Zhejiang, Yiwu County.

At this time, Yiwu County was only a small county town, with a population of only tens of thousands, which was far from being comparable with the world-famous small commodity distribution center in later generations.

At this time, the headquarters of the 10th Army had already moved forward to Yiwu.

The headquarters of the 10th Group Army was originally in Jinhua, but after the headquarters formally established the command of the former enemy in Zhejiang-Fujian, Liu Jianxu, commander-in-chief of the 10th Group Army, was appointed deputy commander-in-chief of the former enemy.

Since he is the former deputy commander-in-chief of the enemy, Liu Jianxu must make a gesture.

So after receiving the appointment, Liu Jianxu immediately took the headquarters to Yiwu.

By the way, after Niu Jianhu was executed, after Liu Jianxu rejoined the 10th Group Army, the headquarters of the 28th Army and the headquarters of the Group Army were merged.

After the 91st Army was organized, the headquarters was also consolidated within the group army headquarters.

In other words, although there were two units of the 28th Army and the 91st Army, the six divisions under the direct command of the headquarters of the 10th Army were present.

At this time, Liu Jianxu, Tao Guang, and Xuan Tiewu, two army commanders, were standing in front of the sand table that had just been built.

Next door to the war room was the communications office, where the telephone rang and the tick of sending and receiving telegrams rang out in one place.

Liu Jianxu stared at the sand table for a while, then turned around and asked, "Commander Tao, has the 16th Division been withdrawn?" ”

The 16th Division is the backbone of the 28th Army, and it is also the old unit started by Liu Jianxu, so he is particularly concerned about the movements of the 16th Division.

Tao Guang hurriedly said: "Please rest assured, the 16th Division has been withdrawn." ”

Liu Jianxu was still not very relieved, and then asked, "Where did you evacuate?" ”

Tao Guang stretched out his hand and pointed at the sand table, and said, "I have retreated to the area of Ciwu Town." ”

"Second Dock Town?" Liu Jianxu took a ruler and measured it on the sand table, shook his head and said, "No, Ciwu Town is still too close to Hangzhou, the straight-line distance is less than 100 miles, and the Japanese army has a large number of mechanized equipment, and it only needs one assault to hit the vicinity of Ciwu Town, so I ordered the 16th Division to withdraw another 50 miles and withdraw directly to Zhuji County!" ”

"Huh?" Xuan Tiewu next to him was stunned when he heard this, and then said, "Boss, isn't this okay?" ”

"How do I know if it's okay?" Liu Jianxu said coldly, "We are just acting on orders. ”

Xuan Tiewu's mouth closed twice, and he wanted to say that the former enemy's staff just asked us to get out of the way and let the devil cross the border, but it didn't say that we should retreat and abandon the defense area in great strides, but in the end he didn't say anything, because he was a newly transferred army commander, and he was soft-spoken, so let's wait for Yu Liangzhen to come back.

……

Yinjiang, Zhejiang-Fujian meeting before the battle of the enemy's general staff.

He Wenxi said: "Counselor, the order of the command has come down, we can do a big job!" ”

Zhong Yi shook his head, and then said: "Although the order of the headquarters has been said down, and it has also given me full command and the power to deal with it on the spot, there are still hidden worries. ”

He Wenxi's expression froze, and he asked in a deep voice: "Are you worried that the commanders of the various group armies, armies, and divisions will not obey orders?" Do they dare to disobey the orders of the high command? ”

Zhong Yi smiled and said, "Isn't there less disobedience to the national army?" ”

What's even funnier is that the more the Central Army's disobedience becomes, the more serious it is.

For example, Gui Yongqing, Sun Yuanliang and Liao Lingqi, etc., disobeyed orders on the battlefield and led their troops to escape was just a routine operation, and at the critical moment, they even dared to leave the troops and abscond alone.

On the contrary, local troops such as the Sichuan Army and the Gui Army, as long as they give an order, they will fight to the last man.

After a pause, Zhong Yi continued: "Because of the matter of cutting off the opium distribution channels, my relationship with most of the senior generals of the Tenth Army is very stiff, so they are likely to deliberately make it bad. ”

"Deliberately bad?" He Wenxi's face sank and said, "Deliberately misinterpret your orders?" ”

"That's what I'm afraid of." Zhong Yi nodded and said, "My order is to get out of the way and let the devils pass through the defense area, but it is completely possible that they insist on misinterpreting it as retreating!" ”

"Shrink and retreat directly?" He Wenxi's face changed slightly, "This is troublesome." ”

"What's more than trouble?" Zhong Yi shook his head and said, "It's just deadly." ”

He Wenxi nodded, and said: "Get out of the way of the front and directly shrink and retreat, the effect is completely different, the former only gives way, not the defense area, after the little devils pass, they have to worry day and night that their logistics supply lines are cut off by our army, and the latter not only gives way, but even the defense area is also given to the devils, and the devils can rest assured that they can boldly move forward." ”

"That's not the point." Zhong Yi said, "The most important thing is that once the front-line troops retreat in great strides, our army's space for war shrinkage and maneuver will be greatly compressed, and then the left and right devils may form an encirclement, and at that time, the main force of our army will passively shrink into a ball, and it is likely to be surrounded and annihilated by devils in Zhejiang." ”

He Wenxi hurriedly said: "Counselor, this is not good." ”

Zhong Yi nodded and said, "So, I'm afraid I have to kill a chicken to scare these monkeys." ”

Speaking of this, Zhong Yi continued: "Now let's see which chicken is the first to jump out." ”

As soon as the words fell, Xu Chao hurriedly walked in with a telegram: "Attendance, Shanghai emergency call." ”

Zhong Yi took the telegram and hurriedly read it, his face immediately collapsed, He Wenxi took the telegram from Zhong Yi's hand again, and his face changed greatly after reading it.

He Wenxi said: "This is really more and more afraid of something, more and more what, we were just worried that the troops on the front line would deliberately misinterpret the order to retreat in stride, and as a result, the three divisions of the 28th Army retreated from the original defense area in great strides, and once they retreated, it was more than 100 miles, what do they want to do here?" Want to give up the whole province of Zhejiang? ”

Zhong Yi waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Ah Chao, call Shanghai immediately and ask Jianwei to investigate clearly, the three divisions of the 28th Army have retreated in great strides, whether a few division commanders are acting on their own initiative or on orders." ”

"Yes." Xu Chao agreed, turned around and hurriedly walked into the communication office.

Seeing Xu Chao's figure go away, He Wenxi said: "Counselor, which one do you think is more likely?" ”

Zhong Yi smiled coldly and said, "If I'm not mistaken, it must be an order from Liu Jianxu." ”

"Liu Jianxu ordered?" He Wenxi's eyes froze when he heard this, and he said in a deep voice, "Then this chicken is a bit big, even if you want to kill it, you may not be able to kill it." ”

Zhong Yi nodded and said: "It is definitely impossible to kill Liu Jianxu, but it is still possible to drive it away, and after Liu Jianxu is transferred, Yu Liangzhen will be able to take the position, so that things will be easy to do." ”

He Wenxi nodded and said, "Yu Liangzhen is still sensible. ”