Okamura Ninji looked at the pitiful appearance of Kotobu Yukiichi missing an ear, and he couldn't bear to refuse his war request. In the face of such a disabled fighter, even General Okamura, who has always thought that his heart is harder than a stone, can't help but admire it a little. Of course, with this admiration, Okamura Ningji did his best to attack Sun Tongxuan's Twelfth Army with the elite of the North China Front, but he still wouldn't do it.

This is not to say that Okamura Ningji can't beat Sun Tongxuan, he is unwilling to fight so hastily. If it's a battle below the size of a squadron, it doesn't matter, but if he wants to fight Sun Tongxuan, he has to mobilize at least one division, or even several divisions! Without a perfect plan, Okamura Ninji would never start a war of this magnitude casually.

In the end, General Okamura still agreed to Major General Liden's war plan on a limited basis, and agreed that Liden Xingyi would attack Sun Tongxuan's headquarters entrenched in the southwestern suburbs of Zhengzhou with his own forces. As for the other troops, Okamura Ninji had no intention of using them at all.

Of course, Liden did not dare to question Okamura Ningji's order, although this order was 108,000 miles away from his original request, but it could be regarded as having the right to send troops.

Liden Xingyi was the infantry commander of the 35th Division, not the commander of the division, and he had no right to lead all the men and horses of the division to fight. Especially now that he has a heavy responsibility, the defense of Zhengzhou is his responsibility, he wants to take all the people away, what if Zhengzhou City is lost?

After thinking about it and after making a detailed report to the division commander, on 30 October, Liden sent Kobayashi Daizo to lead a mixed wing to Huanggang Temple in the southern suburbs. Not bad, although the division commander did not agree to all the divisions and regiments participating in the battle, but considering half of the ears of Liden Xingyi, he finally agreed to transfer an artillery squadron to cooperate in the operation. At the same time, the division commander coordinated the assistance of the aviation forces.

Anyway, the planes do not belong to divisions and regiments, and the aviation units belong to the units directly under the jurisdiction of the front army, and anyone who fights a war can use it, and there is no need to use it in vain. In view of this reason, the division commander was still very active in coordinating the air operations, and the headquarters of the front army knew that Okamura Ninji agreed to the 35th Division to fight this battle, so it was naturally a green light for the coordination application.

Defending Huanggang Temple was the 81st Division of the 12th Army. On the morning of the 30th, the officers and men were digging fortifications, and the sound of aviation motors came from the sky, and the devil plane came!

Six planes flew to our position, dive, dropped, and circled back and forth, and our soldiers climbed into their bunkers and waited silently. After the devil plane dropped the bomb and shook its wings and flew away, the soldiers got up again and slapped the dust all over their bodies and continued to hold their positions. The plane flew away, and the devil pushed the cannon up again.

The brigade and the wing all have artillery, plus the artillery squadron supported by the division and regiment, and there are more than 20 guns together. The devils gathered these runs together and bombarded our positions fiercely, and our fighters suffered another baptism of steel from the enemy.

The explosions continued as if they had never stopped, and there was a faint smell of gunpowder wafting in the air, and Ren Laifeng led the Flying Tiger Battalion to quietly approach the vicinity of Huanggang Temple.

At noon today, Ren Laifeng received an order from Mr. Sun to lead the entire Flying Tiger Battalion to immediately rush to Huanggang Temple to support the 81st Division. Ren Laifeng put down his job and pulled up the people, and the wind came in a hurry.

The little devil is really able to toss, and he comes to Huanggang Temple to travel if he has nothing to do. Needless to say, Ren Laifeng's resentment towards the devil is needless to say, at the beginning he was always red when he fought with the devil, and after several years of training, now he gradually began to know how to use the strategy.

"The artillery company went to the low-lying places in the rear of the side to hide and stand by; The second company served as a commando; The 1st Company, the Independent Brigade, and the New 2nd Company served as the main offensive force; The third company was responsible for the guard of the two wings; The new company is responsible for the safety of the rear roads of the whole army! Deputy Lin Ying, you are in charge of the Chinese army and liaison companies to make adjustments at any time according to the battle situation. ”

The artillery company and its companies have all been rebuilt, and the Flying Tiger Battalion has once again returned to its fully formed days.

Lin Xincheng was a little surprised, he didn't expect Ren Laifeng to hand over the command to him so easily. "Commander, it's better for you to sit in the Chinese army, I'm not suitable, right?"

"What's right or what's not suitable? Who dares to disobey the order, you tell me, Lao Tzu can't kill him! Please feel free to contact me if you have any situation. Where do I go? I'm going to the new second company, I'm going to lead the soldiers to fight. Well, I believe in your ability, a top student of the Central Military Academy, it should be easy to command such a small battle. Take care! ”

After explaining everything, Ren Laifeng mounted his horse and set off with his guard platoon. People who don't look carefully won't notice that there is a slender figure very close to him among the guards next to Ren Laifeng, this person is none other than Yu Xiaoqian, the official personal secretary of Ren Laifeng. Today, Yu Xiaoqian also took a small pistol and followed Commander Ren to the battlefield.

There was a fighting ground in front of him, and Ren Laifeng jumped off the horse. In this kind of battlefield, you have to half-bend down even to stand, and it is slow to sit on the horse.

There was a small forest in front, and as soon as Ren Laifeng walked to the side of the woods, someone came to him, and the reconnaissance platoon commander was stunned.

"Stunned, how's the situation?"

"The devils first bombarded and then shelled, and now it's just over, and the decent troops are launching a ground attack. For the first time, there were almost a hundred people on the board, and it was estimated that it was a squadron, right in front of us! He was stunned and could only judge the reality of the Japanese army based on the number of people, and he couldn't say whether so many devils were originally a squadron or improvised spelling.

Straight ahead? Now go up to help the eighty-first division He Cuizhi two fight one? That's fine, but it still can't satisfy Ren Laifeng. His unit is the Flying Tiger Battalion, an elite special forces, how can he fight with the field troops?

Ren Laifeng frowned and looked around, "Stunned, you say, if I lead the troops to make a detour, can I go around the back of the devil?" How long does it take to get around? Five hours? It's a little longer, but it's worth a try. You send a few scouts to lead the way in front, and we'll go! ”

How far does it have to be a five-hour walk? If you go in a straight line, maybe it's almost Kaifeng, right? Compared with the bloody sacrifice on the battlefield, Ren Laifeng is more willing to make the soldiers walk a little more tired. Being able to win battles and die few people is the battlefield command art of an excellent commander.

Their side began a hard march, the 81st Division of Huanggang Temple, the division commander He Cuizhi had already taken a pistol to the line of fire!

After the last round of shelling, about 300 devils took the opportunity to rush into the Huanggang Temple's stockade. The troops of our army in front hurriedly retreated in a panic, giving the devil a chance to gain a foothold. He Cui was furious, and personally went up with a pistol to supervise the battle.

"Stop! Where are you going? Master He broke off and raised his gun.