At the same time, the situation of the Zhoukou battle was also transmitted back to the Fifth Theater Commander's Department by the Intelligence Bureau.

At that time, General Li Delin had just had breakfast and walked into his temporary office.

A communications adjutant ran over in a hurry, and without even caring about saluting, he hurriedly reported: "Sir, the big thing is not good! ”

General Li Delin's face changed, and he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Sir, I just got important information from the Intelligence Bureau.

This morning, Zhoukou County was suddenly attacked by a large number of Japanese troops.

Most of the defenders fled without a fight, and were thus attacked by the Japanese army.

At the critical juncture, fortunately, Yang Chen and his Huben regiment arrived in time to annihilate all the Japanese troops and recover the occupied city.

At present, Zhoukou County is still in our hands!"

"What Zhoukou County was attacked by the enemy, wasn't Yang Chen's Tiger Ben Regiment still in Lanfeng Sanyi Village last night? Why did you suddenly run to Zhoukou overnight," General Li Delin was confused.

"It's not clear about this humble position."

"Oh!" General Li Delin nodded, then got up and walked to the battle map hanging on the wall behind him.

When he found the location of Zhoukou on the map, he looked puzzled: "What is the purpose of the Japanese army's sneak attack on Zhoukou?"

With a deep groan, General Li Delin's gaze slowly moved upwards and shifted to the intersection of the Longhai Railway and the Pinghan Railway, that is, the area of Zhengzhou.

When he saw the two crisscrossing railway lines, General Li Delin suddenly woke up, his face changed suddenly, and he immediately turned to the adjutant and ordered: "Go and inform Bai Jiansheng immediately that they are coming, and say that there is an emergency military situation!"

Seeing that General Li Delin's face had become very solemn, the communications adjutant did not dare to slack off, so he hurriedly saluted and quickly turned to leave.

Although General Li Delin's strategic vision was slightly lacking in that of General Bai Jiansheng, he was also a very outstanding military commander.

When I first heard that the Japanese army attacked Zhoukou, I did not realize the seriousness of the situation.

But with a bird's-eye view of the entire strategic situation on the map, he suddenly woke up like a dream, and instantly broke out in a cold sweat.

Because, he has already seen that if Zhoukou is lost, the Japanese army will move westward, and it will be able to capture Luohe, Xuchang and other places.

Cutting off the Pinghan Railway from the Central Plains, thereby threatening the flanks of the main forces of the First and Fifth Theaters gathered in the Zhengzhou and Luoyang areas.

Once this move is achieved, the Central Plains will certainly no longer be owned by the Nationalist Government, and hundreds of thousands of elite troops are likely to suffer heavy losses.

Even the Japanese army could follow the Pinghan railway line to attack Hubei in one fell swoop and directly take the three towns of Wuhan.

The consequences are too severe!

After receiving the notice, Bai Jiansheng and other high-ranking officers of the Fifth War Zone all arrived as quickly as possible and arrived one after another.

At this time, General Li Delin had already come to the combat conference room to wait for them.

Under the guidance of the communications adjutant, after everyone entered the combat conference room, they all saluted General Li Delin, who was standing in front of the map: "Duke De!"

"Sir!"

When General Li Delin heard this, he turned around and beckoned to General Bai Jiansheng and the others: "I just got the news that the Japanese army has raided Zhoukou, you guys come and take a look at the map."

"What"

General Bai Jiansheng and the others were all taken aback, glanced at each other, and hurriedly walked over one after another.

Around the map, General Bai Jiansheng, known as Xiao Zhuge , instantly understood the strategic intentions of the Japanese army.

With an anxious face, he said to General Li Delin: "Duke De! The Japanese invaders' move was intended for the entire Central Plains.

If they are allowed to succeed, our entire Fifth War Zone and the First War Zone, with hundreds of thousands of main forces, will probably fall into the predicament of being attacked by the enemy on their backs!"

Another lieutenant general officer also nodded and said: "That's right, the Japanese army is cunning and ruthless this time, and Zhoukou must be defended, otherwise the Pinghan Railway will be cut into two sections by the Japanese army from the Central Plains, and the consequences will be unimaginable."

General Li Delin said quite calmly: "Zhoukou has been defended!"

"Held" General Bai Jiansheng and others were confused.

"Yes, hold on." General Li Delin nodded and said: "Yang Chen led the Tiger Ben Regiment to arrive in time, completely annihilated the vanguard of the Japanese army, and held there."

"Didn't the Tiger Bentuan still be in Lanfeng Sanyi Village last night? How could they be in Zhoukou "General Bai Jiansheng and the others were also taken aback like Li Delin before.

"This ...... I don't know for the time being.

Just as not long after the Battle of Xuzhou began, the Huben Regiment suddenly rushed to Chuzhou from the southeast of Shanxi, and raided the headquarters of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, assisting the 1st Army and other units to successfully hold Chuzhou.

The whereabouts of the Tiger Ben Regiment, as well as Yang Chen's measures, are really inscrutable! ”

After hearing this, General Bai Jiansheng couldn't help but say: "Also, Yang Chen's thinking really can't be guessed by ordinary people, otherwise how can he turn the tide again and again and make this immortal feat?"

However, Yang Chen is not a reckless person, maybe he only got the news that the Japanese army was going to raid Zhoukou last night, and then he didn't have time to report, so he acted first, right?

This is also thanks to Yang Chen's quick decision, if he was like everyone else, according to the normal procedure, if he reported first, he might have delayed the fighter.

Of course, the super combat effectiveness of the Tiger Ben Regiment is also an indispensable prerequisite for it.

Otherwise, if other troops go, it may not work! ”

"No matter what, fortunately, there is a tiger group, otherwise Zhoukou will be lost, and Xuchang, Zhengzhou and other places will be in danger." Another major general's chief of staff said: "I even think that the most depressed person now should be the little devil." ”

General Li Delin asked, "Then what do you think we should do next?"

"The Tiger Ben Regiment should be ordered to defend Zhoukou to the death, and buy time for us to mobilize troops and build a defensive line!" General Bai Jiansheng blurted out: "I believe that with the ability of the Tiger Regiment, it should not be a big problem to resist the attack of one or two divisions of the little devils." ”

"Hmm!" After seeing the combat effectiveness of the Tiger Ben Regiment, the rest of the people also maintained the same opinion as General Bai Jiansheng, and nodded one after another: "That's right, now you should order Yang Chen to lead the Tiger Ben Regiment to defend on the spot."

At least until reinforcements arrive!

On the other hand, we must make arrangements as soon as possible for the deployment of the main forces of our army gathered in the vicinity of Zhengzhou and Lanfeng.

In addition to leaving the necessary troops, the rest were deployed to various places as soon as possible to prevent the Japanese army from occupying the Central Plains. ”

General Li Delin nodded, obviously agreeing with the suggestion of General Bai Jiansheng and others.

…………

The chief of staff of the major general in the fifth theater of operations was right, and now he is most puzzled by the fact that he is really a little devil.

Originally, the cavalry wing directly under the 3rd Division, plus more than 10 tanks and armored vehicles, and more than 2,000 elite troops.

It is certainly not a problem to attack it by surprise and attack Zhoukou, which has no regular army stationed.

Who would have thought that a tiger group would suddenly be killed halfway.

not only ruined the good deeds of the little devils, but also completely broke the dream of the 3rd Division to occupy Zhoukou and win the first credit.

It also caused the little devils to lose more than 2,000 elites and more than 10 tank combat vehicles.

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