened, don't be angry yet."

"Okay, I'll see what he has to say, Zhuyuanling can't be lost, Dongchen, you immediately arrange for someone to take back Zhuyuanling."

Lin Junxiong was about to step forward to ask for help, but Xue Yue glared at him and said, "You can endure the heavens, the 73rd Army will not turn around if it leaves you, give me a good seat." ”

Wang Dongchen arranged for Wang Zhibin to immediately take the 45th Brigade to recapture Zhuyuanling, and Lin Junxiong was reprimanded by Xue Yue and sat down helplessly.

Meng Lei was called into the house, he was very flustered, since he heard that Xue Yue and Wang Dongchen had gone to the front line in person, he knew that he was going to be unlucky, and he could only hope that he would not be shot by them in a fit of anger.

Meng Lei stood cautiously aside, Xue Yue turned his back to him, and Wang Dongchen asked, "Meng Lei, let's talk about it, why can't this Zhuyuan Ridge be held in just one day?" ”

"Report to the division commander, the fortifications built in front of the 89th Regiment have been blown up, we have no danger to rely on, and the artillery fire of the diary is very fierce, and the planes are also bombing in turn, in order to reduce the casualties of the troops, I will order the troops to retreat strategically."

"What about the casualties of the troops?"

"More than a hundred people were killed and wounded, and most of them were officers."

"I think it's because you're afraid of death, strategic retreat, are you a division commander, a corps commander, or a commander, what you have to do is to complete the task assigned to you by Shangfeng, then why are you delaying the reinforcement of Zhuyuanling?" Xue Yue turned around and glared at Meng Lei and asked.

"This is framed by someone, we are indeed in Zhuyuan Village on the 31st."

"I see that you don't shed tears when you don't see the coffin, do you want me to call all the officers and soldiers of your 90th Regiment to confirm them one by one? Don't think that you can act arbitrarily with Meng Changqing protecting you, this is the army, and you have forgotten the duties of a soldier, and for some small grudges, you will use these small means behind your back, ignoring the safety of the party and the country. ”

When Meng Lei heard that Xue Yue had such a big hat, he was stunned for a moment, and quickly knelt down and begged for mercy.

"Now that I know I'm scared, this matter has come to the chairman, I think Meng Changqing can't even protect himself, do you still expect him to come forward to protect you?"

"Commander Xue, I don't dare anymore, please bypass me", Meng Lei knelt down and begged Xue Yue, seeing that Xue Yue ignored him, he said to Lin Junxiong again: "Head Lin, please say something, it's all because Meng Lei was confused for a while, I won't dare to do it again in the future." ”

"Spare you, how can the souls of nearly a thousand soldiers of the 89th Regiment rest in peace? Before it happened, how could you not think about the consequences, now, it's too late. ”

"The surname is Lin, you are going to fall into the well, as long as I Meng Lei does not die, I must remember that you will not be saved when you see death today."

After Xue Yue heard this, he angrily stepped forward and kicked him down, took out a pistol and pointed it at Meng Lei and said: "A soldier must look like a soldier, I will kill you now, I see if Meng Changqing dares to come to me to make trouble." ”

Wang Dongchen hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Xue Yue's hand holding the gun, and said: "Commander Xue, calm down, Meng Changqing is also the vice president of the Executive Yuan, why do you want to cause those troubles, leave this matter to me to deal with, how can I say that these two regiments are subordinates of my 73rd Army, I will definitely give an explanation to the dead brothers of the 89th Regiment." ”

Xue Yue snorted before putting away the gun and walking back to sit down.

Wang Dongchen called Gao Shang, asked him to collect relevant evidence, and escorted Meng Lei to the military court to accept the verdict.

Meng Lei resisted, and when he saw Wang Dongchen glaring at him, he shook his head at him, as if he understood, and before leaving, he also glared at Lin Junxiong fiercely.

Wang Dongchen said to Lin Junxiong: "Junxiong, this matter is like this first, let the military court adjudicate him, there are some things I hope you can understand, although Brother Xue is deeply used by the chairman, but the group of villains who make tricks behind have to guard against it, there are too many forces within the party-state, and it is impossible to do everything as expected." ”

Lin Junxiong let out a long sigh and said, "Junxiong understands, Junxiong is not a person who doesn't know the severity. Big brother, it's all over, don't be angry. ”

Xue Yue snorted with a gloomy face.

Wang Dongchen saw that the matter was finally resolved, and he said to Lin Junxiong: "Now that Meng Lei of the 90th Regiment has been removed from his post and taken on trial, and your 89th Regiment has suffered heavy casualties, so let's do it, I order the two regiments to be merged and reorganized into a new 89th Regiment, you are the commander of the regiment, and the officer appoints you to be the master of your own affairs, and then report to me for approval and improve the procedures." ”

Xue Yue said to Lin Junxiong: "The two regiments are merged, there are a lot of things, you go and get busy, I'll talk to Dongchen." ”

"Big brother, then what's the matter, just ask Senior Commander Feng to call me."

After inspecting the 90 th Regiment, Lin Junxiong withdrew and transferred more than 50 people, discussed with Wei Xin, and arranged for some of the remaining soldiers of the original 89 Regiment to take up posts with good quality; because the original 90 Regiment lacked blood, Lin Junxiong asked Shen Yushan to arrange some targeted training and some ideological and political education, so as to turn their thinking around in a short period of time.

