In the morning, when the little devils were discussing strategies to break the enemy, Yang Yun led the brothers of the new group to rest comfortably in a wood.

Linhuai Pass.

At the headquarters of the 51st Army, the atmosphere was a little depressing at the moment.

Including the 51st Army, as well as the 51st Division, almost all officers above the regimental level were present.

Yu Xuezhong, the commander of the 51st Army, who was sitting at the top, did not speak, and the rest of the people were all silent, and the entire command headquarters was silent, almost audible.

The atmosphere was depressing, not because Linhuai Pass was surrounded by little devils, but because they received a telegram from Li Zongren, commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations, early this morning.

Because the war in Xuzhou was tight, Wang Yaowu's 51st Division was ordered to move north to join the main force.

After Wang Yaowu reported the situation in Linhuai Pass to the headquarters, he quickly got a call back.

This time, the commander Li Zongren simply ordered the 51st Army to move north together.

In fact, this is also a helpless move, the battle of Taierzhuang, the country. Although the army achieved a certain victory, it also completely angered the little devils.

Let the commander of the North China Front, Terauchi Shouichi, the little devil, gather the army again and launch a more frantic attack and retaliation against the Xuzhou side.

Therefore, as the commander, Li Zongren had no choice but to mobilize all the men and horses that could be recruited.

As for Linhuai Pass, compared to the entire Xuzhou region, it is really insignificant, not that the strategic position of Linhuai Pass is not important, on the contrary, Linhuai Pass has been a battleground for soldiers from ancient times to the present.

But if Xuzhou can't be saved, there is no point for the 51st Division and the 51st Army to stay in Linhuai Pass.

The personnel gathered for a long time, and the 51st Army Commander Yu Xuezhong's profound gaze swept over everyone, and then slowly spoke: "The commander has given an order to order my 51st Army and the 51st Division to abandon Linhuai Pass and wave their division north, I don't know what you think about this?" ”

Yu Xuezhong's words were not so much asking everyone, but asking Wang Yaowu, the commander of the 51st Division beside him, because his eyes always fell on him when he spoke.

After Wang Yaowu pondered for a moment, he slowly spoke: "At present, our army is surrounded by the Japanese army, and the entire Linhuai Pass can be described as a lonely city; However, relying on the high walls of the city, after the Japanese army did not have heavy firepower, there was no problem in holding on; But if you want to break through, I'm afraid it won't be too easy. ”

"Well, Master Wang's analysis is extremely correct, but I wonder if you have come up with any countermeasures?"

"If time permits, in the case of insufficient logistical supplies for the Japanese army, we only need to delay for a few more days, and the little devils will retreat on their own; But at this moment, Xuzhou is in an emergency, and we obviously don't have much time to waste.

Therefore, I suggest that we break through as early as possible. ”

"What about you? What do you think? ”

Yu Xuezhong did not immediately express his position, but set his eyes on Zhang Shaofang, the commander of the 113th Division, and Fang Shuhong, the commander of the 114th Division.

The two glanced at each other, exchanged glances with each other, and then said in unison, "We agree with Senior Commander Wang's suggestion!" ”

"Good!"

Yu Xuezhong nodded heavily, and then said, "So, then it's decided!" We'll break through in the early hours of tonight, so let's start preparing now. ”

After saying this, Yu Xuezhong turned his gaze to Wang Yaowu again and asked, "How is Head Yang?" Did you reply? ”

"Temporary ......"

"Report!"

An urgent report suddenly spread from outside the door, interrupting Wang Yaowu's words and attracting the attention of everyone present.

"Come in!"

Yu Xuezhong shouted at the comer.

The person who came was the division headquarters of the 51st Division, but because this was the headquarters of the 51st Army, Wang Yaowu did not overstep his responsibilities.

After receiving Yu Xuezhong's order, the person who came took a step forward and quickly walked into the headquarters.

He first saluted Yu Xuezhong with a standard military salute, and then fixed his eyes on the division commander Wang Yaowu, and shouted: "Report to the division, a new regiment will call back." ”

"Oh?"

When Wang Yaowu heard this, his eyes flashed with surprise, and he asked loudly, "Is there any news from them?" ”

"Yes!"

As he spoke, Wang Yaowu had already stood up, walked around the crowd sitting around the conference table, walked in front of the person who came, and then directly stretched out his hands to take the telegram in his hand.

After reading it, Wang Yaowu's face couldn't help but show ecstasy.

This is a report on the situation of the battle, and the content of the report is the actions of the new regiment last night, and the results achieved.

"Huh?"

After reading it, Wang Yaowu remembered that something was wrong, and then raised his head and frowned at the messenger and asked, "Regarding the commander's order for us to withdraw our troops and move north, didn't you send a report to the new regiment?" ”

"Uh......"

The communicator reacted, hurriedly took out another telegram from his coat pocket, and then handed it to the division commander Wang Yaowu, and said, "Division, this is the first telegram from the new regiment?" It was also because he was so excited to see this second telegram that he forgot about it. ”

It turned out that the new regiment did not immediately send a telegram to the division headquarters to report the results after breaking through before dawn, not because Yang Yun did not want to, but because as a rapid march, they did not carry a radio station.

Later, after dawn, the signal corps rushed to the resting place of the new regiment, but because Yang Yun, the commander of the new regiment, had fallen asleep, the telegram reporting the results of the battle was delayed.

Then, the signal corps received a telegram from the division headquarters, and Yang Yun simply sent two telegrams at the same time.

After sending the telegram, Yang Yun gathered the brothers of the new group and led them to the place where they had crossed the river early yesterday morning in the upper reaches of the Huai River in the west.

Not only were there dozens of wounded brothers from the new regiment, but there were also several fishing boats that crossed the river.

Putting aside Yang Yun leading the new regiment of brothers to hurry, let's just talk about the 51st Army Headquarters in Linhuai Pass.

Wang Yaowu himself lost his mind for a moment because he was too excited after seeing the telegram reporting the results of the battle, so he did not reproach the messenger for his carelessness, but took the telegram in his hand again and began to read it.

"Senior Commander Wang, what did Commander Yang say?"

Yu Xuezhong waited a little anxiously, so he couldn't help but ask out loud.

"Oh! Sir Yu, the situation is like this, Yang Yun has already led a new regiment on the way back to Linhuai Pass. ”

"Hmm!"

Hearing Wang Yaowu's words, Yu Xuezhong's solemn expression finally softened, and suddenly, he seemed to think of something again, and then asked again: "What did you do just now?" ”

"Oh, this is a telegram of the results of the new regiment!"

Wang Yaowu reacted, so he turned around and returned to Yu Xuezhong's side and handed him the first telegram in his hand.

"Captain Yang is really a god!"

After reading the telegram, Yu Xuezhong couldn't help but sigh again......

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