When Gu Lian walked down the gangway, Han Deqin and Lu Erniu were walking with a group of staff officers and generals.

"Welcome to the commander-in-chief!" A group of generals stood still in front of Gu and stood up and saluted.

"Well, brothers have worked hard!" Gu returned the salute and said.

"Old sir, I'm ......", Han Deqin stepped forward, speechless and choked, after several years of arduous war behind enemy lines, it is conceivable that he can see the agitation in the heart of the old boss who has been away for many years.

Gu Lian grabbed Han Deqin's hand and said, "Chu Zhen (Han Deqin), I have suffered you in the past two years." ”

Just this sentence made Han Deqin, who had been forbearing, burst into tears, and a person in his fifties was completely crying like a child at the moment.

But no one laughed at him, for more than two years, he led the 24th Group Army, like a group of children without a father and mother, struggling to survive in the crisis-ridden enemy-occupied area, the pressure and suffering on his back were unimaginable, I believe he didn't expect to see Gu Lian alive this day, and it is understandable that his emotions were out of control for a while.

Gu Yitong also felt the same way, appeased, and praised and affirmed the officers and men of the 24th Group Army, and then turned his face to Lu Erniu and other generals, and naturally there was some praise and affirmation.

After tossing for more than ten minutes, everyone knew everything, and the group took a car to the headquarters.

The airborne division received Jiang Haoran's order yesterday to go to Bengbu to stand by, and the troops had already been deployed, so Liu Xianwei did not appear in the team to greet him.

As soon as he entered the command headquarters, Gu Lian went straight to the combat sand table, and his eagerness to understand the battle situation was overflowing.

Han Deqin immediately picked up the command pole and briefly introduced that the 24th Group Army had four divisions to deploy defenses on the front line from Lai'an to the Yangtze River, and built three lines of defense in order to prevent the island army in the direction of Yizheng from advancing to Chuzhou, and the remaining two divisions were stationed in the city as the reserve of the two group armies.

The 43rd Group Army was deployed along the line from Jiashan to the Yangtze River, and three lines of defense were also constructed, and the enemy in front was the 12th Army of the Island Army.

At present, there is accurate information that the enemy on both sides is approaching in the direction of Chuzhou at full speed, and it is expected that the battle will start on all fronts in two hours.

With nine divisions against the enemy's two armies, the pressure was indescribable, Gu Lian unconsciously frowned after listening to the report, he had already felt a heavy killing machine coming from this sand table.

"Commander Lu, your group army only has three divisions, but you have to block the crazy attack of the 12th Army of the Island Army, can you complete the task?" Gu said worriedly.

The 24th Group Army in the east is okay, they are facing at most three divisions of the Island Army that have retreated from Chuzhou, but the 43rd Group Army has to face seven divisions of the Island Army, not to mention that they are completely unequal in terms of strength, they are still a newly formed force, and they are also a force that has just surrendered, and what is even more ridiculous is that Lu Erniu, the commander of the Group Army, has just been promoted from a colonel and regiment commander.

Who knows Lu Erniu, Wang Dingyuan, Hao? Pengju, Ma Jiucheng and other generals patted their chests one after another, saying that even if this battle was a fight for their lives, they would never let the little devil step into Chuzhou.

The courage of this united force made Gu Lian not know where they came from.

Lu Erniu said that it seems that they are facing many enemies, but the total defense line is only so long, and due to the limitations of the region, the enemy cannot invest too many troops. In addition, the grassroots cadres of the unit have undergone a major blood change, and their combat effectiveness is no longer the same as before, and the successful surprise attack on Wuhe is the best proof of this.

At this point, Gu and his colleagues could only express their incomparable trust in them, and at the same time tell them that the 44th Group Army was already attacking Ma'anshan with all its might, and the island army in the direction of Nanjing could not mobilize troops even if they wanted to come to the rescue of Chuzhou, and at the same time, the aviation would provide fire support 24 hours a day to blockade the Yangtze River.

This undoubtedly gave the soldiers a shot in the arm, and the command headquarters cheered.

At this moment, a telegraph soldier hurriedly came in to report that the enemy's outpost had been discovered in the west, and that Hu Yunqing's troops on the first line of defense had exchanged fire with the enemy.

"It's a good time, Lao Tzu's forehand is itchy!" Lu Erniu said: "Commander-in-chief, I'll go and take a look, don't worry, as long as I Lu Erniu still has a breath, the little devil won't want to pass over my defense line." ”

After getting Gu Lian's permission, Lu Erniu immediately waved his hand, and a group of generals strode out of the headquarters with him.

This kind of calm and calmness made Gu Lian clasp his hands in front of his chest, and couldn't help but look at their backs and murmured: "After all, this Lu Erniu and Wang Dingyuan have charged into battle with Jiang Haoran, and Niu Cha's domineering is reasonable, this Hao?" Pengju, Ma Jiucheng, Hu Yunqing, these generals who have just surrendered to Cheng are also doing this kind of thing, are they really a bit evil? ”

"Hehe, old sir, it's not evil at all." Han Deqin on the side said with a smile: "Although it is true that they have just surrendered, almost all of these generals have fought from the Northern Expedition, and the troops are also the old foundations of the Northeast Army, and their blood and literacy are not bad. Again, there is another important reason......"

Han Deqin turned around and shouted, "Staff Officer Liao, show the telegram sent by Commander-in-Chief Chiang an hour ago." ”

Immediately, a colonel's staff officer respectfully handed over a telegram to Gu Yitong, who unfolded the message suspiciously, hurriedly glanced at it, and exclaimed: "This is ...... What does this mean, hold on to it for two days? Won't the little devil fight on the third day? How did I not know this? ”

Han Deqin smiled bitterly: "Old sir, to be honest, I don't know what it means, but Lu Erniu takes it as a golden rule, saying that they say that holding on for two days is two days, so they all think that as long as they withstand the attack of the little devil for these two days, this Chuzhou will be regarded as defending." As for you don't know? The message was sent just an hour ago, and you should have been on the plane by then. ”

"But this thing is too evil, is it possible that the ten or two hundred thousand little devils will surrender on the third day?"

"Do you want to send a telegram back to Deputy Commander-in-Chief Chiang and ask?"

Gu Lian thought about it slightly, and said: "No need, this kid has a domineering and tough style, if he wants to tell you, he will say it a long time ago, and it is useless to ask if he doesn't want to tell you, but he really has a set of tactics, and basically nothing will go wrong, since he said so, then there must be his reason, and we will implement it according to this." ”

"Hehe, old sir, it seems that you also admire this Deputy Commander-in-Chief Jiang."

"Alas, Chu Zhen, it's not okay if you don't admire it, people are really better than us."