Xue Yue and Wang Dongchen naturally came to Zhuyuan Village not to deal with Meng Lei and visit Lin Junxiong, in order to allow the Left Wing Army and the Central Route Army to retreat smoothly, Zhuyuan Village must also hold on until November 6, but the 101st Division of the Japanese Army Ito Masaki has already advanced to Zhuyuan Village, wanting to cut off the retreat of the national army.

On the evening of November 2, Lin Junxiong was discussing with Wang Dongchen about deploying defense in Zhuyuanling, when a staff officer came in and reported: "Commander, the General Headquarters is in an emergency. ”

Xue Yue opened the telegram and looked at it, he was stunned, the telegram fell to the ground, Wang Dongchen built it up and read: "On November 1, the Japanese army went around Hangzhou Bay and landed at Jinshanwei, and ordered the left flank army to retreat to the Wufu line for defense. ”

"Brother Xue, the Japanese army has landed in Jinshanwei, then the flank of our left flank army will be threatened, and we must organize a retreat to the Wufu line as soon as possible."

"Well, send a telegram to the Central Route Army, so that they must complete the evacuation within two days, and we will block the Ito Masaki division on the Zhuyuan side."

Early in the morning of November 3, Xue Yue had just gotten up, and Wang Dongchen hurriedly came to Xue Yue and said, "Commander Xue, Zhuyuanling has been lost. ”

"What's the matter, didn't Wang Zhibin organize a defense on Zhuyuan Ridge?"

"Zhibin was ordered by me yesterday to take the 45th regiment back to the original division headquarters to organize a retreat, who knew that last night the Ito Masaki division suddenly arrived, and suddenly launched an attack at five o'clock in the morning, our army was caught off guard, and all the defenders of a regiment of the 45th brigade were killed, and Zhuyuan Ridge was also lost."

"Quick, let the 220th Division immediately stop the Japanese advance."

At noon on November 3, the 220th Division and Ito Masaki's division exchanged fire in an all-round way, and by 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the 220th Division had 30% of its strength left and had to retreat to rest, and the Japanese took the opportunity to advance their positions to ten miles near Zhuyuan Village.

From noon on November 3 to the morning of November 4, Xue Yue continuously dispatched troops to counterattack the Japanese army in Zhuyuan three times, although the pace of the Japanese army was blocked, but the casualties of the troops were very heavy, and the remaining strength of the troops participating in the attack was only 30%.

When the Japanese army failed again, Xue Yue was no longer able to mobilize troops nearby to organize a counterattack, but the Central Route Army called and said that the troops would still need half a day to complete the retreat, and Xue Yue was so anxious that he turned around.

Wang Dongchen said tentatively: "Commander Xue, Junxiong has come to ask for battle several times, and the integration of the 89th and 90th regiments has been completed, and it is also the last complete army that we can mobilize nearby." ”

"However, they have only completed the integration for two days, and I am afraid that it will backfire."

"There's no better way to do it right now, so let him try. As long as it can resist for a while, the 220th Division can complete the integration and launch the attack. ”

"Alright then, you can arrange it."

Lin Junxiong took the integrated 89th Regiment to set off immediately after receiving the order, and after arriving at the position, Lin Junxiong ordered the troops to disperse and advance when attacking, so as to reduce the casualties of the Japanese artillery fire to the troops, and the shadow team dispersed to the troops to snipe the Japanese officers and machine gunners in a timely manner.

Lin Junxiong himself took a noble guard company and more than a dozen people from Xiang Hu and Xie Qin across the Zhuyuan River and went around the back of the Japanese army to attack.

Among the dozen or so people brought by Xiang Hu this time, one of them had excellent water quality, and it was very easy to walk through the turbulent river, and in a narrow place on the river, he quickly waded across the river with a loop of rope on his back, and a few more people waded along the rope, and a few ropes made nearly 100 people quickly wade across the river.

Lin Junxiong led his troops around the rear of the Japanese army, attacked the Japanese ammunition depot, blew up the Japanese ammunition depot, and took advantage of the panic of the Japanese army, Lin Junxiong led the troops from the weak left flank of the Japanese army back to the large army to organize a counterattack against the Japanese army.

The Japanese ammunition depot was suddenly attacked, and in order to ensure the safety of the division, Ito Masaki withdrew a wing and Nishiyama Masao's wing to Zhuyuan Ridge, leaving a division in front to resist the attack, preparing to wait for another division to arrive with reinforcements before launching an attack, and in one fell swoop to eliminate the national army blocking in front.

Without the support of artillery fire, coupled with the panic in the rear, and seeing Lin Junxiong rushing to the front, the integrated soldiers all fought hard. An hour later, the Japanese wing withdrew to Zhuyuanling, and Lin Junxiong led his troops to pursue it for five miles before stopping and organizing a defense on the spot.

Xue Yue heard that Lin Junxiong with an unfamiliar force not only stopped the Japanese army, but also advanced the position five miles, showing a look of disbelief, knowing that Wang Dongchen was sure that it was true, he believed it.

However, after all, it was not fully familiar after integration, and the casualties of the troops were still large, with nearly half of the soldiers killed.

In the afternoon, the integrated 220th Division came to take over the position, while Lin Junxiong led his troops to escort Wang Dongchen and Xue Yue to retreat to the Wufu line.

On November 13, Xue Yue took up the post of commander-in-chief of the Left Wing Army and carried out the military deployment of the Wufu Line on the orders of Chiang Kai-shek. He divided the 15th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army, the 19th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army, the 23rd Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and the Ninth Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army into left and right wing defense armies. However, before the layout was ready, the Japanese army landed from Maokou, Xuliujingkou, Hupukou and other places on the Yangtze River, and the situation was critical. Soon, he was forced to retreat to the Xicheng defensive line.

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