The devils in Huoshan County finally found out that the situation was wrong, and the co-captain Inusaburo Inamoto had never contacted the city since he sent out his troops. According to the convention, they should return before dark, after all, it is a local militia dozens of kilometers away from the county that is going to be cleared, and it will not take much effort to defeat a militia for a brigade of imperial troops and a squadron of mountain artillery squadrons. However, until it was already dark, the wing commander did not come back with his troops, and there was not even a single signal soldier who contacted this side, and the signal soldiers sent out in the city one after another did not reply to the message.

Without the order of the wing commander, the chief of staff in the city did not dare to mobilize the troops privately, and was as anxious as ants on a hot pot, until the secret telegram from the special high-tech department came, and they got the information of the great victory of Foziling from within the national army, and asked what was going on in Huoshan, and the devils in the county town knew that something was wrong.

Zhang Changde, who was stationed in Lu'an, was urged by several urgent telegrams overnight, and had to lead his troops to Huoshan, in fact, he didn't want to come to this place where there were a lot of things, and the thing that almost threw away his life last time still makes him feel palpitations.

The commander of the 13th Division, Shizuichi Tanaka (1), was the successor of the Ogizhou Libing who was ineffective in the Battle of Wuhan, and the new appointed, although his troops were far away in Hubei, but the important towns on this passage from Anhui to Hubei were guarded by his troops, which is why the 65th Wing was sent back across the province to rush to the aid of Huoshan and Lu'an.

He didn't expect that these two inconspicuous places at the foot of Dabie Mountain would actually cause him so much trouble, and in just a few months, the soldiers were lost and the generals were broken.

If it weren't for the immediate launch of the war against Suixian and Zaozhuang, he would definitely wave his troops to the east and eat Liao Lei's troops of the national army in Lihuang.

In the division headquarters, Tanaka Jing slashed the corners of the conference table one by one, and he roared in an almost crazy voice: "Liao Lei, damn it, actually dares to use a knife against my thirteenth division, and when I finish cleaning up Zhang Zizhong, I will deal with you again." ”

"Your Excellency Division Commander, please calm your anger, although the Captain of the Inamoto Wing is broken, but the 65th Wing has not lost its combat effectiveness, the Chinese army does not dare to do anything to Huoshan, our current focus is still in accordance with the deployment of General Okamura Ningji, and first complete the attack on the Zhina army in front of us." The chief of staff carefully reassured.

"Order the 65th Wing, together with the Lu'an Independent Brigade of the Imperial Cooperative Army, to take Huoshan as a garrison to ensure the safety of the transportation and supply lines, and to avoid friction with the Liao Lei Department of the Lihuang Army of China during this period. Ordered Yuji Honda to lead his troops to Huoshan and take over as the commander of the 65th Wing. ”

Shizuichi Tanaka is not an arbitrary person, he can listen to the opinions of the chief of staff, which is very rare in the level of the commander of the Japanese division, and the order he issued not only ensures the safety of the logistics and transportation lines, but also ensures that the 65th Wing will not fall into turmoil; It not only ensures that there will be no such big mess in the rear, but also keeps his attention from the frontal battlefield.

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Chongqing.

Zeng Jiayan official residence.

In this courtyard with a sign hanging the chairman of the Military Commission of the National Government.

Lao Jiang sat behind his desk, listening carefully to Chen Bui's military report, while Dai Li stood aside respectfully.

"Yan Ji, what do you think of this battle in Zaozhuang, is it possible for Li Zongren to win as big a victory as Taierzhuang?"

Lao Jiang listened for a while to the fact that the Japanese army had captured Uri, and the national army had retreated here and there, and how many guns, and materials had been lost, he was already a little impatient, he interrupted Chen Bui's report, and asked a question in his heart now.

"Duke De's determination is unquestionable, I am only worried that the Central Army and other departments will not be able to strictly abide by Duke De's orders, and they will try their best to preserve their own strength.

Chen Bui hated this omission of the various departments of the national army, but he was helpless, it was originally that even Lao Jiang didn't have a very good way, let alone him as a minister.

"Yan Ji, you can rest assured of this, I don't dare to pack tickets for others, but I dare to pat my chest and say no."

Dai Lian suddenly interjected. As the spy leader who is hated by the generals of the national army, he rarely said a good word for others.

"What Yu Nong said is exactly what I want to say, although Xun Chen is from Feng Yuxiang's department, he is a rare general and pillar of our party and state."

Lao Jiang rarely praised a general like this, it can be seen that Zhang Zizhong, the commander of the 33rd Group Army, has a lot of weight in his mind, and he then said: "Yan Ji, if the commander of every group army of our army can be like Xun Chen, if the commander of every main division of our army can be like Sun Yumin, why worry about the Japanese Kou!" ”

Lao Jiang suddenly mentioned Sun Yumin, which caught Chen Bui off guard, and he didn't know how to answer for a while. When he came to Lao Jiang's office, Dai Li was already there, and he must have said something to Lao Jiang, but he didn't know the content at all, which made him, who had always been cautious, a little worried, and his eyes looked at Dai Li.

"Yan Ji, haven't you already received the telegram from the 48th Army?" Dai Li looked back at Chen Bui with a smile on his face, and from his expression and reaction, Dai Li could see that the director of the first room was drained of all his energy by the battle between Suixian and Zaozhuang, and did not take into account that there was a son-in-law who suddenly reappeared on the side of Dabie Mountain.

Lao Jiang is also full of smiles, this fellow and confidant who has followed him for more than 20 years really has no personal feelings for the party-state and work, even if it is his own children.

"Your son-in-law has won the battle again, Yunong, you can talk about it, let Yan Ji be happy and happy."

Lao Jiang's words made Chen Bui a little panicked, he was too familiar with Lao Jiang, every time he expressed his position like this, the result was either great joy or great sorrow, and he obviously didn't want to see these two results, compared with more than a year ago, he would rather pity the two of them and that stinky boy to live a peaceful and ordinary life, and it was better than them to come up with some ghost ideas such as cheating death and running away from home, so that he was worried and sad.

"Yes, Chairman." Dai Li responded respectfully, and then said with a smile on his face: "Brother Yan, yesterday, the 176th Division of Zhang Yichun's Division of the 48th Army launched an attack on the front of the Japanese army in Huoshan, completely annihilating the Japanese troops in this department, and killing Inuzaburo, the commander of the 65th Wing of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army. ”

"It's a big victory, this is a big victory, Zhang Yichun has such a record when he first arrives in office, it's really gratifying." Chen Bui received all the bad news from the various departments between the dates on this day, and the good news that Dai Li said made his mood happy.

"Although Zhang Yichun has merit, he is not the biggest hero of this battle, and the same is true of the 176th Division's Ou Shounian. Brother Yan and brother, you don't know, if you can completely annihilate these enemies in a short period of time, Sun Yumin will undoubtedly take the first credit. ”

"Yu Nong, you know, this kid...... Alas! ”

Before Chen Bui finished listening to Dai Li's words, he first expressed his attitude, which means very simply, although Sun Yumin is his son-in-law, don't bring his affairs to yourself.

"Brother Yan, I won't tell you, since Sun Yumin resurfaced, he was firmly controlled by Dai. So you don't have to have any scruples, if he is half sorry for the party-state, Dai will never be half soft because of Yan and your affection. ”

Dai Li's words were very thorough, and they also made Chen Bui secretly relieved.

"Yan Ji, in fact, I know that Sun Yumin is blaming me for not immediately punishing Shang Zhen and Sun Tongxuan, so he will be disheartened and come up with a trick to cheat death, and will take dozens of subordinates to live in seclusion in the mountains."

Lao Jiang's sudden words made Chen Bui not expect that he was blaming himself. It's been so long, I didn't expect that as the supreme commander, he was still angry, which made it even more obvious that the kid didn't know what to do, Chen Bui hurriedly said: "It's Chen's negligence in disciplining his children, so that this kid will do such a foolish thing that relatives and enemies are quick to do." President, don't take the blame on yourself, it's all the fault of that stinky boy. ”

"No, no, no, Yan Ji, Sun Yumin is really right about this matter, Lan Feng's battle, although it hit the soil and fertilizer plains hard, it also chilled his heart. Seeing with his own eyes that more than 10,000 soldiers under his command are fighting with the Japanese invaders, while the friendly troops are fleeing, completely exposing their backs to the enemy, this kind of thing of not helping and stabbing knives, in exchange for anyone will be furious, will want to ask for an explanation, originally he pinned his hopes on you and me, and blamed Shang and Sun, but in order to balance the ministries, instead of punishing, we also gave heavy rewards. In other words, if you and I are in his position, we will also overreact, so I can understand Sun Yumin's feelings no matter what he does. ”

Lao Jiang was obviously blaming himself when he said this, and before Chen Bui could speak, he said: "Yan Ji, you may not know that when the good news of his defeat of the Botian detachment in Ruichang, Jiangxi came, I was very guilty at that time. I didn't expect that there was a message of condolence attached to the good news, and the star fell on the bank of the Yangtze River, I dare to say that the blow to me at that time was no less than that of Yan and you. ”

Old Jiang's rare emotional disclosure made Chen Bui very moved and surprised, but Dai Li's very calm appearance, it seemed that he had expected this supreme commander to act like this.

"Later, it didn't take long, the chairman of the committee found an opportunity to take down Sun Tongxuan, this guy is also self-aware, abandoned the army to engage in business, and never asked about military affairs again, if it weren't for his wise behavior of protecting himself, plus the hard work of these years, it would have made the chairman of the committee have compassion and let him go, otherwise he would have been killed a long time ago, and he would have comforted General Sun's heroic soul."

Dai Li interjected at the right time, in fact, Chen Bui knew all these things later, but when he said this, he immediately held up the image of Lao Jiang.

"Heroic Spirit, fart Heroic Spirit, Chen thinks he is smart, but he was still deceived by this kid, if he is in front of me now, I will definitely break his leg." Chen Bui's angry appearance is not rude than usual, and his performance is always polite.

"Your son-in-law is really angry, it's been so long, and it's obviously still in mind." A smile appeared on Lao Jiang's face, and he continued: "But he didn't disappoint me either, even if he lived in the wilderness, he didn't forget his identity and mission, and actually organized an elite army. Yunong, tell Yan Ji all the good things this kid has done these days. ”

"Yes, take a seat."

Dai Li opened the folder that had been tucked under his armpit and told Sun Yumin's experience.

From the selection of Yangshupu to settle down, to the attack on the devil's convoy of Lu'an supplies to Huoshan, the reconstruction of Yangshupu, the subduing of the flat Danshi, the havoc in the county seat, the ambush of the Japanese puppet army in Huoshan City, the attack on Huoshan County, the borrowing of the strength of the four detachments of the New Fourth Army, the defeat of the Japanese puppet army reinforcements in Lu'an, and then to the annihilation of the front of the 65th Wing of the Japanese Army, killing Inamoto Inusaburo, all of them were told.

Chen Bui was terrified when he heard this, he was not only nervous about this kid's thrilling journey, but also shocked that Dai Li knew everything about Sun Yumin so well.

Chen Bui is really familiar with this old rival, old colleague, and old friend, and from Dai Li's narratives, he almost doesn't have to think about it to know that the person surnamed Dai has already laid eyeliner around Sun Yumin, and he is also a person who is extremely close to Sun Yumin, and may even be a person in his inner circle.

When he heard that this kid was very close to the four detachments of the New Fourth Army before, Chen Bui also observed Lao Jiang's expression and reaction, intentionally or unintentionally, but he didn't see anything. This made him a little more worried, he had followed Lao Jiang for so long, he knew too well that Sun Yumin was currently stained with the light of the second Kuomintang-Communist cooperation and the All-People's War of Resistance, if it was before, even if he Sun Yumin killed the Japanese emperor, it would be impossible for Lao Jiang to look at him differently.

Chen Bui was about to excuse Sun Yumin and say a few good words, but he heard Lao Jiang speak: "Yan Ji, are you worried that he will be involved with the four detachments of the New Fourth Army?" ”

Chen Bui knew that Lao Jiang was testing him, so he quickly nodded a few times. The two of them have worked together for more than 20 years, and they are already very familiar with each other, he will try to figure out Lao Jiang's mind, and Lao Jiang will naturally guess his thoughts.

"Brother Yan and brother, you can rest assured of this, Dai has been staring, although this kid has used the strength of the New Fourth Army, but it is only business, since then, not only has he not been involved with that side anymore, but even let his subordinates deliberately draw a clear relationship with that side, he has not forgotten that he is the minister of the humerus of the party-state; has not forgotten that he is a descendant general who is a heavy commissioner; I have not forgotten my identity as the son-in-law of our Director Chen. ”

Although Dai Li's words had the meaning of joking Chen Bui, they also gave an extremely obvious signal that Lao Jiang did not give up and doubted Sun Yumin, and had plans and ideas to reuse him again.

"Yan Ji, in the name of the Ministry of Military Affairs, you drafted a telegram asking Ye Ting to find an opportunity to execute the commander of the four detachments of the New Fourth Army, and execute this Gao Jingting, who was formerly the commander of the Red 228th Army, with him by Sun Yumin's side, I have never been at ease." Lao Jiang's sudden command made Chen Bui stunned for a moment, but he soon understood that the president was cutting off the tentacles that might want to kidnap Sun Yumin, and this was the practice of killing a thousand by mistake rather than letting go of one.

"Yes, President."

Chen Bui responded respectfully.

"Yunong, I remember you once reported that two of Gao Jingting's subordinates defected to the 48th Army, right?"

"Yes! These two people are Yang Kezhi, the commander of the Seventh Regiment of the Fourth Detachment of the New Fourth Army, and Cao Yufu, the political commissar, who are Gao's subordinates. ”

"It's time to use them and give Ye Ting an excuse to make up his mind."

Lao Jiang's words are not only an order, but also like thinking about something to himself, perhaps more of a memory of two people in southwest Anhui, one of whom is the man with a deep scar on the left side of his face.